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Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-05-03
RAIL REGULATION WINS
ROAD MUST ADJUST SCHEDULES TO
ACCOMMODATE PUBLIC.
United States Supreme Court Bears Out
Commissioners of North Caro-
lima

WASHINGTON. d. c., April 90
The supreme court of the United States
today decided in effect that the railroad
commissioners of the state of North Car
DINA can compel a railroad company
operating in that state to so adjust its
schedule as to accommodate passengers
on other lines from any particular part
of the state.
The case arose out Of an order issued
by the commissioners directing the rail
road company to make connection at Sell
ma at 2:25 y. m. with train on an
other line running from the eastern part
OF the state, with the object of accom-
modatlng passengers whose destination
was Raleigh
This it was contended by the railroad
company, amounted to taking property
without due process of law. The COM
mission justified its course on the ground
that compliance with the order was nee
esSary to accommodate Il large part of
the public-the supreme court of North
Carolina held against the railroad COM
pany and its decision was affirmed by
todays action of the supreme court of
the United States on the ground that the
order of the commission does not affect
rates, but is Il proper act of state regu-
lation.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-05-03
Short Suggestions.

Orange marmalade makes a very
tasty accompaniment for boiled ham.
Stew a pound of prunes with pot
roast and note the fine favor impart-
ed to the meat.
Add teaspoonful of curry powder
to the cream sauce in which macaroni
is baked.
Bananas should not be put into re
frigerator-in fact, they should never
be allowed to get colder than so de-
grees. A chill turns bananas black.
prevents them ever ripening properly
and renders them unfit for use.
Good macaroni is of a yellowish tint.
does not break readily in cooking and
swells to two or three times its bulk.
Lampblack is sometimes a very hard
thing to remove. The best results have
been obtained with kerosene and q
thorough washing of soap and warm
water.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-05-03
nilar Accident at Rock Island.
BINGER HERMANN
FOUND NOT GUILTY.
Former Congressman Acquitted of Charge
of Destroying Public Rec
OrGS

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 81
Binger Hermann, former congressman
from Oregon, and former commissioner
of the central land office, was acquitted
of the charge of destroying public records
by the verdict OF a jury rendered today.
The trial had progressed for twelve
weeks, and the jury delibefated twenty
one hours before reaching a verdict.
Nothing was heard from the jury room
after the jury retired at 800 o'clock yes
terday afternoon, until II o'clock today,
when word came that it was desired that
Justice Stafford repeat his charge to
them. This request was granted after
brief argument of counsel, and the next
hour and a half was occupied in reread-
ing the charge.
The jury, within ten minutes after it's
second retirement, appeared with the YER
dict mot guilty" United States Attor-
neg Baker and many others in the court
room congratulated the defendant
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-05-03
Lady Baltimore Cake.

One cup of butter, two cups of SUI
gar, one cup Of sweet milk, whites Of
six egs, two level teaspoonfuls of bak-
ing powder, sifted with three and one
half cups of -four; one teaspoonful of
rose water. Bake in layers and put
together with the following mixture ::
Boil three cups of granulated sugar
until it threads and pour it over the
stiff1y beaten whites of three eggs.
Beat until thick enough to spread and
add cup of chopped raisins, one OF
chopped pecans and 1--WE figs, cut into
thin strips.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-05-03
BOILER BLAST Is FATAL.
Engine Blows Up and Three Trainmen
Are Killed Near O'Fallon (Mo.)-
Cause Mystery

O'FALLON, Mo, April 27.-While a
freight engine on the Wabash railway
drawing a caboose was running rapidly
near here today the boiler of the engine
exploded, killing three trainmen and in
juring two others, all from Moberly. Mo.
Sections of the engine demolished the
caboose and killed Brakeman Brown.
The cause of the explosion has not beer
determined Pieces of the engine and
tender were blown $50 feet from the
track.
Notwithstanding injuries, Conductor
Dessert ran a quarter of Il mile west of
the scene of the wreck and tagged Il
swiftly approaching passenger train from
Kansas City.
He waved his flag three times and fell
exhausted and unconscious at the side
of the track. His warning saved the
passenger train from plunging into the
wreckage ahead.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-05-03
MOTHER FoRBIDs CREMATION.
Queer Will Results in Ordinary Burial for
La Crosse Man.

OMAHA, Neb., April 29.--ISpecial.I
at is my wish that my body be cremat-
ed and the ashes scattered upon the
waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans,
unless it is found that my mother is still
alive, i'll which event the body is to be
turned over to her loving care, to dispose
Of as she wills"
This was one Of the stipulation in the
last will and testament of Capt. James
II. Waters, formerly of La Crosse Wis,
and later of What Cheer, Ia, who died
recently in Nevada, where he went sew
eral years ago in the hope that the
change of climate might benefit his
health
The will, which was filed for probate
in the county court Of Keokuk county,
Ia, few days ago, was drawn at a
time when Capt. James expected his
mother to die before he did. lie expect
ed, therefore. that the stipulation in the
instrument regarding the cremation of
his body would be carried out. The
mother is still alive, however, and the
remains We're turned over to her and
taken to La Crosse, where they were in
TERED.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-05-03
WORKERS LOSE HOLIDAY.
Because of Longer Work
Other DAYS

KENOSHA. Wis. April 26.-[Spe-
cial. THE state labor commission has
ruled against the Saturday half holiday
for child workers in answer to request
from several Kenosha factories. The
henosha plants had sought to give a
Saturday half holiday to all of their
help but in order to do this it was
found necessary to work an added forty
i've minutes on each day. Assistant Fac
tory inspector ID. ID. Evans of Racine
nouhed the factory managers that this
plan could not be continued and that the
state department would insist that the
law be enforced to the letter and that
no child under Is years would be al
lowed TO work more than ten hours a
dnN
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-05-03
Will Dust st. Louis Saloons.
BOND LOOT $500, 900.
Douglass and bennett Believed to Have
Realized $165, 1000 on Their
Robbery.

NEW YORK, April 29.-The big bond
robbery, in which the Trust Company of
America was the victim continues an alb
sorbing subject i'll the financial district.
The robbery at first put down as a
$4,000 affair, has steadily grown until
today it appears that securities aggre-
eating 100000 in value had been taken
by William o. Douglass, the bond clerk
now under arrest. \ member of the
executive committee Of the trust company
said that it took $3.50, 900 to redeem the
securities hypothecated with brokers for
loans by O. NJ. bennett, who is under
arrest i'll connection with the robbery,
and that the securities were pledged for
less than one-third of their value. What
h;ts become of the money Douglass and
bennett raised is unexplained.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-05-03
Protection Against Poison.

Probably the most ingenious device
invented to prevent the taking of poi
son in mistake for medicine is a bot
tie which has been recently devised by
a French inventor, which is supplied
with lock and key, so that there
could be no possibility of error. The
cork is on a spring secured to the neck
of the bottle, and when pressed into
place is secured automatically by a
spring-like hasp. In order to release
the cork it is necessary to make use
Of key which is also secured to the
neck of the bottle.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-05-03
CAN STATE GOVERN SOLDIERS?
Michigan Wonders If 1t Can Enforce
Game Law on Reservation

NEWBERRY, Wis, April 26.-LSpe-
cial. State Game and Fish Warden
Chapman is in a Quandary on the ques-
ton of the jurisdiction of the game laws
of the state over the target range reser-
walton the government has established
for the use of the soldiers from Port
Brady. A lieutenant has asked if he
can be prevented from killing deer there
at any time. The question of whether
the state ever rclinquished jurisdiction
over the land enters into the matter, and
even if this jurisdiction has been re-
leased the question is not easy, for the
reason that the law makes all the wild
game and fish in the state the property
of the state
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-05-03
MAY DAY TO BE QUIET.
German Socialists Are Not Aggressive
and Employers Threats to Work
ers Are Effective.

BERLIN, April 27.-Ali appearances
indicate that May day this year will be
observed less generally than ever in Ger
many. Many municipalities have forbid
den street parades or other public demon
STATIONS. and the employers organiza-
tons as a rule have taken strict meas
ures 10 prevent the workingmen from
celebrating the day, using the threat Of
a weeks dismissal without pay if they
absent themselves. This was the means
which last year brought the Hamburg
Stevedores to terms.
The Social Democratic national COM
mittee has issued the usual proclamation
calling on the Socialists to observe the
day, but the appeal is less aggressive
than usual. 1t urges the local organiza-
selves and then only celebrate the day if
they can do 50 without getting into trou-
BILE with their employers.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-05-03
KENOSHA PIONEER DEAD.
Robert F. Roberts Was Writer of Note
IN State Under Greedy AdminiStra-
tion of New York Tribune.

KENOSHA, Wis. April 26.-ISpe-
cial l-Robcrt f. Roberts, secretary of
the Kenosha Old Settlers club, died ct
Woodwork, late Thursday night afte. a
few days illness from pneumonia. rs
years of age. He was native of
Wales but had resided in kenosha coun-
ty since 1910. He was formerly the
editor of the Kcnosha Telegraph and
was the Wisconsin correspondent for
the New York Tribune during the Greedy
times. He was widely known in the
councils Of the Congregational church
in this state and was vigorous writer
on church topics.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-05-03
MILLINER BARS SMOKING.
Sign in Establishment at Pound Also
Cautions Patrons Against Spit
ting on the Floor

POUND. Wis, April 36.-[Spccial. i
Women of Pound declare they cannot ac-
count for this notice which is posted con-
spcuously i'll Il leading millinery es-
Establishment here:
please do not spit on the floor or
smoke i'll this room"
Mrs A f. Gisscnaas conducts tho
shop. She employs eight helpers. wom-
en- and girls.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-05-03
TO EUROPE IN 70 HOURS
DIR. BELL SEES FUTURE OF AERIAL
NAVIGATION.
Battleship That Will Fight in the Clouds
Also Predicted by Telephone
Inventor.

LONDON, April 29.-Dr. Alexander
Graham Bell, the inventor of the tele-
phone, Is quoted i'll an interview which
has appeared here as saying that it was
only question of a brief period when
the progress of aerial navigation would
make it possible to have dinner in Amer
lea and breakfast the next morning in
Europe. covering the distance across the
Atlantic i'll less than 20 hours.
Ir. Bell said that he expected that an
airship would be perfected capable of
making 10 to POO miles an hour. He
was also of the opinion that the next
step III aerial flight would take the form
of such improvements as would make
possible the creation of aerial battle
ships. He was of the opinion that Amer
ca would be the first country to perfect
aerial battleShips.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-05-03
WINTRY IN GERMANY.
oped in Frost-Crops Hurt by
Backward Spring.

BERLIN, April 27.--Wintry weather
prevails in central and southern Ger
many The Thuringian forest and Rhoen
mountains are covered thick with snow
in some parts twenty inches deep
Heavy snow fell at Coburg today and
Nuremburg awoke this morning under
white roofs, the snow continuing falling
until noon. Heavy snow is reported to
have fallen at Stuttgart and Karlsruhe
Wintry weather is also announced
from the Vosger districts and on the
Broken mountain, the trees are en-
veloped in a heavy hoar frost. The roads
teams.
There were snow gusts in Berlin yes
terday and today. The imperial crop re-
port shows that the wheat and rye crops
are the poorest since 1903, which is at
tributed to the cold. windy spring
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-05-03
LABOR LIKES ROOSEVELT.
Federated Trades Council OF Green Bay
Adopts Resolutions Assuring the
President of Confidence

GREEN BAY, Wis, April 26.-[ Spe-
cial. l-ResOlutions were passed Thurs
day night by the Federated Trades
council of Green Bay which will be for
warded to President Roosevelt, informing
him that the labor organizations in this
part of Wisconsin place their undivided
confidence in him as a friend of labor
and justice. The action is taken be-
cause of the recent controversy.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-05-03
Date Mum ms.

Stir together three coffee cupfuls of
flour, three teaspoonfuls of yeast pow
der and half a teaspoonful of salt, sift
into bowl, with enc and one-half cof-
fee cupfuls of milk; beat in the yolks
Of two well-beaten eggs; beat this
gradually as you sift in the -four; add
ora tablespoonful Of melted butter );
when smooth beat into it three-fourths
Of coffee cupful of chopped Toured
dates, and lastly force in the stiffened
whites; put in warmed creased gem
pans and make twenty-five minutes.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-05-03

Use the trimmings of cold boiled
ham or tongue. There should be one
quarter fat in the ham. Chop the
meat or grind it, for it must be very
fine, then rub to a paste. Make a sea-
soning of one level tablespoonful of
sugar, a level teaspoon Of mustard,
and a few grains of cayenne. not using
over a saltspoon. Mix we'll together,
then add one cup of hot vinegar slow
ly to make the mixture smooth Mix
two cups of prepared meat and dress
ing thoroughly, then pack in a bowl or
small jars. Use for a relish or for
sandwiches.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-05-03
POTATO ALCOHOL SOURCE.
State University to Experiment on Pro-
posed New Industry

MADISON, Wis, April 26.-The prob
lem of the production of sufficient raw
material to make the manufacture of
cheap alcohol possible will be solved by
the agricultural department of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin agricultural college
if the experiments in growing potatoes
just begun prove successful. The de-
psrtment has received three barrels of
new varieties of potatoes from Germany,
which are said to yield from 300 to 500
bushels an acre. They are too coarse
for culinary purposes, but as they can
be made to produce quantities of starch
and alcohol they possess large CONNER
cial possibilities.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-05-03
COASTING IN GERMANY.
Snow So Deep That Winter Sports Are
nesumed-Numerous Avalanches
Are Reported

BERLIN, April 29.-Snow falls con-
tinue to be reported from various parts
of Germany. Last night FichteIgebirge,
in northern Bavaria, had a worse storm
than any in January. In the valleys at
the foot of the mountains the snow is
three feet deep and travel is Obstructed.
Snow fell at Munich and throughout
the Isar valley today and now snow is
so thick in the Riesengebirge district of
southern Silesia that numerous avalanch-
es have fallen and winter sports have
been resumed. \ severe frost prevailed
throughout the Thuringian forest last
night with snow in places.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-05-03
PROF. HAU TRANSFERRED.
Alleged Murderer of Mother-in-Law TAX
en- to Baden-Baden.
X ARJ SRTHE. ADriI 27-Ka

KARLSRUHE, April 27.-Karl Hau.
professor of Roman law in George Wash
ington university, who is charged with
the murder of his mother-in-law. Frau
Molitor. at Baden Baden in November
last, was transferred from here to Ba-
den Baden yesterday to be present at
the court which is to formally determine
the time required to walk from the house
which was occupied by Frau Molitor to
the scene of the tragedy and also the
time it would take to walk from the
postoffice TO the house Hau is wholly
non-committal. neither denying nor ad
hitting his guilt.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-05-03
FEAR FARMER WAS MURDERED.
Inquest to Be Held to Probe Death of
Wheaton Farmer

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis, April 26.
Especial. Since John Roethlisberger,
a wealthy Wheaton farmer, was found
dead in a burning straw stack, friends
have been trying to ascertain whether
he committed suicide or was murdered
There is much evidence tending to Pave
that foul means had been used in bring
ing about his death. An autopsy will be
had and Saturday the coroner's inquest
will be held.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-05-03
Oyster Cocktails.

Make a sauce of a tablespoonful of
tomato catcEup, a teaspoonful of graf
ed horseradish, a teaspoonful of
Worcestershire sauce, a teaspoonful Of
lemon juice, an eighth of a teaspoonful
of tabasco sauce, Il teaspoonful of vim
egar and a saltspoonful Of salt Mix
well and set in the ice until thorough
~ chilled. Put into each chilled cock
tail glass five small oysters and fill
the glasses with this sauce.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-05-03
UISARM ALL ALIENS.
Perfect Shower of Stilettos, Knives and
RevOlvers on Deck of Italian
Liner

NEW YORK, April 29.-Nearly 2OOO
immigrants on the steamships Citta di
MilanO and NOrd America, of the Ital-
ian line, just i'll from Naples and Genoa,
got taste of the laws Of the country
when agents of the line appeared on the
bridge of each vessel and shouted that
all weapons and knives must be thrown
away or left with the officers of the ship
before the immigrants would be allowed
to land. There was an instantaneous show
er of stilettGs, ugly looking long knives
and revOlvers of modern and ancient
makes. Tomorrow when the immigrants
land on Ellis Island it is believed that
they will be the most harmless set of
aliens received there in many a day.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-05-03
WAS SCARED TO DEATH.
Philadelphia Woman Expires When Po
liceman Enters House to Arrest
Her Husband

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April %
Frightened by a policeman entering her
home to arrest her husband, Mrs. Jo-
sephine Hess, aged 46 years, dropped
dead today. Anthony Hess, the hus-
band, ran over boy with wagon on
Saturday. The child was taken to a hos
pita and his condition growing worse,
the police decided to arrest the driver.
As the woman saw the policeman com
ing into the house she fell to the floor
unconscious. The policeman tried to re-
vive her. but she was dead. The hus-
bands arrest has been deferred.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-05-03
DISTRICT ORATORS MEET.
Schools to Compete for Place as Repre-
sentative in State Meet at
Madison.

OSHKOSH, Wis. April 26.-TSpe-
cial. l-Seven high schools of this dis
trict will compete this evening Mt the
normal school in the annual district de-
clamatory contest, the winner to repre-
sent the district in the state event.
Those in the contest tonight are the fol-
lowing: Oakticld, New London, Berlin.
Menasha, Almond, Appleton and Mar
inette.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-05-03
Presence of Mind.

A negro minister from Georgia. who
was visiting friends in New York city.
went one Sunday TO the cathedral on
Fifth avenue.
service. especially by the choir boys in
the professional and occasional. When
he returned to the south he resolved TO
introduce the same thing into his church:
so he collected fifteen or twenty little
darkies and drilled them until he had
them well trained.
One Sunday the congregation was
greatly surprised TO see the choir boys
marching in. singing the professional.
TIE MISTER no-;ced that something was
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-05-03
ENGINE AND CAR IN CREEK.
Two Killed and 100 Escape Death on
Wabash Road.

PITTSBURG, Pa, April 29.-Two
men were killed and 100 passengers had
a thrilling escape from like fate in a
wreck on the Wabash railroad yesterday,
when the engine and front passenger
coach of a westbound train left the
tracks half a mile west Of the Bridge
vile station and plunged into CHARTERS
creek. forty feet below. The cause Of
the accident is thus far a mystery, and
the railroad officials will give out no
statement until an investigation has been
made.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-05-03
WOULD PENSION MOTHER.

CHICAGO, H., April Extensions
for motherhood and a state regulation by
which woman would be made indepen-
dent and equipped for industrial strife
would correct the divorce court evils
and wipe out marriages for convenience,
said Prof. Charles Zueblin Of the Chica-
90 university yesterday in his lecture
1T Handel hall.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-05-03
Coffee Cake.

Cream a cup of sugar and a half
cup of butter; add three well-beaten
eggs, half-cup of strong coffee, two
cups of -four sifted twice with two
teaspoonfuls Of baking powder, one
teaspoonful Of cinnamon, a pinch of
cloves and lastly cup each Of seeded
raisins, stemmed currants and chopped
nuts, dredged with -four.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-05-03
Number of Pensions Granted

Since the beginning of the Civil War
there have been granted by special acts
OF Congress 1925 pensions and in
creases of pensions These are cases
where the general law is supposed to
be inadequate, or in which the petit
toner does not come under any exist
ing law. In such cases Congress
passes a law directing that the name
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-05-03
Suit Over Defective Road

MARINETTE, Wis, April 2G.-TSpt
cial. I-Gustav Meetz of Pound begar
suit today in the town of Pound to re-
cover $1,000 damages for alleged perma
nent injuries to his hip and spine re
ceived from a defective highway. The
accident occurred last fall when he was
driving his team through the road.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-05-03
Cheese FINGERS.

The cheese fingers are quickly made
and very savory. Mix one cupful Of
flour, quarter teaspoonful of salt,
dash of cayenne, a half teaspoonful Of
baking powder; rub into this two ia
blespoonfuls of butter, add half cup
full Of grated cheese, and mix to
dough with ice water. Roll out in
thin sheet, cut in half-inch strips with
a tagging iron and bake pale brown in
a moderate oven.