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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1921-01-20
A DANGEROUS THEORY

A DAlVIEKOUS lFEUK1
A natural feature of the so-called
"crime wave which is being experien-
ced by the large cities of the country
is general renewal of the various
kindly theories of defective mentality,
bad ancestry and similar causes which
are believed to produce criminal ten
denotes.
A great many good people carry this
theory to the extent that they feel
that no criminal should be held re
sponsible for his actions but should
be treated as psychopathic patient.
Quite a considerable number of
these persons have been writing to
the papers about the matter, especial
ly in cases where the papers have been
engaging in editorial denunciation of
criminals and have been urging the
police and courts to drastic measures.
There is of course no doubt that q
great many criminals are of abnor-
NAL mentality.
And there is something to warrant
the belief that no person of absolute
ly normal mind would engage in Grim
inal operations.
But where the good natured and
kindly theorists seem to slip up on
their idea is that they do not stop to
consider that an abnormal mentality
is not necessarily a defective mental
| ity. AS a matter Of fact a great many
criminals display more intelligence
than the supposedly normal minded
men who set out to catch them.
The great majority of criminals
have sufficient intelligence ito plan
crimes, carry them through, try to
avoid capture, and derive a good deal
Of enjoyment of one sort and another
from the proceeds of the crime.
Persons of defective mentality
who commit crime, without realization
that it is crime, are of course entitled
| to the consideration due any insane
or feeble minded person. And the pub
llic is entitled to the measure of SAT
ETY. resulting from having these per
sons placed in such restraint as to
prevent them from committing more
IIcrimes.
But the general run of crooks know
they are committing crime, understand
that they will be subject to punish
ment if caught and take the chances.
Taking the position that the commits
sion of a crime is prima facie eviden-
&c of mental responsibility and try
ing to have thugs, highwaymen. bur
glars and other law breakers dealt
with on this hypothesis is mighty
dangerous piece Of business and one
with which the most of the plain
people of the country have little
sympathy Milwaukee Sentinel.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1921-01-20
DDS of plant breeding aim:

GUS Oh pIdHI UI60uIHS AIm.
1. To maintain in a highly pro-
ductive condition races whose qualit-
les make their cultivation desirable.
2. To recognize and preserve new
characteristics which lead to further
Improvement
8. To combine qualities of different
strains into one strain through cross
ing.
a. To induce hereditary variations
through hybridization.
Plant breeding aims to regulate. to
control, to direct and to utilize the
processes Of heredjty and variation.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1921-01-20

From what one hears around the
booths Of the tax collectors one would
Judge that people have no more love
for paying for war than having one,
In this instance it might be we'll for
humanity to lock the stable door be-
fore the horse escapes.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1921-01-20

Please renew my Weekly News fo1
1921 as / should miss the weekly Wis
its of the News.
MRS. MYRA P. BEAN
545 Second street,
Reedsburg, Wis.
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Keeps Wheels Rolling

] renew my subscription TO the
Weekly News fog another year. AS
hong as I have the price want the
News to keep oosnfng. This keeps
the wheels rolling, SO Let them roll.
MILTON PERRY
126 n. Dewey Avenue,
Reedsburg, Wis.
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News Comes Regularly

The News comes regularly and is
always welcome. Give my regards to
Mrs. Page and Mira Cole. and with
all good wishes for most prosperous
New Year to the News, l am
MRS. M, J. SPRINGER
Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.
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CORRESPONDENCE

A colored man in Chattanooga,
Tenn, wrote this letter to colored
man In Macon, Ca,
Dear Sam: Is you dead or is you
alive? Is you alive, send me that ten
dollars you owe me. George.
A week later George received this
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Papers, Others Than News

I have got all kinds of papers here
in the office. But I have not received
the Baraboo News. So If you will send
it to me I will read it.
JACK O'NBIL
Des PLANES Foundry Co.
Des PLANES, Ill.
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Where is the old fashioned man
who used to cough down ones neck
at the theatre or in church, According
to last reports but few of him exist.
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Miss HE News

Please send rs the Baraboo News
We miss the paper AID so decided
we would have it IN oar home again.
MRS. O. B. WHITCOMB
Adams, Wis.
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Like News Very Much

Enclosed find $15o for another year
ly subscription to your paper, which
we Like very much.
CARL KRINTZ
Prairie du Sac, Wis.
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News Is Necessity

Please renew my News which
class as one of the necessities of
life. Compliments of the season to
the whole family of the News.
JOHN D. JONES
Chica p0 TIL
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During the war there was a big wind
now there is a time of deflation
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Please cotinue cur subscription to
the News. We cannot begin the new
year without that weekly ''lettex
from home"
OTTO ZIEGLHR
Tomah, Wis.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1921-01-20

Although hams have yielded to rea
son, eggs are still inclined to aviate.
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Thursday. January 20, 1921

Silk shirts are becoming more and
more of curiosity.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1921-01-20

There are still few people who per
sist in writing in 1920.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1921-01-20

Ford distributed a bonus of $5,000,-
600. That is no flivver.
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Need the News

kindly continue sending as the
News, as we caanot get along withoui
it.
JOHN STEMPKR
Merrmack, WIS.
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OLD FRIENDS

My dentist friend the other night
Was acting sort O. cracked.
asked him how he got so tight
He said-"Extraet- Extract! ~
My bachelor friend chance to meet
He seemed quite stack.
Now wife," he said, Wen have no
fears
About our Raisin Jack"
A teamster, shivering with the cold
Said-"Oh, it's cruel, cruel;
I'll trade this span-its getting, old,
And buy me that White Mule"
Friend Jake (Alias Dago Red)
Sold me a diamond brooch.
/ asked him, why so cheap" he
said,
I've got to have my hootch."
=
Breathes there a man with soul so
dead
Who never to himself hath said,
When with Dame he met his Frau;
BE with me God, I'll need you
now"
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reply.

Dear George: l is dead and that ten
dollars was used to help buy coffin.
Sam.
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NgO APPETsTKFE, ma axfssn
WINE strength. scs gssrs gsns ysA1
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cd s4Ox .s,,ts, aAEe5sa ~ L1-A
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Please Limit to 800 Words or
Less
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1921-01-20

Marriage is a funny dern thing.
Nearly every time there's no money
concerned marriage will turn per-
feet rs into a Middle-aged spread and
Beautiful Golden Tresses into ugly
red hair.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1921-01-20

The stereotyped phrase-"The case
is pending appears so often nowadays
that it makes us believe that's about
all fifty percent of the cases ever do"
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1921-01-20

GO to Heaven with your radiator
trouble, urges G. G. Heaven, who fix
es 'em in Nobelsville, Ind.
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News Makes Weekly Visit

TOnah, Wis.
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Barahoo, Wisconsin.
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Welcome News Frea Hosae

Adams, Wi
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John Alden house, Miles Standish
house, and others.
y s. s.
Merlin Hull formerly secretary of
late. has launched new agricultural
journal at Black River Falls Calling
the paper Merlin Hull's Farm News.
The first number was devoted to the
soil, new corn, the poultry yard, hot
beds, farm bureau federation, cows,
and many other topics. There is a
whole page of interesting recipes for
the housewife and little comedy for
everybody. Mr. Hull has conducted q
most successful newspaper at Black
River Falls and no doubt he will be
richly rewarded in the new venture.
* y y
A few days ago at South Pasadena.
California, Rev. Charles Rankin Bar
mes and Miss Florence Lowe were
married IN 81. James church. The
groom is a son of Rev. C. L. Barnes.
formerly rector Of Trinity Episcopal
church in Baraboo and the bride is a
granddaughter OF Professor Thadeus
c. Lowe, builder of the railway up
Mount Lowe. Rev. G. L. Barnes. the
father of the groom is well remem-
bered in Baraboo, standing high in the
estimation of his Pensioners. He is
now located at San Diego and per
formed the ceremony for his son. the
bishop of the diocese pronouncing the
blessing. A brother of the groom was
the best man at the wedding.
= = s.
This office has received a copy of
The Aims and Methods of Plant
Breeding" by DR.. A B. Stout, direc-
tor of laboratories, New York Botan-
ical Garden, New York City. DR.. stost
was formerly a resident of Barahoe.
In SWIMMING up he says:
In practical application, tae mssA~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-06

The Great World calls, and soon or late
Must each obey to meet his fate.
Mrs. Bear.
Not in all the Green Forest is there
a wiser or better mother than Mrs.
Bear. No one knows better than she
the dangers of the Great World nor
the Importance of learning early in
life all those things which Bear
should know who would live to a good
old age. SO, after allowing the twin
cubs, Boxer and Woof- W oof, to play
around the entrance to their home
under the great windfall for few
days, she took them for their first
walk in the Green Forest.
Now" she said, as she prepared to
lead the way, You are to do just as
| do. You arc to follow right at my
heels. and the one who turns aside
for anything without my permission
will be spanked. DO you understand 2"
"Yes'm," replied Boxer and Wool
Wool meckly.
My, my. my. how excited they were
as Mother Bear led the way out from
under the old windfall! This was to
be great, a wonderful adventure.
They tingled all over They were
actually going out to see something
vi luC Nlcdl w OlIQ-
The first thin. Mother Bear did
was to sit up and carefully test the
wind with her nose. Boxer sat up
and did exactly the same thing.
Wool Wool sat up and did exactly the
same thing. The Merry Little
Breezes tickled their noses with many
scents. Mother Bear knew what each
one was, but, OF course, the twins
didn't know any Of them All thew
knew was that they smelled good
Mother Bear cooked her ears for
ward and listened. Boxer cooked his
ears forward and listened Wool
Wool cooked her ears forward and lis
tened. Mother Bear looked this way
aud looked that way Boxer locked
this way and looked that way Woof-
Wool looked this way and looked that
way.
'These are the things you must al
ways do whenever you start out in
the Great World" explained Mother
Bear in her deep grumbly, rumbly
voice. "You must learn to know the
meaning of every scent that reaches
your nose, of every sound That reaches
your ears, of everything YOU see, for
only by such knowledge can you keep
out of danger. But YOU must never
trust your ears or Your eyes only.
Your nose is more TO be trusted than
either ears or eyes, or both ears and
eyes; but always use all three"
"Yes'm, replied Boxer and Wool
Wool.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-06

censorship and the absurditics OF it,,
but merely ask that we be given q
cAance 10 remedy tine situation Of
which you complain"
Old Rules Do Not Apply, Says Beach
Rex Beach. president of the Authors
, League Of America. said that motion
picture production is an art which can
not be gagged by any preconceived set
Of rules.
Estate motion picture censorship" he
said, "as here proposed means strangu-
lston. 1t is advocated by two groups:
Those who are accentuated by narrow
minded bigotry and those who believe
motion pictures are the cause Of
crimes
Mr.. Beach was followed by Mr.. Crit
fifth, who made plea against the pas
age Of the bill. Tie said that the mo-
ton picture art with few exceptions, is
as clean and decent as any thought
ever conceived by man, and declared
that censorship of motion pictures is
equal to censorship of thought.
censorship Mr.. Griffith said, "has
been the weapon OF the autocrat since
the beginning Of time. Wherever two
or three men with power have com
PEELED those under their power to think
as they thought rivers of blood have
flown Censorship started in Germany
and then moved on to Russia. Are we
to adopt something which found its
origin and stronghold in such coun-
tries What is the complaint against
the motion picture the story itself ?
Suppose they had reprossed Inc classics
OF literature as they now try to re-
press the movies? Where would our
libraries OF to-day be? Their shelves
would be half empty. Take Hamlet,
nj
the stage Hamlet would be censored
on the screen. Why? Because it con-
/ tains five murders and suicide.'
Sees Evil in StiIIman Case
The question Of morals was brought
( up by +. A. Moray, chairman Of the
! legislative committee Of the National
Board of Review. He said that sub
jects equally bad as some found in
flms were read by children in news
papers. lie referred to the Stillman
case and said that the public print
ing of ''sord id details" in such cases is
as Objectionable as any which might
find expression on the screen. He
added that girls and boys with money
could go and see risQue plays not con-
ducive to morals
Among those vino spoke against the
! bill was the Kew. Mr.. Il. II. CaSWell, OF
the Bronx, who said it would be impos-
sble to find three men the number
suggested for the proposed commits
son) who would "be able to think for
100000 600 people besides thinking for
hcrnselves."
Others who spoke against the meas
ure included Miss Mary Graves Peck
Of Geneva, who said the localities we've
able to act as their own censors; Mayor
James Garfield OF Poughkeepsie, who
opposed the measure on behalf of the
State Conference Of Mayors, and Hugh
Frayne, personal representative Of
Samuel Gompers, president Of the
American Federation of Labor.
Mrs. Waterman. for the proponents
said that the motion picture producers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-06
Boy in 45-FO0t Fail Lands on
Tlmnnay, Boumces Up Unhurt
Frankie, All of s. Dodging In and Out Among Autos
as he Shoots Marbles, Is Rescued by Mother and
Placed ON Fire Escape Which Proves Safe

Frank Spadaro, five years old, of 2o7
Third Avenue, Brooklyn, yesterday won
maternal permission to play in any
portion of the street or sidewalk in
front of his home that he chooses.
Time and again frankie has been
called from the middle of the street
by his mother just when his eye was
true, his aim was straight and every
marble in the ring seemed ready to fall
victim to his trusty agate.
His life had become one continuous
admonition to watch out for the terri
bic hosses and big machines, and his
ears rang ever with the call of:
FRANKIE. remcntne the street." or
"Frankio. if ! catch you there again
TIL but that was before Mrs. Spa.
daro pulled frankie off the street yes
tcrday and put him out on the fire
escape on the second floor of the build
ing where the Spadaros live. to be out
of harms way frankie fell forty-fve
feet from the fire escape to the cement
walk and landed ON his stomach without
suffering any injury but loss of breath
Ten minutes after Mrs. Spadaro had
pulled the window down and left her
son sitting close against the wall. a9-
parently in as safe position as he
had ever been. Frankie had crawled to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-06

Then Mother Bear started off
among the great trees, shutting along
and swinging her head from side to
side. Right at her heels shuitled
Boxer, swinging his head from side
to side. and right at his heels shut
fed Woof-W oof, swinging her head
from side to side. Whatever Mother
Bear did the twins did. They did it
because Mother Bear did it. They
were keeping their promise. And lit
tie as they were they felt very big
and important, for now. at last, they
were out in the Great World
Chatserer the Red Squirrel saw
them start out and he chuckled as he
watched those two funny little cubs
do exactly as Mother Bear did. lie
followed along in the tree tops, Jump
ing from tree to tree, but taking the
greatest care to make no noise. He
was fairly aching for a chance to
scare those cubs; but as long as
Mother Bear was with them he didn't
dare try.
Mother Bear stopped and shifted at
an old log. Then she went on. Boxer
stopped and solemnly shifted at that
old log. Then he went on. Woof~
Woof stopped and smiled at that old
log. Then she went ON. And so, at
last, they came 20 a place where the
earth was soft and where grew. cer-
tain roots OF which Mrs Bear is very
fond.
Copyright, 1921 by r. W. Burgeso
The next story; The Twins Climb
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-06
General Weather Conditions

WASHINGTON. April 5.-The disturb
ance that was central western Colo
,ado Monday night moved slowly eastward
to the southern plains states. attended by
showers in the upper Mississippi Valley,
the plains states and the west Gulf states
and by snow In the northern Rocky Noun
tain region. Utah, southeastern Ida no and
northern Arizona High pressure and gen
orally fair weather continued to-day over
the eastern half of the country Much
cooler weather overzpread the northern
Mountain region. while temperatures con-
tinued much above normal in the upper
Msslssppi Valley and the southern plains
states eastward.
The outlook is for generally fair weat her
in the states east of TIE Mississippi River
Wednesday. except that showers prob
able in the upper lake region. Indiana. the
lower Ohio Valley. Tennessee and Missis-
sippi. The weather will continue fair in
the Atlantic states Thursday. while show
ers are probable in the region of the
Great Lakes the Ohio Valley, Tennessee
End the east Gulf states. Mild tempera
River except that cooler weather will
orcrspre&d Michigan on Thursday.
District Forecasts. ~~Eastern New York.
Eastern Pennsylvania. New jersey and
DeIaware-Fair to-day and tomorrow;
no. much change in tenn ersture
Southern New Eagland--Fair to day and
Tomorrow; somewhat warmer the east
ern Massachusetts coast to-day
Western Penny ania and Western New
Yorh-Fsir o-dsy: to morrow increasing
cioudiness. Probably showcSs al night; con
tinued mild temperature.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-06

IN their films are dciling American
woManhood. She added:
Il obiecf. on behalf of decent re
spectacle American women TO the
emancipation given our sex in films.
they call these SEX plays moral les
sons. Yes, there are about fftv feet
of moral film to 5000 feet of immoral
lty. Sixty per cent of the exhibitors
want suggestive films. They want the
stuff that brings the money and they
care not who gets hurt in the passing.
The question here is if control is
worse than degradation"
Girls and Boys Led Astray
Mrs. O'Grady made strong plea for
censorship She cited her experience
as Deputy Police Commissioner in sup
port of her contention that bows and
girls arc led astray by the examples
set before them by the shadows acting
upon the screen in "cheap and disrenu-
table motion picture theaters" in the
tenement district in New York City.
81 am fond of motion pictures, -
Mrs. O'Grady said, "but the industry
has passed into the hands Of unscrupu-
ous men whose God is ~tf ammon
know from my own experience that
the greater part OF Juvenile dclin-
qUency is due to the evil influence OF
motion pictures These men have got
20 give an accounting to clean-mindeG
persons. and THANK God, we have q
Governor today who is aware Of the
grave situation. I could cite you case
after case Of boys and girls gone wrong
because Of films. It makes by blood
boil | have been to those places where
evil pictures are shown and | have
often wished that were thousand
men so | might tear the films into
cr E,.t,. -,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-06
Court to Halt
Phone Raise if
Law Permits;
Tells Corporation Counsel
at Close of Hearing He
Will Grant the City an
Injunction if He Can
Doubts Boards Power
Justice Lehman Says He Be-
lieves Fixing Rates by
Commission Is Illegal

Justice Lehman Acard argument yes
to-day and reserved decision on the ap-
plication of Corporation Counsel
O'Brien for an injunction to restrain
the New \ DIRK Telephone Company from
enforcing the order of the Public Ser
vice Commission of the Second Depart
ment permitting the company TO in
crease it's rates % per cent.
Justice Lehman. at the close of the
argument, said that, if he could, he
would grant the injunction. The Court
also commented that he was not quite
fixed by the Public Service Commission
Public Not Heard
Nj Maldwin Tortig, Assistant Cor
poration Counsel. argued that the Tub-
tic Service Commission granted the in
crease to the telephone company with
out hearing the side of the people on
the matter. The only recourse of the
patrons, said Mr.. Fertig, was the relief
now sought by the city.
Edward l.. Blackman, counsel for the
telephone company, said that the Pub
rate.
"All that the commission does," said
Mr.. Biackman, "is to draw dead line
beyond which the company shall not go.
1t does not draw that line until it be-
lleves that the company is charging
more than is just and reasonable. When
it appears that the company is not
getting a just return on its investment
and the operation of its plants the Pub
lie Service Commission grants an order
permitting an increased charge, and
therc is nothing in the Public Service
commissions law which justihcs the as
ing shall be read into the provision
giving the commission authority to
raise or lower the maximum rate
AT one point in the hearing Justice
Lehman asked Mr.. Fcrtig:
rs this proceeding in the nature Of
sentimental NOTION or one to get a
ruling by the court on the legality of
the order? | feel for you in your
effort to get some remedy, but it seems
TO me the case is one in which senti-
mont governs to some extent. Let us
drop all camouhage and discuss the
question frankly
Doubts Illegaity of Order
Mr. Fertig replied that, speaking as
q private user of telephone he would
refuse to pay the increased rate if the
court holds that the order of the Pub
he Service Commission should be up
held.
Aztec hearing both sides Justice Leh-
man said:
"lf there is sufficient here to give me
jurisdiction and the order is Illegal /
think an injunction almost certainly
Will follow, but | have serious doubts
as to tSe iilegality of the ORDER