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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-01-31
Why Workingmen Support the War
By JOHN R. COMMONS Professor of Political Economy
University OF Wisconsin.

/ the reason will be that some wage
Gamers are misled a1d don't know
democracy when they see it, or don't
support it when they know it.
A German victory is the only thing
that will set labor back perma nently.
If Germany defeats Great Britain,
Germany will take over the British
| navy. She will then be far and away
the most powerful country in the
world, and we Americans will be com
PEELED to have a large permanent
standing army and a huge navy to
defend ourselves from sudden attack
A permanent army and navy large
enough to cope with Germany, besides
taking our boys and our workingmen
every year for military service, means
low wages, long hours of labor, sup
preston of labor unions, repeal of
labor legislation on behalf of women
and children, suppression of free
speech, and all the hardships that mil
lions of Workingmen have come to
America TO escape.
Those Socialists who want the
workingmen in this country to give in
to Germany are blind and inconsistent
For when the Socialists of Germany,
war taxes when other nations were
unrrepared, they violated their own
principles and forced the Socialists of
every other nation to fight.
The leading Socialist of the world,
Camille-Huysmans, international Sec
rotary of the Socialist Bureau, in Hol-
land, has said to the Chicago Daily
News that the war demands of Presi-
dent Wilson are identical with the de-
mands of the international Socialists.
Americas War Aims.
The American Alliance for Labor
and Democracy, composed of trade'
unionists and socialists, at it's meeting
in Minneapolis, endorsed and repeated
these demands. These are Americas
aims in the war: Equal rights Of all
nations, big and little; no people to
be forced under a government under
which it does not wish to live; free
dom of the seas; a concert of nations
to guarantee peace and justice; limita-
ton of ornaments on land and sea.
Of these aims the greatest is dis.
armament, by limitation of ornaments
on land and sea, through international
agreement. Without this, labor cannot
be free in this or any other country.
Any socialist in America, however
honest, who tries to weaken the
morale of American labor in this great
crisis, is simply playing the game of
the German Socialists who have al
ready sold themselves to the Kaiser.
Rather than listen to such Socialists,
let American labor join in the mag
nificent patriotism of the American
Alliance for Labor and Democracy.
Let them say, with the Alliance, that
labor will take it's part in conducting
the war; and that the war shall be
fought to a finish, for upon it's success
depends the freedom and the wages of
American labor.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-01-31
need $1,000 NURSES
1000 Per Cent Increase Is
Sought by Government.
Nurses Being Called for Duty to Meet
Needs of the United States
Army.

ashingtOn.-Thirty-s thousand
five hundred nurses will be needed in
the army nurse corps of the medical
department, according to present esti
mates based on an army Of 100000
men. The present strength of the
corps is about $500. Increasing the
enrolment by nearly 1000 per cent in
a year is the task confronting the
corps.
Daily numbers Of nurses are being
called for to meet immediate needs
in army hospitals in the United States
and for duty overseas. The pres
ent rate of enrolment does not meet
the demands. Hospitals at National
Guard and National army camps still
need 81 nurses to bring the quotas Of
all up to the minimum considered
necessary-65 each
In order to get the enrollments up
to the needed number some of the re-
guirements heretofore imposed are be-
ing waived. According to estimates of
the nursing committee of the general
al defense, there are between $4,000
and 10000 registered nurses in the
country and about 100000 other gradu~
ate and practical nurses.
Just as soon as immediate needs OF
cantonment hospitals have been cared
for reserve of 100 nurses will be or
gained for emergency service in the
United States. Lakewood hotel, Lake
wood, N. j., has been leased by the
government for use AS a general hospi-
tai for the army and provisions will
be made for housing the reserve nurs-
es there. This hotel has not yet been
turned over to the war department,
but will be in week or so. The nee
essary alterations will be made as soon
as practicable and the 100 nurses for
che reserve will be needed in addition
to the permanent nursing staff of the
hospital.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-01-31
Did Germany Wrong Belgium?
By G. c. FISKE Associate Professor of Latin in the
University of Wisconsin.

Germany's violation of the neutral
tty of Belgium has been called a crime
against civilization. Are there cold
facts to prove this?
A neutralized state is one that has
beer guaranteed freedom from inva-
sion upon condition that it wage no
war beyond it's borders. Switzerland,
Luxembourg, and Belgium are such
states.
Belgium was created a neutraliZed
nation in 1889 by a treaty signed by
Great Britain, France, Russia,
Prussia, Austria. They agreed that
Belgium should form an Independent
and perpetually neutral state, and
bound themselves to interfere for the
defense of Belgium against any power
attempting to invade Belgian territory.
Belgium, in its turn, was pledged to
observe neutrality towards all other
states. This treaty was reafirmed in
1870 and respected in the Franco
Prussian war.
But Belgium, like every other neu-
trail state, had also the protection of
the Hague Convention of 1907. The
United States as we'll as all the other
great powers signed that convention.
The Hague convention says that the
territory of neutral powers shall not
be invaded; that troops or supplies of
belligerents shall not move across it !;
and that if a foreign power invades
q neutralized country, the neutral
country has the right and duty to re-
sist.
Thus doubly protected Belgium and
Luxembourg had every reason to expect
that like Switzerland their neutrality
would be respected by all belligerents.
Nevertheless on August 2, 1914,
Belgium received an ultimatum from
Germany demanding the right to pass
troops through Belgium territory. She
promised at the conclusion of peace to
restore the property and the indie
pendence of the Belgian kingdom in
full. If Belgium resisted, Germany
would consider her an enemy. AS an
enemy, Germany declared that she
coald not guarantee the independence
of Belgium thereafter.
Suppose Belgium Had Submitted?
In accordance with the treaty OF
1889 and of the Hague Convention
this brutal ultimatum forced an in
dustrious and absolutely innocent PEG
pie into war For suppose that Bel
:ium had agreed to Germany's pro
posal Belgium would then have for
ceited all right to be treated as neu
trail and independent nation by Great
Britain and France. If they were vic
torious in the war, they would have
been justified in destroying her indie
pendence. Also, what guarantees
would the Belgians have had that q
victorious Germany after ruthlessly
breaking one agreement would keeI
another? The determination to main
tain her independence as we'll as re
gard for her honor as a nation inev
i.ably led Belgium to refuse the Ger
Ian demand.
Germany made no charges against
the loyalty of Belgium. On the con
trary the German Foreign Minister
Won Jagow, when interviewed on the
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-01-31
DADDSEV[N[N(
AR TALL a.
THE PAPOOSE.
~ MARY GRAHAM BONNER

''In a quaint old city," said Daddy,
Indians come into town every Satur-
day morning with bright-colored bas-
kets and beaded moecasins. They make
these things and they make beaded
bags and purses and little ornaments.
"They drive oxen instead of horses
and the oxen move SO slowly as if they
did not care in the least if they ever
got anywhere at all!
"The Indian women, or Squaws as
they are called, carry large baskets up
on their heads in which are the things
they have to sell, smaller baskets,
purses and moccasins.
sometimes, too, they bring into the
town flowers in the summer and in the
autumn red berries-for they have a
little village of their. own out in the
country. They are not wild at all and
they would not dream Of hurting any
one.
zone day a little girl named Give
was sitting in her room reading when
she heard the door bell ring. She went
downstairs and there was a little In
dian girl not any older than herself.
"'Will the beautiful lady buy pretty
basket? asked the little Indian girl.
solve was so pleased! She was not
nearly big enough to be called lady
efor she was still very young, and she
knew quite we'll that she was not
beautiful at all. She had freckles and
very big mouth, and she had only a
little hair which was quite straight.
And she was tall for her age and much
too thin. But she had never been called
beautiful before and though she knew
the little Indian girl was quite wrong,
still she was delighted.
"'You are beautiful YOURSELF said
Olive. For the Indian girl had long
black hair and enormous dark eyes,
wonderful dark skin with quite a good
deal of color.
"'Me beautiful? she asked. ooh no,
me not beautiful at ALL
"They each thought the other beau
tiful becaUse each was so different.
"Olive bought some baskets for her
mother and a little beaded purse for
herself and then she said to the little
Indian girl
Wont you have some cocoa with
me?' The little Indian girl nodded her
head and said: Me like goodies!
$50 Olive and the little Indian girl
went into Olives room and had a fine
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-01-31

morning of August 4, 1914, by the
Belgian Ambassador, said,
Germany has nothing with
which to reproach Belgium, and
the attitude of Belgium has al
ways been perfectly correct"
On the same afternoon in his fam
Gus speech before the Reichstag, Won
Bethmann Hollweg, the German chan
cellor, said:
1--WE are in state of necessity,
and necessity knows no law,
So we were compelled
to override the just protest of the
Luxembourg and Belgian Govern
ments"
Out of the mouths of her two high
est officials Germany thus condemns
herself
There is not a shred of evidence that
France intended to invade Belgium.
When asked by Great Britain in July
81, 1914, France on the same day re-
piled that she intended to respect the
neutrality Of Belgium, and so informed
the Belgian Government.
Great Britain had told the Belgian
Government as early as April Z, 1913,
that she would not invade Belgium
except to defend it's neutrality, never
first.
How Germany Planned Invasion.
What about Germany? When asked
by Great Britain on July 81, 1914, Ger.
many refused to make any promise.
France, Belgium, and Great Britain
have clean slate. Germany is a self
confessed criminal in the court OF
civilization.
Two months later Germany an
nounced that she had found in the
Belgian war Office records of a pro.
posed plan by which England was to
pass through Belgium to attack Ger
many. She did not point out that these
same documents showed that the plan
was to be carried out only in case
Germany invaded Belgium Neither
| did she explain that King Albert had
told her Of this plan when it was made
several years before the war began
Germany's attempt to excuse her gross
violation of Belgium's neutrality is
both clumsy and dishonest.
Belgium and Great Britain were
more than justified in their suspicious
| because of the German strategic rail
ways built for five years before the
war, which threatened the eastern
frontiers of Belgium like the tentacles
| Of an octupus.
But what has the crime against
Belgium to do with our entrance into
the war? Germany's violation of Bel
GUM is a menace to the Monroe doc.
trone. Will victorious Germany that
violated Belgium regard the rights OF
the small nations in Central and South
| America?
In the violation of Belgium's neu
trality we Americans see a concrete
and bitter proof of just what the real
| ization Of the ideas of Ge- man mill
tary autocracy means to the world
and means to us. The German gov
eminent asserts that necessity knows
no law, that might makes right, that
solemn contract is a "scrap OF
paper" Such ideas are a menace to
| every nation in Christendom.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-01-31
"WilI the Beautiful Lady Buy Pretty
Basket?"

feast, using blue cups and saucers and
eating bread and butter from little
blue plates.
"'Me tell you a story? asked the lit
tie Indian girl. Olive was delighted.
"'Please,' she said. And the little
Indian girl began:
"'My brudder, he very big man. He
tall and strong and plenty muscle he
has She bent her arms to show what
she meant by muscle and she stood up
with her arms above her to show how
tall he was. He build a boat she
went on, a red boat-a canoe-and he
take it along water so it never make
a sound. He know how to paddle so !
Never>a sound!
"'We have river by our hut and he
keep the boat by the bank, tied to an
old tree. He takes us all out in it, but
what do you suppose he call that
boat?'
solve couldn't guess. She tried
many names she thought the boat
might be called but they were all
wrong. Tell me- she begged.
"'My brudder, he not call his boat
after great strong man, or after war
rior or hero, no he call boat after our
little baby brudder-what mudder call
the little wee one. He call his boat the
Papoose which mean an Indian baby
and he mean our baby. His boat which
can go out into the big waves and not
upset-which is so strong, like nv
brudder-it is named the Papoose after
the baby!' Her eyes were dancing with
Joy but it was time for her to be off.
"She put her basket on top Of her
head and started off. will your fad
der bring you to see the big Papoose
and the little Papoose?' she asked as
she left, and to Olives great delight
her mother called out:
awe will take you some time And
both little girls left each other smiling
and happy"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-01-31
HEARD IN MINERAL POINT
How Bad Backs Have Been Made
Strong Kidney Ills Corrected.

How Bad Backs Have Been Made
Strong Kidney Ills Corrected.
ALI over Mineral Point you hear it..
Doan's Kidney Pills are keeping up the
good work. Mineral toint people are
telling about it-telling of bad backs
made sound again. You can believe
the testimony Of your own tuwnspeople.
They tell it for the benefit of you who
are suffering. If your back aches. if
you feel lame, sore and miserable, if
the kidneys act too frequently, or pas
sages are painful scanty and Off color,
use Doan's Kidney Pills, the remedy
that has helped so many of your friends
and neighbors. Follow this Mineral
Point citizens advice and give Doan' S
chance to do the same for you.
Samuel Terrill, marble and granite
dealer. says: 1'Sometimes my kidneys
were too active and then again they
were sluggish. Two boxes of Doan's
Kidney Pills rid me of the trouble and
put me in good shape
Price Coo. at all dealers Don't sim
ply ask for kidney remedy-get Doan' s
Kidney Pills - the same that Mr.
Terrill had. Foster Milburn Co.,
Mfgrs., Buffalo, n. Y.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-01-31
An Antipodean Mr.. BIunderby.

An old veteran who was for a long
time curator of college in Australia
was noted for his malapropisms. One
day he was summoned by two students
from different ends Of the corridor.
The double summons exasperated him.
"Gentlemen he exclaimed. II really
cannot be ubiquitous. Boston Tran
script.
Bowels clogged, sick headache, no fun
is it? Why not have that happy face, red
cheeks that come with good digestion? Hol)i-
ster's Rocky Mountain Tea makes the bowels
work regular natural = make you feel like
new. Take it tonight -Ivey's Pharmacy.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-01-31
Cured at a Cost of rs Cents.

Eight years ago when we first moved
to Mattoon, was a great sufferer from indiges-
ton and constipation writes Mrs Robert
Allison, Nation. Ill. II had fro quent head
aches and dizzy spells, and there was feeling
like heavy weight pressing OH my stomach
and chest all the time, / felt miserable. Every
morsel of food distressed me- l could not rest
at night and felt tired and worn out all the
time One bottle of Chamherlain's Tablets
cured me and have since felt like different
person.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-01-31
Better Than No Work

It Is better to be overworked than
to have no work. When you feel in
clined to complain because your task
is so heavy, just remember how i'm
measurably better off you are than
those who have no occupation in life
but to kill time.-Girl's COMPANION.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-01-31
Business and Collections.

Small Gordon is the son of q ply
stefan and is fond of being with his
father when he types his monthly
statements. Meeting him one morning
on his way to the mail box with 8
handful of envelopes, neighbor call
ed to him: "How is business, Cor
DOM" To which he replied: "Busi-
ness is good, but killections is poor"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-01-31
Chamberlain's Couch Remedy.

Before using this preparation for a
cough or cold you may wish to know what it
has done for others. Mrs o. Cook, Macon, ILL.,,
writes, II have found it gives the quickest re-
lief of any cough remedy have ever used"
Mrs James A. Knott, Chillicothe, Mo-, says
"Chamberlain's Cough Remedy cannot be beat
for coughs and colds" Fl. J Moore. Oval, Pa,
says Il have used Nhamberlain's Cough Rene
dy on several occasions when was suffering
with a settled cold upon the chest and it has al
ways brought about a cure.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-01-31

The value and need of newspaper in the
household was never greater than at the preset t
time. The great war in Europe is now half VII y
into its third year, and, whether peace be ut
hand or yet be far off, it and the events to fol-
low it are sure to be Of absorbing interest for
many month to come.
These are world shaking affairs, in which the
United States, willing or unwilling, is compell-
ed TO take part. No intelligent person can ig-
more such issues.
subscription price Is only sl.OO per year, and
this pays for 156 papers. We offer this un-
equalled newspaper and The Iowa County
Democrat together for one year for 500.
The regular subscription price of the two
panars is S2.25.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-01-31
When Packing Glass.

When packing glass or fine china
use excelsior or straw which has been
slightly dompened. The water causes
both Of these. materials to swell, and
this swelling automatically fills up the
crevices, thus wedging the packing in
between breakable articles much bet
ter than it can be done by hand. This
is the method employed by profession
al packers.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-01-31
ChamberIain's Tablets.

When you are troubled with indiges-
ton or constipation, take Chamberlain's Tab
let's. They strengthen the S omach and enable
it to perform it's functions naturally Indiges-
ton is usually accompanied by constipation and
is aggravated by it. Chamberlain's Tablets
cause gentle movement of the bowels, reliev.
ing the constipated condition.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-01-31
Protect Curtains.

At the bottom Of your bedroom cur
tains put small snaps, and up as
far as you can reach put snap eyes. At
night hook the bottom of the curtains
up to prevent them from blowing out
after the windows are opened. Do the
same with the portieres when you are
sweeping the floors Or busting.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-01-31
Her Dire Threat.

Selma, aged three and a half,
climbed to her place on her fathers
knee. He being worried, put her
down. She stood looking at him seri-
ously for moment and then said:
"Well, if you don't want no baby I'll
lust go to war;"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-01-31
Shower Bath and MASSAGE.

A Texan is the inventor of a COM
bined shower bath and massage ma
chine, brushes being revolved by an
electric motor against person stand
ing within tall cylinder into which
water is sprayed
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-01-31
ACCOMPLISHMENT to a,Ioh

1t is a great accomplishment to learn
to laugh at the joke that is on your.
self-the blunder that seems funny to
other people and would be amusing tn
you If another had made it.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-01-31
Mermaids' Uniforms.

Elizabeth was looking at a fairy
book, when she espied some mermaids
on page that big sister had just turn
ed over. She opened her big eyes and
said, "Oh, sister, wait minute. Let
me see their beauty uniforms"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-01-31
LerusaIen Cnamper.

Jerusalem chamber is the historic
name of an apartment in Westminster
abbey which once was adorned with
TAPESTRIES or pictures of the history of
Jerusalem. March 20, 1413, while pray
ing in Westminster abbey, Henry ~
was seized with fainting fit and was
carried to the Jerusalem chamber
where he died.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-01-31

When you are wearied from over
work, feel listless and languid, can't sleep or
eat as you should, you are g. ting run down
an easy prey to dangerous disease germs. Hol'
isters Rocky Mountain Tea-nature's herbs
should be taken without delay.-1vey's Phar-
nacy
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-01-31
Quick Cure for Group.

Watch for the first symptom, hoarse
ness and give Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at
once. 1t is prompt and effectual.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-01-31
THE THRICE-A-WEEK EDITION OF
THE new YORK WORLD
in 1917

Practically a Daily at the Price
of a Weekly. No other News
paper in the world gives so
much at SO low a price.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-04-12
MIDDLEBURY

Mrs. Anna Stokes IS moving from
Monroe Street to the Middlebury Inn
Miss Grace Prieur has returned to
her position at the Office Of l., J, Wiley
after a several weeks illness OF mas
toidets
Miss Marion Carr leaves today for
Washington, ID, c. where she Will spend
ten days with her cousin, Miss Frances
Fletcher
Fred Crane who recently purchased
the Pride house on Seminary Street
has commenced some extensive re-
pairs on the property
Mrs, L, p, Woods who spent the
winter with her daughter in Far Ha-
ven, has returned and opened her home
on High St,
-M Mrs, Frank Shackett, Sr, was
successfully operated on for gall stones
at the Fanny Allen Hospital il Win
ooski Saturday,
Mrs, Albert Shaw who underwent
an operation at the Mary Fletcher
Hospital Tuesday is doing as veil as
can be expected considering her ad
vanced age
Mr., and Mrs +, G, Hunt, who
have been occupying the Clement
house on n, Pleasant ST., for few
months, have returned to New Haven
Miss Alice Warren, who has beer
visiting at the home Of her cousin
Mrs, Charles |, Button, has returned
to Orwell
Mr.. and Mrs, l.. c. Russell left las
night for Baltimore, Md, and Washing
ton, d. c., for a ten days stay, The!
will visit their son, George, who is
student at the Naval Academy, An
napolis, Md,
Joseph M. Burke, town clerk, an
nounces that up to date there hav
been l67 dog licenses issued, with a few
more to hear from. Last yeaf Their
were 1856 licenses issued and the numbe
will probably be near that figure thi
year
The campaign to secure books TO
the soldiers and sailors, conducted by
the Middlebury Public Library, result
ed in obtaining 1856 volumes Of fiction
20 of non-flction, not including thos
contributed by the College.
There will be a supper for the mem
bers of st, Stephens Church mex
Thursday evening at seven o'clock il
the Masonic Dining Room. This is
get together, and there will be NJ
charge.
E, G, Piper has sold his farm
known as the Williamson farm, vest o
the village to Olier st. Denis of Mon
treal, who will take possession mex
week.