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Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
GIRL SUING BENNETT.
Young Woman Declares Editor Is He1
Long Lost Father Who Once Prom
ised Her $4,000.

PARIS, Nov. pa love romance of
James Gordon Benefits early life was
revealed Saturday when Maitre des Jar
dins in the law courts made the opening
address in Mile Juliette Schettler's suit
against Mr.. Bennett. The woman's
claim and Mr.. Benefits positive denial
of its truth can be briefly summarized:
You are my long lost papa" exclaims
Mile. Juliette, now a governeSs in Can
ada.
Stuff and nonsense Mr.. Bennett re
tortS. And permit me to add that your
suit is malodorous of blackmail."
Mile. Juliette claims that James Cor
don Bennett, always gallant, greatly ad-
mired Mile. Charlotte Schettler, known
on the stage as Camille Clermont Mile.
Juliette vows she is the living proof of
Mr.. Benefits sincere admiration for her
mother. and that Mr.. Bennett acknowi-
edged her as such.
She says he promised to give her $50
eco when she was IS years DID, and did
give her $4,000 when she was 81.
She admits that she promised then
never to trouble Mr.. Bennett again. But
she has taken advice-S20,00 of course,
does not last lifetime-and finds that,
under the French law, her former re-
nunciation is invalid, the law does not
permit a daughter, as she says she is, to
repudiate her paternity.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
HUGE LUMBER MERGER
SYNDICATE WITH $2o,ooo,o0o CAPT.
TAI NEAR COMPLETION.
Weyerhaeuser, Cooke & O'Brien and Ed
ward Hines Companies Inter
ested in Big Deal

CHICAGO, H., Nov. 26-One of the
most important lumber deals of recent
years, by which a $4,000, 900 syndiacte
will take control of the pine forests of
northern Minnesota, is near completion
Representatives Of the three big in
terests involved-the Weyerhauser com
pany of Cloquet Mimi; the Cooke &
O'Brien company of Duluth. and the
Edward Hines Lumber company of Chi
cago-met yesterday afternoon at the
Union League club TO discuss the plan
by which the Hines company, either it
self or operating through a syndicate
is to take control of the properties
Edward Hines last night said the plan
was not in such shape that he could give
the details out, but admitted that it
would be put through within day or
two and that nothing but minor matters
were left to be settled. Besides Mr.
Hines at the meeting. which took place
III a private room at the club. were
Frederick Weyerhaeuser and his sons,
John and Rudolph, and member of the
firm of Cooke u O'Brien.
The interests to be pooled are:
Lumber in Minnesota and the province or
Ontario controlled 10y the Weyerhaeuser
people, valued at SS,OU0,0O0
Lumber in Minnesota controlled by the
Cooke d u Brlen people, valued at S1I,o0O,-
600
The Rainy Lake, Duluth and Winnipeg
railroad, controlled by Cooke y o'Brien, 2O0
miles long, and worth S1.0OO0OO.
Between $1.OoO,O0C and $2,O00OG0 worth OF
lumber controlled by the Hines people
This constitutes 3.O00,000,000 feet Of
lumber. in white pine, Norway pine
and hemlock. 1t comprises the biggest
tract of white pine left in the world
The timber lies in St. Louis county, the
county to the east, and in Ontario. The
object of the combine is said TO be to
obtain control of the transportation fa-
cilities 50 that the lumber can be han
died cheaper for all concerned.
Just how the reorganization is TO be
brought about was not divulged. The
Weyerhaeuser company owns 10 per cent
of the stock of the Hines company and
Frederick Weyerhaeuser is known as
the lumber king of the continent" He
is reputed to be worth $15,O00,000 or
$20,000,000.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
TROOPERSGUARD TOWN
Danger at Perth Amboy Believed to
Be Over-Strikers May Ar
bitrate

PERTH AMBOY, \. J., Nov. 90
With troops partrolling the streets Of
Keasby, to prevent the rioting strikers
from again attacking the works Of the
National Fire PROBING company, the lit
tie village today presented an outWardly
calm aspect, although the uncertainty of
the situation was apparent on all sides.
All the works were strongly picketed by
soldiers and the 100 or more strikers
kept out of sight.
All the saloons in the village are closed.
and every precaution has been arranged
today between the Lithuanion priests of
this district and Bishop McCaul of Tren-
ton, and it is expected that they will be
able to prevail upon the strikers to arbi-
trate their differences. Conferences will
also be held between the mayor of Perth
Amboy, the officers Of the National Fire
PROBING company and representatives of
the strikers. The strikers who were shot
yesterday during the attack, were said to
be recovering. The difficulty of feeding
the troops. which nearly precipitated a
famine last night, was removed today
when a commissary arrived with ample
stores
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
ROOSEVELT AT CORNER STONE LAY
ING FOR BUILDING FOR COLORED
Y. M. c. A. AT WASHINGTON.
PRAISE FOR ENTERPRISE,
Chief Executive Tells Colored People
to Make the Most of OPP
portunities.
BUILDING WILL COST 100000.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Nov. 26.-In
his address at the laying of the corner
stone of the building for the Colored
Young Mems Christian association here
today, President Roosevelt laid special
stress upon progress that the negro
race had made in the comparatively
short time since they were released from
the bonds of slavery. He said that the
colored man was becoming better and
better citizen and was coming 70 realize
more and more the opportunities that
presented themselves to him daily. The
President made plea for equality be
fore the law for black and white, saying
that color should be no bar TO Il mans
success III industrial life.
The occasion today was the laying of
the corner stone of the new building for
the colored Y. NJ. G. A members. The
building. when completed, will cost $780,,
600. contributed mainly by the colored
people Of the District of Columbia and
vicinity. 1t is d thoroughly modern
structure. The exercises today were at
tended by practically the entire colored
population of Washington and many 9th
ers were there to hear the President
speak.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
T0RNADOES MEET,
so IN DEATH LIST
WESTERN ARKANSAS SWEPT BARE
BY STORM WHICH WORKS TER
RIBLE HAVOC
PROPERTY LOSS ENORMOUS.
Reports State Fifty Persons May Have
Been Killed, but They Have Not
Been Confirmed.
ONE VILLAGE TOTALLY WRECKED

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Nov. 24.-The
latest conservative estimate of the loss
of life in the two tornadoes which swept
western Arkansas last evening, is today
placed at thirty, although reports from
several sources declare that the death
list will aggregate fifty. with much of
the storm-swept territory yet to be heard
from.
The injured number several score. No
estimates are made as to the property
loss. Judging from all reports received
thus far. however, it will go into the
hundreds of thousands. Miles upon miles
of land have been swept bare. Forests,
homes, business houses, churches and
everything have been demolished alike
IN many communities.
Two TornadoeS Meet.
From all reports there appears to have
been different tornadoes, one starting
from the south and the other from the
north, both dipping to the earth at in
tervals and apparently meeting in the
central western part of the state, where
the most damage has been reported.
The town of Piney, a German settle
iIiC4Il vi Tie lIOh 4hOuLtluil loIAN ~
Gated between Knoxville and London.
suffered the most, according to reports
received thus far. The number of dead
is variously estimated from nine to
twenty, while one report stated that
al rumors We're exaggerated and that
one person, a girl, was killed. Five
business houses and number of homes
We're destroyed, according to reports.
Many Buildings Collapse.
From the towns of Berryyille and
Crayens, the most definite reports are re-
ceived. At the former, three persons
were injured and the property loss is
roughly estimated at between S25, 900
and $4,000. At Cravens, four persons
are known to be dead, members of the
family of John Rosin, a farmer, who
were caught under the falling timbers of
their home. l.. G.. Holt and wife, an
aged couple, were seriously injured and
may die. Eight persons who took refuge
in o store We're caught in the crash of
the building and all were injured and
eight others are reported as missing.
At Cravens, practically all the larger
buildings were either demolished or bad
| ly damaged.
From Knoxville a dispatch received
this morning partially confirms the re-
port that the village of Barr, four miles
from that place, was totally wrecked.
In the vicinity of Mulberry, five persons
are reported killed and others injured.
At Lodi one woman was seriously in
jured and the Methodist church and sew
eral other buildings were destroyed.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
ENDS PRETTY ROMANCE
Rudolph Blom, Secretary of the Nor
wegian Consulate in Chicago, WEEDS
Miss Maren Astrup.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Nov. ga romance
which began at a Norwegian summer re-
sort four years ago eliminated yesterday
in the marriage of Rudolph BIom, secre-
tary Of the Norwegian consulate in Chi
cago, to Miss Maren Astrup, daughter of
Harold Astrup, merchant and dis
tinguished citizen of Christiania, Nor
way. The ceremony was performed by
Rev. 3. Z. Bergesen, pastor of St Johns
Norwegian Lutheran church.
Mr.. Blom met his bride at Stavaern, a
Morse naval base, while he was a lieu
tenant and paymaster in the royal navy,
serving on the cruiser TOrdenskjold.
Among the residents of the Norwegian
capital sLmmering at the place was
Miss Astrup and it was at a dance given
by the cottage in honor of the naval
officers of the Tordenskjold that they
became acquainted The wOoing was in
terrupted by an order commanding the
cruiser to sail on the following morning
Undaunted the young lieutenant OBJ
tanned a three days furlough, returned
to Stavaern and won Miss Asrup s
heart and hand.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
EASE STILL WITH JURY.
Though Out All Night, Talesmen in
Lamphere Trial Fail to Reach
an Agreement.

LA PORTE, Ind, Nov. 26.-Through-
out all night and having spent several
hours this morning in deliberations the
Jury, which heard the evidence in the
trial of Ray Lamnhere for the murder
of Mrs. Belle Guinness and her three
children. has been unable to reach an
agreement. Conflicting reports are
heard outside the jury room, but authen-
tic information is not obtainable. At
breakfast at the Teegarden hotel it was
reported this morning that the jury
would be back for dinner and for supper
to-day.
The jury shortly before II o'clock this
morning asked for further Instructions
land We're brought into court. and all the
INSTRUCTIONS re-read by Judge Richter
Fit is reported ten are for conviction and
two for acquittal
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
RAISES COBLESS CORN.
Iowa Farmer Has Crop of Kernels Found
n Husk and Intends to I'M
prove Upon It.

LAKE CITY, Ia, Nov. 24.-H. J..
Sconce raised a crop cobless COIN on his
farm last summer and the peculiar
product is on exhibition here. \ year
ago Mr.. Sconce and Taylor Garlough of
this county purchased a quantity of seed
corn in Illinois. In the shipment was a
freak ear, which instead of the ordinary
cob, was composed of a core of husk,
the grains being neatly wrapped upon the
soft foundation like peas i'll a pod. Mr..
Sconce was impressed and decided to
plant all the kernels found on the freak
ear. To his surprise the ears produced
this fall were found to be the exact
reproductions of the single ear. He has
decided to plant more of the corn next
year and will endeavor TO improve upon
it. The ears produced this year yielded
as much corn as those provided with
cob, and the kernels were large and sol
id. The ears were filed, kernels even
growing among the silk. As result Of
the discovery, the corn cob may disap
De2-
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
Pitch Tents on Decks.
BIGGEST BABY IS DEAD,
Pneumonia Kills Springfield CO., Child
8 Years Old and Weighing
14O Pounds

SPRINGFIELD, O., Nov. 25.-Ade-
lima GuttilIa, 3 years DID, daughter of
Dominica Guttilla, who has been exhibit
ed in many of the large cities, and who
was one of the wonders to the medical
profession, died of pneumonia. She was
forty inches high and weighed 40
pounds. She was considered the largest
baby in the world. When she was born
in this city she was no different than
other babies in appearance and size. Aft
er few weeks she began to grow rap
idly and everybody became interested
and watched her growth. Hundreds Wis
tied the home in West Pleasant street
Later the parents took the baby to the
large cities under contract where she was
exhibited.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
AMERICANS ARE OUT.
No Chance to Win Big Event at Sa-
Vannah.

VdnHdu.
SAVANNAH. Ga. Nov 26.-Delayed
forty-fve minutes i'll starting because of
a dense fog that covered the course like
a wet blanket the first American grand
prize race of 402 miles was run here to-
day. Twenty powerful racing cars
fourteen of them of foreign make-were
sent plunging into the fog banks at 9:45
a. NJ, and, despite the hazard of the
gray mist the drivers hurled their throb-
bling machines over the slippery oiled
roadways at an average speed varying
from &c to 20 miles an hour, with
straightaway flights between the curves
of 100 miles and more.
The race soon developed into fight
between the Italian Flats and the Ger
man Benz cars.
For the first 125 miles the issue of the
lead lay between four cars that We're
separated by only 81 seconds.
Foreign Cars Battle.
De Palma. in the Fiat No. IS. dashed
into the lead 1t the start and held ii
for two laps when tire troubles held him
back Henriot in the German Benz No
10, jumped then to the lead and held il
until the eighth lap when Wagner, III
the Fiat No. l., by the utmost daring,
sent his car from fifth to first place.
Hemery, in the German Benz No. s,
was second at this period.
The American cars in the race did not
have a chance with their speedy foreign
rivals after the first four laps had ended.
A day of brilliant sunshine and blue
skies followed the fog of the morning.
Wagner was delayed for supplies on
the ninth lap and the race was so close
that he dropped from first to third place.
Hemery, in the Benz No. s. the favorite
in the betting, took the lead for the first
time and Navarro, in the Fiat No. &,
took second.
Contest Is Very Close.
The closeness of the race at the end
of the tenth of the sixteen laps was
shown by the following times Of the
four leaders:
II emery, Benz, No. 8, 23O minutes 40
seconds; Wagner, Fiat, No. IA, $50 min
utes 50 seconds; Navarro, Fiat, No. 8,
231 minutes 80 seconds; Erie, Benz, No.
10. OBJ minutes and 3 seconds
Benz car No. 9, driven by Fritz Erie
and with Franz Muller as mechanician,
crashed into tree on the White bluff
road after completing the tenth lap and
was demolished. Both Muller and Erie
were injured, one seriously.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
HOSPITAL SHIP FOUND.
Relief Is Badly Damaged by Typhoon,
but Is Now on Way to Manila
Under Her Own Steam.

MANILA. Nov. 25.-Admirai Sperry
today received a telegram from the hos
pital ship Relief, five days overdue at
Guam, for which port the vessel sailed
from this harbor November 10. The mes
sage came by way of Sorsorogon, in
Southern Luzon, and stated that the
ship was badly damaged by a typhoon
during which the engines We're disabled
Fire broke out on the Relief, but was
promptly gotten under control the crew
Of the ship showing splendid discipline
The Relief is now proceeding to Manila
under her own steam, repairs to her en-
gines having been made by the crew.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
TAFT GETS ALL MISSOURI VOTE.
Gov. Folk Decides Against Democratic
Claim of One Elector.

JEFFERSON CITY, No, Nov. "a
Gov. Folk has decided that under the
Missouri statute the entire electoral vote
of the state should go to William II.
Taft. This decision was made in spite
of the fact that Brannock, the BRYAN
elector for the Sixteenth Congressional
district. received more votes than Kiel.
the second Republican eIector at large.
who received the lowest vote on the Re
publican electoral ticket. Brannock.
however. received fewer votes than the
Republican elector for the Sixteenth
district. Taking the vote of the first
eIector as a basis, the plurality of Taft
in Missouri is 1926
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27

Victor Hemery, a Frenchman, driving
the German Benz car No. 8, was second.
Time, 371:27. Felice Navarro, driving
Italian Fiat car No. 6, was third. Time,
37S:4T.
HanriOt car No. 10 came crawling
over the line for fourth place with his
engine dead. He and his chauffeur were
urging it along with their hands pro-
pelling the rear wheels
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
BUYS THOUSAND MEALS
Unknown Philanthropist Makes Glad the
Hearts and Stomachs of Many
Poor Children.

KANSAS CITY. Mo, Nov 2G.-"I
would like to give a Thanksgiving dinner
in Kansas City to 1000 poor children. I
do not want any one to know who is Civ
ing the dinner, as l DO not desire any
publicity. See if you can arrange this
and wire me-
The name of the author of this letter
is d secret. So is the identity of the
person who received it. But the dinner
was given in Convention hall today. The
directors of the hall made no charge for
its use. It is known that the man who
paid for the dinner used to live in Kan
sas City. has relatives here and now
lives in New York.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
JACOB BEILHART DEAD.
Was the Founder of the Spirit Fruit
Cult and Passed Away in Colony
Near Waukegan.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Nov. 25.-Jacob Bell
hart, founder of the Spirit Fruit cult,
died at the colony of the cult near Wau-
kegan yesterday. Beilhart and a dozen
of his followers were driven from Ohio
five years ago and located in Chicago
Later the colony and its recruits Or
gained a socialistic community outside.
the city limits.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE DAILY OUT.

BOSTON. Mass. Nov. 26.-The new
daily newspaper published by the Chris
tan Scientists. appeared for the first
time Wednesday. Mrs. Mary Baker Or.
Eddy in an editorial announcement
states that the object of the Christian
Science Monitor is Ito injure no man.
but to bless all mankind. The paper
is modern in topographic makeup. seven
columns wide and issued in four editions
of twelve pages each. The news matter
is the antithesis of sensationalism. On
the sporting page horse news is absent:
although there is generous treatment of
baseball and basket ball.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
GILBERT S. KING DIES.
He Was at One Time Engaged in the
Manufacture of Glass with Roose-
veIt's Father

LOS ANGELES. Cal. Nov. 25.-Gil-
bert Snowden King, a prominent glass
manufacturer of Brooklyn. \. Y, died
yesterday at his temporary home in
Los Angeles of la grippe and complica-
tons for the relief of which he came
here with Mrs. King six months ago.
King at one time engaged in the manu-
facture of glass with the late Theodore
Roosevelt. father of the President.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
COMMONS HAS CATHOLIC BILL.
First Reading on Measure Removing Dis
abilities Is Agreed to.

LONDON, Nov. 25.-The House of
Commons, by a vote of 233 to As, agreed
to the first reading of the bill introduced
by William Redmond TO remove the ex-
isting Catholic disabilities, Including the
prohibition of street procesSCns and II
abolish the anti-Catholic clause in the
path taken by the sovereign on his ac-
cession to the throne As this bill has
practically no chance of further con-
sideration during the present session. the
figures given above can hardly be re-
yarded as a real indication of the feeling
IF the House
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
is STILL FAVORABLE,
mains Unchanged-Improvement
Is Expected.

The condition Of Senator Julius E.
Roehr. who was shot while hunting near
Minocqua. remains about the same to-
day. He passed comfortable night. &C
cording TO the reports from Milwaukee
hospital. but no great Improvement
marks his condition. 1t is believed that
condition will change for the better to-
day. An X-ray photograph was made
/ "Wednesday to show where the shoulder
lbone is shattered. The shoulder will be
Eplaced in q east and it is expected will
soon knit
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
FILIPINOs SERVE ON WARsHIPs.

MANILA. Nov 24-The flagship
Connecticut of the battIeship fleet has
taken on board an entire Filipino brass
band. which will be employed at the
regular ceremonies of the ship, alternat-
ing with the marine di; band, The Atlant j
the substitution of FiIipinos for the
Chinese and japanese boys now work
ing in the various rooms on each ship.
To this end 80 F'ilipinos have been
taken on board by the feet and distrib-
uted among the sixteen battleships.
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NEW GUN IS A w ONDER.

NEWPORT, r. l., Nov. pa net
work of steel which proved impenetrable
to Whitehead torpedOes in recent tests
was pierced here yesterday by means of
the Davis torpedo gun before board
of naval officers. The gun was fred with
the charge reduced, but as the distance
was only 100 feet, the torpedo, going at
an estimated speed of forty knots, passed
not only through the net which is de
signed to protect battleships, but through
q steel hulk inside the net. Tests at a
greater range are to be made later.
Jieut. Davis is the inventor of the gun.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
ORDERS CITY SCHOOLS CLOSED.
Green Bay Experiencing an Epidemic o.
Diphtheria
GREEN BAY. Wis. Nov. 25-TS

GREEN BAY, Wis, Nov. 25-[Spe-
iaI.l-Health Commissioner Rhode to-
day ordered the schools of the city closed
for one week in an effort to stop the
spread of diphtheria which has now
reached the proportions of an epidemic
4 large number Of new cases have
been reported to the officials, many OF
them of a serious nature On of the
public school teachers was stricken with
the disease. Six deaths have occurred in
the last two weeks.
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FOR HUNGRY NEW YORK

NEW YORK. Nov. 26.-One million
turkeys, according TO Thanksgiving sta
tisticians will be eaten in Greater New
York today. Thousands of baskets of
food have been distributed among the
poor. many of whom dined royalty last
night because it was found necessary to
start early in order to meet all demands.
Special services were held in all the
churches today, and at Governors island
and the Brooklyn navy yard the soldiers
and sailors enjoyed the usual spread of
good things.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-27
big TUNNEL THROUGH,
western Pacific Announces Completion
of Bore Through Pequop Noun
tain, Nevada

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Nov. 90
frhe Western Pacific Railway company
ANNOUNCED the completion of its Flower
Lake tunnel yesterday which cuts
through the Pequop mountain in New
lNye county, New. The tunnel is on
the main line of the Western Pacific
land 1861 feet IN length. Almost the
Ientire distance is through solid lime
Istone and the work of drilling it through
THE mountain consumed twenty-one
months