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Vernon County Censor
O. G. MUNSON, Publisher
VIROQUA, - - WISCONSIN
SCIENTIFIC METHODS EFFICIENT.
Scientific management, the Indus
trial theory which seeks to reduce the
coat of production while It Increases
the workman's efficiency end conse
quently his wage, has received the
formal approval of the federal war de
partment The ordnance bureau has
had the system under test tor three
years. Basing his conclusions on a re
port by Brigadier General Crosier,
chief of that bureau. Secretary Stim
•on now declares that the system Is
desirable and It works no hardships
on artisans. It Is gratifying that Gen
eral Crosier finds the change in meth
ods Inuring to the benefit of the work
man, while It In no wise Impairs the
conditions unuer which he labors, says
the Chicago Daily News. This is no
doubt due to the general's well-ground
ed belief that "scientific management
can and deserves to prevail only
where Increased efficiency means In
creased human efficiency and the work
ingmen's participation In the rewards
resulting from efficiency.” If this prin
ciple were thoughtfully followed In the
application of scientific management,
objections of representative working
men and labor leaders to the operation
of the new theory would be largely
minimized. The unfairness of using
scientific management for the particu
lar or undue advantage of either cap
ital or labor Is obvious. To work out
for the ultimate benefit of either It
must prove of distinct advantage to
both.
By questioning closely two women
who sought divorces on the ground of
desertion Judge Richard K. Burke dis
covered that In one case the husband
and wife had agreed to separate, while
In the other case the husband had
asked his wife to sue for divorce and
had offered to pay part of the cost.
Very properly the Judge refused de
crees to both applicants. The law
does not recognize an agreement or
a mutual desire to separate as proper
grounds for n divorce, says the Chi
cago Record-Herald. Society does not
sanction marriages that are dissolva
ble because a inan and a woman are
tired of each other. Judge Burke's ac
tion, however, raises the question of
how many divorces have been ob
tained for no other reason, the collu
sion not being revealed There are
Judges who are very careful about
granting divorces. There are others
who cuter decrees as quickly as they
would give Judgment on an unpaid
note, when no defense Is made.
Not only the baseball world will
know better hereafter than to repeat
the old "slam" that Philadelphia Is
sleepy. The vast army of people who
travel will note with approval the
splendid wakefulness of the Philadel
phia hotel proprietor who has
emancipated himself from a New
York company which had the check
ing privileges In his bouse, and has
Installed Us own employes, with a
living wage and Instruction to accept
no gratuity, under the penalty of dls
charge.
A blacksmith In Connecticut plead
ed when arrested for Intoxlcatli.r tlmt
the restlessness of bob-tailed horses
In fly-tltne drove him to drink. This,
as an excuse for fall from grace. Is
an Improvement on the original lime
honored excuse of Adam, and Is rath
er more chivalrous.
The man who shot the Niagara rap
ids tn a motor boat says be does not
care for any more Joy rides of that
kind Still, such a Joy ride has one
recommendation; It Imperils only the
foolish Joyrider, and no one need suf
fer from Its risks who does not care
to. It would be well If alt Joy rides
could be so restricted.
A stranded man tn New York out
of funds and who explained he had to
live somewhere, went to ’he Waldorf
and got nearly $l5O worth of living
for three days Only opportunity was
tacking with that young man. so tn
default of It he went to Jail With
opportunity he could have become a
king of high finance
For the first time the postofflee
department shows a surplus at the
end of a fiscal year—and it Is nearly
a quarter of a million at that. Shtn
ping the magazines by freight has
saved money and reduced the railway
complaints about light traffic.
Two airships collided In a flight
over Long Island. Somehow or other
there does not seem to be space
erough lr. the solar system for two
wii who want the same tbi g at the
satm, ..me.
The comic opera qn- <n who Is suing
for divorce evidently h s come to the
conclusion that married life Is not a
comic opera. It seems that she found
several sour notes that broke up the
harmony.
Scientists now declare that pellagra
Is carried by the sand flea Why do
not the scientists take somebody of
their size?
We are Informed that the percent
age of divorce among college women
is almost nil. What about the per
centage of marriage?
' A Colorado woman Is clothing her
hens to keep them warm Other styles
of dressed chicken are no novelties
mmis rapped
BK LABOR LEADERS
Federation Bodies Officially De
nounce Los Angeles Slayers.
SAY UNIONS WERE MISLED
'
jompers Causes Distribution of State
ment Throughout Country—Em
ployers Are Blamed for Con
ditions Now Existing.
Washington. That labor unions j
have no desire to condone the
crimes of which the McNamara broth
ers recently pleaded guilty at Dos
Angeles, is the declaration of Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor in a letter to
uutons of the United States. The state
ment is signed by the ways and means
committee, which was named to raise
the McNamaru defense fund.
Contained in the statement la the
following criticism of the McNamaras:
“Organized labor of America has no
desire to condone the crimes of the
McNamaras. It Joins in the satisfac
tion that the majesty of the law and
justice has been maintained and the
culprits punished commenaurately for
their crime.
“it Is cruelly unjust to hold the
men of the labor movement either
legally or morally responsible for the
crime of an Individual member. No
such moral code or legal responsibil
ity is piuced upon any other associa
tion of men in our country.
“In so far as we have the right to
speak, In the name of organized la
bor, we welcome any Investigation
which either federal or state courts
may undertake. The sessions of the
conventions of the American Federa
tion of I.alior are held with open
doom that ail may see and hear what
Is being said and done. The books,
accounts and correspondence of the
American Federation of Labor are
open to any competent authority who
may desire to make a study or an In
vestigation of them.
"Will the National Manufacturers'
association, the Erectors' association
and the detective agencies extend the
same privilege for public investiga
tion and examination of their books
aid correspondence?"
Bioii? for conditions which produce
such men as the McNamaras Is
thrown upon employers. The state
ment says In this respect:
“When Industrial conditions be
come unsettled they are due more
largely to the unreasonableness of
employers, who regard every effort
of the workers to maintain their
rights and to promote flulr Interests,
as an Invasion of employers’ preroga
tives, wnlch are resented with conse
quent struggles. If employers will be
fair and tolerant they will find more
than a responsive altitude on the
part of organized labor, but, of one
thing nil may rest assured, that with
existing conditions of concentrated
wealth and Industry, the organized
toilers of our country realize that
there |r no hope from abject slavery
outside of the protection which the
organized labor movement affords
TURKS DENY PEACE IS NEAR.
Declare No Pourparlers are Proceed
ing—Italy Must Make Overtures.
London. - Tentative propositions
with reference to peace between
Turkey and Italy have receded to the
background. Dispatches from Con
stantinople say no such pourparlers
are proceeding and that any overtures
must come from Italy.
Malta dispatches say the Italians
are making no headway tn Tripoli
beyond the coast strip w hich they oc
cupy. The activity of the Turks and
Arabs bus increased, especially in
Oyrenalca. Heavy storms on land
ami sea are causing the Italians great
expense and difficulty.
The Dally Mall's Merstna corre
spondent wires: "There is grave ap
prehension of a massacre of Chris
tians and foreigners here and at
Adana. At the latter place the Ar
menians are panic stricken and are
leaving lor the coast towns. The
Turkish authorities have ns yet taken
no steps to quiet the people or to pre
vent the threatened uprising."
SHOOTS MOTHER WITH GUN.
Alao Sister With Weapon Given as a
Christmas Present.
Sioux City, la. —Ba eta Claus brought
Charles Martin, aged fifteen, son
of Mr. and Mrs Fred Martin, a
handsome double-barreled shotgun
He came into the kitchen where his
mother and sister Rose were prepar
ing dinner, and palled both triggers
to see if the gun worked all right. A
deafening explosion proved that it did.
Asa result Miss Rose teceived fifty
wounds and Is In a da lgerous condi
tion. Mrs Martin was hurt, though
not seriously, by glancing shot. A
younger brother had loaded the
weapon.
Predicts His Own Death.
Kokomo, lnd. Isaac Davis, noted
Indiana medium who died at Indian
apolis, predicted his death to his
wife. "We will go hack to Kokomo
together, hut 1 will not return tn the
same body 1 came down here." he
said
Sixteen Drowned at Sea.
Glasgow -Sixteen "ves were *oat
in the foundering of the British steam
ship Guillemot, in the Bay of Biscay
Seven survivors picked tip hv the
steamer Liucai*-n were landed hc-e.
Killed Accidentally.
Flint. Mich -While Frank Metz was
showing companions how an aio.id
ed" gun was operated, the weapon was
discharged und C'yjniunt Puezka was
shot dead
“The Marvelous Griffith" Pound Dead.
Springfield. Mass.—Arthur F Grif
fith of Milford, lnd.. known profession
ally as "the marvelous Griffith.” the
lightning calculator, was found dead in
hid in ft hotel here The coroner gives
aitcplexy as the cause of the
death
“I AM OUT OF POLITICS”
DECLARES ROOSEVELT
Colonel Says People Are Dodging Him
in Fear They Will Be
Compromised.
New York. Theodore Roose
velt made the following announce
ment to the newspaper men who
called on him for further Informa
tion in regard to the reopening of the
question of the Harriman contribution
to the campaign fund of 1904:
“1 won't have a thing to say be
cause 1 am not In politics
"People are afraid to come to see
me for fear they will be compromised
Dy this talk of politics. I’m not afraid
of being compromised. I’ll see any
body."
With this declaration that be "is
not In politics" the colonei warded off
inquiries as to whether his corre
spondence with Mr. Sheldon is to be
Interpreted as an announcement that
he Is a candidate for the presidential
nomination next year.
The colonel did answer a ques
tion as to whether anyone had asked
him to use his Influence for any candi
date for the governorship nomination.
"Not a single human being." he said
with a snap of nls jaws.
Regarding the charges that were
made in the papers that he had been
omitted from the list of guests of the
peace banquet to be held at the Wfil
dorf on Saturday night, for the reason
that be Is viewed as a “political and
personal enemy” of President Taft,
who is to be there, the colonel said:
“Black type was not good enough for
that particularly l-n-g-e-n-l-o-u-s story.
It should have been printed In red ink
with letters a foot high. Horrible.’
Terrible!”
MME. LANGEVIN IS FREED
Court Grants Wife Separation in Case
Involving Mme. Curie.
Paris. Mme. Langevln was
grunted a separation from her hus
band. M. Paul Langevln, whose name
was associated with that of Mme Curie
tn a series of recently published love
letters. The text o' the judges' de
cision does not mention the name of
M*me. Curie, but states that the peti
tion of Mine Langevln for a separa
tion is granted because Professor
Langevln had abandoned the conjugal
domicile “iiuder conditions injurious
for his wife." and also because it ap
peared from the documents submitted
to the court that Professor Langevln
had been guilty of "grave tnjurlea”
toward his wife.
MOB LYNCHES NEGRO SLAYER
Prisoner in Jail Near Baltimore Is
Dragged Out and Body Hacked.
Baltimore, Md. —King Davis, a ne
gro, aged thirty eight years, who shot
and killed Frederick A. Schwab, a
white man, nt Fairfield, Anne Arundel
county, was taken from the lockup at
Brooklyn, a suburb of Baltimore, and
lynched. His body was badly backed
with hatchets In tlie hands of the mob
Nothing was known of the lynching
by the authorfti a of Brooklyn until
the chief of police was notified by a
newspaper carrier of what bad hap
pened.
HOLD PATTERSON IS INSANE.
Ex-Governor's Son Declared Irre
sponsible at Time of Shooting.
Seattle. Wash. When Malcolm
G. Patterson, son of former Gov
eruor Malcolm K. Patterson of Tenn
essee, shot and dangerously wounded
R. T. Si at at Port Orchard, December
7, he was suffering from alcoholic
rpilepsy or "dipsomania Induced by
drinking continuously for five years
This was the finding ol the lunacy
•ommlsslon that sat nt Port Orchard
o hear the Insanity complaint filed
against young Patterson by his
father.
GOVERNOR TO URGE REFORM
Stripes W 1 > Be Taken Off Tennessee
Convicts, Save Incorrigibles.
Nashville, Tenn. A night in
the state penitentiary convinced
Governor Hooper that reforms are
necessary in the slate prison system.
Tie entered the prison so he might
observe the condition of convicts who
had asked Christmas pardons, and
announced be would grant several
conditionally.
The governor said stripes would be
taken off all convicts except incor
rlglbtes In the spring.
CAMORRiST TRIAL IS ENDED
Jury Go on Strike When Threatened
With Long Arguments.
Rome. The cause of the col
lapse of the Cauiorrist trial at Vi
terbo was the threat of the jurors to
strike They notified the president ot
the court that they needed no addt
tionai evidence, and this, with the re
fusal of witnesses to attend, brought
about a farcical crisis in what nad
been regarded as a farcical proceed
Ing The prosecution Indicated ttiai
the closing arguments would require
two weeks and the Jury became turi
ous.
President of Ecuador Dead.
Guayaquil, Eeuaaor. — President Ftn 1
lio Estrada of Ecuador died suddenly
here He had been in office less than
a year.
To Lock Out 160.C00 Men.
Manchester, England.—The commit
tee of the Lancashire Cotton Spinners
and Manufacturers' association at a
meeting here decided to lock out all
the workers in the mills belonging to
members of the federation No ft**r
than ’60.000 operatives are In
volved.
College Oarsmen Live Long.
Cambridge. Mass. —Statistics pre
! pared by l)r, Dudley A. Sargent. Mar
! vard's physical director, show trat of
all college athletes those w>-c t.-.kc up
rowing live longer, marry young, and
have more children.
Miss Pulitzer Is Bride.
New York. —Miss Edith Louise Pu
litzer. daughter of Joseph Pulitzer,
who died aboard his yacht at Charles
ton. S C., two months ago. became
the bride of William Scovllle Moore,
son of Maj Clement C. Moore.
RUSSIANS MURDER
RESHT PERSIANS
Five Hundred Men Women and
Children Massacred.
“NO MERCY” ORDER OBEYED
Czar’s Troops Said to be Fighting De
fenders in City of Tabriz —Shus-
ter is Notified of
Dismissal.
Ixmdon—A massacre has been
going on in Hesht since Saturday,
according to official Persian telegrams
received in London. These state that
on Sunday 500 Persians were killed by
the Russians, many of them being
women and children The people, it is
said have been exhorted not to fight
and not to give the slightest provoca
tion, but the massacre still continues.
The government house has been bom
barded and many government officials
and police have been killed. Private
houses have been demolished.
The details and the extent of the
massacre are as yet unknown, tele
graphic communication being in a
state of chaos.
It Is evident that declaration of the
Russian foreign office made in St.
Petersburg that "Russia will show
no mercy at Tabriz, Resht and
Knzeli, and will administer a les
son long to be remembered." is being
carried out to the letter. The full ef
fects have already been felt at Tabriz
and are now being enforced at Resht.
Enzeli, it is feared, will be the next
place to be Invaded and sacked and
its Inhabitants massacred. Resht is
the capital of the Province of Ghilan
and has 40,000 inhabitants.
'The people of Persia,” says the of
ficial dispatch, “are stupefied at the
attitude of Russia, especially as these
outrages have followed Immediately
upon the acceptance by Persia of Rus
sia's ultimatum and after Persia had
shown every desire and disposition to
conciliate Russia and establlsn
friendly relations.”
The Persian spirit Is reported un
broken at Tabriz. Fighting continues
at Intervals and that It is severe, is
evidenced by the fact that Russia has
ordered reinforcements rushed there
by automobile.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg says
the fighting at Tabriz Is so vicious
that the Russian troops were com
pelled to abandon Its protection of the
Husso-Perslan bank In that city.
Teheran. —The cabinet notified W.
Morgan Shuster, the American treas
urer general of Persia, of his
dismissal from that office. This
follows the decision of the national
council and the ministry to submit to
the demands contained in the Russian
ultimatum. The cabinet Intimated to
Mr. Shuster that they would com
municate to him later their plans for
turning over Jils accounts to a suc
cessor.
An Indignation meeting was '.eld
after announcement of Mr. Shus,er's
dismissal was made, to protest against
the so-called coup d'etat, but the
crowds were dispersed by the police.
All the opposition newspapers have
been suppressed and martial taw
has been proclaimed.
BLOW FOR PACKERS.
Immunity Is Denied Beef Men by
Judge and Trial Goes On.
Chicago. A surprise whs sprung
at the resumption of the trial of
the ten indicted Chicago packers
when Judge Carpenter of the federal
court refused to grant them the bene
fit of the immunity baths they re
ceived in 19P5.
The court ruled that the govern
ment may submit evidence regarding
nil acts alleged to have been commit
ted by the defendants at any thna
prior to the bringing of the indict
ments. Attorneys for the defense
had objected to the introduction of
any evidence regarding acts prior to
1905 because of the ruling of the
tederal courts In the previous cases
against the packers.
It was argued by John S. Miller of
packers’ counsel that Francis A. Fow
ler, Edward Tilden and L. H. Hey
man, who were not Indicted In 1905,
furnished Information to James R.
Garfield, the government's Investiga
tor. and that they were entitled to
the same Immunity from prosecution
for acts prior to that time as the
seven other indicted packers.
BLAMED FOR DAM DISASTER
Two Bayless Company Officials Are
Indicted for Manslaughter.
Coudersport. Pa. The Potter
county grand jury returned indict
ments against George C. Bayless, pres
ident. and Fred N. Hamlin, superin
tendent of the Bayless Pulp and Pa
per company of Austin, Pa., charging
Involuntary manslaughter because of
the Austin dam disaster on Septem
ber 30 last
Daniel H. Talbot Dead.
Sivux City, la —Daniel H. Talbot,
aged sixt.v-one. distinguished as a
scientist, one of the wealthiest men
of the state, and a pioneer, died here
of apoplexy. His income, said to be
SIOO,OOO yearly, has been devoted to
scientific purposes.
Major General Hodges Dies.
Washington.—May. Gen. Charles L.
Hodges. U. S. A., retired, died at his
home here after an illness of several
months General Hodges was born in
Rhode Island In 1547.
Doctor Mayo Slowly Gains.
New York. —Dr. Charles H. Mayo,
the celebrated surgeon of Rochester.
Minn., is rlowly improving from the
second operstiou performed on him at
the Presbyterian hospital.
New Home Economics Building.
Madison. Wis. —To provide adequate
quarters for the rapidly increasing
number of young women in the home
economics course at the university
ground has been purchased and build
ings planned that are to cost
*115.000
GENERAL REYES FACES
DEATH AS REVOLUTIONIST
Extreme Penalty May Be Meted Out
by Military Court—Ten Years
Least Sentence.
Mexico City. Death may be the
penalty (&n. Bernardo Reyes will
pay for his effort to overthrow Presi
dent Madero. The leaet he can expect
is ten years' imprisonment nnder Mex
ican law. It is not generally believed
tbe extreme penalty will be inflicted,
but a term In the penitentiary for the
prisoner, who is sixty-one years old.
will doubtless be the equivalent.
A military court, drawn by lot from
those eligible to service, will pass
judgment upon him. The court will
consist of two generals of division and
five brigadiers.
General Reyes, as a retired officer,
is liable to punishment by a military
court for offenses committed against
the army. His offense consisted in
calling upon the army to rise in re
bellion.
Orders were sent to General Trevino
at Monterey to have Reyes brought to
the capital at the earliest possible
date. It is expected he will arrive
here by the last of the present week
and that little time will be lost there
after in placing him m trial.
l.inares, Mex. T alo.ie am re
sponsible and wish to assume all
blame for the affair,” said Gen. Ber
nardo Reyes. “1 asked clemency and
even pardon for the few men who fol
lowed me, but as for myself, 1 ask
nothing. I shall, of course, be judged
according to the law.”
Reyes declared the situation had
been misrepresented to him.
RUSSIA PLANS HIGHER TAX.
Duma Proposes Tariff War at Expira
ration of the Treaty.
St. Petersburg.—The erection of a
tariff wall between Russia and the
United States at the expiration
of the Russo-American commerce
and navigation treaty of 1832 is the
object of a bill Introduced In the duma
by ex-President Gucbkoff and 113
other signers representing the Octo
brist and National parties. These par.
tiest constitute the majority In the
duma.
The bill proposes to raise existing
Russian duties by 100 per cent, and to
impose a duty of 100 per cent, on arti
cles admitted free under the present
Russian tariff.
Besides these impositions the bill
proposes to levy double the gross
weight tax established by the law of
June 21, 1901. on merchandise arriv
ing by sea and to levy a double ton
nage tax. Should the present Amer
ican tonnage tax be raised to the dis
favor of Russian vessels, the Russian
tonage tax will be correspondingly In
creased.
Washington. With Secretary of
State Knox as the only wit
ness, President Taft signed the Joint
resolution passed by congress ratify
ing bis action in serving notice on
Russia of the abrogation of the treaty
of 1832 with that country.
The treaty will continue In effect
automatically until January 1, IJI3.
Meanwhile efforts wi l be made to ne
gotiate anew treaty eliminating the
cause of frlctton which ted to tbe ter
mination of the old one.
LOGAN TUCKER DROPS DEAD
Grandson of Gen. John A. Logan Suc
cumbs at Supper.
Philadelphia. Capt. Logan Tuck
er, grandson of Gen. John A. Lo
gan. dropped dead last night while eat
ing supper at an inn here.
Captain Tucker was a son of Col.
William F. Tucker, U. S. A., retired,
and grandson of Mrs. John A. Logan
of Washington. His grandfather, Gen.
John A. Logan, was United States sen
ator from Illinois after the war and *n
1884 was running mate of James G.
Blaine on the Republican presidential
ticket.
FREED CONVICT IS TAKEN.
Man Released at Jackson, Mich., It
Escaped Federal Prisoner.
Sioux Falls, S. D. —After ten years
in the Michigan penitentiary at
Jackson, and on the day ho was
liberated. L. F. Luverne was arrested
by officials iron) this city as an es
caped convict from the federal penl
ceniiary.
He is being taken to the federal
prison at Leavenworth, Kan., where he
will be compelled to complete his
four-year term for the robbery of the
post office at Clark, S. D.
Tbe escape occurred in 1599.
BANKER MORSE HEARTBROKEN.
Refusal of President to Pardon H-m
Was Crushing Blow.
Atlanta. Ga. —t’daries W. Morse
was heartbroken Ay the news
that his pardon had been refused
Those familiar with the physician's
report are astounded, as tt !s positive
ly known that the three experts were
unanimous in reporting Morse suffer
ing from three distinct incurable dis
eases and cannot live long In confine
ment.
Coulon to Get Bout?
New York. —Charles Goldman, the
Brooklyn bantam, was matched hen
to meet Jeff Gaffney at Charleston on
New Year's day. If Goldman wins he
will be pitted against Johnny Coulon.
bantam champion.
Sisters Die in Fire.
Aberdeen. Md. —Mrs. Betsy Keith
ley, seventy-eight, and Mrs. Susan
M-.llock, eighty-one, widowed sls'ers,
were burned to death in a fire which
destroyed their home at Carson's
Run. near here.
New Attache to United States.
Berlin. —The kaiser ha* appointed
Bernard Von Buelow. a nephew of
Prince Buelow, ex-chan eilor of the
German empire, to the . .nlor attache
ship of the embassy at Washington.
McVey Gets Decision Over Langford.
Sydney, N. S. W. —Sam McVey, the
negrj heavyweight, was given the de
cision over Sam Langford, the "Boston
tar baby." here on points. The fight,
which bristled with hard hitting and
clever sparring, went the limit—” 6
rounds.
FAVORS UNION OF
SIX COMMISSIONS
Board Wants One Central Body
for State Affairs.
MONEY LOST ON LAST FAIR
Deficit of $4,651.97 Is Admitted After
Accof.i.* of 1911 Wisconsin Exhi
bition Are Finally Straight
ened Out.
Madison.—At a meeting of the Wis
consin state board of agriculture, Yield
at Madison, It was decided to try and
have many of the piesent boards and
commissions having to do with state
affairs united into one commission.
The various bodies which would be
thus combined are the state board of
public affairs, the state boaid of agri
culture, the state board of Immigra
tion. the dairy and food commission,
the forestry department, the farmers’
institutes. All of these bodies overlap
one on the other more or less and it
is believed more effective work could
be done if all were combined. In ad
dition to this, it is proposed that the
supervision of county fairs should be
vested in the same commission. A
bill to this effect will be drafted and
Introduced in the next legislature.
The financial report presented
showed that the state fair of 19X1
cost $115,012.67. The state fair of
1910 cost $96,126.49. The state fair of
1909 cost $104,935.78. The total ex
penses for the fair of 1911 were $119,-
279.67 and the receipts $114,627.70.
The deficit is $4,651.97.
The oustanding bills are $5,293.87,
with outstanding collections of $565.69,
leaving $4,728.18 still to be paid. There
Is a balance In the general fund of
the board of $1,012.15, which leaves
$3,716.03 that will have to be taken
out of the state appropriation of $15,-
000 when that comes due on the first
of the year. This will leave the board
with a balance of $11,283.97 to begin
work for the fair of 1912.
The board rescinded the resolution,
adopted at the last annual meeting,
giving the secretary of the board
power to discharge employes and
placed this power back in the hands
of the entire board.
While the board was in executive
session most of the time it is learned
at differences bi-.ween Secretary
owlands and some oi nts force occu
pied considerable of the time, as well
as a discussion of the discrepancy be
tween the financial statement made
when the fair closed, w-hich was to
the effect that the fair had made about
$4,000, as compared with the present
statement, which showed a deficiency
of that amount.
State Board Asks Damages.
Attorney General Bancroft was
asked by the state board of agricul
ture to bring suit at once against H.
C. Andrae of West Allis to recover
damages in the sum of $2,000 in conse
quence of the delay, inconvenience
and loss occasioned by the tnjunction
nl proceedings instituted last fall, just
before the state fair, restraining the
board from proceeding with the speed
barns on the state fair grounds.
At the time of that proceeding,
which was dissolved by Judge Martin
Lueck, sitting at Juneau, Andrae gave
a bond of SI,OOO to save the board of
agriculture harmless, but as the loss
suffered in consequence of the pro
ceeding was far in excess of the
amount of the bond it Is proposed to
sue for double the amount. It is un
derstood that Attorney General Ban
croft will bring the action at once.
The board audited many accounts
anu heard the report of the secretary
upon the condition of finances, includ
ing the building fund. The receipts
were: One hundred and two thou
sand six hundred and twenty-seven
dollars and seventy cents: expendi
tures, $119,279.67; deficit, $16,651.97.
The board had at the beginning of last
year a balance of about SII,OOO and as
it now has some SI,OOO to the good,
the actual deficit is about $5,000.
Secures Best Herd of Shire Mares.
Wisconsin is to have the finest herd
of English shire mares in America,
according to Dr. A. S. Alexander of
the college of agriculture. This herd
is being founded by John J. Mitchell
of Lake Geneva, owner of the Ceylon
Court Stock farm.
The highest price ever paid for a
shire mare, $6,200, was given by the
manager of this farm for Billing
borough Belle at the Trumau sale at
Bushnell, 111., recently. Six mares
were bought by Mr. Mitchell at this
sale at a total cost of $18,375. Ac
average price of over $3,000 per head
was paid.
The five other horses secured were:
Bottom Lady, $4,500; Coldham Cham
pion. $4,000; a weanling by Dan Patch,
the champion shire stallion heading
the Ceylon Court farm, $1,600; Duch
ess of Westminster. 11.300. and the
show yearling. Crocus, $775.
School Fund Apportioned.
State Superintendent C. P. Cary ap
portioned the school fund income,
amounting to $2,087,077.93. The total
number of persons of school age in the
state is 773.898 and the rate of appor
tionment for each, outside of cities of
♦he firs', class, is $2,683 and for the
116.733 persons of school age In Mil
waukee, the rate is $2,783. Aid was
withheld from only five districts for
failing to comply with the law. The
money was raised by a 7-10 mill tax.
Milwaukee county's apportionment is
$369,837.18.
New Wisconsin Incorporates.
Articles of incorporation were filed
as follows: The John Pflngsten Leath
er company, Milwaukee; capital, $25,-
000; incorporators, John H. Pflngsten,
Bernhardt E. 'eske and William ttels
ner. The G. F. Sanborn tomriny.
Eagle River; an amendment Increas
ing its capital from *500.000 to $1,000,-
000 The Thompson Mining company.
Highland; capital, *25,000; incorpora
tors. John M Deiar.sy, H. Lewis and
R. M Kennedy The Mondford Poul
try association, Mond.ort; no capital.
Eever f'rUcners Pardoned.
Governor McGovern granted seven
Christmas pardons. He denied 12 and.
commuted the sentences of three. In
cluding that of Mrs. Angla Funk, a' ;
Milwaukee woman serving a life term
for the murder of an old soldier. Her
sentence was reduced to 25 year? and.
her release will come in about one
year.
Stanley Kwiakkowski of Milwaukee
county, sentenced for abandonment.-
was granted a conditional pardon;.
Arthur Caddock, Kenosha county, as
sault, pardoned; Harry Jaconso, Green
county, forgery, pardon denied;
Frank Clement and Holly McCallum,
codefendants. obstructing railroad
track, pardon denied, to permit parole
when eligible; William M. Fuller,
Dane county, murder, pardon denied;
Thomas Jones, Barron county, murder,
pardoned; Joseph Pionek, Shawano
county, manslaughter in fourth de
gree, pardoned; William E. W. Dickin
son, Waushara county, assault, par
doned; Gladys Nooman, La Crosse
couuty, lewd behavior, conditional
pardon from the industrial school for
girls; Mathias B. Rokan, Milwaukee
county, attempted assault, pardon de
nied without prejudice, parole proper
remedy; Frank Halligan, Milwaukee
coqnry, and John Driscoll, codefend
anls, larceny from the person, pardons
denied; Charles James, Milwaukee
county, assault, pardoned; Alphonso
Taglialazdro, Milwaukee county, as
sault with intent to kill and murder,
pardon denied without prejudice to
permit parole when eligible; Anna
Brockhaus. Milwaukee county, assault
with Intent to do bodily harm, pardon
denied; George Wightman, Fond du
Lac county, murder, pardon denied;
Charles Loeseher, Kenosha county, as
sault, pardon denied; Thomas Vallier,
Milwaukee county, assault, pardon de
nied; Victor Flude, Milwaukee county,
assault, sentence commuted to 18
years; Herman Mueller, Milwaukee
county, second degree murder. Muel
ler is dying of tuberculosis and his
sentence commuted 24 years to permit
parole. He was sent to prison for 25
years.
No further pardon hearings will be
held during 1911.
Many Settler* Coming to Wisconsin.
On his return from a trip to Wash
ington, D. C., John P. Hume, manager
of the Wisconsin Advancement asso
ciation, reports that an adequate cor
rection will be made in the perma
liijnt edition of the thirteenth census
0? the errors pertaining to the quality
of the undeveloped lands of Wisconsin
it the advance sheets.
“The statements contained in the
Advance sheets were a slam at Wis
consin, the origin and authorship of
which I v.as unable to discover, but I
was able to get an assurance that in
the permanent edition Wisconsin will
come in for fair treatment and that is
the main point,” said Manager Hume.
“While in Washington, 1 took up
with 'lie national immigration bureau
the matter of the establishment, of a
fcranen immigration office in Chicago.
Thiy will give the states of Wisconsin,
Michigan and Minnesota a much bet
ter opportunity to reach homeseekeis
—an advantage now secured by the ir
rigation concerns through the office
p.ow maintained by the reclamation
department in Chicago.
“While In Washington I found also
i’.mt the officers of the reclamation
department are now for the first time
admitting many of the troubles being
encountered by farmers on the irriga
tion prospects. The Washington Star
reprinted from a review of irrigation
prepared by Director Newell for the
Smith onian institute, in which what
he calls the 'thorny side’ of irrigation
is portrayed in a manner calculated to
convince the reader that tbe career of
the irrigator is not only a bed of roses.
“Among the other things, Director
Newell says: ’This awakening to the
fact that irrigation has its thorny side
sometimes comes as a startling shock,
sufficient to discourage all but the
most enthusiastic or persistent and the
more faint-hearted seek farther for the
promised land.’
“I found that the general trend of
opinion has changed so that consider
ations are more favorable to Wiscon
sin and the conclusion is inevitable
that now- is the time to push Wiscon
sin to the front.
No Aid for Wide Highway.
The attorney general, in an opinion,
declares the county of Milwaukee may
not be given state aid for a highway
more than 18 feet In width. The high
way in question is the Janesville
plank road, which the county desired
to construct at a width of 150 feet
with parkways in the middle.
A. T. Torge Quits State Post.
A. T. Torge, assistant seere<ary of
state, announced his resignation to
take effect January 1. Mr. Torge is
considering offers to enter business.
His friends says he will be a candi
date for secretary of state. Mr. Torge
has been prominently identified in
public affairs for the last twenty
years and has Iven assistant secre
tary of state ‘jr five years He is a
member &' the Republican state cen
tral committee.
Assemblyman Frye Has Doubtful Job.
Secretary Frear officially asked At
torney General Bancroft if Assembly
man Taylor Frye of Fairchild Is en
titled to draw a salary as an employe
of the state. The Industrial com
mission was created by a law
passed by the legislature at its last
session, Mr. Frye being a member of
the assembly. The constitution pro
hibits the appointment of a member of
the legislature to any civil office cre
ated or the emoAiments of which
were increased during the term for
which be was eleAed.
Will Notify Corporatlors.
Over 10.000 corporations doing
business in Wisconsin will be
from the secretary of state a notifi
cation of the necessity of filing an
annual report, and a warning of for
feiture unless this be done. Corpor
ations have declared a disposition to
test this law, but thus far none has
gone beyond making the threat
There 1b a forfeit of ten dollar*
for failure to file by March 1, and
after June 1 the secretary is required
to publish defaults and "■* i: • - ‘oar
fees must be added.