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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-01-10


Ed to come over after dinner. With
the sunset Anna seemed better. She
insisted on coming downstairs, and
even sat with them On the balcony UNI
til the stars came out, talking of
Christine's trousseau. and, rather fret
fully, OF what she would do without
the parlOrs.
You shall have your own boudoir
upstairs" said Sidney valiantly. "Ka-
tie can carry your tray up there. We
are going TO make the sewing room
into your private sitting room. and l
shall nail the machine top down."
This pleased her. When X. insisted
on carrying her upstairs, she went in
a flutter.
"He is so strong, Sidneyl" she said,
when he had placed her on her bed.
How can a clerk, bending over led
ger be so muscular? When have
callers, will it he all right for Katie
TO show them upsJairs?"
She dropped asleep before the doc
tor came: and when. mt something
after eight, the door of the Wilson
house slammed and figure crossed
the street, ii was not Ed ut all but
the surgeon.
Sidney had been talking rather more
frankly than usual. Lately there had
been reserve about her. X. listen
ing intently that night, read between
words story of small prosecutions
and jealousies. But the girl minimized
them, after her way.
Its always hard for probationers.' -
she said. Il often think Miss Harri-
son is trying nay mettle."
Harrison :"
"CarlOtta Harrison. And now that
Miss Gregg has said she will accept
me. it's really all over. The other
nurses ere ,gonderful-sO kind and so
helpful, 1 hope / shall look well In
my cap"
CarIotta Harrison was in Sidney's
hospitals A thousand contingencies
flashed through his mind. Sidney might
grow to like her and bring her to the
house. Sidney might insist ON the
thing she always spoke of-that he
visit the hospital aud he would meet
her, face to face. He could have de-
pended on man TO keep his secret.
This girl with her Somber eyes and
her threat to pay him out for what
had happened To her-she meant dan
ger of Il sort that no man could fight.
"Soon," said Sidney, through the
warm darkness. 81 shall have cap,
and be always forgetting it and put
ting my hat on over 1.-THE new ones
always do"
1t was then that the door across the
street closed. Sidney did not hear
it, but X. bent forward. There was a
part of his brain always automatically
on watch.
81 shall get my operating-room
| training, too" she went on. THAT is
the real romance of the hospital. There
was lot of excitement today. DR..
Max Wilson did the Edwardes opera
! ton"
The figure across the Street was
| lighting a cigarette. Perhaps, after
all
something tremendously difficult
don't know what les going into
the medical journals. A Doctor Ed
, yardes invented 1t, or whatever they
call it, 1t was the most thrilling thing,
they say"
Her voice died away as her eyes
followed KS. Max. cigarette in hand.
was coming across. under tile allan
thus tree lie hesitated on the pave
ment, his eyes searching the shadowy
| balcony.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-01-10

Americas lath production since
1870 would reach 1900 times around
the world
japanese publicists believe that
Japan is the most prosperous country
in the world.
Tie Uruguayan government is plan
ming the cons tructlon Of a dry dock
big enough 70 hold the largest ocean
liners.
The word plate Is often Incorrectly
applied 20 vessels Of gold. II is de-
rived from the word plata. which, In
Spanish. means wrought silver, i
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-01-10

Charles L. Sven went 90 Washing
ton with the president and straight
way lestped into fame as "a youthful
prodigy. lie was In his teens then.
Now lie Is a husband and father, and
perhaps little teo iignified to be
designated a boy wonder" His rec
ora Of 2G9 worls minute In short
hand and 100 words minute on the
typewriter Is. however. a performance
10 b. proud Of at any age. Sven Is
small Of stature and so is his wife.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-01-10
TAKEN FROM EXCHANGES

Brazil supplies coffee enough TO
make Il9OO0UOOOOO cups Of coffee q
day.
The largest mete0rite stone actually
known 10 have fallen to earth weighed
so pounds.
A new building for the department
ri the interior 1T Washington will cost
about S2.OOOOOO.
According 90 modern etiquette the
amethyst IS the only stone which may
boz worn during mourning.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-01-10

Slabs 81 natural cork expanded to
more than twice their normal size
have been invented In England for
cold storage insulation.
Italy viii allow temporarily the ex-
portation Of olive oil TO North and
South America instead OF keeping that
article on the embargo list, where it
was placed recently.
In three years an oak tree grows
about feet 10Ia inches. An elm tree
grows s1k feet. a poplar & feet. An oak
is full grown" it Is estimated, In zoo
years.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-01-10
stunal

There must be some mistake in my
examination marking. / don't think |
deserve an absolute zero" complained
the tudent.
Neither DO l." agreed the lnstruc-
tor. fbut IT'S the lowest mark I'm al
lowed 70 give"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-01-10
pelIeately Eliminated.

How did you get Mrs. Bounce out
Of your bridge club? Did you ask her
to resign?"
mo, we didn't like to do that. but
we all resigned except Mrs. Bounce.
and then we all got together and form
ed new club"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-01-10
KeepIno Friends.

This poet speaks about keeping
friends with oneself. That sounds non
sen zeal to me-
Not at all Didn't you ever call
your elf names1"
"Ye-es"
And why? Because you had done
something Of which you did not ap-
prove.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-01-10
Reaching Out

We need few more rough and
ready spellbinders." said the campaign
manager.
why. surely you don't discount the
efforts of our polished oratOrsY'
Certainly not. But we need some
speakers with an up-tO-date vocabulary
Of slang. We've got 10 appeal to all
classes of voters, you know"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-01-10

Why do you think AK" fears
Carlotta Harrison, and why does
he shrink from meeting Or. Max
Wilson? Has he done them
a wrong?
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-01-10

Maria Josepha igit mother Of the new Austrian EN-
wounded Austrian soldier
Of
Of
In
ya.ou chnrIe TO r needy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23
RECEIPTS TORED CROSS
Fannie and the Servant Problem" to
Be Presented Saturday.

Red Cross work at WaShburn has
found another source of revenue. Pro-
ceeds of Fannie and the Servant
the Washburn Dramatic club, will be
given over to the Red Cross training
camp fund. The play will be given
Saturday, April IS.
The members of the club state that
their production will be one of the
strongest plays ever attempted by their
organization. Miss Majel Langhart
and John Troxell will carry the lead
ing roles.
This will be the first appearance of
Miss Langhart in a leading role in
Washburn dramatics. She has been in
several other productions of local tai
cnt in high school circles and in COL
lege plays. She will carry the role of
Fannie, who marries iEto a noble fam
ily-without ever suApecting-and IS
taken to the home whers the servants
are nearly all her relstives A con-
tinual fight over household affairs
follows.
John Troxell, playing a strong mas
culine part, starred last year in the
senior play, I'm the Vanguard" Miss
Marion Dana, as the housekeeper; Ho-
mer Cooling, as the uncle, and Miss
Jenny Hennery are others of leading
roles, The play is being managed by
Angefus Burch and coached by Miss
Helen Griffith of the fine arts depart
ment. 1t will be staged Saturday
evening at the Grand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23
NIP CUBAN PLOT
Proclamation Issued Sets May
20 for New Uprising.
Followed Cuba'S Declaration OF
War on Germany.

New York. April 23.-Circumstances
of an alleged plot to stir up new Gu
ban revolution with May 20 fixed as
the date for the uprising were made
public here today by the Republic OF
Cuba news bureau, which said a COM
plant shortly would be placed before
the state department.
The bureau declared that sit is I'M
officially tho reliably asserted that the
state department, thru its own agen-
cies, already has verified the evidence
and that action will come this week
What purports to be a proclamation
sent by a Cuban liberal leader here to
his friends in Cuba and Mexico was
made public by the bureau. This doc
ument pays tribute to Gen Jose Miguel
Gomez, the imprisoned military leader
of the recent Cuban instruction, and
rallies the writer's supporters to a
plan of dealing with President Men
ocal of Cuba ''as an usurper after the
twentieth of May next
This proclamation is alleged to have
been prepared in this city immediately
after Cuba proclaimed an existing
state of war with Germany. The evil
dence declar to be in the state de-
partment'S possession is said to include
correspondence between the fomenter
of the new revolution and the editor
of an anti-American newspaper at Yu-
catan, Mexico.
This editors former activity in Ha-
vana was suppressed by the Cuban
government
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23
ONLY five LEFT
Heroic French Regiment Band
Marches in Charge.
Started Is Strong and Played
on as 10 of Number Fall.

Paris, April 23.-Almost daily re-
ports of manifold feats of heroism by
men who fight have almost completely
overshadowed the heroism of the men
who battle solely with musical instru-
ment doggedly as their comrades
of the bayonet.
Here is a true story of the 10th
French Infantry band, which, before
the war, used to play summer after
noon concerts in Paris. The band,
composed of fifteen musicians under
Bandmaster Laty, never ceased to play
tho ten were killed or wounded before
the troops conquered the town of
Vauquois. Advancing with the regi-
ment, Laty was beating time for the
'.Marseillaise" when the first bands
man fell Immediately afterward an
other was wounded but he continued
to play where he fell. Bullets were fly
ing everywhere as the band advanced.
"MarseilIaise''-..The Charge
With the 'Marseillaise" half played
the casualties numbered four. the alto
and flute placed cut of action by an
exploding shell. Soon the regiment
was in the German trench and the
band had struck up THE Charge.
The fifth casualty came almost imme-
diately. Laurent, one of the three clar-
ionets, was hit in the stomach. He
grasped the shoulder of his neighbor
but the latter shook him off and
marched on without removing his in
strument from his lips. German ma
chine guns were hammering the ad-
vancing French from height in the
town. The noise was terrific but the
remnant of the band forged ahead
without a break III the music. Blanch-
ard. the big drummer was the next
to n111l OF cd
other flute player. The troops were
now engaged in hand to hand fight
ing with the Germans in the streets
of Vauquois
Bandmaster One OF Survivors.
The bandmaster signalled his re-
manning men for the "Marseillaise." 1t
came promptly tho not so loud and
strong as on the first occasion. Pre-
vest, first trombone player, dropped
his instrument when a shell splinter
shattered his hand. Meunier, second
trombone, shot thru the hip. crawled
to the instrument Provost had dropped
and went on playing The band had
now reached a place where it came I'M
der a heavy enfilading fire. Another
bandsman was shot thru the heart.
When the day was won there re-
manned but five of the heroic bands
men who had escap ped intact. One of
these was Bapdmaster Laty, who had
continued to beat time with his white
gloves thruout the entire engagement.
Every instrument was damaged by
bullets or shrapne1. A saXaphone was
torn from the hands of its player by
a shrapnel splinter.
The. foregoing is why the, general
orders a few days later said that the
, "A 9Th Infantry band played under the
enemy's fire to encourage the attack
ing troops in spite of a heavy bonn
bard ment''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23
ANTHONY EXPLAINS 1T
First District Congressman Sends
Copy of Military Bill.

First district constituents of Con-
gresham d. r. Anthony, Jr., of Leav-
enworth are receiving copies of the
house bill reprinted from the commit
tee on military affairs which provides
for the carrying out of the Anthony
plan of raising a suitable army. to cope
with the problems raised as a result
of the present crisis. Anthony is one
of the ranking members of the COM
mittee on military affairs and is looked
upon as one of the leaders on the floor
of the house in opposing in its en-
tirety President Wilson's Consumption
bill.
The Anthony bill provides for the
immediate calling by President Wilson
of an army of 100000 volunteers.
Meantime, the bill recommends that
the intricate machinery necessary for
providing for CONSUMPTION be prepared
for operation as rapidly as possible.
Further, the bill provides that if by
the time the CONSUMPTION machinery
is ready for operation the entire $780,
600 volunteers have not rallied to the
coIors the president may Immediately
place the machinery in operation and
draft the remainder of the 100000.
The consumption plan is operative any
time after it is placed in working or
der under the Anthony plan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23
SILENCE PAIL
over EMPIRES
MEANS CRISIS
Has Internal Trouble Reached
Instruction Stage?
Revolution Spirit Rampant in
Austria and Germany.
POPULACE RIOTS IN SWEDEN
Cry Heard In Capital for Re-
public Government.
Believe Sultan Making Last
Stand Before British.
Spirit Rampant in
Austria and Germany.
POPULACE RIOTS IN SWEDEN
Cry Heard in Capital for Re-
public Government.

A pail of silence has fallen over
the Central Empires serving to accent
uate the reports of grave internal
troubles In spite of the assertions of
the German press that the great Fer
lin strike which involved at least 30O,
900 workers. is oyer, there is evidence
that the agitation is being continued.
The Berlin Tageblatt admits that two
of the munitions workers unions have
refused to return to work and says
that those who persist in their refusal
will be called to the colors.
The meager light which Sits thru
the veil of the German censorship dis
appears entirely in the case of Austria.
Following persistent reports that
Count Tisza, premier of Hungary, and
foremost exponent in the dual mon
archy of the German idea, had resign
ed, all information as to conditions in
Vienna or Budapest cea sed. The one
thing that appears certain is that the
Socialists and radicals in both empires
have recently come much closer TO-
Sether and that inflammatory Ian
Suage is being used with an impunity
inconceivable in the earlier DAYS of
the war
Food Riot in Sweden.
The revolutionary spirit which is
rampant turnout Europe has given a
sensational demonstration in Sweden
Inc 1ooc SITUATION IS oStenSibly the
cause of the remarkable violence in
stockholm, where workers tried to
force their way into the parliamentar y
building.
The fact that there were unrebuked
! shouts for a republic and that the
ominous word revolution" was freely
used gives another aspect to the affair.
| The royal castle is under guard and
| more serious outbreaks are predicted
for May l.
While the revolutionists gather
Roadway and audacity in the mon
archlcal Kingdoms of Europe, the
armies of the British and French
democracies are massing their guns
and shells for another tremendous
thrust against the German lines in
France. There is nothing definite to
| indicate where the blow will fall. but
the general opinion in the allied capt.
tails is that General Haig will make an
other great effort to smash his way
! thru the Cambria and Douai
! Keep Eye on Mesopotamia.
| Pending these developments public
interest has ben keenly aroused by
the cryptic words of Lord Curzon
member of the British war council
Keep your eye on Mesopotamia" The
uninterrupted success of the British
forces in the valley of the Tigris who
| are some so miles north of Bagdad
has given rise to the hope that Lord
] Curzon's words are a prediction OF
some overwhelming blow against the
shattered forces of the sultan The
main Turkish forces are at present
practically surrounded by the British
| and Russian armies and their road OF
retreat lies across an almost impass-
! able desert
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23
ORGANIZE new CHURCH
William Goodwin to Build Working
mans House of Worship Here.

The church of the fishermen and
workingmen as conducted by Christ
will be re-established in Topeka, ac-
cording to plans of the Topeka Indus
trial council and its members. The
new church will be known as the
Workingmen's Interdenominational or
ganization and will probably be con-
Quoted by William Goodwin, who has
been holding series of religious meet
lngs for the last week at the First
Baptist church.
The new church will be based on
no pronounced creed and the services
will consist of mere reading of the
New Testament, leaving each member
free to think his way and to interpret
the readings according to his liking.
Unlike similar churches of this nature
socialism will have no hearing in the
organization The only thing that
each member must do is to express his
allegiance to the living Christ.
The new church will be organized in
North Topeka and meetings will be
held there every night this week. A
state charter will be applied for sooa.
| it was said last night
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23
HAS EXCESS OF PULP
Sweden Export Rules So Severe Amer
lean Market Is Lost.

Stockholm, April 23.-Representa-
tives of prominent American wood
pulp importers have asked United
States Minister Morris to use his good
offices in respect to the new pulp ex-
porting regulation. The petitioners
say that the effect Of the rule is to
make further business practically i'm
possible. The regulation is the result
of the Swedish governments discov
cry that wood pulp bought in Sweder
for America has been re-exported to
England. The authorities first decid-
ed to require exporters to make a cash
deposit in Sweden of the normal value
of the pulp exported as a guarantee
against re-eXport. g,
The Americans refused to do bust
ness under such conditions and the
government then decreed that the buy
er must furnish a bank guarantee
against re-eXport and provided for a
penalty amounting to the normal val
ue of the pulp to be paid to the Swed-
ish state industrial commission. If
the commission is satisfied that the
pulp has been re-eXported it can i'm
pose the penalty without the exporter
having a chance to present his side of
the controversy.
o. Ships None to England.
THE Americans are disinclined to
place themselves at the mercy of a
state body without any chance to de-
fend themselves. Since the export Ii
censing system was adopted in Janu-
airy, 1915, not a pound of pulp has
been exported from Sweden to Eng
land. a country which formerly took
some 100000 tons yearly. Possibly
100000 tons of this surplus have been
absorbed by increased exports to Ger
many but American consumption also
has dropped greatly with the result
that there are large; stocks on hand
and the Swedish manufacturers are
facing the problem of heavy over
production.
At meeting just held. the manu-
facturers decided to reduce by one
third Some of the mills already are
closed and others must shut their
doors shortly, rendering thousands of
Workmen idle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23
GERMANY SENDS FLEET
Will Attempt to Batter Russian Ports
on the Baltic.

Petrograd, April ga German
hattleship and cruiser squadron has
left Libau, presumab bly, to attempt an
attack behind the Russian lines from
the Baltic, according to official word
from Riga today. 1t was reported also
that another German warship squad
ron was en- route to the Russian Bal
tic positions from Kiel.
The Riga dispatches asserted that
number of transports loaded with
troops were accompanying the Ger
man squadron from Libau.
A dispatch from Petrograd on
Thursday said there were we'll found
ed reports that the Germans We're pre-
pairing to attack the northern front.
massing troops along the Dvinsk-Riga
line and concentrating troops and
warships in the Baltic seaports. A
portion of the German fleet was re-
ported to have been sent from Kiel to
Libau- The Petrograd dispatch said
it was regarded as probable that the
plan is to make a descent in the rear
of the Russian northern flank, some
where on the Gulf of Finland, and cut
off Petrograd.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23
PLOT IN CHICAGO
Germans Launched Gigantic In
trigue for Peace With Russia.
Waged Thru Slav Press Here
u. S. in War Criticised.

Chicago. April 23.-The federal Sc
cret service. within the last few days,
has brought to light a gigantic Ger
man intrigue intended to disrupt the
anti German entente thru the agency
of Russo Americans. An open propa-
ganda for a separate peace for Russia
has been launched in American news
papers printed in Russian. Advan-
tage is being taken of the political
amnesty granted by the revolutionary
government in Petrograd to create a
powerful peace sentiment in Russian
official circles thru the influence of
revolutionists and RADICALS. who may
now return to their old homes with
out fear of the bureaucracy.
1t is charged by men who attended
revolutionists' meetings recently held
in various parts of the country and
who read the Russian publications
that, with the news of the revolutions,
the machinery of the German agents
in the United States started full blast
BY meetings, pamphlets and news
papers, vigorous propaganda was
instituted setting forth that with The
car and his government in the scrap
heap, the Russian people should end
the war without delay. Russian pub
| locations criticized the entrance of
the United States into the war and
openly published peace appeals. These
and other newspapers have been
widely circulated among the Russian
speaking people of America.
Plans were launched at Chicago
and elsewhere to raise funds to help
Russian radicals bring about separate
peace with Germany.
| Propagandists under the guise of
exiled revolutionists are said to be
preparing 20 return at the expense OF
! the Russian government in accord
ance with the proclamation and am
nesty instructions sent from Petro-
! era d I hruOut the world
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-23
PAClFIST PROF. RADICAL
Seditious Statements Attract Attention
of Federal Officials.

Chicago, April est became
known today that federal officials are
closely watching the activities and the
speeches of Scott Nearing, ousted pro-
lessor of social sciences at Toledo uni
versity.
Meanings recent statement in an
address at the University of Chicago
that following the president now
would lead to the ruin of the repub-
lic," is regarded in some quarters at
least seditious. if not reasonable.
German propagaAdists are again be-
coming active here, federal officials
declare. Their activities now are con-
fined to the Russian eXiles, many of
whom are preparing to return to Eu-
rope on the invitation of the provision
al government. In all. 800 will leave
here for Seattle. from which port they
will sail this week. One, an ardent
pacifist, who is a student at the Uni
versity of Chicago. probably will be de-
tanned at he request of the Russian
consulate here.