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AMmoNs MAKES APPOINTMENTS.
Link, Hunter, Bell and Hicks Arc New
ly Appointed Officials.

Iy Appointed Officials.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver.-Governor E. NJ. Amomni
sent the following appointments to the
Senate:
CELSIUS P. Link as member Of the
state tax commission to succeed him.
self.
John B. Hunter, candidate for mayor
at last spring election against Henry
J. Arnold as engineer Of the State
Land Board to succeed Blair Burwell.
Former Congressman John G.. Bell.
as Judge OF the State Court Of Appeals
to succeed Tully ScotA elected Su.
preme Court justice.
Henry A. Hicks as member Of the
state civil service commission to sue.
ceed Horace N. Hawkins, resigned.
For the next six years CELSIUS P.
Link, former assessor OF Park county,
will serve on the state tax commission.
Link is appointed to succeed himself.
Link formerly conducted a newspa-
per in Park county. He will receive
a salary Of $500 per year for the six
years.
Numerous candidates presented
themselves for the office to which for
mer Congressman Bell was named by
Governor Ammons-that Of Judge Of
the Court Of Appeals.
John B. Hunter is well qualified to
serve as engineer of the land board
according to the governor on account
OF his experience as Denver city en-.
gineer and member OF the board OF
public works.
Henry A. Hicks, who was defeated
by John Rush for district attorney OF
the city and county Of Denver at the
last election, gets an important posi-.
tion as successor to Horace N. Haw-
kins on the state civil service commits
sion.
The appointments OF Bell, Hunter
and Hicks we're confirmed In executive
session OF the Senate.
Governor Ammons has number Of
appointments to make. 1t Is under
stood that within few days he will
appoint a state engineer and an adju.
tant general.
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Miners Wives Make Appeal.

Denver.-In a memorial to the Leg.
lslature declaring that state Of war
fare exists in northern Colorado coal
fields and that life and property is con.
stantly in jeopardy, thirteen women.
wives and daughters OF striking min.
ers OF Louisville. Lafayette and Boul.
der, invaded the House OF Representa-
tives to urge immediate action by tho
Joint legislative committee appointed
TO investigate conditions In the coal
fields.
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Named for Board Of Agriculture.

Denver.-The name OF Mrs. J. B.
Relford as member OF the board OF az
riculture was sent to the Senate for
confirmation by Governor Ammons.
There Is no woman on the board at
present. The appointment was con.
firmed.
A. A. Edwards was also named to
succeed himself as member OF the
same board. Mrs. Belford takes the
place held by Il. NJ. Corwin, whose
term expired January 20. Both were
named for eight years.
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WILLIAM ROCKEFELLER is ,A.iTlhlD MAN

william Rockefeller is intensely
shy. He has horror Of courts and
of publicity. He never has had
lawsuit as q private individual. Ore
may Judge his feelings. then. when
the Pujo committee was after him.
Personally William Rockefeller is
one Of the kindliest OF men-and one
of the most polite. He smokes a
great deal. His cigars are the sort
that royal connoisseurs affect. II he
is debating to his stenographer and a
puff Of smoke drifts the stenog.
rapher's way he has been known to
apologize and to get up and open a
window so that his tobacco may give
no otienso. o.
Usually William Rockefeller goes
uptown on the elevated. II one Of
his employees happens to sit beside
him Mr.. Rockefeller will refrain from
reading his evening paper II the EN-.
ploye shows desire to talk. II one
Of Mr.. Rockefeller's clerks meets him
on the street the clerk is likely, to
lift his hat politely. Mr.. Rockefeller
crowned derby Of the pattern Of the
president
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-02-20
GEN. PERSHING WANTS FLAG RESPECTED

Brig. Gen. John ]. Pershing, com.
manding the military department Of
Mindanao in the Philippines, has is
sued general order designed to en-.
force proper respect for the national
flag.
THE nations flag" says he, "is
the supreme symbol of that lofty
patriotism without controlling
measure Of which the republic could
not long endure.
Both in war and in preparation
for war. the high duty of the army
to stimulate and develop love Of
country among the people should eyer
prompt a faithful adherence to the *
ternal forms and ceremonies of re.
spect for the national colors.
When an Individual pays tha
prescribed honors to the flag In q
careless and perfunctory manner his
patriotism at once falls under just
suspicion. 1t Is therefore ordered
that during the playing Of the ma.
tional air at retreat wherever troon.
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REPRESENTS POPULAR WILL OF NATION

Raymond Poincare's selection for
the presidency Of France. although
made by parliament. as required
by the constitution. is regarded as
representing as well the popular will
Of the nation.
The new president is now In his
ffty.third year. He is Of medium
height and sturdily built. Above all.
he radiates an impression Of force.
both physical and intellectual. He is
modest in conversation. cheerful and
patient, and concentrates his full at
tention upon the person to whom he
is talking.
NJ. Poincare's large. luminous eyes
are the most striking feature of a
face which suggests tenacity and de-
termination. He is versatile, and
comes OF family distinguished in
science and literature. The president.
elect himself Is a philosopher, a writ.
er. and member Of the French acad.
emy. with notable career in French
law circles. He has a popularity OF
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-02-20
WALKS $4,000 MILES FOR UNCLE SAM

After serving Uncle Sam for nail
q century, during which time ne pes-
formed daring deeds as scout Y tne
Civil war and carried mail in Chicago
for forty-four years. Lawrence -
Bron the other day left the service
Of the government and prepared 70
retire to his farm in Kansas.
Larry." as he was senefaay'
called among his fellow workers ID
the Chicago postotace. is said to have
been the oldest mail carrier IN pome
Of service that Chicago ever has naa.
He entered the postal service IN 1858
when Col. Francis Eastman. then
postmaster. appointed him mounted
carrier in the stockyards district the
first appointment Of its hind. He re-
mained in this district for about ten
years and then was transferred to
the main ofice as mail carrier In the
downtown section. Four years later
Mr.. LeBron's route was changed to
the South Water street district
where he remained,
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Year in Prison for Trust Heads.

Cincinnati, Ohio.-John II. Patter.
son, president OF the National Cash
Register Company, who with twenty.
eight other officials or former officials
OF the company, were convicted OF
criminal violation OF the Sherman
antitrust law, was sentenced to pay a
fine OF $4,000 and to senve one year
In jail.
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Rebel Chief and Followers Executed.

III Paso, Texas,-Juan N. Porras, a
rebel chief. and twenty Of his follow.
ers, were executed on the line Of the
Orient railway near Chihuahua City.
Federal troops also captured forty.
seven others OF the Porras group who
were brought to the state capital.
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never sending his clients bills for
may send him whatever they consider
Americans who
the development and the institutions Of the United
informed upon the larger aspects
As foreign minister
ador Heck and his
The cabinet opposed
socialism
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-02-20
French Army to Be Strengthened.

Paris.-The government intends to
ask for first credit Of about $l6,.
100000 for an immediate supply OF
munitions and munition wagons.
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-02-20

When first said there
we1e only otyhve carriers, and all Of chuma
When hgure number miles travelled in mail
carrying believe entitled good
Deducing Sundays yfour
Of postal SERVICE Uncle This
multiplied by Is. which mail
carrier. shows that
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-02-20
Shoots Greek Girl and Brother.

Cheyenne, Wyo.-Nick Colokocas, a
local Greek character shot Mike Ka.
lanas and the latter's sister and es..
capped.
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stationed will both work and
vehicles will
attention
Civilians nationality within OF tbe
enlbned fail
stand respectful attitude and of dsespa
promptly post" , =.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-05-28

What of the Republican party?
What of its immediate policies? What
of its future? These queries are at
the front of many anxious minds.
The answers are various, proceeding,
we may easily believe, from the bases
of temperament or habit quite as
often as from any other motive. There
is in the party small faction which
would stand pat, yield nothing to the
time and the mood. and depend for
the outcome upon the failures of the
opposition in the hope-we turn a
good word to sinister use advisedly-
of confusions in the business sphere
bound to follow either upon radical
changes in the policies of government
or the effort to bring them about.
There is another small faction which
back upon the principles and the rec
ord of the past, and hand the party
over to the radical element within its
membership with leave to do with 1t
as they will. Neither the one faction
nor the other will control. happily
for the party and for the country.
There are two broad currents OF
sentiment in the Republican party,
and the rift between them is less
serious than it appears to be. With
Mr.. Roosevelt eliminated-and that
now seems a good job we'll done
there is no obstacle of definite kind
to party harmony. The progressives
are by no means willing to abandon
Republication. The conservatives ex-
hibit in many forms their readiness
to accept the more essential theories
of the progressive movement, and they
notably illustrated this feeling in cast
ing the vice presidential vote in the
Electoral college for Governor Had
ley. Leaving out of the account
few frebrands of ambition or chronic
discomfort. conservatives and progress
sives might easily make platform
upon which they could stand together
in entire harmony.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-05-28
WISCONSIN SCHOOL is BEST
State University to BE Finest
in the Land.

Madison. Mayor Rudolph Blan-
kerAurg Ot Philadelphia declared
that the University of Wisconsin was
the bSst in the country at the recep-
tion for the delegation OF 200 Off
cials of Philadelphia. Pittsburg, At
lantic City, Boston and other eastern
cities. who came here TO take three
days course in the University of Wis
cousin.
I'VE consider the University of
Wisconsin the best in the country, ="
he said, land we are here TO learn
as much as we can about solving the
economic problems confronting us in
our state and cities.
I'VE want TO get the University
Of Pennsylvania to help us more than
IL does and we want to find out how
II can best do so. We believe that
Wisconsin has hit on the best posi-
BILE system of carrying the university
20 the people through its extension
department. We are planning to
adopt such a system for bringing our
university and other educational in
stitutions to the homes OF our citi-
zens.'
After reception in the governor s
chambers. the guests went to the as
sembly chamber. where short adj
dresses were made by Gov. McGovern
and President Van Hise of the uni-
versity
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-05-28
INACCURATE MENOCAL AS
CUBA'S NEW PRESIDENT
Hopes to Foster Friendly Relations
With All Nations, Especially
United States.

Havana, Cuba, May 22.-Gen Mario
G. Menocal and DIR. Enrique Jose Var
ona were inaugurated president and
vice-president, respectively. of the re-
public of Cuba. General Menocal sue
ceeds Jose Miguel Gomez.
President Menocal contented himself
with the declaration that he will de-
vote all his energies to giving the
country a clean business administra-
ton. which will foster the industries
OF the island and develop it's splendid
resources. which will welcome foreign
capital and immigration and maintain
friendly relations with all nations, es-
pecially with the United States, TO
which Cuba is so closely linked by
est.
General Menocal was born in 1865
at Jaguey Grande, Matanzas province.
His family moved to the United States
and he was educated in the military
college of Washington and at Cornell
university He graduated from CO.
nell as a civil engineer Upon leav-
ing Ithaca he went with his uncle.
Aniceto G. Menocal, chief of the en-
cheering staff which made the sur
vey of the Nicaragua canal, and
worked with him. He returned 20
Cuba as an engineer for a French
company. At Santa Cruz he joined
the revolutionary forces as a private
and rose rapidly until he became gem
eral of division. His military record
WAS brilliant; he rendered great sew
ice to the Americans at the time of
the Spanish evacuation, and General
Ludlow. civil governor of Havana
province, appointed hin. chief of po-
lice of Havana. position requiring at
that time great tact and ability. He
managed a large sugar estate until a
few weeks before his inauguration
vice-President Varona was born III
Camaguey April 10, 1s49, was gradu-
ated from the University of Havana
and is professor of philosophy and
ethics in that institution. Under Gen
eral Woods administration he was
secretary of public instruction. He is
an author and newspaper man and
president of the conservative party.
which won the recent elections.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-05-28
HENRY N. FLAGLER IS
DEAD IN THE SOUTH
oil and Railway Maonate Dies In Flor
ida Home After Many Weeks
of Illness.

Wesl Palm Beach, Fla, May e.
Henry II. Flagler, aged eighty.three.
capitalist and railroad magnate. died
at his winter home after an illness OF
several weeks. His son Harry, who
returned Monday from Europe, was
among those at the bedside.
Recently MIR. FIagler fell down a
flight of stairs, which probably has
tened death.
The funeral will be held at three
o'clock Friday at Memorial Presbyter-
ian church, which Nj, Flagler gave the
denomination In which his father was
preacher. Interment will be in the
Flagler mausoleum in the church
yard.
Mr. Flagler was born at Canandai-
qua, N. Y. in 1880. Little is known Of
his early life except that he was clerk
in a country grocery in Orleans coun-
ty. Michigan, while in his teens Later
he moved TO Saginaw, Mich. were he
engaged in the manufacture of salt.
Becoming interested In the possibili-
ties Of the petroleum industry, he
moved to Cleveland, where he or
gani@ed the company of Rockefeller.
A. ews & Flagler. engaging in the
refining of oil The Standard OIL
comp any was the outgrowth of this
venture and Mr.. Fltgler was con
netted with the management OF the
great corporation from its inception.
In 1856 MIR Tlagler paid ais first
visit to Florida and became impressed
with the business possibilities pre-
sented there by the railroad field in
connection with the development Of
winter resorts.
Mi. Elagler built the Florida East
Coast railroad and later erected the
Ponce DeLeon and Alcazar hotels at a
cost of So 900, 600. His greatest achieve
mem was the extension of his rail-
road from Miami to Key West. For
n ny years his plan was ridiculed as
impracticable and was called Flag
lers folly" The opening of this
overseas line is regarded as one OF
the engineering triumphs of the age.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-05-28
MUST GET TOGETHER
First Duty Republican Party
Owes to Country.
sehism Only Augmented by Petty
6iekerinss-RooseveIt Not Great
Enough to Split the Grand
Old Organization.

Let the Republican leaders mediate
on the old recipe for hare soup. First
catch the hare. Never mind now
about nominations for 1916. First
unite the party. Make nominations
worth while. AS matters stand at
present they are not worth a baubee.
The party is divided. and will be help
less while that condition remains.
In Massachusetts, the other day the
ticket of Hadley and Butler was pro.
posed. The two men are excellent in
equipment for public business and in
personal character. They would serve
well in Office. As a matter OF fact,
Gov. Hadley might have been nomi-
mated at Chicago last year If Theo-
dore Roosevelt had consented: and
had he been the candidate would have
stood a chance of election.
But Mr.. Roosevelt would not con-
sent. The so-called progressive move
ment was in his hands, and he was
determined to hold it. The Republic
an nomination must be his, or he
would bolt AS he could not secure
1t, he bolted, and thus threw the cleo
ton to the Democrats.
Gov. Hadley refused to quit his
party. Anxious as he was for certain
reforms, he preferred to remain where
he was and fight the battle out there.
And he still favors the reforms he
stood for then.
1t is not now, and will not be in
1916. question of men. but of meas
ures, SO far as the Republicans are
concerned. II they can agree upon
platform they can find good men to
stand on it. Gov. Hadley and DIR.
Butler, good as they are, can be
matched many times over. There are
more than score of men who profess
and call themselves Republicans equal
to the requirements of national party
leadership.
different situation is presented in
the cases of some of those who cali
themselves Progressives. They have
not left one party for another, but
party for a man. Republicans for
years, they are now Rooseveltians.
They favor whatever Mr.. Roosevelt
favors. They will support him on
any sort of platform. All is left to
him.
These men are not so numerous as
last years returns seem to suggest.
Many former Republicans who bolted
Mr.. Taft, and supported either Mr..
Roosevelt or Mr. Wilson, have been
sobered by the developments, and
might be won back by seasonable and
reasonable negotiations. They really
are Republicans still, and stand for
the main issues that have long char
acterized Republicanism.
The Democracy, restored to power
by a divided opposition, is entering
upon its responsibilities, and they are
heavy. If it trips, and the Republic
ans will pull themselves together, an
interesting story may be told as early
as next, year.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-05-28
EFFORT TO ALTER
BASIC LAW FAILS
ASSEMBLY DEFEATS JOINT RES
oLuTIoN CALLING FOR CON-
sTITuTIoNAL CONVENTION.
SECOND CHOICE LAW LOSES
Election Measure Repeating Primary
Provision Beaten by Marrow Mar
gin in ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Mini
mum Wage Bill Given Final Passage.

MadHon.-After one of the bitter
est parliamentary fights of the session
in the assembly over the joint resolu-
ton by Assemblyman c. ID. Rosa,
calling for a constitutional conyen-
ton, the proposition was VI ted down.
81 to IS. The fight included call
OF the house. The resolution was
adopted at a previous session, when
one-third of the members were abb
sent and its defeat came upon re-
consideration.
Second Choice Bill Loses.
The Roesseler bill repeating the
second choice provision Of the state
primary election law was passed by
the lower house Of the Wisconsin leg
islature today The vote was close,
being As to 46. The bill has not
been considered by the senate, which
Is expected to oppose It.
The Sonmerfield bill providing for
a system of voting by mail was passed
by the assembly. Under this bill.
city, village, and town clerks are re-
quired to mail blank ballots 10 voters
in their districts within three days OF
an election. and voters are author
tied to mark their ballots, seal them
in a furnished envelope, and return
them to the clerks, who are to turn
them over to the election officers
when the polls open. The bill has not
yet gone through the senate.
Minimum Pay for Teachers.
IL the governor signs an assembly
bill coDeurred in by the senate today
teachers OF rural schools OF the state
will receive minimum wage OF $40
a month. An unsuccessful effort was
made to have the bill apply only to
teachers holding first grade ccrtif-
Gates and having a years practical
experience.
The assembly passed bill author
izing the governor to appoint state
commission OF three members to rep
resent Wisconsin at the centennial
celebration in Norway in 1914 and
appropriating $4,000 for their ex-
penses.
The senate and assembly are dead
locked on an amendment proposed by
the lower house to the Burke bin pro-
hibitiig the shooting of doe deer at
any time in Wisconsin. The assem-
bly, amendment provides that If a
hunter accidentally shoots a doe he
may retain the carcass by paying SIS
TO the state game warden.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-05-28
BANKER WALKER
DIES FROM POISON
Holds OFF Death Longer Than
Doctors Expected.
BIDS FAREWELL TO FRIENDS
Iowa Man Takes Deadly Tablets and
Rus1ss Into Street Crying, 1--WE
Done It"-Has No
Chance.

Macon. Ca, May 23.-Banker B.
Sanders Walker, who on Wednesday
of last week took bichloride of mer-
curry tablet by mistake for a headache
powder died early Thursday after put
ting up a brave fight for his life.
At four o'clock Wednesday after
noon he lapsed into Inconsistencies.
His physicians then predicted the end
would come In less than twenty-four
hours
He never regained consciousness.
His immediate family was at his bed
side.
The physicians Wednesday told
Walker ne would be some time dying
and predicted that he would finally
lapse into coma and pass away in that
state. In the afternoon the patient
became unconscious in the hospital to
which his wife had taken him.
Walker was cheerful all the morn
ing and chatted a little with his wife
and the friends who called to see
him. 1t was about three O'Clock when
the physicians Informed him that he
would soon become unconscious and
pass away. When Walker heard this
he said:
IF this be death, then none need
fear its terrors'
He made no further reference to
death, but continued to converse with
his wife until nearly four o'clock
Then he seemed to become drowsy
and soon he became unconscious
Later the attending physicians, who
are said to have exhausted every
known method of treatment. expressed
the belief that Walker could not live
more than few hours
Efforts to ascertain the exact treat
ment Walker was given we're unavail-
ing. The physicians declined to dis
cuss this subject II is understood.
however, that they had been in close
communication with physicians at the
Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore.
Walker fought of death longer than
was expected, but attending physi-
clans state that they know of in
stances where persons who have ia
ken biehloride of mercury have lived
for twenty-five days.
Walkers nerve during the weeks
battle drew kilograms of admiration
from all over the United States.
Sioux City, Ia, May 23.-After swal-
lowing three tablets of bichloride of
mercury. Robert Palmer. a cattle
salesman and member of one of the
wealthiest families OF Sioux City. is
waiting slow death from the poison.
Palmer was in 3 local hotel when
be took the tablets. He rushed into
the street shouting: 1--WE done it!
I've done it,"
A police sergeant who was passing
rushed up to Palmer in the excited
crown and grasped him. Palmer
picked another tablet from a bottle
he had In his hand and swallowed it.
The officer overpowered him.
Reports at a hospital were that
Palmer has little hUpe of recovery.
Physicians say that he may live for
from a week to fifteen days but that
death is certain.
Palmer is resigned TO his fate and
insists that he be taken from the hos
pital TO his home to die