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Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-14
TIPS IN JAPAN.

There the InnlSeeper Is Not Forgot
ten When Guest Goes Away.
IF you hotelkeeperS should ever be
told of the Japanese method of tipping.
why we would all have to take to the
woods" said a far eastern traveller, in
the New Orleans Picayune In a jap
anese hotel you give the proprietor the
biggest tip Of all when leaving and
grade the other tips accordingly.
when your bill is handed to you it
is customary to wrap up in a separate
piece of paper an amount approximate
ing about one-fifth of the whole account
and give that to the worthy innkeeper,
together with the regular amount re-
quired of you by his account, which you
indorse in the folded bill. Then you
wrap up smaller sums in smaller pieces
Of paper and parcel these Christmas
packages out among the servants who
have waited on you.
This tip to the boniface is called
chodal, or tea money, and the Japanese
reasoning:
"All hotel charges in Japan are forced
by law to be very low, so that even the
very poor man who finds himself on
the road of nights can get food and
shelter for a nominal sum. The rich
man has to pay no more than the beg
gar.
"Since the hotel man could not make
a living if this order of things were al
lowed to exist, without some saving
grace, some recompense must be made
to the hotelkeeper for his enforced gen
crosby. Therefore, it is argued. if a
guest can we'll afford to give the host
only provides for those less fortunate
than himself, but he tends himself
against the evil day when he may have
to ask a beggar's board and bed. It is
not charity to the innl1eeper, but mere
" wise provision against possible hard
times.
But if a man whom the worthy host
believes to be able to afford a generous
chodal leaves the hotel without paying
the same, woe betide him should he
ever return to that hostelry again. He
will get last chance at the communal
bathtub, will get the most drafty room
in the house, and in a hundred ways
be made to feel that he is the most mis-
cradle Of men,"
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-14

new record In Arctic attainment. On
each of his dashes over the polar pack
Peary has surpassed his own former
efforts. In 1902, he exceeded his own
best performance in northing by thirty
one miles, and now dwarfs that splen-
did work by going 1871 miles nearer the
Pole than he had ever before been, and
about thirty-seven miles further than
his closest competitor, Captain Cagni.
If Peary can equal this ratio in anoth-
er dash, the North Pole, the greatest
geographical prize, will be his, for he
has put a star on the Polar map show
ing that he was within about 203 stat
ute miles of the point where the terres-
trial axis breaks the surface Of the
earth
Attraction for Explorers.
The North Pole has been an attrac-
ton TO explorers only in recent times
say within the last quarter century.
The early explorers did, indeed, dream
of reaching 90 deg. north, but that
was only half of their vision. The
other half included Il descent on the
other side. In brief, they sought q
short route to the Far East, which
would exclude the long journey around
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-14

''The North Pole" said Commander
Robert e. Peary before starting on his
latest expedition, sis the last great
geographical prize which the world has
to offer to adventurous man; the priZa
for which the best men of the strong
Gus nations of the earth have been
struggling unsuccessfully for nearly
four centuries; the trophy which the
grandest nation of them all would be
proud to win"
Peary's hopes of the prize are found
ed upon his extraordinary knowledge
Of the Arctics. He spent the greater
part Of ten years in his reconnaissance
of the Great Ice Cap of Greenland.
Having conquered this immense Arctic
Sahara, he turned his thoughts toward
the attainment of the North Pole in
1897.
Following Is the northernmost record
made by the various Arctic explorers:
Peary. .... April, 1906 81 deg. 6 min.
Cagni. May, 1900 Sc deg. 81 min.
hansen -. April, 1895 Sc deg. Is min.
Peary. 49,. April, 1902 "a deg. II min.
Peary. ...... May, 1900 SO deg. so min.
Lockwood. i. !. . May, 1882 SO deg. "a min.
Mares. ...... May, 1876 SO deg. 20 min.
Parry. 1890. July, 1927 so deg. 40 min.
Hudson. -. July, 1907 81 deg. CD
Now the farthest north falls to
Peary, who, at 81 deg. min, makes a
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-14

Africa. A northeast passage was first
looked for, and then n passage by way
of the northwest. Although the explor-
ers encountered floating ice they do not
appear to have started out with the
same respect for the frozen barrier
they subsequently admitted.
About the middle Of the sixteenth
century Edward VI. sent out Sir Hugh
Willoughby to find a northeast passage
1t appears to have reached Nova Fem
bla, and was subsequently lost. Forty
years later BarentZ reached II deg,
named the great sea he discovered
Spitzbergen, had some exciting expert
ences, but failed to find an open pass
age across the North Pole. Henry Hud-
son tried to find the passage between
Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla, which
would lead across the Pole, but, al
though he failed, he was the first ex-
plorer to get into the sos Of north lati-
tude. He reached 81 deg. north in
1907, and 22O years were to pass before
Parry surpassed this record, when, in
1927, the English navigator reached 50
deg. 45 min.
The quest Of the Pole is of compare
lively recent origin, If the early at
tempts to effect northwest passage
are not put in that category. Barentz,
Willoughby. Chancellor and Hudson
were the first to discover the difficulty
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-14
AWFUL PLOT Is Barred
CHICAGO FORTUNE TELLER AND
WIFE IN TOLLS.
He Says Mrs. Vzral Proposed to Kill His
Mother as Well as His Wife
for Money.

CHICAGO, Ill, Dec. SHERMAN
Belek, the fortune teller who was ar
rested in connection with the deaths in
the Vzral family, was arraigned today
and his case was continued until Deem
Der II. Mrs. Mary Belek, his wife, was
also brought into court, and her case set
for December IA.
The police investigation has developed
that a proposition to secure money by
poisoning was entertained between Mrs.
Rose Vzral, who is supposed to have
committed suicide last Tuesday, and
Belek, suspected &c having administered
poison to Martin Vzral and the latter's
four children.
The evidence that such a proposition
was considered was in the form OF q
letter from Mrs. Vzral to Belek asking
that he secure money for her, in return
for that which she had given him by poi
soning his own mother, who lives in
Cleveland, o. Belek admitted that the
request was made with another that he
take his wife's life by the same means.
Belek's statement was confirmed by
Mrs. Belek, who said that she had been
in constant fear of her life because of
the jealousy which Mrs. Vzral and her
daughter entertained against her.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-14
GROVER CLEVELAND ILL.
Suffering from Acute Indigestion, but
Condition Is Not Serious-Is
Closely Watched.

PRINCETON, n. J., Dec. S.-Grover
Cleveland is Ill at his home, 'Westland,"
where he is suffering from acute indi-
gestion. Mr.. Cleveland has been sick
for a week.
While his condition is not regarded as
serious, every precaution is being taken
by his family physician, DR.. J. NJ. Car
nochan. DR.. Carnochan said that Mr.
Cleveland was not in a very serious
condition, but that as he was suffering
from acute indigestion he was conse-
quently in pain. He also stated that
Mr.. Cleveland had been i'll for some time
and that only by the most extraordinary
effort had he seen Andrew Carnegie
when he called Wednesday.
1--WE expect Mr.. Cleveland out in a
few days. continued DR.. Carnochan,
''but I can't tell exactly when"
1t is rumored around town that Mr..
Cleveland is worse than his doctor re
ports.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-14
WANTS AMERICAN SHIPS,
Secretary Metcalf, in Report, Urges Ac-
ton by Congress to Give Country
Chance to Expand.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. s.
Especial IA strong appeal for action
by Congress that will enable the nation
to take a greater and more active part
in the foreign carrying trade and extend
American commercial influence on the
oceans is contained in the annual report
of Secretary of Commerce and Labor
V. ii. Metcalf, made public today.
This branch of commerce, Secretary
Metcalf declares, has long been neglect
ed because of the absorption of the coun-
try in it's internal development. This de-
velopment, he points out, has now
reached a point when we must look to
an extension of our foreign markets if
we wish to utilize to their full extent our
productive powers.
AT present" he asserts, "an excep-
tional demand for coasting steamers and
an extensive programme of naval con-
structiOn have brought together large
bodies of skilled workmen and given full
employment to our shipyards. A consid-
cradle reduction in either kind of work
will mean at least temporary dissolu-
ton of a great industry essential to the
national defense, unless by vigorous leg
islation to promote American shipping
in foreign trade, we use the assembled
forces of labor and capital in building
ships to carry our mails, to reinforce
trade"
In this connection the secretary rec
ommends the passage of the merchant
marine commission bill. He also lays
stress upon the desirability of more in
innate trade relations with the great
republics of South America. The most
effective method of promoting such rela
tons, he says, is the establishment of
improved steamship communication be-
tween the continents. 1t is a matter
of record, he declares, that at times we
must send our mails for Brazil, Argen
tina and Uruguay by way of the ports
of Europe and their superior subsidized
mail steamships.
In speaking of the outlook for ship
building in this country for the current
fiscal year, he says:
UNLESS unforeseen obstacles arise, the
output of vessels for the year ending
June 80, 1907, probably will exceed the
output for any year during the past half
century. At the beginning of the fiscal
year, thirty-two ocean steel steamers
the largest number in our history-were
under construction or under contract to
be built on the seaboard."
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-14
WIN MANY PRIZES FOR HORSES.
GAINESVILLE Breeders Successful at Chicago
Stock Show.

GAINESVILLE, Wis, Dec 7.-ISpe-
ciaL. AT the international Stock show,
Chicago, Rock county horse breeders
carried off fourteen prizes in the exhibit
ton of Clydesdale horses. McLay
Brothers of Johnstown took first and
fourth in the filly foal class, first in the
stallion foal, first in mares of 3 years
or under 4, third and fourth in the stall
lion ! year and under 2, second, third
and fifth in the mares of years and
over, fourth in the stations of 4 years
and over, and fifth in the stations of 3
years and under 4. Alexander Galbraith
& Son of this city took second in the
the stations of years and over, fourth
in the mares of years and over, sec
ond in the mares of years and under 4.
The majority of first in the Clydesdale
classes were taken by Graham Brothers
of Claremont, Ont, and the Graham
Renfrow company, Limited, of Bedford
Park, Ont.
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tons, some pieces of equipment and
Franklin's journal.

tons, some pieces Of equipment and
Franklin's journal.
With experiences such as these &C.
curing far from the Pole it is no!
remarkable that polar research was 70:
years supplanted by more general Arc
tic field work. Peary has been the
most successful Arctic worker who ever
sought the Pole, yet he has had terri
Bile experiences. On one of his expedi-
tons across the Greenland ice cap one
of his party was lost in a creyasse. On
another journey northward the intrepid
explorer himself had to have a toe
amputated. After the operation he
went North again and actually reach
ed, lame as he was and still suffering,
his fartherst northing-S4 deg. II min
previous to his present splendid per-
Torrance.
Terrors of the Arctic.
To Peary the Far North has few ter
rors, yet even he is willing to admit
the terrors are there. Hunger and
starvation" he says, "have played an
important part in many Arctic expedi-
lions, yet it should be remembered that
they have played an equally prominent
part in expeditions in what are consid-
cred more favored regions Careless
ness or mismanagement, or inexperi-
ence, or carelessly considered taking
Of chances, may make them serious
menace anywhere In the world. In
regard to hunger, as In regard to dark
ness, how many Of my readers know
what real hunger is? I do not mean
the hunger Of the man who has slowly
starved to death inactive until he Is
semi-conscious and life Is but the faint
est spark. Such hunger I have never
known.
What I do mean is the hunger
which a man feels who has for weeks
been working to his limit, In the biting
air Of the Arctic regions, on half ra
lions or less, till he is only a gaunt ma
chine Of bones and sinews; the hun
ger Of man whose heart and lungs
and muscles are working overtime
whose stomach Is thin as a sheet Of
paper, but whose blood Is still red and
hot, and every drop of 1t calling for
meat.
THAT is the hunger which leads a
man to jump on bear or musk OK that
he has just killed, lift the skin with his
knife, and fill up on the delicious raw,
warm meat without waiting for the
useless luxuries of fire or salt The
hunger which, when a dog dies in har-
ness, makes man stand off the other
dogs, till he himself has eaten"
He Is just as Indifferent to the in
tense cold which seems to freeze the
very air, when tempered steel and sea-
soned oak and hickory become brittle,
soft iron becomes as hard as steel, mo-
lasses and lard are cut with a Ratchet
petroleum turns white and grows thick
like ice cream, and ones breath turns
instantly to ice"
In spite of the sufferings of cold
hunger and fatigue which beset the
seeker Of the northern apex of the
earth, Peary has proved that properly
organized expedition composed Of the
right sort of men may safely reach
high ATTITUDES. and perhaps even the
North Pole itself.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-14
TO PUT OUT OLD TARS.
Admiral Dewey Says Navy Needs Young
Blood Among Officers-New
Bill to Be Offered.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. S.-ssWe
want younger men to command the ships
of the navy" said Admiral Dewey after
an interview with the President today,
retire officers early The result is
sought by the enactment of the naval
personnel bill, which the admiral dis
cussed with the President.
Brighten. Whit, who has been as
signed to the command of the troops in
Cuba, reported at the war department
today.
NORFOLK, Va, Dec. s. = Federal
Judge Waddill today ordered the re-
lease from the navy of William Booker.
an apprentice seaman, who, it is alleged.
left his home in st. Joseph's county,
Ind, and enlisted without the KNOWLEDGE
of his parents. The case will be ap-
pealed.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-14
BOY ESCAPES FLAMES.
w. w. GOETZ, STUDENT AT COR
NELL, ALMOST CAUGHT IN
CHI PSI FIRE.
FISKE MANSION WIPEDOUT
Seven Burned to Death in Destruction
of One of Finest Frat Houses Al
the Uni,ed States

ITHACA, n. Y, Dec. 7.-lSpecial. /
While seven people were killed, w. w.
Goetz, 219 Thirty fourth street, Mlwau-
kee, had narrow escape from death and
serious injury this morning in fire
which destroyed the old Fiske mansion.
recently the lodge of the Chi Psi frater-
nifty.
The building was said to be the finest
used for fraternity purposes in the coun-
try.
The chapter house. which was a man
sion built by Ms. Jennie McGraw Fiskc,
on the campus, overlooking Cayuga lake,
but never occupied by her because of
her premature death, was a beautiful
structure of sand stone. 1t was hand
somely decorated within with marble and
mahogany. 1t is now heap of ruins.
The walls, which were of rubble mason
ry, collapsed under the flames and high
wind.
Seven Are Killed.
Seven persons met death, as follows:
ROBINSON, n. s., attorney, volun-
teer city fireman.
LYNDON, ESTY, salesman, volun-
teer city fireman.
sCHMUCK, A. II, Hanover, Pa,
GRELLE, f. W.. South Orange, Pa,
student.
NICHOLS, w. H., Chicago.
MCUTCHEN, j. NJ, Pittsburg, stu
dent.
Although Schmuck got out of the
building, he went back for his room
mate, Mr.. Nichols and in this attempt
to rescue his comrade, he was so seri-
ously injured that he died.
When the fire department arrived the
screams of the two men appearing III
the windows of the southwest tower,
over the main entrance, were heard. For
some reason the men hestated to jump
and before they could be reached the
tower collapsed and the men were
buried beneath the ruins.
The tremen made a hard fight but
the walls were so hot that any attempt
at rescue was impossible Among those
taken from the ruins We're j. Nj. Me
Cutcheon of Pittsburg, the football full
back substitute, in pitable condition.
This is the most serious disaster that
has ever occurred Mt Cornell, though at
the Delta Chi chapter house fire some
years ago several lives were lost.
W. Ill. Nichols, student killed i'll
the fire, was son of George IL.
Nichols, a commission merchant of Chi
cago.
Fire Starts in the Kitchen.
The fire started in the kitchen of the
basement of the chapter house. The
flames had gained considerable Roadway
before the students were awakened. The
halls Immediately filled with dense
smoke. In the rooms on the upper floor
were twenty-seven students, all taken
unawares. All went to the windows and
many were forced to jump. The wind
was blowing thirty miles an hour. No
slarm was turned i'll until half an hour
after the fire had been discovered.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-14
Saws It's All Politics.
HURT IN 6-DAY WHlRl.
Bicycle Riders Run Into Three Women
and Two Men in the New
York Race.

NEW YORK, Dec. 1O.-In the six-day
bicycle race all the teams had covered
301 miles and 3 laps at 2 o'clock except
WaIthour and BedeII, who had covered
3O1 miles and 2 laps. The record for
the fourteenth hour is 300 miles laps.
Three women and two men who were
crossing the track got in the way of the
riders, and Mcdonald, Stol, HOLSTER,
Rupprecht and Downing went down in
heap. All were bruised but continued
in the race. The women were not hurt
Shortly afterwards there occurred an
other spill in which Menus BedelI of
Lynbrook, i. l., suffered q fracture of
his collar bone.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-14
WERE OPEN ON SUNDAY.
MADISON. Wis. Dec. 7.-TSpe,

MADISON. Wis, Dec. 7-TSpecial. ]
George Lund and Ernest Wilkie of
Sun Prairie We're arraigned before Judge
Donovan on the charge of selling liquor
on Sunday. Lund pleaded guilty and
was fined. Wilkie intends to fight the
case.
This matter all grows out OF an appeal
made by f. G. Weed, president of the
Anti-Saloon league. 1t was impossible
to get any one to give evidence who
lived in the village, so {. Ell. Sharpe,
detective for the league, was sent to the
place and arrived there last Sunday. He
registered under the name Of Mr.. Fraley
of Milwaukee. 1t was through his eff
forts that the evidence was procured.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-14
DECEIVER IS SET FREE.
Young Man Wooed Oshkosh Girl, Rep
resenting Himself to Be ].
Ogden GOelet

ELAIIRA, n. Y, Dec. flames y.
Abeel, after serving ten months in the
reformatory here, has been released ON
parole. He is the young man of wealthy
parents who in 1903 acquired consider
able notoriety by passing as j. Ogden
Goelet, and also by forging the name of
j. B. Van Every, second vice president
of the Western Union in order to make
an impression upon an Oshkosh (Wis.(
girl telegraph operator in the Grand
Union hotel, New York. His case was
appealed to the highest court OF the
state, and ten months ago he was finally
sent to the rCformatory, to serve an in
definite term.
The young man and his wife started
for Texas. Abee's father, who has ex-
tensive oil interests in Texas and in the
west, is standing back of his son in his
new start in life
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-14
PRINCE DECLARED INSANE.

VIENNA, Dec. 10.-The Vienna Zeit
learns from the best sources that Prince
George, the crown prince of Servia, has
been declared insane and excluded from
the succession to the throne. His sue
cessor will be his younger brother,
Prince Alexander.
The elder prince has incurred heavy
debts and otherwise made himself IN
popular. He has been in the habit of
logging his adjutants and women serv-
ants and his orgies are said to be indie
scribeable. He has also been heard to
utter abusive language about the Servian
people and the King. his father.
Hen. will be sent to a sanitarium
abroad.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-14
CLAIMS SHE IS MRS. MOHR.
GAINESVILLE District Attorney Thinks He
Has Professional Swindler.

GAINESVILLE, Wis, Dec. 7.-[Spe.
cial. Mrs. Elizabeth Mohe of BeIoit is
in the Rock county Jail here under
$1,000 bail, awaiting trial on the charge
of swindling Beloit people out of sever,
al hundred dollars on the allegation that
she held a $1,000 check on the Walsh
bank, Chicago. District Attorney Johr
L. Fisher hopes to prove the woman to
be Mrs. Mary Mohr, who is alleged to
have swindeled Chippewa county people
out of some $4,000 between 1900 and
1905, by mortgaging land and cattle in
Stanley county. He also expects to show
Elizabeth Mohr who operated in Barron
county in 1905, is none other than Mrs.
Mohe.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-14
Don't Use EN- for Tanning Now.

1t is rather a pity that our hickories
should receive highest appreciation from
us when they are yielding up their sub
stance in roaring flames in our fire
places. Fer nowhere in the forest world
can we find a genus of trees that is. as
whole. more attractive and valuable
that the genus Hicoria. Most of the
hiclsories are beautiful in summer when
their glossy foliage is at its best: in
autumn this foliage turns the color of
uncoined gold: and when bare of leaves
there is revealed an oaklike twist to the
branches which makes these trees most
picturesque and beautiful objects in the
winter landscape. We have never made
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-14
FOUR KILLED IN A SMASH
Maine Central Freights Come Together at
Terrific Speed, Hurting Eight
Cars Over Engine.

LEWISTON, Me-, Dec. -Four per.
sons were killed and three others seri.
ously injured in a head on collision be,
tween special and a regular freight
train on the Maine Central railway, near
Annabesnacook. late last night, due tc
a misunderstanding of orders.
Both trains were going so fast when
they met that eight of the thirteen cars
of the special We're hurled over the en-
CINE and demolished with the greater
part of the contents. The track was
blocked for hours.
The dead are:
HODGES, fireman, of the special.
FLETCHER, FORREST, engineer, of the
regular train.
HARTMAN, engineer, of the special.
ROWE, brakeman, of Lewiston.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-14
DECIDE JOHN DIS FATE.
STANDARD Oil Lawyers Arguing Against
His Personal Attendance at
Findlay Trial.

FINDLAY, O., Dee. Virgil p.
Kline and S. II. TolIes of Cleveland and
j. 0. TrOup Of Bowling Green, attorneys
of the Standard Oil company of Ohio,
today argued the question to dismiss the
demurrers. The outcome VIII determine
whether John ID. Rockefeller and the
Standard Oil directors, J. NJ Robertson,
M. G.. Villas, and ii. Z. Mcintosh Of
Cleveland, will be brought here to plead
to the indictments.