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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-06-19
THREE CURSES OF CIVILIZA-
TON

1t is said by responsible officials
that there are in the United States
100000 opium addicts and that more
opium is used in the United States
than in any other country in the world.
Every victim of drugs would be better
off dead, and he knows it.
There should be included in the
measures for enforcing prohibition eff
fective measures for dealing with the
drug problem.
China, with a population almost con-
quered by the drug, has shown chat
the thing can be done. 1t can ana
should be done in this country.
Three curses Of civilization are
gambling, which is the worst because
it ruins others as well as the gambler;
next the drug habit, which destroys
victims morally AND physically; and,
third, alcoholic drunkenness.-Wis
cOnsin News.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-06-19
GOVERNMENT INSURANCE

How much would it really cost to in
sure the lives of the population against
death and accident if the thing were
done on a sane, economical basis !?
How much is wasted in the present
system, where the idea is profit for the
insurance companies and nothing else {?
The government announced its in
surance rates for sailors and soldiers
and private insurance company said
the thing was ridiculous, it couldn't be
done, it would mean endless millions
of loss. Did you notice what hap
pened? The marine and seamen's di-
vision of the war risk bureau is to be
discontinued now and it shows A
PROFIT of more than seventeen mil
lion dollars. What do you think of
that for government ownership? Don't
be fooled by the railroad and telegraph
experiments in public ownership. They
were meant to fail-Chicago Ameri-
can.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-06-19
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Thursday, June 70, 1919

For SO years the woman suffrage
question has been presented in some
way to each session of the congress OF
the United States. In 1877 Miss Susan
B. Anthony and her co-adjutors by a
coup d'Etat appeared on the floor OF
congress and presented each member
with the copy of petition from his
own state. The next year the amend
ment virtually drafted in the final form
as it passed both houses of congress
was presented in the United States
senate. The wording of the amend
ment was determined after a lengthy
discussion by the suffrage association
and was approved by all because OF
it's simplicity and it's likeness to the
fifteenth amendment which it was ex-
pected to follow. 1t reads:
"The right of citizens of the
United States to vote shall not be
denied or abridged by the United
States or by any state on account
of sex"
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-06-19

fashion. The lovely shad bush, the
blushing wild crab and other blooming
shrubs and trees have been savagely
attacked, torn asunder and even up
rooted and then triumphantly borne
aloft like captured banners. The cave
man, if we may believe the ethnolo-
gists, dragged his bride home by the
hair of her head. These lovers of
nature in the forest preserve are low
ers of this sort. They need education.
They need instruction in the new kind
of wooing which has come into fash
ion, and, if necessary, this instruction
should be supplemented by the heavy
hand Of authority.
Doubtless. these people do love the
flowers, in their way. Possibly, their
way is better than no way at all 1t
may be that there is more hope for
the person who uproots a shrub in
it's bridal snow than for the one who
passes it kindly by. But, if so, let US
get busy with him. Let us rebuke
him firmly upon occasion. Chicago
Evening Post.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-06-19
MAKE THEM PAY

There was cause to thank God and
take courage" in the allied reply to
the German note on economics. Who
ever wrote it did a good piece of
work.
The gist of it is that Germany was
, responsible for the war, and that
therefore she must suffer at least her
full share of the consequences of it.
The shortage of merchant ships, the
scarcity of coal, the economic crisis.
are not due to the terms of peace
which the allies are prescribing.
They are the effects and results of the
war which Germany started, and Of
, the methods of waging that war which
Germany practiced If Germany had
: not, in violation of international law.
destroyed millions of tons of peaceful
shipping, there would be no scarcity
of vessels for the commerce of the
world. If Germany had not, in viola
ton of international law, destroyed
the coal mines of France, there would
be no scarcity of coal.
But since Germany did these things
it would be travesty upon justice to
permit her to retain her ships and
her mines and thus enjoy plenty, while
her victims suffered scarcity. If she
is not compelled-as she justly might
be-to pay all the war bills of all the
nations, she must at least endure her
share OF the economic suffering which
all the rest of Europe, because of her
deviltry, will have to bear for years
to come. That is common sense. That
is justice.
What needs to be recognized is this:
that the country which was ready and
eager to make great sacrifices for the
prosecution of a wanton war of con-
quest and loot against innocent neigh
bors, must, whether willingly or not,
make at least equal sacrifices to re-
pair the wrong that it has done to
others. Germany has been BOOSTING
for years of the patriotic devotion and
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-06-19
THE PASSING OF THE OREGON

1.-THE battleship Oregon is to be put
out of commission and the navy de-
partment has offered to turn her over
to the state of Oregon as an historical
exhibit" says the New York Tribune.
She deserves an honorable retirement
OF this sort. She is the most famous
of the battleships of her day-those
which reached their prime in the pc
riod of the Spanish war
"The Oregon eclipsed all her sister
ships in that war. Built on the Pa
cific coast and in the service there
when the Spanish war opened, she was
summoned in hot haste to the Allan
tic in order to assure this country S
naval superiority in West Indian wa
tiers. The Panama canal was only an
abandoned cut in April, 1898. So the
Oregon had to circle South America,
thus furnishing the one striking argu-
ment needed to press home to the
mind of the country the vital need of
a trans-isthmian waterway
''The Oregon's trip was watched
with breathless interest Her name
was on everyone's tongue. And when
she arrived off Santiago in time to
take the leading part in the battle
with Cervera's squadron she leaped
into an immortality comparable with
that of the Constitution, the Kear-
sarge or the Hartford. She had more
speed than the other battleships and
she alone outlasted and wore down
Cervera's Cristobal Colon.
Nov we have superdreadnaught
alongside of which the Oregon seems
a pygmy. But she will retain her
place in American hearts for what
she did so dramatically twenty-one
years ago. She rose to her occasion
and above it. What more could be
asked of any fighting man or ship"
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-06-19
THE BOY SCOUT WEEK

The Boy Scout movement is to be
encouraged. All know how they
marched and lent their influence dur
ing the war In Baraboo, rain or
shine, Scoutmaster E. C. Henke and
the boys appeared in line as the citi-
zen soldiers marched away to camp.
On other occasions they have assisted
in public spirited way. The things
they do lead them into the great out
Of doors, giving them robustness and
color, makes them acquainted with
wood and field. The pictures they are
gathering from month to month, from
year to year, will be a treasure house
for the members in after days.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-06-19
THEY KNOW LIBERTY

The strikers at Winnipeg started to
take control of the city. They at
to stop all trans portation, all
business, private or public, and all
delivery of food except such as they
themselves should authorize. They
aimed to paralyze all the activities Of
whole city and to exercise authority
such as no government possesses.
Then came the soldiers returned
from the battlefelds Of France and
Belgium. Having fought for liberty,
they had gotten good idea of what
it was, and they didn't recognize the
article at Winnipeg as the genuine
thing.
They, 1000 of them, declared at
once that the sort of thing that was
going on there would have to stop and
1000 have been sworn in as constables
to make their word good.
They have no quarrel, they say, with
unions or with union labor. They
have no use, on the other hand, for
any group or class that starts in to
oI, at;o he of
rule or ruin They have had expert
ence with a whole nation of people
that acted on that principle. They
know the difference between liberty
and license. Liberty, they have found,
depends upon restraint. Democracy
and the so-called dictatorship of the
proletariat they know to be as oppo-
site as the poles.
The soldiers of our own country, like
those of Canada, have come back i'm
bued with loyalty and duty to country
and that means to them something
more than a mere Shibboleth. Their
country is to them what Washington
and the others created, what Lincoln
preserved and what they fought for
They will not see it divided or de-
stroyed if they can help it.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-06-19

The other day in Texas a couple
went UP in a flying machine and wen q
married, later descending to earth.
Many persons come down to earth
after they are married. o.
A few days ago Barapoo woman
saw coffin going down an alley and
disappear up the back stairway of a
lodge. The organizations goat must
have been hungry.
* * *
I'm the philosophy of life it is con-
ceeded that self preservation is the
first law of nature. Alcohol is con-
sidered the great preservative for into
it has been cast horned toads, cobras,
scorpions, centipedes and tarantulas.
1t is said that many cars that leave
Kilbourn, Portage, Sank and other
places carry evidence of frantic eff
fort at preservation from the Sahara
epidemic that will be quite general
after July /.
Ellis B. Usher completed his sixty
seventh year few days ago in Milwau-
kee He was born in 1852 For many
years Ellis was publisher at La
Crosse with prominence in politics that
made him state chairman for the party
with which he affiliated at the time.
OF late years he has devoted himself
quietly to publicity service.
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Mr. Lansing, Secretary of State, says
the United States government cannot
pay any attention to delegates urging
Irish freedom, because those delegates
have said things unpleasant to and
about England.
Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry,
George Washington and an assortment
of others said unpleasant things about
England and to England. Yet they got
their freedom This country seems to-
forget good deal in hundred years.
Arthur Brisbane in Wisconsin News.
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One of Senator's StaudenmayeI's
sons, back only few weeks from over
seas, and wounded twice. carries in his
pocket twisted German bullet which s
DETECTED from his own gun, was en-
bedded in his neck, from which it was
cut He is now back with enthusiasm
on the big farm. He was wounded in
the neck on November TO- the Day be-
fore the armistice was signed. He had
previously suffered a slight wound
about the knee.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-06-19
The boy problem IS a great problem


The boy problem is a great problem
ard one that has attracted the best
minds for many years. 1t is field
worthy of serious consideration, a field
that will yield abundantly of a rich
harvest. It was Baden-Powell who
led in the movement and the influ-
ence of his first efforts is widely felt.
Give the boy the light of good books,
kindly companions and wholesome en-
vironment-it will be worth while.
The Boy Scout movement leads the
way to a better patriotism, to better
to better government.
Cheers for the Boy Scouts.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-06-19
Dissolve Piles in Ten Minutes

Milwaukee, new and unique
treatment that dissolves plies in ten
minutes and cures the worst cases in
four days, is the proud achievement Of
DR.. F. T. Riley, 435 M. and M. Build
ing, Milwaukee, WIS. DR.. Riley guar
antees permanent cure, without
knife, pain or danger, or his treatment
costs you nothing. If you suffer, don't
risk dangerous operation, but write
him today for free particulars and in
structions.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-06-19
TREATING NATURE ROUGH

If you should demonstrate your love
for a friend by knocking off his i,at,
backing his eye and loosening his cen
tral incisors, a lunacy commission
would likely sit upon your case.
Yet any Sunday the last month So
called nature lovers could be seen in
the forest preserve demonstrating
their love for nature in this berserk
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-06-19
CERMANY'S 90 POINTS

The German covenant for a league
of peace has sixty-six points, which
seems to show that, after all, the Ger
mans would not have been satisfied
with fourteen points, if they had got
them.-Philadelphi Press.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-06-19

self-sacrifice Of her people in the pros
ecution of the war Now let them
show at least equal devotion and self
sacrifice in paying the costs of that
war. -Harvey's Weekly.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-06-19
AGED LA CROSSE MUSICAL
LEADER KILLS HIMSELF

Melancholy since the death Of his
mother a year ago, Isador Tippman, So,
for years band and orchestra leader
in La Crosse and orchestra. leader in
La Crosse and prominent musical
critic, shot himself through the head
in San Diego, Calf.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-06-19
Obituary
j. p. sprecher

Many, many frien0S assembled at
the Evangelical church on Sunday at
ternoon to pay their last tribute to J.
P. Sprecher, long years a resident and
merchant of Baraboo. The serviceSs
were conducted by the pastor, Rev. G.
e. Maves and he told of the many
years the deceased had been a pillar
in the church He had given his in
f1uence from the beginning of the
Baraboc organization and his presence
will be greatly missed. He was active
until sickness came upon him and it
was often regretfully remarked during
the erection of the new church that
Peter Sprecher was not there to as
sist. All realized that were ne able he
would be doing his share.
He was we'll known to the older resi-
dents Of the county and was generous
to a fault He labored long hours and
was intiring in giving service to his
customers.
The musical numbers were given by
choir composed of the pastor, Rev.
Maves, Daniel Roberts, Lucius Bump,
and julius Mold, Mrs. E. NJ. Doll at
the piano.
The bearers were C. Gasser. John w.
Meisser, William Brandt, Peter Keller,
T. Clavadatscher and August Kamrath.
Interment was in the Baraboo ceme-
terry.
The near relatives from away who
attended the funeral were; Mrs. F. II.
Powers of Bucyrus, Ohio; Mr.. and Mrs.
L. e. Weiland, of Westby; Mr.. and
Mrs. E. T. Hill of Spring Green; Mr..
and Mrs. w. Sprecher of Spring Greene
Mrs. Westly Smith of Avoca; Mr.. and
Mrs. Martin Sprecher and family, Mrs.
Andrew Sprecher and Nicholas
Sprecher all of Black Hawk; Ms.
Herman Fuloner of Milwaukee.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-06-19

farmer and is there better definition
of the sound and useful c4tizea,
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-06-19
A. r. Law, M. D.

A. r. LAW, M. D.
Specialist in diseases of women and
rectal diseases. Any case of
PILES
and any case OF
CONSTIPATION
permanently cured, ard the patient
doesn't pay until cured Call or write
Washington Building, Madison, Wis.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-06-19
Charles Andross

The funeral services of Charles
Andross were held from the home in
Lyons Sunday afternoon at o'clock.
Rev. E. C. Henke officated and
quartette composed of Mrs. George
w. Andrews. Miss Mable Schenck, D.
A Lewis and Henry Koppke sang. The
pallbearers were; G. w. Andrews,
Herman Neitzel, George Howe, julius
Putt, William Trueman and A. L.
Bettendorf.
Interment was made in the Delton
cemetery.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-06-19
This and That

Because Mrs. JurgensOn, Chicago,
loved to mend trousers, Herman
Jurgenson got divorce. They We're
not his pants she mended.
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Down at Winsted, Conn.,, there is a
club that hunts rattlesnakes on Scha-
ghticoke mountain in early spring and
it is going out of business, according
to world received in New Milford. AS
prohibition becomes a fixed law,
naturally and inevitably hazardous
trips like this will eventually become
extinct
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-06-19

how to do it. IF the back yard is
paved with brick or concrete, or if the
soil is composed of rocks and untillable
soil, make a barrel garden" And it
gives full direction for making one,
from which cucumbers, radishes, peas
and even beans may in due time be
harvested probably not all from one
barrel.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-06-19

"A barrel garden for city folks" may
seem like wild gardening" but the
New York State College of Agriculture
at Cornell University seriously tells
Evening journal., 1919-07-29
DEATHS

HALLoREN-In this city. on Jufy n
1913, Martin Hall0ren
Relatives and friends are invited 10 at
tend the funeral from HIS late Residence. "A
norklyn, Del, on Friday morning. al .
y o'clock Requiem mass at St Patrick's
Shurch, Ashland, Del. Interment at Ash
rURNER-In this city, on July -. 1919.
Ihaddeus IL. Turner aged 40 years.
Due notice OF funeral will be given.
TRUITT-Suddenly, ne his home. In
Georgetown, Del, John II. Truitt, In his
63rd year.
Relatives and friends arc invited 10 at
day afternoon, az 130 Z. NJ. Kindly omit
flowers
CHAMBERS-In Marshallton, Del. on July
-, 1919, Jessie. daughter OF Harry and
Annabel Chambers IN her 18th year
Relatives and friends are invited to at
tend the funeral services, at her parents
residence. Marshallton, Del. on Thursday
afternoon, July 81, at , o'clock. Interment
at St Barnabas' cemetery, Marshallton.
Del
DoMBRowsKI-In this city, on July 81,
1919, Catharine, widow OF Victor Dom
Relatives and friends arc invited to at
No 719 S. Harrison street, on Wednesday
morning, July 30 at o'clock Requiem
mass at 81. Elizabeth's Church. Inter
ment az Cathedral cemetery.
PARKSs-In this city, on July p, 1919,
VIM. Parks, aged IS years. II
Relatives and friends are invited 70
attend the funeral services at Fishers
Undertaking Parlors, No. 722 King St..
on Tuesday afternoon. at 2 O'Clock In
terment at Mt. Salem Cemetery.
Evening journal., 1919-07-29
.SUFFRAGISTS OF
STATE ENCOURAGED
Continued from First Psga.

vitatlon 10 attend the conference.
az am heart and soul with you," said
State Senator John NJ. Walker, who at
tended the conference.
The conference was well attended and
enthusiastic.
The following campaign committee
was appointed 10 work for a special
session and ratification
Ratification Committee - Chairman,
Miss Marie T. Lockwood; secretary,
Miss Katherine Hllles. MEMBERSHIPS
Katherine Fletcher, Mrs. ]. NJ Collins,
Mrs. Fred Bringhurst, Mrs. z. G. Ben
nett, Mrs. John Stirlith, Mrs. Harry
Yerger. Miss Blanche p. Lockwood,
Miss Alice @. Baldwin, Miss Rachel
Rowland, Miss Sara w. Pyle, Miss
Annie T. Hllles, Miss Katherine Hilles,
Mrs. Z. Paul dupont Mrs. Z. S.
Regan, Mrs. James N. Ginns, DR.. Mar
garet Handy (Smyrna). Mrs Julian
Ortiz, Mrs. Irving Warner, Mrs. James
F. Nields, Mrs. Lola Whiteman (Dela-
ware City, Mrs. II. r. Riley (Reho-
BOTH. Miss Elizabeth Speakman (Clay-
mont), Mrs. Katherine Boyle New Cas-
tle), Mrs. Willard S. Blggs, middle
town..
The members OF the conference
unanimously elected 20 go 70 Dover 70
present a memorial 10 Governor Town
send requesting a special session OF the
General Assembly in order TO ratify the
Nineteenth Amendment. The following
telegram was sent 10 Governor Town
send:
'Will you receive deputation Della
ware National Womsns' Party mem
bers, August 4, at noon. IN State House,
who desire 10 present a memorial2
MARIE T. LOCKWOOD,
Chairman State Ratification Commit
tee"
Beginning today the suffrage head
quarters at No. II East Seventh street
viii be open every day, with Mrs. Ben
ton MacKaye in charge.
The date for the trip 20 Dover VIII be
August 4, provided Governor Townsend
replies in the affirmative 10 the tele-
gram sent by the committee suggesting
this date for the deputatlon to be re-
ceived.
Governor Townsend has expressed a
willingness 10 help the suffragists all
he can.
Evening journal., 1919-07-29

except IN the black belt and held In re-
serve. They were armed with revoi-
vers, clubs and rifles tipped with bay
onets. Pursuit cars, motorcycles and
horses were used chasing down the bat
tiers, black and white, Police stations
were fllled with refugees. Many Ne
Hundreds more were picked up for
participating IN street lights,
Until midnight officers had diflculty
IN gaining any sort OF control over sf-
fairs. Riots died IN one spot 10 break
forth with renewed violence In another
quarter II was 4 O'Clock before the po-
lice finally announced they were In con-
troll and it was decided TO hold the MI
lltia In their armorles.
Governor Lowden and Mayor Thomp-
son Issued appeals TO both races. Low
den was called back from trip 10 the
West by news Of the riots and the street
car strike.
The sailor-led mob which pareded
through the loop most Of the night
was stopped at the Federal Building,
where a hundred colored workers were
employed. Watchmen and policemen
were assigned 10 every entrance and for
further protection, the Negro workers
were confined on the fourteenth floor.
The bsckflre Of an automobile In the
postal subway under the building,
caused a rush OF police and scram-
bic among white workers.
At dawn the colored men were bun
died into screened mall trucks and
driven 10 their homes.
Evening journal., 1919-07-29

bid maintenance or armed German
forces within this area are quoted in
the treaty. UnproYoked aggression. the
treaty says, would consist OF a wilful
violation Of one or all OF these articles.
The special treaty is placed under the
Jurisdiction OF the league OF nations.
Upon application OF one party 10 the
treaty, the league council may, by ma
jority vote, decide that the special ar
rangement is no longer needed and that
the league itself is sufllcinet guarantee
Of Frances safety.
The treaty comes into force only
after a similar treaty with great
Britain has been ratified, II is provided.
The British House Of Commons has
already ratified its part OF the bar
gain.
The final provision is for submls-
sion Of the special treaty 70 the Senate
at the same time as the peace treaty.
Notes OF ratification are TO be ex-
changed at the same time ratincatlons
OF the peace treaty are deposited at
Versailles, or as soon thereafter as pos
slble.