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Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-08
AMERICAN RELIEF
SHIP IS STARTED
STEAMER BAYERN WITH SUPPLIES
AND DOCTORS AND NURSES TO
MEET WARSHIPS.
REFUGEES CRY FOR MACARONi
Sufferers in Italy Refuse Nutritious
Food and This Causes Trouble
Among Aid Parties.
SEARCH FOR CHENEY BODIES

ROME, Jan. IA special train left
here this morning for Civita Vecchia
with the American relief party, headed
by Ambassador Griscom, on board.
They will sail for Messina on board
the steamship Bayern, chartered to con,
TeT the American relief to the south.
me party includes William Hooper OF
Boston, Nelson Gay of Boston, John Ell
Hott, Wllfred Thompson and a score OF
other Americans, including doctors and
nurses. Mrs. Griscom, Mrs. Gay and
MIS-. Elliott accompany the relief work
ers as tar as Civita Necchia.
VIII Meet Sperry.
The ambassador is going only as fan
as the Strait of Messina, where he will
start the Bayern on its work of relief.
lie VIII meet Admiral Sperry, who is
coming from Port Said on board the
hagShlp Connecticut, in the strait, and
return with the Connecticut to Naples
Inc American battleships following the
Connecticut north will be placed at the
disposition of the Italian authorities.
a party of men under the direction OF
Mag. Lands, the American military at
Jache at Rome, has been working for
TOUR Gays to eXtrlcate the bodies of A S.
Cheney and his wife from the ruins of
the American consulate. The apartment
OF the Cheneys has not yet been uncov-
cred, and many feet of wreckage still
remain to be removed
Bayard Cutting, Jr., Winthrop Chan
Ter and Stuart K. Lupton, American con
Su!ar representatives, are making every
eHort 70 trace Americans supposed ia
nave been in the earthquake zone at the
time OF the disaster, but so far without
success.
Refugees Refuse Food.
The authorities have determined to iso-
late Messlna as the only means of pre-
venting an outbreak of serious illness
The relief parties complain that the
starving refugees refuse the most nu-
trltlOuS food and want only macaroni
The work Of the soldiers in Messina to-
day consists principally in gathering up
dead bodies and burying them il
trenches between layers of qucklime.
The work Of relief is now well under
way in Messina, but the smaller towns
III the interior are being neglected Ships
arriving on the scene henceforward will
be sent to the coast towns, and parties
VIII go inland with supplies.
The policy of clearing Messina was
naugurated yesterday with the refusal
OF the authorities to furnish people with
food unless they agreed to embark fo1
transportation elsewhere. This has beer
done to discourage peasants coming
down from the mountains to take advan-
tage OF the free distribution of rations.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-08
MAY RAISE SALARY OF
PRESIDENT TO 100000.
Finance Committee Makes Provision in
Bill and Others to Give Vice Presi-
dent and Speaker $4,000.

WASHINGTON. ID. c., Jan. by
an amendment to the Legislative, execu-
tive and judicial appropriation bill,
which today was reported to the Senate
from the committee on finance, the sal
airy of the President of the United States
is increased from $4,000 to 100000,
the increase to include the $4,000 now
annually appropriated for the Presi-
dents travelling expenses.
Amendments also were reported from
the finance committee increasing the sal
aries of the vice president and the speak
er of the House from $4,000 to $4,000
a year.
The amendments were referred by the
Senate to the committee on appropria-
tons, which, if it approves them, will
incorporate them in the appropriation
bill which is now under consideration.
and report them back to the Senate for
action.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-08
BANK GUARANTY AGAIN
GOV. SHELLENBERGER ASKS LEG
ISLATURE TO ENACT LAW.
Executives Plan Is Like That Put Forth
by Bryan in Recent Presidential
Campaign.

LINCOLN, Neb., Jan Gov Shall
lenberger, in his message to the Nebras-
ka Legislature today declares he believes
that no new or radical legislation is
needed at the present time, but that en-
ergy should be directed toward amend
ing, improving or correcting the exist
ing laws.
He admits that the banking laws of
Nebraska might be improved, and as
serts that it is reflection upon our Amer
lean civilization and business methods
to longer fail to provide an insurance
guaranty fund and banking law which
VIII make every dollar deposited in a
Nebraska bank absolutely sure of being
returned to its lawful owner when if
shall be demanded.
Il believe that the desired security can
be obtained by leyying q light tax upon
the capital stock of each bank transact
ing business under our laws, thus pro-
viding a guaranty fund to pay prompt
ly any possible loss to depOstor by rea-
son Of the failure of a state bank" he
said. The amount of such tax should
be a certain percentage of the average
deposits as shown by the reports of the
department of banking, payment to be
made at stated periods and for a fixed
amount
In order to insure to the bankers a
share in the control of the state banking
department, Gov. Shallenberger recon-
mends the appointment of a non-parti-
san banking board to be composed Of
three members, which board should have
control of the issuance of bank charters
and the general administration of the
banking laws.
The governor recommended that the
railroad commission be empowered to
appraise the physical value of public
service corporations and to control their
debt-making power.
The governor favOrS a law for the
sterilization of the confirmed criminal
and incurable insane classes.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-08
T!LLMAN ONE OF
THOSE WATCHED
BY DETECTIVES
PRESIDENT DECLARES SECRET
SERVICE MEN WERE SHADOW
ING SOUTHERN SENATOR.
INVOLVED IN LAND CASES.
South Carolinan Says He Hopes 1t Is
Time That He Be Followed
by Sleuths.
KEEPS NOTHING FROM PUBLIC.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. Tn
the papers forwarded yesterday by the
President to the Senate giving the facts
regarding the employment of secret ser
ice men. the name of Senator TjllIn&l.
Of South Carolina is mentioned as one
whom it had been found advisable to
shadow.
The detectives were put on his track
a year ago, after he had made some al
/ legations concerning the land grant OF
the Oregon & California Railroad com
pany.
When his attention was called to the
fact Senator Tillman today said hs
hoped it was time that he had been fol-
lowed, and he added there could be no
developments which he would desire to
have withheld from the public.
Will Debate Charges.
The Perkins special committee will
report a resolution TO the House tomOr-
row advising that body what action 10
take with regard to the references made
by the President to the secret service
and Congress in his annual message.
Mr.. Perkins of New York, as chairman
of the committee, will make a few re
marks in presenting the resolution and a
general debate will follow. Representa-
tiyes Tawney of Minnesota, Fitzgerald
of New York, Smith of Iowa, and She"
| ley of Kentucky are to reply to tnu
Presidents criticism of them which he
made III the special message sent to the
| House on Monday.
Present Report Early.
! The report of the special committee
was drawn up at a meeting held today
and is understood to deal with the spe-
cial message as well as the Objectionable
portion of the annual message. The reso-
! luton will be reported as soon as the
/ House cOnyeneS tomorrow according TO
/ the present programme.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-08
POSTAL PROBE IS STARTED.
House Committee Wants to Know How
1929 900, 600 Is Spent

WASHINGTON D. c.. Jan. =
With d view of ascertaining how the
SOD, 100000 appropriated annually for
the expenses of the postal service is eI-
pended the House committee on post
Office expenditures has started its probe.
Chairman Wanger's committee is en-
gagged in examining conditions iii the Of
fee of the purchasing agent 1t has
been ascertained that a large quantity
of supplies has been purchased by the
office, entirely Independent Of the an
nual contracts, designed to cover every
thing that the service needed These
purchases ranged in amount from %
cents to $4,000 and covered multitude
of articles. SO far as the committee
has gone, the acting purchasing agent
has been able to give a satisfactory rea-
son, it is said, for the purchase.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-08
VAN HISE AT ITHACA.
Wisconsin University President Attends
Meeting of College Presidents and
Professors.

ITHACA. y. Y. Jan. college pres
idents and professors from eighteen of
the leading educational institutions of
the United States are arriving here to-
day as delegates to the Association of
American universities, which will be in
session at Cornell university today and
tomorrow Among thos in attendance
are President Eliot or Harvard. Had
ley Of Yale. Angel Of Michigan. North
rop of Minnesota, Hill of Missouri,
James of Illinois. Van Hise of Wiscon-
sin. and Alderman of Virginia, besides
]. G.. Schurmann of Cornell and Rev.
4. Pace and George Melville OIling of
the Catholic University of America. The
delegates held an executive session to-
day
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-08
WATER CURE IN PRISON
Kansas Warden Admits Using This Way
OF Subduing Refractory
Prisoners.

LEAyENWORTH, Kan, Dec. 81
The crib and the watercure until re-
Gently have been used in the Kansas
state penitentiary at Lansing, to subdue
refractory prisoners, according to a
statement made here last night by War
den w. H. Haskell, at a preliminary
meeting of joint investigating commit
tee, appointed by the governors of Okla
homa and Kansas. The investigation is
the outcome of charges made by Miss
Kate barnard, state inspector of prisons
and charities of Oklahoma, who alleged
that the prisoners of that state sent to
the Kansas institution have been mis-
treated
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-08
MORE WILLS ARE SET ASIDE

OAKLAND, Cal, Jan. 6--Two more
wills of the eccentric millionaire, Joseph
Boardman, have been formally set aside
by Judge Waste. These make three wills
set aside by court decree. and as no
more are known to be in existence the
entire estate will go to the young widow.
who was only is years of age when she
married BOardman, and their infant
child. The wills were set aside on the
ground that the testator was incompe-
tent when he made them. Mrs. Board
man testified that her husband made no
less than fifty wills, most of which he
tore up.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-08
CALLS ROOSEVELT LAwLEss.
Senator Culberson Replies to Presidents
Message on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. t.
In the Senate today Senator Culberson
made a brief reply to the message sent
to the Senate yesterday by the Presi-
ney General Bonaparte not to reply to
the Senate's resolution OF inquiry con
corning the merger Of the Tennessee
Coal and Iron company with the United
States Steel corporation. ~ his state
ment Mr.. Culberson characterized this
as another arbitrary and lawless act.
which had been traced to the chief
magistrate of the country, who is not
only solemnly obligated to obey the law
himself. but to see that others do So"
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-08
TO SUCCEEDHEMENWAY
Indiana VIII Elect Democratic Senator
for First Time in Eighteen Years
Kern in Field.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. THE
sixty-sixth Indiana General Assembly,
which convened today promises to be one
of the most interesting held in years.
For the first time in eighteen years, the
Democrats will be in control of the
Legislature and will elect a successor to
United States Senator James A, Hemen-
way. For this honor there are six
candidates, including John w. Kern of
this city. None of them, however, has
enough votes pledged to claim the vic
tory
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-08
SHAH IN WRONG AGAR,
Once More Revokiug Con-
stitutIOn.

ST. PETERSBURG. Jan. Especial
dispatches received here from Teheran
say the Shah of Persia has again issued
manifesto revoking the constitution.
There has been an outbreak Of disorder
at Shiraz similar to the recent disturb
ances at Ispahan. It is feared that the
news of the successful Dlunderlng OF tins
latter city will result in uprisings of the
lower classes in other towns, particularly
among the starving.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-08
DEATH IS A MYSTERY
Poison Enough to Kill Is Found in Body
of Prominent Iowa Musicians
BODY.

DIES MONIES. Ia. Jan. THAT Dean
Frederick Howard of Drake University
Conservatory of Music, who was found
dead in bed last Thanksgiving morning,
died from morphine poisoning and not
acute gastritis, as given out, was learned
when Dr.. j. H. Hoeve made report to
that effect to Coroner Newlen. Friends
and associates of the late dean scout a
suicide theory. lie had made ali ar
Judgements to give a banquet to the
Drake football team on Thanksgiving
day. following his custom for several
Years.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-08
WILL BUILD ENGINES.
Largest Locomotive Works in the World
Are TO Be Established at
Gary, Ind.

CHICAGO. H.. Jan. THE largest
and best equipped locomotive works in
the world are to be constructed on prop
erty recently purchased at Gary, Ind,
by the American Locomotive company,
a S50,00O.000 corporation. The plant
will provide employment for from 1900
to 10000 men. The deal through which
the locomotive company secures title to
100 acres of land at Gary was complet-
ed yesterday.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-08
DEFENDS HOUSE RULES.
Congressman Olmsted Says Speaker Can
Expedite Legislation.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. TN.
der license of debate on the District OF
Columbia appropriation bill. Mr.. Ohm.
stead of pennsylvania today entered a
Vigorous defense of the rules Of the
House of Representatives He main,
tanned that the old rules placed in the
hands of the speaker much power to
prevent, while, the present rules gave the
speaker more power to expedite legisla-
ton.
Mr. Olmsted declared that the speaker
was as much bound by the rules as any
body else.
why did the speaker shut out the
bill placing wood pulp on the free list:
Mr.. Gaines CTenn.) inquired.
Republican applause greeted the re
Spouse that eff there had not been SO
much filibustering on the Democratic
side Of the House last session there
would have been Il chance to take it
up"
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-08
Waterman Dies on DUTY.

OSHKOSH, Wis. Jan. 7.-TSpecial.
daniel Lynch. Il retired police officer.
Waterman for the Oshkosh Boat works
He was 80 years of age. At ) o'clock
this morning he keyed in on the watch
mans time clock at the boat works and
ut o'clock he was found dead in a chair
near the stove in the Office Of the COM
pany.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-08
REScUERs LOST IN FAR NORTH.
Canadian Surveyors Find No Trace of
Party Sent on Mission.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Jan.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Jan. "a
party of Dominion government survey
ors. R. D. Fry, E. Morrier and Frank
Peters, all of Ottawa. who arrived here
from Fort Churchill. Hudson bay
brought with them a report of the dis
appearance of party which was sent
out by Maj. Moody of the mounted po-
lice. in search of Inspector Peltier and
MS party OF ESkimos, who also have APP
parently been lost
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-08
TROOPS BURN TOWNS,
Chinese Soldiers in Control of Revolt
tionary Outbreak and Insurgents
Are on Defensive

Annoy, China Jan. 6. = Reports re-
ceived here today from the districts in
Manchuria affected by the recent revolu-
uonary outbreak say that the govern
ment troops have burned seven villages
and that the insurgents are on the de-
fensive. The troops are now awaiting
reinforcementS
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-08
WON'T CALL PRESIDENT

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 81
Senator Hale, acting chairman OF ths
committee ON appropriations, which has
in charge the investigation Of the meth
DDS of the secret service, said TODAY
that there was no intention so far as
he knew, of summoning President Rocco.
welt before the committee after his re,
tirement on the fourth of March. as
was intimated in some published reports.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-08
Started Blaze to See Fire Run.

KENOSHA. Wis, Dec. 31.-A Youth
full frebug has been discovered in Ke-
nosha. Bertie Schaies, II years of age,
has confessed to setting fire to big
pile of lumber in the yards of the Balm
Wagon company. He said he started the
the fire to see the engines run. The boy
laid the fire with greatest care and then
went and stood at the door Of the engine
house. He was still waiting for the
horses to come out when he was ar
rested. There was no heavy loss.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-08
WOMAN IS EMBEZZLER
Former Employe of Kansas City Pack
ers Confesses to Taking $4,000
from the Company.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan. Miss
Nellie O'Donnell. aged 80 years, a form
er cashier and bookkeeper for the
Schwarzchild & Sulzberger Beef and
Provision Co., was arrested last night
on a charge of embezzling $4,000, while
in the employ of the company. Accord
ing to the police Miss O'Donnell has
made a complete confession. The EN-"
bezzlement took place in July, 1908.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-08
NEW TREATY IS SIGNED.
France and United States Renew Extra
dition Agreement Made in 1892,
in Paris.

PARIS. Jan. THE new Franco
American treaty of extradition has been
signed in this city by Ambassador White
for the United States and Foreign Min
lister Pichon for France. This treaty is
substantially identical with the one ne
gotiated in 1892.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-08
PAPERS RAISE PRICE,
Dailies in Trenton, N. J., VIII Cost 2
Cents Instead of / After FIT
cecntk o. February.

TRENTON. \. j., Jan. EVERY
newspaper in Trenton will raise lis price
to cents February 10. giving as a rea-
son the increased price of white paper
and other advances in the cost of PRO
duction. Trenton newspapers include
the Evening Times, the Daily State GA
zette aud the True American.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-08
Second Grating Necessary.

MADISON, Wis, Dec. 31.-[Speciall
"A second grating Of skin may be nee
essary to save the life of Miss Nina
burned while performing a chemical test
a short time ago. Dr.. G.. a. Harper
said today that about one-haIf Of the
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-08
ILLINOIS CLUB IS DESTROYED.

CHICAGO, H., Jan. THE Illinois
club. constituting with its splendid art
gallery one of the historic landmarks of
Chicago. was totally destroyed by fire
last night with a loss estimated at S3t25,-
600.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-08

Myron T. Herrick. former governor of
Ohio, will have a place i'll the cabinet
of President Taft. He has already been
notified to this effect and signiied his in
tention Of accepting the honor. The pre-
else assignment Mr.. Herrick will be Civ
EN- has not yet been chalked up on the
slate. If nothing better can be done Mr..
,Herrick will receive the interior depart
ment portfolio. If Senator Crane should
be successful III sidetracking George Won
j.. Meyer, Mr.. Herrick will become head
of the treasury department, in which
event the interior department will again
he open, Richard \. Ballinger Of Wash
ington state, former commissioner of the
general land office, having declined the
post.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-08

skin recently grated grew and he con-
sidered the percentage above the aver
age. Miss Johnson is showing consider
able Improvement
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-08

A4tor having been in session a little over
an hour the House adjourned out of respect
TO the memory Of Representative Dayey of
Louisiana, who died during the recess.
Numerous messages from the President on
various subjects were read The most i'm
pOrtant were Il message recommending aid
for the Italian earthquake sufferers and q
message responding to q resolution asking
for Information as to what the President
meant in his annual message regarding the
secret service. The relief asked for the
stricken Italian people was quickly and
unanimously voted, while the secret service
message was referred TO a special commit
tee after Mr. Griggs of Georgia had moved
TO have It returned to the President, which
motion he later withdrew.
Transacting business without even the
scmblauco Of a Quorum the House ON the
9th passed several bills of a miscellaneous
character, but of little general public i'm.
portance. The only incident worthy of note
was heated discussion among the members
of the Indiana delegation over a bill to pro
vide for the establishment of judicial di,
visions in the district of Indiana. The meas
IRE failed of passage. over two hours were
devoted to consideration Of the bill pruvid.
ing for the erection of embassy and lega.
ton buildings abroad, without any conclu-
sion being reached. Among the bills passed
was one providing for leaves of absence
with pay for thirty days to employees on the
Panama canal injured in line of duty. Al
p. ~. the House adjourned.
The only incident worthy Of note in the
proceedings of the House of Representatives
on the 9th, and which caused Il good deal OF
amusement was a brief discussion of the
forthcoming African hunting trip of Presi.
dent Roosevelt incidentally there was a
reference to the famous So-called Ananias
club. The whole debate hinged on the
newspaper story stating that Mai Edgar
o. Mearns of the army was to accompany
the President and that in order to do so he
had been put on the retired list with in
creased rank The matter was brought UP
by Mr.. Mann of Illinois in connection with
the consideration of a bill authorizing the
issuance of commissions to officers who re-
tire with increased rank. The remainder Of
the day was devoted to the consideration OF
number Of miscellaneous bills and resoIu-
tons. Adjourned at 5:1S p. m.