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Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-19
TO EVADE ARMY SERVICE.
Some Clever Tricks Resorted to by
Conscriprs Abroad


Conscriprs Abroad
In the countries of Europe in which
the military CONSUMPTION exists many
tricks are resorted to by conscripts in
order to escape service. Often men
have been known to mutilate them
selves. as by cutting off a forefnger,
in order to render themselves unfit for
the service. Pretended inability to see
is exposed by the surgeons without
great difficulty, but pretended deafness
sometimes battles the examiners.
A counter trick on the part of the
officers was for some time effective
against this fraud. The recruiting Of
ficer, after a conscript had pretended
to be deaf, remarked in an ordinary
tone of voice: you are unfit for the
service, and are, therefore, free" In
many cases the recruit showed by evil
dent signs Of satisfaction that he had
heard the remark.
He was then recalled, told that he
had been detected in his fraud and
sent to the barracks
<AIbCl IlIiS hoNSNcI, TIE
became too wary to be caught in this
trap. They had heard of the trick and
were consequently on the lookout for
this remark and when it was uttered
they made no sign of intelligence.
Lately the French officers have in
vented new trap the success Of
which is curious illustration Of the
ingrained courtesy, or at least the as
sumption Of courtesy, OF the part Of
Frenchmen of all classes.
After the You are free" has failed
to excite any sign Of understanding in
the recruits face the command to go
is shouted at him. He starts out of
the room, the door of which is held
open by mechanical means AS he pass
es through it the officer says:
"You might at least shut the door ~
This little unjust impea chment Of
the mans politeness is said in nine
cases out Of ten of pretended deafness
to result in quick turning of the
mans head. He is then called back
and told that he has been found fit for
the service.
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ted with homesteads, under private
irrigation enterprises and in the "dry
farming" districts, where no water
can be secured, but the United States
government is constructing some of its
greatest reclamation works in the Ter
ritory. The Carlsbad, HOndo and Ele-
plant Butte projects, under the recla
nation service, are well under way,
and will reclaim over 100000 acres, at
a cost of something like $4,000, 900.
These government projects rival in i'm
portance the work the British govern
ment has done in the valley of the
Nile. New Mexico also has an arte-
sian belt which is proving a wonder
full source of wealth. in the matter of
water supply. Chaves and Eddy COun-
ties alone have $50 of these gushing
wells, and cultivation under artesian
irrigation has reached more than
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-19
LABOR TO SUFFER
FOR CUT IN STEEL,
WARNS SCHWAB.
REMOVE PROTECTION AND YOU RE
DUCE STATUS OF EMPLOYEES,
HE SAYS.
REDUCTION is TOO DRASTIC.
Pictures Condition of Europe Where
Women Wheel the Coke to the
Blast Furnaces.
WON'T SCRAP WITH CARNEGIE.

DETROIT, Mich, March 1S.-"The
Payne tariff bill is too drastic. The iron
and steel schedules should not have been
altered declared Charles NJ. Schwab
in an interview here today. Mr.. Schwab
arrived here in his private ear to address
the Detroit board of commerce today at
their monthly luncheon.
Labor will ind itself adjusted to the
changed schedules" he continued The
only cost that enters into manufacture
is the cost of labor. Remove the pro
lection from steel and you reduce the
status of the laborer. IN European steel
mills women wheel the coke We can
compete with the world on this basis.
too. 1t is all a question of labor in the
end. No, L do not mean that the tariff
should be raised. 1t should be left as
it is
Won't Argue with Carnegie
Then you do not agree with your
friend. Mr. .Carnegie?" he was asked
Mr.. Carnegie was like Il father to
me. l will not take issue with him on
any question:" said Mr. Schwab.
Lumbermen Will Fight.
NORFOLK, Va, March 1S.-E c.
Il OSDufgn, president OF the North caro-
lima Pine association, controlling a ma
jOrity of the mills in eastern Virginia
Maryland, North and South Carolina, de
clared here today that the 80 per cent.
reduction on lumber proposed by the new
tariff bill will be ruinOus to lumber man
ufacturers and mills generally on the
entire Atlantic coast. He contended
that while some of the strong manufac-
turers may withstand the damage, the
small operators will be driven out of
business, the greatest injury being likely
in this immediate section which would be
flooded with Canadian lumber. He said
the lumber interests of the country will
fight against the reduction.
Payne Reports Bill.
WASHINGTON, d. c., March 49,
Immediately after the House convened
today, Mr.. Payne of New York, chair
man of the committee on ways and
means, reported back the tariff bill with
out amendment.
In committee, the Democrats We're Civ
en- until next Tuesday to prepare a mi
nority report. Representative BrOussard
of Louisiana voted to report the bill
without amendment, but all the other
Democrats of the committee voted
against it. The vote. was ID TO 6.
Mr.. Payne offered a resolution provid
ing for the printing of 10000 copies of
it, 5000 of which shall be in document
form and embodying the views of the
minority. After Il good deal of discus
sion the resolution was adopted.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-19
QUEEN HELENA'S RIB BROKEN.
Real Nature Of Accident After Messina
Quake Now Announced.

ROME, March 1S.-Queen Helena is
still suffering from the effects Of her
accident at Messina during the days
Immediately following the earthquake,
An unexplained rise in her majesty's
temperature led to a careful investiga-
ton, and it was found that one of her
left ribs was broken. She is being cared
for assiduously, but she is now obliged
to carry her arm in sling. The Queen
early in January was in one of the inn
provised hospitals at Messina when she
was knocked down by a terror-stricken
crowd fleeing in panic when a slight
shock rocked the building. The Queen
placed herself in the way of the mob
and finally quieted the panic, although
badly crushed.
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wrestling crops, without irrigation,
from lands that heretofore have been
regarded as irredeemable desert.
In the fiscal year of 1908 there
were 1852 homestead entries, cover
ing 2,2SS, 104 acres and go desert en-
tries, covering 162,430 acres. Four
ffths of these entries were made by
''homesteaders" from other parts of
the country-men and women attract
ed TO the southwest by its fine eli
mate and its farming possibilities. In
two years there have been 10000 home
stead entries in the Territory, cover
ing more than 100000 acres, and
Gov. George Curry estimates that New
Mexico now has population Of more
than 100000. In five years Roosevelt
County, in the southeastern part of
the Territory, which was regarded as
hopeless desert a decade ago, has
grown from 5000 population to 10000
Not alone is New Mexico being dot
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-19
FIRE IN PENITENTIARY.
Pennsylvania Prisoners, on Verge Of
Panic, Are Marched to Cells and
Blaze Is Extinguished.

PITTSBURG, Pa, March 18.-Fire
broke out in the laundry house Of the
Western Pennsylvania penitentiary to-
day, partially destroying the building and
valuable contents. On the verge Of a
panic, $50 prisoners, half the popula-
ton of the penitentiary, were marshaled
together in the dining room and marched
to their cells. A general alarm sent q
force of armed guards to the walls and
no attempt to escape was made. Aided
by the city fire department the prison
fire brigade succeeded in preventing the
flames from spreading, but the loss to
the laundry is heavy.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-19
WESTON TAKES A REST.
Aged Pedestrian on Long Tramp Sleeps
Six Hours After Walking Sixty
Miles in One Day.

HUDSON, N Y, March 1S-Tired
after his sixty-mile tramp from Fishllill
here on a single stage of his New York
San Francisco walk, Edward Payson
Weston was late in setting out today on
what he expected to make the final lap
of his journey along the Hudson river.
Weston arrived here at o'clock this
morning and slept more than six hours
before continuing his walk. He said he
expected to spend the night i'll Troy.
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25,OOO acres, and is increasing rapid

25,0OO acres, and is increasing rapid
ly.
Santa Fe, the ancient capital of the
Territory, is one of the most interest
ing cities in America. It had been an
Indian pueblo at the time of It's dis
covery and occupation by the Span
iards in the latter half of the six
teenth century and has remained the
seat of government ever since. In 1850
the Indians reTOlted and drove out the
Spaniards, but after fourteen years
the latter regained the ascendency and
the Spaniards and their descendants,
the MeXicans, continued to govern the
Territory from Santa Fe until the
Americans, under General Kearney,
took possession. in 1876
Two-thirds of the present posula-
ton of Santa Fe is Mexican. The
boys who drive the wood-laden burros
from the distant mountains are Mex
leans. The man who sells you gro
ceries would rather talk Spanish than
United States" and official docu-
ulS1lS are III IIllCu III Tie ldlSudGo
the Dons as well as in our own unor-
nate means of communication. The
influence of the Spanish pioneers is
everywhere visible. One sits in the
plaza in the center of town, and looks
upon the long, one-storied structure
that was graced with the name of
palace" by the long line of Spanish
governors that lived in it.
One hears the silver tinkle of an
ancient bell, and it calls him to old
San Miguel Church-the hoariest re-
ligous structure in the country, save
one. The adobe walls of the old
church have been repaired, but in gen.
eral outlines it is the same as when
the old Spanish pioneers built it. A
little way from the old church one is
directed to the oldest house in the
country-and so one wanders through
the streets of Santa Fe, sometimes
amused, but always fascinated.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-19

has been abandoned for a Capitol
building and a mansion that are the
last word of modern utilitarianism.
The patient burro-New Mexico's chief
means of transportation for genera
tions-is being met on the highways
by automobiles, and Jose, the burro
driver, has gazed with mild wonder
upon the goggle-eyed chauffeur. And
out on the broad plains, that have
known only sheepherders and cowboys
since the days Of Coronado and de
Vaca. homesteaders have made a YER
liable checkerboard of ranches.
According to the Postal Guide. more
new post offices are being opened in
New Mexico, in proportion to the pop
ulation, than in any other State or
Territory. Not alone are thousands
of acres being reclaimed under irriga
ton schemes, but dry farmers" are
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-19
CONSUL GUARDED
FROM The MAFIA
AMERICAN REPRESENTATIVE AT
PALERMO THREATENED WITH
DEATH FROM BLACK HAND.
MUST DROP PETROSINI CASE
Influence of Secret Society So Strong
That Company Declines to Ship
Detectives Body.
POLICE CAPTURE TWO SUSPECTS.

ROME, March 1S.-Ambassador Girls
com had a talk this morning with For
eign Minister Tittonin regarding the
threatening letters addressed to W. H.
Bishop, the American consul at Palermo,
Sicily, in the matter of his activity in
running down the men suspected of com
plicity in the plot against Lieut.. Petro-
SIM of New York, who was murd cred at
Palermo SIX days ago. The foreign min
lister assured the ambassador that all
precautions to ensure the safety of Mr..
Bishop and the consulate had been tax
Ell. The building was being closely
watched and Mr.. Bishop was being
guarded every time he went out.
Guard Petrosini's Body.
PALERMO, March 1S.-The body of
Joseph Petrosini is still in the mortuary
chamber of the Rotoi cemetery at the
disposal of w. II. Bishop, the American
consul. 1t is being carefully guarded.
Mr. Bishop yesterday received an
anonymous letter in which the writer
says he heard a certain man, whom he
indicates but does not identify, utter the
threat that if Mr.. Bishop continues his
activities in the Petrosini case he
would return to America dead.
Malta Is Feared.
The influence of the Malta in Palermo
is strikingly indicated by the following
occurrence:
Mr.. Bishop a few days ago concluded
a contract with the agent of Il shipping
company for the transportation of Pc
trOsini's body to America Today the
agent went to Mr.. Bishop and threw up
his engagement. He said he had re-
ceived secret warning that his life would
be in danger if he in any way became
connected with the case, and he was
fearful of the Malta s revenge.
Two Men in Custody.
Among the men taken into custody by
the Italian authorities are two whose
connection with the case is thought to
be very close. The police maintain alb
solute secrecy with regard to their iden-
tity.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-19
ELECTSTEPHENS MAYOR

LOS ANGELES, Cal, March 10
". D. Stephens was today selected
unanimously by the city council for
mayor to serve until March 26, the date
set for the recall election. Mr.. Stephens
was present in the council chamber and
was called upon for a speech. He ac-
cepted the office and asked that he be
sworn in at once. Tie city clerk was
sent for and the oath administered
Three cheers were given for the new
mayor by the crowd, jubilant over the
apparently happy outcome of the
strained situation.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-19
TO SEARCH FOR !
KIDD TREASURE.
NEW YORK BOND DEALER WILL
DREDGE FAMOUS PIT IN
NOVA SCOTIA.
HOPES TO FIND $4,000, OOO.
Tradition Tells of Pirates Hiding Place
for Loot, More Than 100 Feet
Below Earth'S Surface.
MODERN DEVICES TO DRAIN HOLE.

NEW YORK, March 1S.-H. L. Bow
dom has signed contracts to dig to the
bottom of hole in Nova Scotia and de-
termine for all time if $1O,OO0OOO in
pirate gold lies buried there He is a bond
broker most of the time and described
himself as the latest and most cheerful
recruit to the ranks of treasure hunt
erS.
There is Il hole i'll Oak island, Novai
Scotia. at least 100 feet deep and IL
feet in diameter. 1t was dug more than
century ago. Why was it dug? His
tory records that Oak island was Il rem
devious for pirates and tradition says
5hat Capt. Kidd had his headquarters,
there. Several expeditions have tried
to find Oak island treasure" and have
tailed.
To Use Modern Devices.
The reason that failures to solve the
mystery of the hole have resulted here
tofore is that the investigators did not
enjoy the advantage of modern engineer
ing appliances" BOwdoin says. Il do
not permit myself to believe that vast
fortune is concealed, but I'm going to
throw light OH mystery unsolvcd for
ulOlS lltu Il century.
lie has diplomas as Il hydraulic and
mechanical engineer and is the inventor
Of the appliances used i'll the spectacle
lar Water scenes at the HippodrOmc.
He says he will not organize a company
to defray the expenses of his quest, pre-
terring to play the game with Il lone
hand and take a chance at raking in the
whole pot. Osgood's Maritime Prov
noes, published in 1884, contains the
following account:
Oak island is celebrated rs one of
The places where it is alleged that Capt.
kidd's treasure is hidden. In 1875 three
New Englanders found here evidence of
buried mystery, coinciding with ira
1itiOn to that effect Digging down, they
passed regular layers of flag stones and
ut logs. and their successors penetrated
the earth over 100 feet, finding layersI
Of charcoal putty, West Indian grass, /
sawed blanks and other curious sub
stances, together with a quantity carven
stone
First Quest Given Up.
The pit became flooded with water
and was pumped out steadily. Halifax
and Truro merchants invested in the
enterprise and great stone drains were
discovered leading from the sea into the
DIT. After much money and labor was
spent i'll the excavation it was given
Up ten years ago, and the object of the
great drains ana concealed PIT remains I
profound mystery"
THE quantity carven stone" is on ex-,
hibltion at present in Creighton's book
store in Halifax. but the inscriptions
were erased long ago after the stone
lad endured the blows from bookbind-
ar's mallet. But at the time of the dis
:overy of the stone the inscriptions were
translated to read:
Ten feet below, two million pounds
lie buried
Bowdoin entered into his contract with
Henry Sellers and Frederick l.. Blair of
Amherst, \. H., who have kept alive
the lease secured from the British gov
eminent for treasure hunting rights on
0ol, island
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-19
DELAY WAR FOR CIRCUS.
Salvador and Nicaragua Postpone Scrap
So That People Can Attend
Travelling Show.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, March 18.-
The steamship Acapulco brings news
that the war between Salvador and
Nicaragua was postponed for one day
in order that the citizens of Acaiutla
might enjoy a circus which was billed
to play in that town while tho Acapulco
was anchored in the harbor When the
vessel first arrived, martial law had been
declared and no one was permitted to
land. But the circus came to town, and
in less than an hour the martial law was
declared off so that the passengers might
swell the attendance at the show.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-19
EDWARD SEES WRIGHT FLY.
His Majesty Shows Enthusiasm at the
Feats of American Aviator.

PAU. March 1S.-Aing Edward wit
messed two flights by Wilbur Wright
Yesterday afternoon and showed an
equal amount of enthusiasm with the
other spectators in the remarkable ac-
complishments of the American aero
pianist Mr. Wright made the first as
cension alone He remained in the air
for seven minutes, performing marvellous
evolutions with the utmost precision
around the King and his party and COM
ing to the ground without difficulty. On
the second fight, Miss Wright, the aero
planist's sister, was a passenger. They
scared to a great height, disappeared
in the direction of Pau and reappeared
after six minutes.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-19

Jesse James a Pautomobile, Jesse James under the
of garrison of United States soldiers twent
eth century Jesse James, with lone helper, holding
up train within twelve miles of great city, the
capital of great State is the urd story that recently
from Colorado, where one tall of the Jesse
James type, with short and chunky for helper
held up and robbed the Atlantic express of the Denver
and Rio Grande Railway at Military Junction, twelve
miles from Denver, and less than mile and half
from the fort, where Uncle Sans boys in blue
sleeping peacefully The imatOrs Of the James boys
the Quantrells and the Datons got away with I'M
known amount Of treasure it is estimated by
servative persons who know what was in the regis
bags by the robbers that the Youngers in
their palmest days made such haul, as the
smallest figure is set at something $4,000
It would seem from this hold-up that all the daring
robbers yet died. and that the old days of
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-19
TO DISBAR SCHWITTAY,
Marinette Bar Association Meets to Take
Up Charges Against Former Dis
trict Attorney.

MARINETTE. Wis, March IS
Especial. samuel H. Cady of Green
Bay, who was appointed special prose-
cutting attorney for Marinette county,
arrived in this city this morning to be
gin his work. At a meeting Of the
Marinette Bar association immediate
steps were taken to begin proceedings to
disbar former Prosecuting Attorney
Schwittay, who was removed from of
fee by Gov. Davidson pending al on
five criminal charges.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-19
Two Men IN Custody.
ADMIRAL STRONG DIES.
Former Commandment at Portsmouth
Navy Yard Passes Away at An
dover, Mass.

ANDOVER, Mass, March 1S.-Rear
Admiral Edv, ard Trask Strong, q. S. N.
retired, died suddenly of heart trouble
at his home here today. Admiral Strong
was born at Ipswich, Mass, in 1910, and
entered the navy during the Civil war,
at the conclusion of which he was APP
pointed ensign. During the Spanish
American war he was commandment at
the Portsmouth navy yard and had
charge of the prisoners captured in the
naval fight off Santiago.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-19
TO HOLD WORLDS FAIR.
Winnipeg VIII Raise Fund of $4,000, 900
for Mammoth Exposition
in 1912

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, March IS
Winnipeg has decided to hold a worlds
exposition in 1912. A committee Of
citizens which had been sent to st. Louis
Chicago, Seattle, and Portland, reported
favorably on the prospect at a mass
meeting held last night and it was de-
cided TO raise a fund OF S2,0OO,0oO for
that purpose.
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PERSIANS SHOWDOWN
HELPLESS RUSSIANS.
lagos and Ruthlessly Stay Flee
ing Peasants.

ST. PETERSBURG, March ia
dispatch to the Novoe Vremya from
Julia, on the frontier between Persia
and Russia, says that 1000 Persian gov
eminent horsemen and 500 infantrymen
are marching on Julia from the Persian
bank of the Araxes river, devastating
the villages in their path and shooting
down the people. Already ten villages,
four of them inhabited by Russian sub
ects, have been pillaged and burned.
The troops are ruthiessly killing the flee
ing peasants. Many women, carrying
their children on their backs, attempted
but were shot down. Three hundred
homeless families have taken refuge on
an island in the river opposite Julia.
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STUDENT KILLS SELF.
mittance from His Parents and
Grows Despondent.

VALPARAISO, Ind, March 49,
Maldonado Florencio, a 19-year-oId stu
dent at the Valparaiso university, is dy-
ing from a wound in his throat, self-in-
flicted last night. He was sent here
from Cocamo, Porto Rico, by his par
ents- He had not received his usual re-
mittance lately and became Respondent.
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NEW MEXICO.
Old Order of Things Is Now Yield
ing to the New.

Old order of Things Is Now Yield
ing to the New.
The Territory Of New Mexico, which
has been knocking for admission into
the sisterhood of States, has witness
ed a great struggle in the last few
years between the old and the new
order of things, and the old has been
forced to give way. The ancient adobe
churches erected by the Spanish friars
when the - colonies were in their
swaddling clothes, still stand, and the
Did bells that were cast in Spain at the
height of that nations glory still call
devOut wOrshipers to service. But
next TO these old churches one is apt
to stand in the shadow of a modern,
steam-heated office building. The an
Gent Governors palace, at Santa Fe,
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-19
CEAN UP CINCINNATI.
First Bombshell in Reform Movement
Is Indictment of Alderman, Owner
of Dance Hall

CINCINNATI, o., March 1S.-The
first bombsheIl in the reform movement
to clean up Cincinnati was the indict-
ment today of Laniel Bauer, a member
of the city council for the past five
years, on the charge of conducting a
place that constitutes a nuisance. Bauer
is proprietor of the Majestic saloon and
concert hall on Vine street.