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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-12-23
LEGAL NOTICES
Thomas NJ. Priestley, Attorney
County Court Iowa County,
WiSCOnsin-Hn Probate

In the Matter Of the Estate of Mary
A. Snow, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that at a
special term Of the county court to
be held in and for said county in the
court house in the city of Dodgeville
in said county on the 3rd Tuesday
(being the 18th day. Of January,
A. d. 1921, at the opening Of court
on that day the following matter will
be heard and considered:
The application Of Charles w.
Snow, administrator Of the estate
of Mary A. Snow, deceased, late Of
the city Of Mineral Point in said
county, for the examination and al
lOWance 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;
and for the determination and adju-
0ication of the inheritance tax, if
any, payable in said estate.
Dated December %, A. D. 1920.
BY the Court
ALDRO JENkS, County Judge
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-12-23
SLACKERS GUESTS OF HONOR
Conscientious Directors Dined by
American Civil Liberties Bureau
Called "Bravest of Brave"

New York, Dec. 17.-Twenty-five
conscientious DIRECTORS, several of
whom served prison terms because of
their refusal to bear arms during the
war, we're guests of honor" at din
ner given by the American Civil Liber-
ties bureau.
Sneakers, who included Scott Near
ing, former professor at the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, and Rev. John
Haynes Holmes, pastor of the Com
munity church, lauded the DIRECTORS
as the "bravest of the brave"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-12-23
10 DROWN IN OHIO RIVER
Steam Launch Margaret Springs Leak
and Sinks in Five Minutes Near
AurHsta. KV

Augusta, KY, Dec. 2O.-Thirteen per-
sons were drowned in the Ohio River
when the United States steam launch
Margaret sprang leak and sank three
miles below Augusta.
Among the drowned were the wife
and two children of Maj. H. B. Pitt
man, in charge Of the government dam
at Chic, 0.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-12-23
lceIand's Old Mill.

Iceland can claim probably the most
northern mill ever erected. for in Rey.
kiavfk, little isolated town of about
5000 inhabitants. we find an old mill.
probably the first and only mill in
the early days in Iceland.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-12-23

Prince Carol of Roumania recently
found the Wisconsin College of Ag-
riculture to be "one Of the two most
impressive things in the United
States
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-12-23

Plaintiffs Attorney
2. O. Address, Mineral Point, Iowa
County, Wisconsin.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-12-23
FOUR COMMUNISTS Killed
Six Others Wounded in Attack on Aus
trian Power Plant at Os-
laWan

Vienna, Dec. 20.-Four communists
tempting to storm an electrical power
stationNnt Oslawan, according to dis
patch to the Lidove Noviny of Brunn.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-12-23
No Lack.

In spite of the fact that there are
always so many people looking for
trouble and so many people finding it,
there seems to be always enough trou-
BILE to keep everybody who desires it
supplied.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-02-12

tai population, were mussa cred. No
barbarity in human history exceeds
the gross cruelty Of that destruction.
Thousands were driven out upon the
desert, there to die from hunger and
thirst under the pitiless rays of trop-
zeal sun.
Such was the price which the Arme-
MAN people paid for their Christianity
and their loyalty to the cause of justice
and democracy during the world war.
One-quarter Of a million children,
chiefly orphans, whose parents persisted
in massacres, are utterly dependent on
American charity.
Hundreds of thousands of refugees
in the Caucasus, clad only in torn, YER
minous rags, without shelter and with
out food, can exist only if America has
compassion upon them.
Shall we fail them? Not if l know
my country!
Help Near East Relief in it's work
for Gods pQeS.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-02-12

| in a shop and bought 1t for Sc That
day l had a feast and did not cry at
all. Several times my father was able
to buy a salt herring, for which he paid
$3.50.
/ began to get very thin. My mother
said she must take me away so that I
would not die. We began to go away,
but it took long time. Everywhere
there were people going. They mostly
had no clothes, and often they would
fall down. My mother said they would
never get up again. My mother said
they did not have the money to buy
even the bad bread we had and they
could not live without food. We
travelled in an ambulance, on horse
back, donkeyback and camelback, in a
truck, a motor lorry and a cart-in
fact, by every way except an airplane
1t was many months before we could
come to America There is much to
eat here. I like America. I never cry
any more. My mother cries. She says
there are thousands of little children
starving to death in our country. 1t is
not nice to Starve | did not like it.
1t makes her sad. But some days she
smiles. That is when my mother says
she knows America will not let the lit
tie Armenian babies suffer or be hurt.
ARAXIE.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-02-12

I AM little Armenian girl. l have
three years. My name has his
tory as long as the tail of cat. l am
called Iraneh Esther Araxie Azgape-
tan.
Iraneh, because l was born at Kaz-
win, in Persia, and that is a good Per
sian name. Near the Red Cross hut
where l first opened my eyes was the
tomb of Esther and Mordecai, so my
father also named me Esther Then,
being a good Armenian, I had to have
the name Of our beloved river Arax.
Therefore / am Araxie
My father is General Mesrop Newton,
khan Azgapetian. He was with an
army in the Caucasus mountains dur
ing the Great War. We were living
just inside the city wall. could hear
the jackals at night bowling, bowling
all the time I howled too. My nurse
said the jackals set me bad example.
My first nurse was great big soldier.
He belonged to the Russian army,
which was encamped near us.
My mother tells me that she paid
five roubles a day Chat is $3.50 in
American money! for half a loaf of
bread. The bread was often full Of
dirt and splinters. One fine day my
father found can Of condensed milk
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-02-12
AmericanW Women Stirred
bV Armenian Horrors

."KNERCIFUL GOD, it's all true
AVA Nobody has ever told the
whole truth! Nobody could ="
Thus Eleanor Franklin Egan, in the
Saturday Evening Post, quotes How
ard Heinz Of Pittsburgh, Herbert
Hoovers representative in the Near
East, on the real conditions in Arme-
mia as he saw them with his own eyes.
Mr.. Heinz had been one Of those
lwho had believed the stories OF star
walton and death in Armenia had been
Exaggerated. Not until he went him
lself to the Caucasus did his views
Ichange. Then he was shaken to the
Foundation of his soul by what he saw.
Fearful! Awful Horrible! Unbe-
lievable! y are some Of the adjectives
Mrs. Egan says must be used in speak
ling Of conditions in the Near East,
Avenue, New York, supported by con-
tributions from the American people,
lis conducting the only organized effort
to save the lives Of these utterly desti-
tute millions. Everything she saw and
heard justified the necessity for quick
and generous aid from America. Her
story Of what she witnessed re-en-
forces the call Of the Near East Re
lief for aid for stricken Armenia.
"'The Hunger grin is everywhere
evident" Mrs. Egan writes. "The
pitiful hundreds seemed to me to be
weeping constantly. Not profoundly
as in grief, but whimperingly, ap-
pealingly as in unbearable physical
distress. A terrible population. I'm
speakably filthy and characterization
throngs; shelterless, death stricken
throngs milling from place to place,
children crying aloud, women sobbing
in broken inarticulate lamentation;
men Utterly hopeless and reduced to
staggering weakness, needless of the
tears rolling down their dirt-streaked
faces"
That is her picture Of the Arme-
mans most in evidence in Armenia.
These are the throngs. Then she
turns to the mobs. Large numbers
here and there, wide-eyed, eager, hands
outstretched in wolfish duplication
teeth barred in CHASTITY grin that had
long since ceased to smile-an emaciat-
ed skin-stretched grin, fixed and un-
cOntrollable."
SIS it any WONDER" she asks, "that
i could not swallow my food? l threw
1t to the children in the ravening
hordes and started small riots. The
children fought together, snarled and
clawed at one another for small bits
Of army biscuit or morsels of bully
beef
'And then / was told that many of
them were so starved that solid food
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-02-12
CIV

EVERYWHERE in the fields there were
people down on their knees searching
for grasses to eat. Those near the
railroad lifted their heads and gazed at
our train as it rushed past, and l
caught glimpses Of terrible faces. An
old man sitting at the top Of an en-
bankment waved handful Of grass at
me where I stood at the car window,
then threw his head back and laughed
q maniacal laugh. l began then to feel
the cold chills with which I was to
SILVER for days on end"
or Kars she writes:
ut had been raining for days, and
wherever one looked one saw nothing
but misery and mud. Between the rail-
road tracks were unsightly pools and
puddles, through which many human
scare-crows trudged back and forth.
"They were a multiple Lazarus, and
the train was the rich mans table.
They were begging for crumbs. l be-
gan to hear for the first time the whin-
ing indescribable phrase that sounded
to me like 'O-na-ne, O-na-ne.' 1t was
so feebly, so plaintively murmured,
'O-na-ne.'"
Mrs. Egan asked what 1t meant and
was told the nearest equivalent was
"Oh, my soul !' But" she says, lit
was more than that; it was a prayer
for mercy"
Describing a makeshift hospital be-
fore the arrival of the Near East Relief
workers, Mrs Egan writes:
"The sick in their unbelievable rags
were lying around on the foors-bun-
dies of unimaginable wretchedness.
The doctor was not doing anything at
all for them. What could he do? He
had not so much as single ounce Of
medicine Of any kind. The little peo-
pie were more pitiable than the
adults. The ward, If I may call it that,
had in it not one stick Of furniture OF
any kind, and the children were all
lying on the dusty and rubbish-strewn
floor with nothing under them and no
covering save the rags they wore"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-02-12
THRIFT FINDS WAY TO SEA.

Along with the men of the navy the
War Savings stamp is following the
flag round the world. In the Mediter-
ranean squadron the government saw
ings securities are as much part Of
the battleships and cruisers aiding in
Strengthening out the tangled affairs
of Asia Minor as the ammunition
hoists.
A letter received by the savings d.
vision from Capt. David E. Boyd, COM
handing the q. S. S. Olympia at Con-
stantinople. brings the information
that the thrift campaign on that YES
sci has been placed in charge OF Lieut..
II. K. Koebig. Captain Boyd gave as
surance of the cooperation of himself
and his men.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-02-12
TO CONQUER AND DESTROY STATE"
U.S.. COMMUNISTS CALL FOR LABOR REVOLT
Revolutionary Pamphlet Found in u S. Department of
Justice Investigations, Gives Message of Com
munists in Chicago to Russian Headquarters.

Manifesto constitut0n-Repor
ts p pu class can bae the will Of the proletara ~
which historical
opportunity
uniontsm based
Of property The unions were not of the militant class struggle To-
imperialism and accepting State Capitalism - ~ " "
The pro'ean revolution at the of crisis Capitalism
the action Mass
Of the working class Strikes Of protest develop into general political strikes
and then into revolutionary power
state Mass action becomes political in while
form equally of revolution and the revolution itself operation
The Communist the conscous Of the class struggle
political the overthrow of capitalism and the destruction of
itself the
of immediate action expressing
giles of the preaat These struggles must inspired with revolutionary
the workers consciousness of their oppression of the mpbity of i'm
struggle eliminating in the action of the revolution
working its major campaigns in order develop understanding of
Communist shall strikes
implications "n of the mass stiEe me '' SSp
Inc ~n T @ tnes nd cordions Of conned eniism there is
tendency
dictatorship
strikes the Communist Party shall emphasize the
necessity of maintaining industry and the taking over of social functions
strike must cease being isolated and passive positive
organization of the Party shall establish
mills and
agitation accordingly
industry by the workers
the Communist Party that the party shall have actual contact with the
mobilize them for action against capitalism.
actively revolution
capitalism
ending
will constitute the basis the
administration the Communist Commonwealth
a) The Communist Party recognizes that the A. F. Of L. reacionary
q bulwark capitalism
industrial struggle in the old
councils
a Central Council wherever possible
industrial organization embracing the W. w.
Independent militant the A. f.
L. and the unorgaed the basis of the revolutionary class
struggle
Communist
industry
should be
The skied proeaa)
bulk shall directly
and aate these workers. awakening them dus
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-02-12

was likely to kill them instantly. This
was too terribly true. Yet in the whole
length and breadth of the land there
was not an ounce Of food Of the kind
necessary for such cases. At Kars /
saw one man die with bread in his
teeth. And if you will consent to look
with me upon too awful thing I will
add that he showed evidence of having
eaten too much grass.
II went hungry in Armenia, and I
associate remembered pangs of my
own with all my recollections of the
terrible land. had plenty Of food
with me, but for days on end I could
not eat. 1t was physical impossible
ity.
"And I came to a point, too, when to
look upon things that had to be looked
upon set my heart to quaking in a
horror difficult to describe"
OF her first sight in Armenia Of the
terrible condition Of the people Mrs.
Egan writes Of the scenes on her way
to KarS:
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-02-12
AID GODS POOR,
SAYS MRS. DANIELS
BY MRS. JosEPHUs DANIELS.

WIFE of the Secretary OF the Navy.
THE plight of the people of
Armenia presents tragedy incon-
ceivable Hundreds of thousands of
the descendants of the earliest Chris
tian race are now, because of their re-
ligion, undergoing sufferings beyond
the Imagination Of civilized America.
During the war it Is estimated that
100000 Armenians, third of the to-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-02-12
cit Is Not Very Nice to Storue,'
Says Little Guest From Armenia

This little Ar
menian has a
name Nth a
his tory as
long as the tail
of a cat, - she
says. Daugh-
ter of afamous
so der, she Of
ten cried from,
hunger. Now
she is in Am
erica and does
not cry any
m or e, S h e
noiUely adds,
but her mother
cries, mourn
ing for the
thousands of
other Arneni-
an tables Who
are h un gry,
back IN the no
tue land. But
little Iraneh
smiles visely,
as she knoUs
Near East Re-
lief is aiding
the poor peo.
pie of Arn1e
mia.
The Crittenden press., 1920-08-31

ed the citizenship Of Marion and told
of the many friends he had made
in this vicinity, and how badly he
hated to leave, but that he felt he
could serve the cause better by max
ing the change and moving to a larg-
er field. Tears We're in the eyes Of
most of the listeners when the talk
was fnishd, and Brother Trotter was
greatly moved. During his talk he
said that he loved the citizenship of
Marion and Crittenden County, not
only the membership of the Baptist
Church but also all the other de-
nominations that he had become ac-
quainted with. He spoke very high.
ly Of his brother Ministers and said
it had been a privilege to be asso-
ciated with such God fearing men
Brother Trotter bade each one
farewell after the close Of the SER
vice, and each one wishd him well
at his new church. He will leave
Marion in a few days for his new
home in Elizabethtown, and the best
wishes of the populace of Marion go
with him.
The Crittenden press., 1920-08-31
ILLINOIS MINERS
GRANTED INCREASE

Chicago.--lllirois coal operators
and representatives Of the miners
agreedon an increase Of sl.b0 day
for 10000 coal miners in the State,
The men asked for 81 increase
bu, agreed to the compromise.
The new rate applies to day men,
hosting engineers and mule drivers
The old scale for tonnage men will
remain In effect
Frank Warrington. president OF
the United Mine Workers Of Ameri'
ca, In Illinois. declared:
I've got everything We asked fol
and a little more. The workers will
accept the increase"
The operators declared that fines
imposed for remaining ON an un
authorized strike would not be re-
mitted. Many Of the day men strucl
recently without approval of thei'
national officers.
The Crittenden press., 1920-08-31
REPTON

Mr.. Robert Wilburn, wife and
children Of Oklahoma are visiting
Mrs. Wilburn's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Duvall.
Misses Eulah and Ora Gass of
Evansville are guests Of their father
and other relatives at this writing
Ross Brantley Of Oak City, Ind
is spending a few days with his par.
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Brantly
Miss Velda Elkins Of Marion Wis.
tied her cousin, Miss Fannie Thur.
mond the last of the week.
Misses Dorothy Bington and Maria
Gray of Morganfeld We're guest OF
Mr., and Mrs. Joe Foster this week
The pound supper given at Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Fosters Friday night
was enjoyed by all present.
Messrs. Raymond Small, vii
Smith, Alley VanHooser, Denton Per
ry and Lex Harmon came in from
Evansville Saturday to visit their
parents.
Mrs. II. Sullivan Of Marion is tn,
guest Of her son. Mr.. Lacy Truit'
this week.
Mr.. Owen Threlkeld and family
visited Mr.. o. G.. Threlkeld at Ma
rion one day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Summers
and children Of Clay are spending 1
few days with Mr., and Mrs II I
Summers,
Mrs. Naomi. Brown Of Akron, Obi,
is spending a few weeks with he
parents, Mr., and Mrs. Henry Holmes
Miss Carrie Lee Whittege OF Nor
garfield spent the week end with
Miss Aulta Johnson.
The Crittenden press., 1920-08-31
Agricultural Column
By G. NJ GuMBERT

The Farm Bureau will meet Sstur-
day at 80 at the Court House to
make up an order for fall seeds and
plan for a membership drive. A good
turned in, but it was decided to give
additional members an opportunity
to order on Saturday. Our last
meeting was the most encouraging
yet and just as soon as our men,
bership campaign opens we expect
even the most sceptical to join.
My agricultural boys have about
completed plans for an inspection
tour through the Blue Grass and re-
turn via the State Fair. Some Of
the best and largest purebred stock
farms in the state will be visited,
making this valuable trip for
twelve Of our future farmers.
You boys in the county who should
be enrolled in High School in the
Agriculture course are missing a
number Of important things. You
are passing up an opportunity to
get an education that is offered in
only 35 counties in the state. When
boy has finished our agriculture
course andI makes a practical ap-
plication Of what he has larned he
will farm as, efficiently as an Agri-
cultural graduate. There is a num-
ber Of boys in the county, who from
year to year take few months work
in the eighth grade of their rural
schools and then drop out. Some Of
these have passed the county ey-
animation while others have never
taken it. These boys should come
to high school where they are en-
titld to free tuition. The only re-
quirement for entrance to the Ag-
ricultural course is that the pupil
be more than IA years old. One
half Of his time will be devoted to
agriculture, the other half to reg
ular High School subjects. Pupils
who have not finished eighth grade
work may pursue this course and
arrange to take agriculture in High
School, This is an opportunity sell
dom offered and the ambitious boy
on the farm will take advantage OF
| it. Our school opens on September
l3, and you boys should be present
to enroll,
A limestone pulveriser is at work
on Mr.. o. G. Threlkeld's farm a,
Repton. Any farmer or group Of
farmers can make arrangements t.
use this crusher and should not pass
up the opportunity. II you are in
terested cali me for particulars.
The Crittenden press., 1920-08-31
SPENT PLEASANT SUNDAY
IN THE COUNTRY

Last Sunday Mrs. W. p. Hogard,
Harod Hogard and W. p. Hogard
spent verypleasant day at the coun-
try home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Phillips.
The trip was negotiated in the
brand new Dodge touring car that
the Press is going to give away in
the contest and listen, girls, it's the
swellest running car you ever saw
There is sure going to be a proud
lady somewhere around here in about
month when the winner of the
ear is announced.
II used to be big undertaking
TO get out in the Tribune section
from Marion, but since +. Jeffery
Travis got busy few weeks ago
and fixed up the famous hollow"
and the bad place in front of S. b.
Hunts, it isn't bad at all. 1t is
"A little rough yet but is nearly as
good as the average road in this
county. Everybody congratulate our
County Road Engineer now.
Getting back to our original sto-
ry; we had a nice time and fine
dinner at Howard's Somebody is
good provider there and Mrs. How
ard is mighty good cook That
is a combination hard to beat.
Ilowards crops are looking fine,
the same as everywhere else this
year He has some tobacco that will
cure from rs to 80 percent leaf"
II is sure fine. His corn fields are
prosperous looking and should fat
ten many hogs-or whatever it is
fed to.
The Crittenden press., 1920-08-31
ENGINEER DECIDES
ON SULLIVAN ROUTE
LESS COSTLY LINK ON RIVER
HIGHWAY APPROVED
BY ENGINEER

FRANKFORT, Ky-State High
way Engineer Joe s. Boggs notified
County Judges, Fiscal Courts anG
County Commissioners of Crittender
and Union Counties that after consid
ering the two proposed routes Of the
Ohio River Road between Sturgis
and Marion, one crossing the Trade.
water River at the mouth Of Cypress
Creek, and the other by way Of Sui.
livan and Perry's Ferry, he had a.
dopted the Sullivan route.
Engineer Boggs said that Critten.
den county has not guaranteed legal.
ly to the Road department its part
Of the cost Of this road while the
$3.50 appropriated by Union coun
ty is available.
Both Of the proposed lines between
Sturgis and Marion have been care
fully surveyed by L. L. Pearsal
chief locating engineer. An estimate
Of cost shows that the Sullivan route
will cost $265, 1853, and the Cypress
Creek, $3l2,646. Engineer Boggs
was advised by Mr.. Pearsall that
the sullivan route passes through {
country in both counties better adapt
ed to agriculture and in addition has
better bridge at Perry's Ferry thar
at the mouth Of Cypress Creek.
Mr. Pearsall also advised that fal
more people are served on the Sui
livsn route.
The Crittenden press., 1920-08-31
NEGRO FOUND DEAD
ON RAILROAD TRACk

A negro man was found dead on
the railroad track, near Crayne,
Friday He was identified as being
Thomas c. Harmon. whose home was
in Memphis, Tenn, but had been
working at Sturgis.
It is supposed that he fell from
u freight train during the night and
was killed, His body was discovered
by the crew on the north bound pas
sengcr train Friday morning after
the train had run over him and cut
of his legs.
He was buried here Friday after.
noon.