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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-27
REPUBLICANS FILL
THREE VACANCIES
Electors Appointed in Place of
Men That Resigned.
NO M'G0VERN STATEMENT
Governor Does Not Come Out for
Either Taft or Roosevelt as He
Was Expected to--Secretary to Be
Elected at Next Meeting.

Milwaukee.-The republican state
central committee, at its meeting,
filled the places on the electoral tick
ct caused by the designations of Col
John Hicks, A. C. Anderson and c. C.
Cuttings; put over the selection of a
secretary and treasurer until the next
meeting of the committee, discussed
measures connected with the work of
the campaign and adjourned.
The first business taken up was the
confirmation OF the appointment of
Mr.. Porter. Next the committee filled
the vacancies on the electoral ticket
as follows: For elector at large, to
fill the vacancy caused by the resig-
nation of Col. John Hicks, Oshkosh
Sol Leyitan, Madison; to fill the va
cancy caused by the resignation of
G. G. Cuttings in the First district,
DR.. NJ. V. Dewire; to fill the vacancy
in the Tenth district caused by the
resignation of A. G. Anderson,
George Wetherbee, Eau Claire.
When it came to the secretaryship,
Gov. McGovern was invited to be
present. The governor made no
declaration of where he stood, as it
had been intimated he would, but
contented himself with a brief state
ment expressing the wish that the
committee might elect Assemblyman
I. j. Mahon as secretary, and left
the room. The only other name sug-
gested was that of E. F. Dithmar,
BaraboO, but Mr. Dithmar, who is
a member of the committee, said
that he was not a candidate and could
not take the place. However, he
would serve as temporary chairman
until a permanent secretary was
elected, it being understood that he
was not candidate. T. M. WyIie's
name was not presented, as Mr.. Wy
lie said he would not enter, into
fight for the position. Had Mr.. Dith-
mar expressed a willingness to accept
the secretaryship, It was stated, he
would have been elected. Under the
circumstances, it was moved that the
election of secretary and treasurer be
laid over until the next meeting.
This motion carried by a vote of
to z.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-27
u. S. GOES TO THE RESCUE
OF GIRLS IN NICARAGUA
Starving Inmates of French School in
Interior OF Country TO Be Re-
Eeved by Marines.

Washington, Sept 21-Rear 4 d.
m1ral Switzerland, commanding the
American expedition in Nicaragua,
with Major McKelvey and three com
panies of marines with three machine
guns, Joined the battalion of marines
under Major Butler that was fred
upon and halted by rebels in Masaya
last Sunday while attempting to carry
train over the National railway from
Managua to Granada to relieve famine
threatened French school girls at the
latter place. Admiral Switzerland is
expected to use whatever force may
be necessary to open UP the Nicaragu-
an railway and reach Granada There
are a number of American girls in the
French institution.
The navy department has only a
brief dispatch from General Pendle-
ton, in charge of the marine forces at
Managua, reciting that it was neces-
sary to hurry the three companies and
machine guns to Managua 1t is re-
ported that the first detachment sent
TO the rescue of Granada by Pendleton
was fired on at Masaya, a point on the
railroad between Managua and Gran.
ada. 1t is therefore assumed that the
first detachment, which was com
manded by Major Smedley Butler.
has not reached Granada and has sent
a hurry call for achievements.
The mere facts present a new and
dangerous situation in Nicaragu at
the very moment when General Mena
mad given assurances that he would
refrain from hostilities. The Nicara-
guam government itself has given the
United States the right to operate its
military forces in Nicaragua for the
protection of American citizens and
all interests needing protection
Washington, Sept pa delayed
cablegram from Admiral Switzerland,
at Managua, Nicaragua, describing an
attack made by 1900 rebels on a col
umn Of American marines and blue
Jackets, has aroused the state depart
ment, which has been trying, but I'M
successfully, to secure further de-
tails. According to this cable, a bat
tie was fought between the American
naval forces and the rebels at Bar
ranca, IA miles south of Managua,
the capital of Nicaragua, and an
equal distance from Granada, a city
of $4,000 inhabitants, which the ma
r1nes were marching to relieve.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-27
LOOT OF $4,000
TAKEN FROM TRAIN
Money Disappears in Transit on
Southern Road.
PLUMBER ALL IN CURRENCY
Express Packages Shipped by Banks
Are Rifled and Waste Paper Is
Substituted for Cash Be-
tween Stations.

Pensacola, Fla, Sept 23.-Seventy
thousand dollars was stolen by
masked highwaymen from the west
bound Louisville {, Nashville train
Wednesday night, according to in
formation which leaked out at me
railroad Offices here. The hold-up
took place between this city and
Flomaton, Ala
The money was in express packages
sent from Pensacola banks to Fiona
ton for the payment of employees Of
the Louisville & Nashville railroad in
that district.
According to the report current here
the passenger train, west-bound,
which left Pensacola at seven o'clock
Wednesday morning carried in the ex-
press car STE, 900 from local banks.
The sealed packages containing this
sum were properly receifted for by
express agents and messengers, but
when delivery was made to the rail
road authorities at FIomaton it is
said that only $4,000 of the shipment
remained in the packages. The So,
600 is said to have been carefully ex
tracted and slips OF paper cut from
magazines substituted.
The shipment consisted principally
of bills of small denomination.
New Orleans, Sept. 23.-Special
agents of the Southern Express com
pany and detectives have left New Or
leans for Pensacola to investigate the
robbery OF eyn~pcG cbiDrnaprc of
money between Pensacola and Fiona
ton. Officials here refuse to diyulge
he amount stolen.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-27
RUBBER EXPOSITION OPENED.
Third international Show Has Proc
ucts From Twenty Countries.

ilhI - ttGGsCHGi ono" Fl6S fSG'
ucts From Twenty Countries.
New York, Sept 24-The third in
ternational rubber and allied trades
exposition was formally opened this
morning at the Grand Central palace
and will remain open to visitors till
October 8.
The exhibitions represent the prod
ucts of over twenty rubber producing
countries, including the Hawaiian and
Philippine islands, and are valued at
$1,500,000
The chief object of interest to Wis
itors is an exhibit Of $50 tons of raw
rubber, which represents value OF
$260,000 Other objects Of interest
are moving pictures Of the rubber
workers in foreign lands, complete
manufacturing plants for the produc-
ton of raw rubber, extensive exhibits
OF rubber goods and live rubber trees,
which workers milk after the method
followed in rubber countries. The
latex, as the milk is termed in the
trade, is then submitted to refining
processes, emerging finished com
mercial article
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-27
Trials of the Pioneer.

Some idea Of the trials of pioneer,
Ing is furnished by an incident of his
practice just reported by physician
practicing in Sale, Queensland He
was summoned to Talbotsyille, on the
Crooked river, eighty miles away, to
attend woman. He motored half
way, and had to ride the rest As
soon as he had examined the case. he
ordered the Woman's removal to Sale.
the road was SO bad that fifty-two
men, working in relays, had to carry
the woman up and down the precfpi-
tous places on Shutter, fording the
river four times. Finally a buggy was
secured and the patient reached hos
pital after twenty-four hours jour
ney.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-27
Tommy Wanted Graft.

Late Saturday, at 9 D. m, a report
came into the district police station
Of neighboring boy who had been
missing since early morning. His
mother was sure something direful
had happened to him A few minutes
later policeman who knew the child
found him hiding in the alley back of
his own home
See here, Tommy, what do you
mean by staying away from home and
worrying your mother like this" re-
preached the officer Come along in
TO the house with me-"
SSH. Amt yer got no heart If
go in now I'll get licked sure. When
it's later and the folks all think I'm
drowned I can go in and get good
things cause | amt"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-27
FEEL PULSE AROUND WORLD.
Physicians With New instrument Get
"Lonc Distance" Heart Beats.

Cambridge, Mass, Sept. 24.-That
1t is possible for a physician to note
the heart beats of patient who may
be on the other side of the world is
the assertion Of Dr.. Percy E. Brown
Of the Harvard Medical school. An in
strument devised for that purpose has
been installed in the Harvard Medical
school. Doctor Brown says: With
the proper ttachments the heart
beats could be registered around the
world. All the patient has to do is to
place the hands in warm salt water
and the electric current, with the
hands the positive and negative poles,
is carried by wires to the instrument,
which shows the heart beats"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-27
HAVING A PURPOSE I'M LIFE
Means an Uplifting That VIII Stead
lily Make for the Betterment of
the Individual.

Try to have purpose in life. Even
Il the aim is not specially uplifting,
anything is better than drifting.
Try each day to take step forward
Realize there Is no way to stand still.
Your daily step up may not be a long
one, but be sure it Is in the right di-
rection.
Try to learn concentration Not to
possess it means waste Of energy The
woman who can put her mind to any
one thing and keep her mind there IN
III her object is accomplished will get
far in life. The reason Of many fall
ures is that most Of us have not learn
cd that each thing must be done With
our mind on it.
Try to be healthy Save a few in
Ftances, sickness can be traced to i'm.
prudence, If We overeat, under-ex
ercise and stint on fresh air, our bod
les and spirits will pay the penalty.
No one wants to become cranky
about health, but she does need to
know what makes o well woman and
practice that knowledge.
Try to be sincere. There is much
insincerity tolerated among women,
but let them never deceive themselves
that life brings the best rewards to
those who have it,
Try not to confound sincerity with
rndeness. The pleasing fattery may
not be commendable, but she is more
companionable than the girl who
prides herself on telling the truth,
whether it wounds or not. There are
few occasions in life when an unasked
opinion is safe or kind.
Try to keep a young heart. Many
women who spend money trying to
keep young face or figure worry not
that they feel as old as the hills Yet
those who get the pleasure out of
life are just big-hearted girls to the
end
Try to keep sweet. There is SO
much TO sour US. It does not take
long to feel that the world is hollow
and life q grind. The girl who can
keep sweet in the face of the facts of
life has acquired the secret of real
happiness and real helpfulness.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-27
PREPARE FOR CANAL OPENING
October IS, 1913, Set for Passage of
EiTrt Vessel

Washington, Sept. 21.-Revised es-
Inmates made public by the Panama
canal commission give October Is.
1918, as the date on which the first
vessel will pass from sea to sea
through the new waterway
BY December 1, 1914, the canal will
be ready for unrestricted use by COM
mercial vessels. The formal opening,
to be celebrated by a naval pageant,
in which the war vessels of the world
will join, will be held January /, 1915.
With this near approach of the
canals completion it has developed
that more money is being spent by
foreign nations in getting ready for
the new impetus to trade than is be-
ing used in the construction of the
canal itself. Five republics alone in
South America are expanding 1925
100000 in the development Of their
railways, harbors and waterways.
Every important port of Europe is be-
ing improved to the highest degree Of
efficiency for ocean traffic
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-27
gOoTLEGGERs SHOOT FOUR.
Two u. s. MarshaIs Are Killed, Two
Other Officials Wounded in Kansas.

Two U. s. MarshaIs Are Killed, Two
Other Officials Wounded in Kansas.
Coffeyville, Kan, Sept. 23.-Two
United States marshals are dead and
a deputy United States marshal and
the chief of police of Lenapah are
dangerously wounded as a result OF
a clash with supposed "bootleggers, !"
whom the officers were trying to trap
carrying liquor across the Kansas
Oklahoma line. The dead are; l. L..
Bowman, marshal at Ula, Okla; Fred
Mehring, marshal at Dewey, Okla.
The wounded are: Rev. Mr.. Lockett,
deputy marshal of South Coffeyyille;
w. r. Mayfeld, chief of police of
Lenapah. The four officers were am
pushed as they were patrolling roads
into Oklahoma from Kansas. A score
of deputies and citizens are securing
the countryside for the slayers
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-27
115 DROWN IN COLLISION
Boat Sinks Within Few Minutes
and Only 35 Passengers Are
Rescued from Water.

Paris.-One hundred and fifteen
persons were drowned in the North
ern Dyina river, near Archangel, as
a result Of a collision between two
steamers, according to a dispatch
from st. Petersburg. The steamer
ObneVka, with $50 passengers on
board, was proceeding along the river
when she collided with another
steamer. The Obneyka sank in a
few minutes, only thirty-five Of those
on board being saved.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-27
Ruins of Buried VILLAGE,

Constant movements of the sands
below the battery at Ferryside. neal
Carmarthen, have disclosed the re
mains of buried village, and seem
to confirm a local tradition, relates
the London Telegraph, The houses
are Of the usual "back-to-back' type
common in Welsh villages until the
end of the Victorian era, and are be-
lieved to be the remains of the village
of ST Ismael, which in the reign of
James !. was swamped by an thrush
of the sea, which considerably altered
the coast line Of Carmarthen bay
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-27
MARKET REPORT.
Milwaukee, Sept. "a. 1912.


Butter-Creamery, extras, Csc:
prints, 29c; frsts, 26027c; seconds.
23025c; renovated, 250251ac;
dairy, fancy, 26c.
Cheese - American, full cream.
new made, twins, 15 a Is &c; Young
Americas, 151a @16c; daisies, $50
Il re; longhorns, Is u 016c; linz
burger, 13 &c; brick, IA &c.
Eggs-Current receipts fresh, as
to quality, 19@21c; recandled. ex-
tras, % use; seconds, 16017c.
Live Poultry-FowIs, lac; roos-
ters, Sc; springers, 15c.
Potatoes-Early Ohio, Minnesota.
Wisconsin or Michigan, 4S052c.
Wheat-No. l, northern. 941bc:
No. :, northern, S91a a 92c; No. 3,
northern, sec.
Corn-No. s, yellow, Use.
oats-No. 3, white. sac; stand
ard, 35c
Barley-No, 3, 62@72c.
Rye-No. 2, 691a @711hc.
Cattle-Butchers' steers, $3.50
$50; heifers, 4.00@750; COWS, 4.50
@7.O0; feeders, 5.50@6.OO; calves,
1O.0001125.
Hogs-Good heavy butchers, $50
OSLO; fair to best light, S.1O@
$50; pigs, 6OO07.25.
Sheep-Lambs, 6.00@6.75; ewes,
32503.75.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-27
MILLIONAIRE KlDNAPS GIRL.
Sent to Prison for Stealing Victim in
Auto on Great White Way.

Sent to Prison for Stealing Victim in
Auto on Great White Way.
New York, SEPT. 23.-Fredertck
Pinkus, millionaire linen manufac-
turer, will srend eleven days on Black
wells island because he tried stone
age methods of kidnapping Miss Elsie
Hutter, a pretty little dressmaker,
twenty-five years old, right under the
white lights of Broadway. According
to the girl, Pinkus, in a large touring
car, overlook her as she was waiting
for a car at a. N. He offered to
take her home; she refused to go.
Pinkus dropped his cigarette case. AS
she stopped to pick it up another man
in the car seized her by the shoulders
and dragged her inside. Her captor,
she says, tried to kiss her. She
replied with a jab from her hatpin.
Police were attracted by the girls
screams.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-27
Beefstead TO Go.

An old friend says beefsteak in tel.
years Will be a rarity, and also says a
statistician figures out there are $780,
900 fewer cows in New York state
than were here five years ago. He
pays 500 for a COW and sells her for
$40 and buys another for 500 when
any fellow cones along with a finer,
fresher one to take her place. One of
COWS. The good cows are red, ready and
willing, but nobody can be found who
wants easy regular work like milking
New York Press.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-27
HEIR BORN TO VANDERBILTS
CabIearam From England Brings News
of Birth of Son.

Baltimore, Md, Sept. PA cable
gram announcing the birth of son
to Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Gwynne Van
derbilt at Betchworth, Surrey, Eng
land, was received by Mrs. G. Hazel
tine Basshor, mother of Mrs. Van
derbilt, who was formerly Miss Mar
garet Emerson. Mrs Basshor's cable
message was from Mr. Vanderbilt. It
was brief, simply stating that Mr.
and Mrs. Vanderbilt were the parents
of a fine boy and that both the moth
er and child are doing well
The Vanderbilt infant will rank
with the richest children in the
world He will be heir to not less
than $5000O,000 and probably more
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-27
WAR IN BALKANS
IS NOW imminent
Turkey and Bulgaria May En-
gage in HostiIities.
ARMY Is GETTING READY
Plans for Recruiting Are Being Push
ed--Greeks and Hereditary Foes
Meet in Conflict, Says Lon
don Dispatch.

London, England, Sept. pam en-
gagement is proceeding between the
Turks and Samians, according to
Samos dispatch to the Times. Profit
Ing from the departure of a French
and a British warship, the Samian
leader, Sofulis, secretly landed OOdy
of men from the Island of Nicaria,
which recently proclaimed its indie
pendence. The porte has sent 500
troops from Samos to Smyrna.
st. Petersburg, Russia, Sept. "a
An investigation of conditions in Bull
garia discloses a unanimity of senti-
ment that that country is on the eve
of long cherished war against Tur-
key. Unless the conferences which
the Russian foreign minister, NJ. Sazo-
nof, will have in London with British
statesmen are fruitful for Macedonia,
the war party is expected to gain the
upper hand. The army is taking &C
tive measures. Railroad tracks are
guarded, detachments are stationed at
the bridges and requisition commits
slons are canvassing the frontier
towns, Preparations also have been
made to acquire ample provisions.
Maneuyers at Shumla will be carried
out by 10000 troops, but it has been
decided to dispatch no further troops
to that district 1t is doubtful if the
reserves will be discharged. The Sc
rious situation is reflected in bust
ness and foreign branch banks have
suspended credit
The pacific policy Of King Ferdinand
is challenged by a systematic propa
ganda for war. The massacre Of 1872
Bulgarians by Turks in August at
has stirred the nation
deeply. Meetings have been held in
all parts of Bulgaria at which Turkey
has been fercely denounced. The in
surrection Of the wild Albanian tribes
has opened the eyes Of Greece and
Servia and for the first time Bulgaria
faces the Turkish problem in accord
with these two countries. More i'm
portant, there is an earnest convic-
ton that the present international sit
uation offers the Bulgarians the best
chances of success because it is
thought that Austria will decline to
move owing to the internal relations
Of the triple alliance
Although Russia declares she is not
prepared for war, it is believed in
Balkan states that she, with Great
Britain and France, is in a position to
defend the Balkan Slavs. The failure
Of King Ferdinand and his ministers
to induce the powers to insist upon
the adoption of autonomy in Mace
donia or an appeal to arms will prob
ably result in terroristic excuses, as
leaders declare they are
persuaded that only desperate meas
ures will prove effective.
London, England, Sept. 24.-The re-
lations between Turkey and Bulgaria
have suddenly become critical and 20
wagon loads of war material trans
shipped to Saloniki for the Servian
government, according to a dispatch
from that city to the Times, have been
stopped by Turkish authorities. A
Sofia dispatch to the Times says the
decision to suspend or curtail the Bull
garian maneuvers Saturday was sud
len.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-27
ROBBERS HANG THEIR VICTIM.
Police Think Thieves Killed Man For
His Money.

Asbury Park, n. j., Sept. 24.-Miss-
ing from his home more than four
days, yet dead less than "a hours, the
body of seventeen-year-old Austin
Dustin was found hanging to q tree in
little grove near Bradley Beach His
mother, Frustrated by his disappear
ance, and his two brothers have been
leading a search for him night and
day.
Three wounds made by some slender
instrument just above the heart indi-
Gated murder rather than suicide, and
police detectives are securing the
country for some trace Of the murder
ers When Dustin left home he had a
large sum Of money, but there was not
a cent on the body.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-27
ALL QUIET AT SUPERIOR.
Street Car Strikers at Duluth Deplore
Work of Mob

Duluth, Mimi, Sept. 23.-At a meet
ing of the Duluth striking street car
men speakers deplored Thursday
nights outbreak of destructive sym
pathy in Superior, and it was stated
that no such sympathy is desired by
the car. men Duluth went through
its fire of mob rule, declared the car
men, without the sanction and against
the wishes of the strikers
Quiet prevails III Superior. Cars
are being run to all parts of the city
without any active interference The
police and sheriff there are on the
alert, and the fire companies are re
lied upon to dispense with water any
crowds the police cannot scatter.