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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-31
German People Are Starving

home TO make a revolution. The wom-
en- look at one another and shake their
heads. When the men come back is
the word they pass around. We have
men OF fifty and seventy for home de-
Tense, and as doctors and officials.
Ana we have boys of fourteen. All
other men are in the army"
Mrs. Szadelski said she never re-
ceived $500 which her husband sent
her last February. woman frienC
of hers who went to the authorities
for money sent from America was told
that no more money from the source
would be given to any private person.
Do Not Want War.
1.-THE people do not want war, but
what can they do? They cannot even
say what they think or there would
soon be chains around their necks.
''Yet there is bitter feeling against
America. l would be sorry for any
American soldier that falls into the
hands of the Germans. either the sol
diers or the people. That is because
the newspapers talk always of the
evil-doing of America-and the people
believe what they read. They began
hating America long ago, when they
heard IT was aiding England. 1t is not
France so much. but England and
America that Germany hates"
Sergeant Szadelski had been an
American soldier for years before he
met and married the little German
woman, during a visit to Germany sew
eral years ago. hut he left just before
the war. This led to suspicious that
he was an American spy, and so when
his wife wished to leave Germany last
May she had an immense deal of red
tape to untangle. For a month she
had to go before the police each day {;
then she was summoned to Berlin
At the Danish border every scrap of
paper but her passport was taken
away. and in Copenhagen she was re-
ceived coldly ny the American lega-
ton. because they would not believe
that the wife of an American soldier
would speak only German. After cor
respondence with Secretary Lansing
and others. the legation was finally
convinced that she was not a spy. and
she was permitted to sail for New
York. She viii leave in few days
with their three children for Homo
lulu.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-31
PATROL WORK IS FULL OF
THRILLS FOR MEN OF NAVY

Neither submarine nor destroyer
had used gunfire. The German was
not even sighted. Only two torpedoes
were known to have been fired-the
one which crossed the KS bow, and
the one which settled the Kioto.
"only two days before the Y had
had better brush with a SUBJ and
may have got her; shippers put in
the claim on evidence as good. SFa
was steaming in the same area, un-
der like conditions, when at ten min
utes past eight in the evening she
sighted pronounced wake. One could
even estimate the speed at which the
submarine had been submerged-about
eight knots
'Fhe \ worked up to full speed.
turned with left rudder, and ran down
on the right hand side of the slick.
In six minutes she had reached its
head ready to drop depth charge;
four minutes to run TO the end of the
wake, two more to allow for the
subs run beyond-and she tripped
hiC pump WIN tiAt NiidI ESs WHICH,
was set for so feet. was dropped a cal
cium torch pot to mark the place. The
explosion audibly Jared the blowers,
and within three minutes bubbles
swirled TO the surface. But In the 20
minutes that the Y circled the vicinity,
hoping the Injured enemy would rise to
the surface. no further sign Of damage
was revealed.
Four days later the - turned her
convoy over to the - at two hours
before daylight, and returned to her
regular patrol. About five o'clock in
the morning she took under her wing
the steamer Pentwy. bound for Man
chester. At quarter to eight Cap
tain Lyons sent quartermaster aloft
TO the main track TO clear fouled
commission pennant. Scarcely had
the quartermaster reached II when he
called down to the watch on the after
deckhouse. 'Periscope, two points
abaft the port beam!' The thing was
1900 to 5000 yards from the -,
who was 400 yards ahead Of the -,
one point on her port bow. The whole
body Of the submarine was distinct to
the quartermaster though. oddly, in
visible both to the bridge and the fore
top lookout. The periscOpe seemed
headed westward. and she at once
started to submerge. Within 20 sec
ondsl as the destroyer came to gen
eral quarters, first one torpedo, instant
ly followed by a second radiated from
the point where she had vanished
Both were making surface runs, for
the subs coming tower hatch still
must have been near the surface. They
threw spray up fully 20 feet. clearly
visible against the choppy sea. All
hands on the bridge and decks saw
them-as did, the -. astern; for she
swung sharply to starboard, present
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-31

ing her tail 10 them. At the same mo
ment the sounded six blasts on
her whistle. followed by two, TO mean
that fhe attack was being made TO
port.
Miss by Small Margin.
"Both torpedoes missed the -,
but by the smallest margin The -.
making high speed, swung with full
left rudder toward the submarine. AT
five minutes past nine o'clock a third
torpedo was fired at the convoy. APP
parently from another submarine.
about 200 yards ahead IF the first. 1t
approached from the broad on the
IS beam, also making a surface
run at about the same range as the
first two and missed.
But now the - was in sight. some
four miles distant, ready TO relieve
the - of her convoy. She. too,
made full Roadway on signal, Make all
speed 10 us; submarine I'm sight : and
searched in the vicinity of the -,
while the - followed the subs
Sticks. The first wake tended east.
but in ten minutes lost itself among
the whitecaps. The second and plain
or one led westward. irregularly. as If
the sub had bee" zigZagging. A
depth charge was dropped at Its end.
but a half hours search found proof
of nothing. The - really had saved
herself by quick and efficient hand
ling.
1.-THE IS adventure with the
steamship Tarquah cannot be told I'M
ill that fiivver comes into port. The
-. and - had a hand In
it; and the first's account of the sink
ing of the Obuasi-where she arrived
long after the deed-shows the defect
i've functioning and poor marksman-
ship of German torpedoes. The -
reports to the same effect. At half
past ten o'clock on the morning of
the 18th she picked up in her sea area
two boats and % survivors of the
Greek steamship CharllaOs Tricoupis.
Two hours before, two torpedoes had
been fired at her, at an interval of
% minutes. The first struck the star
board quarter, between rudder and
propeller, and. failing to detonate did
little damage; but the crew abandoned
ship. The second hit the starboard
side amidship, blowing up the Greek
so that she sank in five minutes. Be
tween the two shots the submarine
came to the surface, but instantly sub
merged Not a man appeared on deck.
This submarine, like all others report
ed for the fortnight, are declared to
have been Of the U-50 to go types.
$50, as yet, no blood has been spilled
on any of our gun mattingS The
mean, bIindfold campaign continues
with small apparent losses either in
subs or shipping. We follow oil
Sticks with the thrill of a woOdsman
striking strange cross-trail in the for
est; we mass guns over a 'periscope'
that turns into swabhandle or table
leg: vide the IS and IS, ia
nous battle with a ventilator off the
French coast. And the -- and -,
l hear, have celebrated the chagrin
and thrills of it all in ballads which l
shall try to send you"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-31
WOMEN SUFFERERS
NEED SWAMP-ROOT

Thousands upon thousands of women
have kidney and bladder trouble and
never suspect it.
Women's complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result of kidney or bladder disease.
If the kidneys are not in healthy con-
dition, they may cause the other organs
to become diseased.
You may suffer great deal with pain
in the back, headache, loss of ambition,
nervousness and may be respondent and
irritable.
Don't delay starting treatment DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, a physicians pre-
scription, obtained at any drug store, re-
stores health TO the kidneys and is just
the remedy needed to overcome such con-
ditions.
Get medium or large bottle immedi-
ately from any drug store.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for .
sample bottle. When writing be sure
and mention this paper. Adv.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-31
WISE OR OTHERWISE

AS soon as a mans mind
ceases to broaden it begins to
contract.
tits the woman with the lat
est gown who is generally latest
at church.
1t takes a smart man to con-
ceal from others the things he
doesn't know.
Many an ambitious public
movement should be classified
as lost motion.
A good man never goes
wrong-sometimes the bad in
him predominates.
Sins are like chemicals; the
more you analyze them the
worse they smell.
Many girl marries the
wrong man because the right
one failed to ask her.
Appear in public as often as
you can, for soon you will play
Vanished" on the stage of
oblivion.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-31

eighty. They have their headquarters
in an old Office building near London
bridge. where they hold weekly meet
ngs. Despite their age. they always
march afoot to the American func-
tons such as this weeks opening of
the Red Cross but in the Strand, with
the Stars and Stripes at their head.
ami a bunting banner alongside pro-
claiming United States Civil War
Veterans; Not-for Ourselves but for
Our Country"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-31
HOMEMADE PHILOSOPHY

The greater the man the stronger
his sympathies for humanity.
No one knows the value of pretty
face better than they who are de-
formed.
With the rich man politics Is for
profit. with the poor man it is gen.
orally prejudice.
Slowly, slowly the day is dawning
when men Will break away from their
mental masters and boldly admit that
to work for humanity is the one thing
needful.
The foreigners who bring their wives
and children with them make the bet
ter citizens.
There has never yet been a saint
free from superstition. nor a great man
who did not love humanity.
Adams fall was to fall in love with
Eve. and ever since then men fail in
love, and Eve is ousted from Eden.
The plOwman can get along without
the president better than the president
can get along without the plowman-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-31
VETERANS BUSY IN LONDON
Civil War Society Members Attend
Many American Functions in
Metropolis.

London.-A prominent part in all
the American war activities here
~iUcc he United States entered the
list Of comhatanis has been taken by
the local Society of Civil war veterans.
The society now numbers only thirty
members. of whom all are over sew
enty years old and several over
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-31
Potatoes withou, Vines

Findley, O.-Fred Neeley is grow
ing some vineless potatoes in his war
garden here. When his potatoes failed
10 come up he started to plant cab
hage plants. and found that the pota-
toes he had planted were developing
but that the vines We're absent. They
were larger than walnutS.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-31
Garden Heated By Stove.

Helena. Monr-Early froSts will
have no terrors for the garden of
James Swartz of Hotter Dam. nesr
here. The garden is heated by n stove
from the inside and is protected on
the outside by 4 curtain which is
lowered about on Il frame.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-31
Uses of the Howitzer.

Howitzer is the name given to a par
tlcular piece of ordnance which is Of
great value in siegeS. II is a small.
light gun. which fires a shell Mt small
velocity but at steep angle Of de-
scent. This makes fl valuable as a
means Of bombarding trenches and in
attacking Iow-lying defenses.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-31
sauandered imagination.

Ms he a plOtterF'
Yes one of the sort who thinks UP
plots and sells them 10 a unSuSpecting
Imperialism instead of turning them
into moving picture scenarios"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-31
JoYs ID Antlelpatlon.

It has been thousand times OBJ
served. and I must observe it once
more, that the hours we pass with
happy prospects In view are more
pleasing than those crowned with fruit
Goldsmith.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-31
The ss Man.

"What do you usually make this
golf course in?"
I'm an eighty-five player"
ooh, do you do that well regularlyT
Regularly? l should say not.
did that once about three years ago."
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-31
Executions.

Everything keeps getting dearer-
except our sweethearts and wives, who
couldn't possibly be any dearer thaG
they are now.-Boston Transcript
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-31

Turn flattery wrong side out and you
have SANDER.
Stones marking the Mason and Dixon
line bear the Penn and Baltimore FAM
lily coats of arms.
German inventors have brought out
ali automobile which travels on three
sets of movable runners instead of
wheels.
Current is transmitted through ball
bearings in a new swivel joint for tele-
phone and electric light wires, de-
signed to prevent them from twisting
Two Crimean veterans, probably the
last in Ireland, have died recently. One
was John Hayes, aged ninety-two, who
was wounded at the siege of Sebas-
tOpol, and the other Denis Heligan,
aged ninety-four, who had 3S years
service.
The agricultural department at
Washington has published complete
reports on the caloric value of every
known article of food. For instance,
pound of pure lnrd would supply all
the talories that a 200-pound individ-
ual would need In "a hours.
The law prohibiting the importation
into Franco Of foreign postage stamps
has now been extended to apply to the
stamps of France itself. The reason
for this is that some 100000 unused
French stamps have been stolen by
the Germans from post Offices in the
invaded part of France, and it is de-
sired to destroy their value to their
present holders.
Discussing the democratizing infiu-
ence of the war In the Taiyo Maya
zine, Koson Asada, well-known pub
licist, says that Japan cannot expect
to keep clear of the tremendous
changes that are affecting the world.
He adds: 1.-THE development of polit-
ical parties and of the press have been
most noticeable since the RussO-Jap-
anese war, and this increased inAu-
ence has gradually put the influence
of clannism in the shade"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-31
Most Convenient.

"Sir. why did you hit me on the
head just now
Very sorry, but was led into re-
marking ON my good luck, and I had
to rap on wood somewhere"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-31
That's So.

A laugh doesn't weigh muCh-except
when it's on YOU; and MS a rule a
laugh has good temper-for some
times it is very hard to provoke a
laugh.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-31

"How did your patriotic garden
work Out?"
1--WE just figured 1t out. We got
at least twenty cents worth of rad
fishes out of it,"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-31
Learn Every Day.

Life is educational. be is indeed
dullard who doesn't learn something
every day and become wiser in his
methods of doug.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-31
Now Rides in an Auto.

Mrs. Russell Sage, who is now past
lightweight years OF age. only recently
consented to ride in an automobile.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-31

Any community can endure a cow
ard who IS afraid to do wrong.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-31

The path of duty looks harder than
1t is; that Of pleasure is harder than
It looks.-YOuth's Companion.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-31

German inventors have brought out
ali automobile which travels on three
sets of movable runners instead of
wheels.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-31
ANERICA'S ARMY
MUST Be MODERN
THAT rs REASON WHY SOME
STATE REGIMENTS WILL
LOSE IDENTITY.
PROTESTS MUST BE IGNORED

Consolidation Is Necessary to Conform
to System of Our Allies-offieers,
Unless Unfit, Will Not Be Reduced
in Rank.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-31

Its long lane that has no cafe.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-31

Stones marking the Mason and Dixon
line bear the Penn and Baltimore FAM
lily coats of arms.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-31

Current is transmitted through ball
bearings in new swivel joint for tele-
phone and electric light wires, de-
signed to prevent them from twisting.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-31
MUCH IN LITTLE

Turn fiattery wrong side out and you
have SANDER.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-31

The greater the man the stronger
his sympathieS for humanity.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-31

AS soon as a mans mind
ceases to broaden it begins to
contract.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-31

No one knows the value of pretty
face better than they who are de-
formed.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-24
You
Save
Expense

every time you
bring a pair of
shoes to US.
Our shoe re-
pairing is high
c a s s work
manship, up to
date in every
respect.
We have Just
installed 2 new
electric sewing
machines. One
spe al ma
chine for ladies
fine work.
We Guarantee
every job we
turn out.
Bring your re-
pairing work 10
US
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-25
KEEP Off RAILROADS.
Danger Is Now Increased to Those Who
IreSpaSS,

''Trespassing on railway property, at
all times perllous practice. involves
an even greater hazard for the tres
passer now that 1t has become neces-
sary to place armed guards at strategic
points to prevent possible interference
with the country's transportation facil-
tiles through the depredations of en-
envy agents." said Fairfax Harrison,
president of the Southern Railway
System and chairman OF the American
Railway Associations Special Commit
tee on National Defense, calling atten-
ton to the Importance of all loyal citi-
zens keeping off railway premises I'M
less they have business thereon.
''ln addition to the ever present
danger of being killed by TRAM Mr..
Harrison continued, "the man who now
trespasses on railway property subjects
himself to the peril of being shot,
should he tail to heed the challenge Of
the military guard.
Charged with the duty of protect
ing railway structures whose destruc
tion would interfere seriously with
transportation, the guards cannot
afford to take any chances. Untortu
nate occurrences can be avoided If CIT.
liens who have no business on railway
properly will keep off.
''It is especially important that ped
estrIans who have been accustomed to
WALKING tracks, Their than the public !
highways. should under stand the added !
danger and recognize that they can
perform patriotic service by avoiding !
it. -
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-25
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

Sunday school at 10 a. M, b. W.
Burnett. Superintendent.
Epwolth League, each Wednesday
evening at 7 as, MISS Alice Jernigan.
President.
Preaching on the First, Third. Fourth
and Fifth Sundays of each month, at
IL a. N. and Z as p. m.
Clarkrange Second Sunday.
W. &. Martin, Pastor.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-25
DON'T LET YOUR coUGH HANG

A cough that racks and weakcns IS
dangerou-, it unjeruIue3 your health
and thrives on neglect, Relieve it at
once with Or. King 5 New Discovery,
This soothing balsam remedy heals the
throat, loosens the phlegm. its antlsep-
tic properties XIII the germ and the
cold Is quickly broken up. Children
and grown-ups alike find Dr. King S
New Discovery pleasant to take as
well as effective. Have bottle handy
in your medicine chest for grippe,
Group and all bronchial affections. At
druggists, SOC. 3.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-25
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.

Sunday school at 600 a. m. Chas
Comstock, superintendent.
Public worship at IL 100 a. m.
Gardner S. Butler. Pastor.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-25
GASOLINE ENGINE FOR SALE.

One two-horse power gasoline engine
III good working order. It's second
nand and will sell verv cheap. Inquire
at the Chronicle Office.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-05
751e aEs
Boomerang
--eee+ -
-.
BY HI AKERS

BY HI AKERS
(copyright, 1gl7, by wv. q. Chapman.l

(Copyright, 1917, by w. q. Chapman)
"Annabel, dear II prefer to buy my
own things-I-"
Harry After 1 thought was Civ
ing you such a nice surprise-and-"
Here the pretty face of the three
months bride buried itself in hand
kerchlef, and was the next instant
transferred to the coat collar Of the
remorseful young husband, who after
restoring peace and harmony, gave
one rueful glance at the collection OF
misfit underwear, out-of-date neckties,
rainbow-hued socks, and fled.
Annabel had really given her hus-
band a surprise, but not the mice" one
she expected. She had developed n
bad case of the bargain counter mall
ady, and had brought home such de-
lectably cheap things for her darling
Harry, she believed he would be de-
lighted at her economical foresight.
But the underwear was two sizes too
small, and the kind he never wore. He
abhorred green socks, and that color
in ties was frlghtfuuy unbecoming to
him.
Mrs. Harte put away the offending
purchases, and concluded Harry was
just a bit out of humor.
The next time she struck bargain
counter of mems furnishings, she
couldn't resist buying something more
for Harry. This time she knew he
would be pleased But he wasn't. He
gently but firmly tried to make her
promise not to do 1t any more.
81 Just believe If you had married
Mamie Beck instead of me, you'd have
liked what she bought for you" pouted
Mrs. Annabel.
Mamie Beck !" snorted Harte. 81
never thought of marrying her!"
"Oh yes you did, and you wouldn't
have found fault with any nice little
thing she wanted to do for you!"
Whereat there had to be more over
lures Of reconciliation, and agair
Harte fed from the bargain display
including terrible pink shirts with re
versible cuffs, and wondered wha
could be done to reform Annabel.
He loved his affectionae little wife
and was unselfish enough to stant
considerable discomfort rather thai
make her unhappy; but his salary wa
only q moderate one, and the waste o
money in buying useless articles wa
something that must be seriously con
sidered.
| Onca when he had remOnstrate,
with her, she had said: But dom