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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-07
ROOSEVELT SAYS LAWS
OF LAND ARE OUTWORN
Colonel is Principal Speaker at Tn.
yelling Of Bronze Statue Of A. Lin
coin at Newark, N. J.

Newark, n. Theodore Roosevelt
was the principal speaker here at
the unwilling Of a bronze statue by
Gutzon Borglum of Abraham Lincoln
The colonel accepted the statue in
the name OF the Lincoln post, G. A. R.
Of this city, and turned It over to the
municipality with an appropriate Gu
logy. The statue is one of the largest
ever cast in single piece and repre-
sents Lincoln sitting at a long. low
bench. half reclining on his right
hand, in deep thought.
Colonel Roosevelt in his address de-
clared the laws Of the land outworn.
They were excellent laws for the
fiintlock period" he asserted, ''but
they do not apply to present-day con-
ditions. Little you soldiers could have
done with flintlocks IN the war days.
Laws must keep up with changed con-
ditions, retaining the spirit of liberty
and justice, curbing the greed of the
constituencies rich and banishing an
archy. It is poor thing to praise the
deeds of the soldiers or the deeds of
Lincoln if we do not emulate them
in legislation. We must have clean
politics and clean business, and we
must respect the rights of labor or be
recreant to the spirit of Lincoln"
Touching upon peace by arbitration,
he expressed his favor Of it, but only
in case righteousness prevailed. Peace
without righteousness would be intol-
cradle, he said. He insisted the re-
public would stand for righteousness
at any cost.
1T is our business" he declared,
TO help the wage Garner and it is our
business to put a stop to murderous
violence even if it is INDUCED in nom
inally to achieve those ends"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-07
POST OFFICE is PUT
ON A PAYING BASIS
Department Meets All ESpenses-Has
Surplus of 81 ,ooo, oo-First Time
In Thirty Years.

Washington. Postmaster Cen
eral Hitchcock has realized his
ambition Of seeing the post Office de-
partment on a self-sustaining basis.
In a statement issued it is announced
that the department at last is able to
meet its entire expenses without aid
from the federal treasury, and &C
cordingly the sum of $4,000. 600 set
aside to defray the expenses Of the
postal service for the current year
has been returned 10 Secretary of the
Treasury MacVeagh.
The official statement given out says
in part:
AT the present time there is
a postal surplus Of more than $1,000
900 and unless the expenses during
the next month should prove extraor-
binary. the surplus will be still greater
for the yer.
This condition is little less than
remarkable when IL is considered that
the present administration inherited
a deficit Of more than seventeen and
one-half millions. the largest in the
history Of the postal service.
Except for the reforms in the fin
ancial system of the postoflce depart
ment recently instituted, it would not
be possible to make this refund OF
S3,000,0 900 to the secretary of the treas
ury, even though the revenues for the
current year have exceeded the expen-
ditures. An accounting plan which
was adopted about a year ago insures
the prompt deposit in the treasury of
postal funds not Immediately required
for disbursement at postofi ces, thus
making available for use by the de-
partment several millions of dollars
that, under the old practice, would be
tied up in postofiices. Under the old
system it required surplus of nearly
100000 to finance the postal SER
vice. The 100000 Mr. Hitchcock
returns with the feeling that the post
office revenues will be more than sufii-
cient to defray the expenses o. the
postal service during the present
year"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-07

lndianapolis.-For fame, fortune
and the glory Of the automobile
one life was sacrificed and sew
eral men were injured in the first 500
mile race on speedway, the greatest
test of skill and endurance in the his
tory of the sport of motor racing, be-
ing won by Ray Harroun, driving a
Marmon car. in the time Of 6:41:O3.
Ralph milford in a Lozier was
second. Forty cars started and ten
finished
Notwithstanding predictions of
wholesale disaster in the race only
one man was killed and seven in
jured. The victims We're; Killed
S. P. Dickson, mechanician Amplex
car No. "A.
Injured-Arthur Greiner. driver
Amplex car No. "A, seriously.
David Lewis, mechanician Lozier
car No. 81, leg broken.
Teddy, Tetzlaff, driver Lozier car
No. ga, bruised and shaken up.
Harry Knight, driver Westcott car
No. z. severely.
John Glover. mechanician Westcott
car No. Z, seriously injured
L. Anderson, mechanician Case car
No. s, thrown out, not serious.
Robert Evans, mechanician Jackson
car No. %, ankle broken.
s. p. Dickson, mechanician for Ar
thur Greiner, driver of Amplex car
No. "A, was the first victim of the
race. Shortly after the thirtieth
mile Greiner was sweeping around
the back stretch when both rear tires
exploded wrecking the car. Dickson
was instantly killed, Greiner was seri-
ously injured Greiner is a million
aire driver from Chicago who came
here and volunteered his services to
the Amplex people following the
wreck OF the Amplex No. ~ several
days ago in which Joe Koran was in
jured. Dickson lived in Chicago and
his father is Major Dickson, a veteran
newspaper man. He was twenty-four
years of age and unmarried He was
known as an experienced man in the
racing game.
The most spectacular accident of
INC 0dJ was wien tOul CARS were
wrecked almost directly in front of
the grandstand. The only person who
was seriously hurt was John Glover.
mechanieian for Westcott car No. Z,
driven by Harry knight. who also
was hurt
The other cars that were wrecked
were Eddie Hearne's Fiat No IS, Joe
Jagersberger Case No. s. and Lytles
Apperson Jack Rabbit No 35. That
several people we're not killed was
mystery to the great crowd in the
grandstands.
The strain of the terrible grind
proved too great for Bob Evans, me-
chanician for Jack Tower. driving a
Jackson, and he jumped from the car
on the back stretch Evans was
hurled heavily to he ground. but not
seriously hurt. He was apparently
suffering from dementia.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-07
The YOUNGER GENERATION.

What IS the younger generation?
ITS /" says the youth. In one sense
this is true-that of dependence-for
youth begins to knock at the door the
moment it Is born. clamoring to its
elders with constantly increasing in
sistence for care and support until the
golden hour when youth, with its spon-
taneous omniscience and boundless
self-confidence, begins to mistake itself
for the younger generation, says the
New York Tribune. Yet that is the
very period. though It does not know
It, when youth is least able to toddle
on its own unguided feet, still less to
guide the footsteps OF others. 1t pushes
doors open, Otter because it fall help
lessly against them; IT puts its knees
and elbows where they do not belong,
but fits elders are the real younger
generation still. maturity in posses
sion and command, tolerant, a little
amused, occasionally irritated, but
sympathetic and understanding. It
employs youths enthusiasms and
ideals, restraints It's rashness; 1t will
even allow the youngsters to climb
the steeples of its own mature design
ing and building. because it has
learned the educational value Of early
tumbles; bit it keeps wise and sane
control. In this deeDer. truer sense
the younger generation" does not
come into effective social being until
its own children are already knocking
at the door.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-07

Potash salts of many kinds were
imported into the United States from
Germany last year and to the value Of
$11,000,000. Yet as far as the German
supply is concerned. 1t is said that the
present rate of demand upon the great
potash salts are used for many pur-
ought to last for 100000 years. These
potash salts are used for many pur-
poses In this country-in gold mining
glassmaRing, soap-making, bleaching
dyeing, in photography and medicine
in the man manufacture of explosives
and for fertilizers. In recent years
there have been attempts TO discover
potash in paying quantities In the
western desert portions of the United
States.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-07

Visions of empire have seized the
new British king, who. not content
with being crowned only at Westmins-
ter like his predecessors since Henry
VI retired diseomfitted in the IF.
teenth century from France, where
the English kings had claimed sover
eighty, proposes to be crowned en-
peror Of India at Delhi in 1919, and
there Queen Mary. the ambitious one,
will be hailed empress of India, with
imperial circumstance and pomp. So
far, then. from Witnessing the asceu.
dancy Of democracy in Great Britain.
we observe the growth of Imperialism
says the Detroit News No longer is
King George to be content with empty
titles of empire attainable by mere
kings, but he viii be crowned king of
kings. like the shahs and caliphs.
khans and maharajahs, and all the
splendid potentates of the Orient
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-07
HARBOUR WINS 600
MILE AUTO RACE
Crosses Tape at Speed of go
Miles an Hour.
ONE MAN KILLED, SEVEN HURT
Mechanicisn Dickson Loses Life When
Rear Tires Of His Machine Blow
up-Driver Greiner seri-
ously Injured.

Facts about the Speedway
500-mile race:
Distance-500 miles. Place
indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Elapsed time Average
miles per hour-75 miles. At
tendance-77, 000
Killed, 1.
Injured, 7.
Purse, $4,000
Purse prize Of winner, $4,000,
Side prizes to winner, s4,250.
Cars competing. 40.
The prize winners were:
First-Ray Harroun, Marmon.
Second-Mulford, Lozier.
Third-Bruce Brown, Fiat.
Fcurth-Wishart, Mercedes.
Fifth-DePalma, Simplex.
Sixth-Merz, National.
Seyenth-Turner, Amplex.
Eighth-Cobe, Jackson.
Ninth-Belcher, Knox.
Tenth-Hughes. Mercer.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-07
PARIS TO TURIN BY AIR SHIPS.
Twenty-Five Entries start Race Pro-
pltiously.

Paris. - In strong contrast with
the Paris to Madrid race a week
ago. when the French minister of war
was killed and Premier Monis and 9TH
ers were seriously injured. the second
great air event, the Paris to Turin
race, was propitiously started. There
are 81 entrants. Pierre Vedrine, who
won the Paris to Madrid race, will
compete. The American entry, Henry
Weymann. had to descend on account
Of engine trouble soon after the start.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-07
VESSELS COLLIDE ON PoNToMAc.
Miss Taft's Boat Sinks Motor Craft and
One Man browns.

MISS airs Boat sinks motor Craft and
One Man browns.
Washington.-Whil returning to
Washington from a trip down The
Potomac river with Miss Helen
Taft ant a party of young women
chaperoned by Mrs. George Won L.
Meyer, wife of the secretary of the
navy; Beekman Winthrop. assistant
secretary of the navy, and Mrs. Win
throp. the secretary of the navys flag.
ship Dolphin ran down and sunk at
Alexandria, Va, the power boat Gull
prit Fay. containing three men, which
darted across her course at full speed.
Alexander Yellowless of this city, one
of the three. was drowned. but the
other two were rescued by the Dol
phins crew.
President Taft paid a personal call
at the home of Yellowless. He ex-
pressed his sympathy 10 the friends Of
Yellowless and gave instructions that
every effort should be made to recover
his body from the Potomac.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-07

II is all parts of our tendency to be-
kind and conslderate to lawbreakers;
to think of the family of the man who
has killed somebody instead of con-
slderlng the family of his victim; to
lay stress on the devotion of the rela-
tives of the man who has looted a
bank, rather than to take into account
the broken depositors and their sharp
sufferings. says the New York Even
ing Sun. Hence the general approval
of the fantastic extension of the par
doning power, which meets with no
real, sane disapproval.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-07
40 ARE SLAIN IN RIOTS.
Mexico Mob Takes Cholula After
Fierce FIqhtinu.

Puebla, Mex.-Forty persons were
killed and Cholula, town with 10000
inhabitants, eight miles from here, by
a band of rebel marauders. Govern
ment offices, stores and private resi-
dences were looted by the mob.
The rebels set fire to the town,
which is threatened with destruction.
Mob rule prevails at Cholula and it is
feared that Puebla may be attacked.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-07

The deposit / I state banks of the
funds accruing from postal savings
was again discussed in the senate.
Under the national law the money
may be deposited in either national
or state bank upon the banks putting
up bonds to secure repayment. Re
Gently this bill was defeated on the
argument that it made this class Of
deposits preferred creditors. The bill
was advanced without dissent
The bill appropriating $4,000 for
the creation of a memorial park at
Camp Randall was laid over one week
on the request OF Senator James.
The Gilbertson bill, providing for
the waving OF a trial by jury by the
accused in q criminal case. was adj
vanced.
A message vas received from the
assembly asking for a conference on
the bill compelling directors OF banks
20 make examination Of the affairs Of
their institutions. Senators owen,
Scott and Blaine we're appointed for
the senate and Crowell, Whelan and
Celtic on the part Of the assembly.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-07
URGE NEW ARBITRATION PACT:
Commercial Men at Lake Mohonk
Send Telegram to Taft.

Mohonk Lake, N. Y.-The rep
resentatives of fifty-one CONNER
cial organizations attending the seven
teenth annual meeting of the Lake
arbitration sent kilograms to Presi-
dent Taft and Senator Cullom, chair
man Of the senate committee on for
eign relations, saying that they heart
lily indorse treaties of unlimited arbi-
tration with Great Britain, France and
other countries and wish speedy sue
cess with such treaties"
The conference adopted the Kirch-
wey resolution creating a national
council for arbitration and peace.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-07
SPANISH IN CLASH; SIX DEAD.
Flight Takes Place Between carllsts
and Radicals.

Barcelona.-A sanguinary ARRAY
COX place at San Feliu de Lilo
bregat between Carlsts and radicals,
In which six men were killed and thir-
ty-five injured. Two meetings took
place at San Feliu. town of 1000 in
habitants, FIVE miles from Barcelona.
One OF the gatherings consisted Of
partisans of Don Jaime The other
was formed of followers o. Senior Ler-
roux They clashed near the San Feliu
railroad station, on the return Of the
delegates to Barcelona. Most of the
victims were radicals.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-07
NEW STEEL TRAIN WRECKED.
Several Passengers Injured Wh:n
"coIumbia" Is Derailed.


columbia" Is Derailed.
Spokane, Vash.-The Columbia, the
new steel passenger train on the
Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound
railroad, was derailed at sharp
curve near Marengo. The engineer
was killed and the fireman and sew
eral passengers were injured when
the engine and six of the eight heavy
cars left the rails. None of the pas
sengers was seriously hurt The in
jured were taken to Lind, 26 miles
west of the point where the accident
occurred
The Columbian is the second
through passenger train to leave Seat
lie over the Milwaukee line since the
completion of the road.
Lincoln, Neb.-Eighteen persons are
dead and two others will die as a re-
suit Of the Burlington wreck near
Indianola, according to a dispatch re-
ceived here.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-07
DANES ENTERTAIN AMERICANS.
Four Hundred Naval Officers Honored
in Copenhagen.

Copenhagen.--The navy depart
ment entertained 400 petty officers
of the American squadron on motor
trips and at luncheon at the Tivoli
garden. Each of the guests was pre-
sented with a cigar case, emblazoned
with the Danish and American arms.
The American war ships were open to
the public and $4,000 persons inspect.
ed the vessels,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-07

The story is told of a disappointed
lover who took to his bed and stayed
there for 40 years. 1t seems not TO
have occurred to his friends to set FIRE
to the house
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-07

There is in Pittsburg a man thirty
years of age who intends to marry a
lady of eighty-threo. who has So 900.
600 where he thinks he can get at It
without much effort.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-07

A Harvard professor says that flow.
ers make bad boys good. II theory
could make the world wise. the next
generation would be race OF TWEEN
tieth-century Solomons, with the orig
inal distanced at the starting post
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-07
BIO histscr Books Earth.

Doyle. Cal-The fail Of giant
Veteor caused conservation through.
0ut Lassen county. When the missile
struck Tule mountain the shock was
felt for thirty miles, causing the
earth to tremble as II from a quake.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-07
NAVAL OFFICERS ARE RgeuKED
Admiral Marshall Piqued by Reprl-
mand for Disastrous Experiment.

Norfolk. Va.-The navy depart
ment has sent letters of repri-
mand to all the officers connected
with the recent experiments with ex-
plosives that resulted in the sinking
of the monitor Puritan Admiral Mar
shall, who was in charge of the Nor
foll navy yard at the time, is reported
as being much displeased with the
letter he received
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-07

1t is reported that WI is coming
back to Washington. True he prom,
Used to do so in so years. and he may
have been confused in mistaking a
year or two in America for cycle in
Cathay.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-07
seventeen,Year LOeusts ARRIVING.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. locusts
are said TO be due to ravage vegeta.
ton In the eastern states this sum,
mer. The vanguard OF the invaders
is reported TO have appeared In Alex.
andria county. Virginia.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-07
Amerlea tlonors ZEN Moore.

Washington bust Of Thomas
Moore. the great Irish poet, was IN
yelled in the Corcoran art gallery in
honor Of the one hundred and thirty.
second anniversary of his birth
,hamp Clark ana Bourke Cochran e.
ivered addresses.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-07
KILLS CHILD; MAKES AMENDS.
Pastor to Sell Property and Give Pro-
ceeds to Girls Parents.

Glens Falls, N Y. - Rev. Thorn
as Grieves, pastor of the Meth
odist Episcopal church at Greenwich.
announced that he would sell his pos
sessions aSd turn over the proceeds
to the parents of little Mary Maginn
of Saratoga Springs. whom he recently
ran down and killed with his automo-
bile.
The car already has been sold and
the rector's cottage at Riverside is on
the market. A coroner's jury held Mr..
Grieves blameless for the accident
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-07

philanthropy is a joy" AYERS Doc
tor Pearson. A great many of us
would enjoy being philanthropists If
We only had money enough to take up
that pastime
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-07

Thoughtless individuals often &C
cuse newspapers OF printing false
hoods, but here is little story from
a Michigan paper that can't be ques-
toned: she was left a widow through
the death of her husband"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-07
Kills wife Who Left Him.

Peoria. Ill.-Because his wife re
fused to live with him George Lash
siding and shot Mrs. Lash through the
heart. killing her. He then escaped.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-07
Governor Of Moscow a swlndIer.

Moscow, Russia.-Major General
Rheinbot was sentenced by the senate
tribunal to Imprisonment for one year
and the loss of his civil rights for the
Misrepresentation of government funds
during his term as governor Of Mos
COW
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-07
sank Robbed MhlIe cnshLer Dimes.

Rushville, Mo.-A robber entered
the Farmers state bank here while
the cashier was at lunch. took $4,000
in gold and silver frori the vault,
which had been left unlocked. and
then escared
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-07
pope Names Nav ArehhI,,oo

Rome.-Rt Rev Edmuns Prepder
CAST, auxiliary bishop Of Philadelphia.
has been appointed archbishop of
Philadelphia in succession to the late
Most Rev. Patrick John Ryan. who
died February II last
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-07
IA palllatn Reues.

Mexico City-Rodolfo Reyes, son OF
Gen. Bernardo Reyes. was appointed
su b,sec~etary Of tire department Of
Justice. This is looked upon as a
move to keep the elder Reyes pacifed
until after the election, if pcs
sible
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-07

Washington. To sGv- $500. 900 year
" the war department has decided to
clothe the army in wooden instead Ct
worsted uniform. The WOODEN manu-
fscturers have been invited to send
samples Of olive drab cloths.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-07

Shelhurne, A. S.-Fifteen houses
have been destroyed and many per
sons are homeless as result of a
forest fire which is raging uucon.
trolled through Shelhurue county.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-07
Editor Bound over.

Columbus. O.-Editor f, f. Cook
and Attorney Charles J Pretzman
we're bound over to the grand jury in
the sum of $500. charged with refus-
ing to testify before the COMMITTEES
in the senatorial bribery CT lrges.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-07
Rov roiler Saves Swimmer

Webb City. Mo.--Luther Burns. nine
years old. was drowned. but Edward
Helm. eight years old. was saved
from like fate by the herolsm of
Johnny simpson. thig ZEN years old
in a mill pond at Prosperity.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-07

New York Samuel S. Bogart, vice.
president OF the United Wireless rele
graph company, who pleaded guilty to
fraudulent use of the mails, in ad
vance OF his FIVE associates. was fined
$500
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-07

Doctor Pearsons says he never spent
800 foolishly in his life. There are
people who will at once decide that
he never could have been "a good fel.
low"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-07
sALLooNlsT FALLS 1000 FEST.
Parachute Fails to Work and Aeronaut
Drops into Treetop.

Marion. Ind.-His parachute fail
ing to work properly. Frank Craw-
ford, balloonist, fell 1000 feet or
more into a tree top and then to the
ground. Hundreds OF persons saw him
fall, He was taken to a hospital in an
unconscious condition.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-07

Quits After Teaching Flfty-six Years.
Quincy. Mass,--Miss Julia Under
wood. who claims to hold the coun-
try's teaching record, has resigned
after completing Sc years Of service
in the local public schools.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-07
Girl Reiects Wooer. Jumns Ear

Girl REJECTS Wooer; Jumps Far,
New York.--Rather than be wed to
a man whom she did not love. eigh-
teen year-old Rebecca Boltman hurled
herself from third floor w;ldoN ~
her home and sustained injuries from
which she will probably die.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-07
80 for the GO 81 cartaIn klaa.

Eoston.-Under the gray walls Of
Fort independent on Castle island.
low one OF Boston's most popula-
parks. a treasure hurting expedition.
ay permission Of the park commits
Honers. is seeking Captain Kids gold.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-07

No do 'bt the men higher up viii be
glad to subscribe to the plans for an
aviation meet