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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-03-13
FRESH AIR FOR CONVICTS
Board of Control Extends Prisoners
Priviliges-No Sign of Reported
Friction at the Meeting.

Fond du Lac.--If friction existed
at the state penitentiary, as has been
intimated, no trace of it came to the
surface at the meeting of the state
board of control here, when Warden
Woodward was present. On the
other hand, the board received the
recommendation of the new war;
den and gave them unanimous en-
dorsement. recommendation were
made to reform the prison manage
ment and to extend the privileges
of the prisoners.
The most important proposal re-
lated to the use of time on Sunday.
Under the old rules, prisoners were
confined in cells from noon Sunday
till O'Clock Monday morning This
had bad results for them physically,
mentally and morally Upon the rec
ommendation of Warden Woodward
a special relief guard will be pro-
vided and prisoners taken out, the
occupants of one cell house at a
time being put through military
drills on the prison grounds Sunday
afternoons.
In recommending the change, Mr..
Woodward declared he believed it
would be a greater sin to keep men
confined in cells away from sunlight
and fresh air on Sunday than to take
them out and permit them to have
exercise and recreation which they
require.
1t was decided to increase the
school year by two months. 1t now
ends in May During the school year
instruction is given three evenings a
week, from Z to $3.50 O'Clock. 1t was
also decided to organize an after
noon Sunday school
The board decided to extend the
honor system as far as the laws of
Wisconsin would permit 1t also en-
acted that prisoners be clad in khaki
uniforms in summer instead of the
regulation blue wool, which they
were hitherto required to wear the
year round.
Warden woodward nominated the
following officers. who are present in
cumbents of their several Offices, to
serve the remainder of the fiscal
year: Chaplain, Rev. s. J. Bowling;
physician. DR. L. R. Sleyster; matron,
Mrs. NJ. H. Schilling.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-03-13
CALHOUN CALLS
FOR MORE TROOPS
Seven Hundred Are Ordered
Rushed From Manila.
PEKING is AGAIN LOOTED
Killing Of Missionaries and Danger 10
Others Is Reported by Minister
TO China In His Re-
1uest.

Manila, P. I. - Through the state
department at Washington American
Minister Calhoun has called upon
Mai. Gen. ]. Franklin Bell, com
manding the Philippines division, for
more American troops Cor service in
China.
In response 10 the request General
Bell is sending another battalion Of
the Fifteenth infantry from here to
North China The battalion will be
under command of Lieut. Col Edwin
A. Root and its companies Will be
brought up to the strength Of $50 men
each. making the battalion 600 strong.
Additional men will also be sent to
the battalion already In North China
under the command OF Mai. James n.
Arrowsmith. bringing its companies
also up to the strength OF $50 men
each. The strength Of tine Fifteenth
infantry then In North China will thus
be 200.
The transports Seward and Liscum
have been ordered to convey the
troops to China. They will depart on
Friday.
Picking China. Fighting and
looting have been resumed in Pc
king The scene OF the disturbance, is
in the western part of the city. where
a confagration is raging.
A missionary named r. Day. belong
ing to the Church OF England mission
and attached to the district of Pao
Ting Flu. was killed by mutinous Chi
nese soldiers.
Mr. Day, Bishop Charles r. Scott OF
the North China diocese and another
missionary. F. S. Hughes. were ma
king a regular tour OF the mission
stations in the vicinity OF Pao Ting
Flu.
Arriving at Tien Chwang Ying.
Bishop Scott sent Day and Hughes to
Chin Chow to fetch letters. The two
missionaries found mutinous soldiers
sackiGg the town. These comman-
deered the missionaries carts. and in
attempting TO recover them Mr.. Day
was killed.
Mr. Hughes took refuge in the town
hall. where he still remains. A British
attache from the legation here. accom-
panied by a detachment OF eight Brit
isb soldiers. left for Chin Chow to
rescue Mr.. Hughes.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-03-13
CHILDREN JAILED IN
TEXTILE MILL STRIKE
Mrs. Tan Hears Stories Of Beating
Women and 6ayonet ..uTe at
Lawrence.

Washington. - Mrs. William How
ard Taft, wife of the president Of
tie United States, was an inter
ested spectator at the hearings OF
she Lawrence mill workers before the
house committee on rules. She heard
how women and children had been
herded together in police wagons dur
ing the strike. She heard of the
rough words. Of the clubbings. Of the
almost unbelievable Dfutalities. which
the narrator described quietly and in
an eve. voice that lent more horror
TO her story. But when one witness
told how woman about to become a
mother had been kicked by a rufian
who had been set over her. Mrs.
Taft, with white face. hurriedly left
the room accompanied by the two
women companions who had come
with her to the hearing.
Max Bogaty testified he had seen
babies, little boys and girls locked in
cells. Women arrested In the riot. he
said. had been fined 81 for blocking the
sidewalks.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-03-13
100000 MINERS IDLE.
Railroads and other Industries Tied
Up In England.

Railroads and Other Industries Tied
Up In England.
London. II was reported that
the efforts OF Sir George Il. Ask
with. representative OF the board OF
trade. In association with the concilia.
tion committee. promised reason.
able prospect OF the resumption OF
negotiations for mediation of the coal
strike The government is said to be
hopeful that the strike viii end with
in week. Premier Asquith will try
to get the warning factions together.
The Chronicle understands the gov
eminent will introduce bin in par.
lament Thursday to establish a mini
mum wage in the coal fields.
Meantime 100000 men are idle.
100000 outside the mining industry
having been thrown out OF work.
Railroad workers throughout the
United Kingdom continue to be dis
charged owing TO the shortage of coal,
which necessitates restriction OF train
service.
The sailings of the American line
steamships Philadelphia and New
York for New York March 10 and
March 20 have been cancelled in con
sequence of the coal strike.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-03-13
POLICE END BIG MEETING.
Fifty suffrasettes Arrested In Par
lament Square.

lament Square.
London.-Tne much advertised
meeting OF suffragettes in parlia-
ment square to protest against the re-
fusai Of Premier Asquith 10 receive a
deputation proved a basco. SO far as
concerned any sensational display Of
militant prowess and cunning. which
was predicted by the organizers
About fifty women we're arrested. and
the damage done was inconsiderable.
Another band attacked the lnterna-
tional Suffrage shop in Adam street.
the Strand. smashing big plate glass
window and wTecking the front Of the
building.
Earlier in the day the women mad
been disorderly in other parts OF the
city.
A small band OF them. armed with
hammers and stones, went through
the Knightsbridge and BromptoG road
district in the West end OF London.
breaking the plate glass windows OF
the big dry goods stores situated in
that neighborhood.
AS usual. owing TO the disturbance
being unexpected, the police on duty
In the district were unable TO cope
with the suffragettes. who we're dis
tributed over wide area.
The windows OF the Marquis OF
Crewe's and the lord chancellors resi-
dences were smashed with hammers
during the suffragettes' raid.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-03-13
ARE OPPOSED TO KNOX.

Secretary Of State Encounters Bitter
Opposition In Visit 10 Nicaragua.
Managua, Nicaragua. Much op-
position has developed in connec.
ton with the visit of the American
secretary of state to Nicaragua. The
liberals have issued manifesto.
They do not wish to offend the score
tary, but want him to know their
grievances.
One hundred persons connected
with the anti-American campaign We're
arrested and sent to Jail They in
clude Francisco Medira, who was min
lister of finance under President ze-
laya; General Mora. who fought under
Estrada. and Salvatierra, who edited
an Estrada paper at Bluetields.
The entire editorial staff OF the
Diario de Nicaragua and OF the Diarto
Moderno. which had published a num-
Der of letters and placed headlines
over them suggesting that dynamite
should be used against the state secre-
tary. were arrested.
Within the government an acute
struggle is manifest. Three factions
are engaged. headed respectively by
President Diaz. President-elect Mena
and General Chomorro. The factions
have united, however, in giving Secre-
tary Knox most cordial welcome.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-03-13
AMERICANS FLEE
MEXICO IN TERROR
Thousands of Refugees Cross
Border Into Texas.
WHOLE REPUBLIC IN REVOLT
Foreigners Become PanIe-stricken
Over Successes Of Rebels Under
Gen. orozeo at chihHahua-
U. S. Authorities Worried.

FL Paso. Tex. One hundred
and fifty Americans, mostly won.
en- and children from the American
numbering town OF MADEIRA. were
brought into Ell Paso by the Mexico
Northwestern railroad from Pearson,
their first stopping place after leay-
ing MADEIRA. Another train bringing
refugees from Chihuahua came In
over the Mexican Central.
Washington. Thousands o. Amer
leans, mostly women and children. are
now fleeing from Mexico. Terror
seems to have seized the entire for
eign population of the republic
Refugees are crossing the line into
Texas hourly, and they are bringing
every section of Mexico.
These reports were received by the
state and war departments. They
came from consular officers In Mexi-
co and army officers stationed on the
border.
Not one word has been received yet
from the fifty Americans who, when
last 0edFu Oh, were at ASdTCO HSnNiuB
for their lives. The state department
has the name of but one OF the fifty,
Eugene c. Blalock. Acting Secretary
of State Huntington Wilson said that
the department was without advices
of any nature concerning the Ameri-
cans. He said that nothing was
known as to their identity.
The victory OF the revoIutionists
under General Orozco in Chihuahua,
and that officia's threat to march en-
Mexico City. and the determination
of President Madero to give Itm bat
tie is what has caused the terror to
foreigners in Mexico City. Those for
eigners who are still in the provinces
are terror-stricken as a result OF the
depredations and rioting OF the rebels
and brigands.
While every effort is being made by
state department officials here to dis
credit the reports of the alarming
state OF affairs in Mexico and the large
exodus OF foreigners, 1t is known that
many of them are worried and that
graver complications are apprehended.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-03-13
DELEGATES DO NOT
COME UNDER ACT
Attorney General Gives Opinion
on Corrupt Practices Law.
NOT LIMITED TO EXPENSES
Decision Holds National Convention
Delegate Candidates Are Immune
TO Wisconsin Statute and That
Rule of Reason Should Prevail.

Madison-That section 942S (S)
of the corrupt practices act, which
has referred to the amount that may
be expended by candidates for office,
does not apply to candidates for dele
gate or delegate-at-large to a party
national convention is held in an
opinion given by Atty. Gen. L. H.
Bancroft to Secretary of State Frear.
The law which might be held to
apply to candidates for delegate pro-
vides fat ''if such officer. when nom
mated and elected, would not receive
salary, and if such officer has no
predecessor, and in all cases not spe-
cifically provided for. $50 and no
more"
Mr.. Bancroft says that it does not
seem to him that candidate for del
egate to a national party convention
is "a candidate for any Office under
the constitution or laws of the state,
within the prohibition of law " This
conclusion is enforced" he says, "by
the fact that if the amount of ex-
penditure that may be made by a
candidate for delegate to national
party convention is limited by the
corrupt practices act, the only limit
that can be found covering such po-
sition is that quoted above,
which limits the expenditure
to $25 and no more. That the legis-
lature intended such sum to be the
limit of expenditure in statewide
contest is so absurd as not to be a
permissible conclusion"
The result of this Interpretation is,
therefore, that there is no limita-
ton placed upon candidates for dele
gate to party national conventions
and that the ethics of the case and
the rule of reason must control.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-03-13
SAM WELLER REVERSED.

The British postal authorities take
no stock in Sam wellers advice about
bewaring OF widows Instead they
prefer them-as telephone operators
the hello system over there being a
postal institution Fifty per cent Of
the present operators. yong girls.
have been found to be suffering from
anemia and nervous debility and
this. taken with the constant demand
for the training OF others to fill vacan-
cies. has brought out the official opin-
ion that widows should be preferred.
Widows, between 30 and 40, who
have been mothers, are not liable to
anemia," says the report Their ner-
yous systems are much steadier and
besides. women who have been mar
ried would be better able TO deal with
fractions subscribers" Now there
may be something to this last when
you come to think of It. says the Pitts
burg Dispatch. Experience in manag-
ing husband might be Of service In
soothing or talking back to irate sub
scribers. Imagine. for instance, the
chill which must fall upon the most
clamorous caller when he is informed
with the crisp incisiveness and de
cision of wifely authority that the line
is busy HE VIII recognize at once
the futility Of trying to argue the
point and subside. to the relief Of the
oyerburdened line.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-03-13

The oldest investment security on
earth is the real estate mortgage. says
Lesie's Magazine. We know that
money was loaned on mortgages in
ancient Babylon. in the time of King
Hamurahi, four thousand years ago.
and that some twenty-five hundred
years ago the great Babylonian bank.
ing house of the Eglbl family invested
large sums In mortgages on both city
and farm property. the mortgages he
Ing recorded on bricks. which have
been preserved In the safety deposit
vaults of those times-great earthen,
ware Jars buried In the earth-pre-
served until the arehaeologists. in our
own day and age. dug them up &c
show us when. where and how mort
Cages originated.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-03-13
AMUNDSEN ON HIS WAY
BACK FROM SOUTH POLE
Report in London Says CAPTAIN Scott
Also Arrived Safely at the
Antarctic Goal.

Hobart, Tasmania. = Capt. ROAD
Amundsen. the Norwegian explorer.
has reached here on the return from
his south polar expedition.
London. Rumors were 10 cir
culation here that Captain SCOTS
British Antarctic expedition has
reached the south pole At the Royal
Geographical society it was said the
report had been heard there, but tat
nothing was known Of its authenticity
Mrs. Scott, the explorers wife, who
lives in London, declared that abe
has had no word for some time from
her husband. and a news agency
which claims TO be the news repre-
sentatior Of Captain Scott has no IN
formation. and expects no word from
Captain Scott for some time. 1t is ed
mitted that Captain Scott must be
somewhere near his cherished goal By
this time.
The captain has with him sixty men,
twenty Siberian ponies, thirty dogs
and two motor sledges.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-03-13
MILLIONS FOR SLAVE WAR
Great Campaign Is Launched Against
Evil Practice In the U. S.

Evil Practice In the U. S.
Washington.-Working in coop
Grafton with the department of
justice, business interests OF this
country is about to launch one of the
biggest campaigns against white
slavery" ever undertaken. The move
has been organized with great secrecy
and is backed by unlimited capital
Within the past few weeks bankers.
merchants. philanthropists. educators
and other leaders of national reputa-
ton have met in New York and Chi
cago and completed a merger of all
the principal organizations fighting
the white slave traffic into the Ameri-
can Vigilance association.
Associated with the movement are
some Of the wealfhiest men in this
country, whose names are at present
withheld. 1t is understood that they
have pledged themselves to furnish
the money for the support Of the or
ganization.
The plan Of operation Of the asso-
citation is simple but complete. At
tached to each headquarters win be
lawyers. detectives and educators.
Whenever a city or town wants to
start crusade against the white slave
traffic the association will supply 1t
with detectives, who win investigate
conditions. and lawyers who will pre-
pare the evidence. The evidence will
then be turned over to the state or
federal authorities and the influence
of the association will be exerted to
bring about effective prosecution.
Acting under this arrangement the
association will begin investigations
into the white slave traffic in five diff
ferent cities within the next few days
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-03-13

Maternity hospital records In Boston
show that while boy babies born there
maintain the average height and
weight, girl babies are becoming taller
at birth and increasing in vitality The
statistics do violence TO certain &C
cepted notions of race degeneration
due to women's alleged neglect OF the
home for outside interests. whether
serious or frivolous. They have been
charged with abandoning their sacred
mission" for public life or for pleasure
and Of menacing the country's future
by their devotion to activities antag=
onistic to maternity Yet neither their
addiction TO bridge parties and hobble
skirts nor their pursuit Of careers"
nor yet whether they smoke cigarettes
and occupy themselves with club af-
fairs, appears to have made any DIFF
ference. They have gone on their way
regardless. in spite of reproof and ad-
monition. and point 10 their healthier
and heartier children in proof Of their
better understanding Of what is good
for them. The fact will afford small
comfort to the reformers who have
made woman's dereliction Of domestic
duties their grave concern. But the in
creasing size and vitality OF girl ba-
bies may well excite masculine fore
bodings
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-03-13
Ex.coNvIcT is NOT kIMMEL.
jury Cannot Decide If Missing Banker
Was Dead In 1904.

st. Louis.-The Kimmel jury. in
the famous identity mystery and
S25.000 insurance contest, report
ed to Judge Amidon its unanimous
conclusion was that the Kimmel claim
ant. an ex-convict, put forward by a
life insurance company of New York,
was not George A. Kimmel.
But the jury stated it could not
agree on the vital issue of the suit.
whether George A. Kimmel was dead
or alive in March, 1904. when the
present suit was filed.
This meant that the jury as whole
would not accept John B. Swinney's
astonishing story of Kimmel's violent
death in an Oregon forest while re-
turning from buried gold expedition.
The jury was sent back to its de-
alterations.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-03-13

Muscoda. officer A. W.
James. accused of irregularities in
the scarlet fever quarantine, made
a spirited defense before the local
board of health at a meeting. BY
unanimous vote that body held the
charges groundlsss and upheld the
physician.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-03-13
HOLY BOILERS ARE IN JAIL.
Brother and sister Among Those a

Brother and Sister Among Those Ac-
cused at Inquiry In Iowa.
Cedar Rapids, lathe Holy Roll
Ter church of this city is in
trouble. Mrs. Nellie Childress and
her brother, Fred True. are under ar
rest, charged with misconduct, and
other members OF the sect are in jail
pending investigation into affairs al
legged TO prevail owing TO the teach
ings of their leader. Brother" Fur
guson.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-03-13

Clothing for hens 10 new idea. but
Il would be rash 10 condemn 1t of
hand. A Colorado woman. Il is said.
took pity on her chickens. which
had moulted late in the season. and
made them neatly fitting coats and
cape Of soft flannel in which they strut
about apparently comfortable. But
this is not all The fiannelclad hens.
30 II is gravely asserted. show their
gratitude 20 their mistress by laying
eggs every day. just as IL the weather
were mild instead of chilly. At the
present price OF eggs. It would not
lake many 10 pay for a flannel coat
big enough 10 keep a hen so warm In
December that she might ignore the
northern winter climate and lay as
industriously at Yuletide as In July.
Here is hint for chicken farmers.
Let them test It on small scale and
see II II is worth adopting.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-03-13
DAUGHTER KILLS HER FATHER
Shoots Him as He Pursues Her With
Chair.

Hopkinsville. Ky.-Irving Cayce,
a prominent farmer. was shot and
instantly killed here by his daugh-
ter. ollie. girl of twenty. Mr.. Cayce
pursued his daughter with a chair,
threatening to kill her. She seized a
pistol and fired twice. the second bull
let proving fatal. Irving Cayce. Jr,
her brother. was wounded in the wrist
by the first shot as he was trying to
prevent his father from striking his
sister.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-03-13

Four aviators have been sworn In az
deputy sheriffs in southern California
10 hunt two fugitiyes from Justice IT
country where automobiles could not
be used. This is one of the best Illus
trations yet of the possible practical
usefulness of the flying machine.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-03-13

Beloit-Relatives of Tony OAR
mora, storekeeper in the Italian
section, who. it is alleged, was stabbed
by Rosatio Dolleua. have offered $500
reward for the capture of the sup
posed assailant. who is still at large
According to report several bystand-
ers attempted to hold Dolleua. but
were prevented by his friends. A
third part. name unknown, is under ar
rest, charged with implication in the
crime. The wounded man is not ex-
pected to live.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-03-13

Having now ceased the contempla
ton of the man from wilkesbarre
pa. who spent 81 500 in two days. We
may pause and conside- that while s
man need spend only little money &c
get his name in the papers, it takes
considerable OF a miser to attract any
% .ention.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-03-13

San Francisco.-Former Mayor Eu
gene Z Schmitz was acquitted in
Judge LAWYERS court here OF the
charge Of having hribed former Super
visor Wilson, in a case growing out Of
the big San Francisco graft prosecu.
tons. Judge Lawler declared the evi
dence not sufficient to convict.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-03-13
A.nnlth Eails In Efort.

London-Premier Asquith tried
again to persuade the miners to call
of the coal strike and leave their diff
ferences with the owners to the gov
eminent but again the miners showed
no inclination to accept anything less
than the surrender of the owners.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-03-13

Besides having charms to soothe the
savage breast, music is said to make
COWS happy. But all the cows We hav,
ever met appeared to be eontentes
with their lot despite the absence O.
heavenly strains.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-03-13
Four Candidates for Postoff7ce.

Washington. D. C-Representa-
tive A. W. Kopp Is engulfed with
petitions sent by the supporters of
George Seeman. Milton Galloway, I.
C. Birthard and A. A. harrington,
candidates for the postmastership Of
Boseobel. Wis.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-03-13

Boston.-Clarence " T. Richeson
had brief conference in the Charles
street Jail with Governor Foss and
eight members of the executive coun-
Gil. who alone can prevent the former
elergyman's execution for the murder
of Avis Lihnel Richeson made no
plea for communication.