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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-11-22

ute TO avoid the puffballs Of shrapnel
that appear in lunches at the spot
where they have just left. In the
hardy way one has of taking at the
front you hear it constantly spoken
of as a "show"-and IL is all that,
Nothing that could touch il was ever
staged
The Somme Battlefield.
The appearance of the battlefield Is
most remarkable. ! have already
cabled description in which | COM
pared it TO cubist painting; nor
did that description strain the effect.
Just as a picture 1t is in itself
strained effect In way it reminds
one of some Of the drawings made
of the battleiields Of the American
Civil war. In which the artist tried
TO show the mass of men on the bat
tlefield, but in the mass they are not
like ordinary Een. They appear In
their very massing to have created
something new.
Beside me is James II. Hare. the
war photographer. suffering for lack
of the camera which he was forbid
den In this most intensely interesting
spot a photographer could hope TO
find. But. great photographer ms he
is, | doubt that his instrument could
record that peculiar modern effect OF
the battlefield of the Somme.
At this stage of the war the morale
of the men holds ones interest MS
much as the fight they are making.
All about is This new British army,
men who mad only vague notions Of
war two years ago and. until this
war broke out. never expected TO have
hand in one. Yet here they are as
soldierly lot as you will find in any
army. They look like old soldiers
and in the intensive forcing of new
troops this war has caused, they are
veterans.
The Australians and Canadians one
hears the most about. and, as | saw
the Australians and New ZealanderS
last winter in Egypt just as they came
back bored with Gallipoli and eager
to get at the Germans. l expected TO
write in particular about them. But
now | am here all the troops are so
sodierly 1t would be unfair to dis
tinguiSh. 1t is wonderful what has
been done with some of the regiments
of the most insular and narrow of
British wOrkmen from the 8Iidlands.
csal miners and pillow boys l cannot
tell the regiments of Kent from those
of Ulster.
Ulster and Dublin.
War as a leveler, however, has had
its supreme test here. Some OF the
Ulster regiments here found them
selves short OF officers. l have been
told. and ii was necessary to supply
them with officers from the south OF
Ireland There was no objection
raised either, and the combination has
worked wonderfully well. Surely there
could be no greater proof Of the dead
seriousness of this business than the
willingness of Ulster and Dublin men
TO fight and die together; and when IL
comes to Ulster men permitting them
selves to be led by those from Dublin.
the story of the French and British
commanders who went over the para
pets together is as nothing for dFa-
matte force.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-11-22
Truly. What Is the use7

When the Democrats came into pow
err sugar was selling at five cents a
pound, and yet it was paying $1,000
600 year in revenue to help support
the government. Since the Democrats
reduced the tariff we are losing about
S36,OO0,000 year in revenue, and we
can buy sugar for almost eight cents
n pound. Thus does the doctrine OF
free trade justify itself. Tariffs that
are too low are as futile as no tariffs
at all. They rob the federal treasury,
yet fail to compensate ths ultimate
consumer. What, in heavens name,
IS the use?-Grand Rapids Herald.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-11-22
GATHERED INFORMATION

An English railroad supplies toy To-
eomotiveS and cars to children taking
long journeys 10 relieve the monotony
Of riding
The construction IF a pipeline 20
miles long has enabled oil to replace
wood for fuel for navigation and other
purposes in the interior of Kongo.
II harneS>ed. il is estimated that the
Victoria falls of the Zambezi river, III
Nfriy0 would provide SS5.o0oO0O horse
power. or more than derived from coal
tnd oil in the world today.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-11-22

Sailed Whale meat is regarded as a
delicacy by the Japanese.
John Calvin Lewis of Louisville, KY,
is said To be the nearest living relative
of George Washington
There was a time when the Turkish
government imposed the death penalty
on persons caught trying to smuggle
out Of the empire the best breeds OF
Angora goats.
To lessen the cost Of engraved sta
tionery, interchangeable blocks, each
bearing letter, that can be clamped
together tightly, have been invented
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-11-22
Wilson'S Zeal Opinion.

Mr.. Wilson is right to hate monopo-
lies, but it is a matter of question.
from his own statement of the case,
whether he really could say in specific
cases just when a business is a mo-
nopJly and when not. AS for cooper
elton. has there ever been any one in
the White House who relied less upon
this? No, Mr.. Wilson Is not of a mo-
nopolistie mold, for he never shares
with others under any form of COM
pact-he is an individualist. and this
is very different also from being a sin
cere supporter of cooperation.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-11-22

patent has been granted to a
Philadelphia inventor for an observa-
ton car TO be suspended by cables
from two aeroplanes. the idea being
that it would be more steady than an
aerOplane.
\ tiny electric motor In the handle.
taking current from a light socket. re
wolves a blade az high speed behind a
guard in a new form Of safety razor.
The greatest crater known is that
of the japanese mountain. Aso-an. II
ranges from 10 to IA miles In diam.
eter.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-11-22
Bryan's Reurets.

Human nature is so prone to de-
ceive itself, in fact, that we suppose
Colonel Bryan deeply regrets now
that he felt it his duty TO resign that
time and isn't there to handle the
latest submarine problem for Presi-
dent Wilson, instead of having 1t left
to young and inexperienced man
like Mr.. Lansing, who, as far as is
known, never had n Chautauqua en-
gagement in his life.-Columbus (O.l
Journal.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-11-22
NEW BULLET PIERCES STEEL
Army Officers Are Enthusiast. ov.r
Test Result Of Armor.Pierc-
ing Missile.

New York.-Army officers who have
observed the tests Of the new armor-
piercing bullet at the Sandy Hook
proving grounds are enthusiastic
over the results. The bullet is of
only 30 caliber and can be fred from
the regulation army Springfield rifle.
At distance of so yards the pro-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-11-22
Iauahter and Tears

Laughter and tears, according 10 a
recent book, are two forms of the
same mechanism human safety
valve to prevent the result OF emotion
from injuring the body.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-11-22
Wilson'S Sense of Humor.

According to his physician, IL is
President Wilson's sense of humor that
has kept him up. This may account
for the appointment of Mr.. Bryan as
secretary of state.-Cleveland Leader.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-11-22
Speedy Revision Needed.

Argentina is to have a revision OF
its tariff system. So is Uncle Sam.
unless he wants TO get caught in a
snowdrift with his Panama suit on.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-11-22

jectile plowed through sheet of steel
three-Quarters of an inch thick, and
then penetrated a silhouette target
planted behind the steel plate. Ii Is
believed that one of the new bullets
could be fired clean through from 10
to 20 men standing In a row.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-11-22
r,iHic,,Ities Of an Overhead

When President Wilson assumed the
overlOrdship of Mexico he did not in
Guire what responsibility was attached
to the job The Wilson way! Now
England and France are waking him
up with demands for protection Of
their nationals lives and property in
Carranzaland. Will he duck under
the rkirts of humanity" or-whatF
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-11-22

The Dem cratic administration has
been a great success II you don't
lelieve it ask any of the Office-holding
t5lsau gleu.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-11-22

sides were busy and doing harm, too,
but no ground was being gained or
lost.
Generous Praise.
Even before we reached the front
the divisional artillery commander.
whom we called on as we were en-
tering his division, told us TO take
particular note of the excellent
French artillery fire which we would
be able TO see as we advanced over
the ground the French had conquered.
1.-TWO paragraphs here expunged by
the censOr.)
Here on the Somme is seen the other
side. Small parties of French soldiers
frequently pass along the British line.
looking over the ground they have
gained and with practiced eye noting
the address and courage it took to
make these gains. They 30 not say
much. these visiting French soldiers,
largely because they cannot talk with
the average British soldier and the
average British soldier cannot talk
with them, but they look one another
over as they go by and the visiting
parties confer together, visualiZing
the course of the various attacks by
the trenches and mine craters. and
evidently returning to their camps
to tell about It.
/ asked a party going through here
today what they thought of the Brit
ish advance One of them, non-com-
missioned officer. pointed to the com
pIicated series of trenches the Brit
ish had taken, and to the British
front line itself, seven or eight miles
away over the captured German
trenches, and said: They could not
do more IL it were their own country
they were reclalming from the in
vader."
Up in this part of France one sees
very little of the French army now
adays, except for occasional artillery
officers and territorial regiments
working on the roads. They are keep
ing the roads in excellent repair. too.
All the front from here to the other
side of Ypres is British. and it is all
active, even if one does not hear much
except from the Somme.
There was time. when trench
warfare was new, when regiments
remained opposite each other for
months without serious losses. but
that is not true any more The de-
velopment of trench bombs and
trench mOrtars has made the mere
holding Of trenches a costly business.
AT a number of points along the line
where l have touched. the opposing
armies We're forever blowing each 9TH
er out. All day they knocked down
each others defenses and all night
they built them up again--a tedious
business, and costly in lives as well.
On the Vimy Ridge. which l have
mentioned. the Germans hold
the crest and the British are imme-
diately under them. never giving them
a moments rest. The daily casualties
on both sides must be considerable.
and, as the English seem to be the
most active, the Germans must carry
away many dead and wounded men
every night from that one point-and
that is a sector not now spoken of as
active.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-11-22
BRITISH-FRENCH
RIVALRY BRINGS
MUTUAL RESPECT
Two Commanders Go Over Para
pets Side by Side in SOmme
Battle.
STORYREPEATED MANY TIMES

Old and Recent Arrivals From Great
Britain Look Equally Like Vet
Grams Today-Generous in
Praise of Each Other Are
British and French.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-11-22
1.-THE PimpIe."

Right on the ridge is a slight rise
called by the English Tommles 1.-THE
Pimple," the occasion for that name
not being very elegant. 1t is SO called.
because, though the British mortars
knock it level every day. IL rises again
every night.
1t was particularly interesting to
me TO visit Notre Dame de Lorettc.
visited that section eighteen months
ago with the French army when the
Germans still held the whole district
Then I had been able only to peep
out through the trees above at the
German trenches Now could walk
anywhere liked. with the one danger
that the Germans might try she'll fire
at me. AS they have the range of
every square yard, they might have
tried for the small party Of which I
was one, hut It was not likely.
There the depression Of war was
heavier than anywhere have ever
encountered it. The serried hillsides
have grown rankly to weeds. well
nourished by the many thousands of
dead who lie there, It was a place
Of combat which Is to he reckoned
with Verdun and the Sommc. hut the
hundreds of connecting trenches are
beginning to fab in, and this sea
son the long weeds hide most Of them
In the space which Hes at every front
between the trenches and the artil-
lery which stands guard over them
there Is silence that makes itself
felt even In the midst of the constant
bombing mile or so away. The
only life is shown 10y thousands or
little birds which rise reStlessly md
| keep dropping back to get the rich
seeds from the we'll fortified weeds.
5ewiIdered Birds.
There are birds also here on the
( Sommc, whole flights of them. no bIr-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-11-22
5ewildered Birds.

There are birds also here on the
Sommc, whole flights of them, no big
ger than swallows. was watt ming
some today under shellhre. They rise
and drop In n bewildered way hut do
not seem to know what To do nr where
to 20. If there is half n minute be-
tween shells they turn at once To- pick
ing mp seeds.
In writing about the Somme | find
IL is the curious details like this that
hold ones interest at the time. The
tremendous drama is always there on
a scale one can hardly conceive. There
is that terrific give and take of shells
accompanied by superhuman cool
ness Of design. The moments when
YOU don't see destruction right about
you II hangs imminent In the mir and
Keeps you constantly reminded by the
shrek of the passing shells and the
violent shiver of their arrival An arc
of bursting shells with the quick rise
! Of smoke and the rays of the explosion
forms curtain before the enemy. ana
| u you tire of that you can always look
| up and watch the British acroDlaneS
| daring the German antiaircruft guns
and changing their course every min
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-12

man has been killed with pistol There
are but few people in the country who carry
weapons, either openly or concealed The
murders that have been committed have
been with guns clubs or knives During my
term OF three years as marshal there have.
been only two murders in my whole dis
trict"
Have you the typical bad man who now
and then comes in and shoots up the town ?"
NO have been in Alaska 18 years and
have never heard OF such case Our peo-
pie are law-abiding, and in that respect they
stand as high as any people OF the world
Burglary is almost unknown. | lived in
Fairbanks eight years before locked my
door. The people will not stand for rob-
berries. We have our strikes, but there is no
bloodshed and no destruction of property.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-12

most the whole town was burned. The
people outside remembered what we had
done for San Francisco, and offers of help
poured in. They were all refused, the mayor
sending this message: we thank you all,
but we can carry our own skillet and don't
need any help"
1t is surprising that there is not more
crime in Fairbanks The city is in the heart
of the wlds, and it is surrounded by mining
camps that have produced about $8,O0O,O00
worth of gold dust and nuggets. At times
the banks have been loaded with gold, and
every camp has its bags of gold which are
washed out at every cleanup. Gold is kept
in cans and other common receptacles in the
log cabins, and have not yet seen house
that could not be easily broken into and
robbed. Millions OF dollars worth Of gold
is annually carried out on the steamers that
go down the Tanana and up the Yukon to
White Horse. The present method of trans
porting this treasure in an old-fashoned iron
safe which has handles on each side; The
safe is left out in the open under the deck,
the handles being chained to the mast.
LII the past the SOlQ was kept IN a strong
room, and now and then thefts were at
tempted. One day sailor unscrewed the
bars of the room and got out box of dust
and nuggets worth $4,000 He had part
ner in the crime. The two men tied a rope
to the box and fastened life preserver to
the other end of the rope. They then threw
the box overheard thinking the life preser
yer would act as float and enable them to
find the box when they came back later on.
They also marked with their eye the place
where it fell. At the next stopping of the
steamer one of the men dropped into the
water and swan to the bank. He went back
up the river and looked for the gold but
could not find it, A little later the officers
of the steamer found that the strongroom
had been tempered with. and that one of the
boxes was missing. They caught the Grim
inals and took them to Fairbanks. They
were tried and sent to the penitentiary. The
life preserver was afterward found by an In
dian. The box of gold is still in the Yukon.
At another time, about ten years ago
man planned to rob a steamer of one of the
big gold shipments and came from the OUT
side to do it. He got job as night watch
man on the steamer and learned just how the
gold was handled. One night he broke into
the strong room and took out two boxes,
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-12

mounted police keep order in the Yukon
territory adjoining Alaska Its men have
the right to arrest criminals, investigate
crimes and settle disputes on the ground.
Here in Alaska the marshals and their dep
uties have to refer almost everything to.
Washington before they can act. When
crime is committed, not cent can be spent
to detect the criminal without authority
from the attorney general, five or six thou
sand miles away. The other day a terrible
murder was committed just outside the city
No one knew who was the murderer and it
was important to scour the neighborhood
and begin the work of investigation at once
Before he could proceed, the marshal had
to send this cable to Washington:
Attorney General, Washington D. c.: -
Woman fouly murdered last night along
the railroad track within five miles of Fair
banks. Authority requested to pay ex-
penses of office deputies and make investiga-
tons in the surrounding country
(Signed)
UNITED STATES MARSHALL"
After some days the reply to go ahead
came and the marshal got the money. In
tHC uhOl tSiiilOly lllc mounted ponce
would have been on the job before the muir
dered woman grew cold, and the arrest
would have been made almost immediately.
Judge" Erwin has had considerable ex-
perience in Canada having mined gold in
the Klondike before he came here. | asked
him whether they did not do these things
better there. His reply was characteristic:
Eyes, they skin us mile When the
mounted police have no law they make one,
settling small offenses out Of court Re-
Gently, when the OBrien murder case was
on hand, the question turned on some bro
ken teeth in the dead mans mouth. The
corpse had been discovered under the ice
some distance from the mining camp of
OBrien The police supposed that the man
had been shot in the mouth and his teeth
thus broken. Some of the teeth were lost
The police PANIED the gravel of OBrien's
camp and found the teeth This convicted
O'Brien That investigation cost tens of
thousands OF dollars, but Canada is ready to
spend any amount to get Justice
| went with Marshal Erwin through the
Jail in Fairbanks. The criminals are kept in
cages of iron SO arranged that they can be
seen on all sides There were nine in the
cells at the time Of my visit.
l asked the marshal as to the crime of this
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-12

part of Alaska. He replied
"The territory is supposed to be full OF
bad men, but that is mistake. The order
here is much better than in the southern
states, where / was reared. You cannot
pick up Georgia newspaper, even now
without finding in it report of one or more
shooting ARRAYS. | have lived in this district
for i years, and during that time only one
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-12

each of which contained 100000 i'll gold dust
He pried open one of the boxes and removed
$4,000 worth of the gold, and in its place
put about the same amount of buckshot,
which he had procured at the stores Of Fair
banks for the purpose. He did not buy the
shot himself, but sent some men from the
steamer for it, pretending that he wanted it
for hunting. After closing and fastening the
box he carried it back and laid it down on
the deck beside the other box which he had
taken out. 1t was lighter than the box
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-12

amount per capita is high, but as to area it
is not dollar per square mile. The deputies
are scattered over the whole country run
ming from the Canadian boundary near
Eagle to the Russian mission on the Lower
Yukon and from the Arctic circle to the edge
of the Kuskokwim region.
| have already written how we'll the
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-12

The people are charitable. They often
spend $500 or more to send sick man away
to Seattle, and they always give little
money to keep the man until he gets on his
feet AS an instance of the generosity of
Fairbanks take the San Francisco earth
quake. The news of it was telegraphed
here one Saturday There was meeting
that night at Eagle hall and by noon the
next day $4,000 had been collected and
started on its way to the sufferers. A month
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-12
SECOND SECTION


Why Monte Terrill Goes to Jail-The Independ-
ence of Fairbanks Some Bad Men and Their Big
Gold Dust Robberies- Nicknames That Mean
Something Two Step Louie and the sEvapo-
rated Kid'-Representativ Wickershams Fish
Story-A Snake Used as Cane
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-12
Copyright 1916. by Frank G. Carpenter)
FAIRBANKS, Alaska.

HE winter is coming and
Monte Terrill will have to
go to Jail that the public
may be able to take care of
him."
This remark gives in a
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-11-07
uo1ns by hundred Lhoo.anl or

licaus by hundred thousand or
more.
30 change OF importance was re-
po. ed at the eleventh hour regarding
Ohio. The democrats fully expect TO
have the twcnty-four electoral votes
from the Buckeye state. The re-
puhlIcans are pretty wcll raconcIlod
to their loss New York state un-
qucstionahly leans toward the repub-
lIcans But the empire state is not
the pivotal commonwealth it was
ago. Confidential rrpub-
liWn canmmes show that Ihghes
and Fairbanks win have considerably
more than 100000 plurality up the
state.
Confidential Tammouv estimates
indicate that the democratic plural
Ifr in the five cboroughs Of New York
win be- iu the ncIghborhood OF 49,
200.
Tho president viii journey to
Princeton today TO cast his ballot
He win receive the returns In the eve
ing NJ shadow Lawn surrounded by
members Of his family Mr. Hughes !
sim cast his vote in this city and IN |
hc evening viii listen to the returns in
,ie rooms al the Astor Hotel /