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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-17
SWEDEN.

In accordance with the wishes of
King Gustaf efforts are being made to
form a coalition cabinet of decidedly
liberal coloring or temporary cabi-
net of liberals and conservatives to
prepare the budget for the opening of
the riksdag in January. The king has
privately requested Oscar Won Sydow,
minister of the interior in the Ham
marsk jold cabinet, TO form new gov
eminent, suggesting that the present
war minister, Colonel Alderman, remain
in office and that Eliel Loefgren, lib
eral leader, be made minister of jus
tice, and Capt. Stem Dehlgren, minis
ter of marine Professor Eden and
Baron Adelswaerd also have been re-
quested to join the new cabinet, but
do not approve of Il government con-
tanning conservatives. Ii is unlikely
that the socialist leader. Hjalmar
Branting, or any other socialists would
join such Il coalition. Election re-
turns show that the composition of
the new second chamber will be as fol-
lows: Socialists who are supporters of
Branting, Sc; socialists of the left. IL !;
liberals, 81; conservatives. So; new
peasant parties. l.. The supporters of
Branting. who in the campaign strong
~ criticized the foreign policy of the
government, gained IA seats. The lib
erals gained { cad the conservatives
lost 2S.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-17

Nothing warns some men up IKE
an application of cold cash.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-17

Thirty-two Swedish merchant shiss
of an aggregate of 1900 tons net have
been sunk by mines or U-boats during
April, May, June and July. 1917. They
were Is steamers, 3 motor vessels and
IA sailing vessels. The destruction of
ships by mines has been reduced, but
the sinking by torpedoes has increased
heavily. During the first year of the
war ii Swedish steamers were de-
stroyed by mines and during the third
year only seven steamers. Four steam
ers of $500 tonnage were sunk by tor
pedOes in 1914-15. but in 1867 the
number rose TO Al of 37,S72 tons net.
The U-bOats destroyed five Swedish
sailing vessels of 1914 tons net in the
first year of the war, in the third year
"a vessels of $3.50 tons net. The rec
ords have not mentioned any loss of
life on the merchant vessels.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-17
opposite Result.

'They say there is a three-mlllion
ton shortage IN the soft coal supply.
isn't that hard"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-17

A Job He Can't Lose.
''Weil. at last he's got a steady Job"
''That sof"
"Yes; he's been drafted"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-17

The Grangesberg Mining company
has applied for permission TO buy
ground at Porjus for the construction
of smelling works on a large scale. If
the plan is realized it means great
industry for the place. Tie present
capacity of the power station is 10000
horse power, but in the course of time
this will be doubled If the smelling
works Of the Grangesberg company
are located at Porjus.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-17

Exports to Sweden and Holland are
curtailed in proclamation signed by
King George. II prohibits the eXpor-
tatjon from England Of certain articles
heretofore sent these ueutrais.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-17

Political developments in Sweden
the last few days are not regarded in
London as satisfactory. The parlia-
mentary elections have been concluded
and although complete results have not
been announced. Hjalmar Branting
the socialist leader, apparently has not
made as large inroads on Il = conserva-
tives as expected If the present con
sentative government endeavors TO
continue in power with the support of
the king, the situation from an entente
viewpoint will be extremely unsatis-
factory.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-17

st. Olaf's day is celebrated much
more extensively in Sweden than in
Norway. though st. Olaf was Nor
wegian king. II occurs on July 20. the
anniversary of the death OF the king.
Last summer the Swedes celebrated
the day as an agricultural festival.
The idea was seized upon with en-
thusiasm. and in city and country were
held mass meetings at which five hun
dred speakers were in the fire to pay
homage TO the farnsr and to agricul-
ture. the success Of which Is indispen-
sable to the life OF the nation"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-17

The Swedish foreign Office is prepar-
ing TO send ships to America To bring
back Swedes who do not desire 10
serve in the American military forces,
according TO newspaper. The Swed-
ish government. il was declared had
already asked Washington for exact
information as to conscripti0n Of
aliens
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-06-27
Prices and the Duty
Of the Government

An amazing revelation as to COM
parative prices in this country and in
England was made in Congress Tues
day by Representative Graham of
Illinois.
England is supposed to be on the
verge Of starvation. but the table of
comparative prices in England and
the United States shows the follow
ing:
English prices-English beef, a.
cents a pound; butter, 40 to 56 cents
a pound; potatoes. S2.10 bushel;
bacon AZ cents pound. and flour,
$500 a barrel.
The American prices on the same
day were: Beef. AZ cents a pound;
butter, 421ac a pound; potatoes, 1913
q bushel; bacon. As cents a pound,
and flour. $3.50 a barrel.
The bulk of the wheat and flour Of
England is imported. Every article
that England uses is partly imported.
The very wheat from which the flour
in England is sold at $500 a barrel
is brought over from Canada and the
United States, or maybe from South
America. The wheat which is used
to make the flour for which we pay
Sl4 barrel is grown in this coun-
try.
Pig iron at the furnace is more
than twice as high as it was before
the war.
We hear much about the benef-
cence of great corporations toward
philantropies operated in connection
with the government. Now, we are
not SO demagogical and insincere AS
to charge that this beneficence is in
any way tainted. but we cannot
throw up our hat and applaud the
charity of any corporation when it
has Jumped the price of steel arbi-
trarily from $40 to 800 a ton, or
shoot the price of coal from So to 81
a ton. The charities of these big
are a great deal like the
charities of the gambler. In the old
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-06-27

days gamblers were known as most
charitable men, but usually these
men lived by skinning the public out
Of S. and giving 81 Of it ostentati-
ously back to charity.
At first we thought the food bill
would not reach the end desired, but
that bill ought to be passed, and the
power to the government to control
the prices of material, such as lum-
Der and iron and copper and coal
should be granted; and if this power
fails to secure an adjustment, then
the power ought to be given the gov
eminent to seize mines, factories,
railroads lumber yards, gins, wheat
bins, chicken coops. chicken houses,
cold storage plants and even pig
pens, to the end that there will he a
fair adjustment Of prices.
This is no time for the ordinary
toil-takcr to become highwayman.
This country is fighting for its life.
This fight may be decided within the
next six months. and during this pc
riod highway robbery, euphemistic-
ally called "smart speculation"
should be stopped. Of course every
man is entitled to a reward for his
efforts. Every man is entitled to a
profit on his labor. but the way we
are going now, those who control
prices will not only break down the
people, but they will finally bankrupt
the government.
Z If we prosecute this war on the
present prices, we will spend more
money in six months than England
has spent during the whole three
years of war. Instead of being a
creditor nation for three months, we
will be bankrupt in a year.
The United States government has
a right to draft its citizens for mill,
tary service. The same power that
gives it this right gives it the right
to draft all the material resources
of this country.-[Commercial APP
peal.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-06-27

was mass of brick and stone and
every girl in it was dead.
"The remarkable thing was that
heard no shrieking and saw no weep
ing nor wringing of hands. All
faces Were white; teeth were clench-
ed, lips compressed. Women clutch
ed at their garments or spasmodical-
ly smote their breasts. But not a
moan. nor a loud word escaped any
lip within my hearing"
Once Lived In Lexington.
The Rev. Burris A. Jenkins for
several years was president of
Pennsylvania College, then Ken
lucky University, in Lexington.
While a resident of Lexington, he
made many friends in Central Ken
lucky. He left Kentucky about ten
years ago and since has spent much
of his time in Kansas City, where
for a time, he had a church.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-06-27
NOT ENOUGH CHILDREN

ever receive the proper balance of food
to sufficiently nourish both body and
brain during the growing period when
natures demands are greater than in
mature life. This is shown in SO MANY
pale faces, lean bodies, frequent colds,
and lack of ambition.
For all such children we say with
unmistakable earnestness: They need
SCOTS Emulsion, and need it now. It
possesses in concentrated form the very
food elements to enrich their blood. It
changes weakness to strength; it makes
them sturdy and strong. No alcohol.
Scott & Bovine. Bloomfield, NJ.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-06-27
THE TRmCE-A-W EDITION OF
THE NEW YORK WORLD,
Practically q daily at the
price Of a weekly. No other
newspaper In the world gives SO
much at SO low a price.

much at so low price.
The value and need OF a newspa-
per in the, household was never
greater than at the present time.
The great war in Europe is now
halfway into its third year. and
whether peace be at hand or yet b,
far off, 1t and the events to follow It
are sure to be of absorbing interest
for many months to come.
These are Notwithstanding affairs,
in which the United States. willing
or unwilling. is compelled to take q
part. No intelligent person can ig-
more such issues.
The Thrice-A-Week Worlds reg
ular subscription price is only 800
per year, and this pays for 1856 pa
perspers. We offer this unequalled
newspaper and The Hartford Her
aid together for one year $1.65.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-06-27

one of the stricken soldiers moaning
now: Mother. Oh Mother Yonder
lay two little babies already covered
with sacking.
ave rushed into a nearby base
ment where they said there was q
wounded woman. Her hip was CASH
ed. A Red Cross nurse appeared
from nowhere. Now they were car
rying an old lady, shaking with pal
sy, from a shell of house. She was
80, if a day. She had on bonnet and
,gloves. How she managed thus to
array herself for departure from
her home or to live at all in her de-
molished house, is beyond me.
Houses Mere Walls.
"All this is what |, myself saw,
and one pair of eyes could see only a
small corner of the devastated area.
Houses were mere walls. All the in
teriors were torn out. as if by fire.
A girls school nearby was a wreck.
"Down the slope of the lower and
buster section of the town, a narrow
street, crowded with afternoon shop
pers, was strewn with scores of
dead, mostly girls and women. The
old shoemaker who had been in his
little shop was never found. Legs
and arms and heads, detached. We're
scattered about. The Diapers shop
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-06-27
INQUISlTIvE.

Driver-I see you have your arm
in sling. Broken. amt it? t
Pedestrian-Yes.
Driver-Mct with an accident?
Pedestrian-No; broke it trying tc
pat myself on the back.
Driver-Gosh! What for?
Pedestrian-For minding my own
business.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-05
NOT in THE PAUPER CLASS

MT. ToWn1ey has been in Washington Urging the
president to commend the appropriation Of $50, OO0, 900
to be loaned to the farmers of the Northwest, especially
those of North Dakota, to enable them to secure seed
grain for next year, and to keep the breeding stock which,
he says, must otherwise be sold and slaughtered. In an
interview given out on his return from the east, Mr..
Townley summarizes the arguments which he used to
convince the president of the correctness of his views,
northwestern farmer, is surely a doleful one. The farmers
OF the northwest, according to Mr.. Townley, borrowed
heavily last spring in order to meet the governments de-
mand for more acres. The crop was a partial failure, and
then more money was borrowed with which to buy Lib
erty Bonds. And now" says Mr.. Townley, I'VE are
broke.a..We farmers simply must sell our cows, pigs,
sheep, and even horses"
We may pass by the fact that MI. Townley is now a
farmer, and that he has neither COW nor pig, nor sheep
nor horse. What are tile facts as to those who are farm
ers? Is the northwest, as this man asserts, on the verge
OF famine, and are the conditions her such as to make
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-05
SHOWING OUR HAND

The Manchester Guardian, commenting on the let
ter of Lord Lansdowne urging the Allies to make a defn-.
lite statement of their war aims, remarks that America is
represented at the Paris conference, and that America is
not afraid to show her hand.
AS to the latter statement, the English paper Is
correct. But there is little relation. as we have been
given to understand here, between that fact and our
representation at the Paris conference. That conference
is a war conference and not a peace conference. and the
business Of the American delegation there is not to form
uate peace terms or conditions, but to aid in the prep
aration of plans which will insure to the United States
and her associates victory in the war.
Nevertheless, there is no reluctance here to a show
ing of hands, and whether or not the President had jim
a fact that in his address to congress without attempting
anything so useless and foolish as a restatement of that
which has already been stated so many times, he has
discussed the problems of the present in such a manner
as to make it plain that he has receded in no degree from
the advanced stand which he took long ago, and that his
only change in attitude is in response to the changing
needs as the situation develops progressively.
In placing the emphasis which he has placed on the
impossibility of peace with friendship with a government
which has covered itself with infamy as the government
of Germany has done, President Wilson voices the senti-
friendship and confidence have no part would be a
mockery, and a mere breathing spell, before another war.
The smile of showing ones hand" is scarcely an
appropriate one when no game is being played, and
when all the real issues of the war are fully and public
ly konwn, and have been known practically ever since
the war began & sa.~ ~
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-05
-BYNG!
(By Berton Braley.y .
I've Just got to sing of Sir Julia

(by beTUOn bFAA0y.J
Oh I've just got to sing OF Sir Julian
Byng, . ii
The name has q ring Irresistible.
What joy it must bring to his coun-
try and king
To think that the hero, Sir Julian
3t Byng, "a
Has proved that the tail Of the lion,
]. :s = s,5S; that. wholly in
And think how old. Hindenburg's
2. heart It must wiring
When hinged on the bean ~ sir,
Julian Byng.
When Sir Julian Byng was all ready
3 to spring
He sprang with q: ling undeniahle;
And the Germans took wing, drop,
ping every old thing,
Julian Byng s "a 81
Who showed in one gorgeous, SPLEEN
diferous fling Z "a ~
That Hindenburg's line was quite
~ friable;. 55b n sf
They broke ii with BASE like 4 thin
piece Of string,
When ordered e charge BY Sir Julian
Byng! W
Oh glory shall cling to Sir, Julian;
Byng s y
The poets shall. sing him in history
In verses that swing they will tell
{ what q, sting %@s
There was to the charge Of Sir Julian
-Byng
While Hindenburs's language wass
blistery; 3yaat gu
So Jingle the cyrnbals and let Inc
8.s., bells ring Il N $500 sa
This Great single bingle OF Julian
Byng! III;
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-05
A Brother In France

ter on our bread. We drank coffee
without sugar, >7Ya.s,
An emotional impulse, reused by q
boys vivid Imagination.
No-a message SO stern that 1t Is
not 10 be denied. i
indulgence. It a taken me weeks
to subdue the yearning and send
chocolate to my brothers in France.
Last years coat. furnished with q
bit .<of fur, SEEM luxurious when /
think Of my brothers in France, plod-
ding through mud.
1t is easy to forego the rug l had
promised myself all summer, and to
darn and turn upside down the cur
tains which I thought would never do
another season, when I think of Do
minico. Dennis and Jacob huddled in
dug-outs for me.
Last week., a Canadian man, the
only one of his family not in France
(and this only because of his years.,
walked with me through u subur-
ban town. Dozens Of III handsomest
homes have been closed for the win
ter. This man stopped before a par
ticularly spacious house and stared at
its boarded doors and windows.
from now as homes for convalescent
soldiers"
Yesterday I rode the length Of New
York's famous Riverside Drive. Like
a stately panorama, the luxurious
homes and apartments unrolled be-
fore my eyes. Filmy lace hung at
windows, from which peered now a
servant in uniform, now a woman
ma%rvelously coiffed and gowned. now
a pedigreed dog decked with ribbon.
Yes hundreds Of these! But in five
blocks 1 counted on my fingers the
food conservation cards and the flags
that hung in those windows.
And I began to wonder If God
and my brothers in France-would
stand between such homes-and in
vasiont> What the women behind the
filmy curtains would do II the Huns
poured over Manhattan Island and
these tents of luxury should rock UNI
der their bombs. . " s
America-awake!.
Our men are in the trenches today!
In your dreams in your soul, select
your brother in France, that un-
known. unnamed American man who
is fighting for you-and then live fol-
him-twenty-four hours p day!
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-05
what Is Greatest Crime .14..
During NAT? Many Famous
Men Yd1y III their AnsWe1r

(From Minneapolis tribune

Germany's great weapon today y
intrigue. She has gained no notable
advantage by force OF. arms alone
since the defeat Of the Roumanian
armies. The temporary success in
italy was due TO the tsuccessful3Ad dis
the ignorant and mpressionable and
unsophisticated Italian soldiery. They
were fooled by reports skillfully
spread among them Of disasters at
home and perils to their families and
with the idea that their allies had de-
serted them. It vas only after h
false impression thus created had
been graduated from theirNminds that
the italian soldiers, who are usually
good fighters, were able, to rally and
check the advance OF the enemy. This,
however. they have done successfully
without help, unless It be true that
troops have been withdrawn from the
Italian front to meet the pressure on
the Western.
Germany has employed intrigue. 50
killfully in Russia as to put Russia
out of the war and bring about the
proposals for a separate peace.
Whether the element. in control, from
which peace proposals have emanated,
will be able to maintain itself or not,
the diligent spread Of the idea OF nom
resistance and the f~raternizing be-
tween the troops Of the contendfng
nations has given Germany at
temporaryscontrol of the Russian sit
Iuatlon.
Bulgaria and Turkey are in the
Central Alliance as the result Of In
trigue with, Ferdinand and with the
Young Mems party Of Turkey. APP
parently that same influence has been
at work in Sweden; for. although the
great majority Of the people Of that
country are democratic in spirit and
in sympathy with the Allies. the off,
cial class and the king are under Ger
mar influence and seeking to turn the
Scandinavian Union in the interest OF
Germany.
There are also persistent reports OF.
efforts being made by German ennis
saries in Switzerland to corrupt the
sentiment Of that country and, It pos
sible, either bring Switzerland into the
war or effect a passage for German
troops through't that country.
+ German agents are busy in Mexico,
in South America. In Canada, in our
any hope Of accomplishing anything,
seeking to plant dissension and sedi-
ton among the people of the nations
with which Germany Is at war and to
stir up sentiment among the neutrals
in her own favor.
This is the most dffficult aspect&ot
the situation. Germany ts no longer
dominant in m~an-power orr fighting
ability and must rely in large part
upon the weakening OF her enemies
through the use Of various forms OF
intrigue in. which she is SO eminently
successful. Upon this ground she
must be met in the future. But how?
Perhaps the general council In Paris
may find a way. ~
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-05
-V----" = 'r-- ---f1-- --Ff
TOWNLEY FINDS
1T HARD PICKING
DOWN IN KANSAS
$500. ~, sea-,

: < (Frrom kansas City Star.) d
The managers of the NonpartisanH
league in Kansas assert that they Will
poll so, 900 votes in the next primary
in Kansas. That is prophecy
the membership, actually, is less than
twenty-five hundred. That is the pres
ent situation. M
A careful investigation made by
correspondents Of The Star in two
counties where 1t is reported that, the
Nonpartisan league is growing very
rapidly falls to bear out the rumor.
In Topeka, among the politicians
who always are frightened at every
report of farmer organizations. be-
cause Topeka recalls the old-time
Populist movement, one can hear that
the Nonpartisan league is sweeping
things" in Norris and Dickinson coun-
ties. s
Organizers Get Few Recruits.
In these two counties, q visit among
the farmers themselves, does not dis
close any excitement yer the Nom
bers. Drive down almost any country
road in either Norris or Dickinson
counties and eight out Of ten farmers
you meet will tell you frankly that
they know nothing, about the Non
partisan league except al they have
read of Vt in the newspapers.
In Morris county, as lear as The
Star correspondent could .learn,A the
membership in the Nonpartsan league
is less than twenty members. In Dicks
inson county It Is less than huns
dred. 6
Official organizers are working in
both DickinsonS and Morris counties,
soliciting membership. scattering lit
lerature and working up public meet
No Appeal like Populisn.
A meeting was held at q country
school house in Morris county about
q week Ago, addressed by two Of the
state leaders. Thirty farmers were
present at the meeting-a very good
crowdYsfor q country place-but no
Denomination vas formed and no one
signed up1for membership in the new
party. M
To those who srecall the organiza-
ton Of the f.. NIB. "A. Farmers Mu-
ltuual5 BENEFIT Association in the SUM
merRof 1890, which was In reality the
torgantzation of the Populist party In
the state, and remember how II swept
kansas, ,alIdostsasover night, can see ma
similarity at this time between the
Nonpartisan league and the Pbpulsi
party. IA M
In fact, the organizers sthemseive,
admit that It Is rather, slow work
inssgetting he organization started ii
Kansas.T
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-05
FOR OUR COUNTRY FIRST.

Some of the press Of the state have
been criticised because they, insist on
support Of the national, administra-
ton, but refuse to rally to the sup
port Of the state authorities When
the two get at variance, as has some
by that which best represents the
interests of the country, which ex-
plains u attitude toward our state
officials at times.
Had the 1. W. W. element been
given their way in this state, as was
allies, conditions here would be little
evidently promised by their Socialist
allies, conditions here would be little
|tation that arrays one class against
another Is not conducive to%the good
Of any community.-Page Record.