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Vernon County Censor
O. G. MUNSON, Publisher
VIROQUA, - - WISCONSIN
A NEOLITHIC VILLAGE.
What Is thought to be scoilthle
railed village has beet discovered
near the main road between Harrogate
and Bolton abbey, at a spot a few
miles from Otley, by W. Storey of
Fewston, member of the Royal Arch
aeological society of Great Eritaln and
Ireland. The discovery may be divid
ed into two parts, says the London
Times. In a dell behind a hill are
twenty-four stone circles, varying In
diameter from twenty to three feet,
the whole being surrounded by evi
dences of a stone wall. One of the
stone circles was a well, and tw'o oth
ers are Indisputably lron-smeltlng fur
naces. A number of stone Implements,
which experts ascribe to the neolithic
period, have been found. On a site
above the village Is a twenty-foot
stone circle, commanding a magnificent
view for miles down the valley and
evidently at one time used as a look
out On the other side of the hill
are two stone circles connected by a
huge stone slab, a small stone circle
filled with smaller circles about
eighteen Inches In diameter and two
feet deep, containing charcoal, aud
two large circular erections, supposed
to have been used aa a place of wor
ship aud •. crematorium.
During recent years the growing
tendency toward surgical Interference
to cure disease has been a subject of
unfavorable comment both In and out
of the medical profession. It has be
come the general belief that many
practitioners are too ready to resort to
the knife. For this reason opinions of
prominent surgeons, as expressed at
the congress recently held in Chicago,
commend themselves as evidence of a
saner professional view. These sur
geons announce that the reaction has
set In. and that, the drift Is away from
operations and toward greater de
pendence upon medicine. As the Ideas
acquired at this congress will he Im
pressed on the profession all over the
country the effect of the discussions
should be generally apparent. Let us
hope that surgeons will bear In mind
the advice of men eminent In their
profession, who protest against oper
ations that are not absolutely neces
sary, says the Chicago Dally Journal.
While the splendid achievements of
modern surgery Inspire admiration It
should not be forgotten that Its re
sources are designed to be used only
when less radical treatment proves un
availing.
The educational Influences of the
mine demonstrations In this city, says
the Pittsburgh Post, are already re
sulting In good. Birmingham. Ala., in
the midst of the southern coal fields,
Is taking steps for an exhibition along
similar lines In that city. The de
mand for greater safety In the mining
industry is heard from all por
tions of the world, where the toll of
death has been levied with appalling
regularity for yearn. It Is believed
that the demonstrations here this
week will prove of Inestimable value
In the saving of human lives and in
adding to the safety of the Industry, i
— . ■
A woman In New York choked a
burglar Into submission to save a de
tective the burglar was trying to
shoot. Occasionally, antl-ruffragetto i
sneers are heard about the Imposslbll- '
i*.y of a woman's doing such public \
duty as a policeman's, for Instance.
That Massachusetts youth who bas
Just received a gold watch on his com
ing of age tn commemoration of the
fact that ha never smoked, never
touched a drop of liquor, never used
a profane word and never kissed a
girl outside his own family should
have been given au alarm with It
J Ptarpont Morgan paid S2O to a
Massachusetts barber who shaved the
great financier without making the
tears come, it la hoped this ntay
cause other barbers to lose no time
In sharpening their razors.
Now York doesn't know what to do
with the statue of Diana, or, the
tower of Madison Square Garden
which Is soon to be torn down. Why
not send her to Newport?
An eastern youth Is suing for the
*l2 be spent on a damsel who t run
htm down. Why doesn't he make a
good Job of It and send In a bill for
the time he spent?
According to recently compiled sta
tlstlcs there is a birth every four min
utes in New York. Owing to the lack
of tog cabins In New York few of the
babies that are born there are ex
peeted to have any chance to become
presidents.
It Is proposed to provide all Chi
cago thoroughfares with names easy
to pronounce. Gentlemen going home
on the owl car will appreciate this
suggested reform.
One Chicago man asserts that hunt
ers would be safer in the big woods
If they wore red jackets. Yes. and
carried automobile sirens.
___________
That new visitor la the skies might j
as well turn around and chase Hal i
ley's comet. Everybody's too busy to
bother with It.
Those paragraphers who are trying
to locate the "perlect wife" would do
well to read a stx beat seller.
CONGRESS BEGINS
REGULAR SESSION
Leaders Predict That It Will Be
Busy and Interesting.
LAWS AND POLITICS MIXED
Proceedings May Make and Unmake
Presidential Candidate*—Trusts
and Tariff Occupy Chief
Place.
Washington.—Tne senate and the
house of representatives, composing
the regular session of the Sixty-second
congress, began what promises to bo
the liveliest session in recent years.
The two words "busy” and "inter
esting” as a forecast of the proceed
ings are used on high authority. In
the rush of the opening the comment
of the leaders was brief.
It will be an Interesting session.—
Senator La Follette.
It will be a busy session. —Speaker
Clark.
The lower bouse of congress lor
the first time in many years at a
regular session, is In control of the
Democrats. It may not be necessary
to remind the country that the last
session was a special one convened
by the call of the president, and that
Its time was given up largely to the
discussion of two subjects, the tariff
and reciprocity, subjects so nearly
akin aa to be almost one flesh
House aud senate claimed the pres
ence of nearly full membership when
Speaker Clark and Vice-President
Sherman gave the authoritative
thumps of the gavel, and the authori
tative words that consideration of leg
triation waa In order.
President Taft will watch the
proceedings of house and senate
with a keen ard at times anx
ious eye. If tariff legislation based
on the reports of the tariff board' be
passed, the president will hold that
his vetoes of last summer have been
vindicated and will feel perhaps that
the prospect of re-election has been
cleared of overhanging clouds
As for the Democratic leaders, they
seem to bo determined that If the ter
-111 hoard’s report on wool Is In ac
cordance with the Information gained
by members of the ways and means
committee, which, of course. Is dom
inated by the Democrats, legislation
based on the board’s report must be
passed. The party leaders, however,
seem to be determined that If the
tariff board's report has In It a suspi
cion of leaning toward the side of du
ties which are too high, a bill cutting
those duties shall be passed and sent
over to the Republican senate for
commendation or condemnation
PRINCE CHUN QUITS POST.
Action of Emperor's Father Pleases
Chinese Rebel Leaders.
Peking -An edict announcing the
resign*'ion -f the regent. Prince
Chun, was Issi • and by tho empress
dowager. It Is signed by mem
bers of the cabinet, and points out
that his udminisiration has been un
popular and that a constitution*! gov
ernment has not yet been established,
explaining this by the fact that compli
cations arose, the people’s hearts were
broken and the country was thrown
into turmoil.
In Chun s place two guardians have
been appointed for the Infant cm
poror, Pu Yl. They are Hsu Shth
Chang, a Chinese diplomat, nnd Shih
Hsu. n Manchu and close associate of
tbe emperor. Both were formerly
grand councillors.
Yuan Shi Kal, tbe premier, is be
lieved to have forced the regent to
step down as a concession to the oft
repeated demands of the revolution
lsts. who have always regarded Chun
as a traitor Y’uan now stands su
preme at the head of the government,
the sole d’.ties of the emper.-r and
empress dowager being to preside at
court ceremonials.
ASSAILS KNOX SECRET FUND
Representative Hamlin Criticises Taft
on Charge of Irregularities.
Washington Criticism of the
president and secretary of state'
for their Interpretation of the statute
governing the secret fund for the
state department was made by Repre
sentative Hamlin of Missouri in a
speech in the house Mr. Hamlin Is
chairman on the committee on state
department expenditures, which has
been making an Investigation of this
matter.
lu six years, said Mr. Hauilin, de
partment officials have expended se
cretly $732,981. averaging $122,000 a
year, when the secret fund appropri
ated for such a purpose was only $90.-
Otrfl a year. He called upon the bouse
to amend the statute to prevent the
fund becoming "the very haven of of
ficial piracy."
Kin of U. S. Grant Dies.
Streator. 111. William Shields,
whose mother. Nancy Grant Shields,
was a full cousin uf the late President
Grant, died at his home at Grand
ridge. He was a Civil war veteran.
Wickersham Is Stricken.
Washington. Attorney General
fc'ickersham was taken ill suddenly
while attending a ca' 'net session.
Dr I)e Laney. President Taft’s physi
cian. was summoned from the war
department. Mr Wtckersham is re
ported not to be In danger.
Kansas City Gets Pin Men.
Des Moines, ia.—Kansas City was
awarded the next tournament of the
Mid-Western Bowling association at
the convention of delegates George
Strotz of Des Moines was re-etected
president.
Baby Born With Tooth.
Akron. O. —The discovery has been
made that one of the triplets born to
Mrs Arthur Vandcreail of Kentnore
came into the world with one tooth
The three babies, two girls and a boy,
are doing welt
| ASKS U. S. TO TO END
RUSSIAN TREATY
Mass Meeting Demands 1832 Agree
ment Be Abrogated—Prominent
Men Speak.
New York. —Resolutions urging the
abrogation of the treaty of friendly
relations between the United States
and Russia made in 1832, when Nich
olas 1. was emperor of Russia and
James Buchanan was American min
ister to St. Petersburg, were adopted
I at a large mass meeting at Carnegie
| ball last night. Many men of national
prominence addressed the assembly
and advocated such action.
The meeting was under the auspices
of the national citizens’ committee,
which plans a series of similar demon
strations throughout the country dur
ing the next month in protest against
discrimination by Russia In her re
fusal foi many years to honor the pass
ports of J jwlsh-Amerlcan citizens.
Asa means to break fhe 30 years’
deadlock in diplomacy over the pass
port question most of the speakers ad
vocated the immediate notice to Rus
sia of the abrogation of the long stand
ing treaty, the terms of which they de
clared have been violated by Russia.
Speeches were made by men in the
United States senate, the speaker of
the house, and several members of
that body, the head of Cornell univer
sity. and several others. Every speak
er brought out the Idea that the ’pass
port question was not one of Judaism,
but one of American honor.
Andrew D. White, former United
States ambassador to Russia, was one
of the few speakers who strongly
urged that Russia be Invited to arbi
trate the question at The Hague be
fore a movement was made to abro
gate the treaty. He said-Russia was
a nation of great pride and that per
emptory demands would lead, as they
always do, to Indignant rejoinders and
reprisals, regardless of all justice.
ROYAL ROW STIRS SPANIARDS
Monarchists and Cabinet Back King
in Clash With Aunt.
Madrid. Tie controversy be
tween King Alfonso and his aunt, the
Infanta Eulalia over the book' the
princess Is publisUirg under the pen
name of Countess Avila, has caused
a profound sensation throughout
Spain.
Official circles express displeasure
at the publicity given the Incident la
France.
The monarchist press Is united In
support of the king anil fears the con
troversy will result in an unjust at
tack upon Spain as an enemy of prog
ress and civilization. The Repub
lican press applauds the decision of
the Infanta as "a virile and audacious
act of rebellion.”
The cabinet has considered the con
troversy, and It is understood tl.ai it
supports the king and Is conslderiuT
cutting off the Infanta’s annual pen
sion of 150,000.
BIG PRISON PLOT IS BARED.
Leavenworth Convicts Planned to Es
cape During Vaudeville Show.
Leavenworth, Kan. lnvestigation
Into the finding of revolvers and
♦dynamite hidden in the yard of the
United States penitentiary at Fort
Leavenworth led the officials to be
lieve that the convicts for whom the
weapons were intended had planned to
escape, when a vaudeville performance
was to have been given In the prison
chapel.
Hundreds of men and women from
Leavenworth would have been present.
It Is believed that the plan of the
convicts was to "hold up" the audience
anil force the women to shield the plot
ters until they could get to the u tin
door of the prison.
Public performances at the prison
have been ordered discontinued.
MOB OF 3PO WOMEN RIOT
Proprietors of Triangle Waiet Cos. As
sailed by Survivors of Fire.
New York. —A mob of 300 women,
survivors of the Triangle Waist fire.
In which Ilf. girls lost their lives,
attacked Isaac Harris and Max Blanck.
proprietors of the waist company,
when the men appeared in court to
stand trial.
AH the court officers In the build
ing and the police reserves were call
ed out to check the assailants.
With torn clothing and disheteled
hair the defendant* finally were re
leased and escorted under heavy no
lice protection to the courtroom
SECOND GERRY HEIR BORN
Mother Was Cornelia Harriman,
Daughter of Railway Man.
New Y'ork. Another heir to
great names and fortune arrived at
the town kr pise ol Mr. and Mrs Hub
ert l.lvtngston Gerry, SIS Fifth ave
nue. The baby, who came so near be
ing s Christmas present, and his
mother, who was Miss Cornelia Hur
riman, daughter ol the late railroad
master, are both doing well.
Boy Fatally Shot.
Goshen. Ind Frederick Cregler.
fourteen, was shot by Harold Hutch
inson. fifteen, firing at target. Creg- j
ler diverted the muzzle towards his j
own c r e ist. Cregler ran sixty feet j
and fell dead at tils mother's feet.
Charged With Consptracy.
Oporto. —Castello Branco, who was
minister to China during the days of j
the Portuguese monarchy, was arrest- j
ed here on the charge of conspiring |
agaiust the republic while on a visit
to Brazil.
Effort to Get Job Disastrous.
New York —Max Plotktn. a cost ’
cutter, in his eagerness to apply for a j
Job he had found advertised in the '
want column of a Jewish newspaper, 1
tripped and fell headlong down a flight j
of stairs and will probably die frost ;
the effect- of his fall.
Big Opium Den Raided.
Philadelphia.— More than a score of j
Chinamen were arrested and thou- j
sands of dollars' worth of opium con- j
flseated In a spectacular raid on CU’
oatown by govemmcß* ^b!*
DECLINE IN VALUE
| OF FARM PRODUCTS
Less for 1911 Than for the Pre
ceding Year.
CROPS WC Tr H MUCH MORE
! Loss Chargeable to Animals and Their
Products—Pertinent Paragraphs
From the Annual
Report.
Washington.—The total value of
farm products the past year has
declined considerably from that of
the previous twelve months, accord
ing to the annual report of Secretary
of l gricultur. Jame Wilson. The
estii ate for 1911 is based on
the census items, and is $8,417,000,-
000, or $277,000,000 under the total for
1910. The loss Is chargeable to the
general classes of animal products aud
animals sold and slaughtered. Dairy
cows are the only farm animals for
which increase of price Is indicated.
Eggs, wool, butter and poultry have
suffered in farm price during the year.
In consequence of the decline of prices
of farm animals and their products,
this group is estimated as having pro
duced a value of $3,913,000,000 in 1911.
of $321,000,000 below the amount for
j 1910.
On the other hand, the crops are
worth more than those for 1910, the
estimate of their farm value being
$5,504,000,000, again of $44,000,000 over
1910. Farm prices of all crops are
higher than for 1910 except for cotton,
cotton seed and flax seed, and thlß
general fact, notvithstanding the oth
er general fact that production was
low, makes about ten crops of 1911
the most valuable ones of the same
kind that the farms of this country
have ever produced.
With a value of more than twice
that of the cotton crop this year and
but little less than the combined val
oles of the cotton, wheat, and oats
crops, corn is by far the leading crop
as a wealth producer. The estimate of
2,776.000,000 bushels indicates a pro
duction that has been exceeded in only
two years. The farm price of corn is
now higher than it has been since the
records of the department began in
186 C, except in 18SS. and this estab
lishes a total value for the crop that
reaches $1,700,000,000 and breaks the
record.
So pre-eminently Is corn the leading
crop of this country that about three
fourths of the world’s crop is grown
here. But the exports of corn con
stitute one-third of the world's export
of corn.
The year 1911 was a poor one for
record-breaking crops, since the list
includes only cotton and sugar beets.
Mr. Wilson’s report begins v. i.h a se
ries of shojf, pithy paragraphs, some
of which are as follows:
When the cattle-fever tick t destroyed
In the southern states the country will
get much more meat from that section,
and the producing of it will build up the
farms there.
The hog-cholera serum developed In this
department Is successful where It ts prop
erly made and applied.
The finest dates from the Bahara Des
ert succeed In our southwest.
Seven hundred and fifty million dollars
Is the best estimate for poultry products
this year.
If good roads from the producer to the
rousumer were general, tbe benefits to
both would be considerable.
Six hundred thousand short tons of beet
sugar were made lust year In fi7 factories.
There Is on estimated world s shortage
of 1.600,000 long tons of sugar this year.
The consumer pays a dollar for food:
the farmer gets less than fifty cents for
It. Who gets tlie rest?
Uplift the farm home through the edu
ctalon of the farmer’s daughter toward
greater usefulness and attractiveness In
the farm home.
Save all the liquid fertilizers on the
farm. In clsters, to he applied where
crops are to grow: this wilt recover the
greatest farm waste of our times.
FIVE WOMEN SLAYERS TO DIE
New York Quintet Sentenced to Death
In Electric Chair.
White Plains, N. Y\ The five
bandits who descended on an Iso
later farmhouse near Croton Luke No
vember 9 and murdered Mrs. Mary
Hall ( were all sentenced to death in
the electric chair during the week of
January 15. The men sentenced were
Angelo Guisto, Vincenzo Coma, Felipe
Di Marto, Lorenzo Call and Santa
Zanza. Separate trials were held and
In roost cases the Jury was out barely
fifteen minutes.
ALEXANDER’S VOTE IS HUGE.
315 Out of 317 Precincts Give Him
31,685 Over Socialist Candidate.
Los Angeles, Cal. —Complete re
turns from 315 out of 317 precincts in
this city show the result of the contest
held for the mayoralty as follows-
George Alexander, good govern
ment. 83.978; Job Harriman. Social
ist, 52.293; Alexander’s majority- over
Harriman, 31.655.
The proposed prohibition amend
ment was beaten by 87,344 to 31.691.
Gas Explosion Fatal.
St. Petersburg—Two employes j
were killed and 40 injured by an ex- j
plosion of gas In the gold-plating de
partment of the Imperial minL The (
enttre plant was destroyed.
.
Plunged to Death.
New York.—H'-ndreds of persons in \
Park Row sa an unidentified man I
drop from the dome of the World j
building, a height of more than 300
feet and plunge with terrific fore# on j
the hood of an automobile. The man |
was instantly kilted.
German Captain Held as Spy.
Portsmouth. England. Heinrich i
Grosse, a captain in the German mer
chant marine, was arrested on the j
charge of being r spy and arraigned j
at the police court here. The magis
trate remanded him without bail.
Miss Evelyn Dean Wedded.
Greenwich. Conn. —Miss Evelyn |
Katherine Dean, daughter of the late
John E. Dean of Chicago, and Charles
Francis Ke'-ioe of New Ro< Te were j
united in marriage at Stony Ridge by
Rev Harry Alley.
HIGH COURT REFUSES TO
GRANT STAY TO PACKERS
Supreme Body Declines to Delay Crim
inal Trial—Final Step to
Avoid Hearing.
Washington. The United States
j Supreme court refused to grant
a stay of proceedings to the packers
under indictment in Chicago on
chargee of violating the criminal sec
tions of the Shrm&n anti-trust act.
Thle means ttu t the ten packers roust
go to trial at Chicago.
The court's decision was the final
step In a long legal contest to avoid
trial at this time. Shortly before they
were first cited for trial on November
20 nine of tbe indicted packers sought
to have the United States circuit
court at Chicago release them from
custody on the ground that the Sher
man anti-trust lav under which they
were indicted, was unconstitutional
as a criminal measure, particularly in
view of the recent interpretation of
j the law in the Standard Oil decision.
Chief Justice White announced the
. decision of the court. No opinion was
i handed down, the chief Justice con
tenting himself with the mere state
ment that the packers' motion was re
fused.
JOHN D. QUITS AS OIL HEAD.
Resigns Presidency of Company—
Archbold to Succeed Him.
New York. John D. Rocke
feller has resigned as president and
director of the Standard Oil company
and is succeeded by John D. Archbold
as chief of that corporation. Most of
his associates who have figured in the
big combine have also stepped down
and out.
Not a Rockefeller remains among
the officers and directors of the Stand
ard Oil company of New Jersey, chief
of the oil corporations, which was the
holding company up to the time of the
recent dissolution of the great com
bine.
William Rockefeller. William G.
Rocketeller, C. M. Pratt. H. M. Flagler.
E. T. Bedford and others whose names
have been prominent in the oil busi
ness stepped behind the scenes. John
D. iirchbold, one of tbe few members
of the "old guard” to remain, became
president of the Standard Oil com
pany of New Jersey, and will control
its destinies.
Mr. Rockefeller for nearly ten years
has been only nominally associated
with Standard Oil. He has visited 26
Broadway only about once a year, and
bis stays usually were limited to u
few minutes.
TOWBOAT BLOWS UP ON RIVER.
Steamer Diamond Torn to Pieces—
Heroic Work by Other Craft.
Pittsburgh, Pa. —CapL E. A. Swa
ney and four members of the crew
of the towboat Diamond were killed in
an explosion which wrecked the vessel
while she was lying in the Ohio river
off Avalon, six miles south. Five oth
ers were injured.
Two of the men rescued are terribly
injured and may die. The boilers let
go. but the cause of the explosion is
not known.
The disaster occurred near mid
stream while a!! the crew save the
pilot and the engineer we*e asleep.
The big towboat was shattered Into
a mass of splintered wood and twist
ed iron and sunk almost immediately. •
Joseph Hagen, deck band, Pittsburg.
But for the presence of tbe towboat
Alice and the heroic work of the crew,
it is probable that all hands would
have perished.
U. S. DEFICIT STILL GROWS
Disbursements Exceed Receipts by
$20,641,000 for Current Year.
Washington.—The deficiency of the
federal government continues to
grow. Up to date the disburse- \
ments of the current fiscal year have j
exceeded the receipts by $20,641,000,
while a month ago the deficit was
$20,181,000. The government collected
during November $56,589,000 and ex
pended a total of $57,050,000. The re
ceipts for the previous month were
$56,054,000 and the disbursements I
$60,188,000. The total amount in the |
treasury’s general fund at tbe opening ;
of business today was $132,244,000, as
compared with $136,522,000 a month
ago.
EXPLAINS PENSION REQUEST
Gov. Wilson Admits He Applied to
Carnegie Foundation.
Baltimore, Md. Gov. Woodrow
Wilson in a signed statement is
sued here tegarding a story that he
had applied to the Carnegie founda
tion for a pension, admitted that he i
had made such application before bis
election as governor of New Jersey.
The governor justified his action on
the grounds of long service as a
teacher, that he had no private means
to depend upon, and that "a man who
goes into politics bound by the prin
ciples of honor puts his family and
ail who may be dependent upon him
for support at tbe mercy of any in
cpmlable turn of the wheel of for- ;
tune.”
Two Aviators Killed.
London. —A double aviation fatality i
occurred at Filey, near Scarborough, !
Yortcsbire Hubert Oxley, an aviator,
was killed instantly and bis passen
ger. Robert Weiss, suffered injuries
from which he died soon afterward.
Goes Blind in Sleep.
Passaic. X. J —Cleveland W Speer,
manager of*an automobile garage,
awoke bereft of sight. Examination
by physicians disclosed no abnormal
condition and there was nothing to
show what had caused blindness
Lewis Case Quashed.
St Louis. —United States District
Judge Jacob Trieber quashed the In
dictment against E. O Lewis, tbe pub
lisher, charging him with using th
malls to defraud.
Seven Ohio Hunters Die.
Cleveland. O. —A tale of seven dead 1
and thirty-eight injured is shown by j
the statistics of the bunting season
In Ohio, which opened on November
15. Mortuary statistics among the 1
rabbits, to serve as an offset, are
looking
IMADAS TO JAIL
i JUDGE SENTENCES JAMES B. TO
LIFE IMPRISONMENT, BROTH
ER IS GIVEN 15 YEARS.
CONFESSION IS MADE PUBLIC
Dynamiter Declares He Is Sorry for
Act and Is Prepared to Die to
Atone for Crime—Government
Hopes to Trace Plot to Its Source.
Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 6. —Judge
Sordwell passed sentence upon James
B. McNamaia, who pleaded gnllty to
blowing up the office of tbe Los An
geles Times, and upon John J. McXa
| mara, his brother, who admitted hav
! Ing destroyed the Llewellyn iron
i works.
Life Imprisonment for James and 15
yearß for John were the terms im
posed.
A big crowd was in the courtroom
and outside the building. Los Angeles
had been under excitement all day.
Early in the morning the text of
James B. McNamara’s confession was
made public, and there were rumors
of further drastic action in the case
both here and in the east.
Judge Pronounces Sentence.
Sentence of the McNamatas was
pronounced at brief court proceed
ings.
“Are you ready to proceed 7” asked
Judge Bordwell.
“The state is,” said District Attor
ney Fredericks, and read James B.
McNamara's confession amid abso
lute silence.
“is that statement correct?" asked
the court.
“It is.” said McNamara.
Calls It First Degree Murder.
“Then the court finds,” said the
judge, “that the degree of guilt of the
defendant is murder in the first de
gree. James B. McNamara, you may
stand. What is your full name.”
“James Boyd McNamara,” answered
the prisoner.
The court then began a formal
statement reciting the indictment for
murder of Charles J. Haggerty upon
which McNamara pleaded guilty and
asked McNamara if he Lad any state
ment to make.
“I have not,” he said.
No Bargain, Says Fredericks.
“Have you anything to say?” he
asked.
"There has been no dickering or
bargaining In this matter." said Dis
trict Attorney Fredericks.
“Counsel on thfe other side are well
awaro of the custom of granting clem
ency to persons pleading guilty. This
defendant by so pleading has settled
for ail time a qnestioq which other
wise would always have beer, in
doubt. He saves the state great ex
penditures and serves the state in
other ways.”
J. B. McNamara's Confession.
Jamet B. McNamara’s brief confes
sion penned by bis own hand and
bearing many evidences of a man lit
tle skilled in letters, was made pub
lic. It Is as follows.
“I. James B. McNamara, defendant
tn the case of the people, having Here
tofore pleaded guilty to the crime of
murder, desire to make this state
ment of facts; and this Is the truth:
"On the night of September 30, 1910,
at 5:46 p. m„ I placed in ink alley, a
portion of the Times building, a suit
case containing sixteen sticks of 80
per cent, dynamite, set to explode at
one o’clock the next morning.”
Says He Did Not Intend to Kill.
"It was my intention to injure tho
building and scare the owners. I did
not intend to take the life of any one.
1 sincerely regret that these unfor
tunate mer. lest their lives. If the
giving of my life would bring them
back I would gladly give it In fact,
in pleading guilty to murder In the
first degree, 1 have placed my life '.u
the bands of the state.
"JAMES B M’XAMARA.”
To Give Government Facts.
With the announcement of tbe pro
posed plea for clemency came the in
formation that the brothers had fur
nished information of great value in
the investigation of an alleged fat
reaching dynamiting conspiracy, and
that the plan was to serve them im
mediately after the sentence with
summonses to appear before tbe fed
eral grand jury in session here. To
that body they are expected to give
testimony which the district attorney
declared they bad offered to him.
The Jury Inquisition is considered
here of ?ast importance. Its inquiry,
it is believed, will reach tbe Atlan
tic seaboard, and in connection with
an investigation in progress at In
dianapolis it is believed to constitute
one of tbe greatest probes along crim
inal tines ever conducted. Its search
admittedly is for an actual head or
heads to be held responsible for the
long list of dynamite outrages, reach
ing frem coast to coast, the intent of
the search being to learn whether
these all were directed by one man
agement, and if so, what that manage
ment was.
A Boston Wooing.
Anient Lover—Dearest, when 1
gaze into your soulful eyes I feel my
seK transported Into a bigber sphere,
•nd my heart cries out to you with a
great year'-'ng
Miss F m—Really? How Inter
esting!—Lite.
His Injury.
"My brother was ran over by an :
automobile yesterday and taken to
the hospital."
“Where was be hurt?”
"I guess it was in his motor nerves."
Usually.
Friend —What became of that maga
zine that you organized to warn peo
ple against worthless stocks on the j
market?
Promoter —Well, we sold the public
nearly half a mlUlor worth of It*
stock before we j ailed—Puck.
On the Safe Side.
'You'!! be late for supper, sonny." i
said a merchant. I" passing a small j
boy who was carrying a pecaage.
“No. 1 won t, was the reply.
dot de a eat" —Ltpptncoit's.
DIETZ’ TRIAL MAT
60 TO EAU CLAIRE
CASE IN SHOOTING OF DEPUTY
RODGIC TO GET TRANSFER
FROM SAWYER COUNTY.
IMPARTIAL JURY IS SOUGHT
Counsel for Mrs. Dietz and Three
Children Maintains Such Cannot
Be Secured at Hayward—Court
at Bau Claire Begins March 18.
Fond du Lac. —The trial of Mrs.
John Dietz, Clarence Dietz, Leslie
Dietz and Myra Dietz for the shoot
ing of Deputy Oscar Rodgic during
an attack on the Dietz home at Cam
eron dam In 1906, will be conducted
before a jury in Judge Wickham's
court at Eau Claire.
The Dietz cases come up for trial
at Hayward. Monday, Dec. 11, but
will be transferred. Attorney Mc-
Kenna, counsel for the defense,
stated that he did not think an im
partial jury could be secured in Saw
yer county.
The Dietz attorneys have complet
ed the bill of exceptions In the John
Dietz case, and it was taken to Madi
son and placed on the January calen
dar of the supreme court. Later a
supplement record will be filed with
the supreme court. The Eau Ci.ire
term of circuit court opens on the
third Monday in March.
STATE OFFICERS TO GET AID
Board of Public Affairs Will Employ
Experts for Educational and
Economic Problems.
Madison.—The Btate uoard of
public affairs has decided to employ
two expert accountants to work out
a uniform system of accounts for the
state, and cities and towns of the
state, to devise a system of bringing
the producer and consumer closer
together and to investigate educa
tional conditions and recommend
measures to improve them. The
board appointed a committee con
sisting of Gov. McGovern, Secretary
of State F rear and Director Rastail
to confer with these experts. The
bureau of municipal research of the
city cf New York has offered to
lend Wisconsin four educational ex
perts to investigate the educational
situation of the state and the board
will avail itself of their services.
BUYS STATUTE ANNOTATIONS
State Legislative Commission Makes
Purchase of Sanborn Copyright
512,500 Is Price Paid.
Madison.—The special committee
created by the state legislature to
negotiate the purchase of the copy
right of Sanborn & Sanborn of Mad
ison of the annotations, index and
explanatory notes of the Wisconsin
statutes decided to buy it for $12.-
500. The legislature nr o’ opriated
$15,000 for the purpose. 'Jho amount
offered is understood 'r he satis
factory to the ownt”s o f the copy-
I right.
Hereafter, the work of revising
the statutes will be done by the
state. The action of the special leg
islative committee is subject to the
approval of the attorney-general.
RESIGNATION IS PRESENTED
Rev. Woodward, Waupun Warden, Is
No Longer a Member of State
Board of Control.
Mauison.—At a meeting of the
state board of control the resigna
tion of the Rev. Daniel Woodward,
warden of the state prison at Wau
pun, as a member of the board, was
read.
The board has decided to purchase
the Martin tract of land adjoining
the prison at Waupun as a site for
the erection of a state hospital for
the criminal insane. The tract com
prises about seventy-two acres and
will cost about $20,000. Work on
the erection of the building will be
started next year. The hospital will
have a capacity of from 100 to 150
inmates and will cost about SIOO,OOO.
Warden Woodward announced the
appointment of R. E. Bloedel, Wau
pun, as assistant deputy warden at
the penitentiary.
Badger Postmasters Named.
Washington, D. C.—Wisconsin
postmasters appointed were Samuel
Lund, Black River Falls; Charles
Brown, Montello; William A. Brad
ley, West Salem; Charles A. Prouty,
Genoa Junction; John C. Kinsman,
Manawa; Herman Anderson, Phil
lips; Bernard F. Schwartz, East
Troy, and William M. Daniels,
Moinsee.
119.335 Hunting Licenses in 1911.
Madison. —The county clei ks in
Wisconsin so far have reported the
sale of 119.335 hunting licenses this
fall. Tbe limit for making returns
is Dec. 17, and it is estimated that
fully 125,000 have been issued. The
total last year was 115,234.
Commissioner Packer Has Tyyhoid.
Madison.—State Commissioner of
Immigration B. G. Packer is serious
ly ill with typhoid fever in a Chi
cago hospital.
Mot! Will Start Suit.
Madison. —Keckie Moll, star quar
terback of the Wisconsin football
squad, will institute criminal pro
ceedings against a Minneapolis news
paper which charged him with pro
fessionalism.
Sawyer County Declines Stae Aid,
Hayward.—The county board
turned down 'he state aid road law
on ground that the aid offered -would
not pay for the extra expenses neces
sitated under the st'te aid system.