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Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-21
ZURICH A MODEL MODERN CITY.
One of the Best Organized and Most
Perfectly Equipped Towns

One of the Best Organized and Most
Perfectly Equipped Towns.
Seventy years ago, as we may see
in the Ma tionaL gallery cellars. Turner
found at Zurich one of the most love
" subjects of his brush. says the Bos-
ton Transcript. 1t is no longer ro-
mant$. old relic of middle ages, but it
is one of the best organized and most
perfectly equipped of European cities.
Its magnificent situation and rare nat
urai opportunities have been used to
the full by it's energetic citizens. If
one is interested in municipal organiza-
ton. let him study the institution and
:pdfIity of Zurich - it's boulevards,
quays. electric tram lines. its water
supply. its public gardens, its lighting,
its railways and its post office Zurich
is now a model modern city, in size, in
construction and arrangement, the ideal
of what Il city should be to live in and
work in.
But | wish especially to call atten-
ton to it's new national museum of To-
cal antiquities IL 1S DdEelS ten years
old. but as a monumental history of
Switzerland for 5000 years it is far the
most complete collection in Europe.
Neither London, nor Berlin. nor Vienna,
with all their splendid collections, can
show anything at all equal in historic
continuity for single country as Swiss
patriotism has done at Zurich. It's fifty
rooms record the evolution of the ma
tional life from the age of the lake
dwcllers to our own day. And the
value of such systematic collection
of national monuments, industry and
art can hardly be overrated. The his
torian and the artist might spend
weeks of study in mastering its varied
contents
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-21
PROBING STAMP FRAUD
RUSSIAN OFFICIALS UNCOVER CO.
LOSSAL SWINDLE.
Business Was Lucrative and Rivals Cut
Prices, Which Lead to the
Discovery.

MOSCOW, Aug. 19.-The Moscow
police are only On the threshold of their
investigation of the fraudulent postage
stamp business for which thirty persons
were yesterday reported as having been
arrested. 1t is believed that the opera
tons which consisted in the systematic
traffic III Cancelled stamps viii develop
into one of the most colossal Swindles
of recent times i'll Russia. The figures
already reported of 100000 stamps
cover only the sales ut Moscow for three
months.
The operations of the sWindlers have
already been traced back over a year.
Two we'll known merchants OF Moscow
are amCng those arrested. The business
was so lucrative that Il rival OrganiZa-
ton recently entered the field ii Moscow
and began to cut prices, which led to
the discovery of the Swindle.
The cancelled stamps were procured
through members of an organization
posing as phiIatelists. were sent to Il
laboratory in Warsaw for cleansing
and sold through accomplices i'll the
pOstOffice or direct to commercial houses
by wholesale. The band tried last
summer to interest revolutionary or
ganizatiOn by offering a commission on
sales but the offer was refused.
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duced for experimental PURPOSES
Three tests were ordered; one to de-
termine the effect of shell fire upon
turret armor and turret fittings. one
for the purpose of showing the use
fulness. if any. of crinOline nets as a
protection against torpedoes. and an
other. regarded by naval men as the
most important of the series. intended
to test the relapse safety of new
type of skeleton mast.
The mast is described as a mesh of
steel. 96 feet in height, and carried
near the stern of the monitor. 1t was
built upon double spiral principle
each set of spiral columns running in
an opposite direction. At the top was
a platform upon which were two DUN
mics weighted and wired for record
ing the shock of the projectile. The
steel rods which form the mast are
two inches in diameter at the base,
narrowing at the top. The experts
who had designed it had employed all
of their mechanical skill to construct
a framework that would still remain
erect though pierced by many shot
The mast was subjected to 4 thorough
test and emerged successful
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-21
FIND SMUGGLING PLOT
CHICAGO AND BOSTON SOCIETY
WOMEN ARE INVOLVED.
Mrs. Emily Crane Chadbourne of Chicago
and Mrs. Jack" Gardner of BoS-
ton Pay Fines.

CHICAGO. ILL.,. Aug. 19.-Mrs. Emily
Rockwell Crane Chadbourne, now a resi-
dent on the north shore, daughter of
Richard L. Crane, president of the
Crane Manufacturing company, and
Mrs. Jack" Gardner of Boston are the
principals in a sensational case of beat
ing" the custom laws of the United
States.
1t is alleged that Mrs. Chadbourne
brought into this country as her house
hold goods, under Il false declaration,
nearly 100000 worth of articles be
longing to Mrs. Gardner on which she
placed 4 valuation of $4,000.
1t has now been learned that the goods
have been seized by United States Col
lector Ames and are now confScated by
the government. An agent acting for
Mrs. Chadbournc or Mrs. Gardner it is
stated. paid the government $4,000 in
fines and penalties and Mrs. Gardner
will have to pay $4,000 additional if
she wishes to secure possession of the
property.
The case i'll all probability will be
placed i'll the hands of the prosecuting
authorities.
Those who read the newspapers are
undoubtedly familiar with the name of
Mrs. Gardner, who shipped Il beautiful
venetian palace 10 TINS country, stone
by stone, and erected it near her home
III Boston. 1t is extravagaptly fur
nished with all kinds of art gems and
treasures. Recently the customs Off
cials learned that large purchases made
by her in Europe had been shipped from
Paris. and it is alleged that they were
received in this country by Mrs. Chad
bourne: who labelled them household
goods"
Both women are prominent i'll society
in the cities in which they reside.
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THE NAVY'S NEW
STEEL=MESH MAST.

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Tremendous sums are annually ex-
pended in target practice by the navy
OF this nation. The ultimate end
sought for in this sedulous training
and costly expenditure is the acquir-
ing Of an ability to hit the enemy first,
to hif rapidly and to hit hard.
1t is now realized that the sea
fights Of the future will open at ex-
tremely long ranges, say, five Or six
miles. The fleet that first gets the
range, said Rear Admiral Evans in a
recent interview, ''and is best handled
after the range is obtained, will I'M
dOubtedly do such damage in the first
ten minutes as practically to disable
the opposing fleet"
All other fittings being equal, the in
itial advantage would therefore appear
to be the deciding one. The gaining of
this advantage is now almost wholly
dependent upon the observers station
ed in the tops, the clear-eyed, cool
headed men VINO from their point of
vantage determine the raLge, and, by
the various systems of fire control COM
municate it to the men behind the
guns. With these salient points in
mind, the reader can clearly compre-
bend the vast Importance of an observ-
ing station sufficiently elevated for the
range finders TO execute their mission
with precision and celebrity. and, more
important still, station that can re
main longest erect under the stress of
battle.
In recent notable test which was
conducted by the British Admiralty it
was found that the ordinary cylindri-
cal steel mast with which all battle
ships are now fitted is wholly insult
ed for this purpose. The Hero, an OBJ
solete battleship of the second class,
was selected for the experiment A
complete system of fire control was in
stalled in the old warrior, and then
the vessel was anchored over a shoal
and attacked by the guns Of the mod
ern first-class battIeships Hibernia and
Dominion.
Although the deductiOns of the Adj
miralty officials have been withheld,
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-21
Does n Vacation Pay:

What q difference there is in what
two people bring home from a vaca-
ton! One comes back tired, disguised,
doesn't feel that be has much of any
thing in return. Another comes back
all radiant with the riches which he
has drunk in and absorbed during ey
cry moment Of his vacation. He comes
back rejuyenated refreshed, inspired
Il new creature, with a new grip upon
life. The cobWebs, the brain ashes
have been swept away from his jaded
brain. He has been made over anew.
Life means more than ever before.
ed and sharpened, his ambition reneI-
ed. Ask him if a vacation pays, and
he will ask you, in turn, if it pays the
grub to throw off its ugly shape and
blossom out into a butterfly; if it pays
a rosebud to open up its petals and
fling out its fragrance and beauty tc
the world.
When you go into the country, make
up your mind that you are going into
Gods great gallery Of charm and beau
ty to enjoy yourself and to see what
you can get out of it. Resolve that you
will come home laden with. riches that
no money can buy; that you are going
to extract from the landscape-from
the mountains, the valleys, The fields,
and the meadows wealth which does
not inhere in the dollar.
Learn to drink in beauty and health
at every pore. Try to realize that the
flowers, the grass, the trees, the brooks,
the hills-the charm and beauty every
where-are Gods smiles that they are
for him only who can appreciate them,
who can respond to them, who can ap-
propriate their message. They cannot
be bought they belong only to him who
can enjoy them.-Success Magazine.
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Unfolding Authority.

It was a score Of years ago that W.
J. Connors, now Chairman of the New
York Democratic State Committee, Sc
cured his first great Notwithstanding
contract, and when the work was ready
to start he appeared on the Ohio street
dock at Buffalo and called thousand
burly dock-wollopers" to order.
now" roared ConnOrs, ''yez are to
worruk for me, and I want livery man
here to understand what's what. 1 kin
lick amy man in the gang"
Nine hundred and ninety-nine swal.
lowed the insult, but one huge, double
listed warrior moved uneasily, and,
stepping from the line, he said: You
can't lick me, Jim Connors."
Il can't can't To- beloved "Fingy."
mo, We can't" was the response.
ooh, well; thin go to the Office and
git your money" said ''Fingy." I'll
have no man in me gang that I can't
Iick."-Success Magazine.
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writer for a service journal (The
Navy has ascertained that the effect
of the gun fire upon every part of the
IRE control system located above the
protected deck was disastrous. A six
inch shell burst in the improvised fire
control top on the mast and carried
away the range-finding station in the
very beginning of the simulated com
bat. Most significant and important
Of all, splinter of shell-not a di-
rect hit-went through the mast. and
although the mast stood, every ole of
Its IRE control wires was severed
Thus was the most important prob
lem solved In the first two minutes.
Then was asked the question, wheth-
er the modern system Of fire control,
with its most important installation in
a cylindrical steel mast aid it's obser
yatory placed at a high elevation upon
that mast, could withstand for anv
length of time the fire of a straight
shooting foe. 1t was realized at once
that it could not-that with the in
creased range and deadly precision of
modern high-powered guns not only
maStS, but smOkestacks and other ST.
per-deCk attachments are more thar;
likely to be shot away at the very be-
ginning of the battle.
This brought naval administrations
face to face with new conditions. The
need Of some method of carrying range
finders high in air had been noted in
the battle Of the Tsushima Straits
where the initial advantage had been
gained by the japanese, who had con-
centrated their fire upon the Souva-
rolf, Rojestvensky's flagship. Accord
ing to Semenof, a Russian officer on
board the flagship, the mast Of that
vessel was shot away almost at the
beginning Of the action. This not only
interrupted all further efforts on the
part of that vessel to get the range of
her antagonists from her fighting tops
but it also interfered with the display
Of signals.
The need Of some new method indi-
Gated by that battle was accentuated
GNU AitluC SSAiI " TIC tCol W WHICH,
the Hero was subjected. Some of our
own very alert and progressive navy
officers at once set about solving the
problem. The result is the test to
which the monitor Florida was sub
jected few days ago. The Arkansas,
a sister ship, was selected to do the
firing.
The Florida is one Of the new tyne
of single-turret monitors. For the pur-
poses of the test she was towed to the
Thimble Light Shoal. off Old Point
Comfort, and anchored about midway
between Cape Charles and Cape Hen
ry. The Arkansas took a position
about $50 yards westward, so that the
shots, after passing through the Flo
rida's military mast. would fall into
the open sea. The shots were fred
at a range of about $50 yards with
reduced charge, so that the effect was
practically the same as a range of
5000 yards with a full charge of pow
der.
1t was the first time in the history
of the United States Navy that actu-
al conditions Of warfare were repro
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distance, The Gateway IS not particular
~ imposing but on nearer approach, it
is seen that nature has here performed
a miracle. After passing through, the
tourist is prepared in measure for any
further wonders that may confront him.
All through the Garden Of the Gods
red and white sandstone formations
abound In the most curious shape. Gro
tesqueries are everywhere. There are
most peculiar rocks resembling birds
and animals, some of them SC
closely that the visitor may doubt
the evidence Of his own eyes
and expect the titanic monsters TO
awaken out OF their sleep and spring at
him. There are minarets and spires.
cones, towers, oYerhanging fret work.
flagree in rocks, beautifully colored
veinings and strata, balancing stones,
tables. and everything conceivable and
some things that are not. Imagination
could not run wilder riot than is here
seen III reality.
The photographs shown with this
story give the reader fairly good idea
Of some Of the formations. Cathedral
Spires. one Of the most peculiar group
Of rocks in the entire Garden, is So
called from its resemblance TO a church
At near view, the resemblance is lost.
but from a distance. at certain angles,
one may readily believe, if he did not
know to the contrary, that he is looking
at a beautiful cathedral and would ex-
pect to hear the echoes of the chimes
borne family to him on the breeze
Near to the Cathedral Spires is Eagle
Rock. The rock itself has no reSem-
blance to the bird after which it is
named, but If you look at the very sum-
NIT you will see a formation which is
an exact duplicate Of an eagle This IS
one Of the most remarkable sights in
the whole section. The stone bird
perches himself at the very top of the
rock and there he sits as he has set
for ages. looking out over the other
wonderful things that were created at
the same time he was The Flying
Dutchman IS grOtesQue pile Of stones
nearly 400 feet high which bear a de
Cided resemblance to the Dutchman Of
the stage with his funny cap on his
head. The Siamese Twins are so named
because they are close together, each
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-21

being practically a duplicate of the
other.
Balance rock is a stone nearly 800
feet in height which stands on its point
almost like an egg. 1t is so perfectly
balanced on another stone that it some
times Sways in a heavy gale, but appar-
emily there is no power on earth that
can bring It to the ground. How many
thousands Of years it has stood there
connOt be told: neither can any one
know how it was made to assume its
peculiar position.
1t is the opinion Of biologists that
the masses of rocks, in their strangely
garish cOlOrs, the sedimentary strata
that once lay horizontally upon the
mountains breast, but that some gigan-
tic CONFUSION Of nature threw them
into their present perpendicular atti-
tude. with their roots. as it were, ex-
tending hundreds of feet underground
The erosion by water, when the region
was part of the Gulf of Mexico, is be-
lieved to account for the quaint and
astonishing shapes Of the various for
nations, though since that remote pc
Rod there has been such a change Of
levels that the celebrated Garden is now
nearly 5000 feet above the sea.
On the first rock as one enters the
massive portals is to be seen the perfect
outline of a stays head, with antlers
laid back and nose high, as if startled
by the baytng of the hounds A few
yards further on Is a huge stone of 200
tons weight perched like a spinning TOP
upon the shoulder Of another. 1t is so
nicely balanced that every passing
breeze seems to threaten its stability,
and yet it has stood like that for CEN
turtles. Still further on one sees q ducI1
complete In every outline, and as de-
mure as though about to finish the
Matching Of brood of duckIings. Tban
comes an alligator stretched out at full
length and SO natural that one inyoIun-
tarily wonders if the gigantic saurian is
not waiting for meal-a small one
of the duck. Further advance into this
museum of wonders reveals new sights
to charm or impress the beholder. Of
these there may be mentioned the red
sentinel that guards the north portals
of the Garden, f1anked on either side by
cathedrals and fortresses of amazing
size. and af1ame with brilliant coloring.
There are thin slabs of sandstone stand
ing on edge and lifting their heads hun
dreds Of feet high, on which the gods
or witches have sculptured images of
birds and animals: and many strange
shapes such as needle rocks. Several
other localities in the mountains near
the Garden of the Gods afford similar
wonders
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-21
BUY BALDWIN BALLOON
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT ACCEPTS
CAPTAINS DIRIGIBLE.
Receives Is Per Cent. Less Than Regu.
lar Price as Ship Is Slower Than
Navigator Thought.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. IL
The army airship board today decided
that Capt. Baldwin's dirigible balloon
had met all conditions emitting him to
the amount agreed upon for its purchase,
The board calculated that the airshlp
had maintained an average speed OF
1875 miles an hour while in the air z
hours 1 minute and 80 seconds, this
speed being slightly more than the re-
CURED 70 per cent. of the maximum
speed of 1861 miles an hour. Capt
Baldwin will receive $5737.5O, which Is
10 per cent. less than the amount he
would have received had he reached
maximum speed of 20 miles.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-21
GARDEN OF THE GODS
Colorado Wonderland, Where
Nature Displays Her Most
Fantastic Moods.


One Of the worlds greatest natural
wonders, the famous Garden Of the
Gods In Colorado has been presented
by G. 3. Perkins. who has been it's own
er for quarter of a century, TO Col
orado Springs 70 become a part Of the
city's 3,OOO-acre park system. 1t is a
notable acquisition and the people Of
Colorado Springs are to be congratu-
lated in thus securing n feature that
lists from all over the world, who have
invariably grown enthusiastic in their
praises when beholding the scenic beau
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-21
LOWERS RECORD AGAIN.
Cunard Liner Lusitania Travels $50
Knots in Twenty-four
Hours.

NEW YORK, Aug. 19.-Ocean rec
ords for the best days run have again
been lowered, and again by the Cunard
company's turbine steamer Lusitania.
In a wireless dispatch last night from
off Cape Race to the cOmpanys agent
here, the captain Of the Lusitania said
the steamer had Travelled $50 knots i'll
the twenty-four hours from noon Sun
day to noon Monday, August II. The
previous record run. G43 knots, was
made by the Lusitania. July Is.
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BOAT BLOWS UP
HURTING MANY
INTO THE LAKE
BOILER OF MICHIGAN STEAMER EX-
PLODES AND A PANIC
FOLLOWS.
ONE DEAD, DOZEN MISSING.
Victims Cling to Wreckage Until They
Are Rescued by Nearby
Farmers.
ENGINEER WAS FIXING LEAK.

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich, Aug. IL
Mrs. Isabel La Bonte of this city was
killed and a score of passengers were in
lured today by the explosion of the
boiler of the passenger steamer Leela-
nau. bound from Leland to Fouche on
Carp lake.
Following is revised list of dead and
injured:
The dead:
LA RoNTE, MRS. ISABEL. 80. Traverse
The injured:
Mills, Ann Arbor. scalded.. condition criti-
cal; Stanley Mills. Ann Arbor. scalded,
rious; A. B; Cook, Traverse City. badly
scalded; Miles, Atwood, Leland. slightly
scalded Richard Steffens Leland, slightly
scalded; Mrs Ralph Hastings, Traverse
City, badly injured; Ralph Hastings. city
treasurer, Traverse City, slightly injured.
Ten others are slightly hurt.
Carp lake lies in the northern Michi-
gan resort district, being located in the
Michigan and Grand Traverse bay.
Among the passengers of the Leelanau
were a number of reSOrters from other
states. but the list of casualties contains
only the names of Michigan people.
Heavy Steam Pressure.
Having on board many pleasure seek
erS bound for Traverse City to attend
Il wild west circus, the little steamer
was blowing down the narrow lake with
a steam pressure of eighty pounds try
ing to make up the time that had been
lost on the earlier stages of the trip.
AS she was passing Bingh the engineer
discovered Il loose bolt in the engine and
shut off the steam TO remedy the defect.
1t was while he was working at the
loose bolt that the explosion occurred.
The boiler gave way with a crash, tear
ing off the top of the engine and demOl-
iShing the pilot house and the forward
upper works of the steamer but leaving
Engineer Edward Hardy unscathed by
the havoc that swept before him.
Force Directed Forward.
The force of the explosion had all been
directed forward. Mrs. La Bonte, sit
ting near the pilot house conversing with
her brother Charles Mosier, captain of
the boat, was blown far out into the
water. terribly mangled, and John Hart
ung, who was at the wheel, was prob
ably fatally injured. All those injured
were sitting in the forward part of the
boat.
Many were thrown into the water and
chung to wreckage until rescued by farm
ers living along the shore, although some
were able to swim ashore. The in
jured were brought to Traverse City.
The steamer was toWed to Il wharf
and tied up for repairs. She is 81 feet
iCng and with u feet beam and was re-
built last season.
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National Park itself. and its fame has
done much to build UP that region as
the playground Of the republic.
The Garden OF the Gods is remark
able for the strange forms which the
red and white sandstone rocks here as
sumo. Besides grotesque shapes, to
which various names have been given,
there are spires, minarets, cones and
cathedral towers, and masses of a stall
actite form.
Transcontinental tourists always in
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ties and quaint coucets Of form with
which nature has 50 layishly adorned
this Colorado museum.
The garden comprises an area Of $40
acres. The titanic forces Of nature con
spired to make it one of the ruggedest
yet most beautiful spots on earth 1t
has attracted tourists by hundreds Of
thousands from all parts Of the world,
riYaIing in this respect the Yellowstone