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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-11-03
TEUTONS OPEN WAY
TOCONSTANT|NOPLE
BulgarS and Germans Effect
Junction in Serbia.
CONTINUE TO DEFEAT SERBS
Purpose OF Drive Through Balkans
AccompIished-clash on Greek
Frontier Not Serious-5er-
lin Reports New Gains.

Berlin, Germany (via London), Oct.
| 29.-Direct connection between the
Austro-G German forces in Serbia ana
the Bulgarian army of General Boyad-
JEFF has been established on the Dan
ube river east of Braza Palanka. ac-
cording to the official announcement
given out on Wednesday by the Ger
man army headquarters STAFF. The
statement follows:
"Dobrin, east of Visegrad (Bosnia),
has been taken.
The armies of General Won Koevess
and General Won Gallwitz have driven
back the enemy wherever he has made
stand
"As regards the main forces. the
general line of Valyevol-Morawos ton
the Ljlg) Docola has been reached
East of this line, The Jasenica and
Raca have been crossed on both sides
of Svilajacrenava, In the PEEK valley
Neresnika has been taken.
Forces advancing east of Orsoya
captured twelve heavy cannon near
Kladowo.
At LIugicevac, on the Danube east
of Brza Palanka, direct connection
with the army of General Boyadjief
(the Bulgarian commander) has been
established by patrols. The right wing
OF this army is pursuing the enemy
from Negotin northeast to southwest.
Fighting continues for possession of
Knjazezac."
The junction of the Austro-German
armies with the Bulgarian troops was
made in the extreme northeastern cor
ner of Serbia.
All dispatches to London continue
to describe the intensely stubborn re-
sistance Of the Serbians. According
to accounts received here concerning
the capture of Uskub. the Serbians
defended every foot of ground furious
ly and no quarter was given on either
side Although the Bulgarian forces
are said to have outnumbered the
Serbians ten to one, they made only
500 prisoners. All the others fought
to the death.
Reports from Constantinople say
that so far the allies have landed S.
900 troops at Saloniki. including 49,
600 British Twelve thousand soldiers
have been sent by rail to Majdag while
5000 are proceeding on foot. The rail-
road cannot carry more than $4,000
a week. The progress of the German
Austrian invasion is now so great that
all hope the Serbians may have had
of a halt while they are waiting for
the allies to arrive must be gone. The
invaders have driven the Serbians
from their most important positions,
especially those that were fortified
and intrenched during the spring and
summer The best allies of the Ser
bians now are the weather and the
mountainous character of their coun-
try.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-11-03
SHOWING
STATE RESOURCES
State Body and immigrant Of
ficers to Attract Settlers.
HELP ASKED FROM COUNTIES
Samples Of Farm Crops Raised on In.
expensive Land in the State Of
Wisconsin on Display at
Chicago.

Madison.-ThrOugh the division of
immigration of the department of ag-
r'eulture, Wisconsin is cooperating
in an exhibit with the United States
department OF labor in its immigra-
ton work. Nc other state is doing
this.
The United States department of
labor maintains an immigration sta
ton in Chicago under the direction of
P. F. Prentiss, inspector. Director b.
q. Packer u the division of immigra-
ton OF the department of agriculture
has already placed in this station ex.
hibits occupying q frontage of seventy
feet and setting forth In impressive
manner the wonderful resources of
Wisconsin, especially of the newly set
tied and unsettled sections.
The exhibit costs Wisconsin moth
ing, either for space or maintenance.
II is largely of farm crops, with en-
phasis on forage crops and dairying.
Director Packer is taking steps lead
ing to cooperation on the part of coun-
ties of Wisconsin in this exhibit in
Chicago, which viii be permanently
maintained. He desires counties to
furnish exhibits for periods. and he
will see that the exhibits are effective
ly installed and attractively displayed.
Director Packer also plans to con-
duct illustrated lectures on Wisconsin
possibilities, perhaps twice a month.
in connection with the Chicago ex-
hibit Many inquiries for Wisconsin
land for settlement come from Chi
cago, the number reaching about $500
in 1914.
Director Packer plans to notify all
inquirers in Chicago and vicinity of
the date of his presence at the Chi
cago exhibit. requesting inquirers to
meet him on a fixed date.
The Chicago iInmigrati lion station of
the United States department of labor
is attracting wide attention One of
the objects of establishment of immi-
grafton stations through the country
is a back to the farm" movement.
The Wisconsin department of agri-
culture not only conducts the state
fair each year, but it is an exhibitor
at fairs The division of immigration
showed at Iowa fair this year, and
the division OF entomology exhibited
at the Wisconsin state fair.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-11-03
NEW CONFESSION BY FAY
Ringleader of Bomb Conspiracy Said
to Have involved German Secret
Service Oepartms at.

New York. Oct. ga new confess
sion by Robert Fay. ringleader in the
German plot to blow up ammunition
ships at sea, involves the secret serv
ice department of the imperial Ger
man government so seriously that it
may lead to diplomatic controversy
similar to that resulting from the Ger
man submarine warfare.
According to Fay the conspiracy to
cripple American plal.s which have
been making war supplies for the al
lies and to blow up ships was Matched
by the heads of the German secret
service
information contained in Fay's
latest confession has been turned over
to the United States attorney general
by the department of justice.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-11-03
ENTIRE FRENCH
MINISTRY RESIGNS
viViani Cabinet Falls When Pre-
mier Steps Out.
M. BRAND AS NEW LEADER
General callieni, Military Governor Of
Paris, to Be Minister Of War
shake-Up Attributed to Gov
ernment's Balkan Policy.

Paris, Oct 2s.-Premier Rene Yivi-
ami OF France resigned and his resig-
nation was followed by the collapse
Of the entire cabinet.
Aristide BRAND, a socialist, was Of
fered the premiership by President
Poincare, and Immediately took steps
to form a new cabinet.
The resignation of Premier Viviani
IL attributed to the Balkan crisis. His
was the second retirement from the
cabinet for the same reason. the first
being that of Foreign Minister Theo-
phile Delcasse, who resigned on Oc-
tober IA.
NJ. BRAND offered the portfolio cs
minister Of war to General Gallieni,
military governor of Paris.
Emile Combes was offered a place
IN the new government without port
folio.
Deputy Paul Painleve. president OF
the marine committee of the chamber
of deputies, NJ de Freycinet, Leon
Bourgeois and Emile COmbes were
summoned by NJ. BRAND and offered
places in the new government.
NJ. COmbes, who was formerly prem
Ter Of France, accepted a place in the
government, but he will be without any
definite portfolio.
The post of minister of marine was
offered to NJ Lacaze
According to official circles NJ. VI
viani resigned rather than reorganize
the government.
Since the retirement of NJ. Del
casse, VI. Viviani has been handling
the duties of the foreign office as well
as those of the primate. His resigna-
tion left the government without a
guiding head at a critical time.
CONSERVATION was caused in French
polltiSsl circles by tto resignation of
de Preruer. it was outward evil
denee of discussion in the French gov
eminent over affairs in the near East,
similar to that which has been pre-
vailing in the British cabinet.
For the last fortnight it has been
evident that all was not well in the
ministry. The first break was the
resignation of the foreign minister.
However, when the chamber Of depu-
ties gave the cabinet a vote of conf
dence it was hoped that the factions
in the ministry would get together and
patch up their differences. These
hopes proved futile.
The opposition is criticizing the gov
eminent for allowing the Teutonic
powers to gain such ascendancy in
the near East and to launch military
operations on a grand scale when
they might have been prevented.
French diplomacy is under fire, as
well as the military policy Of the gov
eminent
The Vigiani ministry was formed on
August &c, 1914. shortly after the out.
break of the war Previous to the
formation of that government NJ.
Viviani had headed a previous cab
met. NJ Viviani has been prominent
in French politics for many years, and
was formerly minister of instruction.
He is fifty-three years old and is a
native of Algiers.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-11-03
TRAIN HITS AUTO. ? KILLED.
Mother. Five Children and Woman
Lose Lives in Michigan.

Mother, Five Children and Woman
Lose Lives in Michigan.
Mount Clemens. Mich, Oct. ga
mother. her five children and her sis
ter were instantly killed and one man
was fatally injured at Fraser Cross
ing of the Grand Trunk railroad. five
miles from here on Sunday. when a
Grand Trunk passenger train struck
an automobile driven by William
Stodt, a farmer Of Avon township
The dead are; Mrs. Rachel Stodt.
Avon township. forty-four. mother OF
the children and wife Of William
Stodt; Miss Minnie .1ngle, forty-seven.
Romeo, sister of Mrs. Stodt; Pearl
Stodt. seventeen years old: Esther
Stodt, fifteen years old; Hazel Stodt.
twelve years old; Mabel Stodt, ten
years old; Martha Stodt, six years
old. All were dead with the excep.
ton of the one man of the party. He
gave his name as William Stodt, a
farmer of Avon township.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-11-03
FoReAN STOOD BY MuNoAY.
Chicago Finaneier Says He Did All In
Power to Avert Failure.

Chicago Finaneier Says He Did All In
Power to Avert Failure.
Morris. H., Oct 29.-James B. For
ran, president of the First National
bank of Chicago, in testifying at the
trial OF Charles B. Munday, charged
with bank wrecking, declared he did
all in his power to avert the financial
ruin of William Lorimer and Munday
while the LaSalle Street National
bank was on the road to destruction.
Forgan warned them several times,
he testified, and even when this ad-
vice was unheeded he stood by them
and succeeded in prolonging their af
filiation with the Chicago Clearing
House association. Forgan went so
far as to say that his bank might
help liquidate the Lorimer- Munday in
stitution and thus save the depositors
money.
Forgan proved valuable witness
for the prosecution. despite efforts OF
the defense to show he was respon-
sible for a run" on the Lorimer-Mun-
day bank Just before it failed
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-11-03
CHILDREN PERISH
IN FIRE At SCHOOL
Thirty Boys and Girls Die at Pea
body, Mass.
PANIC FOLLOWS THE ALARM
Twenty Bodies Recovered From Ruins
Hundreds of Mothers Rush to
Parochial institution When
Flames Are Seen.

Peabody, Mass, Oct 29.-Fire swept
through the three-story brick building
occupied by the st. Johns parochial
school. burning or driving to death in
the panic that followed the alarm
probably thirty of the 600 boys and
girls who in few minutes before had
assembled for their daily lessons.
Twenty bodies have been recovered
from the ruins.
Twelve of these bodies have been
removed from the vestibule, where the
jam of terrified little ones had result
ed in the greatest loss of life. The
police had estimated the dead as high
as fifty. Many others were injured in
their flight down the stairways and
few jumped from the windows Of the
third floor.
Mothers Crowd Yard.
The first alarm brought a hundred
distracted mothers to the schoolyard,
where soon they were joined by other
relatives of the pupils. until the build
ing was surrounded by a great crowd
of hysterical men and women. who
rushed the police lines in wild effort
to reach their children. The police
were powerless to stop the rush, but
what they failed to do was accom-
plished presently by the flames. which,
shooting from the windows of the
building, held back the throng.
The students, who ranged in yeas
from seven to thirteen, were n
charge of 16 sisters. When the fi.e
started the sisters marshaled their
charges as for fire drill and started
them from the building. The process
sions were orderly until those from
the third floor joined others pouring
from the classrooms on the second
floor.
Suddenly there was a cry Of fear
from one of the throng. 1t was taken
up by a hundred Others and panic
ensued. The sisters made frantic eff
forts to stop the pushing struggling
mass, but to no purpose. The smaller
children fell under the feet of those
behind them, and soon the vestibule
was so jammed with living and dead
that the firemen could not force an
entrance. The sixteen sisters escaped.
Fire Starts in Basement.
The origin of the fire remained in
doubt. Michael Dunn, who lives near
the school, said he heard a muffied
explosion in the school building just
before 1t was enyeloped in flames.
When the ruins had cooled sufi-
GENTLY to permit it, Building Inspec-
tor A. Fl. Mcdonald and w. S. MurreI
of the state police made their way for
few feet into the basement, and later
reported that the steam boiler, which
was reported to have exploded, was
intact
Joseph Donahue, the engineer of the
building, also declared that the blaze
could not have originated from the
boiler. He said that he had banked
his fire before he left it at eight o'clock
in the morning.
A large percentage of the pupils
were children of foreign parentage. In
the number were many of Irish and
Italian descent The firemen fought
the fire from ladders raised to the
windows. while the police cleared the
vestibule.
Bodies generally were burned be-
yond recognition.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-11-03
Praises Northern Roads.


Roads are much better in northern
Wisconsin than in the southern sec
lions of the state.according to Chief
Engineer A. R.Hirst. who has just re-
turned from a two weeks inspection
tour in the upper region. In Ashland
county. he said. is single stretch OF
65 miles OF road. over every foot OF
which automobiles may be driven safe
ly at high speed. Other long stretches,
he said, are found in various parts OF
the northern counties-eight, ten and
even 20 miles of finished road without
a break
This condition, Mr.. Hirst said, is
due to the fact that many of the north.
ern counties have adopted the county
system in place of the town system
These counties are Douglas. Bayfield,
Sawyer, Ashland, Iron, Oneida, Villas
Florence. Wood and Chippewa. Sew
eral others are to adopt the system
next year.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-11-03
Expect 10000 Auto Licenses.

Whether or not the automobile IL
censes received for the year ending
December 81. viii reach the $4,000
mark. now predicted, is a close ques-
ton. The total now is 79,100. only
900 away from the high mark antici-
pated. Two months remain. and at
the rate the applications are coming
the $4,000 viii be easily reached, but
there is sure to be decided falling of
soon, as the cold weather comes and
the end OF the year approaches.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-11-03
Sanitation for Badger Diaries.

Rules and regulations governing the
licensing of butter and cheese makers
and butter and cheese factories under
chapter 597 of the laws of the late leg
islature have been formulated and
adopted by the dairy and food depart
ment under the direction of Commits.
sioner George ]. Weigle.
The tentative rules were considered
at meeting recently in the office of
Commissioner Weigle, at which was
present large number of both max
ers and prOprietors and were eo-
proved almost without suggestion of
change.
In fact. it was gratifying to Com
missioner Weigle,> in view of the fact
that at the time the bill creating the
act was before the legislature it met
with such vigorous opposition from
those same interests that it was at
one time beaten and was only saved
by reconsideration after lively con-
test, that is now so completely in
d1rsed.
The rules for the regulation of build
ings and equipment require cleanli-
ness first with ample light, water-tight
floors. whitewashed walls and abso-
Lutte absence of dirt and filth. Floors
and utensils are to be clean at the
beginning of each days work. No cess.
pools are permitted, all surfaces with
which products come in contact must
be without open joints or seams and
all metals are to be kept free of rust.
After January l all followers used in
cheese presses are to be made OF
metal.
In every factory an adequate system
of sewage disposal is required and no
waste must be permitted to collect
under or about the factory. Offensive
odors must be guarded against.
All by-products, not intended for hui
man food, must be kept clean, and all
watts. conductors and containers shall
be kept clean and in sanitary condi.
ton. The water supply must be free
of contamination or pollution.
No insanitary milk or cream shall
be used in the manufacture of any
dairy product intended for human
food, and all products shall be secure.
ly protected from filth. flies, dust or
other contamination or unclean, un.
heaIthful condition.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-11-03
state Must Stand Expense.

In an opinion to the board of con-
troll. Attorney General Owen held the
state should pay the expense of trans.
ferring a patient from Milwaukee Hos
pital for the Insane to hospital in
another state, when the person trans
ferred was legal resident of the 9TH
er state.
Peter McAndrews was transferred
from the Milwaukee hospital to the
Iowa State Hospital for the Insane.
The secretary Of state refused to audit
the claim of expenses until the opin-
ION was given.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-11-03
New Corporations.

New Corporations.
The following articles of corpora.
ton were filed
Paint Creek Supply company. Grip
pewa Falls; capital. $1,000; incorpor-
ators. w. j. Boyden. r. B. Clark and
Frank Joas.
Hump Development company. Mil
waukee; capital. $4,000; incorp ra-
tors. H. L. Cochems, Adolph Hanne-
berg sud Charles Rubin.
Boerner-Kuether company, Cedar
burg. capital. $50, 600; incorporators,
G. A. Boerner. F. R. Kuether and Paul
a. Morgenburg.
The Greenwood Telephone com
pany. Greenwood. fled an amendment
to its articles OF corporation. fncreas.
ing the capital stock from $4,000 to
$4,000. Notice of dissolution of the
La Fayette Land & Mining company.
Shullsburg. was also filed. New cor
porations follow;
Sits investment company, Milwau.
kee; capital, $1,000 incorporators,
Gustave Totsch. Norris and David
Stern.
Gem Reel winder company. Mil
waukee; capital. $4,000; incorpora-
tors, J. A. Powers, A. d. Agnew and
Charles Topper.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-11-03

A certain famous British cathedral,
which shall be nameless. was visited
BY two farmers, A clergyman en- the
same errand waited by them. curious
to hear their opinion of it. AT length
after looking long and earnestly at It's
interior space and height. one said
to the other: Man. John. what a ane
lot of hay We could put in here!"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-11-03
RATE INCREASE IS POSTPONED
Interstate Commerce Commission sus-
ponds Until February 90 Action
on Sand Rates in Illinois.

Washington, Oct. 29-The inter.
state commerce commission suspend
ed until February 29 the proposed in.
crease of carload rates on sand from
Illinois points to Chicago and the Chi.
cago district. that it may investigate
to see If 1t is justified. The proposed
increase was from S. to $40 a carload
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-11-03
income Tas Shows Decrease.

Milwaukee corporations will pay ap
proximately Sl61.0OO less income tax
in 1915 than they did in 1914, accord
ing to figures compiled by the Wis
consin tax commission. This tax is
based on the incomes for the year end
ing December 81, 1914.
The decrease according to Tax Colil-
missioner N. r. Haugen is due to IN
settled business conditions and the
war.
This condition is not restricted to
Milwaukee alone, however, as the to-
tai income tax of all Wisconsin cor
porations shows 81 decrease OF APP
proximately 1851, 900.
The totals are as follows: For 1915.
$2,459,636.29; tor 1914, $2,710.706.51
The following gives the tax by coun-
ties:
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-11-03
New State Patents.

Burton Altman. Milwaukee, brake
valve: Troval J. Anderson. Rockdale,
foot lever; Arthur Appleyard. Ashland,
electric incandescert lamp; Jacob
CIoos. Milwaukee, valve; Louis Flipse,
Sheboygan. veneer pad; o. c. Frick,
Manitowoc. comminuting attachment
for feed cutters; Gilbert Gunderson,
Colfax. foot acceleraror for Ford auto.
mobile engines: Clark T. Henderson.
Milwaukee, driving mechanism:
Charles Klein. Milwaukee, electric
switch: Henry Landau. Kiel, nut lock.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-11-03
City owes State s2t7.s55.

That the city actually owes the
state $217555 in district and NUM-
cipal court fines was disclosed by C.
w. Babcock, assistant city attorney.
The original figure was $4,000, but
interest and additional fines since 1908
bring up the total. The county, Mr.
Babcock announced. owes the city
$317,S57, as one-half of the expenses
of municipal and district courts since
1898.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-11-03

Work has been started on the ST.
100000 home for the feeble-minded,
to be erected by the state at Union
Grove, this county.
The location of the home was select
ed through the activity of the Racine
Commercial club. and it will be one
of the finest things imaginable for the
county. Hundreds of men will be given
employment on the buildings. which
will be models of their kind.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-11-03
NOTE TO GREAT BRITAIN SENT.
Alexander w. Kirk Carries Trade Mes
SAGE to Enuland.

Washington. Oct. 29-The Ameri-
can note to Great Britain protesting
against the order in council and in
references with American trade is
now en- route to London. by special
messenger. Alexander w. Kirk. third
secretary Of the American embassy to
Berlin, who will deliver it to Ambas-
sador Page next Monday.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-11-03
Three Die In Auto Crash

Marion. md. Oct. 27.-Three per
sons were instantly killed when their
automobile was struck by a switch en-.
CINE at Gas City. The dead Marion
Mcliwaine. farmer of Japala; Alice
Wilson and an unidentified woman.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-11-03
CHARLTON GUILTY OF MURDER.
Slayer Of Wife Must Serve Ninety
DAYS In Jail AT Como. Itatv

Slayer Of Wife Must Serve Ninety
Days In Jail at Como, Italy.
Como. Italy, Oct. 27.-Porter Charl.
ton OF New York. son OF Judge Charl-
ton of the United States court in
Porto Rico, was found guilty on Mon.
day OF the murder of his actress wife
while on their honeymoon here in 1910
The court sentenced the prisoner to
six years and eight months impris-
onment, but allowed the time he has
already been in prison. both here and
in the United States. to be deducted
from the sentence. AS a result he
will be free in less than three months.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-11-03
American Force for Europe.

st. GATHERINGS. Ont, Oct. 27.-An
American regiment is IN process of
organization along the Niagara from
tier. 1t will be composed of LOO
American citizens. most of whom are
in business in the Dominion.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-11-03
GIRLS ARE BURNED TO DEATH.
Twelve Dead and Ten Missing Follow
ing Fire in Box Factory.

ing Fire m BOX Factory.
Pittsburg, Pa, Oct. 27.-Thirteen
persons we're killed, IL of whom were
girls, and ten girls are missing in a
fire on Monday that destroyed the
Union Paper Box factory in Sandusky
street. Peter WALTON was burned to
death in an attempt to rescue girls.
Mayor Joseph G. Armstrong wept as
body after body was brought from the
ruined building by firemen.
Ten girls are in the Allegheny Gen
eral hospital, all seriously injured