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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-08-25
FORDNEY TAX MEASURE
IS SENT TO THE SENATE
Bill Passed by House Raises Married
Mems Exemptions to $4,000 and
$500 for Each Child.

Washington, Aug. 22.-The Fordney
tax bill, which was passed by the
house by a vote of 274 to 125, now
goes to the senate, where the tenta-
tive plans are to give it consideration
ahead of the tariff measure. The SEN
ate finance committee probably will
take up the tax bill week after next,
hoping to have it ready to report to
the senate by the time congress recon
tvenes September q after recess.
The bill, as passed by the house,
raises the income tax exemption for
married men or "heads of families"
to $500, instead Of $1,000, the pres
ent amount. The exemption allowed
for each dependent is raised from
5000 to $500. These changes apply to
the income Of 1921, being made retro
active.
The bill provides repeal Of the ex-
cess profits tax and substitution OF an
increase in the corporation tax, now
10 per cent, to 1914 per cent. The
maximum surtax is placed at 30 per
cent. 1t applies to all incomes above.
$4,000 a year, and the higher rates
running up to 65 per cent-are an
nulled. Efforts to make these two
clauses retroactive failed.
Other changes from the present
revenue act include repeal of the
transportation taxes; repeal of the
fire, life and marine insurance taxes
and substitution therefor Of the new
corporation tax, except On fraternal
insurance organizations.
The net result of changes made on
the floor, on the recommendation of
the ways and means committee, was
q further reduction of S2S,OOO,00O in
revenue in comparison with the yield
of the present law. The total esti-
mated reduction after the repeal of
the excess profits tax and the surtax
cuts have become effective, January
1, 1922, will be $S18,000,00O. This
will mean a yield after 1922 of ST.
652,OOO,OOO as against S3,57O,OOO,00O
from the present law. The yield dur
ing the present fiscal year that ends
June 80. 1922. will be about $780,
100000, as that period would include
operation under both the old and new
lews
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-08-25
MARINES END SHIP MUTINY
Guard Placed on Board Steamer
Alliance at Panama-Board
for New York.

Washington, Aug. pa mutiny on
board the Panama Canal Railway com
pany steamer Alliance was reported
to the Navy department in an official
message from the commander of bat
tleship squadron No. 2. A. guard Of
marines was placed on board at the
request of the master, the message
said The Navy department identi-
fed the report as from Admiral
Hughes, commanding on the battle
ship Connecticut, now at GUANTANAMO,
and said the officer undoubtedly meant
that the Alliancia, under control Of
the marine guard, was proceeding to
New York, from which place the
guard would rejoin their ship at An
napOlis.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-08-25
JONESDALE.

A number from this vicinity at
tended the funeral of Lee and Homer
Parkinson at Willow Springs Sunday
Joe Ley and Jack Burns were Hol-
landale callers Saturday.
Miss EValena Ley spent Friday at
Dodgevifle.
Jack McCaulley and family of Hol-
landale, visited at the John Ley
home Sunday.
James Harris and family visited
at the Richard Jackson home Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl James visited
at the H. R. Carter home Sunday
evening.
Robert Weier and family and John
Wenner and wife visited at the John
Ley home Sunday.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-08-25
MURDER CASE is DELAYED
Arthur Burch and Mrs. Obenchain
Granted Delay Until Next Monday
-Woman's Spouse in Court.

Los Angles, Cal, Aug. 23.-Six
swift minutes of melodrama ushered
a new act into the hectic romance re-
,vealed in the Staying Of j. Bolton
Kennedy, when Madalynne Conner
IObenchain and Arthur Courtney
Burch connected with the mysterious
murder. faced each other in court on
Monday.
At Madalynne's side stood Ralph
Obenchain, the modern knight" who
icame half across the continent to de-
fend his divorced wife. Counsel for
the defense asked a continuance of
the spectacular case until next Mon
day. It was granted.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-08-25
RED CROSS MAN ARRESTED
C.. &. Wilson, Second Assistant Treas
urer, Charged With Larceny
of $4,000.

Washington, Aug. 23.-C. f. Wilson,
second assistant treasurer Of the
American Red Cross, was arrested on
Monday and charged with larceny
following an audit of his books, which
showed, said Director Livingston Far
rand a shortage of about $4,000. The
warrant specifically charged the theft
of $500, but Red Cross officials said
this was only one of a number of
charges against him. According TO
the police, Wilson admitted shortages
of more than $4,000 and attributed
his misfortune to gambling on horse
races.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-08-25
The Standard Steel Corporation
of Milwaukee, Wis.

Through the company's agent, eX-
tends an invitation to the citizens of
Mineral Point and the citizens Of
Iowa county, to visit their demon
stration room on Commerce street,
Mineral Point, opposite the City
hotel and let agent explain to them
how they can have an indoor toilet,
which is sanitary, safe, odorless,
economical and yet requires no water
or sewerage system.
Here is what Gen. Rupert Blue of
the United States Public Health
Service says of the toilet. "The
system complies satisfactorily with
all the requirements of a sanitary
system" And as the authorized
agent Of the Standard Steel Corpor-
alton I will say, that if you citizens
of this county of Iowa cannot call at
the room mentioned above just drop
a card to me and I will explain the
Lavolet and Standard Automatic
Toilets fully and make you a price
that will be reasonably low and sat
isfactorly. -
Hoping to meet and explain this
System to the citizens of this county,
l remain,
SALES AGENT
Milwaukee Steel Corporation :
MIKE MCDONNELL,
Mineral Point, Wis.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-08-25
HUNT FIRE RUINS FOR DEAD
Macon Fremen Think More Than
Three Whose Bodies Are
Found Persisted.

Macon, Ga, Aug. 23.-Three per-
sons are known to have lost their
lives on Monday in a fire which de-
stroyed the Brown house, : frame
hotel here. and firemen expressed the
belief the death list would be mate
rally increased when the ruins of the
structure had been fully explored.
John X. Hays. former justice of
the peace, is among the dead. The
bodies of two men taken from the
second floor of the building have not
been identified.
Approximately 20 of the 80 guests
of the hotel were injured.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-08-25
Trinity Church.

Rev. r. q. Kirkbride, Rector.
Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity.
500 a. m.-Holy Communion.
1920 a. m.-Morning prayer and
sermon.
Everybody cordially welcome.
There is an appeal made though
the Red Cross for children's gar
ments for the suffering in Europe.
The local chapter is asking for left
off clothing which can be made over
again; to be left at the Parish House
where we hope the ladies of every
church and society will kindly give
their time to help make these gar
ments at the Parish House every
Wednesday afternoon.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-08-25
CASH FOR FIRE VICTIMS
SEC, 900, 900 Will Be Distributed Among
Minnesota Residents by
Railroads.

Duluth, Mimi, Aub. 22.-Twenty
million dollars will be distributed
within the next six months to settlers
and other losers by the forest fires
that swept northeastern Minnesota in
October, 1918, causing the death of
several hundred persons and laying
waste cities and villages. Judge W.
Cant dismissed a case against the
Tinted States railway administra-
ton. saying an early compromise was
eypected. The state Supreme court
has ruled that railroads were respon-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-08-25
CHARGES GRAF
IN SHIP OFFICE
Hoover to Ocean Up" New York
Branch of Bureau.
COMMISSIONER QUINN OUSTED
Reports Reveal That Graft Secured by
Government Officers in Form of
Securities Far Exceeded
Their Salaries.

Washington, Aug. 23.-Graft is ram
,nant in the offices of federal shipping
commissioners, and there is to be- d
"clean sweep. IN that branch OF the
bureau of navigation at Atlantic as
well as Pacific ports, it was oflclally
stated on Tuesday at the Department
/ of Commerce.
! Secretary Hoover requested the res
ignatiOn Of Shipping Commissioner
Quinn at New York. Hoover said he
would clean up" the New York bu-
reau with a SCRUB brush to remove
all traces Of corruption.
Special agents found that in New
York systematic graft has been the
rule among all employees for several
years.
Graft Exceeded Salaries.
Reports laid before Secretary Hoov-
! er revealed that the graft secured by
government officers in the form Of Sc
curities of shipping companies far eX-
ceeded the salaries paid to govern
ment employees.
Hundreds Of thousands Of dollars
are alleged to have been so paid to
government agents for special conces~
sions.
The "cIean-up" at New York is the
jforerunner Of drastic measures at
many other ports to reorganize COM
pletely this branch of the service.
Commerce department officials said
with regard to the New York situa-
ton that no evidence has been OBJ
tanned to show that Commissioner
Quinn participated directly in the
graft, but other proof is before the
department which tends to show that
he was lax in eliminating these and
other practices.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-08-25
HOLLANDALE.

Henry Demuth and family visited
here Sunday.
O. F. Campbell and family motor
ed to the Dells Thursday.
Mrs. Annie Ward of Spring Green,
who has been visiting here, left for
Barneveld Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. j. Pearce spent
Sunday at Ernest Pearce's near
Barneveld.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-08-25
SCORE ARE SHOT IN RIOT
Deputies Guarding Jail Fire on Mob
Seeking to Lynch Negro
Suspect.

Knoxville, Tenn, Aug. 22.-More
than twenty persons were wounded
when deputies guarding the Knox
county Jail fired on crowd which
sought Frank Martin, negro, held
as q suspect in a criminal assault on
a county teacher. All of the wounded
are white. Two are women. Deputy
Sheriff Charles Lewis was wounded
by q shot from the crowd.
The Monroe journal., 1921-05-13
Admission 10 Qno Csc.

Now most OF the stress in theoloc,
Is put upon the non-essentials. Lis.
tenlng 10 the sermon and the iine
music ! was lead TO think that after
all Is said and done one can get the
worth OF his money from good
church more than anywhere else. The
preacher said more people were un-
saved in San Antonio than were saw
ed. yet this town is not bad one as
towns go. He also said that there
We're more unsaved people in the
world today than there were when
Christ was on earth. From these facts
he argued that the church was not
living up TO its opportunities. Yet
there was assembled a congregation
perhaps larger than all the congrega-
tions In Monroe OF all denominations
at the same time. This Is a Metho-
dist congregation worshipping tenn
porarily in this structure while the
church house Is being made over. The
church sits opposite the largest hotel
in the city and across the corner from
Travis Park. beautiful four acre
park right up next TO the business
section. This sermon corroborated
an idea that | have before expressed
in these articles; namely. that ii
Christianity Is not larger than the
churches the world is in a bad way.
This is what the people leave out of
when they say that the
world is getting worse instead of
better.
The Monroe journal., 1921-05-13
Friend Must Hold the Bottle.

If you must take drink with your
friend be sure to insist on said friend
holding the bottle while the fluid
gurgles down your parched throat
Otherwise you will be guilty OF break
ing a widely known Jaw named after
a fellow volstead. Judge E. Y. Webb,
who should be an authority on dry
laws az well as all other kinds OF
laws, so ruled last week at Salisbury
federal court, acc ording to a local
attorney who attended.
IL your friend Offers you a drink
and you take the bottle in your hand
no matter how small an amount 1t
may contain-then you are guilty un-
der a strict construction of the Vol
stead law of havins v hlskey In your
possession. For purposes OF sale,
is not a necessary addendum under
the national prohibition law. for this
law does not recognize the lawful pos
session OF whiskey.
Another federal judge has recently
held tnal a man cannot be guilty OF
stealing whiskey, because the law
SAYS whiskey has no legal value
and you can't steal thing that
has no value.
The Monroe journal., 1921-05-13
WHITE SLAVERY ACTUAL Fac
Detective ino>e. Who Spoke Her
>8N> Mother, should BE Warpe,l.

DECAY 81 oli-tashioned religion |.
;hc real loot OF modern crime, ac
cosd.ns 10 H1tiy Loose. widel,
hnown detective. who leetcured her.
a. the last chaHtauqua.
His subject was. Crime ~ It,
cause and Prevention Mr.. Loos,
formerly was head ol the bankers
protective association. pinkerton de
tectiye agency. and for IL years has
been a member OF the Chicago police
department.
Mr.. Loose declared that white
slavery" is an actual fact. and ex-
pressed his desire for mothers to
realize il as soon as possible. He re-
lated one instance OF a l0-year-old
girl being lured away from home to
the breaking in tlat.' saying that
this case was but one OF the many
that he knew. Thousands of young
girls disappear every year. never to
return. he said. The Travellers Aid
report for 1919. he said. showed that
6S.200 girls disappeared during the
year in the United States.
Mothers. instruct your daughters.
he urged. Talk frankly and tell
them what may happen.
Young girls. when you 90 to the
city. pay no attention to the conver-
sation OF the silken woman here and
there She is what we call come
on Also leave alone the well-dress-
I'd young man al the station. who
stands by ready To give YOU informa-
lion II you want TO ask for infor-
ask policeman. or even
man in overalls. For heavens sake,
leave the others alone"
Mr.. Loose believes that suggestive
pictures are an incentive to
rhine He spoke of the work of the
Chicago censorship board. saying
hat with the help of women mem
hers. the Objectionable parts were
Tipped from the pictures before pub
lie exhibition.
And after the picture leaves Chi
ago" he said, these parts are glued
back on again and shown TO boys and
Urls in smaller cities and towns
He also spoke OF the feminine
shop litter" and told of many in
stances where goods were stolen from
Chicago stores. the loss annually be-
ng s12.000.000.
MIR. Loose exhibited several tools
lsed by crooks, and explained the
Methods detectives use in gaining in
leading to arrests.
The Monroe journal., 1921-05-13
THERE Is NO OLD AGE

Properly speaking. there is no old
age but spiritual decay accord
ing TO Richard lie Galliene, writing
in Harpers Magazine. He iikens
youth to quality, a spiritual energy
and says that the foot less prompt
10 meet the morning dew is no valid
evidence of growing old, any more
than to lose a leg in battle. Fussy
physical activities are not the ouly
tests of youth. That brain OF Soph-
ocles which gave Us his greatest play
at ninety is more TO the point, as also
that famous saying recorded of him,
in reference to the cooling OF the pas
sions with the years. that to grow old
was like being set free from service
to band OF madmen.
Because we grow wiser and stron-
ger, less selfish and generally useful
to our fellows with the passing OF
the years is not TO say that we have
lost our youth. Ii only means that
we have learned how to employ it,.
We do not run in every direction as
we did. We know little better what
we are doing. or what we want to do,
buN Nut llWAlNt AblAF AAAttA fAhRfN' w.
TO do ii is that same energy which
once drove MS to make fools of our
selves at the beginning and still pro-
yides the same swift means to radi-
ant ends
Decay, disiEusion, wearinHs; We
mean these things when we speak OF
growing old but we fail to realize
that these are no necessary aceempa-
niments of the years. We may un-
fortunately. inherit them, or acquire
them. like bad habits. or through
neglect OF a proper care and exercise
of our spiritual selves Spiritual ard
intellectual laziness makes most per
sons old before their time II We
lose interest in life. life will soon lose
interest in us. and it is just as posi-
BILE to achieve a precocious senility in
the twenties as at any later period
OF our lives.
The Monroe journal., 1921-05-13
~ OPPOSES ORGANIZATION
OF "kt KILN kI.AN HERE
Continued from Page One

Al. Mr.. saunders is one of the mosl
remarkable men in North Carolina
Tie is good man. yet he antagonizes
pretty nearly all the usual beliefs in
every field. from religion to town gov
ernment. Yet he runs a prosperous
newspaper in North Carolina, in a
small town at that, and makes every
issue bristle with some form of unor-
thodoNy. He has even been elected
TO the legislature. How he gets away
with IL Is a mystery to me. He is not
afraid TO say or do anything in the
world that he wishes to do. and yet he
is not a bully nor a brazen face He
attacks day in and day out the most
influential people. and fears neither
personal violence nor social nor bus
mess oStracisms. And | don't suppose
he ever owned a pistol in his life. He
is wonderful fellow. There is none
other like him so far as know.
Did YOU 90 TO church on Mothers
Day? The service which | attended
was held in a big fiat wooden struc-
ture erected for revival. II re-
minded me OF the livery stable meet
ings that were held in Monroe so
many years ago. II was Methodist
and there were ali the
old time reminders of revivals in
tents. even down to the
sawdust floor. | even thought OF old
Uncle Rod Plyler's indignation many
years ago when he was told that a
stranger at camp meeting said he
would not go up in that straw pen
and kneel down even if he had to go
to hell for il. But the sermon was
not the same. II had the outward
earmarks but inwardly IL would have
been considered treason twenty-five
years ago. II was good common
sense and mighty good religion, but
fundamentally IL was plea for prog /.
ressand change to suit and fit the
times, plea to hold to the essential
things and forget the unessential.
The Monroe journal., 1921-05-13
BONDS OR DIRECT TAXATION

Bonds or a direct tax will bc tn,
issue in the road election. if twenty
five per cent of the qualified voters
demand it, not good roads. and il
will cost the county about $500 in
actual cash and some thousand dol
lars in losses occasioned by delay in
providing maintenance funds for the
roads TO give the people the opportu-
nifty 10 make their choice as to which
method S950.000. the minimum
amount necessary 10 liquidate the in
debtedness of the old board. 10 pay
for the erection OF number OF need
ed bridges and TO complete road prof
ect now under way. will be raised
And knowing the people of this coun-
ty TOO well 10 even think that they
would entertain the idea of direct
tax sufficient TO raise such large
sum, even If scattered over number
OF years, we are forced to the conclu-
sion that an election would be but a
waste of time and effort.
The money will be forthcoming
from one source or the other. If the
bonds are defeated. the commission
ers, possessing too much business
Judgment to permit the 100000 al
ready spent on road construction to
go to waste for lack OF road mainte-
nance. will borrow the money in an
ticipaton of future tax leyies. and
there you are, And in the meantime.
while the question is argued pro and
con. forcing the commissioners to de-
1a.r haf a NJ ~ ttsht t4t, u l.s.1
they shall seize upon to raise the
needed funds. miles and miles Of hne
highways are slowly degeneratng in
to mud holes for lack of an occasional
dragging.
The Monroe journal., 1921-05-13
Hos,illc Meas.

Hn-,iiie. Nay 10 The citizens .
HOgNille have grown panlcky over III
fact thai lhe recent cold weather Ia
probably daNagcd the Nilt grape an'
pcrsimmou crops These Wild fruit
are what the people ol this section
rely upon There have been man,
rumoss - 10 the condition of thi
i truit. and in order TO settled the mat
ter definitely the Ho-Nlle Loafcr
Club mas appointed Zero Peek anC
Cape Allsop 10 investigate and report
! TO the cluh la regular sessions daily
at the posiolice
Bulcer Smoihers. who cannot writ,
very good. ordered a pair OF suspend
ers with polished buckles, from a
mail order house which advertises
| mo goods sent on approval or re-
turned. He received something he
does not know anything about: does
not know ii il is even intended 10
be worn He wrote the order as
plainly as he could but presumes the
one who got il could not read very
we'll According TO the advertise
ment he will have TO keep IL, little
use as he has for it,
Zero Peck has had a boil on his
neck for several days and has been
cutting all sorts OF capers. 4 stranger
was here yesterday who was suffer
ing from cancer which had eaten
one side of his head OF, Zero is
now behaving better and seems
thankful that he has boil
The unemployment problem has al
WAYS worried the fish in Bear Greek.
A stranger was in Hogville this
week selling a recipe for making
paw paw pie A large number or
our people bought from him. and are
now bit panicky over il. as there
will be no paw paws TO try il on
before fall. and they fear before that
time he will be so far gone that they
cannot catch him. in case IL does not
work and they should want their
money back
The Postmaster SAYS all who did
not get on the water wagon got run
over by il. The late model wagon
seems to be so designed and built
that none ever fall off.
Bub Smothers started few days
ago to make a note of all the things
he could think of that are annoying
TO him. but he soon ran out of paper.
He has since been trying to think
of something pleasing to himself,
but has not succeeded as yet. he
thinks probably due to the fact that
about the time he begins TO collect
his thoughts his wife cuts in on him
about something.
The Assistant Constable has put In
a great deal of time the past winter
and this spring collecting data TO be
used by him in his work in the
future. He has managed to get the
measure of every persons foot IN
town except the Postmaster's. who
is not supposed 10 get into any
meanness.
The Monroe journal., 1921-05-13
Special Notice.
One cent word each insertion.

NOTICE. have sold my stock OF
grocery goods at Mineral Springs TO
l.. G. Secrest. and he will continue
the business. A. Price.
The Monroe journal., 1921-05-13

PLENTY OF Soy Beans at $3.50 per
bushel.-H. G. Nash 4 Co.
The Monroe journal., 1921-05-13
The Esqr.'s Molasses Are Known
Far and Wide as the Very Best
Continued from page one.

to their old tunnel. They live upon
upon grain. the tender roots of corn
and other vegetation. BY the long
tusk in the mouth, they live undoubt-
edly on some insects. Their fus is of
some value and is the softest of the
animal family. II varies in color from
light gray in summer TO dark brown
in midwinter Many people in Union
country have never seen one although
they have seen their burrows. Their
usual feeding time is at night and
about two D. m.
The Monroe journal., 1921-05-13

NOTICE-The Ladies Aid Society of
the Baptist church has for sale
Marigold, Petunia and Zinna plants.
Call phone 373-J or S5-J.
The Monroe journal., 1921-05-13

FOR SALE-Good horse apple vine
gar. SO cents a gallon. Get your
supply while il lasts. - Wander
Simpson, one mile north of Watson
church.
The Monroe journal., 1921-05-13
Cotton For German Children Reaches
Port

The first $50 bales of American
cotton donated to the German chill.
dren's fund has arrived at Bremen
from Galveston. The cotton will be
converted into clothes for children.
II is reported here that more than
2,300 bales of cotton already have
been collected and are ready for ship
ment TO Germany.
The Monroe journal., 1921-05-13
No Hurry.

Shall | drop You OF in Chicago"
asked the transcontinental aviator as
they passed over Buffalo.
mo. | won't trouble YOU" replied
the nervous passenger. Il believe |
will stay aboard till YOU come to your
first regular stop"