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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-12-31
RIGOROUS RULES FOR
''WHITE LINE" SALES

A large increase in the number OF
applications from doctors wishing to
prescribe alcohol for sick persons is
expected soon, by Thomas A. Delaney
prohibition director for Wisconsin.
Doctors and druggists, to obtain
permits, must give bonds to insure
their compliance with the regulation
Doctors are required to have on hand
at all times duplicates of the pre-
scriptions issued by them. Druggists
are required to make monthly re-
ports on the prescriptions.
"This office will have charge of the
withdrawal of alcohol for scientific
purposes said Mr.. Delaney 1T will
maintain a registry of legalized stills
and will receive monthly reports OF
prescriptions of nonbeverage spirits
filed by druggists.
"The office will have charge of the
handling and approving of bonds for
the use and sale OF nonbeVerage spir-
its. 1t will have charge OF industrial
distilleries and of distillery reports of
beverage spirits. 1t also will have
charge of gaugerer's reports.
General information on the laws
and regulations pertaining to beyer-
age spirits will be given by this office.
Correspondence relating to such in
formation will be handled. The office
will compile reports on the holders
of permits to dispense nonbeyerage
spirits in the state. 1t will have
charge of denatured alcohol reports
and monthly returns"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-12-31
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WIDE, WIDE WORLD.

Is :
The oil tanker, ]. A. Chanslor. was
sunk off Cape Blanco, Ore, with a
loss of 80 lives.
Mrs. James Blake of Atlantic City,
who murdered her son, was sent to
an insane asylum.
Two Shipments of machine guns
from Germany to Mexico were seized
In transit across Holland
The French government may make
Montfaucon hill where hundreds of
Americans are buried a national mon
ument.
Washington claims that profits OF
So and Sc barrel are being made on
hard cider with an alcoholic content
Of per cent
Whale meat is available on the New
York markets at Is cents a pound.
The meat is homeless and free from
fat, skin or gristle.
Miss May Byrne, Chicago, confess
ed that she killed John S. Reynolds
a shooting gallery man. Miss Byrne
contended the shooting was accident
al.
Chas. Johnson. West Salem, Ohio,
farmer was sold a reserved seat for
SIS to witness the "world coming to
an end" Johnson told his story to
the police.
1872 buffalo were killed in herd
at Fort. Pierre, S. D., They were
part of 500 bison owned by a ranch
err. The meat was shipped to various
cities.
Holland has officially notified the
allies that she will not consent to the
extradition of the former kaiser. The
right of asylum" is one of the reas-
onS given.
Cotton planters say that a change
in the gulf stream ten miles nearer
the Atlantic coast is feared and this
may seriously affect the crop by a
more moist climate.
Clyde, n. Y. authorities are search
ing for murderers of infants. The
bodies of three boys and a girl were
found in a weighted pasteboard box
on the ice of the Erie canal.
]. H. Rubin, Milwaukee, former So
cialist, returns from Russia complete
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-12-31
Notice For Administration and Notice
@ to Creditors.

State of Wisconsin, County Court,
Grant County-In Probate.
In Re Estate of William Short, De-
ceased.
Notice Is Hereby Given, That at the
Special Term of said court to be held
on the second Tuesday of January
a. d. 1920, at the Court House in the
City of Lancaster, County of Grant
and State of wisconsin, there will be
heard and considered, the application
of Wilbert Short for the appointment
of an administrator of the estate of
William Short late of the town of
Beetown in said county, deceased:
Notice Is Hereby Further Given,
That at the Special Term of said court
to be held at said Court House on
the fourth Tuesday of April A. D.
1920. there will be heard, considered
and adjusted, all claims against said
William Short. deceased:
And Notice Is Hereby Further Civ
en-, That all such claims for examin-
alton and allowance must be presented
to said county court at the Court
House in the City of Lancaster, in
said county and state, on or before
the 10th day of April, "A. d. 1920, or be
barred.
Dated December 10Th, 1912
BY the Court,
E. B. GOODSELL,
Judge.
S. H. Taylor, Attorney 43c3.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-12-31

ly disillusioned of soviets and the
Bolsheyiki. Rubin says graft and
cruelty are dominant in Russia.
Lincoln, Neb. club women united to
boycott eggs and forced wholesale
prices from IS cents a dozen to SIS
cents a dozen. Other drives on meat
and clothing are contemplated
Gold miners are clamoring for an
increase of the price of gold above
the sum fixed by law. $20.67 an
ounce. The miners claim that they
must shut down unless relief is af-
forded
Alex Miller, mute, is held at Gree
ley, Col, in connection with the MUIR
der of Adam Shank and family of wife
and five children who were found shot
to death. Miller worked for the
Shanks.
Workmen in Chillicothe, O., paid
$40 a quart for cold tea taking Z bot
ties. They later found out the fluid
was just what the salesman said it
was-cold tea. The sample, however,
tasted like whisky.
The German Reichsbank has issued
one billion marks in new paper mon
ey breaking all records. The bank
has forty-five billions of paper marks
in circulation. German investors are
converting their stock holdings and
taking paper money to evade confis-
catory taxes.
John F. Turner, Philadelphia div
err went down 800 feet in newly in
vented armored suit of brass weigh
ing 400 pounds. Turner went down
off the Irish coast to recover gold bull
lion from the British ship Laurentic
Turner reported freedom of move
ment at $50 feet and to be unaware
ofthe pressure above $50 feet.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-12-31
NINTH ANNUAL ROAD SCHOOL.

Announcement is made by the Wis
consin Highway Commission that the
ninth annual road school will be held
at Madison January 26 to 81, inclus-
i've, 1920. The road school has be-
come the big event of the year in the
way of official public gatherings and
the next program, prepared by State
Highway Engineer Hirst, will surpass
any previous one. At the last school
the attendance numbered upward OF
1900 The growth of the road move
ment has been such that it is expect
ed that a thousand representatives
will be registered at the next school.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-12-31
County Court, Grant County. WiscOn.
SHIN Probate.

In the Matter of the Estate OF
Samuel Oates, Deceased.
Notice Is Hereby Given, That at a
Regular Term of the county court
to be held in and for said county at
the court. house in the city of Lancas-
ter in said county on the 1st Tuesday
(being the 9Th day. of January, A. d.
1920, at the opening of court on that
day, the following matter will be
heard and considered:
The application of John M. Stone,
executor of the will of Samuel Oates,
deceased, late of Lancaster in said
cour y, for the examination and al
low nee of his final account, and for
the assignment OF the residue of the
estate of said deceased to such per-
sons as are by law entitled thereto.
Dated December 10th, A. D. 1919
BY the Court,
e. B. GOODSELL,
County Judge.
Brennan & Carthew, Attorneys. 1868
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-12-31

S. H. Taylor, Attorney.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-12-31
6 Head of Horses

Pair black gengs and DID, VT l4OO well matched
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-12-31

Brennan & carthew, Attorneys. 1868
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-12-31

vast amount Of work remains be done which the
Intervention of has necessarily delayed and
lated, and the result is that caDitaI
expenditures ought to be made make up for the inter-
rptons inevitably due to the war and to prepare the rail-
roads to adequately the increased traffic throughout
the country. WALKER D. HINES
Director General of RaiIroals
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-25
The Irish RcDubIic

1f acton OF the Sim Fein assembly nj
p,i" III procialmlng an Irish republic
'"h' my lr!Sh question to the front as a
nt""er ol immediate and important interest
" pun oae OF those responsible for tho
movement Is clearly to force the hand of
the British government at a time wbo, ~
government, along with the governments %
All INC allied nations is seeking 10 sct tho
"oil" al order on basis of securing tho
''s"'' oi subject nationalities. AS NAV he
supposed, the leaders OF the Irish movement
are seeking to obtain the support of tbc
various aimed governments represented at tho
peace conference, particularly the United
States "'Vu
III lhis connection effort is being made b,,
9'hh rem agents in this country IN mako
IT. appear that the Presidents ..snlf-dctor
m'ha'ion plank in his fourteen terms of
peace commits him TO the support of RIO
'I's' nome rulers. As is perfectly proper
."e american government is not taking part
III the matter. Even we're we to ASSUME tho
I't 10 intervene, there is no justification
Tor me suggestion. which such Intervention
would imply. that the British govcrnmap, &c
not Interested in solving the Irish nroh1or,
III inc interest OF all concerned O, tbo
contrary, II has profcssed a desire If ,oe
! slhie' TO grant any form OF homo ru,c for
ireland upon which the various Irish f,c,iore
| can agree and manifestiy this government
tick
crnment is not sincere
Aside from the considerations th,, ,h
inns government from Interfering in tho
| sIiGh'eSt degree it can be readily ad1nittcd
mat INC people of the United States optor-
tam inc nope That satisfactory settlement
OF the Irish question will be found Th;
| nope Is entertained as much from the stand
point OF our very deep friendship for the
80 i'iS" nation as from cur sympathy with
.f Ttpt.,
! every reason to believe that the Britisb GOV
/ crh!nent is caTabic Of reaching a satisfactory
! settlement. The fact that this Dublin mar
| lament was permitted TO assemble with mo
! lui sanction OF the British government 40
| SH'e the beforehand knowledge of what il
| proposed 70 no. is evidence a-plenty that
'"'S" George ana his colleagues are deter
mined to deal with the p~-N'cm in a broad
ranged manner and in a spirit Of acconnmo-
| Gdiion.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-25
SEEN ON THE SIDE
81 HENRY EDWARD WARNER
Thc Mermaid


The Mermaid on coral reet
ana toycd with her seaweed hair
Nor bothered her soul with the oceans roll
VI me thing of the upper air
she said; It's really beyond BELIEF
Ihat folks should worry or care
IL theE rise or sink or they ca. or dr;,L
AS I'm told that they do, up there.
ouF tutors here in the briny deep
Have porpoise TO be ut ease
And TO calmly go through our wha,e o- u.,o.
win sicadiness in our knees
Hut up above where they wake or sleeu
Win giggle or Singer o. stare
lhey fret and stew with the damn NJ ,bo ,.
Ana they give me shark SO there"
And having said what she had to saw
she turned up her little nose
ana 'housht she vas glad, anyhow. that she had
y TAN where the others had toes!
D"v S'e WASH mot quite! Full many a day
she had spent on that self-same reef
'''stu because she lacked the forbidden. in
'i-iEe the rest Of her scxD in grief
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-25
In Tho Times Dispatch of the 10th
Chairman IIurley. Of tho Shipping

In The Times-D Dispatch Of the 10th
Chairman Hurley. OF tho Shipping
Board. had vaguely optimistic article
marine. The same day he announced
that to give American ship Owners OPP
other countries the government is to
sell Thorn the merchant ships 1t has had
built at two-thirds cost. The other
loss"-in this instance all loss. The
government has 534 of these vessels.
with tonnage OF nearly 100000, and
VIII nave more when contracts are COM
plcted. Some OF them have cost 5000
a ton 10 build against from onc-half
70 one-third as much for British and
French ships built at the same time
Prospective owners are to be put some
c whspe near on EQUALITY with their
concerned. at the expense Of the Treas
uryy, VI, ~. mn, ,ns -
very. near future. with ali this equip
mcnt OF seagoing craft not going TO
sea--"all dressed up and nowhere to
ocean. despite all the freedom the Paris
s s"h,npr,n may decree. as II The Hun
sucrsrfmf GnmpItgn was In fun and
iect has been taken up. TO the cxtcn.
Of some rnndom and hopeless discus
dictated just before the war by the
seamans union. the successful opera-
tion OF ships from American ports and
by American owners is declared by OK
pertS 20 be impossible. MIR DilIar. who
was president of the Pacific Steamshin
Company. expressed this opinion i've
years ago announced that his fleet had
been sold to the Japanese or course
NM, wniic NE war continued all ships that
Kept af,oat were enormously profitable.
some OF them paid for themselves from
INC profits Of two or three VOYAGES
SoW we are approaching normal con
aiitions and hard pan and must meet
Keen competition.
!, aside from the cost OF the ships. we
nave TO FACE the fact that the waro OF
the AMERICAN seaman Is $50 n month
against $50 for the British and SIS FOR
the Japanese. Our union contends thar
we VIII torce the other nations 10 come
UP To our standards of wages with
rfSuialions contained in tho law which
virtually invite and encourage foreign
crews coming TO our ports 10 desc,
unless their owners meet our wage
scale u also insists that Mr.. Dollar
was vas tryinE to deceive the public with
ha ,s na!a iucK story; that his talk Of
ana and pretense and that the law viii
grcss are not so sanEuinc The only
ueHnite suggestion any Of them offer
so far Is that the Treasury and .ha
tax nayers be called TO the rescue nf
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-25
America Becoming Ship-Minded.
ny EDWARD n. HURLEY,
Chairman of the United States Shipping
Hoard.

There is an important side OF our vas, ship.
that appeals more strongly. ,pethaps than any
other to the ina gination. 10 the hearts OF Amer
leans. and that is the manning OF this great fleet
with American seamcn.
is ,ur Of our work has or no n seen
the ships. The Shipping Board has been en-
service BY Whch Amercans cam can be Gained BACK
to ina, spehaa hs5sgs T b her
tags Of seagoinr that our forcfathers so hand
1t is true that to-day we. lead the world in
snp sn, and w the
nna r S nSo dscn ooS we s
moni to en,e fe 1SSa marine arm anh hey
nrn an typical Americans who have ne same
Thicrry
II not nSnsn to have ships As ns'ea
OYER !hs world and sive TO Other nations re
tbs is ns OF @ So5 hs
bou If the sdnnE a m. 10 ho
our our, detsrm i,i to ken a merchant marine
and protection in tho event of war.
n s an Is the the snnps
Of our nations renewed life on the sea to men
in every corner OF the country. This message
is Ssd as Of afa r. ne @es in
S Of SsW york Sna Sam GsH and
So cheago and
the sea have come % eob hers Who
the s%a in minor positions have we. been spurred
have recruited thousands nf American Off
for American ships-thc kind OF OIL
fathers and grandfathcrs were.
dyed in the wool patriots who fea red nothing
the face Of the ocean under il.
Through it's appeal the Shipping Board also
has reached the unframed youth OF the land.
and persuaded young men from factory and farm
10 come down to the scaboard and be trained for
service in deck and enginc-room crews for our
new ships.
In the light of faith growing out OF these
great constructive events in our merchant ma
r;nc glorious future for our flag
on he sca--a future IN which American mer,
chant ships VIII crowd the trade routes of all
oceans and tho terminals of all great ports;
when going will be honored calling
among american youths, whatever their native
state; when mothers and wives and sweet IT 3
will meet the home coming sailor with that
earlier generation felt in their sea going men
when rich in Gifts and tales of adventure.
they hack from voyages in American sail
in: ships. The voyages then were counted in
years; in this age OF tho longest are
made in weeks months:
We have spccdcd up in seagoing as we have
in shipbuidnE. and the result OF ii all VIII he
put ahead of all other nations in the race
for world ira 1c.
There is, good prospcct that by 1922 ~. our our
merchant feet Will take the lead and that we
will become the greatest maritime nation or the
world. We have the money. we have the ships,
have the men The record that is being
made in American shipyards at the present time
is the basis OF this acknowledgements 1919.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-25
News Of Fifty Years Ago
From the Richmond Dispatch, Jan rs. 1seo.)

Public meetings arc being Held all about In
Virginia to send delegates to the proposed con-
vcntion to be held in this city next month, or
certainly the month after.
J.. G. Tibbctts appeared before the reconstruc
ton committee in Washington yesterday and
preferred charges against General SLOVENIAN.
The general is charged with "dsloyalty to re-
construction and opposition to the plans Of the
jurisdiction in the matter. but lie would take
the papers and promised TO look into them.
Rev. George Jacobs. Of the Mayo Street Con-
grcgation OF lsraclitcs. has declined the very
nattcring call extended him by Franklin Street
congrega: ion of Philadelphia. Mr.. Jacobs is an
earnest preacher. prominent Mason and an
exemplary citizen. Richmond can't spare him
yet.
Married: on the 2ist instant by Rev, c. II.
and Miss NJ. Norvell Caskie. daughter of the
late James Caskie. No cards
The preliminary report No. OF the physical
Maury. is being issued from the press
The President has signed the bill repeating
the Southern States militia law.
The reconstruction committee yesterday re-
fused to hear any further argument against the
proposition of the Virginia Conservatives upon
the ground that IL would he but cumu In i've.
Mr. baldwin made further argument behalf
OF the Conservatives.
General Grant has written letter to the in
wishes there will be inauguration ball next
March.
Sixty nine packages OF leaf tobacco were Of
fercd on the Richmond Tobacco Exchange yes
terday. forty-one OF which H..rc nd and the
others taken In. S4NNeeyr-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-25


TO the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-Eerc follows a quotation from
he news columns OF the New York
World:
One duty OF this League Is to cs-
tablish criminal court for the trial
OF the great offenders aEains, inter
national law, especially az il was for
INFLATED in The Hague conventions.
and for their punishment. There Is n
fear that they VIII be allowed TO cs-
cape. This must not sc tolerated
After the Civil War we established 4
court before which Wirz was tried
lie had fair trial. Was condemned
and executed. The crimes In this war
are far more hcinops than his"
II speaks for Itself and speaks Il
falsehood. 1t is portion of the re-
port Of Mr.. Wheeler on international
arbitration before tho Bar Association
of New York. ,Wirz was murdered. and
the women OF the south erected mon
ument 10 his memory. and so was Mrs.
Surratt murdered. Post facto court 3
are constructed 10 cunvict. not to try
fairly. Abraham Lincoln violated his
oath o, Office and anEulled the Consti-
tuition when he freed the slaves. They
should have been freed. but not through
tho annulnent OF the Constitution.
while we of the South are as loyal TO
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-25
Books and Authors

Rush Light Stories" bv Mad II
u ,bs1p dDuheid & Coz. includes more
,in mn = uoIen stories beautiful in sem
The ,Unbroken Tradition" bv is Sara
Connolly. OF all the episodes that bea
Tpish ine War the episode OF tho
dramatic and the most pictuTesnust
Nora Connolly is the daughter of James
Wno i her Book ss f M IN The lrish
shows neither hate nor anger nor de,
s HATE and nsr n st3ry is wGnderfuly drs
your heart as it comes Straight FROM
hers. ii"ii
IN The most Important volume on D.
H ea4lH snri a cH %I list for the
locks M Book be- hf on ne Whi,
which the author has been engarej
n IN writing for the past two Years.
is said, appeared scriaiiy, ana tho
manuscript has grown to such pro.
Pail pGTti0ns 3 that a,s the APpletons have de-
novel; The Wine Of Astoni hiHa.e{'
s sant TO ne d ,h;s tho most impor-
will appear sometime in Januarw'
Thomas Dixon's story of woman's eco:
! "Tm,c w inae pc Nee which I he calls
February.
special interest in the new book by
" H. Mackenzie King, Industry and
humanity" (Houg -Mifiin Coz he
cause Of great personal Interest in
and rcspect for the author. During the
trying fuel and iron strike in that
state Mr.. King showed wisdom and
tact which earned for him the lasting
regard Of the people OF Colorado. 1t
was he who devised the plan OF settle
mcnt which finally solved the problem,
Thus does one OF his Western admirers
speak of his book: ITO this volume Mr.
King has brought strict education. n
careful, exact mind and long practical
ator in the industrial field He differs
from many writers in that he has been
IN contact with worker as well as en-
ployer, and has profited by his oDpor
tunities. In other words he is moi ,
bookman ADOPTING a prcconceived or or
theoretical outlook to the work befora
him and reasoning from the abstran,s
hut one who views industr.aIism and
Industrial unrest from different angles
ana with a sincere sympathy for TIA
worker" ,"o
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-25

the general good to the exclusion OF selfish
ambition, that Is encouraging to the hope
of continued harmony and n consequent last
ing peace. Whatever selfish ideas may be
entertained privately, tho nations sitting
about that table in Paris have seen too many
millions OF their people done to death by war,
and realize too acutcly with what grave i'm
portance the work of the conference is fraught
10 permit them to be pressed to the point of
disSension. Already many matters wherein
opinions honestly differed and which were
heid up as insurmountablc obstacles TO
amlcablc agreement have been removed from
the realm OF dangerous controversy. There
VIII be other difficult places rs the confer
ence proceeds with it's work. but with the
amt! that has been established the world
may depend on il that the faith will be kept
with those armies of the dead who died that
future war sacrifices might bo unnecessary
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-25

All the fighting incident to the war is not
over for, paradoXical as it may sound, there
is to be nghting, possibly blood-lettng, at
the peace conference. The challenge already
has .been issued AMI accepted, and two jour
nalists reporting the conference are about to
engage in Il duel They quarreled over the
publicity arrangements, and now propose to
have >the spotlight centercd on themselves.
There still is battling 10 do in Germany and
Russia, if their urge 10 hostiltics cannot
be sthlcd otherwise.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-25
4 Rusted Romance.

From personal letter written by Il bachelor
friend:
:" and as told you. she is the daughter
Of man whose chief anxiety is how to get rid
of his money more honestly than he got ii. She
plays divincly, reads wonderfully. is n brilliant
talkcr. knows the backs OF all the ca rds drives
rides. aviatcs. and has even ordered man
submarine Is going in for the real thing. 1t
was all settled but it's off now l shown
into the drawing room the other evening; maid
didn': know she therc--but she was. in Il
big ioungcy chair that you let back by pushing
a button. She was notwithstanding bit.
1t were. | thought to steal kiss and wakcn
her. and approaching for the purpose had al
most committed myself when she snorcd! And
I'm hanged IL I'll marry woman who snorcs!"