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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-12-05
GERMANS HURT OWN CAUSE


Juse retribution Is what all the al
lies are determined upon, and in the
determination of what just punish
ment meaxs it is certain that the
opinions of the nations that have suf'
fered most at the haRas of Germany
will be allowed full weight. The pres
ence of American representatives in
the armistice conferences did not
save Alsace-Lorrains for the Germans,
or the German fleet. If anything, the
wireless clamors to Washington from
officials and private persons in Ger
many are apt to create stage OF lrrl-
tation at Paris and London which will
do the Germans no particular good
New York Post.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-12-05
SEVERAL MEMBERS
Of FORCE Ill

p I
Several members of The News fam--
lily are Ill at present. Harry Clark.
who plays on the linotype, has, bill.
ious attack, the influenza, or some
thing or other; Arthur Lang OF Merri.
mack, who handles the shooting stick
near the friEg line, went ts his room.
in Barab0o Oh Wednesday and was
not able DO eat his skars ef the ma
tional bird; while Mrs. Mike Latiasky.
who shuffles UP the scare heads"
has not been able to- be at the efacs
for several days. Through the. kind.
ness OF Miss Elizabeth NixoA Of the
Madison Democrat force; l. L. Ketch.
um, who has had several years OF ex-
fperience with stick" and 8. Fl.
Hood OF The Republic, 1t has been
able to keep the wheels going. Just
what will happen if any more OF the
family are missing in action" it is
hard to conjecture. The present situ-
alton accounts for the scant amount
Of local reading matter and it is hoped
everything will be going as usual in a
few days.
For some tine 1t has not been pos
sible to keep up with the copy which
comes to this Office. Another LIMO
type has been purchased and this ma
chice will be here soon. Before long
it will be possible to get more news
into the paper, we assure our readers.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-12-05
EVERY DAY

l goes to church on Sunday an lis
to de text.
1t sho'ly helps my feelin's when my
mind is gettin' vexed.
De Sabbath day religion puts a calm
ness in de heart
But everyday religion needs chance
to do its part.
Oars de Monday religion, when you's
got to go to work,
An de Tuesday religion, when you
mustn't stop to shirk.
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday an Sat
urday as well
Needs de everyday religion, 'thout no
ringin' of de bell.
One day a-learnin' bout de goodness
an de light;
De other six shown dat you got de
lesson right.
Sunday brings us comfort wifi de beau
ty an de rest,
But de everyday religion is what puts
s. you to de test.-Washingto
Star.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-12-05

At Madison those who have given
from $4,000 to $4,000 to the Madison
hospital are to have q tablet The list
Includes, William A. Henry, Mrs.
Susan hi. Austin. Daniel *. Tsnnay.
Arthur 9. Fox. Halle, SteeRslana, Mrs.
Mary G. Stewart, Mrs. Mary Burgess.
Mrs. Sarah ]. Riehsara. Frank d.
Winkler, Charles r, Grams, Gishelt
Machine Co, Thomas e. Birmingham,
Mrs. William F. Villas, Dr.. Reginald
H Jackson, DR.. Charles Richard Van
Hise, Mr.. and Mrs. L. NJ. Hanks,
Breese J. Stevens, DR. Charles r. Bar
deem, Charles H. Villas, DR.. Reuben
Gold Thwaites, Share Ghomain, DR..
Harold c. Bradley and Mrs. Josephine
Crane Bradley, Wilbur w. Warner,
Mrs. Della E. Cars.n and Mrs. Pruella
A Clark.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-12-05
PLANTING A TREE

When a man plants tree he plants
himself. Every root is an anchor over
which he rests with grateful interest
and becomes sufficiently calm to feel
the JOY of living. He necessarily
makes the acquaintance Of the sun
and the sky. Favorite trees fill his
mind, and, while tending them like
children, and accepting the benefits
they bring, he becomes himself ben
-efactor. He sees down through the
brown, common ground teeming with
colored fruits, as if it were transpar-
ent, and learns to bring them to the
surface. What he wills he can raise
by true enchantment. With slips and
rootlets, his magic wands, they appear
at his bidding. These, and the seeds
he plants, are his prayers, and, by
them brought into right relations with
God, he works grander miracles every
day than ever were written.-From
steep Trails, by John Muir.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-12-05

weather and it seems nice. ! have
talked with quite a few Of the boys
from the frentstrenches and they sag
it rains nearly all the time there,
caused BY. artillery fire.
Was glad, to see the. Liberty Lean
go over the top, that is what keeps us
On onr feet ever here, ,m 30
Last Night was HALLOWEEN aAS we
had pretty good time nc thA Y. NJ, c.,
A. The band played and, the? served
US hot chocolate, chestnuts. doughnats
and sandwiches We get enough
smokes but sweets are very scarce. -.
/ have seen quite q bit OF the out
side. war makers, such as submarines,
torpedoes. bombs, destroyers, balloons,
flying machines, heavy artillery and
shells. tanks and even lots of German
prisoners. have seen wounded
French and they look as though they
had had some pretty hard luck.
have learned to like quite few things
/ never dreamed Of going through,
such as sleeping on the ground with
board for pillow, living on beans,
bread and canned Willie, to travel in
a stock car instead of Pullman and
to jump at the call of the bugle. ]
hive some interesting stories to tell
you of the railway system here. They
are getting. some u. S. cars and en-
gines in now so railroading will look
a little more natural.
PVT. J. M. PILLEY,
18th U. S. Marines, A. E. F.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-12-05
Hog Island, n. Y. navy yard, was
estimated to cast $21, GOO, 900; it is now
said 1t will cost more than twice that

The cers plete crushing Of the Rus
sian Bolsheviki and the quick re-es-
tablishment of a settled order is vital
from the allied standpoint. The allies
must head off the spread of Bolshe-
vism through discrediting the effective
ness of all her powers fully rejuvenat-
ed, and the major portion of the popu-
lation, now thoroughly anti-German in
character, forever standing as bull
wark against the extension of German
influence throughout the east.-Oliver
Owen Kuhn in The Washington Star.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-12-05
Proud of Stripes.
Dear Uncle and Aunt:

Dear uncle ana Aunt.
This letter from Pvt Russell McGil-
vra was received by Mrs. S. T. McGil-
~vra of Beloit:
had made up my mind that l would
not write any more letters until /
got some but ] see / will have to
change my mind as l haven't gotten a
letter from anybody yet. Expect some
most any day How are all of you
folks getting along? 1t will be pretty
cold by the time you get this letter.
/ wish was there to sit around that
stove of yours which was nearly al
ways red and used to keep us sitting
in the corners alright The stoves
over here are nothing like that as we
keep the stove warm, but they are bet
ter than nothing. 1t is getting cold
here now and we are having a good
deal of rain. / will be glad when win
ter comes, we may not have SO much
rain.
Have been in the hospital two weeks
have spent nearly three months In
them this summer / had come off
guard one night and did not take the
bayonet from nay rife but hung it up
on a rack beside my bed when = guy
came along and knocked the rifle
down and got the bayonet in my foot.
The wound is nearly we'll now but it
nearly killed me to have to stay In bed
for eight days as they made me. ]
will soon be back with the company
now.s aea - z4d s6g a vr
As soon as my service record gets
here | will make out my allotment
again. We do not get full pay until it
comes. I am getting what they cali
casual pay now, that as fortyfone
francs or $3.50 a month.
1 feel pretty. proud of my wound
stripe and service stripe. ! am not
anxious about having many service
stripes this one have satisfies me il
we can get the Germans downed but
there is no use of stopping and leaving
the Job half done. Old Bill will find
out he cannot talk to us as he did to
Russia.
Your nephew,
PVT. Russell MCGILVRA,
Prisoner of War Escort Co. S8, A. P.
o. I'll A. EFF. u
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-12-05
CPL. ROY BUMP,
Battery D, 341st F. A. A.
Halloween In France.

This letter from Private j. NJ. Pill
ley gives some interesting Impressions
of French life and customs. He writes
his parents, Mr.. and Ms. j. H. Pilley,
Baaboo, as follows: =
Dea Father and Mother: :
I have moved again since landing
in France Am pretty comfortably To-
Gated in sort of rest camp. We are
all ready to see service SO when you
read in the News that the u. s.. Ma
rines have taken Berlin, you will know
your boy played his part in the scrap.
However, do not think there will be
much of, scrap because the Huns
are pretty well scared of he American
soldiers.
I have seen quie a bit Of the French
and their ways already and have to
laugh at them often, they seem SO
queer. They are healthy lot OF peo-
pie, guess the wine they drink makes
their cheeks SO red. Nearly all the
fellows between Is and 40 years or
age are in uniform and the women,
children and old men do the work.
All shop-keepers are women, also
street car conductors and many or the
machine shops are run by them The
French are a saving class OF people,
bright, and very polite and oh, how
they do like the American boys
nickels. The buildings here are made
of stone and are very old fashioned.
We are having soms pretty good
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-12-05
Surrender the German Fleet.


Day after day sections of the Ger
man fee crossed the North sea and
surrendered to the allied navy on the
coast of Scotland and England. In all
history there had not been such a
surrender. For over four years the
German feet was bottled up" and
dare not face it's adversary in combat
For over four years the English feet
was silent force" and preserved
the equilibrium of the world ON high
seas. Had it not been for the English
feet the sea coast of all America
would have been bombarded but the
Germans knew their weakness and
failed to come outside the subma-
rines. The Spanish Armada once
tried the task of sinking the English
navy and disaster resulted. At Santi-
ago the Spaniards made show of
fight but the Germans yielded without
exploding she'll The surrender was
almost as humiliating as the taking of
the Dutch navy by evening cavalry
the boats being frozen in the ice and
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-12-05

Of yourg men in the camp
ard in the field, manifesGng a high
spiritual quality of our soldiery. AS
a rule they have been cheerful. The
soldiers have looked upon the great
task as one it was their duty to &C.
complish, and they have given pic
ture of actual warfare as actually ex-
perie.ced on sinking ships and in bat
tie zones where Life nung by thread.
The mad, lunge of Prussia at the heart
OF the world seems t. have called
forth tae. higrsst i&ealism, the high
est sentiment.
Many Of the letters reveal not emily
unexpected literary talent. but Won
derful sprit-a spirit tkat was willing,
spirit tSat was right. q spirit that
was bound to conquer. It was not
adventure alone that called them
forth, but realization that the world
must be saved from a dominating mil.
itary force. The letters written by
the young men from Sank county have
been of high merit, and the hundreds
of columns published In this paper
have been read with the keenest in
terest. In this way the soldiers were
able to reach their many friends, and
their friends were able to obtain pic
lures Of army life. They have fought
a good fight, and it will now be a
pleasure to welc2me them home again
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-12-05
TIME FOR CLAYTON TO DISAP-
PEAR

The war taught us who were our
friends-the British. the French, the
Italians, ni
The war exposed the colossal treach-
cry If Germany. the Judas among ma.
tions. II is not yet the time to forget
the lesson. ssss} .ee:s:rs,..s+
The war arewGus into a bleod-sond
ef kinship with Britain, Francs and
Italy. That bond will be strengthened
in the years and world-activities OF
peace. To make sure that no misun-
derstandings shall mar the relations
of the future with these. our kinsmen
in the spirit, we will uEitedly ia our
schools study British literature,
French literature and language, Ita1-
ian language and literature.
And Spanish, that we may meet in
business and social brotherhood our
neighbers to the south.
We do not need the German books
of the present. They are filled with
poison. Germany must make a new
literature. Under imperial kultur she
has herself repudiated her best liter
allure. German speech has become
the vehicle of treachery. We got
along without it in time of war. We
can get along without it in time OF
peace until the new Germany has
demonstrated her love of liberty and
her devotion to the humanities.
We do not need to seek German
trade. Germany will need to seek our
trade and she can do it in our lam
guage. Let her learn This being SO
We do not want any more German Ian
guage instruction in our grade schools.
We do not want any pro- German re-
vivalists in the school system any
where in America.
Who is the biggest friend in Amer
lea of renewed German study in the
public schools?
P. P. Claxton, United States Com
missioner of Education.
Let him abdicate while the abdicat-
ing is good.
He's back Standardization Jour
Nal.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-12-05

The following letter was received by
G. r. McGilvra of Beloit, from Cpl.
Roy Bump. A. E. F.
@ November 2,1S18.
Tear Friend Seth; 5s-fs4 .~.4,--sr r,
I lsff Camp Qrant the sixth Of JvRs
and was On. ray way ever the 22na,
Saves been In foreigH service neaI-
iy five months but do not expect to
be five months more, for think Heine
is about done for. The Yanks have
sure raised III with him since they
came over. I. see by the paper today
Turkey /. finished and think Austria
will be in a few days so it should not
take musk longer to finish the Huns.
| have been ON the front tvs months
now but as yet cannot say am not
afraid of the shells. can get in a
hole in a hurry when Fritz starts to
send them over. He gets ten or twen-
ty for everyone he sends and it is
sure music to my ears when our guns
begin shooting.
am glad did not miss coming even
if did not get here until near the fin
ish. | have seen a lot of country |
never would have seen otherwise and
had a fine trip across the pond. Was
on the water fifteen days; there were
eight other boats beside the one was
on. We did not see a sub all the way.
1t would have been unhealthy for him
if we had because we had strong
convoy. We landed at the port Of
London so I had a chance to see some
of England. Have seen lot of
France, some parts are pretty but
none of these countries look as good
to me as the good old U. S A I was
able get to Bordeaux three times. 1t
sure is some town, it is the wine CEN
ter of France. When the thing is
over, l will try to get some photo
graphs of some of these old shelltOrn
towns and send them to you. In some
of the towns not a wall is left stand
ing; the Huns sure did 10y waste
everything when they left. Some
places they left in such hurry they
did not have time to destroy things.
/ am up at the gun positions half Of
the time, the rest l spend at the sup
ply train. / will be glad when they
finish and put us in those little French
box cars, marked 40 hOmmes or 8
cheveaux which means 40 men or 8
horses, and start us home. sure will
be glad to get my feet under mothers
table again.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-12-05
SOLDIERS GET
: REDUCED RATES

Reduced rates OF railroad fare have
been ordered by the government for
discharged soldiers returning home
from the environments. Two cents a
mile will be charged for regular day
coaches and reduction is made in tour
ist sleeper rates.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-12-05
FOR GROUP, "FLUs and GRIP"
COUGHS.

NJ. T. Davis, leading merchant OF
Bearsville, W.. Va. writes: "A few
nights ago one of my patrons had q
small child taken with Group about
midnight. Came to my store and got
Eoley,s Honey and Tar Compound.
Before morning the child entirely re-
covered. Parents can't say enough
for Foley's Honey and Tar.--sola
Everywhere.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-12-05
Their FIRST Official.

II the German people are really gs-
ing to elect their officials, the first one
they'll need is a eoroner.-Brookiyn
HaglA
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-12-05
MR.AND MRS.FARWELl
MARRIED 40 YEARS

Mr. and Mrs. Fred j. Farwell cele-
brated their 10th wedding anniversary
at their home in Lyons on Thursday.
The day was celebrated appropriate to
victory Thanksgiving.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-12-05
MILWAUKEE, PAPER
SOLD TO COMBINE

The Milwaukee Free Press has been
sold to Arthur Brisbane who recently
purchased the Evening Wisconsin and
Milwaukee News. The Free Press is
no longer published.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-12-05
CDURTIAe 0BsCURIrY

Used to sing bout watermelon;
Used to sing bout ham;
Used TO keep de tune a-swellin'
Bout roast beef and lamb.
Used to sing bout de fritter
An de pumpgin pie
'Scuse desc tears O. mine so bitter
Bout de days gone by.
II I sees a chop a-broiiin'
/ amt gineter sing,
IF I sees a later boilin'
/ won't say thing.
I'll jis make de preparation
Tain no time for ostentation
OF no special wealth.
-Wa6hingtOn Sta
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-12-05

President Carranza follows winning
tactics against Villa. He keeps the
bandit chief at as great a distance as
possible.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-12-05

Perhaps the high price Of edibles
kept some from overeating on Turkey
Day-good, if so.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-12-05
THURSDAY, DEC. 5. 1918.
QUESTIONS

.-~.s
QUESTIONS
Wiu'McAdoo run for the presidency?
+ + + T
What should be done with the kali
ger?
+ + I i
Will the Eft drink" places sur
xive the shock?
s S s
Will La Toilette be candidate TO
succeed himself.
i i + +
Now that the war is over, why ooe0
not the circus come back to town?
What shall be done with the booze
fighters when they are demobilized
June 30?
t + + i
weld a. portion of the park in order to
widen the streets?
VIVA. vii, i1b,ed : ( ktlDourn, Port
age and other towns do for excitement
when the NATION Is bona dry&
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-12-05
SOLDIERS LETTERS

The letters from the soldiers is one
thing that has characterized the
world war. They have come from
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-12-05

the Germans, we are asked who Taci
"tacit" in taciturn.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-12-05

Password in time Of danger: "Ge
together"
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-12-05

The time will come when it will be
too lats to do your Christmas shopping
early.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-12-05

helpless. Navies in history have
played unusual roles but none SO help
less as that Of the Teutons.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-12-05

E1EAEv TO-LA<E and ready-to-curs
h--two great advantages of Hoodsf
Saraaparila. H k na&e from the
puresf aad BEST !NaREEfKNTS
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-12-05

Liberty bread will be even more Elk
cellent with victory butter.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-12-05

sum. Rightly named, anyhow.
Somebody having quoted Tacitus on
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-23
INCREASE IN =.
GERMAN DEBT,
ACGERINC {
1t Now Amounts to More Than Twen-
ty Times the National Debt Before
War-HOw Immense Loss Will Be
Made Good Is Question Which Rus
sia Will Perhaps Help Solve.
(By Associated Press)

New York, Feb. 22-The steady in
crease in Germany's national debt,
owing to the war and the delay in
adopting a sweeping plan Of taxation
reform to care for the increased La
bilities of the empire, already more
than twenty times higher than Che
national debt at the outbreak of the
war, is a source Of constant concern
to German financial experts.
In the Berlin Tageblatt of January
5, Arthur Norden, the papers financial
expert, sharply criticises the failure
of the government to provide for any
any redemption Of the war debt aside
from a proviso establishing a redemp-
tion fund for the Az per cent treas
ury certificates which formed a small
part of the last two war loans. He
calls for radical measures to check the
piling up Of the burden of war in
debtedness.
Norden contrasts with the policy of
Germany, which, as is known, has moi
provided even enotgh increased taxa
tion to meet the interest on its wal
debt and is paying a part of the in
terest of earlier war loans from new
borrowings, with that of Great Brit
ain, which, he points out, had raised
by taxation almost 25 per cent of its
war expenditures down to the end OF
1917.
The argument that heavier taxa
tion of war profits, which make W
the bulk of the nominal increase il
Germany's capital, would intelferc
with the productiveness Of German in
dustry and the fear that increased
taxation of incomes would kill The
Willingness of the population ar,
dismissed as unfounded. IN fact. Mr.
Nordon argues, to attack the abnor
mally high war incomes attained il
certain industries and by certain c!c
ments of the population would be o
decided value in cutting down tn
high cost of living resulting from tn
ieXtravagant standards of life amonj
the war profitecrs.
Norden cites the action of the Amer
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-23

lean government in establishing maxi
mum prices for steel and other raw
materials of war industry and in i'm
mediately introducing high war taxes
as an admirable example for Ger
many to follow, and speaks with ad-
miration Of the Wilson plan Of taking
control Of the railroads.
Norden's scheme for taking care
of the state debt comprises d radical
increase in the tax on incomes, not up
on capital, as generally contemplated
by German financiers. He holds thai
the proposed taxes upon capital mere
ly lead to eXtravagant spending, while
the income tax can be so adjusted as
to beat heaviest upon the recipients
of high war incomes.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-23

San francisco, Feb 23.-Coincident
with a recent appeal from the Red
Cross for more workers, there came
to light here a sidelight on the views
women now giving many hours OF
their time each week toward those
who put in plenty of time knitting FOL
themselves.
pig knitters" is the designation
coined by determined workers to des-
ignate those who are considered to be
camouflaging their personal comfort
under seemingly patriotic aspect. A
"pig-knitter' is one who appears il
public places devoted to work for the
soldiers and tolls for herself or he'
civilian friends, using time and ma
terial which might make for the com
fort of a man in the trenches.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-23
YOU RE BILIOUS! LET
"CASCRRETS" L|VEN
LIVER AND BOWELS
Don't Stay Headachy, Constipated
Sick, With Breath Bad and
Stomach Sour.

You men and women VINO can't get
ceiling right-who have headache
coated tongue, bad taste and fou
breath, dizziness, can't sleep, are bill
lious, nervous and upset, bothered with
"a sick, gassy, disordered stomach, OF
have bad cold.
Are you keeping your bowels clear
with Cascarets, or merely forcing q
IpaSsageway every few days with salts
|cathartic pills or castor oil?
Cascarets work while you sleep;
cleanse the stomach, remove the sour
fermenting food and fouI
gases: take the excess bile from the
liver and carry out of the system al
the constipated waste matter and poi
son in the bowels
A CascareU tonight will straighten
you out by morning-a cent box
from any drug store will keep your
stomach sweet, liver and bowels regu-
lar, and head clear for months. Don't
forget the children. They love Cas-.
carets because they taste good-nevef
gripe or sicken.