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Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-04-21
CONGRESS TO ACT
On INTERVENTION
Taft Has Done All Possible to
Prevent War Action.
SENDS NEW WARNING TO DIAZ
Mexican Ruler Is Told That Battles
Which Endanger U. S. Towns
Must Stop-President Con-
fers With Bryce.

Washington. - President Taft re-
piled to message from Gov Richard
E. Sloan of Arizona asking protection
for citizens of Douglas from the fire
OF federals and insurrectos, that he
was lOath to endanger Americans in
Mexico by taking so radical a step as
sending American troops across the
border to prevent further fighting.
The president stated that the s1tua-
ton might justify him in ordering
troops to cross the border and attempt
to stop the fighting or to fire upon
both contestants from the American
side. He hesitated to take such a
step, however, because of the posi-
bility Of resistance and greater blood
shed and the danger of having his mo-
tives misconstrued and misrepresent-
ed and arousing Mexicans against
many thousands of Americans now in
Mexico and jeopardizing their lives
and property.
President Taft felt he has done
personally all that can be done by a
chief executive to control the situa-
ton along the Mexican border. He
and his advisers believe that now
congress must say whether the situa-
tiOn is grave enough to warrant in
tervention and it's consequences.
No one here doubts that interVen-
ton would mean war. War in Mexico,
the presidents advisers say, would
mean a conflict that would rage for
months, probably years. The topog-
raphy of Mexico, the mountains, the
INSULT cient means of quick commun1-
cation and a dozen other things that
must be figured would have to be met.
Through the state department the
administration played what may be re-
garded as it's last card. It reiterated
in no uncertain fashion the represen-
tations made to Mexico a few days
back-that affairs like those at Doug
las and Aqua Prieta last week must
not be repeated.
Instead of awaiting the customary
period for a formal reply from Mexico,
the department asked for immediate
assurances that there be no more fight
ing that endangered Americans in the
border towns.
Information was requested also as
to what measures the authorities had
taken to prevent future combats OF
this kind. A few hours after the de-
partment announced that it had issued
this second demand the dispatches
from Douglas began to come in to the
war department showing that the sec
ond battle of Aqua Prieta had begun.
No reply has been received from the
Mexican authorities.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-04-21
Practical Criticism,

The following is criticism of Ham
let by a genius in New South Wales:
There is too much Ginning in the
piece. The author is behind the times,
and appears to forget that what we
want nowadays Is hair-raising sftua-
tons and detectives. In the hands of
a skillful playwright a detective would
have been put upon the track of Ham
let's uncle, and the old man would
have been hunted down in a manner
that would have excited the audience
out Of their number elevens. The
moral of the piece Is not good. The
scene where Hamlet cheeks his moth
er is very bad example to the rising
generation. Our advice to the author
is little more action, a little more
fine sentiment. and fair share Of va
rietv business in his next piece. IN
the speciality arts of the play scene
he has entirely missed his opportuni
ties =
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-04-21
PUBLICITY BILL is PASSED
Campaign Measure Adopted by Almost
Unanimous Vote

Washington.-The house of repre-
sentatives passed the Rucker anti
election campaign contribution bill
by a practically unanimous vote
and Immediately began the considera-
ton of the Canadian reciprocity meas
ure.
Democratic leaders have plunged
now into their tariff revision work
asd there is to be a let-up until the
legislative program has been carried
through the house. With the passage
of the bill for the popular election of
senators and the campaign publicity
bill, they have cleared the decks Of
general legislation outside the tariff,
Consideration OF the reciprocity
bill will be continued until vote has
been taken on its final passage by
the house. Chairman Underwood
gave notice that he would not attempt
to restrict consideration or limit de-
bate and that ample time would be
given all members desiring to discuss
the terms Of the reciprocal arrange
ment.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-04-21
Roof GARDENING.

Atop the Metropolitan tower one
may note the flash of the sun on 100
hotbeds, where fruits and vegetables
are ripening for the tables of New
Workers. With a field glass the hui
man ants are seen bustling around
their treasure houses, lifting off the
sashes and giving the tenderest care
to the green things within Several
Of these little farms are in Harlem,
along the river valley. One is only a
stones throw from the subway kiosks
at One Hundred and Thirty-ffth street
and LenOX avenue. 1t occupies a field
OF the old Watt estate, with overshad-
owing tenements on three sides. For
SO years, without break, this garden
spot has existed. Until five years
ago there were truck gardens just
north of Central park. Those on the
far East side, by Jones wood, were I'm
disturbed until the building of the
Rockefeller Institute for Medical Re
search.-NeW York Press.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-04-21
CLOTHES ARE TOO CONFUSING
Massachusetts Suffragette Tells Her
Sisters to Pay More Attention
to Their Dress.

Mrs. George f. Lowell, one of the
foremost suffrage workers of Massa-
hcusetts, recently advised suffragists.
at meeting III Boston, to pay more
attention to dress.
The exquisitely dressed Fluffy Ruff
ffes type of woman" said Mrs. Lowell,
is one of the best aids to our cause;
whereas the masculine attire % GER
tain college girls and so-callcd adj
yanced' women is a great drawback
Women in mems clothes are misun-
derstood, and if, as is usually the case,
they are sufragists, they lead the pub
lie to believe we are ali unWomanly.
Then there is the confusion which
masculine clothes on women causes"
she said "A Judge in a suffrage state
once asked: Where is the lady who
IS the plaintiff in this case?
J am the plaintiff, your honor a
boyish-looking person answered
The dickens you are' exclaimed
the Judge.
I trust, said the plaintiff, your
honor entertains no prejudice against
the habiliments of the new woman?'
The judge coughed. Not T. he
said. At the same time | FEEL it my
duty to inform you that you don't
stand the ghost of a show with this
jury. They are all married men.
But shrill voice FROM the box
corrected him: You're off, Judge!
-Four Of Us are married Women!'''
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-04-21
he Fatal nY.v

Out of loyalty to his own sex the
manager of the Woman's suit depart
ment discharged his young woman
stenographer and hired a man The
first batch of letters dictated to the
man we're written to about 100 old
customers, whom he invited to ex-
anime privately a lot of exclusive gar
ments before they were placed on
sale. The day after the letters were
mailed the women f1ocked into the
store, but the fire that burned in their
eyes was the fire Of the avenger rath-
er than of the bargain hunter. One
word which each woman had under
lined in her letter explained their
wrath. The garments, so the manager
had meant to say, had been designed
for women of stock figure such as they
possessed, but the male stenographer
had drawn on the alphabet and had
written it 'stocky."
NO woman on earth would have
been guilty of such a mistake" growl-
ed the manager.
The next week the girl stenographer
had her job back.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-04-21
WERS THAT STATE
SIGHTS N0RMALS
PRESIDENT kRONSHAGE OF THE
NORMAL SCHOOL BOARD IN
PLEA FOR MORE SUPPORT.
PARTIALLY TO UNIVERSITY
Submits Figures at Joint Legislative
Hearing to Show State Pays 1901
Per Student at Madison and Only
Sll7.i5 at Normal Schools.

Madison.-The taxpayers of the
state are expanding annually S177,-
600 on nonresident students. Uni
VerSity professors and instructors are
teaching only from seven to nine
hours each week. The average cost
for each university student to the
state is 1901, and the average cost
OF each normal school student is
S1l7.15 per annum. The state is
paying out $40 per annum to teach
the coeds in the university swim
ming, bowling and dancing, while but
81 per annum is expended in physical
training in the Milwaukee normal.
The average salary of the instruction.
al force in the university is ST.
S26, while the average salary of the
normal school instructors is $1,245
per annum.
These were some of the state
ments made by Theodore Kronshage,
Jr., member of the board of normal
school regents, before the joint COM
mittee on finance and the senate
committee on education at a hearing
on the bill introduced by Senator
Thomas, providing for an appropria-
ton of 81 100000 to extend over
five years for the erecting of the new
building and a mill tax of one-sixth
of mill for maintenance of nor
mails. Mr.. Kronshage said he was
not criticizing the university, but
simply attempting to show the diff
ference between the treatment ac-
corded the university and the normal
schools
He said he felt that the state uni.
versity had been fairly dealt with
even on the basis of what it had re-
ceived in the past, while the normal
schools, which cared for more high
school graduates than the university,
had been neglected.
Mr.. Kronshage said that if the pre-
dictions of President Van Hise that
in ten years the university would have
to care for 900 students proved
true that institution would cost the
state over 100000 annually.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-04-21
D. A. R. FIGHT is
ON Ar WASFiiuo ON
Campaign Opens With Scott and
Story Forces About Even-Lively
Battle Is Expected.

WashlngtOn.-Wa Washington is swarm
ing with Daughters of the American
Revolution. And they are buster than
the proverbial bees. The twenty
fourth annual congress opened here
with daughters from nearly every
section of the Union in attend
ance. Every hotel in the city is
practically owned by the fair visitors
and hundreds of private homes have
been Hospitality thrown open for the
invaders.
The delegates were formally re-
ceived by the president and Mrs.
Taft at the White House. The dele
gates, with other members of the or
ganization and Of the Sons of the
American Revolution, were given a.
Scott
When the congress was called to
to order in Continental Memorial
hall by Mrs. Mathew T. Scott
OF Illinois, the president-general,
there began what is expected to be
one o1 the stormiest meetings in the
history of the order. Questions of
ton Of factions, each with its own
ideas, radically different from those of
It's opponents. Naturally, interest cen
tiers chiefly in the election of officers.
with Mrs. Scott, the presiding officer,
IN the strategic point of the conflict
Mrs. William Cummings Story of New
York. defeated candidate for Dresi-
OF hn lor
carry the fight" to Mrs. Scott and
her adherents. She has raised the
cry Of "oligarchy," and declares that
Mrs. Scott is and has been attempt
ing, through the medium of the gov
ern1ng hoard, to rule the society
against its constitution AS part Of
the campaign of Mrs. Story's friends
in her behalf, 100000 letters have been
sent TO the members in the various
states petitioning their support in the
movement to "dethrone the ruler and
her clique"
From the present outlook the forces
are nearly evenly matched. Each
candidate claims a majority of the
states. Mrs. Scott has been indorsed
by her state delegation, while Mrs
Story has not the solid support Of her
delegation because of the very strong
opposition of Mrs. Donald Mclean,
former president-general, who has a
wonderfully strong influence in her
own state She is heart and soul for
Mrs. SCOTS reelection
Mrs. Mclean is not saying much,
and there are those who are a little
afraid of her silence. 1t would not
be surprise to many if a dark horse
would gallop in at the finish in the
person Of Mrs. Mclean herself
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-04-21
RATE OF INSANE INCREASES
State Board of Control Issues Sta
tsticai Report on nstitutions-To-
tai Number of Inmates Is s, 6S7.

Madison.-An increase of per
cen in two years in the number of
insane persons incarcerated in Wis
shown in compilation of statistics
announced by the board of control.
Two years ago the total was 6,156,
or one to every $50 of the population,
and March 81 of this year it was
6,687, an increase of 531. Of the
latter total, 1879 were in county asy-
lums and $40 in the Milwaukee hos
pital for the insane at Wauwatosa,
which institutions are not under the
direct control of the state.
The census figures issued by he
board of control show that in all of
the state charitable and penal insti-
buttons there were, on March 81,
4 ,035 inmates, of whom / 1888 were
insane and 2,847 in the other insti-
tutions, the details of the compilation
being as follows:
State hospital for insane (Men-
dota) ................ 585
Northern hospital for insane
(Oshkosh) ...... SOB
School for deaf (Delavan) -. 200
School for blind (JanesviIle) =. ST
Boys industrial school (Wau-
kesha) ..........- 3b4
State prison (Waupun) ... G97
State public school (Sparta) -. 175
Feeble minded home chippewa
Falls) 984
State reformatory Green Bay) 223
State tuberculosis sanatorium
(Wales)' 1T
Total in state institutions 4 035
Hospital for insane (Wauwa-
tOSa) ....... .. $40
County asylums 1872
Grand total 1884
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-04-21
"ADDlE" JOSS, PITCHER, DEAD.
Star TwirIer for Cleveland Dies OF
TubercuIar Meningitis.

Toledo, O. = Adrian c. Joss,
better known in the baseball world
as "Addie," wellknown pitcher of
the Cleveland American baseball
team, died at his home here. Death
was due to tubercular meningitis, from
which he had been sufferer since last
Sunday Joss was 81 years old. He is
survived by wife and two children.
He was a thirty-second degree Mason
and a member Of the Mystic Shrine.
Joss joined the Cleveland American
league club in 1903, under the manage
ment of William R. Armour, present
owner Of the Toledo club. He became
one of the premier pitchers of the
country and had the honor Of pitching
a no-hit, no-run game against the Chi
cago White Sox i'll 1908, his opponent
being Ed Walsh.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-04-21
| HOUSE ADOPTS DIRECT VOTE.
Popular Election of Senators Passes
House.

Washington.-The house of repre-
sentatives, by a vote of 296 to 16,
passed the Rucker resolution propos-
ing a constitutional amendment for
the direct election of United States
senators.
The constitutional amendment now
goes to the senate. Senator Borah,
who championed it in the last con-
gress when the resolution failed of the
necessary two-thirds majority by a
margin of four votes, expressed the
belief that this time the senate will
give the measure half dozen more
than the necessary two-thirds and
speed it on its way to adoption by the
requisite number Of states.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-04-21
DR.. PEARsoNs is NlNETY-oNE.
Phianthropist Celebrates Birthday by
Distributing S3oO, 900 to Colleges.

Chicego.-Dr. D. K Pearsons, the
aged philanthropist Of Hinsdale,
celebrated his ninety-frst birthday
Friday by distributing 100000
among various religious and educa-
tional institutions. Among those
which benefit by the distribution of
this sum are the American Board Of
Foreign Missions, 100000; Berea col
lege, Kentucky, 100000; Doane col
lege, Nebraska, $4,000; Northland
college, Wisconsin, $4,000; Highland
college,. Kansas, $4,000, and McKen-
dree college, Lebanon, H., $4,000
Other smaller gifts total $4,000
DR.. Pearsons' fortune was made
largely in Chicago real estate, in
which he invested practically all he
had shortly after the fire of 1871. To
the money made in these and later
real estate operations were added
heavy profits from timber land pur-
chases.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-04-21
DIES BESIDE SISTERS cASKET.
Woman Falls Dead From Grief and
Broken Heart at Funeral.

Lafayette, Ind.-While attending
the funeral services over the re-
mains Of her sister, Mrs. Ortha Ann
Goans, Mrs Otis Johnson fell to the
floor while standing at the side Of the
casket and died in few minutes A
physician who was called said death
was caused by grief and broken
heart.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-04-21

A burly negro came to the doctor OF
/ West African missionary settlement,
dragging his reluctant wife with him.
Doctor, pull one of my wife's teeth
out" said he.
The doctor examined the woman's
mouth and found only sound teeth.
"Oh. that makes no difference" said
The interested negro. Pull one any
way. If it doesn't hurt too much you
can pull my tooth that is aching. -
Success Magazine.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-04-21
FACING DEATH, RILEY WORKS ON
Hoosier Poet Determined to Complete
Last Edition of His Works.

anapOlis.-James Whitcomb Ri
ley, the Hoosier poet, has lost com
plete control Of his hands and is but
a shadow of his former self Close
friends fear that the lingering illness
which has kept Mr.. Riley confined to
his bed for the greater part Of the
last few months will claim him by
death before the close of many weeks
IN spite Of the paralysis and by an
almost superhuman effort Mr. Riley
is determined to complete his last
edition of works in order that they
may be published this spring, The
edition will include a number Of new
poems and will be his final work.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-04-21
WOULD DIsFRANCRIsE NEGROES
Congressman Offers Bill for Repeal of
Fourteenth Amendment.

Washington.-Repr Har-
wick of Georgia introduced a bill
providing for the disfranchisement
of the negro. He proposes that the
following amendment to the constitu-
ton be submitted to the state legisla-
lures for ratification, namely:
THAT the fourteenth amendment to
the constitution Of the United States
be. and the same is hereby re,
pealed."
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-04-21
Bill Hits Express Rates.

Madison-The lowering Of eX
press rates within Wisconsin % per
cent, with an expected saving Of
$1,000 a day to Wisconsin patrons,
is provided in bill of AssemOlyman
w. E. Hurlbut, offered in the assem-
bly,. The bill seeks immediate relief
ing for an enforcement of the reduced
rates on August 1 next.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-04-21
Hopeful Scribe.

Winks-I hear that some of the
prominent actresses. singers, generals
and society ladies get $500 for merely
signing their names to articles Writ
zen for them and printed in the Up.
2ercrust Magazine.
Jinks-Tt's true, too.
Winks-Well, Well. / wonder
what they'd get if they wrote tho
whole article themselves?
JilEs-Gct laughed at.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-04-21
Start Open Air School.

Kenosha. - Kenosha opened it's
first open air school with twenty-five
young children registered. The equip
ment was furnished by the Wiscon-
sin committee in the fight against
tuberculosis as a prize for selling
red cross seals.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-04-21
Fire Chief Croker Quits.

New York-Edward F. Croker,
chief of the New York city fire depart
ment. rendered his resignation to take
effect on May L. Deputy Chief John
Kenlon was at once designated by
Fire Commissioner Waldo to be acting
chief of the department
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-04-21
UNITED STATES HUNTS RODENTS
Million and Half Spent Fighting Plague
Infested Squirrels.

Washington.-The hunt for squir
rels and such rodents as carry the
deadly flea that spreads the bubonic
plague is to be carried into the Monte
rev national forest, California. Since
July $4,000 squirrels have been exam
ined in the suspected districts. The
government has spent 100000 on this
work and the state and counties of
California 100000 more.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-04-21
MAY CAUSE A MAIL WALk-OUT.
siiccFcocks Removal Of Vandyke
Threatens Trouble in ST. Paul.

St. Paul, Mimi step that
threatens to tie up the mail serv-
ice Of the entire northwest was taken
by Postmaster General Hitchcock
when he announced by letter to the
chief clerk in the St. Paul Office that
Carl c. Vandyke, said to be a leader
in the organization Of railway mail
clerks, had Oeen removed for per-
nicious activities in fomenting discon-
tent among mail clerks in the north
west"
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-04-21
VioIinist to Queen Is Dead.

Berlin-The Lokal Anzeiger an
nounces the death of Lady Halle
(Mme Norman Neruda), the noted
violinist, from pneumonia. Lady
Halle was born at Brunn, Austria, in
1910 She was appointed violinist to
Queen Alexandra in 1901.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-04-21
Deputy Sheriff Dies IN Accident.

Springfield. Ill.-Charles Groves of
Carlinville, deputy sheriff of Macou-
pin county was shot and killed in
this city. Groves was alighting from
his buggy when his revolver fell from
his pocket and was discharged, the
bullet entering the abdomen.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-04-21
Senate Confirms Fisher.

Washington.-The senate confirmed
the appointment of Walter L. Fisher
of Chicago as secretary Of the interior.
The confirmation was made without
opposition.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-04-21
TIVE Killed in Auto Mishap,

Cleveland, O.-W. S. Gorton, secre-
tary and general manager Of the
Standard Welding company, ard his
chauffeur, Moses Lee, were instantly
killed when a Lake Shore train struck
Gorton's automobile at West Seventy
sixth street
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-04-21
Russian Painter HanoS Himself.

St. Petersburg. Kryzheisky, the
landscape painter and member of the
Russian academy, committed suicide
in a fit of dependency. The artist
hanged himself In his home
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-04-21
Bryan Refuses to Meet Bailey

Fort Worth, William Jennings
Bryan refuses to engage in a debate
with Senator Bailey on the tariff
Bailey supporters had strongly urged
u debate,
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-04-21
Marshfield Stave Plant Burns

Marshfield - The plant of the
Marshfield Stave company was de-
stroyed by fire which started in the
boiler house.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-04-21

Six Hurt In Cleveland Explosion.
Cleveland, O.-Six persons were In
jured, one probably fatally, when a
50-pound ammonia tank exploded In
the basement of Mays drug store on
the public sQuere