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Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-24
SPORT THAT SAVED a NATION.
skecing Freed Norway from Foes
Ready to OverwheIm Her.

skecing Freed Norway from Foes
Ready to Overwhelm Her.
Surely Norwegians should know
what's what in skeeing. Have they not
made history with their skee? Would
they be the united, free and independ-
ent little country they are today lad
1t not been for the skee and their
armys ability to use them? Would
they not be merely a succession OF Ice
free ports maintained for the conven-
fence of England, Germany, and, most
of all, Russia? They had a pretty hot
little war all their own in 1S07-O8, and
e it was short they have only their
commander, Prince Christian Angus
tus and their infantry on skee to
thank, says Charles F. Peters in Out
ing.
All Europe was busy trying to keep
Napoleon from smudging out the lines
of the map, and nobody would help
Norway, except the already besieged
Denmark. She, although willing, was
prevented from sending food and am
munition by the English war vessels
that blockaded the Morse coast, and
with Sweden battering them by land
and England by sea, poor little Nor
way could only sit tight and wait for
the approach Of the season when Thor
should throw the hammer and the
frost giants Of Jotunheim would fight
her battles for her.
And 10, the Swedes allowed them,
selves to be outwitted. Just as their
army of the west, which outnumbered
the Norsemen ten to one, arrived at
the frontier and brought up their
heavy field artillery, the White Bear
from the land east of the sun and west
OF the moon sent his feathery flakes
and brought confusion and defeat to
the invading forces.
Their fieldpieces were buried, their
men could only founder about in the
deepening drifts, and. to add to their
discontinue, little flocks of green dots
began to appear upon the surrounding
mountain crests, to skim down within
range, fire carefully aimed rifles, and
glide away again before resistance
could be attempted by the demoralized
Swedish hosts. Thus the entire war
consisted Of much starvation, but only
three battles, In all of which Norway
was completely victorious, and peace
was made before the year ended.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-24
FOUR DIE IN WRECKS
ROCK ISLAND FLYER HITS CURVE
AT HIGH SPEED.
Fireman and Mail Clerk Are Killed in
Collision on Minnesota Road
Near Blakely.

TUCSON. Ariz., Dec. 20.-The Rock
Island flyer on the Southern Pacific.
which left Los Angeles Saturday morn
ing. went into the ditch near Benson,
-Arlz., at 4 o'clock Sunday morning, kill
ing two and injuring thirty.
The dead are W. W. Walker. engineer
eff Tucson, and Fireman W. A. Bauer.
Among those slightly injured are: A..
W. Marshall, Chicago; Miles Frock, Oh
ney, ILL.,; Miss Annie Remy a Chicago
newspaper woman; William Sharp, Mil
waukee. and Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. L. Irons
dale. Plaintield, III.
The accident was caused by taking a
sharp curve at high speed, the engine,
tender, mail and baggage cars, chair car
and tourist sleeper going straight ahead
into the ditch. The Standard sleeper
kept the track and ran about 500 yards
beyond the wreck before coming to a
stop. The engine turned completely over,
Gurylng the engineer and fireman be-
meath the wreckage and both met instant
death.
CANTON, o., Dee. 2O.-One man was
fatally injured and passengers on the
Pennsylvania special. the eighteen-hour
train between New York and Chicago
were hurled from their berths and cut
and bruised when the flyer hit a derailed
freight car just west of Massilon, o.,
about o'clock Sunday morning.
The injured man is William Alexander
of East Palestine, o., fireman on one of
the two engines that were pulling the
special on its way to Chicago. Both his
arms were broken and he was internally
hurt.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Dec. 2O.-The west
bound passenger train of the Chicago,
st. Paul and Minneapolis and Omaha
railroad, which left st. Paul at 10 Il. IN.
Sunday, hit a freight train at Blakely,
Mimi, and Fireman Joe Znnein and
Mail Clerk f. TOrgersOn were killed.
None of the passengers was hurt.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-24
SUGAR NET IS CLOSING?
New York Hears Report That Man
Higher Up" Is About to Be
Indicted

NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-Sugar frauds
were again under investigation here to-
day and hints thrown out unofficially led
to the belief that an Indictment against
an individual believed to be higher up
than men previously indicted might be
returned by the federal grand jury 1t
had been indicated that a confession
from some of the men were known to be
involved in the sugar scandals was OK
pected.
Meanwhile a definite development in
the sugar frauds cases was an arraign-
ment of Ernest Gebracht, formerly super
intendent of the American Sugar Rein
ing company's plant in Williamsburg,
where the men convicted last week were
discovered at their work of defrauding
the customs by underweighing sugar
shipments.
Gebracht pleaded not guilty to an in
dictment charging him with conspiracy
in connection with these frauds. He
was given two weeks time to withdraw
his plea or demur, and continued at lib
erty under bail.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-24
The Usefulness of "CentraI.D

The telephone subscriber has come
to regard Central as an ever avail
able bureau OF information. The score
Of the ball game, the latest election
returns, the location of the big fire the
light from which can be seen on tbs
horizon, and even the exact time, are
all points on which the long-suffering
operator must be posted
The other day, according to the Oper-
ating Bulletin of the Chicago Tele-
phone Company, a man called I'D g.
suburban exchange, and said, despair
In his voice:
my wife has gone out, leaving word
for me to cook the spinach for dinner.
but l do not know how long to boil IT.
The operator switched the sub
scriber to the supervisor, who had
been to cooking school, and she
promptly told the man all he needed
to know about the treatment of spin-
ach
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-24

]. G. Wilson declared that his faith
in Christian Science had been
strengthened by a test he made IN
stepping in front of a speeding New
Orleans trolley car. Surgeons at the
hospital, where the man was re-
moved, say he has conclusion of the
brain, gashes and cuts about the head
and face and that the left leg may
have to be amputated If he RECEIVERS
from the injury to his skull Wilson
affrms that he does not feel any pain.
II left my lodgings In the morning
with the lines of true thought run
ming through my BRAIN" he said. 81
saw the car coming and instantly re-
solved to put my belief to test AS 1t
drew within a few feet of me I
stepped onto the tracks. 1 heard the
changing Of gongs, the shouts OF the
motorman aud the screaming of wom-
en- as I sprang head first at the car.
Then I woke up here"
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-24
WARNING TO WEALTH SEEKERS

By. Rev. A. W. Snyder
So he drove out the man; and hi
placed at the east of the garden o.
Eden cherubim, and a flaming SWORD
which turned every way, to keep the
way Of the tree of life.-Genesis lii.
"a
The meaning is that, as for our frs
parents, SO for us, the Almighty hal
set certain bounds, and that within
these we will find prosperity ant
peace, and, furthermore, that in over
stepping the sacred limits appointed
for us to walk in we will find our
selves outside the Eden that Goo
made; yes, and often kept out of Il
by a flaming sword which turns "ev
cry way, to keep the way of the tree
Of life
IS so. Thus it is a benefcent provt
sion that the parent should provide
for the child and bring him up "ir
the nurture and admonition of tn.
we find peace and satisfaction of soul
But let a man not be content with
a reasonable competence for him and
for his children, and there is danger
of his becoming at last mere money
maker, and Of finally finding that &
flaming sword is keeping him out Of
the Eden of happy home and hearth
stone Falling more and more under
the mastery Of the money mania, the
man becomes essentially a miser-
that is, a miserable man, who hat
turned to his hurt that which should
have been for his good.
Or consider the case Of an ordinary
young man, who in a position of trust
is plodding along at hard work ant
small pay. He reads of millions made
in a day and the tempter tells him
to make a dash" for fortune. HI
thinks he can soon replace the money
taken to speculate with and no one
will know it. But his venture turn:
out disastrously and the embezzlel
becomes fugitive or a prisoner and
then finds that a flaming sword which
turns every way, keeps him out OF
the Eden of an honorable place among
men.
Suppose that, by some rare oppor
tunity, man suddenly gains a for
tune in a day and that, too, with nc
loss Of honor or self-respect. But
even so, he has lost that which nc
man can afford to lose, and that Is
that discipline of patience and proof
of principle that would have come tt
him in the staid and sober process Of
a regular and systematic work in the
world.
Alas, of how many it may be said
as it was of Adam, $50 he drove out
the man; and he placed at the east
Of the Garden of Eden cherubtm, and
a flaming sword which turned every
way, to keep the way Of the tree Of
life"
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-24
power shall noe depart. IS eternd

power shall not depart, Is eternal
Nothing ever can sweep away our ref
uge in the almighty strength of God
God is our refuge and strength, &
very present help in trouble, therefore
we will not fear, though the earth dt
shaken into the heart of the seas"
But power is cold-it lacks heart
The word loving-kindness means faI
more. 1t suggests affection, tender
ness, all that is warmest, tenderes
and most comforting
The assurance is that the loving
kindness Of God shall not fail. TheIl
never will be a day or an hour wher
He will not be kind Can He be 9
father and not be kind to His chill
dren? The Bible is full of the most ex
quisite revealings of Gods kindness
Like as a father pitieth his children
so Jehovah pitieth them that feal
Him." AS one whom his mother com
forteth, so will l comfort thee" THE
mountains may depart-but my low
ing-kindness shall not depart from
thee" 1t is also in the Old Testamen
that we find another exquisite picture
of the divine loving-kindness. In hi:
farewell address Moses said to hi:
people: Underneath are the everlast
ing arms" There is comfort in the
embrace Of a fathers or a mothers
arms. But we are not sure that we
shall have these arms very long; nc
human arms are everlasting. The arms
Of God, however, will never unclasl
their hold. Then they are ever under
meath. We cannot fall out Of theil
clasp. However low we may sink il
weakness or in pain, these arms viii
always be underneath us.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-24
TO SUE STANDARD OIL
INDEPENDENTS WILL ASK $3.50 00O.-
600 IF DISSOLUTION WINS.
Law Declares Injured Competitors Are
Allowed to Recover Losses
Sustained.

SPRINGFIELD Mass. Dec 90
Five or six hundred suits against the
standard On company, involving claims
} for damages of S25O,OOOO00 or more.
will surely be filed if the circuit court
decision ordering the dissolution of the
big monopoly is upheld was the state
ment made by Thomas l.. Hisgen, preSi-
dent of the Independent Petroleum Max
ers association of the United States, and
also president of the Four Brothers In
dependent Oil company, the most ag-
gressive competitor of the Standard Oil
company in the east.
we are preparing cases on the as
sumption that the highest court will suS-
tain the circuit court decision" contin-
ued Mr.. Hisgen.
Mr.. HlSgen said the actions would be
brought under section 1 of the Sherman
antitrust law, under which the Standard
Oil company stands convicted, which is
as follows:
ANY person who shall be injured in
his business or property by any other
person or corporation by reason of any
thing forbidden or declared to be unlaw-
full by this act, may cue therefor in any
circuit court of the United States in
the district in which the defendant re
sides or is found without respect to the
amount III the controversy and shall re
cover threefold the damages by him sus-
tanned, and the cost of suit, including Il
reasonable attorneys fee"
IFS a little more than an eye for an
eye and q tooth for tooth, you see," ex-
planned Mr.. Hisgen. specifically the
Standard Oil company will be charged
with depressing the price of crude oil
III certain parts of the country, notably
i'll Oklahoma"
According to the independents it is
section Z of the Sherman act that the
trusts have most feared, because after a
trust has been found guilty about all
that an injured party has to do is to
prove damages.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-24
Letters Registered 1000 Years Ago.

TRANSACTIONS, recently published. of
some of the latest papyri found in Egypt
lead US, according to Corriere della Sera,
precisely into an office where letters
were registered more than two thousand
years ago. Among other things found
was a statement of account. later used
in wrapping a mummy belonging to the
time of Ptolemaeus Philadelphus. On the
back Of this papyrus, the front being oc-
cupied by entries made by the bookkeep-
er of 4 great estate in relation to re-
-ceipts and distribution of wheat and
barley. this statement is followed by
postal diary which certainly was kept
quite lr,.e .ia:iy The diary begins with
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-24

the sixteenth and ends with the twenty
third of a month not named, and men
tons the arrival and further travel of
letters forwarded from a local postofice.
An entry says: ION the Dist day of the
month at the fifth hour the postal rider
escorting the mail from the south de-
hvered to the postal clerk Phanias at
this station two letters These letters
were later delivered by assistant post
master Horos TO the postal rider Nike
demos, who departed with them for the
north" The papyrus relates also that
the chief officials of the local postoffice
which was perhaps IN the neighborhood
of Ptolemais. were the two brothers
Phoenix. who We're known also under
the sobri~ let of "hun1red acre mem"
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-24
GODS LOVE.

GODS LOVE.
By Rev. j. r. Miller, D. D.
The Bible takes especial pains to as
sure US of the everlastingness of Gods
love. In one passage, for example, it
is declared that while even the noun
tains shall depart, Gods loving kind
ness suggests all that is sweet, ten
der and comforting in love. There
are men who love and are not kind.
They would give all they have to help
a friend, and yet they lack gentleness.
They are stern, severe, brusque. They
have not gracious manner. They
are not kind. Kindness is loves best
1t not only gives, but gives in way
that adds a hundredfold to the value
of the gift.
Kindness in this passage Is made
still tenderer by the qualifying word
loving-1oving-ki There may
be kindness that is not loving. 1t is
a great comfort to know that Gods
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-24
THE BRENNAN GYRO.ScOPlc
NoNCICAIL CAR

| " he exhibited, on the war Office
grounds near Chatham, 22-ton car,
! 40 feet long, IS feet high and 10 feet
wide, mounted on a single line OF four
wheels, without other support than
| those wheels.
Two horoscopes were used, weighing
| three-quarters of a ton each and MAX
| ing 5000 revolutions a minute IN
vacuum. A gasoline engine furnished
| the power. The gyroscope wheels are
3 feet 6 inches in diameter and are
placed in a cab at the front OF the
car. A speed of only seven miles an
| hour was attained on trial.
| 1t was found that the big car was
even more successful than the model.
| It showed no tendency to leave the
| track or to tip Sudden shifting Of
weights in no way endangered the
equilibrium.
1t is expected that this type OF car
will do away with the dangerous and
uncomfortable side thrust which leads
to spreading rails and excessive jolt
and lar, and limits the safe speed of
the ordinary two-rail train to about
seventy miles an hour
Moreover, the power of this engine
can be more economically applied, and
it is predicted that a safe speed Of $50
miles an hour can be attained.
The gyroscope employed is on the
same principle as the toy of that name
and of the ordinary spinning top. 1t
lends stability to the supporting car
through the fact that revolving wheel
tends to remain in one place.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-24
BADGER ENDS LIFE IN CHICAGO.
P. A. Bradford of Lancaster Commits
Suicide at Hotel

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Dec 2O.-A man be-
lieved to be 2. A. Bashford, 45 years old,
a merchant of Lancaster, Wis, was
found dead in his room at the Morrison
hotel early Sunday morning with buI-
let wound near his heart. He is believed
to have committed suicide.
In the pocket of the dead mans coat
the police found a card bearing the naue
''P. a. Bashford, Lancaster, Wis"
This they believe to have been the cor
rect name and regard the indication that
he registered under p. A. Bradford, an
assumed name, as evidence that he pre-
neditated suicide.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-24
RAGS, THE NAVY YARD DOG.

Able Seaman Jones Tells Some
Large Stories of the Canine.
The battleship Massachusetts, was
foated out of dry dock at the New
York navy yard in Brooklyn yesterday
Shortly afterwaTd there came out Of
the pumped-out dock little, lanky
dog. A little fish dangled in his teeth.
The dog was Rags, the canine Izaak
Walton of the marine guard.
Where away, sir? Didn't hear bout
Rags, our dog that fishes?" said Tod
dy Jones, able sailorman, to the in
QufsItive visitor. "Mallop me. Yer pilot
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-24
Ground to Death Under Wheels.

GAINESVILLE. Wis, Dec. 20.-[Spe-
cial. IF. Brecklin, aged 20, was ground
to pieces 81 Monroe, Saturday night by
an extra freight. Young Brecklin had
been working at Woodford and was re-
turning TO his home in Monroe when
he evidently was either thrown from
the platform of the car or attempted to
lump off The body was wound around
the axles and was crushed to a pulp.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-24
KING LEOPOLD LEAVES
AN IMMENSE FORTUNE.
Late Belgian Monarch Said to Have
Left $4,000, oOo-Much Litiga-
ton Expected.

PARIS, Dec. 2O.-A French financier
who is familiar with the Congo and 9TH
er business operations of the late King
Leopold of Belgium estimates the mon
arch's private fortune at 5O,OOO,OOO In
excess of the $3,0OO,000 bequeathed to
the princesses. Lawyers here anticipate
much litigation over the property.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-24
THAW LOSES APPEAL.
Supreme Court Dismisses Petition for
Rehearing of Habeas Corpus
Proceedings

WASHINGTON. D. c., Dec. 20
Justice McKenna of the supreme court
of the United States today denied q
petition of Harry K. Thaw for writ
of error to the court of appeals of New
York. in the case in which Thaw made
an effort 10 obtain release from the
Matteawan asylum. In that case a pc
tition for a writ of habeas corpus was
denied and the effect Of Justice Nc
Kennas decision will be TO leave the
turbed
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-24
George Rhodius Is Dead.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec 90
George Rhodius, a wealthy man of this
city. whose marriage at Louisville five
years ago to a woman known as Elma
Dare was annuIled here after the couple
had been pursued to New York and
Pittsburg, died here today.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-24
Cotton Report Is Issued.

WASHINGTON, D c., Dec. 90
The census reports 1862. 222 bales of
cotton ginned from the growth of 1909
to December IS. compared with II ,9OO,-
$50 bales for 1908.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-24
No Santa Claus for These

PLAINFIELD, Wis, Dec. 2O.-The
farmhouse of Edward Rozell was de-
stroyed by fire Saturday night while the
parents were downtown buying Christ
mas presents for the two children who
persisted when the house was destroyed
The parents left Ruth, aged II years,
and her 5-year-old sister at home while
they went to the stores
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-24
CAN'T BUY WHISKY.
W. C. T. U. Prosecutor Finds Only Gi
a T.

W. C. T. .. Prosecutor Finds Only Gin
ger Ale On Tap On Sunday.
OSHKOSH, Wis, Dec. 20.-[Spe-
cial. Mrs. Susan Cooper, official prose
effort Sunday to get evidence that intex-
icating liquors were being sold in Osh-
kosh on Sundays at saloons, but she
failed to secure sufficient proof.
She called at Thomas Ryan's saloon
and stayed for several hours, but
throughout the time she was there, moth
ing was dispensed except ginger ale and
a large number Of cigars.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-24
Copper Mine to Be Worked.

VIROQUA, Wis, Dec. 2O.-[SpeciaI.I
2. Allen, near Avalanche, will be re-
opened by new organization, the
Prairie du Chen Mining company. That
there is mineral of good quality and
plenty of it in that region has long bsen
annarent.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-24
Sausage Machine Grinds Finger.

HIGHLAND CENTER, Wis, Dec. 20.
+ Special while making sausage,
Mrs. Steve Grey caught her middle fin
ger in the grinder and lost part of the
digit.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-24

ended. The Christ
mas festival, ded-
icated to happi-
ness a n d good
- will, has fully
come. This morn
ing has Weakened
to Quadruple joy.
The very atmos-
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-24

that is, they were coionists Of the really
prosperous class. The service they were
rendering in the postoffice was an office
of honor that had been conferred on
them. That a salary was allotted to
Phanlas. the postal clerk, is one of the
entries in the diary, but the amount of
it is not mentioned, and that the diary
was written on a papyrus of which the
far greater part had already been used
shows that the brothers had proposed to
conduct their office economically.-Scie
tific American.
Advertise in this paper. and make your
wants known to vour home people
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-12-24
His Role.

THAT man made an immense for
tune out of simple little invention"
Indeed! What did he tnvent?"
Invent? Nothing, you dub! He
was the promoter Cleyeland Leader
Moscow has the lowest priced daily
publication. 1t costs a farthing.
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FESTIVAL OF JOY AND GLADNEsS
Rev Newell Dwight Hills.
------~S----1o--

Behold, I bring you good tidings of
great joy.-Luke 2:10.
Once more the hallowed gracious
Christmas time is upon the earth. At
last the long year Of toll is all but
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Advertising Pays. Try It.
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