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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-26
CATTLE DIE BY THOUSANDS
Havoc Wrought on Western Ranches
by Recent 5lizzard--Mrs. oliver
Hartman SuoWbound.

Lincoln, Neb.. March i9.--Au estl-
mate made following reports received
from the storm swept region OF the
northwest showed at least 1900
head of cattle had persisted between
Broken Bow and Alliance In this state.
Rapid City, ~ D., March 19.--Trav-
cling east with the body Of her moth
err who died at Hot Springs, Mrs. Oh
liver Hartman of New York is stall
ed here in her private car. while Chi
cage 6 Northwestern railway officials
are making efforts to get special
train through. One of the rotaries
Is out of commission and with seven
locomotives is stalled in cut a mile
east of town. where the snow is 30
feet deep for half mile
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-26
SCORES KILLED BY STORM;
PROPERTY LOSS IS BIG
Crash During Blizzard in
Nebraska.

st. Louis. March 17.--Ninety peo-
pie were killed. scores severely In
jured. and great property loss were
sustained in the disastrous electrical
storm which swept parts of Georgia
Tennessee, Alabama. Louisiana. Mis-.
sissippi and Texas on Thursday.
Four persons were killed, IL injured
and five are missing as the result OF q
blizzard in Nebraska, which caused
two wrecks. Two passenger trains
crashed together in snowstorm and
four were killed and several hurt
Two Union Pacific freight trains were
wrecked in a similar manner and two
trainmen and two stockmen, who
were riding on the train, are missing
Following is a summary by states
Of some of the most important damage
done by the windstorm. so far as re-
ported:
Georgia-Five missing near Atlanta.
Heavy damage at Columbus.
Missouri-One probably fatally and
several seriously hurt in Montgomery
county. Large property damage.
Tennessee-Twelve reported killed
in towns wrecked by tornado, many
injured. Property damage great;
Lnuisiana-Four killed. 80 injured
In Provencal. Natchitoches parish. and
district south of Fisher, Sabine par
ish. Property loss $4,000 In Proven
cal and other districts suffer greatly.
Texas-One killed, several injured
and property loss of 100000 in
Brookeland.
fected localities and only an approx.
mate estimate is possible.
Five persons were killed in Madison
and Henderson counties, Tennessee.
At Lexington, Tenn, three persons
were killed and 100 houses wrecked
Four children were killed at Huling,
Tenn.
Provencal, La. is reported to have
been virtually wiped out.
Eight persons were killed In north
ern Mississippi.
F. w. Friar, manager Of the New Al
bany, Miss, Office OF the Cumberland
Telephone company, was one of the
victims.
Six persons were killed in the vi
entity Of Gadsden, Ala.
A Southern railroad train that left
for the tornado-swept territory was
wrecked.
In the vicinity of Atlanta, Eve per-
sons are known to be dead At Dali
ton. Ga, tremors OF the earth we're
felt after the cyclone passed. and
many houses were rocked.
A woman and infant child we're
killed in Sabine parish, La.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-26
MISS PANKHURST
FIGHTS SIX DAILY
Suffragette, in Letter, Says Pris-
on Attendants Torture Her.
WOMEN DRAGGED IN STREETS
Sport Journal Exposes Alleged Plot to
kidnap Chancellor David Lloyd
George, Which Starts Trou-
bic at Meeting.

London. March 20-While members
Of the house OF commons were bitterly
assailing the government for passive
submission to sufragette hunger
strikes" the Militant Suffragette union
made public a letter from Sylvia
Pankhurst, low in Holloway prison, in
which the writer accused the authori-
ties of gross cruelty during her strike
against taking food. Mrs. Pankhurst's
letter was written to her mother. Mrs.
Emmeline Pankhurst, one OF the lead
ers Of the cause.
The letter read as follows:
Dearest Mother: / am lighting
fighting, fightingl ] have four. five OF
six wardresses every day. as well as
two doctors. am fed through a stom-
sch pump every day.
They pry open my mouth with a
gag, pressing 1t In where there Is
gap In my teeth. resist all the time.
Ny gums are always bleeding.
(Signed) SYLVIA"
Ten thousand persons, many OF
them carrying a copy of the Referee,
journal devoted to sporting matters.
which contained the details OF a plot
to kidnap David LIoyd-George, chan
cellor of the exchequer. by the mill
tant suffragists, mobbed the advocates
of equal suffrage when they attempted
TO hold meeting in Hyde park on
Sunday.
The women we're pelted with clods
of turf, oranges and other missiles,
and when the police we're escorting
them from the scene the rioters tore
of their hats and cloaks. and even
struck some of them in the face.
The trouble began when General"
Mrs. Flora Drummond mounted a
wagon and started to speak to the
great assemblage. which was largely
made up OF youths. who had armed
themselves with ammunition of vari-
Gus descriptions or with trumpets.
mouth organs and bells Her appear
ance at the front OF the platform was
the signal for an outburst of deafening
noise and a bombardment of missiles.
She hardly had uttered worn when a
clod of turf struck her in the mouth.
For half an hour the crowd shouted.
sang and pelted the suffragette COM
mGnder-in-chief. whose clothes soon
were 3 mass OF mud. At last Mrs.
Drummonds speech came to an end
and younger woman took her place.
She Jared no better, and the police,
realizing the danger the women were
in, called upon the chairman to close
he meeting.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-26
PLAN TO INSPECT
DETENTION PLACES
SENATE COMMITTEE RECON-
MENDS BILL TO EXAMINE
PENAL INSTITUTIONS.
RECONSIDER G0RECKI BILL
Measure Barring Liquor from Schools
and Churches TO Be Amended So
That Communion Services VIII Not
Be Ipieriered With.

Madison. The senate committee
on education and public welfare has
recommended for passage the Scott
bill authorizing the state board of
control to appoint one or more
agents to assist in the inspection of
police stations. lockups, county aims
houses and insane asylums and all
other charitable and penal institu-
lions except state institutions. Mem
beers of the board told the commit
tee that their duties of inspection
consume so much time that they
were not able to properly perform
their other duties
The committee also decided to rec
ommend for passage the Scott bill,
empowering the board to elect SUI
perintendent for the new state hos
pital for the criminal insane and au-
thoring such superintendent to APP
point a stan of assistants with the
approval OF the board.
Reconsideration was granted OF
the vote by which the Goreeki bill
forbidding the sale of liquor on
church and school grounds was Or
dered qengrossed. The bill will be
passed by the assembly at least AID
probably by the senate In = form
which viii meet the object for which
the bill was introduced. the proven
tion of the sale of liquor at school
entertainments. The reconsideration
of the bill was granted for the sole
purpose OF so amending the bill that
there could be no question that vino
for the sacrament could be used in
churches. The amendment to tho
bill will probably exempt churches
from the provisions of the measure
with a provlso. however, that where
churches and Parochial schools are
located on the same tract of land.
any liquor used on the ground must
be kept in the churches and not al
lowed in the school house.
The schiIling bill which provides
for the licensing of automobiles ac-
cording to horsepower was passed by
fhe assembly This bill provides that
a minimum license of s5 shall be
paid on each automobile and that
charges OF Is cents per horsepower
for each additional horsepower ex-
ceeding twenty horsepower, BY this
method of charging license fees, a
person owning sixty horsepower
machine would pay SIS.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-26

promptly approved by England and
other powers.
Sent to Masthead as Punishment.
The young prince had been sent to
the masthead for punishment when
the emissaries of the powers arrived
to offer him the crown. He accepted
through his father, and. having been
officially declared OF age, he made his
entry In Athens on October 30 OF that
year. took the oath and assembled the
throne.
Four years later. October Is, 1867.
he married the Grand Duchess Olga,
eldest daughter OF the Grand Duke
Constantine Of Russia, thus connecting
himself by a strong link with one Of
the most powerful reigning families of
Europe.
The Greeks agreed to settle s225,o00
year upon their new king. England.
France and Russia each agreed to add
$4,000 a year for the term OF his
natural life and about $4,000 WAS
charged for his benefit on the Ionian
islands, which we're later coded to him
by Great Britain.
Father Of Six Children.
Queen Olga bore him six children, OF
whom all but the youngest, Prince
Christopher. born in 1883, are married.
The heir apparent to the throne is
Prince Constantine. duke of Sparta.
who was born in 1868. and In 1889 was
married to Princess Sophia. sister of
Emperor William II.
Although King George always
showed the greatest devotion to his
people and proved himself faithful
and liberal king, neither he nor his
family enjoyed great popularity. Many
times the continuance of the dynasty
was seriously threatened, but King
George maintained his dignity and
weathered all storms. even the critical
period OF the disastrous war against
Turkey.
The king was born December "a.
1916. as the second son of Prince
Christian of Sehleswig- Holstein-Son-
derburg- Gluecksburg who became king
OF Denmark in 1868, and Princess
Louisa, daughter Of King Karl XIV of
Sweden and Norway In baptism the
young prince received the name Chris
tian William Ferdinand Adolphus
George.
Sketch OF Crown Prince Constantine.
The Crown Prince Constantine, who
will succeed King George. is the gen.
eralissimo of the Greek army in the
field In the Balkan war. He has dis
tlnguished himself In fierce fighting
and only about ten days ago news
came that, at the head of a big force,
he had forced the surrender of the i'm
portant Turkish fortress of Janina,
the key to the province of Epirus.
The surrender of this fortress
brought $4,000 Turkish prisoners UNI
der control of the Greeks, and for his
success the crown prince was thanked
by the chamber of deputies at Athens,
after the premier. Mr. Verizelos. had
congratulated him in addressing the
deputies.
He was born at Athens on July 81,
1868 The crown prince was the son
OF King George /, of Greece. The work
OF the young prince. after he had OBJ
tainee his majority. was largely de-
voted to reestablishing the Greek army
upon firm footing.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-26
Wreck EVIDENCE Found.

sheboygan. THE finding of many
Christmas trees In the waters OF
Lake Michigan before this city by
fishermen causes the owners OF the
boats 10 think that Rouse Simmons,
which was lost In the lake just be-
fore last Christmas, went to the bot
ten in the vicinity OF this city. Near
ly les. of the trees we're found float
ing in the lake and many of these
were brought to this city by the fish
ermen, Parts Of large ship were
Slso found and brought into port.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-26
GEORGE 3. cox is INDICTED.
True Bills Found Against Ten Other
Cincinnati Bankers,

Cincinnati, March 20.-The Hamilton
ton county grand jury, which has been
investigating the Cincinnati Trust
pany, on Tuesday returned indict-
ments against George B. Cox, former
political boss" and one-time presi-
dent of the company, together with
ten other officials and directors, charg-
ing them with having violated the
state banking laws.
The others indicted are:
Nathaniel s. Keith, secretary of the
trust company; Fletcher r. Williams.
treasurer; J. NJ. Crawford, director.
once consul general at st. Petersburg:
Charles H. Davis, director, former
president of the Second National
bank; David G. Edwards, director,
broker; DIR. James F. Heady, director;
James NJ Hutton, director. broker;
c. V. Parrish, Hamilton, Ohio, direc-
tor; Norman G. Kenan, director, for
mer president of the Union Gas and
Electric company, and i. N. Miller, d.
rector, superintendent of the Western
Union Telegraph company here.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-26
Eersrunner Of Revolution.

Furious driving was one OF the
charges brought agains; the French
aristocracy at the revolutpion. Said
Mercer: In Paris the people are
weak. palld, stunted. class apart
from other classes in the state The
RI i and the great who possess equi-
p ses enjoy the privilege OF crushing
them or Of mutliating tAsm in tie
streets. Hundreds of victims die an
aually under the carriage wheels" Il
saw" wrote another observer Ar
thur YeznR. "a poor shild run over
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-26
RED PINES FOR RESERVES
20, 900 Young Trees p aced at Sparta
as Experiment--MaY Extend 10
Northern Cut Over Lands.

la Crosse Twenty thousand red
zine transplants have been sent TO
Sparta by the department of OF agrl-
culture at Washington to be used
in the reforestratlon of the military
range. This is the second shipment
to be sent to be used in the refores-
tration experiment neing made by
the government In Wisconsin. If
the experiment IN the military reser-
walton proves successful the refores-
aration work will be extended TO.
thousands OF acres of the cut over
forest lands in the northern part Of
the state.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-26
WOMEN IN PLEA TO WILSON.
Urge Him to Recommend to Congress
acAndr.ar4 Ht.,fr1 rhan, . ,Iln4

Urge Him to Recommend to Congress
Amendment Giving Them Ballot.
Washington, March 19.-President
Wilson declined to express his stand
committee of national leaders OF tho
movement who on Monday called upon
him to urge that he recommend to
the special session OF congress an
amendment giving women the right
10 vote.
Mr.. Wilson Indicated that, while he
might not make such a recommends
ton at the extra session. he did not
wish his attitude now to be construed
as opposed to woman suffrage. He
made 1t clear that his mind was open
on the subject
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-26
JUDGE ORDERS oLEo QUIZ.
Lands Tells Federal Grand Jury to
Disreqard Recent COMPROMISE.

Disregard Recent Compromise.
Chicago. March 19.-Judge Lands
on Monday ordered special grand
jury investigation into the alleged
oleomargarine frauds recently COM
promised by the federal government.
The recent compromise agreed to
by Franklin Macveagh, at that time
secretary of the treasury, through
which the oleo manufacturers escaped
apparently penalties of more than ST.
geo 900 by the payment OF fines OF
s101 goo did not deter the court from
urging a vigorous inquiry.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-26

Spooner.--At the annual meeting OF
the North Wisconsin Farm Land as.
sociation here strong resolutions were
adopted condemning house file bin
Sa5A, recently introduced in the as.
semhly. creating land and rural
bett .rmeni commission to regulate
she land business Of the state.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-26
HYDE JURORS FAIL TO AGREE
Twelve Men Discharged by Judge
Third Time Kansas City Doctor
Has Been Tried for Murder.

Kansas City. March 1S.-The third
trial of DR.. b. C Hyde, charged with
the murder Of Col. Thomas H. Swope.
has resulted in a mistriaL The Jury
after being out SEA hours was un-
able to reach any verdict. and was
discharged by Judge f. L Porter
field
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-26
MOB MgNAcEs ILLINOIS JAIL.
Infatuated Citizens Demand Lynchlns
of Girls AssaiIart.

Salem. H., March 1.-THE Jail at
Salem was guarded on Saturday by
four companies of militia. The state
troops were ordered out by Governor
Dunno in response to message from
Sheriff Charles W. Purcell of Marion
county that he was unable alone to
cope with a situation arisen through
the arrest of Frank Sullens, white. q
years old, charged with an attack on
Dorothy, the fourteen-year-old daugh-
ter OF Judge Charles Holt
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-26
Three Youths Drowned.

Reading. Pa, March 1S.-WiIIiam
and Charles Oxley and Paul Wetter,
ali aged about eighteen years. were
drowned in the SehuyIkiA river while
trying out a new canes Sunday after
nsan.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-26

and probably Killed. and have myself
many times been blackened with mud
II Young noblemen in London were
70 drive their chalses in the streets
as their brethren do al Paris thev
would speedily and Justly &c, very well
thrashed or rolled In the kennel"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-26
Kills Girl and SELF Aftsr Quarrel

Macon. Ga, March 1s.-w P. Mize
4 Sylvester, Ga, shot and killed Miss
Clinnie Hall of Gordon. Ga. ana then
committed suicide Monday afternoon
The two had been engaged. but had
uuarrsled
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-26
10000 SHORTAGE charaed.

Montgomery. Ala. March 2O.--James
G. Oakley, president q the state con-
Wet department was arrested here
Tuesday. charged with embezziing
100000. The orders for his arrest we're
issued by Governor o'NeaI.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-26
six pie IN Prairie Storm.

Rapid City, S. D.. March 1s.-A. n.
Perry, his wife. three daughters and a
son were frozen to death on Box Elder
Divide, 16 miles east Of here.
Two men who left here to search
for the PerIys are missing. They are
believed to have persisted.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-26
opera SINGER Verx bad.

Pittsburg. Pa. March 20.-Miss
Grace Van Studdiford, the opera sing
er. vas sent to the Eye and Ear hos
pital Tuesday evening. seriously IL.
She was overcome by an attack OF
acute iaryngitis.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-26
Eenln aIrshlra wf,h ouns.

Friederichshavsn March I9.--0w.
ing to the success Of the recent tTials
of machine guns on the latest type
of Zeppelin airships Il was decided
Monday 10 equip all futare Zeppciina
with these guns
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-26
CONGRESS TO MEET APRIL 7.
Wilson's Proclamation Names Date of
Extra Session.

Washington. March 19.-President
Wilson issued his proclamation on
Monday for an extra session of con-
gress to assemble on April and it
Uill have nothing before it but the
ills to revise the tariff.
The big fight pending now is the al
ways controversial schedule X, the big
I'ool schedule, on which final vote
IL likely within the next th:ee o. four
days.
The revision plan as settled upc
contemplates substantially the prin-
ciple provisions Of the Democratic re-
vision bills that were put through both
houses during the last congress.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-26
o. s. Marshlps leave Havana.

Havana, March 1s.--The United
States warships comprising the At
Iantic division sailed from Guanto-
uamo for New York lIonday Two
thousand marines were left in Cuba to
remain until the Inauguration
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-26
Ttaeh Aplo priu nr

Madison.-~Classes in the operation
and management of automobiles and
motors are being established in sew.
eral localities throughout the state
under the auspices OF the university
extension department.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-26
80 ships sink; NAM Die.

Hamburg, Germany, March 90
Eighty ships. mainly small craft, were
sunk of this city in southwesterly
hurricane Tuesday. Twelve deaths
have been reported. and it is thought
the list may reach fifty.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-26
LewIs knooks on Aarrlsnn.

London. March 19.-Harry Lewis
OF Philadelphia Knocked ont Jack
Harrison, Englaud's champion middle
weight pugilist, in the third rouad of
their scheduled twenty-round bout at
the National Sporting club Monday.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-26

Cleveland, o.. March 19.--Frederick
Kohier is no longer chief Of police OF
Cleveland The civil service commits
sion found him guilty of gross Immor
atty and straightway discharged hin
fron Office Monday.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-26
Rrland and Cabinet Resinn.

Paris, France, March 20.-Premief
BRAND and all the members of his
cabinet handed their designations to
President Poincaire at the palace of
the Elysee Tuesday. The ministry was
defeated by 161 to 12s.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-26
viii Dedicate Solid Shaft.

La Crosse.--A monument TO the sol.
diers who fought in tho ~'dl war win
be unveiled and dedicated in Oak
Grove cemetery by wilson-Crowen
post, G. A. R., on Memorial day, The
monument will cost S1.7oO
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-26
l.essu ls Fer Direct vot..

Trenton, N j., March 19.-New Jer-
sey's senate adopted Joint resolution
Oh Monday. ratifying the proposed
amendment to the federal Constitu-
ton for the election of United
states senators by popular vote.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-26
Pope omIts Palm ceremonr.

Rome, March 1s.-It is customary
for the pope to deliver q short aa-
dress when receiving the palms. I'm
der the advice Of his physicians, how
ever, Pope Plus omitted that ceremony
Sunday.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-26

Marinette.-John Simon. u former
well 10 do sawInill man and farmer OF
Florence county, has been adiudged
insane and taken TO the state asylum
at Oshkosh.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-26
Ss;omzn Swept over Falls.

Buffalo, \. Y, March 1S.-Josephine
Eittiteh. thirty-fye years old, who
lived at IS Titus street in this city.
was swept over the American falls to
her death while sightseeing in Luna
PARK at Niagara Falls Sunday.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-26
Sets New 7aclnc Record.

Christiania. Norway, March 80.
Mathiesen, the Norwegian skating
champion, set d new record for 500
meters when he covered the distance
in IA seconds at Hamor Monday eve
ming
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-26
Nov Hampshlre tlits suffraee.

Concord. n. H., March 2o.--Woman
suffrage is dead in New Hampshire. at
least for a y ar, the house OF repre-
sentatiyes having killed the woman
suffrage bill By vote of 23s to SO
Tuesday
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-26
be rod RIes.Inos o. -.

Prussians have taken the lead IN
proposing a peace monument A. Wa
terioo as a symbol Of the horrors o.
war and the hlessedness of Amtty
among civilized peonla
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-26
stsfansson,s Vessel sails

San Francisco. March 1S.-The
whaIer Karluk, which was purchased
by vilhialmar Stefansson. diseoverer
of the blonde Eskimos, for a second
voyage to the arctic. cleared this port
Sunday for Vancouver, B. C.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-26
-Four Burned 70 Death.

Mason City, la. March 2O.-The
chree children Of Mr.. and Mrs Joseph
Clark Of Belmond were burned to
death in the burning Of their home
TUESDAY, and the mother is so badly
burned she cannot recover.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-26
HARTMAN LEFT $4,000. 900.
Official Appraisal of Masnate's Estate
Is Made Public.

Albany, n Y, March 1s.-The Off
cial appraisal of the estate of Edward
II, Hartman, the railroad magnate,
made public by State Comptroller
Sohmer, places the value Of the estate
at $40, 600, 600 in round figures.
Mr.. Hartman left his entire estate
TO his widow.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-26

Manitowoc,-JOhn Houghton. a mail
carrier out Of this city. has travelled
10000 miles during his fourteen years
Of service, according to records he has
kept.