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Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-06-25
Bryan Busy on Spsoch,

Baltimore, June %. If anything
we're needed to convince the delegates
that Colonel Bryan Is willing to try 1t
again 1t was the story that leaked
out from Bryan's private council room
that he 4. putting the finishing touches
on q speech that he considers much
better than the cross of gold, crown
of thorns" grafton which stampeded
the convention Of 1906 for him. Mr..
Bryan let his close friends know that
he has beef working on his speech for
two months. Nobody doubts that he
will spring 1t. And one Of the big
guesses OF the convention Is what will
happen afterward.
Mr.. Bryan lost no time In rounding
up his adherents. The elevators at
tho Hotel Beivedere were crowded
with westerners and southerners who
focked to consult him. And there
we're agents from the Wilson and
Clark camps, Il few conservatives who
hoped that they could persuade the
colonel to drop the Parker fight and
many Brynnites who are for the Ne
vi oaN oiu Ia uio oh taf wi 1
Of a proposition. Mr.. Bryan received
his callers In his bedroom and spoke
hts mind stlf1y.
John T. McG1aw Of West Virginia
was one Of the first In line to see Mr..
Bryan. He Is a Wilson man, but he
wants peace. When he came he said
he gave 1t to Mr.. Bryan straight from
the shoulder, but that Mr.. Bryan had
some very set notions about the peo
pie who were trying TO ruin the
chances Of the Democratic party"
Luke Lea, the young senator from
Tennessee. also had a talk with Bry-
m. and there was a steady procession
to see Bryan.
The surprise of the day came when
William r. Hearst squeezed into az
elevator and dropped off at Mr.. Bry-
ans floor. Mr.. Hearst and Mr.. Bryan
had a fifteen minutes talk. Neither
would say what 1t was about. Mr..
Hearst refused to say whether he
would support Judge Parker and add
ed, II am here mostly as d reporter
myself"
Senator Ollie James said that Mr..
Bryan had asked him to contest the
temporary craftsmanship against Par
ker, but that he had told Mr.. Bryan he
could not do 1t. He said he believed
Bryan was right In the fight that he
was making and hat he intended to
support him. A little later, however,
the Kentucky delegation caueused
and decided to back up whatever ac.
ton the national committee took.
1t was learned that Mr.. Bryan him
self would take the temporary chair
manship IL he could get nobody else
He did not like the suggestion that
was made that he drop the Parker
fight and act as permanent chairman.
National Committeeman P. l.. Hall
Of Nebraska said hat he would pre-
sent Bxyan's name on the floor OF the
convention for temporary chairman.
Mr.. Bryan told Mr.. Hal and others Of
his callers that he would serve II he
had to.
Efforts were made to get from Mr.,
Bryan a straight out declaration as to
whether he is actively a candidate for
the nomination for president. He
brushed these inquiries aside. saying
the important thing at present was the
selection Of q progressive temporary
chairman.
Fsvors Bryan and o'Gorman.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-06-25

cred even IN MS eyes,
ears and scalp. For
eight weeks he was
bandaged from head to
foot. He could not
have q stitch of cloth
Ing on. Our regular
physician pronounced 1t
chronic eczema. He is a
very able physician and
ranks with the best in
this locality, neverths-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-06-25

less, the disease began spreading until baby
was completely covered. He was losing flesh
so rapidly that we became alarmed and de-
cidcd to try Cuticura Soap and Ointment.
Not until I commenced using Cuticura
Soap and Ointment could we tell what he
looked Hike. as we dared not wash him, and
! had been putting one application after
another on hin. On removing the scale from
his head the hair came off. and left him
entirely bald. but since we have been using
Cuticura Soap and Ointment he has as much
hair as ever. Four weeks after we began to
use the Cuticura Soap and Ointment he was
entirely cured. I don't believe anyone could
have eczema worse than our baby.
Before We used the Cuticurs Remedies
we could hardly look at him, he was such
a pitiful sight. He would fuss until I would
treat him, they seemed to relieve him so much.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment stand by them
selves and the result they quickly and surely
bring is their own recommendation" (signed>
Mrs. T. B. Rosser, Mil Hall, Pa, Feb. 20, H.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold through
out the world. Send to Potter Drug 4 Chem.
Corp, Dept. 29A, Boston, for a liberal sample
OF each, post-free, with app. book onthe skin
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-06-25

an and Democratic parties is doomed
because it has developed a system.
which is cynical, ~perfunctory and
largely Corrupt.
Regardless OF immediate results.
Rooseyelt's revolt Will figure In history
as the Inauguration of a great and per-
maneUt change"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-06-25
BABY PIIItU[
SIGHT WITH ECZEMA
Completely Covered. Bandaged from
Head to Foot. Dared Not Wash
Him. Used CuticuraS Soap and 0int-
ment4 Weeks and He Was Cured.

"a few days after birth we noticed an in
famed spot on our baby's hip which soon be-
gan spreading until baby was completely COW
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-10
TEN DIE, Is HURT !
IN TRAIN WRECK
Cars Filled With Confederate
Veterans lump Track.
FEAR MORE BODIES IN DEBRIS
Five Coaches and Engine on New Or
leans & Northwestern Road Tun-
Bile Down Embankment into
Tangled Mass.

Hattiesburg, Miss, May s. The
first section of the Texas Con-
federate reunion special on it's
way to Macon, Ga, was wreck
ed Monday six miles north of this
city on the New Orleans and
Northwestern railroad and at least six
passengers and four trainmen were
killed and twenty-five or more passen-
gers more or less injured.
Five bodies were brought to Hat
tiesburg on the cars of the big spe-
cial which remained on the track, and
five or six other bodies were reported
under the wreckage
The engine, baggage car, the day
coach and three tourist sIeepers left
the track and rolled over down an en-
bankment. The six remaining coaches
of the veterans special were hurriedly
transformed into morgue and hos
pital and as soon as an engine reached
the scene the dead and injured were
brought here. The injured, some OF
whom are believed to be fatally hurt.
filled the two hospitals of Hattiesburg,
WHY luS uSdu were IdhCu W du Uh-
dertaking establishment.
Five doctors and three nurses
reached the scene of the accident
within half an hour after the first
news reached here. Living comrades
Of the dead and injured veterans, with
the assistance of the train crew whose
lives were spared, soon had all of the
injured removed to the cars that
stood on the tracks and had gathered
together the remains of as many OF
the dead as it was possible to reach.
The train was occupied entirely by
veterans and their families.
The cause of the wreck has not
been ascertained positively. The train
was running at about thirty miles an
hour and was crossing an embank-
ment with a trestle in the center.
Just as the engine reached the trestle
1t was seen to rear up and leave the
track. The five cars followed the
engine, some tumbling down the en-
bankment on one side and some on
the other, forming tangled mass OF
splinters and twisted iron.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-10
GOAL WAS HIT BY IL BULLETS
Clerk Tells Jury How Aliens Shut Up
Vjroinia Court Room


Wytheville Va, May 6.-When Floyd
Allen and his fellow clansmen shot
up the county courthouse at Hillsville,
killing the judge and four others, they
fired 81 bullets in less than sixty Sec
onds and 10 of the leaden missiles
found Judgment in human beings.
Clerk Dexter Goad, who was seri-
ously wounded was in the path of no
less than twelve of the bullets. He
was hit in the cheek and. on the wit
ness stand, he showed eleven bullet
holes in his clothes
Cyrus Phibbs, a surveyor, was per
haps the most important witness at
the trial of Floyd Allen, who is
charged with the murder Of Common
wealth Attorney Fisher
Phibhs surprised the defense by de-
claring that when the verdict finding
Floyd Allen guilty was announced he
saw Sidna and Victor Alien walk up
to the bar, in the meantime putting
their hands in their rear pockets and
grasp hold of their pistols
Dexter Goad testified that the shoot
ing commenced Immediately after the
sheriff cook charge Of Allen.
Floyd Allen spent another agonizing
day in court, and at one time became
so wrought up that he asked the pris-
on attendant to cut his throat or to
give him weapon with which he
might do it.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-10
Romance of Life.

An entombed miner in an Arizona
camp was rescued from his living
grave after having been buried for
many hours. He was only a solitary
workman. but thousands of persons
interested themselves in his rescue.
His story became the topic of many
newspapers during his long and per
tlous wait for the light to steal
through from the good warm sun. The
natural death of many important citi-
Zens in the same length of time in
any one locality would not have at
tracted so much attention. Such in
stances give the imagination an op-
portunity to play upon the common
fate Of all humanity The tragedy of
death is inextricably interviewer with
the romance of life, and an individual
or an army in peril makes a wide ap-
peal in which every unit of society
will ever participate. 1t is only. now
and then that few master builders
become so world-weary through long
practice in dealing with generalities
that the individual experience loses
the charm of emphasis. 1t is thus
that theologians sometimes account
for the apparent Indifference of Jesus
to the personal fate of John the Bap-
fist.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-10
ESTOR'S WILL is OUT
Document Divides an Estate Valued al
100000, 900.

New York, May S.-Mrs. Madeleine
Force Astor, the widow of the late
John Jacob Aston, will not be the mis-
tress of Beechwood, the magnificent
Astor home at Newport. She must
give way to the woman who may be-
come the bride Of William Vincent AS
tor, the principal heir of the colonel's
estate.
Under the terms of Colonel Astor's
will as made public, the young widow
is to have the use Of the income from
trust fund of $4,000 but upon her
death or remarriage the fund goes to
William Vincent Aston. Until the fund
has been established she is to receive
an income of 100000 a yea, She
also receives an outright legacy of
100000. The Astor tsmn house and
stables at Fifth avenue and Sixty-fifth
street, with al ITS furnishings and
equipment IS left to her until death
or remgrriage, when it is bequeathed
to William Vincent Astor.
These provisions for his widow are
made in lieu Of dover and all other
claims upon his estate" says the will.
No mention of Mrs. Ava Willing AS
tor is made in the will, the settlement
made at the time of her divorce hav-
ing disposed Of all her claims against
the estate.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-10
WHOLE FAMILIES
PERISH IN FLOODS
Scores MarOoned in Large Sec
ton of Louisiana.
SWEPT FROM THEIR ROOFS
Motorboat Relief Parties Called &c
Rescue, Arrive at Stricken Homes
to Find the Occupants Had
Vanished.

New Roads, La, May 8.-Thir-
ty persons were drowned Monday
in the interior of Point Parish
when waters from the break in
the Mississippi levee rushed into
the district without the slight
est warning. Survivors report
that twelve bodies have been recov-
cred and that the death list may reach
fifty.
1t is known that motorboats sent to
take many persons from floating
housetops arrived too late.
How many persons persisted as
they were overtaken by the flood can
not be determined Refugees brought
to the concentration camps are hur-
ried hither and thither, sometimes
families are separated in the confu-
sion, and persons have been reported
missing" who simply have been sent
from one camp to another.
Nevertheless, large numbers of the
refugees say they have seen entire
families swept from the housetops into
the food waters.
Leaders of the rescue corps admit
that several times they have sent mo-
torboats to points where families had
taken refuge or the roof of house
and that when the boat arrived its
crew found only the building, bufeted
about by currents, and half its ROOF
surface submerged.
Appeals for help have reached here
from Lettsworth, directly in the path
Of the Torras torrent. Half hun
dred people were reported to be in i'm
minent danger of drowning. Inc
house in which they had taken shelter
had been dislodged from it's founda-
ton and was being tossed about in the
current
There are at least 1000 people who
remain to be rescued from the inun-
dated country west of Lettsworth and
Bachelor. Some of them are drifting
about on hastily constructed RATS.
The crevasse water is spreading at
rapid rate, inundating sections OF
Pointe Coupee parish which have new
er before been reached by overf1ows.
Town after town is being buried be-
meath the muddy waters.
Passengers on the last of the Spe-
cial trains which have been bringing
refugees out of the country around
Bachelor who have arrived here state
that water was flowing over the tracks
for a distance of five miles. An at
tempt was made to cross the food, but
about halfway the track gave way
and the caboose and three cars toppled
over Occupants Of the derailed cars
were thrown into the water, but es
capped.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-10
ROOSEVELT AND CLARK
WINNERS IN MARYLAND
Complete Returns Give Them Popular
Pluralities in Presidential Pref
erence Primary.

Baltimore, Md, May 7.-On the
welt will get Maryland's 16 votes
in the Republican national convention
at Chicago. With the state and city
organizations against him, he defeat
ed them both by close margin.
Speaker Champ Clark of the Ma
tonal house OF representatives will
have majority of the Democratic
delegates to the Maryland state con-
vention and the delegation of Is to
the Democratic national convention
Will be instructed to vote for the
speaker for the Democratic nomina-
ton for president
Colonel Roosevelt will have So votes
in the state convention, Just bare
one over the IS which constitutes a
majority of the 129 votes in the state
convention. President Taft Will have
% votes and further analysis of the
returns may show that he may have
sufficient friends among the delegates
to control the personnel of the Mary
land delegation. This will be impor-
on the first ballot, as the state Re
publican leaders will then be able to
throw them to Taft on subsequent
ballots
Speaker Champ Clark was backed
in his fight by the entire city Demo-
cratic organization and he swept Bal
timore and gets it's "a votes in the
CT O tn
| ported by the state organization and
was an easy winner over Wilson and
Harmon, and will have so votes in the
state convention. Wilson, his strong
est opponent, captured As, while Har-
mon received the four votes Of Wor-
cester county, the home of United
States Senator John Walter Smith,
who is staunch supporter of the
Ohio governor.
The total Democratic vote in Balti-
more city was 29,302 Clark received
1927, Wilson 6,573 and Harmon g.
293. There were polled 154 votes for
an uninstructed delegation. Roose-
velt's greatest strength was shown in
Baltimore city, his vote being 1855
to 1888 for Taft.
Jackson, Miss, May with the
names of Congressman Oscar Under
wood and Woodrow Wilson on the bal
lots, a preferential primary is being
neld throughout this state today to
determine the choice Of the Democrat
ic electorate. Owing to general apathy
and the fact that planters are very
busy at this time, being far behind in
their operations, a small vote was
looked for Leaders said that if $4,000
votes-about one-fourth Of the full
vote-is polled, they will be surprised.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-10
MRS. JOHN KERWiN is DEAD
First Woman County Superinten dent
in Wisconsin Expires at Racine
Was a Prominent Educator.

Racine-Mrs. John Kerwin, the
first woman in Wisconsin to be elect
ed county superintendent of schools,
died at her home in Silver Lake,
Kenossha county. Mrs. Kerwin,
who before her marriage was Miss
Maria Agnes Worsley, was born at
Yorkville, Racine county, on June
16, 1864. She was elected county
superintendent of schools in 1890 on
the democratic ticket. She was treas
urer of the southeastern division of
the Wisconsin State Teachers asso-
citation, was a member of the Nation
al Educational association, and pres
ident of the Racine County Teachers
association
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-10
PLANTING In CAPITOL PARK
Three Carloads of Shrubs and Trees
Are Being Used to Beautify
State House Grounds.

Madison-Three carloads of trees,
shrubs and plants have arrived from
an eastern nursery, consigned to the
capitol commission for planting in
the capitol park, and workmen are
placing them in accordance with the
design adopted by the commission.
There are some forty-five varieties
in all, approximately 3,242 plants
and, should they all grow, in a few
years are. expected to transform the
park into place of rare beauty.
The larger number of trees to be
planted are red oaks and these are
distributed around the park OH either
side of the walk, ZIG of them in all,
good sized, young trees, we'll formed
and seem in perfect condition.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-10
TAFT AND WILSON SCORED
Methodsts Severely Criticise PresI
dent and Secretary.

Methodlsts Severely Criticise PresI-
dent and Secretary.
Minneapolis. Mimi, May 5.-Presi-
dent Taft and Secretary Of Agricul-
tural Wilson came in for severe
criticism in a resolution, introduced
by delegates from Missouri, at the
Methodist general conference Friday
because of Secretary Wilson's 1ndorse-
ment of the recent Brewers congress
held in Chicago several months ago.
No sooner was this out of the way
when the amusement question came
to the front on a motion of Rev. j. l.
Bartholomew Of the New England con-
ference to refer the whole matter to
the committee on judiciary for an
opinion as to it's constitutionality. The
delegates saw in this an attempt to
keep the heated question from being
discussed on the open floor. After a
heated debate, the motion was lost
by a vote Of 394 to 273.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-10
FAMOUS HOSTELRY
DAMAGED BY FIRE
ReSthaven, at Waukesha, Par.
TALLY Destroyed.
UNABLE TO CONTROL FLAMES
structure Worth Half a Million Was
threatened With Total Destruction
Because of Handicap to Firemen-
Loss Estimated at $4,000.

Waukesha.-Fire which origin
ated on the fourth floor of the Rest
haven hotel, valued with it's contents
at 100000, and one of the most
popular summer resorts of the south
ern part OF the state, partially wreck
ed the north wing and seriously en-
dangered the main structure.
The flames were discovered by en-
ployes in the attic of the L, which
contains the kitchen and dining
rooms. An immediate alarm was
turned in, and although the blaze
was not of serious proportions at
first, it was almost beyond control
before the Waukesha firemen, ham
pered by lack of apparatus and in
sufficient pressure, were able to fight
it effectively.
The engine of the Waukesha de-
partment had been sent to Milwau-
kee for repairs, and a call for assist
that city.
Several firemen narrowly escaped
injury when the room of the north
L collapsed and wrecked that por-
ton of the building. Glass in the
rotunda was broken and the lobby
and the east wing badly damaged
by smoke and water. The west wing
was not seriously endangered and
the fire loss there will not be as
large. The total loss is estimated
at about $4,000
The structure, which is of brick
and largely freproof, is insured for
$155,000.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-10
CHECK HIGH COST OF LIVING.
Result of Cooperative Union in Eu
ropean Countries.

ropean Countries.
Washington, May 7.-Accompanied
by letter from Acting Secretary OF
State Wilson, President Taft Monday
sent to congress a second installment
of the consular reports, which includ-
ed those from France, Belgium, the
Netherlands and Denmark, on CO.
operation and the cost of living in
those countries. These reports are
the result of Investigations made by
the consuls some time ago by request
of the state department.
1t appears from the information col
lectcd, the acting secretary says, that
the rising cost of living has directed
attention to and augmented the mem
bership of the cooperative societies,
more especially in France and Bel
GUM. The French cooperative asso-
Citations are in the main arranged
upon the same system as those in the
United Kingdom. The tendency is to
wards small societies and the great
majority of the associations represent
groceries and bakeries The most sue
cessful distributive societies are In
the manufacturing cities of northeast
ern and central France. Among these
societies relief funds are administered
and insurance against Illness and
forced unemployment is supplied.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-10
Wisconsin News Briefs.

Madison.--Of the 1901 living
graduates of the college of engineer
ing of the university, 405, or little
over one-third, are now employed in
Wisconsin, and 257, or about one
fifth, are employed in Illinois, 1911
being employed in the city of Chicago
alone. Graduates of the college are
now in forty-two states. Apart from
Wisconsin and Illinois, New York
has the greater number Forty
eight graduates of the college are
employed in foreign countries.
Madison-The jury in the case of
the Rev August Lutz of Batavia,
Sheboygan county, against the Rev.
G.. A. Bloede of Mazomanie for $10,-
600 damages for alleged SANDER,
Saturday night returned a verdict in
favor of the defendant. Lutz charg-
ed Bloede with accusing him of fail
ing to account for money which he
collected for church purposes. Both
men are ministers of the Evangeli-
cal association of Wisconsin.
Portage-The dates for the Wis
consin rural carriers meetings have
been set for May 80 and 81. Repre-
sentatives from the department will
be present.
Couderay.-William Fuller of this
place killed large pure white wood
chuck, which old trappers and hunt
ers here say is freak they never saw
or heard of. Their natural color is
brown
Mayville.-Anton Buerger, first re-
publican mayor of Mayville in TWEEN
ty years, who was elected this spring,
is dead from erysipelas.
Lancaster.-One hundred inmates
of the Grant County Insane asylum
escaped death in fire which partial
ly destroyed the asylum and county
poor farm building. The guards
herded the patients on the grounds
several hundred feet from the flames
and none escaped. The fire started
on the second floor of the main
building from unknown causes The
loss is $4,000.
Fond du Lac.-The strike of car
penters and allied trades has been
called OH anu tHc majority Oh the
men have resumed work. Employ
ers granted the closed shop demand.
Madison. = Six more employers
have notified the state Industrial
mission of their election to come
under the workman's compensation
law, making total of 375 employers
under the act.
Milwaukee.-Wi Bahr, aged
8, is dead from burns as the alleged
result of being pushed into a bonfire
by playmate. The coroner is max
ing an Investigation.
Milwaukee.-Maj. E. r. Herren OF
Fond du Lac was elected commander
of the Wisconsin commandery of the
Loyal Legion at the meeting held IN
this city.