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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-14
"FEREBUG" BARES ARSON
TRUST IN CONFESSION
Benjamin Fink Makes Startling Dis
closures Involving Sixty
Others.

Chicago March 12.-AlmOst incred-
lble revelations Of the inside workings
If the so-called arson trust are said
20 have been brought out by the con-
fession of Benjamin Fink, an alleged
travelling firebug" Fink on Monday
unbosomed himself to First Assist
ant, States Attorney Frank Johnston
at South Bend, Ind, where he is I'M
der arrest, having been convicted of
arson. The confession is said to have
implicated a number of well-known
public fire insurance adjusters, and
Finks admissions are regarded as the
most important link in the investiga-
ton of the arson trust, which has
become nationwide.
Fink laid bare the procedure Of the
trust with wealth Of amazing detail.
He told how fires had been started,
gave names of the property owners,
those who paid for the blaZes, and
named insurance adjusters who were
parties to the wholesale burning and
swindling
The confession is being guarded
with the utmost secrecy. It leaked
out, however, that Fink implicated
himself and others in a dozen fires in
Indiana alone. Later he told of setting
blazes in Minnesota, Indiana and Hi
nois Fink's task, according to his
confession. was that of travelling fire
bug" He was the man who did the
actual work of setting fire to places
marked by the trust" He told how
cheap furniture would be bought, an
office fixed up and insurance taken
out. Then he would arrive with his
torch and the trust" make it's collec-
ton at the expense of the insurance
companies Fink admitted the actual
existence of an arson trust"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-14
PLAN TO RECALL
BORDER SOLDIERS
Change in Policy With Regard to
Mexico Revealed.
SEEK TO PREVENT CLASHES
Secretary Garrison Wires Genera
Bliss Asking If 1t is Possible to
Withdraw Troops and FIRE.
vent Serious Trouble.
SEEK TO PREVENT CLASHES

Washington, March 12.-Giving close
attention to the fresh disturbances in
the western states of Mexico near the
international line. Secretary Of Wal
Garrison is awaiting advices before
making any changes in the DISPOSE
ton of the American military forces
In that quarter
Mr.. Garrison announced on Mon
day that he had telegraphed to Gen.
Tasker II. Bliss asking if it is posi-
BILE to withdraw the troops suffi
distance from the border so as to
make impossible clashes between
them and Mexican gueriilas or regu.
lars.
The secretary justified this action by
the assertion that the danger of Uni
ted States troops becoming embroiled
in TRANSPORTER disturbances is great SO
long as they are close to the border
and that such embroglios might easily
lead to serious trouble. The secretary
adds that he intends to keep enough
troops near the Mexican, border TO en-
force the neutrality laws. He is not
yet ready for the complete removal OF
the army of observation" as the two
divisions now in Galveston or on the
border are termed.
Douglas, AriZ., March Estate
troops and recruits of Sonora, raliyins
to the call of the state government to
GUST all of Huerta's federal soldiers
from the border state, have scored
their first victory in wrestling Naco-
zari, an important mining town below
this point, from the federal garrison.
>>The defeated federals not killed or
captured have arrived on a special train
at Aqua Prieta, opposite Douglas,
their commander fatally wounded and
twenty others hurt.
The capture of Nacozari opens the
road, it is believed, TO Aqua Prieta.
The Huerta soldiers during the night
left their position, only to be trapped
by the state troops, who demanded
their arms. Upon their refusal, an
hours fight ensued. The state troops
secured eighty rifles and one machine
gun, abandoned by the federals, who
are fleeing toward Aqua Prieta.
From various points along the Arl-
IONA border come reports of other
movements of state troops against
border and inland towns held by small
federal garrisons.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-14
TRY TO RUSH KING GEORGE.
Suffragists Brandish Vote Petitions
and Attempt to Break Up Procession

SuHragiStS BrandiSh vote PetitlonS
and Attempt to Break Up Procession.
London, March 12.-Fears lest the
militant suffragettes might annoy King
George and Queen Mary and create a
disturbance made the royal opening Of
parliament and the procession thereto
from the palace on Monday an occa-
sion charged with nervousness. Nor
were such anticipations groundless.
While the king and queen were on
their way to Westminster five wom-
en- attempted to approach his males
ty in historic Whitehall. They car
ances of women. The police prompt
ly arrested the five and imprisoned
them, although it seemed for time
as if the crowd would overwhelm
the police and administer punish
ment in summary fashion.
Militant suffragettes also started
another campaign Of arson. They
set fire to the Saunderton station of
the Great Western railway and
burned it to the ground. Saunderton
is about thirty-seven miles from Lon
don Two placards were found In
the vicinity, on which were painted
the words: Burning to get the
vote" and "Votes for women"
Another station, Croxley Green,
about three miles from London, on
the London & Northwestern, also
was burned, but the cause Of the fire
has not been ascertained. Both
Saunderton and Croxley Green were
new stations.
Suffragettes burned the wooden
pavilion of the Bowling club at
Heaton Park, Newcastle. They left
a card inscribed: "No peace until
votes for women"
In connection with the opening Of
the new session OF the British parlia-
ment by King George elaborate pre-
cautions were taken to prevent in
reference by militant suffragettes or
their male supporters.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-14
COURT RULES FOR
RATE COMMISSION
SUPREME TRIBUNAL SUSTAINS
ORDER GIVEN RAILROADS TO
MAKE MORE STOPS.
C. B. & Q. APPEAL is DENIED
As Public Carrier, II Is Ruled Their
Primary Duty is TO Give Local Ser
vice Must Stop Two of Four
Trains Daily.

Madison. The supreme court has
confirmed the decision of the Dane
county circuit court and declared
constitutional the Wisconsin law of
1911 making it compulsory upon a
railroad running four trains each
way daily past a given station, to
stop two trains daily, each way, at
that station.
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
railroad had appealed the case from
the Dane county court, making the
railroad commission defendant. The
railroad commission ordered the road
to stop an additional train at Column
bus, Buffalo county. The order was
sustained in the lower court.
The Burlington attorneys insist
ed that the company could not stop
it's through limited trains at small
stations without destroying their eff
fciency and losing much business and
revenue, and that such stoppage at
thirteen additional stations would be
an unwarranted interference with in
terstate commerce.
The railroad commission contend
ed that the law may be fully com
piled with by running intra-state
trains, and that even if construed to
require the stopping of interstate
trains the statute is valid because
the furnishing of adequate local serv-
ice is "the primary duty of a car,
'rier''
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-14
PROTEST MEETING is HELD.
Senators Denounce Washington Po-
lice for lrcompetence at Parade

Senators Denounce Washington Po-
lice for Incompetence at Parade.
Washington, March 1.-THE made
quacy of the police protection of the
suffrage parade last Monday was de-
nounced at a mass meeting attended
by hundreds of men and women here.
Maj Richard Sylvester, superintend-
ent of police, and his force were criti-
cized for encouragement and incom-
petence," and those who interfered
with the procession were called brutal
loafers.
The speakers were Senators Clapp
of Minnesota, Shafroth and Thomas Of
Colorado and Works of California,
Louis d. Brandeis, Corporal James
Tanner and Charles Edward Russell
The greater part Of the speechma-
king was devoted to arguments in ia
vor of suffrage for women, and the
references to last Mondays trouble
were largely incidental. Senator Clapp
assured the audience that woman suf-
frage throughout the country was a
matter of only few years.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-14
GOOD CARE OF DUCKS
Fowl Cannot Eat Dummy Food
Without Wasting 1t.
Plenty of Grit Must Be Available at
All Times, but IL Must Not Be
Mixed With Food - Green
Stuff Is Also Essential.
CBy A. GALLIGHER.)


A ration that is all right for ducks
may be all wrong for chickens, and
vice versa. For instance: Whole grain
is not as good for ducks as mixture
Of ground grains and cooked vegeta-
bles
Whole corn may be ted occasionally,
but it should be soaked for several
hours before feeding
Dry oats and wheat make very poor
duck feed, but both are good when
cooked and mixed with corn meal or
boiled potatoes and bran.
1t hardly pays to feed wheat to
ducks unless it is unstable. Since
thorough cooking renders musty
grain harmless it may be fed to ducks
with good results. When cooked po-
tatoes are used they should not be
mixed with the ground grain until
after the latter has been thoroughly
moistened with either milk or water.
If the dry meal is added to the
mashed potatoes tough, sticky mass
will be the result. Don't make the
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-14
Poultry Terms.

A broiler is a bird weighing two
pounds Or less, and which is six to
twelve weeks old
When chicken weighs between
two and three pounds 1t is called
spring chicken.
A stewing chicken weighs about
three pounds, and a rooster four or
more pounds.
A poult is turkey in it's first year.
A capon is male bird deprived OF
it's generative organs, for the purpose
of improving the weight and delicacy
of its carcass.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-14
DELMAS CALLS DAVIS MAD.

Attorney Declares Baking Powder
Kino a ParanoIac i'm Wne's Suit.
Los Angeles, Cal, March 12.-Foun'
1ation for the legal battlements that
the wife and daughter Of Robert b.
Davis hope will win them a $4,000
monthly allowance from the New York
baking powder king, was sensational
ly laid before Superior Judge Conroy
by their new trial motion. 1t con-
sisted mainly of a vivid portrayal or
Davis by Attorney Dolphin M. Delmas
as man bereft of his reason-a para
noiac.
Delmas thus accounted for the SEN
sational story told by Davis on the
witness stand after he fed from New
York and came to California three
years ago, and filed suit for divorce.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-14
News Notes of Wisconsin.

Hayward--Edward Hines, presi-
dent of the Edward Hines Lumber
company, Chicago, announces that his
company has completed the deal
whereby his firm takes over the en-
tire timber holdings, mill property
and railroads of the Atwood Lumber
and Manufacturing company, Park
Falls. The deal is one of the largest
ever negotiated in the state, invoIv-
ing several millions of dollars and
10000 acres of land covered with
very high class timber on it which
will be cut off. The land will be
made into farms and sold. The clos
ing of this deal means a sawmiIl
capacity at Park Falls for more than
twenty years.
jamin H. Johnson,
once slave on a Virginia plantation,
is dead here, aged 50. He was born
in slavery and when the Civil war
started he ran away from his owner
and joined the Union forces, enlist
ing with a Wisconsin cavalry regi-
ment. At the close of the war the
soldiers brought him to Camp Ran
dali and he never left this city.
Madison-Senator Timothy Burke
has introduced bill to prohibit the
University of Wisconsin connecting
with the farmers in the sale of milk.
cream and butter. There has been an
increasing call for university milk
and butter, to which the local farm
ers and dairymen object
La Crosse-Two lives to his credit
is the record which Frank Schrader
has made during the last week when
he rescued Frank Rodgers and an I'M
known man from death in the Black
river, where they had fallen through
the ice.
La Crosse-Fifteen La Crosse
clergymsn at a meeting of the Pas
tors union voted to place Sabbath
obsequies under ban and decided to
cooperate with local undertakers and
iiverymen in an effort to abolish the
Sunday funeral.
Milwaukee.-In the granting of a
license for saloon to Joseph Plat
eek over the protests of a majority
Of the license committee, the com
mon council again was accused of
violating the Baker law. The law
permits 2,224 saloons in Milwaukee
and the limit was reached before
Platzek applied for license.
Madison-A four-year term for
city officers is urged upon the legis-
Iature in a pamphlet issued by Aid
Bogk of Milwaukee. He quotes the
opinion of leading mayors in all of
the large cities of the country in
favor of the change.
Janesville-The much discussed
interurban line between GAINESVILLE
and Madison will be reality within
one or two years, according to the
plans of promoters. 1t is understood
that the Bank of France at Paris. is
furnishing the capital for the project
and that the same persons are back
ing the proposed road between BeIoit
and Delavan.
Oshkosh-Wau Oshkosh, Mani
towoc and Marinette high schools are
picked for four of the eight places in
the Northeastern Wisconsin basket
ball tourney to be held here March
10, IA and Is.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-14
Indian Runner Duck.

feed sloppy; just moist enough 10
cling together without being gummy
A duck cannot eat gummy feed with
out wasting it,
Other vegetables, such as turnips
beets, rutabagas, etc, are sometimes
used instead of potatoes. Pumpkins,
when thoroughly cooked, make very
good basis for the mash. The seeds
should always be removed
When no vegetables are to be had
we use equal parts of boiled oats,
corn meal, wheat bran. and middlings
Or second -four with a little powdered
charcoal added Some people (who
ought to know better) put sand and
oyster shell in their duck feed. When
this is done the ducks are often forced
to consume more grit than they re-
quire
Of course ducks must have plenty
of grit at all time, but it should not
be mixed with the food. We place
shallow boxes of grit close to the feed
troughs. Oyster shell and coal cinders
in some of the boxes, and clean, coarse
sand in others.
Ducks will eat grit after every meal
if it is within reach
They usually drink and rinse their
beaks while eating, therefore water
should be placed near the fed
troughs Also green food is necessary
the year round. Some sort of green
stuff should be given at least once
day in winter.
If cabbage is plentiful, little may
be added to the mash each time. 1t
should be chopped raw. AS bulk is
one of the important elements in a
ducks ration, it is a good plan to
provide an abundance of green stuff
for winter use. We usually SOW q
patch Of rye early in the fall for win
ter and cary spring use.
If it gets a good start in the fall it
will stay green all winter, if protected
with a little straw or other covering
The grain of rye is unfit for poultry
feed. Unless ducks are we'll fed in the
winter they will not begin laying very
early in the spring, and when they do
begin their eggs will not be as large,
nor as fertile as they otherwise would.
There is usually some shed or build
ing that can be converted into duck
house at small expense.
If the roof is good the rest is easy.
If the weather boarding is not suffl-
GENTLY close to keep out draughts IN
cold weather cover the outside with
tarred paper or strip with lath
A board floor is better than an earth
floor, because the ducks often SUR
ND the ground in very disagreeable
manner where there is the least sign
of moisture.
In cold weather ducks should be
kept in the house, because their feet
are so tender that when they come in
contact with the ground they suffer
greatly. and hobble along as though
their backs were broken.
Provide plenty of clean bedding, and
cpange it frequently. Straw or litter
zbou1d he kept on the floors all the
time. If bedding material is plentiful
mt it on several inches thick 1t will
help to keep the ducks comfortable,
and also keep the floors clean, thus
serving a double purpose. Never pick
ducks in cold weather, nor during the
laying season.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-14
Boat Sinks. So Women Die.

London, March PA Vienna dis
patch reports the drowning of sixty
eight women in the swapping Of a
boat on Lake Scutarl.
Massacre of the entire population Of
the Turkish fortress Of Scutari is
probable when that city falls, accord
ing to traveller who writes to the
Manchester Guardian
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-14
HENRY HELD FOR CONTEMPT.
Banker Who Refused to Answer Cues

Banker Who Refused to Answer Cues
tions at Inquiry Faces Charges.
New York, March 10.-United States
Commissioner Shields held for re-
moval to Washington George C. Henry,
the New York banker. charged with
contempt for refusing to answer ques-
tons of the Pujo money trust commit
tee. Henry's counsel Immediately went
before Judge Mayer in the federal dis
trict court and obtained his release on
a writ of habeas corpus under $4,000
bail. The writ is returnable on March
90
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-14
Babe scaIded in Bath Dies.

East ST. Louis, H., March IL
Ralph Friesz, three-year-old son OF Mr..
and Mrs. John Friesz of I'll Trendley
avenue, died as the result of being
scalded in the bath tub Of his home
here Sunday.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-14
So. 600 Estate for Laborer.

St. Louis, March 12.-Benjamin Eos
ter Moynihan, poor laborer of
Ottawa. Canada, received Monday the
s64 900 estate of Jeremiah Moynihan,
St. Louis millionaire rag picker" who
died January s, 1910.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-14
White Who's Pal Moore

Kenosha, Wis, March 12.-Charlie
White of Chicago gave Pal Moore an
artistic lacing in rough, savage ten
round fight which wound up a stellar
boxing show here on Monday eve
ning.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-14
Limits Superintendents' Activities.

A bill offered by Assemblyman
Rhea provides that county superin-
tendents should not be allowed to en-
gage in any other business or to en-
gage in politics. The state superin~
tendent of public instruction was
made sole arbiter as to the obedience
of county superintendent TO the
terms of the bill. There is consid-
cradle opposition to the measure.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-14
BELGIAN officials Wife Slain.

Teheran. Persia, March 11.-Mme
Constant. wife of the Belgian director
of customs at the port of Bushire. was
murdered here Saturday by an un-
identified Persian, who also severely
wounded NJ. Constant.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-14
Mrs eiter Is Buried.

Washington, March 10.-The funeral
of Mrs. Levi z. Letter took place al
D. m. Saturday from Letter Castle.
Dupont circle Rev. Roland Cotton
Smith of st. Johns church ofnciated
Many diplomats attended
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-14
MoE.r,and Beats Britton.

New York. March 1O.-By popular
decision Packey Mcfarland won on
points in his .ten-round bout with Jack
Britton at Madison Square garden
here Friday. The men weighed in at
1877 pounds at p. NJ
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-14
House Will Not Censure Police

Harrisburg, Pa, March 1.-THE res
olution censuring the police of Wash
ington, for alleged failure to protect
the women's suffrage parade of March
3. was defeated in the house by vote
of Y to 81 Monday.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-14
Plan Canal to Gulf.


The Wisconsin legislature Will be
asked in a bill presented by Assem-
blyman Chinook Of Hudson to en-
dorse a project for connecting Lake
Superior and the Gulf of Mexico for
steamboat traffic. More particularly
it proposes to canalize the waterways
from Lake Superior to the Mississip-
pi river at Prescott, Wis, making
it naVigable for boats of heavy draft
Assemblyman Chinook estimates
that the realization CT the plan will,
by reducing cost OF power for man
ufacturing, make Wisconsin one of
the greatest industrial states in the
union, as we'll as providing a rev.
enue to the federal government for
power sold amounting to $780,
600 annually.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-14
Secretary BRYAN in Hioh Hat

Washington, March 11-Secretary
Of State Bryan attended the First
Presbyterian church Sunday. He wore
a high hat 1t was a very stunning
and shiny affair and the Nebrask kan
wore it with evident embarrassment.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-14
rn.ieoo Madero in New York.

New York, March 10.-Francisco
Madero, father of the late president
of Mexico. arrived here Friday from
Havana. a refuge. He was accom-
panied by a son, Ernesto, and the lat
ter's wife and family.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-14
Rhinelander Banker Dies.

Rhinelander. Charles Chafee,
aged 10 years. president of the First
National bank of Rhinelander and
who was largely interested in other
industries, died at his home here Of
heart failure.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-14
Pioneer Odd Fellew Dies.

Racine - Thomas H. Marsland,
widely known in state fraternal cir
cles, died at Burlington, aged so
years Marsland was reputed the
oldest Odd Fellow in Wisconsin.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-14
New Miss Gould Arrives.

New York. March 10.-Congratula
tory kilograms, letters and gifts OF
flowers poured into the Fifth avenue
home of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Gould fol
lowing the news of the arrival of
new Miss Gould Friday.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-14
100 RESCUED FROM SHIP.
TUG Takes Passengers Off Stranded
Vessel on Florida Coast

Tug axes FassenGeFs OF StTanceo
Vessel on Florida Coast.
Key West, Fla, March 11.-More
than 100 passengers are said to have
been rescued from the British steam
ship Lugane from Liverpool to Ha-
vana, which ran ashore on Ajax reef.
The wreclzing tug Rescue is reported
to be bringing the passengers TO this
port. The British steamship Hewitt
Head is ashore off Molasses reef. The
United States revenue cutter Miami is
standing by the ship and giving assist
ance
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-14
MORE SHAFTS ARE DAMAGED
Ninth Monument on Gettysburg Battle
TiaId icE NV

Ninth Monument on Gettysburg Battle
field Dsfigured by Miscreant.
Gettysburg, Fa., March 8.-Another
monument on the battlefield, that of
the Sixth New Jersey regiment, was
found to have suffered at the hands of
the vandal who visited the historic
ground on Tuesday night. The monu-
ment is a large shaft located in the
Valley of Death. Chips were broken
from the corners and the memorial
was defaced badly.
Eight monuments were damaged
previously
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-03-14
Jim Hall, PuoiIist. Found Dyino.

Neenah, Wis, March 12.-"Jim'
Hall, a former well known pugilist,
was found dying of tuberculosis in
howell Monday. He is penniless, and
his once great physique has wasted
away until he is hardly recognizable.