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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
WOMAN is TARRED BY GANG.
Maryland Men Beat and Abuse Mrs.
Holman in Brutal Manner

Maryland Men Beat and Abuse Mrs.
Holman in Brutal Manner.
Cream City, Md, May 28.-Mrs.
Mary Holman was taken from her
home on Saturday in this city by a
gang of thugs, it is charged, who bru-.
tally kicked and beat her and finally
finished up by dipping her into a}vat
Of tar, in the presence of her eleven
year-old son, who made desperate eff
forts to protect his mother
Terrorized by her experience the.
woman has quit the town. She is now
being sheltered by Tom Jones, a ne
gro who lives three miles in the coun-i
try. One Of the most startling fea-:
lures of the incident is the fact that
the town lights were out when the as
sault was com mitted.
Mrs. Holman says the switch was
turned through the connivance Of town
officials. However this may be, the
men guilty of the outrage boosted
while they were subjecting her to the
indignities that their act had the
sanction of the town council
Warrants were sworn out by Mrs.
Holman at Behlin for the arrest of
the men whose names have been Civ.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
TELLS INQUISITORS HOW HE
MADE FORTUNE BY DEALS
John w. Stevenson Describes Transfer
of His Concern to the
Steel Trust.

New York, May 25.-John Steven
son, Jr., a Scotchman and a relative
of Robert Louis Stevenson, enlivened
the hearings Thursday in the fed
eral suit to dissolve the United
States Steel corporation when he
told in rich Scotch accent of the
various deals by which he sold
half dozen steel properties
to the Reid-Moore syndicate, John W.
Gates and the steel corporation itself,
each time striking a profitable bar
gain.
Entering the employ of the Carne
gle Steel company in 1875, when his
fellow Scotsman, Andrew Carnegie,
was making his reputation as an iron
master, Stevenson in 1892 established
at Newcastle, Pa, the first successful
tin plant mill in this country, he said
Mr.. Stevenson told modestly of the
days of fortune making when he built
up the Sharon Steel company, the
Newcastle Wire Nail company, the
Chenango Valley Tin Plate company,
which he handed to theiAmerican Tin
Plate company for million and
half dollars; the Newcastle Sheet and
Tin Plate company, which he turned
over for million, and of various 9TH
er companies he had organized.
He said that just prior to selling out
to John w. Gates his wire nail COM
pany competition was so fierce that
most of the tin plate mills were in a
bad way and his own company, the
strongest, was feeling pinched. Gates
wired him and met him on a train
and he agreed to sell, he said.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
SUGGESTS CREAM GRADING
University Professor Declares Wis
consin Farmers Might lastly
Add Million to income.

Madison.-Over one million dol
lars year could be added to the
income of Wisconsin dairymen if the
quality of the butter made in this
state were improved enough so as to
bring one cent more per pound than
it now does, says Prof. G. H. Ben
kendorf of the dairy school of the
University Of Wisconsin College of
Agriculture.
Better butter will be possible if
better cream can be secured, Prof
Benkendorf contends, and he sug-
gests that the best way to secure
better cream is to have method
of cream grading.
BY grading cream according to it's
acid content and butter fat content,
and paying less for cream of high
acid content and low butter fat con-
tent than for cream having a large
amount of butter fat and little acid,
the farmers would be encouraged to
produce better cream, Prof. Benken-
dorf believes.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
N GOVERN MAY Be
ROOTS OPPONENT
Plan to Name Governor Tenn
porary Chairman.
ENLIST La TOILETTE MEN
Roosevelt Forces Said to Be Likely
to Urge Wisconsin Executive to
Preside Over the Republican Ma
tional Convention.

Ashland-That Gov. Francis e.
McGovern will be selected by the
Roosevelt forces as a candidate for
temporary chairman Of the national
republican convention in order to de-
feat the nomination of Senator Root
by the national committee, is the
assertion of leading La Toilette men
here. 1t is reported that the Roose-
welt leaders have already signified
their Willingness to support Gov. Nc
Govern for the position. III order
to defeat Root the solid support of
the La Toilette delegation, includ-
ing the entire division from North
Dakota and Wisconsin, thirty-six
votes, will be needed.
In the effort to gain a working
majority to dethrone Root, it is de-
clared that the Roosevelt men have
decided to come to Wisconsin for
their temporary chairman and sup
port McGovern. This will place the
majority of the Wisconsin delegation
in such position that their votes
must necessarily be given to Roose-
welt. Root will be defeated and the
Roosevelt movement may gain favor
with the La Toilette supporters.
Letters detailing the plan have
been sent by Roosevelt leaders to
Wisconsin men. Conferences are to
be held between the Roosevelt and
La Toilette leaders, when it is said
a decisive plan of action will be out
lined.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31

Whenever Macbeth" is put upon
the stage, very nearly a fourth of Sit
has to be omitted, for, although it is
the shortest of the tragedies, it would
take fully three hours to read it out
loud without Cabling. Hamlet" thus
read would take nearly two hours
more, and this seems to bear out the
contention of Swinburne, among 9th
ers, that much of the play, and indeed,
of other tragedies, was written by
Shakespeare for the study and not for
the stage. A six or seven hours per-
Torrance must have been too much
even for an audience of EIizabeth's
spacious times.-London Chronicle
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
FOR LOWER EXPRESS RATES
Decisions Affecting Wisconsin Com
ing from interstate Commerce
Commission and State Board.

Madison.-Lower express rates are
predicted from two forthcoming de-
cisions, one by the interstate COM
merce commission and the other by
the Wisconsin railroad commission.
1t is believed both will be announced
soon.
The complaint of the Merchants
and Manufacturers association of
Milwaukee has been pending before
the state body for two years. 1t is
directed against all express compan-
les operating in Wisconsin. The de-
cision Of the interstate commerce
commission will, it is believed, make
the interstate rates into Wisconsin
uniform and the state commission
will adjust and make reasonable in.
trastate shipments.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
WOMEN ARE SENT TO JAIL.
Mrs. Pankhurst and Others Given
Nine Months for Rioti1o

London, May 24.-Mrs. Enmeline
Pankhurst, militant leader of the suf-
frage party in England, and Mr. and
Mrs. Pethick Lawrence, co-editors of
Votes for Women" the chief suffrage
organ, were sentenced to serve nine
months Imprisonment in the second
division following their conviction by
jury of conspiracy and maliciously
melting their followers to damage
property.
The sentence to the second division
takes from the punishment the ele-
ment of hard labor.
The conviction and sentencing of
the three leaders was the result of
series of street disorders that culmt-
mated on the evening of March l In
general attack in which hundreds of
women broke in windows, demolished
property, hurled bricks and fought
with the police in the center of Lon.
don's most important district
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
Wisconsin News Briefs.

M9dison.-To insure better quail
ity of canned peas for consumers the
agricultural college at the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin will conduct ex-
periments this year to ascertain
whether a vine can be grown on
which practically all the blossoms
will appear at one time and the pods
develop simultaneously. One of the
handicaps of the industry in peas is
that while some pods are dead ripe
the plant bearing them may also be
in blossom.
Oshkosh.-The body of Bert Hicks,
son of e. r. Hicks of Oshkosh, for
mer attorney general of Wisconsin,
who was killed by Chinese pirates in
the province of Ichang several weeks
ago, has been shipped from Shang-
hal and will arrive at San Francisco,
May 20 The body was recovered by
the American consul and at the re-
quest Of the father was shipped to
the United States.
Stoughton.-This city stands to
lose a $4,000 gift for a library be-
cause of a recent court action in
which the daughter of Jerome Blk
by, a wealthy farmer, was accused
of assault by a neighbor Bixby says
that, owing to the attitude of city
officials, he regrets to state the be-
quest has been cancelled
Green Bay.-Ptomaine poisoning
nearly resulted in the death of the
three children of Lucius Clark Of
Oconto when the oldest child after
purchasing can of preserves, shar-
ed it with the little ones.
Marinette Hanson, aged
40 years, who has been committed to
the insane asylum, imagined that he
had been passenger on the Inflated
Titanic and it is believed that brood
ing over the catastrophe, combined
with an injury to his head, unbal-
anced his mind.
Manitowoc-Theate of the city
must continue to pay license fee
undar the action of the council. The
action is the outgrowth of the cam
.naien by ministers of the city for
Sunday closing of the theaters, fail
ing in which they demanded the
nlayhouses be licensed.
Green Bay.-Herman Ansorge,
deputy state fish and game warden,
who was discharged. from the serv-
ice year ago, was exonerated on the
charge of illegally purchasing fish, in
the municipal court. The complaint
was made by State Game Warden
John Sholts.
Green Bay.-During a severe cleo
trical storm lightning struck st.
Mary's hospital over an electric light
wire and caused fire which did
damage amounting to several thou
sand dollars. Firemen removed a
dozen patients from one part of the
building.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
END OF CONVENTIONS NIGH.

Washington, May 27-The New
Jersey primaries and the Texas state
convention will name delegates to the
Republican convention at Chicago,
and the District of Columbia, the New
Jersey, Rhode Island and Arizona pri-
maries and the Texas, Montana and
Kentucky state conventions to the
Democratic convention at Baltimore
this week.
Next week closes the Republican
contests in the states The Ohio and
Arizona Republican conventions will
be held June 8, and the South Dakota
primaries June 4.
Idaho, Nevada, South Dakota, Lou
isiana, Ohio, Arkansas, Minnesota,
North Carolina and West Virginia
will elect Democratic delegates next
week. Vermont will close the cam
paign June IS.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
UNITED KINGDOM FACES
A GENERAL WAlKOUT
One Hundred Thousand Workmen
Parade Streets of London, Making
Record Labor Demonstration.

London, May 2S.-The greatest la
Dor demonstration that London ever
experienced took place here on Sun
day when 10000 strikers paraded the
streets of the city without coming in
to conflict with the police.
The parade of the men was their
way of announcing that they will
and lockers for better conditions to
the bitter end and to try to blockade
all the ports of England Immense
crowds lined the streets through
which the long procession passed.
The Amalgamated Society of Water
men, Lightermen and Bargemen.
joined by the Amalgamated Trades
Labor unions and Labor Protection
League, held the largest demonstra-
ton ever seen in Trafalgar square.
and passed resolutions in favor of a
national stoppage of work.
Those in touch with the strike lead
ers expect that unless a settlement be
reached in the interim Wednesday
will see the order issued for a general
strike throughout the United King
DOM
The leaders expect they will be
able to call out 245,00O trade unionists
without difficulty and expect to secure
the support of 100000 nonunionists.
The unrest among the railroad men
is such that it is thought they could
easily be induced to participate in the
dispute.
The glut of ships in the Thames is
constantly increasing. Their cargoes,
which are mostly foodstuffs, much of
which is perishable, remain IN.
touched
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
American Dentists in India.

American dentists desire to know
India. A leading Canadian dentist
practicing in Madras, who is a gradu-
ate of an American dental college, who
was consulted, furnishes the follow
ing statement: There are openings
for dentists in India Nearly every
large city has at least one European
dentist. The status of an American
dentist is the same as that of the Eng
lish. American university graduates
have good standing in the profes
sion"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
PANAMA CANAL BILL PASSES
Provides for Form of Government in
BIG Ditch Zone.

Washington, May 25-After the
adoption of the Doremus amendment
providing that American vessels en-
gagged in the coastwise trade of the
United States, shall have free use of
the canal the house passed the Pan
ANA Canal bill Thursday. The measure
provides for the amendment of the
Interstate Commerce act so as co pro-
hibit any railroad from owning stock
directly or indirectly in a competing
steamship line
The bill also provides for a form
of government for the canal zone,
which is to be directed by a governor
appointed by the president and con-
frmed by the senate. District and
magistrate courts are also provided.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
MARKET REPORT.
Milwaukee, May 2S, 1912.

Milwaukee, May 2S, 1912.
Butter-Creamery, extras, &c;
prints, 2Sc; frsts, 25026c; seconds,
70 q 24c; renovated, 24025c; dairy,
fancy, Csc.
Cheese - American full cream.
new made, twins, IA Il p15c; Young
Americas, 15tb15 &c; daisies, $50
Is Zee; longhorns, 15015hc; linz
burger, 1e Il @17c; brick, lao
IA &c.
Eggs-Current receipts fresh, as
to quality, Is a Ice; recandled, ex-
tras, ~ @19c; seconds, 14015c.
Live Poultry-Fowls, 15c; roos-
ters, 12c; broilers, doz., 6.OG@S.0O.
Potatoes-Wisconsin, sacked on
track, 10 Oils.
Wheat-No. /, northern, 1900
1.21 u; No. 2, northern, 1.17@1.19;
No. 3, northern, lis.
Corn-No. 3, yellow, Sic.
Oats-No. 3, white, "a 1ac stand
ard, sec.
Wisconsin, 1.2O; No 3.
1874; No. A, 12O.
Rye-No. Z, 89c.
Cattle-Butchers' steers. 5000
S.25; heifers, 5.OO@7.25; cows, 5.25
@7.00; feeders, 5.50@625; calves,
75O0S.5O.
Hogs-Good heavy butchers, 7.45
OTTO; fair to best light, 1900
$50; pigs, 5.SO@6.20.
Sheep-Lambs, 6.0009.OO; ewes,
4.5O@5.75.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
INVENTOR AND WIFE SLAIN.
Former Secretary of c. n. Toliver is
Said to Have Confessed.

San Diego Cal, May &c. H.
Toliver. ,airship inventor and presi-
dent of the Toliver Airship company,
and his wife were shot to death SIN
day and Bert G. Lewis, formerly sec
rotary of the ahship company, was
arrested on the charge of murder. Ac-
cording to the police Lewis has con.
fessed the crime.
Lewis and Toliver severed business
relations last fall at which time Lew
is brought suit against the inventor
and Mrs. Toliver, accusing them Of
having alienated the affections of his
wife. He lost a suit for damages and
was sued in turn by Toliver for the
return of certain sums of money,
which suit Toliver won.
Toliver was the inventor of the
largest airship ever built on the Pa
cific coast.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
Fervent PLEADING.

They sat in the hotel corridor
Gimme just one" he pleaded.
She shook her head
Presently he emerged into the lobby.
That fellow was pleading pretty
hard for a kiss" remarked a lounger
who had overheard the conversation.
rs that an engaged coupler"
That coupler" said another lounger
They're married. 1t was a dollar he
was pleading for; not kiss
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
TEN NEW BISHOPS INSTALLED.

Imposing Service Marks Conservation
at Methodist Conference
Minneapolis, May 2S.-In the pres
ence of great audience, hundreds
having been turned away, the follow
ing newly elected bishops were con-
secrated on Sunday to their high Of
flee in an imposing and solemn serv-
ice: Homer Clyde Stuntz, Theodore
Sumerville Henderson, William OrvilIe
Shepard, Naphtali Luccock, Francis
John Mcconnell, Frederick Deland
Leete, Richard Joseph Cooke, Wilbur
Patton Thirkield. John Wesley Robin
son, missionary and William Perry
Eveland, missionary.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
Bill for Rhinelander Postoffice.

Washington, D. C.-Representative
Lenroot has introduced a bill appro-
priating 100000 for the purchase of
a site and the erection of d federal
building at Rhinelander, Wis. He
also introduced a measure making
Wisconsin's sleeping car" law ap-
ply to Interstate commerce, providing
that upper berths shall not be let
down unless occupied
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
FREDERICK VIII. is BURIED
Remains of Denmark's Late Ruler
Placed in Vault.


Copenhagen, May c5.-For the first
time in ten centuries the three Scan
dinvan kings of Denmark, Norway
and Sweden met at the same time Fri
day upon friendly terms, the occasion
being the burial of the late King Fred
erick VIII of Denmark, who died sud-
denly in the streets of Hamburg, Ger
many. After the funeral ceremonies
King Christian, the new Danish mon
arch; King Haakon of Norway and
King Gustav of Sweden dined togeth-
er.
About 1000 notables were present at
the obsequies which were held in the
Roskilde Cathedral Many royal and
noble houses of Europe were repre-
sented After the ceremonies the
casket was inferred in the royal tomb
of Roskilde Cathedral. where the for
mer kings of Denmarks rest in final
repose.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
Its STYLE,

Did you hear what Mrs. Comeup
said about their plans for the sum-
mer?"
mo: what are they?"
She says they are going to build
themselves barcarole in the brub-
ubs."
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
BANKER MORSE RETURNS HOME.
Ex-Sanker Arrives In New York With
Wife-Restored to Health.

Wife-Restored to Health.
New York, May 24.-Despite the
countless reports from Europe that
Charles Wyman Morse was near
deaths door, the former ice king and
convicted banker with his wife return
ed from three months trip in Europe
on Wednesday looking better and
stronger than he ever did, his condi-
ton in striking contrast with that
when he was pardoned by President
Taft
Il have been engaged solely in re-
gaining. in a measure. my health"
said the ex-financier. 1--WE were in
Italy and Germany most of the time
l spent a month at Wiesbaden with
great benefit.
The doctors tell me that If hold
my own and have no setbacks and
am careful and do not subject myself
to any undue strain | may live long
time | want to live as long as | can.
and for that reason l am going to fol-
low medical advice"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
Hard to Tell.

1T is easy o fool the public" re-
marked the cynic.
Yes" replied the man who used to
be great. And yet it is often difficult
to say whether man has been fooling
the public or whether the public has
been amusing itself with him.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
Genius

Clerk-How shall | mark these new
dress goods?
Old Tapeyard-Just figure out SO
per cent. profit and add odd cents,
SO the women will think it's a bar
gain.-Puck
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
Stockle in Butts Position.

Washington. May 25.-Maj. George
E. Stockle, Ninth cavalry. has been
detailed to the Quartermaster' depart
ment. to fill the vacancy caused by
the death OF Maj Archibald w. Butt,
President Taft's military aide
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
Calculation,

Going to make garden?'
Il dunno" replied the man who al
ways looks discouraged. I'm busy
now figuring up how many tons OF
lettuce I'll have to raise to pay for
the spade and the rake and the rest
of the outfit"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
PRESBYTERIAN Assembly Ends.

Louisville. KY, May 27.-The one
hundred and twenty-fourth general as
sembly of the Presbyterian church in
the United States of America, which
began at Warren Memorial church
Thursday, May 16, ended Friday.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
JUDGES Hurt by Bombs.

Badajos, May 2S.-Serious rioting is
continuing at Oporto, where the
judges aroused public indignation Sun
day by acquitting the royal conspira-
tors Two judges were seriously in
iured by the explosion of bombs.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
g., Man Ieaves s2.15o.ooo.

New York, May 25.-The estate or
Alexander E. Kirkman, soap manufac.
turer, who died on February IA,
amounts to $3.50, 900, according to the
official appraisal All goes TO his
widow and children.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
r. D. Hill Killed by Fall.

Frankfort on-the Main, Germany,
May 25.-Frank d. Hill, United States
consul general TO this city, was in
stantly killed by falling over the rail-
ing of a staircase in a hotel here
Thursday. His skull was fractured.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
Summer Resort Burned.

Delafeld-Fire destroyed the large
main building of the White summer
resort, located one-half mile east of
here ON Nagawicka lake. The dam
age of $4,000 is partly covered by
Insurance.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
Rhodes Examinations October IS.

Rhodes Examinations October Is.
New York, May 28.-The annual
qualifying examinations for the Rhodes
scholarships will be held generally
throughout the United States on Octo-
Der Is and 16, according to announce
ments just received from Oxford.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
priest Accidentally Shoots Self.

Rockford. H., May 27.-Rev. Jo-
seph Parker. the priest in charge of
the Catholic church at Lee, H., is in
a critical condition rs a result of a
gunshot wound accidentally inflicted
last FRIDAY
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
u. s Mzrksmen Champions.

Buenos Ayres, May 27.-The United
States marksmen have won the inter
national shooting competition in this
city, earning the title Of champions.
The score was 4,729 points to 1888
for the Argentine team.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
LORlMER WILL NOT RESIGN.
Sherman Returns tc

Vice-President Sherman Returns tc
Capital After Visit to Chicago.
Washington, May 2S-Vice-Presi-
dent Sherman returned here Sunday
from a trip to Chicago bearing with
him Senator Lorimer's refusal to ten
der his resignation from the senate
before the coming vote to unseat him.
The vicepresident also carries a
plea from Mr. Lorimer to his fellow
senators asking that the vote be post
poned until his condition will permit
his return to Washington. The vice
president refused to discuss his con-
ference with Senator Lorimer.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-31
Hawaii Shaken hY Quake

Honolulu, May 27.-The island of
Hawaii was shaken Friday by the
most severe earthquake experienced
in years Wireless advices report
Maunt Loa smoking. Seismologist
Perret predicted al eruption for June.