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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-20
NAVAL STRATECHTS
BUSY ON WAR PLAN
Scenes About Department
as in Days Preceding
Clash with Spain.
WIRELESS GREATLY
FACILITATES WORK
Dewey Presides at Discussion OF
Possible Operations Against
Mexico.

Washington. April t9-Scenes about the
state and Navy departments during the
day were reminiscent OF the days imme-
diateIv preceding the standardization
War The telegraph rooms were fully
manned. and over IN the naval annex
building the general board was in secret
session good part Of the day.
Headed by Admiral Dewey. there were
gathered around the long table Rear Ad-
m.rals Switzerland and Tiske. Captains
Winterhalter. Knapp. Hood. Shoemaker
ana oliver and Commander Campbell. sec
rotary Of the board The board was en-
gagged IN going over the latest dispatches
received by wireless from Rear Admiral
Badger on the Arkansas. now I'm the
Florida Straits: Rear Admiral Fletcher,
al Vera cruz. and Rear Admiral Mayo, al
Tamp.co.
Never was there = more vivid illustra-
ton OF the march ~ scientific invention
as applied to warfare than the facility
with which these ranking admirals and
captains. engaged in plotting out the
strategy Of possible war. were able 70
keep IN touch with the developments at
every point whore an American warship
is lying.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-20
Tedious in Spanish War Time.

Some Of the men engaged .u this task
had fresh iu mind the painful experiences
of tine old naval strategy board. which I'm
the spring OF 1895 was despairinSly trying
20 got LOO touch with Sampson and schlcy,
commanding the two Aeets. that. except
inc Deweys Philippine squadron. repre-
scented an the American naval strength OF
that day.
The cable still is being much used in
those days. but. after all. the main re-
lance Of the Navy Department for com
mu.cation between IT'S shore stations and
The men 81 war now scattered along both
coasts OF Mexico are the tall towers at
Key West, Guantanamo and Arlington
and the autenuB strung Ike spider webs
between the masts Of the great ships.
So perfect were the plans that had been
laid out and reduced 20 form months ago
by the student officers Of the Naval War
College covering possible operations OF
the navy against Mexico that there vas
very little for the general board TO do
beyond keeping therl up TO the moment IN
detail 10 correspond 10 each days devel-
opmcnts Because Of the almost non-ex-
istence Of a Mexican navy, the conditions
which the American sailors may meet are
quite unlike those covered in the plans
Of campaign prepared for other coun-
tries
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-20
FORCE IN GULF OF MEXICO
AND ON WAY, 1850 MEN
Navy Departments Summary Also Shows Nearly 5000
Men Ready for Blockade of West Coast-Nlany
Hydroaerop lanes in the Equipment.

Washington. April IA summary is
sued by the Navy Department shows that
the American force in the Gulf Of Mexico,
counting the men now on the way, totals
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-20

sunmary Of forces in Gulf o. Mexioo.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-04

I Why"
Because they're forgeries, every on
of them!"
what ground have you for thinkin,
that?' asked the solemn Van Tuyl.
| Il don't think i'll know it. And,
imagine, | can tell you the name o.
the man who forged them for him."
''Well, what is it,
"A worthy by the name of Turk Nc
Meekin."
Van Tuyl sat up with heavy pur
pose on his honest and unimaginativ,
face.
We've had a nice lot of this Nmys
terry, Writer, but we've got to get tc
the end of it. Tell me what you know
everything, and III have him in her,
and face him with it. Now, what i:
there beside the Turk McMeekir
item?"
Not YETI murmured Beatrice Var
Tuyl, warningly, as Wilkins and hi:
masklike face advanced into the room
| noticed for the first time Beatrice
Van Tuyrs own eyes dwelt with Z
quick and searching look on her serv.
ants immobile face. Then l felt hel
equally searching gaze directed at me
I, knew that my failure to make good
would meet with scant forgiveness. She
would demand knowledge, even though
| il led to the discovery OF the vol
cano's imminence. And after so much
smoke it was plainly my duty to show
where the FIRE lay.
1 l seized the conversation by the tail
as it were, and dragged it back into
the avenues of inconsequentiality We
sat there, the three of us, actually max
ing talk for the sake of a putty-faccd
servant. | noticed, though, that as he
rounded the. table he repeatedly fell
under the quickly questioning gaze OF
both his master and mistress. 1t became
harder and harder TO keep up my pre-
tense of artless good humor. Time was
flying, and nothing had as yet been
found out.
Now" denanded Van Tuyl, when
the room was once more empty, what
are you sure Off"
I'm sure of nothing" | had to con-
fess.
Then what do you propose doing j?
was the somewhat arctic inquiry.
/ glanced up at the wall where Eze-
kiah Van Tuyl, the worthy founder of
the American branch of the family,
frowned reprovingly down at me over
his swathing black stock.
Il propose" was my answer, Having
your great-grandfathe up there let us
know whether l am right or whether
l am wrong"
And as Wilkins stepped into the
room l rose from the table, walked
over to the heavy-framed portrait. and
lifted it from its hook. held it there,
with pretense of Audying the face
for moment or two. Then l placed
my table napkin in a chair, mounted it,
and made an unsuccessful effort to re-
hang the portrait.
IF you~please, Wilkins,'I said, still
holding the picture fiat against the wall.
"A little higher" | told him. as
strained to loop the cord back over its
hook. was not especially successful
at this, because at the time my eyes
were directed toward the hands of the
man holding up the picture
His position was such that the sleeves
OF his black service coat were drawn
away from the white and heavy-boned
wrists. And there, before my eyes,
across the fexor cords of the right
wrist was wide and ragged scar at
least three inches in length.
/ returned to my place at the dinner
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-04

table. Van Tuyl, by this time. was gaz.
ing at me with both resentment and
wonder.
Shall we have coffee upstairs?" hi.
wife asked with unruffled composure.
Here, please" / interpolated.
We'll have coffee served here
Beatrice Van Tuyl said to her butler
Very good, madam" he answered.
wondered. as l watched him cross
the room, if he suspected anything.
Listen" l said, the moment We were
| alone, have You a servant here you
can trust, one you can trust implicitly? ?
OF course, answered my hostess.
Who is it?'
Wilkins" was the answer.
Not counting Wilkins
We'll, / think / can also trust my
maid Felice-unless you know her bet
ter than l do"
! could afford to ignore the thrust.
Then I'd advise you to send her up
TO look over your things at once
why do you say that?'
Because now / know this man Will
kins is a criminal of the worst typeP'
You know it,"
Yes, | know it as well as I know
I'm sitting at this table. And l can
prove it
How" demanded Van Tuyl.
I'll show you how in very few
moments. And on second thoughts I'd
have that maid Felice bring what YOU
regard as valuable right to this dining
room-l mean your jewels and things.
But this sounds so silly" demurred
my still reluctant hostess.
1T won't sound half so silly as a
Tiffany advertisement of reward and
no questions asked"
Beatrice Van Tuyl intercepted a foot
man and sent him off for the maid
Felice. A moment later Wilkins was
at our side quietly serving the cafe
noir in tiny gold-lined cups.
This method of mine for identify
ing the real pearl, as you will see" l
blandly went on, is very simple one.
You merely take a match end an dip
it in clear water. Then you let drop
of the water fall on the pearl. If the
stone is an imitation one the water
drop will spread and lie close to the
surface. If the stone is genuine the
drip will stand high and rounded, like
globe of quicksilver, and will shake
with the minute vibrations which pass
through any body not in perfect equil-
ibrium"
Before l had completed that speech
the maid Felice had stepped into the
room. She was a woman of about
thirty, white-skinned, slender of figure
and decidedly foreign looking. Her
face was clever one, though l prompt
ly disliked an affectation of languor
with which she strove to hide spirit
which was only too plainly alert.
81 want you to fetch my jewel case
from the boudoir safe her mistress
told her Bring everything in the box,
/ could not see the maids face, for
at that moment | was busy watching
Wilkins. From that worthy. however,
came no slightest sign of disturbance
or wonder.
''Here, madam" the maid was asking.
Yes, here, and at once, please" an
swered Beatrice Van Tuyl. Then she
turned to me. "And since you're such
a jewel expert you'll be able to tell me
what's darkening those uIrquoises of
mines
/ dropped lump of sugar into my
coffee and slipped it. Wilkins opened a
dark-wooded buffet humidor before me,
and l picked out a slender-waisted
Havana corseted in a band of gold. l
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-04

sober parsonage, with curatelike sol.
emnity all his own.
| had no wish to cape at the man
but that first glimpse of mine was Z
sharp one, for / knew that it was vii
kins himself that l was confronting.
Then | looked at the man more close
ly. He wore the conventional dress
livery of twilled worsted, with an ex.
tremely high-winged collar and an ex'
tremely small lawn tie. He seemed :
remarkably solid figure of man, anc
his height was not insignificant. Any
impression OF fragility, of sedentary
bloodlessness, which might have beer
given out by his quite pallid face, wa:
sharply contradicted by the muscular
heayiness of his limbs. The poise Of
the figure, whether natural or simulat.
ed, was one marked for servitude.
Yet | had to admit to myself, as
We filed out and down to the dining
room, that the man was not without
his pretended sense of dignity. He
seemed neither arrogant nor obsequi-
Gus.
| had to confess, as / watched his
deft and subdued movements about that
china-strewn oblong of damask which
seemed his fit and rightful domain
that he was in no way wanting in the
part-the only thing that puzzled me
was the futility of that part There was
authority, too, in his merest finger
movement and eye shift, as from time
to time he signaled to the -footman who
helped him in his duties. There was
grave solicitude on his face as he
awaited the minutest semaphoric nod
of the woman in the blue silk dinner
gown. And this was the man, with
his stolid air of cxactitude, with Mis-
quick-handed movements and his alert
and yet unParticipating eyes, whom
had come into that quiet household to
proclaim a thief!
| watched for his hands every course
as | sat there talking against time
and heaven knows what / talked of
But about those hands there was moth
ing to discover. In the first thing OF
importance | had met with disappoint-
ment. For the cuffs that projected
from the edges of the livery sleeves
covered each large-boned wrist. In
the actual department of the man there
was nothing on which to base a decent
suspicion. And in the meanwhile the
dinner progressed, as all such dinners
do, smoothly and quietly, and, to out
ward appearances, harmoniously and
happily.
But as it progressed / grew more and
more perplexed. There was another
nauseating moment or two when the
thought flashed over me that the whole
thing was indeed mistake, that what
| had seemed to hear in my restless
moments of the night before was only
dream projected into a period of
wakefulness.
We'll, what are you going to do
about it," asked Van Tuyl, with his
heavy matter-of-factness, at moment
when the room happened to be empty.
Don't you see it's mistaken" add
ed his wife, with a self-assuring glance
about the rose-shaded table and then
a wider glance about the room itself.
Wait / suddenly said. what were
his references?"
He gave us splendid one from the
Whippeny Club. We verified that.
Then he had letters, six of them, from
some very decent people in London.
One of them was bishop"
did you verify those?"
Across the Atlantic, Witter? II
really didn't seem worth whilel'
And its lucky for him you didn'tw
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-04

1t was two hours later that the first
memory of those murmuring midnight
voices came back to me- The words I
had overheard seemed to have been
buried in my mind, like seeds in the
ground. The more l thought it over,
the more disturbed / became. The one
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-03-04
Was a Big Sale

The personal property sale of Howard
Smith held last Thursday brought the
largest crowd that has assembled at a
Vernon county sale His grounds re-
semble county fair gathering. Ev-
erything sold well, especially the Guern-
sey cattle, most of the full bloods being
snapped up by outside breeders, Wauk-
esha, Lacrosse and other places having
bidders present. Some of the cows
brought as high as $3.50. Sale of per-
sonal property aggregated $4,000. The
regrettable part of the matter is that
the best animals were taken by foreign
breeders. However a number were
bought by county farmers. The big
Guernsey bull owned by j. d. Beck
was also sold, the animal going to Waa-
kesha county,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-03-04
TO BUY GOOD STUFF
Full Blood Jersey Cows, Many Grades,
Other Live Stock

On Friday, March 10. at my farm
one mile southeast of Viroqua, will
hold big sale OF live stock. Having
sold my farm ! want TO dispose of the
personal property Come out if you
want something desirable List Of pro-
perty to be disposed of:
Fifteen head of registered Jersey
cows and heifers; 10 head of grade Jer-
sey cows and heifers; some bull calves,
and my herd bull, three years old.
There is no better bred Jersey in the
state.) draft brood mare, 10 Years
old; draft gelding 8 wears old; / draft
mare colt coming years; span of
drivers. years old; 10 head of Delaine
ewes; Jersey Red brood sows; 100 full
blood White Leghorn hens, and all of
my farm machinery, and feed Sums
under five dollars. cash; over five dol
lars, one years time at six per cent in
terest on bankable notes.
Sale will begin at one O'Clock p. m.
GEO b. FISHER.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-03-04
A Distinction and a Difference

A person looking out on our streets
today can see dozen different types
of automobiles, and they all look very
much the same, but when you examine
the different makes and see the radical
differences you find it very interesting.
As for instance, some cars of to-day at
the 81. 900 to 81, 200 price are as fully
equipped as the finest cars in the world.
They have the world famous Timken
bearings throughout Full floating rear
axles, the separate electrical system,
high priced speedometers and battery
indicators and so on. One can learn all
these things by calling at Larson &
SolYerson's "Market Square Garage. /"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-03-04
westby, March i, 1914.
Important to EvSfy Stakeholder

Next Monday will be momentous
time for stockholders and patrons Of
the Virequa Creamery Company. The
question viii be decided, in special meet
ing, whether or not 4 new location and
building shall be hao. Report OF com
nittee TO whom was delegated the duty
OF looking up the matter and present
ing facts and figures will be considered.
The CENSOR is advised that they will
recommend both new site and build
ings. That committee consisting of r.
T Bentson, l.. M Thompson and II. f.
Swain, is one of leve headed. prosper
GUS and progressive armers. In their
own affairs they ase Judgment. and
their recommendation in this matter
should have unusual weight. We be-
lieve the general thought among stock
holders is for a new and more commod
ious place in which to transact the BUSH
ness of the largest industrial institution
in Vernon county. Manner, then, of fl
nsncing the project is the one import.
ant thing to consider. Let it be hand
led candidly and to the mutual interest
of stockholders.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-03-04
Phil is on the Go

Philip Appleman, the Saginaw silo
agent for this territory, has been on
the go while his competitors slept As
a result he has Melted greater score
of sales than in any past year. Here
are some of the recent sales: Cashton
territory; M. G. Rogstad, silo 1926;
Hans Syeum, 1924; Ole j. Anderson,
1880. LaFarge: H. j. Mosher, l4x24,
Cal redwood;L LA. Cook, l0x2S; Delbert
Sanders, 1924; Clarence p. Brown, 10
x30: W. S Joseph, l2x24; S. S. Smith,
l2x24. California redwood; E K. Essex.
lsS26; John Steinmetz, 12x26, CaIifor-
MIA redwood West Salem: II. F..
Stoandt, 1892; K p. Wick, l2x24; AL
bert Jordson. l2x36; John B johnson,
14x30 Melvina: L. Polinski, 12x24;
Roy Nichols, 12x30; Martha Hyatt, 1890.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-03-04
HIS DEATH FROM EXPOSURE
Remains of Chris Arneson, Old Man,
Found Near Road Ped

One of the reerettable ard pathetic
endinPs of the season is the death of an
old citizen, Christ Arneson, whose re-
mains, still warm, were found few
feet down the EN- bank ment of the South
eastern road bed few rods east Of the
Black River highway on Thursday morn
ing last. He had been to Victeyy and
Baraboo to visit his children. having
left the county aims house February z.
where he had teen cared for since last
October. He returned from Vietary
by Southeastern, Wednesday evening.
starting for the aims house on loot "a
the railroad track. Apparently g. &as
exhausted or intoxicated and e ~
the way, rolling down the emha
An inquest was held and iuH
in iine with the facts given st6Va
mains were conveyed to Purdy - 4 s.n
ana daughter. where interas1
place That is location where Sc
lily long lived. Mr. Arneson was
tive OF Norway, 76 years Old, had bssa
resident of this section for many years.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-03-04

"A. l.. Russell is down from Sparta
this week looking after property inter
ests. He has sold to Landlord Jacob
son of the Viroqua hotel, the vacant
business lot north and adjoining Laud-
er's egg market. Mr.. Russell owned
the property for As years.
Friend Morrison, who has been in
the west for ten years is here visiting
his brother, Isaac, in Viroqua town.
He resides at Vancouver, which he says
has grown more rapidly in the past five
years than any other city on the west
ern coast.
"A rag-ball social and spelling match
will be held at north Natwick school
house, 81 miles west of Westby, Sat
urday night of this week. Egeryb Jdy
cordially invited. Ladies please bring
rag balls with name inside and lunch,
also cups. Ruth Z Applsman, teacher.
Marion +. Post and Bernard Won
Ruben of Asbury Ridge, shipped from
this station four car loads Of stock, farm
and home equipment to Minnesota, their
families TO follow soon, where they
have secured farms and will perman-
emily locate. Quite Vernon county
delegation will soon surround Litchfield,
their new home.
Messrs. Anderson & Sauer are at
Dowagiac, Michigan, inspecting the
Round Oak stove factory, and will place
their order for one or more carloads of
Round Oak goods. During the year of
1913, they sold two and quarter car
loads of these old reliable stoves, ranges,
and furnaces They will also spend a
few days in Chicago.
Sorrow is universal in her home
community, the town Of Chrlstiana,
over the unexpected death Of Mrs. H.
o. Gullord, mother and HeighbOr much
loved and respected. who died on Friday
last, following a stroke Of paralysis
week previous. Mrs. GuIord leaves a
family Of five daughters and one SON
She wa y years of age.
After three months passed on the
Isle of Guernsey, with home folk, Harry
Mollet arrived here a week since. He
says he had pleasant voyages both com
ing and going He reports importation
Of great numbers Of Guernsey foil blood
cattle to this country the demand ex-
cceding the supply.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-03-04
Looking for Spring Foctwearl

If you are. then a call at the Farm
erS' store of Rogerson & Dahl is the
place to secure such. We have recent
ly purchased four hundred pairs of La
Crosse Red Fiber sole spring rubbers
for men that will be given to the public
at prices that will astonish In fact we
are making the cut so deep that the
stock will go like snow before a March
wind. We will sell YOU $3.50 reguls 2
priced rubber at SIPS, Sl.00 rubbf ?
at 80 cents. This will be bargain aEd
benefit while they last, 80 get your
share of the stock
ROBERTSON & DAHL, Virodua.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-03-04


Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Purdy have lc-
Gated at Huston, Texas.
New dress goods, wash goods, ging-
hams, etc, at Roman e. Felix.
THE Girl and the Tramp" Wed
nesday, March Is. at the Opera house
Mrs. Flora Cooley is home from
Beaver Dam, where she passed several
weeks.
Mrs. A. 0 Larson returned from
Aberdeen, where she passed winter with
her daughter.
Mr. and Mrs INels Lavold returned
from TT. Atkinson and Argyle, where
they visited relatives.
Days have so heightened that full
days work may be performed between
rising and setting of sun.
Mrs. Geo. Henry of Pleasant Ridge
was brought home from Lacrosse hos
pital She is very low.
Mrs Frank Wintz was operated
upon for gall stones in Lacrosse hos
pital. and is making progress.
--Chas. A. Parker was in st. Paul
and Minneapolis on business connected
with the Smith Hardware Company.
Robert Lind of Hillsboro village
was third to make returns to the coun-
~ treasurer. Delinquent returns were
less than $50.
m. w. Twining received a visit
from HE brother and wife of Montana,
who are renewing friendships at Sol
diers Grove and Gays Mills.
Miss Lulu Riley, assistant in the
city postoffice, is in critical condition
from eerebro spinal meningitis. The
worst is feared at any moment.
Mr.. Ole o. Helle was down from
Newry neighborhood and made pur
chase of Buick b. "25'' automobile,
model car from Tuhus & Clark.
In speaking of Viroqua 8 high school
basket ball team the Cashton Record
says: "Viroqua has a wonderful team
for high school bunch" Thanks.
Mr.. Patrick McGary, highly re-
spected citizen of Brush Hollow, died
on Monday, funeral today. A suitable
tribute to his memory will be given
next week.
Odd Fellow district convention is
quite well attended today from differ
ent points, Bloomipgdale bringing the
banner delegation. Grand Master Sheer
in is present.
-Cnd5. n. DtnupS mas ICsiBilSO ne
position with the Coffland merchantile
institution at Richland Center to accept
agency for the Wisconsin National Life
Insurance Company.
In assignment of places on univer-
sity committees Regent Mahoney has
been placed at the head of agriculture
and on athletics. He has been so noti-
fed by president of the board of re-
gents.
Frank Williams and wife attended
mardigrass at New Orleans. One day
it was intolerably hot, the day follow
ing had blizzard, the first snow storm
for years They expect to arrive home
in few days.
When you brush your dinner table
off, don't throw the crumbs into the
stove Step to the back door and give
them TO the birds. After two or three
days you will find the little fellows lined
up all along the back yard fence wait
ing for you In some instance they will
even fly onto the window ledge and
peer in through the glass, ehirping,
peeping and calling for you to hurry up.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-03-04
Their Formal Opening

Formal opening of Anderson & Sauer's
splendid new store in the Tate block
takes place on Thursday and Friday,
March IL and IS, at which time ladies'
will be presented with practical and
useful souvenirs; the men with cigars.
They advertise 10 per cent reduction
on all cash purchases on any article
carried in stock during the two days
Our community should extend congrat-
ulatfons to these progressive business
men whose enterprise has given US one
of the best hardware stores in western
wisconsin