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Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-12-29
WILL SPEND YEAR IN
PRISON FOR ,S15,OOO,OOO
Four New Workers, After "Cleaning
Up on Stock SwindIc, Enter
Pleas of Guilty

New York.-Four men agreed to
spend year each on Blackwell S
island for consideration of $751;
100000 The men, who were pro-
moters of the firm of Burr Bros, In
corporated, are: Shelton c. Burr, pres
ident Of the corporation; Eugene Il.
Burr, secretary treasurer; Charles Ii.
Tobey, vice-presfdent; Edwin Wesley
Preston
Their Offices here were raided No
vember 20, 1910, by the postal authori-
ties, the men being charged with using
the mails in a scheme to defraud in
veStorS.
Each of the defendants was SEN
fenced to serve one year in the peni-
tertiary on Blackwell's Island. They
were taken to the island and began
their sentences.
Between $40,000,0O0 and $4,000, 900
was obtained by Burr Bros through
its sales Of worthless mining and oil
stock, netting a profit to the defend
ants of S13,000,000 to S15,000,000, &C.
cording to announcement made by the
postal inspectors who raided the es-
Enlistment
Leavenworth. Kan, Dec 23.-Shel-
ton G. Burr and Eugene II. Burr, sons
OF Henry Burr, a pioneer resident OF
this city, were born and reared here.
The elder Burr made fortune in the
manufacture Of shoes. After he died
his sons closed the factory and Went
to New York.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-12-29
PACKERS BEATEN
IN PLEA TO QUAsH
fudge Carpenter Denies Motions
Trial Proceeds.
COUNSEL OUTLINES DEFENSE
George T. Buckingham Makes First
Argument on Behalf of Beef
Men-Makes General De-
NAL of Charges.

Chicago. = Overruled by Judge
Carpenter on every objection
they had raised, counsel tor the pack
were forced to proceed with their de-
tense without further delay Replying
to the governments arrangement,
George L. Buckingham, in an address
to the jury, disclosed, tor the first
time, the full outline of the defense.
Specific denial OF every material al
legation OF the government, together
with promise that most OF the state
ments OF fact in the packers indict-
ments will be disproved, were made
by Mr. Buckingham. He indicated
that the statute of limitations would
be invoked to counterfeit much OF the
governments direct evidence. He ex-
pressed the belief that the govern
ment was relying to a greater degree
than was warranted in criminal case
upon circumstantlal evidence for proof
OF violations of the Sherman law in
the last three years.
1t was also Indicated that full ad-
vantage would be taken of the recent
Supreme court ruling that only unrea-
sonable restraint of trade shall be
considered a violation of the Sherman
law. The jurors will be asked by the
defense to find that the procedure OF
the packers has not resulted in an I'M
due injury to the public.
The main fire of the packers attor-
neys, however, according to their sy-
nopsis, is to be directed to proof that
Whatever appearance of price agree
ments or combination there may have
been, no undue amount of profit has
accrued to them.
Mr.. Buckingham declared that evil
dence to be submitted would prove be-
yord the shadow of a doubt that the
profit Of the packers on beef had been
only one-fourth' of cent a pound, in
Guiding the profits made on by-prod-
ucts, whose utilization has only been
possible by the enormous scale upon
which the packing industry has been
operated
We will show he declared, that
the defendants, by the best business
methods and greatest economies, have,
in fact, earned less than ten per cent.
per annum on their actual money IN
VeStm ent.
The speaker went into the history
of an attempt to bring about gigan-
tic merger of the packing industry in
the country similar in plan to the
United States Steel corporation. The
plan failed because bankers who had
been counted upon to finance the pro-
ject did not furnish the money, and
the National Packing company was
formed to take over the properties
which had already been bought in an
ticipation OF the merger.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-12-29

slams out of their position, infiicting
heavy losses. The Persians are re-
ported to have begun both battles.
The Russian ultimatum, to the terms
of which Persia has now acceded, de-
manded, besides the dismissal of Mr..
Shuster, an apology from the Persian
government on account of it's inter
ference with the property of Persians
under Russian protection and also the
payment of an indemnity to Russia
for the expenditure she had incurred
in sending troops into Persian terri
tory
London-The British foreign office
received official confirmation from
the British minister at Teheran that
Persia had yielded before the Rus
sian threats and had granted all
the demands contained in the Rus
sian ultimatum of November 20.
1t is believed in official circles that
RuSsia's demand that the appointment
Of foreign advisers to the Persian gov
eminent should hereafter be subject to
Russian and British approval has been
found, with slight notifications, agree
able to both parties.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-12-29
RUSSIA PLANS HIGHER TAX.
Duma Proposes Tariff War at Expira-
ration of the Treaty.

ST. Petersburg.-The erection of a
tariff wall between Russia and the
United States at the expiration
of the Russo-American commerce
and navigation treaty of 1882 is the
object of bill introduced in the duma
by eX-President Guchkoff and 113
other signers representing the Octo-
br1st and National parties. These par
test constitute the majority in the
duma
The bill proposes to raise existing
Russian duties by 100 per cent and to
impose a duty of 100 Per cent on art1-
cles admitted free under the present
Russian tariff.
Besides these impositions the bill
proposes to levy double the gross
weight tax established by the law of
ing by sea and to levy a double tom
mage tax. Should the present Amer
lean tonnage tax be raised to the dis
favor of Russian vessels, the Russian
tonnage tax will be correspondingly in
creased
1t is said that the schedules are to
be applicable to all countries which
dc not grant to Russia the most fav-
ored nation treatment in commerce
and navigation. The proposal will be
suEG,itted to financial commission
Washington. = With Secretary of
State Knox as the only wit
ness. President Taft signed the joint
resolution passed by congress ratify-
ing his action in serving notice on
Russia of the abroga of the treaty
of 1882 with that country.
The treaty will continue in effect
automatically until January 1, 1913.
Meanwhile efforts Will be made to ne
gotiate new treaty eliminating the
cause of friction which led to the ter
mination of the old one.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-12-29
Funny Butter.

Chief Engineer William Richmond
Of a steamer running between Asbury
Park and New York, ordered a tub of
a special kind of grease, which has a
golden yellow color, to Intricate his
engines. Richmond raised a row when
he did not get the grease, then
learned that it had been delivered.
The steamer was searched high and
low, and at last the tub, nearly empty,
was found in corner of the chefs
tcebox. William Richland, the chef.
had read the Richmond" on the tub
as "Richland" and had mistaken the
grease for butter he had ordered. Many
Wall street lawyers and brokers who
have summer homes on the Jersey
shore travel back and forth on the
boat and often have meals aboard.
The chef says that so far no COM
plants about the butter have been
brought to him.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-12-29
ExTORTlON RULES IN CHINA
Grating Officials Are Everywhere
and Advancement Is Obtained Only
by Bribing Authorities.

The form or rule which obtains In
China at present may be summed up
in a few words The people have
no say whatever in the management
of imperial, national or even munich
pal affairs. The mandarins or local
magistrates, have full power vi adj
1udication, from which there is no ap-
peal. Their word is law, and they
nave full scope to practice their
Vaccinations with complete frrespons-
Utility, and every officer may tatten
himself with impunity. Extortion by
officials is an institution. 1t is the
condition on which they take office;
and it is only when the bleeder is a
bungler that the government steps in
with pretended benevolence to ameli-
crate, but more often to complete, the
depletion
English readers are probably un-
aware of the smallness of the estab-
lished salaries of provincial magnates.
They will scarcely credit that the
yiceroy Of, say, Canton, ruling coun-
try with population larger than that
legal salary the paltry sum of $50 a
year; SO that, in order to live and
maintain himself in office, accumulat-
ing fabulous riches the while, he re-
sorts TO extortion and the selling of
justice. So with education The re-
suits Of examinations are the one
means Of obtaining official notice
Granted that young scholar gains
distinction, he proceeds to seek pub
lie employment and, by bribing the
Picking authorities, an official post is
hoped for. Once obtained, as he can
not live on his salary, perhaps he
even pays SO much annually for his
post, license to squeeze is the result,
and the man must be stupid indeed
who cannot, when backed up by the
government, make himself rich
enough to, buy still higher post in
a few years. With advancement
comes increased license and addi-
tional facilities for his enrichment, so
that the cleverest "squeezer" ulti-
mately can obtain money enough to
purchase the highes positions.
This official thief, with his mind
warped by his mode of life, is the Ill
innate authority in all matters of So
clal, political and criminal life. 1t is
fatal system, an imperium in i'm
perlo. an unjust autocracy which
thTives by its own rottenness. But
this system of fattening on the public
vitals-the selling of power--is the
chief means by which the Manchu
dynasty continues to exist. With this
legaliZed corruption stamped as the
highest ideal of government, who can
wonder at the existence Of a strong
undercurrent of dissatisfaction among
the people?-From an article by DR.
Sun Vat Sen.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-12-29
For the Seasick.

For 40 other human i'll have such
various remedies been prescribed as
for seasickness. Specifics for sea-
sickness there are in hundreds, y
writes Mr.. c. o. Burge, "but until the
immediate cause is known we may
look in vain for remedy Tight
belts, red spectacles, high feeding and
starvation have all been tried in vain.
At luncheon party a distinguished
physician was asked for advice on this
subject. He knew of two highly val
liable cures. he said, which had never
been known to fail, and which he
would freely impart. The first was
for the sufferer to land at the first op-
portunity, and the second was for him
TO go with the ship to the bottom
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-12-29
FIND CHICAGO POLICE
ARE BADLY CORRUPTED
Civil Service Commission Says Force
Protects Criminals Instead of
Citizens.

Chicago. = Open vice and gam
bling conditions, fostered and per-
mitted to flourish by Chicago's police
department. were laid bare in a pre-
liminary report-a veritable vice rec
ord Of the city-made by the civil SER
vice commission to Mayor Harrison.
The report finds that vice exists:
that it hourisheS under the protection
OF the police department.; that it pays
huge sums for this protection; that
the only cure-so far as the commits
sion can ascertain-is to rip the de-
partment apart and rebuild it on a
semi-military basis.
The commissions document finds
the policing body, primarily designed
to protect Chicago from the inroads of
crime and criminals, has been so dis
torted as to become an actual protec-
ton for crime and criminals against
the law.
The commission ordered John l..
Revere, for many years inspector OF
the North side "levee" district, dis
charged for permitting vice and gam
bling to go unsurpassed
Action also was taken in the cases
OF Bernard P. Baer, captain, and John
Hanley, lieutenant, who were tried
with Revere.
Hanley-was cleared Of all blame for
open vice conditions and was ordered
reinstated
Because Baer is not civil Service
employe the commission decided to re-
fer his case to Mayor Harrison, who is
expected to announce his finding in
the case when he has read an analy-
sis of the evidence.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-12-29
FREES CONSCIENCE
BY HIS CONFESSION
Son OF Wealthy Pennsylvania
Surrenders at kenosha.
ADMITS THAT HE is FORGER
Former College Athletic Star Signed
Fathers Name to Check While on
hound OF GayeY at Detroit-Ar-
rived at kenosha Penniless.

henosha.-Loyal r. Walker, aged
rs years, son of L. j. Walker, a for
mer Pittsburg banker, now living at
Williamsburg, Pa, former star athlete
OF Franklin and Marshall college,
gave himself a Christmas present of
clear conscience. The young,
square built, athletic young man
walked into the police station here
and gave himself up and asked that
he be held on charge of forgery.
Walker explained to the police that
he had forged the name of his father
to check for $54 at Detroit, Mich.
and had gone to Chicago with 4
woman. The man pawned his over
coat in order to get out of Chicago
and when he reached Kenosha he
had only a little over a dollar in
money.
The father of the young man mott
fed the police that he would come to
Kenosha for him at once and direct
ed that he be held subject to his
coming. The father declared that he
would make good all the shortage.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-12-29
END NEAR IN LoRIMER INQUIRY
Senator VIII Testify as Last Witness
January g.

January 8.
hington.-Senator Lorimer will
take the witness stand in his own be-
half January 8, to which date the
senate committee Investigating his
election has adjourned.
The attorneys for both sides are
through calling witnesses and no testi-
mony other than that of Senator Lori
mer will be taken unless something
unexpected happens which will war
rant the committee in reopening the
case
Leslie j. Taylor of Taylorville. H.,
told the committee a startling story
duplicating State Representative Dell
Brownback. Taylor said he was in
terested in having Christian county
changed over into. a Republican judi,
ciai district. The incident occurred in
1909.
"Brownback told me if I'd bring $400
or $500 he'd guarantee to have the
change made" SAID Taylor
The witness said also that Brown
back told him he was ashamed to say
how much money he had spent to be
elected to the legislature.
He said he intended to get it back,
said Taylor.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-12-29
CORPORATIONS GET NOTICE
Over 10000 Concerns Doing Bust.
ness in Wisconsin Must Fur
nish Annual Reports.

Madison-Over 10000 corpora
tons doing business in Wisconsin
have received from the secretary of
state a notification of the necessity
warning of forfeiture unless this be
done Corporations have declared a
disposition to test this law, but thus
far none has gone beyond making
the threat
fidavit that the corporation has not
entered into any combination, con-
spiracy. trust, pool agreement or
contract intended TO restrain compe-
tition.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-12-29
M A r K E S
Milwaukee, Dec. 26, 1911.


Butter Extra creamery, 35c;
prints, sec; firsts. $40 33c; seconds.
10000; process, 25 q &c; dairy.
fancy, Soc
Cheese full cream,
Twins, 15c; daisies, new, 49,
15 &c; Young Americas, Is a Is 1hc;
longhorns, Is 1ac; Swiss, 14Q15 C..
Eggs-Current receipts fresh, as
to quality, 25 032c; recandled, ex-
tras, "a @35c; seconds, 13 a 15c.
Live Poultry-Fowls, loo; roost-
ers, 12c; springers, Toe
Potatoes, Wisconsin, sacked, on
track, rs a soc.
Hay-No. 1 timothy, 1850; clio
yer. 1900; No. / prairie, 1900.
Wheat-No. ] northern, 1910
1.09; No. 2 northern, 1.0601.07;
No. l durum, 1.O40105; No. vel
vet, LOS @106
Corn-No. yellow, Slice; new.
ard. 4SAc.
Barley Wisconsin, 40; No. 2,
1,24; medium, 1928.
Cattle-Butchers steers, 1900
6.S5; heifers, $40 q $50; COWS,
$50 5.35; feeders, $50 q 4.6O;
calves, 7.00@S.25.
Hogs-Good heavy butchers, $50
06.25; fair to best, light, 5.4o ~
$50; pigs, 1000 5.25.
Sheep-Lambs, 4.00Q 500; ewes
2.75@325.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-12-29
SINISTER OuSTED
AS PERSIA YIELDS
Demands Made BY Russia Are
Acceded To.
FIGHTING AT TABRIZ SEVERE
Historic Citadel is Bombarded and
Loss of Life and Property is
Peavy-Great Britain in Joint
Control.

st. Petersburg-T Persian charge
d'affaires called officially at the fer
eign office and announced that Per
STA had yielded to Russias de-
mands. In an audience with M. Sa-
sonof7, the foreign secretary, he for
mally declared that Persia would con-
cede all points in the Russian ultima
tum.
The fighting at Tabriz was more
severe than at first reported. The bat
tie was waged in the streets all day,
resulting in heavy losses on both sides
and much damage to property. The
historic old citadel was bombarded
In the battle fought at Resht, 16
miles northwest of Enzeli, on the Cas-
plan sea, the Cossacks drove the Per-
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-12-29
ACCUSED SLAYER CUTS SELF
Rev. c. V. T. Richeson, Held for Muir
der Serious Condition

Rev. c. V. T. Richeson, Held for Muir
der, Serious Condition.
Boston. = Cries and groans, break
ing the stiffness of the morning
hours at the Charles street Jail, led to
the discovery that Rev Clarence V. T.
Richeson, awaiting trial on the charge
of having murdered Miss Avis Linnell,
had mutilated him self severely with a
piece of tin
The self-inf1icted injuries were such
that the accused preacher was nearly
dead from loss of blood when a keeper
attracted by his groans summoned
physicians, who decided an imm ediate
operation was necessary t. save his
life
The physicians who were summoned
to attend the minister are of the op!a-
ion that Richeson did not intend 10
commit suicide. This opinion is also
shared by District Attorney Pelletier.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-12-29
CACTUS WILL PROVIDE PAINT
Burbank Says Plant Also Produces
Substitute for Rubber.

Santa Rosa, Cal. Luther Bur
bank, the world famous horticul-
growers convention by announcing a
wonderful discovery in the further use
of his spineless cactus, which bids
fair to revolutionize the paint, white
wash and automobile tire industries
Mr. Burbank said he is now negotiat-
ing with one of the largest paint
houses in the world to supply it with
cactus leaves for paint purposes
"One Leaf" said he, will make ten
gallons of paint
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-12-29
VOTE SELLERS GET INVITE
If They Confess Virginia Judge viii
Impose Minimum Fine.

Knoxville, Tenn. Judge Skeen
of Lee county, Virginia, issued
a proclamation in which he invited all
who sold their votes in a recent cleo
ton in that county to appear before
the court. confess and accept the mini
mum fine. Otherwise, it is asserted,
indictments will be returned. The
court will allow one year for payment
of the fines. The Virginia law auto
matically disfranchises voter for life
upon confession Of fraud in an cleo
ton. In spite of this, it is said, hun
dreds will confess.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-12-29
NINE. LANGEVlN is FREED

Court Grants Wife Separation in Case
involving Nine. Curie.
Paris Nine Langevin was
granted a separation from her hus-
band. M. Paul Langevin, whose name
was associated with that of Nine Curie
in a series Of recently published love
letters. The text O. the judges de-
cision does not mention the name Of
Nine. Curie, but states that the petit
ton of Nine. Langevin for a separa-
ton is granted because Professor
Langevin had abandoned the conjugal
domicile under conditions injurious
for his wife and also because it ap-
peared from the documents submitted
to the court that Professor Langevin
had been guilty of grave Injuries"
toward his wife.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-12-29
LOGAN TUCKER DROPS DEAD
.randson of Gen. John A. Logan Sue

Grandson of Gen. John A. Logan Sue.
cunbs at Supper.
Philadelphia. = Capt Logan Tuck,
er, grandson of Gen. John A. Lo-
gan, dropped dead last night while eat.
ing supper at an inn here.
Captain Tucker was a son of Col
William f. Tucker, U. S. A., retired,
and grandson of Mrs. John A. Logan
of Washington. His grandfather, Gen.
John A. Logan, was United States SEN
ator from Illinois after the war and in
1884 was running mate of James G
Blaine on the Republican presidential
ticket.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-12-29
FLIES FAR IN HYDROPLANE
Harry M. Atwood Makes Trip of 1870
Miles in East.

Providence, r. l. = Harry N. At
wood, the Boston aviator, estab,
iished a new aerial record when he
few 100 miles from Point of Pines,
Mass, to the waters of Narragansett
bay in a hydroaeroplane He flew
over Boston harbor and Bingham to
the Massachusetts south shore and
skirting along the side of Cape Cod
bay, passed over the new Cape Cod
canal and crossed Buzzard's bay into
Rhode Island
Atwood says his fight exceeds by
Is miles the longest previous hydro
aeroplane trip.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-12-29

Jury Go on Strike When Threatened

Jury Go on Strike When Threatened
With Long Arguments.
Rome. The cause Of the col
lapse of the Camorrist trial at vi
terbo was the threat Of the jurors to
strike. They notified the president OF
the court that they needed no add1-
tional evidence, and this, with the re-
fusal of witnesses to attend, brought
about a farcical crisis in what had
been regarded as a farcical proceed
ing The prosecution indicated that
the closing arguments would require
two weeks and the jury became furi-
Gus.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-12-29
FOUR SLAYERS GET REPRIEVE
Gov. Deneen Grants Stay to Murderers
of Chicago Truck Farmer

Chicago. = Following the hear
ing of arguments and ppleas for
clemency made before the state board
of pardons in Springfield. Governor
Deneen granted a reprieve until
February 16 to the four men con-
demned 70 death for the murder of
Fred Guelzow On October 20. last.
The prisoners. who were sentenced
to be hanged Friday, are Ewald and
Frank Shiblawski, Philip Sommerling
and Thomas Schultz, the latter only
nineteen years of age.
Guelzow. young truck gardener,
was driving to the city with a wagon
load Of produce. when he was attacked
and murdered. He pleaded with the
men to take his valuables, but to
spare his life. on account of his young
wife and two-months-old baby.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-12-29
Dodgeviiie's First Child Dead.

geville.-Thomas Jones, the
first white child born in what is now
the city of Dodgeville, is dead, aged
rs years. He was well known Ma
son, having been an official of the
order for forty years.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-12-29
To Lock Out 100000 Men.

Manchester, England-The commit
tee. Of the Lancashire Cotton Spinners
and Manufacturers association at a
meeting here decided to lock out all
the workers in the mills belonging to
members of the federation. No fewer
yOlVed
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-12-29
Martin Schoyen Dies at Madison

Madison.--Martin l.. Schoyen,
aged 55, died here at his residence
from general debility. For a third
of a century he was king of the gam
bling fraternity of Madison and was
personally acquainted with many
prominent public and professional
men in the northwest.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-12-29
UNIQUE Discovery Made.

Washington.-The United States
government has discovered that it
OWLS the only spot in the world from
which a resident, on Friday, can see
mis- neighbors doing their Thursdays
work. The spot is the Little Diomede
island, in Behring straits.