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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1919-10-02

The eight institutions which are
members of the Wisconsin Colleges
Associated have 40 men and women
on their faculties How to hold these
teachers with such small salaries as
they can offer. is one OF the serious
problems facing the Wisconsin college
president today.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1919-10-02

IN Wisconsin, eight colleges. demon.
national and non-denominational. Pro-
testant and Catholic, have banded TO.
gether to work out their common prob.
lens
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1919-10-02

OF the 1880 living alumni Of Be
lott College, $50 are teaching. This is
one Of the arguments for the voluntar.
lily maintained college.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1919-10-02

OF the 31S2 graduates Of Marquette
University 959 are engaged in the pIac
tice Of medicine, S33 ase dentists and
$50 are nurses.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1919-10-02
The Trouble With
Tommy
BY WILL T. AMES
copyright, 1918. by the Mcclure News
paper syndichte.)


The trouble with Tommy Ellis
| showed itself from the first day he
went to school. 1t was little school,
and there were just fifty hooks on the
walls Of The boys entry" with fifty
one boys to hang their hats on them.
! Half dozen of the new boys were
younger and smaller than Tommy, who
had reached the ripe age of seven;
but Tommy II was who had to lay his
cap ON the aoor In the corner because
| he let the other fellows grab while he
held back. Tommy didn't like having
10 pun his cap on the floor any better
than The other boys. But somebody's
had 10 go there, and 50 il was Tom
my's
It wasn't because he was slow or
stupid that Tommy, from that time on,
took the dust Of his schoolmates and
later on the choice of whatever was
being given out in the way of favors or
Jobs or opportunities. On the contrary,
Tommy was brighter and quicker and
naturally more sliillful and clever than
the majority Of boys. But he was ut
tQrly lacking IN self-aSsertiveness.
The only occasion on which TOmmy's
hand went up in time 10 be recognized
By The teacher, when she was showing
Off her pupils to visiting parents or
committeeman, was when he was the
only child in the room who knew the
answer to the question. If one or two
or n dozen of the others were prepared
with the desired information they were
all sure to beat Tommy to It.
There was a little girl whom Tommy
worshiped In his secret soul. One
day her hat blew off She was the
school beauty, so five boys put chase
after the hat Tommy, as usual, got
started last having been bumped out
Of his stride by another boy. 1t was a
freak wind and of sudden the hat
shifted lis course and came straight
at Tommy and mud puddle. Tommy
headed II Off and all bushes, took
single step toward his inamorata. Then
another boy grabbed the hat AWAY from
Tommy Ind himself bestowed 1t upon
IT'S owner, with the air of one having
rescued Il from the puddle instead OF
purlouing Il from the abashed Tom
my's worshipfu hand The little girl,
whose name was Annabelle Hester,
smiled beuignantly upon the other boy,
whose name was Floyd Cushman, and
never even gave Tommy a glance.
And so It was Az twenty Tommy
was holding down the worst possible
job in the gift Of the superintendent Of
the one-horse interurban trolley com
pony. n Job which no one else would
take, and which necessitated his get
ting up ut an unconsclonable hour In
the morning, and walking a mile after
taking the last car into the barn at
night, with nh his leisure time in the
middle Of Che day--und what use can
a young fellow make Of the hours from
ten till thret7
The use that Tommy made of them
was to think hope)eSsly and with
sinking heart, about that same Anna
belle Hester whose hat he saved from
being muddicd when he was little
boy Aunubelle was Stenogrpher In
town now, but She Still lived In the SUI
Durham village. and very often rode
out on the ear on whieh Tommy col
lected the fares.
She was always friendly and nice
to Tommy and now and then he ven
tured to talk 10 her a little but only
now ANA then, because Tommy fam
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1919-10-02

OF the 7o0 living alumni Of Carroll
College As are in the Government
service.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1919-10-02
TRIBUNE
Real Estate Agency

Property will be listed and advertised in
this column free of charge. unless sale is
made. If sale is made, a commission will be
charged. as per agreement. whether sold by
TINS agency or the owner, or any other personl
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28

torney Of Butler County, Kan,
showed how it had been necessary to
maintain large corps of armed
guards in 1917 to protect the oil
fields from hordes of agitators.
ut was necessary for the oil COM
panies to maintain large private
police forces to protect their prop
critics." McCluggage testified.
thousands of complaints of the
activities of the I. w. W. were made
to my Office by the oil operators,
police, sheriffs and private citizens"
Between 900 and 1,5OO |. w. w.
members were arrested and prose-
cuted in Butler County during the
year 1917, McCluggage testified, due
to their efforts to Sab the oil
fields and create general discomfort
by the distribution of incendiary
literature, which formed the basis
for practically all the trouble in the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
overruled by the Judge. He is de-

overruled by the Judge. He is de-
scribed by "The Kansas City Post"
as "hovering like hawk over each
government witness, checking each
reply and Directing to practically
every question. And on the BENCH
leaning far back in his chair, his
eyes closed, sits the judge, appar-
emily asleep until some answer of the
witness brings sharp exchange of
argument from the attorneys below
Then quiet word from the bench
and the case proceeds. The eyes re-
main closed, but the mind behind is
far from asleep"
Moore undertook to give some
testimony himself, reading long ex-
tracts from |. W. w. books. It is
hard to see how he hoped to appeal to
the jury, composed largely of farm
ers, by describing acts of sabotage on
farms, such as planting trees upside
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28

Eldorado and Augusta territories.
Sabotage, typitied by the black
cat, was extensively defined in ex-
tracts from Haywood's book, "Sabo-
tage." ut does not take human life,
but is direct proposition that prop
erty has no rights" ga boycotted
institution is at all times subject to
sabotage" You are destroying
civilization,' is hurled at us. We
reply, we should worry; civilization
is a lie. ," "Sabotage will put stop
to war" "The saboteur is sharp
shooter of the Revolution. He has
the courage to invade the enemy's
country" sabotage does not mean
poisoning the soup, putting ground
glass in the bread, or destroying
human life, but is aimed solely at
the heart the pOcketbook. "
Every worker in the industry has
sabotage at his command--let the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
Job the Big Need of British Army Officers

think Of resuming pre-war studies"
is typical even if his frankness is a
little above average.
Under such circumstances the
movement now being launched by
the British East Africa Disabled
Officers Colony seems to fill a gen
uine need. The substance of the
story is told by the name Of the
organization; details are divulged
by an article published in "The
London Daily News:
About seventy-tive officers, we are
told, are shortly going out to East
Africa to form a little community Of
their own. They have secured $4,000
acres of land, fifty miles southeast of
Kisumi, at a nominal price. and they
intend to make a success of growing
fax. Markets for the produce OF the
farms have already been arranged,
and it is expected that in two years
or so the little colony will be self
supporting.
Twenty-Five of the members are
married. and their wives will go out
with them. 1t is intended that the
colony shall be entirely self-con-
tanned. There Will be a resident doc
tor and also nurse. The nearest
town of any size -Nairobi-is 200
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28

open a door you find yourself sud-
charming spectacle.
"In a vast hall whose bay windows
take captive all the parsimonlous
light Of the dull, rainy day, youths
and girls are seated in front Of
tables, reading, writing, or in groups
chatting gayly in suppressed tones.
This is nothing unusual, is it?
''All the races OF Europe are repre-
scented here, without counting Asia,
with the amiable and dainty Japa-
nese, and even Africa, whose daz-
zlng smile breaks forth on one
dusky face. And all these young
people from every corner Of the
world are trying to speak French;
with different accents, certainly
hoarse, nasal, or chirping-but pro-
nounced piously, carefully, with the
most touching good will
as the learned Sorbonne trans
formed into a Tower of Babel?
"On the contrary; it is a union Of
races striving for the conquest Of q
language and an ideal of civilization.
For we are in the hall that the
Sorbonne reserved for the foreign
students entered for the new courses
created this year by the Paris Uni
versity. They can rest here, work
between the lectures, and find. as
we'll as a fire-a rare and precious
boon just now-books, advice and
an atmosphere of affectionate solicit
tude"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
faster know he faces Industrial

master know he faces industrial
mutiny. Sabotage is simply one Of
the weapons in labor's arsenal" /.
W. W. cards were known as "Red
Liberty Bonds"
Miss Hilda S. Seery, a stenog-
rapher in Haywood's Office, identified
letter from him claiming that the
war "Was of little consequence. y
She was afraid to admit her connec-
ton with the organization, showing
that she feared that might be con-
sidered criminal in itself.
Miss Elizabeth Serviss, assistant
secretary to Haywood, also refused
at first to admit her connection, but,
on being promised that nothing in
eliminating would be asked, gave
testimony.
During all this, Moore was con-
stantly Directing and advocating the
right of free speech, but was always
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
I'D " :': Ell: ny; % ;' : :: u: +:
thing and 60 any

where"
The personal ad" columns Of
papers like "The London Times" are
crowded with announcements of the
above type. The problem Of the
demobilized officer is one of the
most acute aspects of the crisis Of
the British middle class and of
after-war social reimbursement in
general. This officer is very fire.
quently a gentleman of the public
school, type, with a smattering Of
everything and thorough training in
nothing; he is we'll hammered and
affable jack-at-al l-trades, but the
cry of the age is for specialists.
There is, moreover, the psychologist
cal factor; the spirit Of adventure
always inherent in the young Brit
isher-which was awakened by the
war from it's twilight sleep of the
later pacific decades.
The case of the young Oxford
man who the other day advertised
for a position outdoors in Africa
or Australia, because she could not
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28

had brought the savior of her coun-
try"
1t should be explained that the
Lord Wellesley referred to is better
known under his later title of Duke
of Wellington. The correspondent
of "The Manchester GUARDIAN who
recalls the incident, notes the
lnsistence on ceremony characteriz-
ing the Spanish Cortes-a circum-
stance which hardly added to the
comfort of the gallant general in
his rather unconventional situation.
ONE effect Of the war is the de-
Election of stream of students
of all nationalities from the univer-
sites of Germany, formerly prob
ably the most nternational-a far
as attendance goes-among all seats
of learning in the world. Berlin,
Munich, Halle, Jena, Heidelberg,
Freiburg were the pre-war Meccas of
the students of humanities, while
the engineer worshiped at the
shrine Of Cnarlottenburg or Aachen.
That was before 1914; in A. D. 1920
Paris seems to be the international
watchword. A French newspaper
woman, Andrde Viollis, writes in
THE London Daily Mail"
IF, after wandering through the
stately passages of the Palais de la
sorbonne (the Paris University, you
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28

the following contribution to the
natural history of college calls:
Some eight years ago a Manchester
friend returned from an Eisteddfod
GO Welsh musical festivaD with a
most invigorating musical shout
which he had picked up. He knew
no Welsh, but he invented some glib
bcrish that served for the opening
lines. The climax was in the finish:
Lloyd George i-gorro i-gorra!
i-gorra! i-GOR-ra.' was rash
enough to bang it out on the Union
piano when I revisited Glasgow Uni
versity little later. The sequel
came in the middle of the war A
Glasgow student, wounded and con-
signed to Manchester, was relating
to me how his dropping spirits had
been uplifted one peculiarly filthy
day on road in Flanders by hearing
q detachment of famous Scottish
regiment shouting "the old Glasgow
go Rra!'" and how he found that
1t was officered by a fellow student.
| begged to hear the "old call" in
extenso. He gave it with gusto, mock
Welsh and all, .only that "Glasgow"
had ousted Lloyd George in the final
"i-gorral' So may an alien plant
queerly pruned, blossom and become
apparently indigenous in new soil
1t is pity the correspondent re
Trained from communicating in full
the Knock Welsh portion Of the
call. Readers who are amateur
practitioners Of the science calico
psychoanalysis might have found its
unraveling a fascinating pastime.
IN HIS late and-by some of hi
friends = lamented volume @,
plays George Bernard Shaw in
cludes a farce entitled "Catherins
the Great" the climax Of which is :
scene wherein Prince Potemkin, tn;
redoubtable favorite of the Empress
carries into court levee violentl,
squrming English captain Of dra
goons under his arm and drops hin
on Her Majesty's bed as if he were
a bundle
1t would be interesting to know
whether Mr.. Shaw has read the diar,
Of British lady, Mrs. Charles Cal
vert, in which the following entr
appears under the date of Decembe
II, 1909:
~ had letter yesterday from Ed
mund Knox, who is in Spain, and who
tells me a ludicrous anecdote relat-
ing to Lord Wellesley. The mob took
the horses from his carriage and
drew him along. A woman among
them, quite six feet high, was not
content with that, but took his little
lordship in her arms out of the car
riage and carried him, kissing and
hugging him all the time, to where
the Junta was assembled, and put
him down among them, saying she
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
Checks From, Haywood

Frank ]. Quinn, secretary Of the
Western Newspaper Union at Chi
cago. testified to having circulated
the /. w. w. newspaper, "Solidari-
ty," from a mailing list furnished
by the organization, and thousands
Of inflammatory pamphlets. Checks
signed by Haywood in payment for
this were introduced.
Fred Moore, attorney for the de-
PENDANTS, obviously was trying to
keep the evidence strictly to the de-
PENDANTS and prevent introduction
Of matter which might brand the
whole organization as an outlaw. He
was unable, however, to prevent the
admission Of matter like this:
Education Is ammunition. Organ
ixation is the weapon. Aim true and
keep your powder dry.
The I. W. W. hits the boss IN the
latitude of his hip where he carries
his greenware (pocketbook).
Fan the flames of discomfort
Sabotage: Make it too expensive
for the boss to take the lives and
liberty Of the workers. Stop the
endless court trials by using the
wooden shoe (emblem Of sabotagc)
on the job.
Ono Big Union, One Enemy
Boss.
! And this:
SONG
Down In the harvest land, united we
stand;
With the A. W. o. agricultural work
ers) we are out for the dough
Out to make old farmer John come
through.
Down In the harvest land,
The one big union grand;
If old farmer John doesn't freeze us,
his machine will visit Jesus;
Down In the harvest land.
R. G. McCluggagc, county at
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
The l. W. W. Has Been Tried and Found Gull
Not Only the individuals, but the
ORGANIZATION Placed Under
the Ban by the Verdict

down, but such was the main body
of his testimony.
The next day, December II, it ap-
peared that one Of the witnesses,
who was also one Of the defendants,
had vanished. He had not been seen
since Monday, when he had promised
to appear, having been released on
bond on the score of i'll health. The
main part of the days evidence was
furnished by J. c. Sherman, Of
Wichita, a handwriting expert, who
showed that even typewriters dis
play individual peculiarities-an i'm
portant factor in identifying I'M
signed manuscripts.
Shearman's efforts played a large
part in helping the government to
prove it's case.
On the next day an l. ". W.
member, I. Z. Altamose, who had
disappeared eight months before,
IcdDDcdlCu anu announced Ills Will
ingness to testify, saying that he
had been living quietly in Kansas
City. Frank G. Wermke, a former
saboteur, or "sab cat" in I. W. W.
language, showed how the organiza-
ton tried to bring about a general
strike in the Kansas wheat fields
during the summer of 1917. He
had joined the society in 1916, was
made an organizer and formed fly
ing squadrons Of workers to spread
their doctrines among the farm
workers. He was arrested in the
summer Of 1917 and, while in jail,
was converted from his radical be-
liefs. Another former "sab cat"
had been a chemist at San Joaquin,
Cal, where he had constructed
"kitties" chemicals in a corked
bottle, which ate away the cork and
burst into flame. Such a labora-
tory was known as an lark"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
A Great Victory for the Govern
ment i'm the Recent Trial
in Kansas City, Kan.

country. Clara Chappell, Of Mime
apolis, worker in the agricultural
branch of the organization, identified
the defendants membership cards
and showed how bulletins were dis
tributed in the wheat and oil fields.
The agricultural organizations cards
show a black kitten in defiant atti-
tude on q stack of wheat.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
Planned Sabotage

A letter identified by Sherman
as having been written by Phineas
Eastman, secretary Of the Augusta,
Kan, I. W. W. branch, gave threats
Of a proposed blow-up Of the oil
fields. It read:
"At your first move, up go your
homes and pipe lines and tanks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28

One box Of matches can whip the
whole country"
The sheriff Of Salina County do.
scribed another threat to blow nm
New York City. In favor Of the
w. w. it was shown by the stats
teal bureau Of the United States
Fuel Administration that the pro-
duction Of oil had not diminished
during the summer Of 1917.
The work of the agricultural
Flying squadrons" was described in
detail, how they drove railroad
spikes in the wheat fields, so as
to ruin the farmers machinery.
Searching for such spikes would
mean trampling down the grain
The squadrons operated largely at
night, terrorizing prospective farm
hands on the trains. l.. L. flaming
brakeman, told Of such an attempt
in detail.
The speed with which the gang
worked and the thoroughness with
which its work was done were de-
scribed. Tanning went from an oil
car to q coal car on the moving
freight AS he walked among
twelve or fifteen men in the car he
was struck on the head with a club
and shot in the shoulder. Nothing
was said, he testified, until he was
being thrown over the side Of the
car. Then he was told:
"You will respect a red card after
this. You and all of your friends"
Large camps where the nomadlc
farm workers congregated were in
tested by "wobblies' (members Of
the I. w. W. who had persuaded
$4,000 to join during the summer of
1916, although $4,000 had been ex-
PEELED for failure to pay dues before
the fall.
AS the government gathered evil
dence it became clearer and clearer
that discomfort was the foundation
on which the I. ". ". was built, and
through which it expected to abolish
the wage system and seize the ma
chlnery of production. An agitator
would ask a farm hand
What are you receiving day
from the farmer?"
81 get $780," was the answer.
gu should have 81" the agitator
advised
Meanwhile four of the defendants
had disappeared. They had COM
planned that they were dying in jail,
and Robertson, the district attorney
had released them on personal bonds
or their word of honor. The |. ".
W. professed to know nothing about
them, and they have not been heard
of since. Four others had been
named in the indictment, but had
vanished before the government
cOuld locate thop,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28

miles away, and the nearest railway
station--Kericho- miles.
There will, therefore, be some lack
of society, but it is not anticipated
that there will be any serious danger
Of boredom. A clubhouse will be
built, and golf links and lawn tennis
courts made. Lion and rhinoceros
shooting Is expected to provide any
variety that may be needed.
The scheme has been organized by
Lieutenant Colonel R. Hughes Ridge,
Of the British East Africa Disabled
Officers Colony, Ltd, 10, Old Jewry-
chambers, f. c.
A certain amount Of sympathetic
encouragement has been given by the
Ministry Of Pensions-all members
being in receipt of a disablement
pension for wounds or disease-and
it is hoped that the Ministry Of Ship
ping will help to solve the problem
of cargo space for the machinery and
other material which must be shipped
from England All members before
going overseas are to go through a
course Of training in farming in this
country
Obviously. the plan does not solve
the entire problem, for, although
Stanley Kaufman, one of the com
mittee, says that there is heaps of
room for every one mass migra-
ton Of former holders of commits
sions in His Britannia Majesty's
armed forces is hardly likely to take
place. But as far as it goes the
scheme SEEMS very commendable
Mr.. Kaufman paints in glowing col
ors the advantages and amenities
that await. the prospective colonist
The climate in East Africa, he says
is ideal; it is perpetual spring out
there. Then listen to this
Petrol is only Cd. a gallon. Ma
tive labor abounds. Horses can be
bought for So"
Gasoline at Is cents and $40 fol
a horse!
The pronts, 1t is explained, will be
pooled and equally divided. 1t viii
be communism, but administered by
a "gentlemen's soviet" and protected
by the Union Jack.