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Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-19
FRANCE MAKING
WAR ON CHURCH
POPE Plus TELLS OF PERSECUTION
IN ADDRESS TO FRENCH
PILGRIMS.
VATICAN READY TO FIGHT.
Will Resist on Denial of Acknowledge
ment of Catholic Hierarchy and
Scholastic Instruction.
VATICAN READY TO FIGHT.
MOTHERS BURN TEXT BOOKS

ROME. Nov. 1S.-Pope Plus, in an ad-
dress to the French pilgrims whom he
received today, declared that France
was making war against the church with
an aim of undermining the basis of
Christianity.
Catholicism. the Pope declared. was
suffering persecution by the French gov
eminent under the preteXt of the separa-
ton OF state and church This was
proved, he said, by the exclusion of the
orders. the trials and condemnations in
hlcted upon Cardinal Andrieu and other
bishops, and by the threatened laws
which would extend official protection to
irreligious teachers and bring about a
state monopoly of the schools France.
which would make the state the arbiter
IN religious matters, was at the same
time lighting the French bishops who
were faithful to the pontiff
Liberty Is Curtailed
These bishops were not allowed. the
Pope said, to enjoy the liberty granted
by French laws to all free citizens, but
on the contrary were insulted. tried and
condemned for the sole reason that they
were couIdSeouSIy IululllnS tner apOS-
tolic duty. All this, the Pope said, in
stead of depressing must animate Cath
olics to defend their religious rights He
concluded by urging the faithfur to cling
to the episcopacy. The papal words are
accepted here as confirmation of the
opinion that the Vatican believes the
struggle organized by the French gov
eminent on the school question is in
tended to be decisive battle for the
complete effacement OF Christianity as a
factor in the rearing of children, or in
other words, the suppression of Chris
tlanlty in the France of tomorrow. 1t
is asserted that the Vatican is ready to
fight on two questions. namely the de-
NAL of legal Acknowledgement of the
Catholic hierarchy and scholastic instruc-
ton.
Text Books Burned
PARIS, Nov. 1S.-Mothers of the
Catholic pupils at the young girls school
at Chassigny Sous-Dun, in Saone- Ell
Loire, today made public bonfire of
the interdicted text books used by their
daughters. At other places in that con-
mune Catholic girls withdrew from the
schools. At BayOnnc, where the priests
have refused absoluton to children at
tending the public schools in defiance of
the clergy S warning, the parents have
retallated by refusing to contribute to
the support of the church
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-19
FARGO STOCK TRIPLED.
New Issue of $1eooo,ooo Will Be Of
fered to Shareholders, Who Will
Get Big Dividend.

NEW YORK. Nov. 1S.-Wells-F Fargo
& Co. today announced an increase in
the capital stock of the company to
$24,OOO,OO0 from $S.OOO,OOO. The new
issue of S16,OOO,OOO is to be offered to
stockholders. to whom a stocn dividend
of $500 per share is to be declared.
This action was taken at special
meeting of the directors of the express
company here today and is subject to the
approval of the stockholders at a meet
ing to be held December 2, next.
The dividend of $500 per share is to
be paid out of the accumulated earnings
of the company. The new stock will be
offered to holders of the old stock at
par, in the proportion of two shares of
new stock for one of old.
The division of the company's surplus
which will result from todays action of
the directors, if approved by the stock
holders, will take place among the rich
est distributions of profits by large cor
poration in the history of American f.
nancial operations. Worked out. the divi-
dend plan gives each stakeholder funds
for the purchase of two shares of the
new stock at par and 500 in cash.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-19
MORE CUSTOMS FRAUD
HOUSE CLEANING EXTENDS BE-
YOND SUGAR DISCLOSURES.
Government May Have Been Defrauded
Out of 100000 in Lemon
Importations.

NEW YORK, Nov. Is. - The crisis
precipitated in the customs service at
this port by the revelations made by
former government employees engaged in
the weighing and sampling Of sugar i'm
ports reached an acute stage today.
The house cleaning which Collector
Loeb is preparing to inaugurate is now
believed to threaten customs employees
Dther than those having to do with
sugar.
The collector was asked if the twenty
two weighers whose names he has sub
mitted to the United States civil service
commission as ''undeSirables" have been
indicted by the federal grand jury for
completely in the sugar frauds, but he
declined to either confirm or deny the
report.
Mr. Loeb refused to discuss the charge
of d former special deputy that the gov
ernment had been defrauded of duties
aggregatiH2 nearly S1,O00,000 through
the under-weighug of lemons admitted
at this port between 1893 and 1904.
hat the first information of frauds
against the government III connection
with sugar importationS was brought to
the treasury department as far back as
1888, was declared today BY William
II. Tbeobald, a former confidential agent
of lie treasury department.
Mr.. Theobald said that he was as
signed to make an investigation Oh the
sugar refinery docks IN Brooklyn at thar
time, but was called off after three days
work. and the investigation was not con
tinued.
The former treasury agent said that
the sugar frauds were a small item in
the amount of money the government
lost annually from undervaluations of
merchandise, which would reach $40
OO00.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-19
LABOR LEADERS
GIVEN Stay IN
CONTEMPT CASE.
WASHINGTON COURT GIVES COMP
ERS, MITCHELL AND MORRISON
CHANCE TO APPEAL.
MUST ANSWER NOVEMBER %.
If Petition for Certiorari Has Been Filed
by That Time a Further Stay
Will Be Issued.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Nov. 49,
The court of appeals of the District of
Columbia, upon request of counsel for
the labor leaders, today granted a stay
until November 20, in the issuance Of
tie mandate sending President Gompers,
Vice President Mitchell and Secretary
Morrison of the American Federation of
Labor to jail for contempt of the SUI
preme court of the District of Columbia
in the Bucks Stove and Range case.
May Grant Further Stay.
Chief Justice Shepard stated that if
by November 20, the day of the re-
converting of the United States supreme
court, the labor leaders had fled in that
court a petition for certiorari, a further
stay of the mandate would be granted
pending action by the higher tribunal
AS a result Gompers, Michel and Nor
rison need not hasten to Washington as
it will not be necessary for them 10
surrender under their bonds, nor will
they need to have recourse TO habeas
corpus.
TORONTO, Ont, Nov. IS. In the
American Federation of Labor conven-
ton today, Delegate Hayes of Cleveland
said that state declarations in West Vir-
ginia, Utah, Montana, Oklahoma, Wash
ington, New Jersey and Nebraska were
harDOrlnS SeCeulDS IaCllOnS OF the cleo
trical workers, and he wanted to know
whether if the charters of the state fed
erations named would be revoked. Presi-
dent Gompers replied that when formal
complaint or official knowledge of such
condition was received the offending or
CARNATIONS would be advised that their
course must be changed. He declined to
state what action would be taken by the
executive council declaring that it might
be construed as a threat 1t was the
purpose of the federation, he said, to be
impartial AMI just.
The convention devoted the greater
part of today's session to a discussion
of various jurisdictional disputes report
ed by the committee on adjustment.
Amalgamate Car Workers.
In the controversy between the In
ternatiOnal Association of Car Workers
and the Brotherhood of Railway Car
men, the committee recommended that
a conference between the executive Off
GERS of the two organizations and the
executive council of the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor be held in Washington
at an early date to endeavor to formu-
late a plan of amalgamation of the two
bodies, The recommendation was adopt
ed.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-19
NEW MASONIC CATHEDRAL.
Dedication by Scottish Rite MasonS in
Fort Wayne, Ind

FORT WAYNE. Ind, Nov. 1S-The
new Scottish Rite cathedral in this city
was formally dedicated last evening by
the supreme council of the Scottish Rite
under the direction of Barton Smith of
Toledo. grand lieutenant commander. A
thousand Mssons of high rank were pres
ent and the occasion was a notable one
Assisting Lieut-Com. Smith were VIII
liam Geake of Fort Wayne, DR.. James
Il. McFatrich of Chicago as master gem
eral of ceremonies. Robert f. Shireffs of
Jersey City, \. j., as grand marshal
general. and Henry c. Adams and Sam
uel Il. Sweet of Indianapolis. During
the day the sovereign grand commander
sent telegram of greetings and con-
y-1tulations from his home in Boston.
L ,e dedication followed the admission
of class of 200 candidates in the rose
croix degrees. and at its conclusion there
was banquet William Geake of this
city. deputy of the supreme council for
Indiana, presided as POSTMASTER and
leading Masons were heard in informal!
RESPONSES
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-19
ENGLISH POLITICS BOILING.
A Whirlwind Campaign Inaugurated
Over Budget Differences

LONDON, Nov. 1S.-A whirlwind
political campaign, unequaled in The his
tory of England, began ON Wednesday
following the announcement of Lord
Lansdowne, unionist leader in tie House
of Lords. that the peers will reject the
Lloyd George budget. Even the most
conservative supporters of the House of
Lords are of the opinion that the exist
ence of that body as a legislative branch
of the government is in danger. The
liberals are furious. They denounce the
intended action of the lords as revolu-
tionary and unconstitutional and say
the intanded usurpation OF the finance
handling power of the House of Com
mons VIII result in the immediate aboli
fion of the peers. Many unionists and
conservatives are of the opinion that the
action of the lords will be at least I'M
wise They say that in presuming to
reject the bills the lords will constitute
themselves the champions of the land
and liquor interests, and will thus in
sure the victory of the liberals at the
polls and their own downfall
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-19
TRAIN IN NEW TUNNEL.
Tube Connecting New Jersey and Long
Island, Under Hudson, Used for
First Time

NEW YORK, Nov 1S.-Burrowing
beneath the Hudson river, under Man
haitian islands sky scrapers and on be-
low the East rivers bed, a Pennsyl-
wanna railroad train today for the first
time traversed the new tunnel route of
that transportation line from New Jer-
sey TO Long Island.
The trip marked the practical compile
lion of a railroading feat paralleling in
many ways in interest the opening of q
transcontinental railroad route. 1t was
taken by President McCrea of the Penn
Sylvania Railroad company and the mem
bers of the company's board of directors.
No formalitieS attended the journey. the
trip being undertaken solely for the pur
pose of giving the eompany's high of
icials an opportunity to inspect the work
which has been progressing for years
und which is expected to cost, before it
is finished $160,O00,000.
The officials train entered the tunnel
at the Harrison IN. j. terminal, halted
at the new Pennsylvania station in Man
haitian. and then proceeded in the tube
across the island and under the East
river TO the terminus in Long Island
City
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-19
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.

Flour quotations in CARROTS are: New
hard spring wheat patents, in wood, $500
5.55; straights, in good 5.Oo05 %; export
patents, i'll sacks, 4.0O0D4 90; first clear in
sacks, 4.O0G4 TO- rye, in wood, 39004.o5;
country, 3.3o93.45; sacks, Kansas, in wood.
MILWAUKEE. Nov. 1s.-CIose-Wheat-
Steady; No. 1 northern, on track, LOO
1.1O15; No = northern, on track, 1.O761 or.
Easy; standard, Ale; No, white, on track.
39@4OAc. Barley-Steady; standard, 41c
Ryeuste.amdHy; No. ] on track, 75c.
light receipts in the northwest inspired
fairly active bidding for wheat today at the
opening of the market here and caused
demand was for the May delivery, pit shorts
and commission houses leading in the buy
ing. Offerings, however, were rather mea-
ger and, as result, trading was inclined
to drag. Opening quotations on May wheat
were at 1.05@1.O5A. Later in the day the
price eased off to 1.O4B@1O5, on proht
taking. December opened at IOIasGl .OIps,
sold off to 1.07, and then rallied to LOLA
CHICAGO, Ill, Nov. 18.-Receipts-
35,S05 bbs; wheat, 10000 bus; corn. 1926
bus; oats, 211 $50 bus; barley, $4,000 bus;
rye, 1000 bus: timothy seed, 100 lbs.
Shipments-Flour, 22,o46 bbls; wheat. 53,36e
barley. 34,S29 bus; rye. 1000 bus; timothy
seed, 10000 lbs; faxseed. 3571 bus.
CHICAGO, Ill. Nov. 1s..Cash wheat
hard. 1.O9a11O: No hard, 1o311,07; No.
/ northern, 1.10@111; No. 2 northern, Los
@109; No. spring, 1.04GIo71a Corn-No.
., G31A@63Ac; No. yellow, s4Ac; No. 3,
631zc; No. 8 yellow, 634c; No. 4, 62Ac.
No. white. 3s@3994c; standard. 41041Ac. :,
CHICAGO. IL, Nov. Wheat
December, LOS; May, 1.055a; July, 97c.
Corn-December, 601sc; May, 61hG616sc:
July, Gle 0ats-December, 39Ac; MAY,
41Bc; July, 39$4c. Pork-January, 21.O0;
May, 20.021a; July, 1880. Lard-November,
1922; January, 300: May. 1145; July,
10.42k. Rye-Cash, 731z@74c; December,
re; May. 76c. Barley-Cash, 52066c. Tim
othy-November, 375; March, 40 Clover
March, 1870.
NEW YORK, Nov. 18.-Lead-Quiet,
4.371204. 4214. COpper-Quiet; standard spot
and December, 1850 asked. Silver, 5O5sc-
ST. LOUIS, Mo, Nov. 1S.-Lead-DuI.
4.25; spelter, 625.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, Nov. 1S.-Cash
wheat-No. . hard. 1O3g1. 10; No. 3, 1.o2@
LOS; No. 2 red, 11SQ1.22; No. 3, 1.1601. 20.
Corn-No. . mixed, 594Q591z; No. 9, $50
591Ac; No 2 white, 591Ac; No. 9, 59@59Ac.
Oats-No. white, 40942c; No. mixed, Sc
0D4oc.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-19
TUSSLERS GO THROUGH
WINDOW; MAN DYING.
Nephew of Steel Magnate Suffers Fatal
Injuries in Fall from Woman's
Apartments to Pavement.

LIMA, O., Nov. 1S.-William Frick
so years old, son of the late millionaire
banker, Jacob Prick, and nephew of II.
Clay Prick, the steel magnate, lies dying
at a hospital here as the result of a
scuffie last evening in the apartments of
a woman giving her name as Florence
Adams of Toledo.
The woman declared that she and
Frick, while wrestling over glass of
beer on the third floor, pressed against a
window frame, which gave way, precip
itating them to the pavement.
Frick was given Il farm by his father
a few years ago, and has resided near
Bellefontaine.
Miss Adams has denied the story of
the wrestling incident and the mystery
is not further explained. She said that
she was here with her aunt Mrs Mollie
Foster, said to live on Euclid avenue
Cleveland.
Mrs. Foster declined to be interviewed
but sent word that she and her niece
were old schOolmates of Prick, whom
they met on the street, and invited to
their apartments.
In Tricks possession was found papers
and checks amounting 10 $1,000 Both
of his legs were broken ard his injuries
necessitated an operation.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-19
MAY BUILD INTERURBAN ROAD.
Line from Appleton to Hancock to Con
meet with C. & w. v. Road.

APPLETON, Wis. Nov. 1S.-ISpe
cial. Appleton and Outagamie county
business interests are considering the
construction of an interurban railroad
from Appleton northward through Hor-
tonville, New London, Waupaca and to
Hancock. Waushara county, where the
proposed line will connect with the Chi
cago and Wisconsin Valley railroad
which before September of 1911 will be
operating from Stevens Point to Chi
cage. 4. D. Barnes. vice president of
the Chicago and Wisconsin Valley road
declares that the same bonding houses
that are behind that project are willing
to back the road proposed to run from
Hancock to Appleton, a distance of
about seventy-five miles.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-19
Satchel Back Minus Contents.

KENOSHA, Wis, Nov. Is. - Miss
Eva Riley, teacher in the Kenosha
schools, has recovered q satchel lost two
weeks ago. Just after she missed it an
automobile bearing an Illinois number
was seen to stop and pick something up
in the road. Yesterday she received a
letter from Chicago which bore no sigma
ture. but which enclosed baggage
check. She got the satchel. 1t had been
robbed of its contents. So in money, a
number of railway tickets and several
pieces of jewelry.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-19
TWO NARROW ESCAPES.
Workmen Fall Long Distances, but Do
Not Quit Work

APPLETON. Wis. Nov 1S-Michael
Lochsehmidt. employed on the new
structure being thrown across the Pa
cihc street ravine, fell frCm the top of
the bridge TO the ravine below. a dis
tance of fully sixty feet. He was I'M
hurt and returned TO his work as soon
as physician examined him for pos
sible internal injuries.
E. A. King of Green Bay. employed
as carpenter on the new four-story
structure being erected here by the Mar.
shall Paper company, stumbled as he ap-
preached the elevator shaft on the third
floor and dashed head foremost into the
open shaft At the second floor he
crashed into scaffold. which turned his
body so that the remainder of the de-
scent was feet first. He landed on the
cement floor in the basement. fully sew
enty feet from the third floor. and was
unhurt. He returned at once 10 his
work
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-19
MUST BE HOME CONCERNS.
Oklahoma's Ruling in Regard to He1
Public Service Corporations.

GUTHRIE. Okla. Nov. 1S.-The cor
pora ton commission has issued an order
requiring all public service corporations
foreign and domestic, including railroads
to maintain general offices within Okla
homa. The order requires every corpora
ton to maintain an agent in the state
with the same powers as d general man
ager in accepting legal service, or in
conducting business with the commission
The order is effective June 1. 1910 It
is said the railroads will appeal to the
courts
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-19
PINCHOT SAYS HE WON'T QUIT.
Denies He Said He'd Resign if Ballinge1
Stayed in Cabinet.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 49,
The story tLat l have issIcd an ulti
matum 10 tho President is merely a silly
fabrication. ! have done nothing of the
End, Tor anything that could be twisted
INTO that roaming"
Clifford Pinchot, the governments chieI
forester, thus disposed of the reports
published that he had sent a letter tc
the IRE siGent, threatening to resign il
Secretary Of the Interior Ballinger re
n.ained in the cabinet.
Secretary Ballinger was one of the
cabinet callers at the white house. The
secretary said that he had merely taker
up routine departmental matters witt
the President
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-19
MRS. STETSON DROPPED,
Directors Find That She Has Been
Working Against Interests of
Christian Science

BOSTON. Mass. Nov 1S.-The name
of Mrs. Augusta E. Stetson. formerly
first reader of the Christian Science
church of New York, was today dropped
from the rolls of the Christian Science
church by order of the board of direc-
tors. 1t was announced that the direc-
tors have found that the charges that
Mrs. Stetson was working against the
interests of the church and contrary to
the teachings and practices of Christian
Science have been proved true.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-19
BREWERS CHECK IS SPURNED.
Y. w. c. A. Refuses to Accept Money
to Paw Building Debt

DIES MONIES. Ia. Nov. 1S.-The
Young Women's Christian association has
refused check for $1,000 from the Des
Moines Brewing company to apply on
building debt. Wednesday a committee
from the association called on the brew.
ing company's officials and asked for
donation. A check for $1,000 was prompt.
ly made out to the association. When il
was reported, committee considered the
proposition and decided to refuse the
check The check was returned with the
request that the brewers, Frank Mates
and Joe Muehlhaupt. make out their
personal checks for $500 each, This
they refused to do.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-19
SAYS HE IS A BADGER.
Man Who Attempts Suicide Claims Wau-
kesha as His Home.

FARGO, n. D., Nov 17.-'Send my
body to Ida Abel, Waukesha, Wis.,
These were the words which
stranger who entered a cigar store in
this city Tuesday night, commanded the
clerk to write. \ few minutes later he
produced a revolver from a coat pocket
and snapped the trigger several times.
pointing the gun at his heart
The revolver was rusty and the trigger
failed to work. The loungers in the eli
gar store beat hurried retreat and
summoned Policeman Grant who dis
armed the man. Taken to the police STA
ton, he made a second attempt to COM
NIT suicide. He gave his name as Louis
4 bell Waukesha
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-19
DIR. Gordon's Assistant Doomed.

OSHKOSH. Wis, Nov. 1S-[Spe-
cial. AT the meeting of the county
board today a memorial to the state
board of control was adopted asking that
DR.. Adm Sherman, assistant superin-
tendent of the Northern Hospital for the
Insane under the late DIR. W. A. Cor
don, be chosen to succeed DIR. Gordon
as superintendent.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-19
CARLISLE CANNOT LIVE.
Ex-Secretary of the Treasury's Condi-
ton Is Practically Hopeless-Noted
Specialists Consulted.

NEW YORK, Nov. 1S.-,Although it
is stated that ex-Secretary of Treasury
John @. Carlisle has had no change for
the worse, it is generally believed that
his condition is such that he may not
recover. DR.. Joseph D. Bryant, who
was Grover Clevelands physician, has
been in consultation with eminent spe-
cialists and little hope of recovery has
been entertained. DIR. Bryant said to-
day there was mo present foundation
for a statement that Mr.. Carlisle was
diving
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-19
NEGRO EXPOSITION is PLANNED.
Booker T. Washington Asks Taft's Aid
in Progress Celebration.

WASHINGTON. ID. C.. Nov. is
Booker T. Washington headed a COM
mittee which called at the white house
to solicit the support of President Taft
for a movement which has been started
by leading colored people looking toward
the holding of an exposition in 1913 to
celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the
freedom of the negro race in Aaserica.
The President expressed his deep inter
est in the venture.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-19
WOULDREMODEL COURT
French Minister of Justice Acts in Ac-
cOrdance with Declaration Made
During Steinheil Trial.

PARIS, Nov. 1S.-Minister of Justice
Barthou today confirmed the announce
ment made during the Steinheil trial that
he would this week appoint an extra par
liamentary commission, TO institute re
form in court practice with the twofold
object of doing away with the Judges
duty and privilege as interrogatoire and
of expediting the preliminary investiga-
tons now conducted by magistrates
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-19
Literary Man Is Drowned.

CINCINNATI. O., Nov. 1S.-John J
Robinson. known to the literary world
as Jack Robinson" and who was man
ager Of a large department store in this
city. was thrown from his horse into a
pond and drowned, near his home in
the Highlands, a suburb of Newport,
KY. Wednesday He was ~ years old,
and came to this city from New York
several years ago.