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Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-04-15
TENNESSEEAN FREED AFTER SU-
PREME COURT DECIDES HE
MUST SERVE TERM.
SENTENCED TO TWENTY YEARS.
Decree Sending Son to Penitertiarv for
Score of Years Reversed by the
State Tribunal.
WILL BE TRIED A THIRD TIME.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. April 13. -
Within few hours after the supreme
court had affirmed the verdict of the
lower court in sentencing Col. ID. Il.
Cooper to twenty years in the peniten-
tiary for the murder of United States
Senator Carmack. Gov. Patterson mar
doued the aged Tenncssecan
Robin Cooper, the colopels son will
be tried for third time for his part in
the shooting of Carmack. The sunreme
court reversed the verdict which also
gave him twenty years. He claimed the
right OF separate defense in making his
appeal, and 1t was on this ground that
the verdict was reversed.
Two Opinions Expressed.
'In this case, the opinion was pre-
pared by the chief Justice. which was
presented to the court within the last
few days and majority of the court not
concurring in all of it, by directions of
that majority have prepared the opin-
ion, and now, by like direction, pre-
sent it."
These were the words with which Jus-
tice Shields of the supreme court. in
reading the first opinion rendered in the
famous case, acquainted the waiting
crowd that the celebrated case was about
to be decided finally and that there were
to be two opinions
Attorneys Grow Nervous.
An air of suppressed excitement per
vaded the court room and rs the reading
progressed, signs of nervousness were
apparent among the counsel for the
Coopers, while Robin and his father fire.
quently bit their lips
Justices Shields and Neil affirmed the
decision of the lower court as to both
Col. Cooper and son, but Chief Justice
Beard and Justice Bell reversed as to
both.
Justice McAlster affirmed as to Col.
Cooper and disSented as to Robin Cooper.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-04-15
PiTTSBURG MAN TRIES
TO KILL CHUM'S WIFE.
His Proposal to Elope Scorned, Physician
Seeks 70 Wipe Out Disappointed
Love Of School DAYS.

PITTSBURG, Pa, April u. - Dr.
Mark Blackburn of Wilson, Pa, member
of one of the most prominent families of
western Pennsylvania, shot down Mrs
Violet Getty, the beautiful wife of DR..
W. @. Getty of Hindmann, Pa, his dear
est chum, and then turned the revolver
on himself in a Ninth street rooming
house Monday night
Mrs. Getty is at the Allegheny gen
eral hospital and probably fatally wound
ed. DR.. Blackburn is at the Homeopath-
ic hospital and is not expected to live.
The shooting occurred at IS Ninth
street. the home of Mrs. Mary Mars,
mother of Mrs, Getty, whom she had
been visiting. Blackburn has been in
sanely jealous since his graduating day
when his chum and college classmate
Dr.. Getty, announced his engagement to
Violet Mars. with whom Blackburn had
been in love. This was seven years ago
After Getty and the young woman We're
married. however, DR.. Blackburn visited
their home regularly.
Monday morning Mrs Getty came
from Hindmann to her mothers home
and Blackburn saw her on the street
that afternoon. He walked to her moth
Pr's home with her. The doctor urged
her to elopc with him, saying that he
aad purchased tickets to Milwaukee,
Wis. for both of them.
Mrs. Getty rejected his advances.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-04-15
Some Booming Towns.

If we are to take the growth Of
cities and towns in the Dominion Of
Canada represented by the provinces
of Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatchewan
there is a wonderful future for some
of them. Winnipeg, the largest city
in eight years has increased from AZ,
900 to 100000.
Other places for the past eight years
show this expansion: Calgary from
1900 to $4,000; Edmonton from 2,60(
to $4,000; Regina from 1920 to 10,
500; Branden from $500 to 10000;
Saskatoon from 113 to 12,200; Moose
Jaw from 1000 to 10000; Lethbridgs
from 2,1OO to 10000; Prince Alder
from 400 to 1000; Fernie from 1,9O(
to $500; Medicine Hat from 1000 tt
5000
In these places s47000,000 has beer
invested in new buildings in the las
three years, and in five years theil
taxable values have been increased
from an aggregate Of nearly $4,000,
900 to about s22O,O00,O0O
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-04-15


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Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-04-15
LIQUOR BILL FOR 1909.
Whisky Alone Cost Consumers Three
Hundred Million Dollars.


During the fiscal year 1909, 1862
90S gallons of spirits were distilled
from grain in the United States. What
the value Of this flood of liquor may
have been cannot positively be stated.
The output Of the distilled malt and
vinous liquors and allied products in
the year 1905 was reported by the cen
sus bureau to be worth more than
$40 100000 In the year 1909 1881
1913 gallons of brandy, 610,305 gallons
of rum, 2,497, 070 gallons of gin and
Sc, 1865 gallons Of whisky were
placed on the market in the United
States. The total value of all these
products at the place of manufacture
was probably not less than $135 ,0O0,-
600. But these figures in no way
measure the cost of distilled liquor to
the consumer, McClure's says. They
do not include the government inter
nal revenue tax or the cost Of whole
sailing and retailing the goods" AS
sold in the saloon" at 10 or Is cents
a drink" the cost of whisky, or what
passes for such among consumers, is
not less than $6 a gallon. This would
mean that the annual bill of the Amer
lean public for whisky alone would be
much more than s30O,000,oOO. There
are many who place it at twice as
high a figure because Of the excessive
adulteration undergone by the liquor
for the purpose Of increasing it's vol
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-04-15
RAID ON DEALERS
IN WHITE SLAVES.
Six Men in Court and Warrants Are
Issued for Twenty Others in
New York

NEW YORK, April 13.-With the ar
raignment of six men in Il Brooklyn POI
lice court today and the announcement
that warrants were out for twenty 9TH
ers. the Brooklyn police declared that
one of the biggest raids on dealers i'll
white slaves ever made in New York
was in progress.
Eight girls We're in court to testify
against the prisoners. One of them was
only years old, the oldest was 10.
They all told the same story-that they
had been lured to a moving picture show
where candy and other cheap presents
were given to them, and that then they
were taken to some house maintained as
resort of the white slave bands ac-
tivities.
The arrest of the six persons was
brought about by the society for the
prevention of cruelty to children, agents
of which have been on the trail of the
band for months.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-04-15

root crops which have been stored
waiting higher prices and the fruit
picked during the autumn With the
dawn Of spring the spinach and rhu-
barb start the crop and having been
disposed of at the city market other
crops follow in steady stream.
The chief point in this intensive
farming is to utilize every foot of
ground to its best advantage. The
onion and radish are good examples
Of how this is accomplished. AS soon
as the onion develops the slightest sus-
picion Of bulb it is pulled and bunch
ed and those next it in size are given
a better opportunity for growth and
development. In this way not a single
crop, but continuous supply OF
onions and radishes is produced.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-04-15
FARMING INSITE CITY LIMITS.
Tiny Plots in New York Are Rented
Out to Truck Farmers.

Out to Truck Farmers.
To say that farming within the
boundaries of the city of New York is
a profitable occupation and that it is
carried on professionally with a large
degree of success might seem to some
an extravagant assertion. Yet John R.
Bowie of the soil division of the fed
eral department of agriculture, a New
York letter to the Christian Science
Monitor says, has just issued a report
on the farming possibilities of this
city, showing comprehensiyely that
the best agriculture in the country is
not only possible here, but carried on
to remarkable degree.
Within the city boundaries unoccu-
pied lots and unsubdivided tracts are
rented out in small plots for market
gardening and trucking purposes. The
majority Of the farms are of miniature
size, some one-half or one-quarter of
an acre or even only the size of city
lot. Under such cramped conditions
it is necessary to do some crop NOV
ing and marketing during every month
of the year. Even the midw1nter sea-
son the farmer uses to market his
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-04-15
CURLS OR CREST.

LittIc German Teacher Cared Moth
ing for Personal Adornment.
In the recent admirable biography
Of Prof CarIa Wenckebach of Weles-
ley. her close friend and successor,
MarEarethe Muller, has introduced to
the general public a figure long hon
o1ed for scholarship, loved for kindli-
ness and smiled at for quaint and de-
liebtful oddities of character and as
pet within the bounds Of the College
Beautiful
Little Bismarck" the girls some
times nicknamed the genial but mas
terful German professor, with her
short hair and serviceable clothes of
unconsciously mannish effect. Man
nish by intention she never was, but
she had, from her tomboy childhood,
a curious Impotence Of friperies and
lack OF personal vanity. She was a
girl of fifteen when she wrote home
casually from school:
by the way, | wear my hair short
now; got rid of braids, hairpins and
appendages six months ago; feel very
free and light without them. My
friends wall about the loss of my
beautiful thick hair but what is the
use of beauty if it causes. continual
annCyance?"
Some years later. in New York. she
received a comically apt reply to this
youthfully philosophic query. She
had applied to an agent to secure her
a position as governess, and was
promptly assured that if she wished
q recommendation she must wear
more stylish clothes and change her
way Of doing her hair
The essential consideration is
the agent said, not what's in your
head, but what's on it. So I went to
a little Partisan, who knew what the
matter was even before l explained
If you don't want to take the trouble
to dress your hair every day. she said
why don't you wear a false 'front.'?
l was just about to shout a deter
mined Never when she dextrously
put one of those curly things on my
head. And really-the little curls
framed my face quite pleasingly, and
looked exactly as if they had grown
oA1 AAAS ONh SISllp- w" II 1OI IuuS
comes my way, you will know what
has attracted the tickle thing"
Quite certainly, after fortune was
attracted. the commercially inspired
curls disappeared forever. All her
girls and her friends remember we'll
what one of them describes as that
wonderful square head of hers. with
its crown Of short blonde hair, which
bristled up over her fine brow like
the crest of an alert bird"
For details of costume or couture
she never learned to care, although on
festal occasions she donned, with a
childlike taste for mere brightness, an
abundance of sparkling ornaments and
fabrics of startlingly brilliant hues
Her interest in her own appearance
Temained small; but to beauty in 9TH
'ers she was keenly responsive. In
her last illness, when a lovely young
student friend came to call, she in
sisted that the girls chair be so placed
that she, from her bed, could comfort
ably see the pretty pussy" all the
+ime-Youth' Companion
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-04-15
TO PROPAGATE GAME.
Michigan Man Gives 1000 Acres to Au-
dubon Society to Preserve
Wild Life.
DETROIT. Mich. April 13.-Ja

DETROIT, Mich, April 13.-James
d. Hawks, vice president and general
manager of the Detroit and MacIinac
railway, has offered the National Associ-
alton of Audubon societies the use of
1000 acres on the Massachusetts coast,
near Gloucester. as a game preserve. Mr..
Hawks said that he had made the offer
to help along the work Of preserving wild
life. in which he is interested, because
he has been unsuccessful himself in pre-
venting shooting on the property.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-04-15
CAPITOL CONTRACTS LET.
Milwaukee Firm Among Those Who
VIII Decorate New Wing.

MADISON. Wis. April 9.-The capt.
toll building commission awarded con-
tracts for the interior work of the south
wing of the capitol, for the completion
Of a terrace wall around the building,
and for the laying Of water mains around
the capitol park and the capitol lighting
and heating plant. The successful bid
ders were George Nelson Of Madison,
terrace wall. SS9i6; McNulty Bros. of
Chicago. mason and plaster work on in
terror of south wing. SSo,9oO; j. IL. Fin
dorff of Madison. carpenter work. S43'-
0OO: Charles Williams x Co. OF Mime
apoiis, plumbing, $21,S0o Vulcan Iron
works OF Milwaukee, ornamental work,
So. $50; Joseph w Mitchell of Madison,
w tn1. nains SO. $50.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-04-15
EUGENE QUIRK STARTS A SUIT.
CHARGES "The Fourth Estate" Is Based
On His Book.
CHICAGO. Ill, April l.

CHICAGO. H., April y. - Eugene
Ouirk. a newspaper man, has sued Jo-
senh Medin Patterson. author of The
Fourth Estate" for $4,000 damages, al
leging plagiarism.
He asserted in his bill that he believed
the play was based upon a novel, Drift
ing written by him six years ago. He
said the book had been sent to Mr.. Pat
+erson, and that the playwright later told
him that he had read the book. The bill
included a copy of letter in which Mr..
Patterson said he had not found time to
read the book.
And never did find time" said Mr..
Patterson at night. 4 never read IT,
or any part of it.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-04-15
TO STOP BOOKMAKING.
First of Three Agnew-Perkins Bills
Aimed at Oral Betting Passed
in New York

ALBANY, n. Y, April 1.-THE first
of the three Agnew-Perkins bills de
signed to prevent oral bookmaking passed
the Assembly today by vote of % TO
"a. The bill makes the present pro-
visions relative TO keeping betting and
gaming establishments more stringent by
applying the law to an enclosure or
place and by making corporations for in
dividuals liable for violations Of the law
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-04-15
Echo of Mormon Massacre.

ELKHORN, Wis, April Cover ff-
~ Years ago NJ. S. Harrington, formerly
Of DeIavan, and now residing near Elk
horn. while crossing the plains was am
pushed in the Grand Meadows massacre,
~ TItab and nearly all of the party were
I II claim was filed years ago and
q memorial sent to Congress asking for
redress. and Mr. Harrington has now re
ceived word that he Is to receive $1,000
from the government.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-04-15
Ready at Tonawandac

NORTH TONAWANDA, N Y, April r.
The fleet Of ore carriers of the Tonawopda
Iron & Steel company and the nronaIIar
Italia Of the Boland- Cornelius line of PM
taio have shipped crews and are getting
ready 10 leave port. The crew of the Italia
vas given protection this afternoon No Sc
nous trouble is anticipated The iona
Randa Iron 4 Steel company will not allow
my OF the union men upon its property this
rear. 1855
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-04-15
PATTEN FOES IMPORT COTTON.
Steamer Baltic Brings 6799 Bales t
Check Bull Campaign.

NEW YORK, April 1.-THE steam
er Baltic. which has arrived here,
brought over 6799 bales of cotton from
Liverpool. This is the second shipment
of the present movement brought about
in an attempt to break the Patten bull
campaign in May cotton. Then thousand
bales arrived last week and $4,000 in all
have been engaged for shipment.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-04-15
Too Much to Believe.

81 should like to be excused, your
lordship," said the man who had beer
summoned on jury in England, say.
Cassel's Journal.
What for?"
Il owe a man e5, and I want to hun
him up and pay it."
do you mean to tell this court yor
would hunt up a man to pay bill in
stead of waiting for him to hunt you
up?"
Yes, your lordship."
you are excused. I don't want any
one on the jury who will lie like that
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-04-15
STUDY HALLEY'S COMET,
Astronomers at Lake Geneva See Body
but Not Tail for Half Hour
This Morning.

CHICAGO. Ill, April 12.-Halley's
comet was observed for half an hour
the 12-inch telescope at Yerkes
observatory at Lake Geneva, Wis, to-
day. Only the body was visible, the tail
being obscured by atmospheric disturb
Rpces. Observations were taken from
Az to 5:15 a. III.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-04-15
BURGLARS ARE POLITE.
Unlock Old Safe in Richmond, Remove
Loot and Then Lock Door
Again.

RICHMOND, Va, April 13.-Postof-
fee robbers made another swoop on
Richmond Tuesday night and got
S1O7.67 in cash and money orders from
one of the sub-stations The burglars
unlocked the old iron safe, removed their
loot and politely locked the safe up again
without damamn
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-04-15
SAVES WIFE FROM FLAMES.
Husband Carries Sick Woman from
Burning Home to Safety.

r MADISON. Wis, April 81 SpeciaL1
Charles Burroughs was seriouslv
burned in rescuing his wife from y
IRE which burned their home to the
ground shortly after Tuesday midnight,
The fire was caused by an explosion of
night lamp. Mr.. Burroughs was
aroused by the fumes and smoke and
wrapping his wife in a comforter he
carried her through the flames to the
outer air
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-04-15
What 1t NAV Come To.

1--WE just thought of a brand new
philanthropy" said Mr.. Dustin Stax.
What is it?''
I'm going to found a home for ex-
billionaires who impoverished them
selves by donations. - Washington
Star
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-04-15
Marble Company Doubles CAPITAL

MADISON, Wis, April 13,-TSno-
cial. THE Grant Marble company of
Milwaukee, which has the marble CON
tract on the south wing of the new cant
toll, today increased its capital stool,
from $4,000 to $330, 900.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-04-15

A farmer came to town to-day with
a lot of errands to perform for his
women folks. I'D rather take a whip
ping" he said, than buy for women
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-04-15

W s ':% :a 95; S ;::: ]
Hals comet
a
of
brilliant victories, the Ahra-
ham his Rooseveltan
to
English
accurately predicted its
prediction established which
the first discover
o
relied
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-04-15

When a man prolongS his hand
shakes with a modest girl it Is apt to
make her blush
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-04-15

Bores talk about themselves; gos-
zins talk about others.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-06-03
CHILD KILLING INDORSED
Detroit Surgeons Applaud Custom
OF Savages.

Detroit. (SpeciaD-The custom of
savages who destroyed infants who
are hopeless imbeciles at birth was
applauded at a clinic of the Detroit
College OF Medicine alumni at St
Mary's Hospital
Among the children submitted for
examination was a baby girl bearing
all the stigmata of degeneration. DR..
G. r. Pisek, of New York. who was
conducting the clinic excused the
child's mother from the room and
then turning 10 the assembled ply
sicans said:
Some surgeons operate in a case
like this, trephining from the front
10 the back of the skull to give the
brain room. ! have watched the re-
suits OF these experiments and / am
convinced that the untutored savases
were more wise than We in their
treatment of such cases. They took
such children and'-
The sentence was completed with
a significant gesture that drew a
burst OF applause.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-06-03

Calais, France (SpeciaD .-Anoth-
err French submarine, the Pluviose,
with all her crew aboard. lies in so
fathoms of water She was sent to
the bottom of the English Channel by
the cross-channel steamer Pas de Ca
laise, which. crowded with passengers
bound for Dover, struck the partly
submerged Pluviose when about two
miles from the harbor.
Accounts differ as to the cause of
the accident Admiral Fournier has
expressed the opinion that the sub
marine attempted 10 pass beneath the
steamer. while other naval officials
believe that the Pluviose, after 3
long dive, came up by chance direct
ly under the paddle wheels.
The shock of the contact brought
the passengers to the steamers rails,
and they saw almost instantly the
hull of the submarine. rolling about
as though trying to right herself. A
boat was hastily launched, but the
laundering craft, which seemed TO
have been hard hit, turned partly
over and disappeared.
Signals OF distress from the Pas
de Calais. which was making water
rapidly. brought two tugs 10 the
scene. and later a torpedo-boat de-
stroyer put out and anchored near
where the Pluviose had some down.
Within sn hour or two wrecking
vessel was lying near the destroyer
and her divers were sent down 10
locate the Inflated submarine, en-
tombed in which are officers and
- men.
The chances of rescue are very
slim. because, in the opinions of ex-
perts. either the naphtha reservoirs
of the Pluviose burst or the craft was
so badly damaged that she filed.
A powerful undercurrent baked
the divers in their attempt to reach
the Pluviose, and if the imprisoned
men are not already dead it is al
most certain that the delay will prove
fatal. The submarine lies in many
fathoms Of water and the divers were
only shle 10 descend short distance.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-06-03
SUBMARINE DISASTERS.

March is, 19O4-British subma-
rine A /, run down by steamer
which submerged near Ports
mouth. All the crew lost.
February 5, 1905-British sub
marine A 3, sank off Queens
town; only one of her crew
saved.
June s. 19O5-British submarine
A s, sank off Plymouth after an
explosion on board; IA of her
crew persisted.
July 6, 1905-French submarine
Farfadet, sank at entrance to
port of Sidi Abdallah, Tunis;
Il lost
October II, 1906-French subma-
rine Lutin. sunk by explosion
off Bizerta; Commander Fepoux
and IA men killed.
April 26. 1909-Italian subma-
rine Foca. blew up in Bay of
Naples; s killed.
June Is. 1909-Russian subma-
rine Kambala, rammed by
cruiser off Sebastopol; several
sailors killed.
July IA. British submarine
c Il, rammed by cargo steam
ship off Cromer, England: IS
sailors drowned. British sub
marines C 16 and c II eollided
at same time. but no one was
injured
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-06-03
Musical Sense of Insects.

Interesting facts with regard 10 the
musical perceptions of the water flea
were mentioned az the Royal Socie-
tvs meeting yesterday afternoon by
F. ]. Cole.
The insect is particularly sensitive
10 certain notes on the tenor from
bone. When imprisoned in q micro
scope live box it preserves stoid in
difference TO most musical sounds. i
is only when the B fat below the mid
die of the trombone is in full blast
that ii expresses its displeasuTe by
fixing its first pair OF antennae under
its body"
One isolated specimen. hoTeve-.
was evidently irritated By every noss
of the instrument, while many aprs-E,
TO have been entirely tone deaf
London Daily Nail.