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Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-10
MRS. VERM|LYA IS
JAILED AS SLAYER
State Threatens Others as
Accessories in Poison Plot.
LAY SONS DEATH TO MOTHER
Fiancee OF Dead Frank Brimmer-
kamp, Whose Body Is Exhumed.
Brings Name of Under.
taker Into Case.

Chicago. - Following her arraign-
ment at her home on charge
of murder before Municipal Judge
Walker, Mrs. Louise Vermilya. ac-
cused OF poisoning Patrolman Arthur
Blssonette, was incarcerated in the
county jail. She occupies cot in the
hospital ward closely guarded by
one of the matrons. Her case will be
placed on trial November %.
Coincident with this action Assist
ant States Attorney Burnham de-
clared that Mrs. Vermilya "and
others" will in all probability be In
dited for murder when the grand
jury convenes next Monday. or as
accessories to murder.
Simultaneous with this statement,
Coroner Hoffman made public an as
founding affidavit signed by Miss
Elizabeth Nolan, former fiancee OF
Frank Brimmerkamp, Mrs. Vermilya's
son, in which she declares that Brim-
merkamp believed he was being
poisoned by his mother and that he
suspected his father died as a result
of poisoning. Miss Nolan was at the
Vermilya home when young Brimmer-
kamp died and was intimately &C
quafnted with the family.
Miss Nolan also mentions the name
OF Undertaken Charles G. Boysen and
declares that Mrs. Vermilya named
him as having paid the premiums on
certain life insurance policies.
Coroner Hoffman exhumed the body
of Frank Brimmerkamp and placed
the viscera in the hands of Prof
Walter Haines for analysis.
The viscera of Richard T. Smith,
who also died in Mrs. Vermilya's
house after a short. violent and mys-
tericus illness, is already in the
hands of Professor Haines.
Arthur Bissonette, ST., father of
the dead policeman, told the police
of having visited Mrs. Vermilya's
home the day before his son was re-
moved to Mercy hospital, where he
died the following day
Mrs. Vermilya gave me ham and
eggs for breakfast" said he, land
used pepper On them Shortly after
ward I was stricken with pains in my
stomach and they have not entirely
left me yet.
My son, Archie, accompanied me;
Mrs. VermiiVa gave him a drink of
whisky and he also was stricken with
pains In his stomach, the cause of
which we could not determine"
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-10
TURKS ASK j. S.
TO STOP ITALIANS
Forma. Note Protests Against
Tripolitan Atrocities.
RIGHT TO DEFEND COUNTRY
Points Out Massacres Are In Violation
of Rules of Warfare and Insists
Intervention 10
Necessary.

Washington.-Inte by the
United States in the Italian Tripolitan
war is. in terms. asked by the
Turkish government of the United
States in a message filed with the
state department through the Turkish
ambassador.
The subject was preached first IN
tae course Of a verbal statement by
the Turkish ambassador to Acting Sec
rotary Adee, and later In the shape of
a letter. In each case the ambassa-
dor, who declared he was acting by
express cabled instructions from his
government, described in detail the
acts attributed to the Italian troops,
and protested in the name of human
ity against the alleged barbarities in
f11eted upon helpless women and chill
dren and noncombatants by the in
furiated Italian soldiery.
By order of the government the am
bassador appealed to the United
States to exert itself to put a stop to
practices that, he declared, were in
plain violation of the rules OF warfare
In contravention of The Hague con-
vention, to which the United States
and Italy are parties
The ambassadors note was based
upon cablegram from the Turkish
minister for foreign affairs, of which
the following is a copy:
Supplementing this cable came an
other from the Turkish foreign office,
which was also transmitted to the
state department. This is regarded as
or great Importance. because it for
mally demands Intervention by the
United States. 1t reads as follows:
THE Italian atrocities in Tripoli be-
ing confirmed officially and from every
quarter, / beg your excellency to re-
iterate the representations prescribed
in my pressing telegram to insist upon
the necessity of pc3mpt and efficacious
intervention, in oeder to put an end
Immediately to these inhuman pro-
ceedings."
Constantinople. - The government
has issued an official statement,
In which it asserts that the Turk
ish forces have occupied Derna.
after severe fighting in which 500
Italians were killed. 1t is also said
that the remainder Of the Italian e1
peditionary force was captured
1t has been believed that Derna,
Tobruk and Bengasi were securely
held by the Italians, who could not
be dislodged by the Moslems. But
according to the dispatches OF the
Moslem officers SO fierce was the at
tack Of the Turks and their allies the
Italians were swept off their feet and
the rout made complete after a short
fray. Eighteen guns were taken by
the Moslems.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-10
MAC VEAGH TO APPEAL
FOR BANKING REFORM
Secretary Will Make Vigorous Repre-.
sentation to Next Congress for
New Currency Laws.

Washington. - Secretary MacVeagh
will make a vigorous appeal
to congress when it assemblies IN
December for immediate banking ana
currency reform legislation.
He expressed the confident belief
that financial law will be enacte,a
for, he declared, 1T will hurt aay
party to get in the way of haviag
something done, whether 1t be TIE
regular or the insurgent Republican s
or the Democrats"
Mr.. MacVeagh Endorsed the revised
Aldrich plan of reform, and with som
notifications will recommend it 10
congress as a means of meeting the
urgent needs of the situation He ba-
tional Reserve association idea, the
dominant feature of the Aldrich plan,
was growing throughout the country
Mr.. MacVeagh declared he did no.
approve of national banks, through
the medium of securities companies %
holding stocks of other banks This
is the principle involved in the rela-
uonship of the National City bank OF
New York to the National City com
pany, and in the relationship OF banks
and trust companies in about 800 cases
throughout the country
While, he said, he could not say the
practice was illegal he regarded it as
unWise, because it was fraught with
the danger of a concentration Of the
banking power OF the country, which
would surely arouse the suspicious OF
congress and the public.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-10
TAFT REVIEWS HUGE FLEET
Flower of Navy in Spectacle at New
York

New York-Fresh from his cross
continent tour of $4,000 miles, Presi-
dent Taft, from the wind-swept bridge
of the historic little cruiser yacht May
flower. reviewed the mightiest line of
fighting craft ever assembled under
the American flag.
President Taft and the 10000 off,
GERS and men of the fighting fortresses
wrote an epoc into the history OF the
navy that will endure forever.
Standing on the bridge of the May
flower, anchored off Twenty-third
street, the president braved 6O-mile
gale to receive the homage of % great
steel-clad leviathans steaming down
the river along the shore of New York
city.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-10
Safeduarded the Bread.

The strike among the bakers, which
threatened to deprive Dublin Of it's
daily bread, could never have hap
pened in the past. For the old-time
authorities looked to the bread with a
wide opened eye. The public were as
sured of both quantity and quality. A
charter Of 1907, for instance. empow-
cred the London Bakers company to
correct offenses concerning the trade.
to make laws and ordinances, to levy
fines and penalties for non-observance
thereof; and within the city and sub
urbs and for IL miles round, to view,
search, prove and weigh all bread
sold, and in case of finding it unwhole-
some, or not of due assize, to distrib-
ute 1t to the poor OF the parish where
it was found, and to impose fines, and
levy the same by distress and sale Of
offenders goods. London Chronicle.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-10
REBELS TAKE 10 CITIES;
$4,000 DIE IN HANKOW
Bullets, Fire and Sword Reap Terrible
Loss of Life-One Governor
Made Prisoner.

Shanghai.-After a short but fierce
battle Hangshow, capital of the prov
ince Of Chi Kiang, was captured by
prisoner after he had refused to sur
render
Soo-Chow. In the province of Kiang-
Su. on the Grand canal, has gone over
to the rebels without contest The
governor and all the officials. together
with the soldiers have acQuiesced
peacefully In the transfer OF author
ity.
kashing and Ning-Po have fallen be-
fore the revolutionists.
According to Chinese reports, $4,000
persons have been killed at Hankow
by bullets. fire and sword.
Reports from Chang-Sha say that
six cities in Human province have re-
VOTED, and 1t is expected that the
whole province will declare for the
republic. Word has reached here that
the rebels have taken Kiating-Fu. in
Sze-Chuen province, and have issued
passports to the missionaries
"A foreign traveller just returned
from Sian-Fu, in Shen-Si province. re-
ports tnat district In the widest dis
orders. Former soldiers were footing
everywhere, and there was no trace
or government troops. The rebels at
SIan-Fu asserted that all the officials.
from treasurer to taotai had been
killed, as well as the Manchus. men,
women and children
London.-The German governor at
Tslngtau is advised by wireless
telegraph from Hankow that Admiral
Winsloe has recommended to the Brit
lsh government that the time has ar
rived to send foreign troops.
He suggests that each power send
1000 men to Shanghai Immediately.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-10
Frederick Wrote Spanish Anthem.

That Frederick the Great was
skilled flute player and writer of in
Vulnerable flute concertos is generally
known; also that he wrote marches.
arias, and opera librettos 1t has only
now, however, come to light that this
Spanish national hymn. He gave the
tune to the Spanish ambassador, who
took it to Madrid. Then it was forgot
ten till 1869, when it was adjudgea
the best of five hundred marches. ane
adopted as the national hymn.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-10
M ARK IS
Milwaukee. Nov. 8. 1911

AuHWduheS. NOV. ., 1911.
Butter-Extra creamery, SIC:
hrsts, 2S@29c; seconds, rs 026c;
process. "a q Csc; dairy fancy, 26c.
Cheese-American, full cream.
Twins, 131ac; daisies, new 100
IL nc; Young Americas, 1870
lac; longhorns, I4hc; Swiss, 14@
tic.
Eggs-Current receipts fresh, as
to quality, 22@25c; recandled, ex-
tras, 26 Csc; seconds, 13@15c.
Live Poultry-Fowls, 1Oc: roost-
ers, &c; springers, 10hc.
Potatoes-Wiscons new on
track, 81 q zoe.
Hay-No. l timothy, 22.O0: clo-
yer, 1900: No. l prairie, 1880.
Wheat-No. l northern. l.O5m
10Y; No. 2 northern, 1.OSm1.O5.
No. 1 durum. Sc@1.O0; No. l-yel-
vet, 1.03 @1.04
Corn-No. 3 yellow, 741hc.
Oats--No. 3 white, 4SAc; stand
ard, 47&c.
Barley-Wisconsin, 121; No. 2,
1.25; medium, 1.22.
Cattle-Butchers steers, ALSO
$50; heifers, 3.00@5.25; COWS,
$50 a 5.25; feeders, 3.50@4.50;
calves, 1925 $50
Hogs-Good heavy butchers, $50
o. .46; fair to best, light, 5.75@
$40; pigs, 4.00@5.25.
Sheep-Lambs, 4.00@5.50; ewes,
3.00@3.25.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-10
Deer Have Contagious Disease.

Shawano.-Dr A T. Stubenvell of
this city has made an autopsy on
the carcasses of many of the deer
found dead in the woods in this vi
cinity. He says that they have died
of an epidemic and that many others
have the disease and will die before
the end of the year. He says that
hunters eating the flesh of animals
they have killed must boil the meat
or they will be liable to catch the
disease, which is communicable to
people when either smoked or
broiled. He says that boiling is the
only method which kills the para
sites which cause the disease.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-10
Mother NecessIty's Cement.

Harry N. Atwood, the aviator, was
the guest of honor at a dinner in New
York on the occasion of his recent
record flight Mr.. Atwood's eloquent
reply to a toast on aviation ter
minated neatly with these words: The
long time coming. We can imagine
necessity, the mother of invention,
looking up at sky all criss-crossed
with flying machines, and then say
ing, with a shake of her old head and
a contented smile: OF all my family,
the aeroplane has been the hardest
to raise"
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-10
GOV. FOSS winner
IN MASSACHUSETTS
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR is RE.
ELECTED IN BAY STATE BY
PLURALITY OF 1888.
TAMMANY'S HOLD is SHAKEN
Republicans Gain Control of New
york legi acknowledgements Win
in ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and Rhode
Island Go to Republicans.

Boston, Mass.-The democrats re-
elected Gov. Eugene N. Foss by 1884
plurality. The total vote was: Foss.
zlO,622; rockingham, republican,
202,SSS.
Last year the same districts gave
ross 20l,224; Draper, republican.
167,497.
Tie margin of victory was the mar
roWest in years, and for hours after
the close of the polls the result hung
in the balance
Complete returns for lieutenant
governor give Luce, republican, 20S.-
700; Walsh, democrat, 201,95O.
Luce's plurality, $3.50.
The makeup of the remainder of
the state ticket is in doubt, although
both branches of the legislature an
parently are republican,
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-10
WOMEN AT HEART MOTHERS
Youth or Ambition May Conceal the
Instinct. but II ls Always
There.

The woman who deliberately chooses
public life, who stands before audi
ences and speaks eloQuently OF WON
ans broader sphere" who sometimes
seems to the domestic woman to be
doing things" In the great world, In
comparison to which her own world
seems restricted, may for the moment
win our applause, and by arguments.
cleverly phrased, make US wonder.
But one fact remains divinely potent;
few human beings-men or women
deliberately renounce the blessedness
of normal life. Most women-nearly
all Women-are at heart mothers; an
inscrutable providence has made
them so. While they have youth, or
while ambition remains later In life,
they may be able to hide the fact. But
one experience is the confessed ex-
perience of all such women; that as
the years pass life loses many Of the
interests which once were deemed po-
tent, and the childless woman finds 1t
fearfully hollow and empty at the end.
Then 1t is that she looks back and en-
vies her sister who accepted a wom-
ans normal life, and who, with wom-
aniy spirit, has found, deep planted
in her mother-heart and growing with
her mother-love, capacity for Joy
that makes the most glorious career
seem a mere triviality.
YES" said Frances E. Willard, only
few months before she passed away.
TO a friend who was complimenting
her on the work she had accomplished
in the world, land IL I had to do 1t
over again l would exchange 1t all for
a pair Of baby arms. That" she con-
Guided, as her eyes filled, "is normal
for a woman."-Ladies' Home Journal
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-10
U. S. DEFICIT $50, 1870, 900.
Year Ago 1t Was S1s,ooo,0oo and Last
Month S16,o5o,OOO.

Washington. The federal gov
ernment's deficit for the current
fiscal year exceeds s20,1s0,o0 A year
ago the deficit was S13,000,000, while
month ago it was $16,050,000
The increase in the deficit in Octo-
Der was due to the fact that the re.
ceipts for the month were only $685.
055,000, while the disbursements
amounted to s60,190,000, an excess of
expenditures over receipts of $4,135,-
900. Comparing this showing with that
Of the previous month, the receipts for
September exceeded the expenditures
by more than S5,525,000.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-10
TennYson as Star Gaxer,

Star-gazing had tonic effect upon
Tennyson. In some "reminiscences of
the poet Sir Norman Lockyer remarks
that Tennyson was frequent visitor
to Fairfax Road, West Hampstead,
where Sir Norman had erected his
Cooke equatorial in the garden. "One
night when the moons terminator
swept across the broken ground round
Tycho he said, What splendid hell
that would make Again, after being
shown the clusters in Hercules and
sPerseus he remarked musingly, I can
not think much of the county families
after that"
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-10
PENSION FLAN is ANNOUNCED
Armour Employees to Receive SO Per
Cent. of Salary on Retirement.

Armour Employees to Receive SO Per
Cent. of Salary on Retirement.
Chicago. = Armour & Co. have
announced the establishment of O.
pension fund for the benefit of it's
10000 employees throughout the
United States The fund became
operative on November /. ]. Ogden
Armour, head of the packing indus
try, has pledged donation of 81 ,OOO.-
600 to the fund
The fund is created for the bene-
fit Of salaried employees who shall
have reached the age of from fifty
seven to sixty-tive years and who have
been twenty years or more in the
service of the company. Employees
pay into the fund three per cent. of
their salaries annually and receive so
per cent. Of their salary on retire
ment
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-10
Col. William r. Cody.

American history. So far as public
exhibitions are concerned, he has shot
the ashes from the last cigar and
chased the last Indian.
During career which began as a
pony express rider, led him through
more Indian battles than any other liv-
ing white man, and included %
years as Snowman, Colonel Cody be-
came known as ane Of the most pic
turesque figures Of American frontier
life
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-10
GENERAL SiCkLES is BARRED.
Civil War Commander Black-Balled by
Loyal Legion.


New York. - Gen. Daniel E.
Sickles, hero Of the battle of Gettys
burg, has been blackbalIed in his sec
ond attempt to join the Loyal Legion
an organization Of former officers OH
the Union side in the Civil war. Ger.
erai Sickles first applied for member.
ship in the order nine years ago, but
his friends withdrew the application
before it went to vote
Some of them attribute the opposi
ton in the Loyal Legion to the distin.
guished soldier to clique which does
not approve of his administration OF
the affairs OF the New York state
committee for the erection OF monu.
ments on battlefields Others declare
that 1t is prompted by feeling OF
Jealousy of General Sickles for the
hero part he played at Gettysburg.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-10
MAIL POUCH is MISSING

Package Containing $4,000 Cisap-
pears From Southern Train.
Greensboro, n CA United States
mail pouch routed from Raleigh
to New York and containing $2O,0O2
disappeared two weeks ago in a man
ner similar to a recently reported
$40 100 theft Of pouch at Lynchburg,
Va. Officials refuse to discuss the
ma-.er.
Il Is declared unotficlaIly that the
Ra,sigh pouch disappeared after be-
ing seceipted for by a mail clerk on
a n.xFth-bound train passing here, and
that the clerk in whose custody it
was last placed has been suspended
fro.p the service pending an investi-
gaa5n.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-10
Insured His Thumb Nail.

Charles Heinsey, a grainer employ
ed in Newton, n. j., has taken out an
accident insurance policy of $50 on
the thumb nail of his right hand. He
keeps the nail one and half inches
long and uses it almost entirely In his
business of granting, as it works much
better than an artificial grainer.
Several times the nail has been
broken and each time he has lost
money by being idle until 1t grew
again With a $50 insurane he won't
feel the layoff so much.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-10
FRANCE WINS MOROCCO AFFAIR
viii Establish Protectorate Over Afri-
can COMPREHENSIVE to Kaiser.

Paris.-The contents Of the Franco
German accord, officially given out,
shows that Germany recognizes the
right of France to establish a pro
tectorate in Morocco, while both ma
tons engage to obtain the adhesion
to this accord of the other Signatures
30 the Algeciras agreement.
France, as compensation for Ger
man recognition of her protectorate in
Morocco, cedes to Germany about
100000 square kilometers in northern
French Congo, touching the German
Kameruns.
France retains the right to run rail-
road lines across German territory so
as to connect the different parts of
French Central Africa
In reference to Morocco, France
agrees to safeguard the economic
equality and commercial liberty for
which provision is made in existing
treaties.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-10
MUST FACE BRIBERY CHARGE
Paper Manufacturer Accused Of Try

Paper Manufacturer Accused Of Try
ing to Corrupt Federal Agent.
Washington.-Peter G. Thompson
of Hamilton, O., president of the
Champion Coated Paper COM
pany, which has contracts to furnish
postal card paper for the postoffi ce
department, must stand trial on the
charge OF attempting to bride Maj W.
P. Zantzinger, postal card agent of the
government. The district court of ap-
peals affirmed the finding of Justice
Wright that an attempt to bribe a
person holding temporary federal Of,
fetal position is crime
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-10
How to Make Hardtack.

To make bareback take one etnt
-four, one teaspoonful OF baking pow
der, half as much salt, twice as much
grease or lard, with water enough to
make into paste, say one-half pint.
When worked into smooth dough,
shape it into waters, half an inch
thick and three inches across. Set in
a creased tin, which is tilted up near
a steady fire. Watch and turn the
tin till all are Drowned evenly.-Ernest
Thompson Seton in boy Scouts OF
America
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-10
Colon MAYOR Shot in Cafe.

Colon, Panama-Mayor Eclare Is
In serious condition as a result Of
a pistol shot in the chest received
during an affray at restaurant, in
which Marco Duque, son Of the prapri-
etor of the Star ard Herald, also fig
ured. Three others, one an American,
were slightly wounded,
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-10
LAST RITES FOR PULITZER.
Many Prominent Men Attend Funera
Of New York Editor.


New York. The funeral of 10
seph Pulitzer, owner and publish
er of the New York World and ST.
Louis Post-Dispatch. was held In st.
Thomas Episcopal church. whose rec
tor. Rev. Ernest NJ. Stires, conducted
the services. The burial was at
Woodiawn cemetery.
The body of Mr.. Pulitzer lay IN
state until the funeral hour at the
family home in East Seventy-third
street
Honorary pall-bearers were Nicho-
las Murray Butler, Louis l.. Clark
Col. George Harvey, Gen. John b.
Henderson, Frederick N Judson,
Seth Low, ST. Clair McKelway, Dr.
James B. Mclean, George L. Rives
and j. Angus Shaw
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-10
Taft's Home City Democratic.

Cincinnati, Ohio-Despite the an
nouncement that George B. Cox had
retired from the local political arena
and that President William H. Taft
put his sign of approval upon the To-
cal republican municipal ticket, Hen
ry T. Hunt, democratic nominee for
mayor of Cincinnati, was elected by
a majority estimated between 5000
and 5000 votes.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-11-10
Three Die as a Sacrifice.

Chicago-Death by starvation was
the sacrificial faith testimony Of
Henry Letsch, forty-six years old;
Anna Letsch, forty years, and Hartman
Letsch, twelve years-father, mother
and child-found dead at their resi-
dence after three weeks of seclusion.