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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
BAILEY DEALS ARE
TOLD BY PIERCE
Oil Magnate Puts Losses at
Near 100000.
SAYS CONFIDENCE MISPLACED
Asserts Former Texas Senator Was
the Recipient of Securities in
Tennessee Central Transac-
ticn as Assignee.

ST. Louis, April 2S.-Henry Clay
Pierce, chairman of the board of direc-
tors of the Waters-Pierce Oil company,
met the charge that he had converted
to his own use $4,000 shares in the
Nashville Terminal company, which
had been placed in the National Bank
Of Commerce of ST. Louis as security
for loan, with the counter statement
that he had been the victim OF mis-
placed confidence TO the extent of
nearly 100000 The statement of
Pierce was made on Friday during the
taking OF dispositions in the suit filed
by the National Bank OF Commerce
to recover $4,000 shares from Mr..
Pierce, or their money equivalent, ST.
100000
He blamed his ENHANCEMENT mainly
on what he termed misplaced conf
dence in the late j. c. Van Blarcom.
president of the bank
Pierce testified regarding the con-
nection of former Senator Joseph w.
Bailey of Texas, that it was his under
standing that the S1,500,000 stock of
the Nashville Terminal company,
which the National Bank Of Commerce
seeks to recover, was turned over to
Bailey as assignee of the Tennessee
Construction company, after the loan
for which it was pledged had been
paid.
George Lockett Edwards, attorney
for the bank, said the stock was taken
out of the bank without the knowledge
of the directors and turned over to
Bailey
In the suit, it is charged that 10000
shares of the stock were withdrawn
from the bank by Pierce or his agents
while the loan still was unpaid. The
suit is to recover this stock or its
equivalent, $1,500,000
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
CARING FOR LITTLE CHICKS
First Duty Is to Provide Suitable Coop
for Hen ard Erood-Two Methods
of Feeding

During the Matching, If you are
will allow the instinct of the hen to
do her work It may be we'll to quiet
ly reach under the hen and remove
such egg shells as can be taken out
without disturbing her, but nothing
further should be attempted.
The first duty is to provide a coop
for the hen and brood. No matter
what kind of a coop, from barrel
laid down to the most improved pat
ented article, is used. See that it is
clean and the bottom covered with
find sand or if the weather be really
cold. with oat chaff or short fine hay.
When the chickens are twenty-four
hours old they are ready TO be re-
moved to their new quarters. Up to
this time, writes M E Scully of Hi
nois in the Prairie Farmer, they
should have received no food, but they
are now ready for their first meal
Give them water to drink in a vessel
into which they cannot get their
bodies. A tin vegetable can with
small holes punched around the bot
tom and placed in a deep saucer will
answer admirably. Whatever their
first food may be. give them only a
small quantity. The best rule for
feeding is little and often"
Two distinct methods of feeding
have their special advocates, the wet,
that is, ground feed moistened with
milk or water and the dry. ! find
the latter method the more satisfac-
tory. l feed cracked wheat, corn and
oatmeal
Keep the chicks healthy and grow
ing right from the start. Keep them
dry and warm. Give them plenty of
grit and pure water. If in a brooder
scatter food in chaff and let them get
exercise by scratching. The first
three weeks are the most critical time:
after that, if kept free from lice, they
will do we'll
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
DOULIN NOEE('
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\ SsaSsSSSSSS$>4 arAJD


Keep something in the grit box.
Millet is a great egg producing
food
Crowding just now lessen the fer
tility of eggs.
Get an incubator and let the hens
keep on laying.
No better feed in the world than
nice plump oats and wheat
The first warm days start vermin to
growing in unclean houses.
The modern poultry house has
everything inside it easily movable
Never feed little chicks wet, slop-
by food 1t is bad enough for mature
stock
Careful selection of setting eggs
pays well. Leave out all eggs that
are too large, too small, misshapen, or
abnormal in any way.
Boiling the oats or wheat makes a
good ration and a desirable change
occasionally.
Feed at regular hours and the fowls
will always be ready and waiting for
their last meal.
A little more elbow grease used in
keeping the premises clean will often
prevent disease.
A hopperful Of bran is always sea
gonable fed and the whole flock should
have access to it.
Get rid of the hen that is never
caught on the nest. by their fruits
vo cba1I know them"
When disposing Of some of the old
stock, pick out the poor layers and
Oldest specimens They are Just as
good for the table, and you can't af-
ford to part with the money-makers.
If you are getting an incubator re-
member that most dissatisfaction
comes from cheap machines You
will experience little difficulty With
a good standard make
1t is surprising low much fine char
coal little chicks will eat Keep it
and fine grit before them all the
time. 1t is necessity and is one Of
the best stomach and bowel correct.
ors there is.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
SoLoNs HAVE CLOSE CALL.
Members of Congress Are Target 70
Marksmen on Monitor.

MEMBERS OF congress Are arget TOR
Marksmen on Monitor.
New York, April 26.-Eleven mem
bers of the senate and house commit
tees on naval affairs had narrow
escape from being blown to pieces
while watching naval target practice
at Judith Sound on Friday
The monitor Tallahassee, shooting
while thick haze hung over the wa
ter mistook for the target the United
States yacht Dolphin, on board which
were most of the members of the Of
fetal party, and an 800-pound shell
fired from twelve-inch gun passed
directly over the stern of the Dolphin
SO close as to cut one of the ropes at
taches to the yachts rigging.
The shell exploded just before 1t
struck the water, and while the COM
mittee members were thoroughly
frightened they suffered nothing more
serious than drenching from the
water stirred up by the projectile
Among those in the party were Rep
resentatives Foster and Buchanan Of
illinois.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
$4,000 FOR STATE BUILDING
Assembly Votes Increased Appropria
ton for Erecting Structure at
panama-Pacific Exposition.

Madison.-The assembly voted for
the engrossment of the Bowe bill ap-
propriating $4,000 for state represen-
tation at the Panama-Pacific exposi-
tfon. BY vote of 62 to 20, an amend
ment increasing the appropriation
from $4,000 to $4,000 was incorpo-
rated.
The L. L. Johnson bill to merge the
Office of state fire marshal with the
insurance department was killed.
The senate postponed consideration
for one week of Gov McGovern's veto
message relating to the superintendent
OF public property acting as purchas-
ing agent for legislative supplies
The confirmation of Glenn P. Host
as state fire marshal was again de-
ferred for two weeks, on motion of
Senator Randolph.
The Brown bill, appropriating $3.50
per week to the Wisconsin Veterans
Home at Waupaca for each inmate
was passed.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
MARKET REPORT.
Milwaukee, April so, 1913.

milwaukee, April 80. 1913.
Butter Creamery, extras. soc:
prints, Bic; firsts, 2S@29c; seconds.
25@27c; renovated, 26@27c; dairy,
fancy, CSC.
Cheese-American. full cream, new
made, twins, 1871 Ole; Young Amer
icas, 14@141ac daisies, 13%@14c:
longhorns, 1412c; limburger, new.
lac; brick, 13c.
Eggs-Current receipts fresh as to
quality, 1914 Ole; recandled, extras.
10000; seconds. 13014c
Live Poultry-Fowls, 141ac; roost-
ers, 10@11c; springers, 171ac.
Wheat-No. 1 northern, 95c; No. 3
northern, 94c; No. 3 northern, 92c;
No. 1 velvet, 931Ac.
Corn-No. yellow, 551Bc.
Oats-No. white, S4@35c; stand
ard, 36c.
Barley-No. 4, 53@59c; Wisconsin,
54@61c.
Rye-No. 2, 62Bc.
Cattle-Butchers' steers, 6.85@8.60;
COWS and heifers, 46O@6.6O; feeders,
6.35@6.S5; calves, S.000S.75.
Hogs-Good heavy butchers, $3.50
S.45; fair to best light, S.3508.55; pigs,
70O@775.
Sheep = Lambs, 7500S25; ewes,
4.00@6.50.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
BRYAN'S MISSION
WITHOUT RESULT
He Is Unable to Answer QueS-
tons on Alien Law.
GIVES PRESIDENTS VIEWS
Secretary Urges Legislature in Secret
Session to Delay Action on Pro-
posed Legislation and Offers
Many Suggestions.

Sacramento, Cal, April 30.--Empha-
sizing time and again that he was
speaking for President Wilson and not
airing his own views, Secretary of
State William ]. Bryan on Monday
told the legislature of California in
executive session how the president
would like TO have that body deal with
the alien land issue.
After a long and stormy session,
Secretary Bryan, under the fire Of
oratory and hot definition of states
rights, was forced to admit his inabil-
ity to say, California should not enact
such laws as she liked. 1t now appears
the anti-alien bill will be enacted.
Secretary Bryan reafirmed the
states right to act in a manner it saw
fit, but suggested several alternatives
TO the passage of a bill restricting
aliens ineligible to citizenship" bas-
ing his reasons on the broad founda-
ton of public policy
Briefly, these alternatives in the
order in which they were suggested,
are as follows:
l. Delay immediate action and al
low the state department to try to ac-
complish the ends desired by means
Of new treaty with Japan
2. Delay immediate action and ap-
point q commission to investigate the
subject of alien land ownership and
act in conjunction with the president
in securing relief
g. Enact law similar to the statute
hold land for period not exceeding
six years, and applies alike to all
aliens.
f. Enact law similar to the federal
statute governing land ownership in
the District of Columbia, which is
general law applying to all aliens.
Governor Johnson made a brief, but
intense, speech in defense of the posi-
ton taken by the majority party in
California. He told Secretary Bryan
that the right of California to follow
the lead of other states was unques-
toned and declared that such course
now seemed assured His address
plainly indicated that the opinion Of
the administration remained I'M
changed by the argument put forward
by Mr.. Bryan.
Washington, April 30-A war
speech in support of the proposed
California anti-alien land law was de-
livered in the house by Representa-
tive Thomas Upton SESSION of Mis-
sissipp1
IF we must have war or submit
to this indignity. l am for war; cried
Mr. Sisson, II am with the people
of California in their efforts to pre-
vent these aliens from acquiring land.
| believe that no nonresident alien
should be allowed to hold a single foot
of land in the territory of the United
States. What would Washington say
in answer to the question, war or sub
mission? What would Jackson say?
What would Cleveland say? What
Mckinley say? | resent the efforts
of Japan to force use to submit to her
demands"
Mr.. Sisson took the position that
the Japanese government in protest
ing against alien land legislation was
endeavoring to exempt it's citizens
from the operations of the laws of the
states.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
News Notes of Wisconsin.

Marinette.-It took the combined eff
forts of three officers at Oconto Falls
to overpOwer John Micka, q resident
of that city, who dragged his wife
through the streets by the hair. When
Marshal William Lemorande tried to
arrest Micka he pulled revolver but
it was knocked from his hand before
he could shoot.
Kenosha.-Mrs Rosa Ebele fell dead
in local hotel while trying to pre-
vent fight between her husband and
Otto Carlson, who, it was alleged, had
insulted her. Physicians declared
Mrs. Ebele died from heart disease
brought on by excitement.
Eagle River-Postoffice inspectors
checking up the books of the Eagle
River postoffice report to have found
Irregularities and an apparent short
age of $1,000.
Oshkosh.-W. H. Boyd, a civil war
veteran, died here of apoplexy. He
had been a resident of Oshkosh since
1910.
Neenah-Mrs. Mary A. Tanner,
aged SO years, and well known
throughout the Fox river valley, died
here of grippe and heart trouble.
New Richmond-The 500 line has
purchased tract of land and will
erect new passenger station here.
La Crosse.-The state bank of La
Crosse, organized in 1879, will remove
into new and larger quarters on the
principal corner of the business dis
trict.
Menomonie.-Over 200 employees of
the Hydraulic Press Brick are out on
a strike, demanding an increase of
80 cents day for nine hours.
Jefferson.-Elroy Groll, aged IA,
drowned while fishing with comrade
near the municipal lighting plant dam
here.
Marinette.-A fye-passenger tour
ing car purchased four days ago by
Sheriff c. A. Budlong, was partially
destroyed by fire when the acetylene
lighting tank exploded as the lights
we're being lit.
La Crosse.-Mrs. Anna LepSch, rs
years old, was run down by milk
wagon while the driver was sorting
bottles and sustained injuries which
will prove fatal:
New Richmond.-Hotel Richmond,
the second new large modern hotel to
be opened to the public in New Rich
mond within six months, is receiving
guests.
Madison. the legislative
committee which visited the state
charitable and penal institutions made
an unfavorable report on the plan to
place the industrial school for girls
under the state board of control, an
effort will be made to pass bill over
the committees recommendation.
Oshkosh.-S. S. Hill of Ripon, fell
to the sidewalk in this city and was
taken to the police headquarters,
where he expired Heart trouble is
said to be the cause.
Wausau.-Theodore Pike of Soho
field was fined $50 and costs for tala
ing fish within 200 feet cf dam.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
FIVE PERSONS DIE IN FIRE.
Two Women and Three Children Are
Victims in San Francisco.

Two Women and Three Children Are
Victims in San Francisco.
San Francisco, April 29.-Two wom-
en- and three children were burned to
death in fire that destroyed two
frame barracks occupied by noncom-
missioned officers of the Sixth infan-
try and their families at the Presidio
The victims were members of the fam
ily of Sergeant Schall his wife, her
mother and his three small children.
The sergeant, who is sixty years of
age, helped to take the body of his
wife, who was paralytic, from the
ruins, but he was taken away when
the bodies of the children were found
He wandered from barracks to bar
racks for hours afterward, hunting for
the children, thinking that they must
nave escaped in some ways.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
NEW WAR IN THE BALKANS
is BELIEVED TO BE NEAR
Fresh Trouble Between Allies Seen
Soon as Peace Is
Signed.

London, April 30-The mystery
surrounding events in the Balkans is
becoming deeper No further news
has been received of Essad Pasha's
exploit in Albania and the situation at
Saloniki is difficult to understand. A
dispatch from Saloniki of current
date confirms the report that orders
were given for the Bulgars to evacu-
ate all places occupied by the Greeks,
but that later these orders were coun-
fernandez and that official attempts
were made to pretend they were never
given. A Bucharest dispatch to the
Daily Telegraph expressed the firm
conviction that Immediately peace is
signed between the allies and Turkey
Servia, Bulgaria and Greece.
Austrian troops are moving towards
the Montenegrin frontier where $4,000
are already assembled, while the
greater part Of the Montenegrin forces
have left Scutari for the north appar-
emily to oppose the Austrian advance.
1t is reported that the Austrian ad-
vance will not be confined to Monte
negro. Troops will also be sent to
southern Albanian ports. If con-
flict ensues the other Balkan allies
will probably support Montenegro in
accordance with the terms of their al
lance
The Representatives of the Montene-
grin government to London received
instructions from Cettinje to protest
formally against the demand by the
European powers for immediate evac-
uation of Scutari by the Montele-
grins, which is described by the gov
eminent of King Nicholas as unjust
and cruel
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
Milkmen to Boycott City

La Crosse.-Following the arrest of
William Newburg, charged with hav-
ing unsanitary conditions on his dairy
farE1, La Crosse dairymen are plan
ming to boycott the city. They re-
sent what they term the "pernicious
activity of the health department.
Milk viii be disposed of to local cream
cries they declare. Also they threat
en-, the price of milk will be raised
TO ten cents a quart to pay to meet
the demands of the health department.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
GIRL RESTORED TO MOTHER.
Miss Borden Goes to New York From
Boston and Meets Parent,

New York, April 3O.-Ramona Bor-
den, daughter of Gail Borden, who
was caught in Boston after a flight Of
four days from a sanitarium, came to
this city on Monday and was taken in
charge by her mother, Mrs. Helen
Walk Borden. Mrs. Borden and her
daughter went to a hotel in the upper
part of the city.
For the first time in two years Mrs.
Gail Borden and her runaway daugh-
ter, Alexine Ramona, gazed into each
others countenance.
The girl, who fed from a sanitari-
um in Pompton, N. j., last Wednes-
day afternoon, was restored to her
mother with the consent of her IA
Their, who recovered her in Boston on
Saturday after sensational chase by
detectives.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
DECREE FOR MRS. KAUFMAN.
Is Granted Divorce From Husband
Well Known Novelist.

New York, April 30.-Herbert Kauf-
man, whose genius as a writer has
won him distinction, was divorced in
the supreme court by Helen Herzberg
Kaufman. A private agreement was
made concerning the alimony she is
to receive. The decree was granted
on statutory grounds.
Kaufman is graduate of Johns
Hopkins university, where he won the
Lee medal for oratory. While in col
lege he wooed and won Miss Herr
berg, noted Baltimore beauty After
leaving college he became an editorial
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
HOPPER FOR FEEDING MASH
Oyster Shells, Charcoal and Grit
Is Quite Convenient

l follow the dry hopper" method
in feeling fowls and keep constantly
before them mash made of two parts
bran and one part each by weight of
middlings, corn meal, gluten meal,
ground oats and beef scraps. In the
morning | scatter whole grain in the
litter and at night feed corn in win
ter but only little of it in summer,
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
WI. LEAGUE OPENS SEASON
1912 Circuit Intact Except for the Re-
placing of Aurora, ILL.,, Team by
Milwaukee.

Milwaukee.-The ninth annual sea-
son of the Wisconsin, Illinois baseball
league opened on April 80 with Green
Bay playing at Racine, Oshkosh at
Madison, Wausau at Rockford and APP
pleton at Milwaukee. The local club
makes its debut in the league, having
taken the place of Aurora, H. The
league is expected to play faster ar
ticle of ball than in former years
and a successful season is anticipated.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
ESSAD PASHA NEW RULER.
Commander Who Defeated Scutari Is
Proclaimed King of Albania.

Commander Who Defeated Scutari Is
Proclaimed King of Albania.
Paris, April 29.-Essad Pasha, the
defender of Scutari, who surrendered
the town to the Montenegrins, and was
permitted to depart with his troops,
has proclaimed himself king of Alba
MIA and Alessio, according to a dis
patch to the lntransigeant
This unexpected move has upset the
calculations of the powers. who had
agreed that the duke of Montepensier
should become the ruler of the new
kingdom.
The new king of Albania has $4,000
well-armed mountainers to sustain
him and the Balkan allies feel favor
able toward Essad Pasha.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
Dry Mash Self-Feeder.

writes Merritt T. Mead of Montgomery
County, Ind, in the Farm and Home.
Oyster shells, charcoal and grit are
kept in bins" in the homemade
hopper" which is herewith illus
trated. From experience l think this
line of feeding satisfactory, for from
lis hens l got 1857 eggs in IL
months
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
BANK CLERK SENT TO JAIL.
Father and Brother Now Serving
Terms in Fort Leavenworth.

Detroit, Mich, April 30.-George "
bearing, former clerk in the defunct
Albion (Mich.) National bank, was
sentenced to five years Imprisonment
in the Detroit house Of correction for
misapplying the banks funds. Dear
ing's wife collapsed. bearing is the
third member of his family to receive
a prison term in connection with the
failure of the bank. His aged father
and brother are now serving sentences
in Fort Leavenworth prison.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
Police Embezzler ParoIed.

Jefferson City, Mo-, April 29--John
M Healy, former secretary OF the St.
Louis Police Relief association, who
was convicted of embezZling its funds,
was released from the penitentiary
Sunday on parole
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
Duchess of connauoht Worse

London, April 29.-Anxiety was
caused here Sunday by the condition
of the duchess of Connaught, wife of
the governor general Of Canada She
underwent an operation for append
citis April 10.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
PAINTING Sells fc1 s,oo.8oo.

London. England, April 2s.-Thom-
as Gainsborough's painting, THE Mar
ket Cart" out of Sir Lionel Phillips
collection, was sold at auction here
Friday for s1o0,S record price for
a Gainsborough.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
Much ice in Lake Superior.

Ashland.-Lake captains report that
ice extends from the shore near Onto
nagon about forty miles into the lake
and that between Apostle island and
the 500 the only stretch of open water
free from ice is north of Keeweenaw
peninsula
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
Boy STEALING Third Is Killed.

Pipestone. Mimi. April 30.-As the
result of being hit in the head by
ball while attempting to steal third,
Monday, Clyde Portexter, aged
twelve, who lives near Chandler, is
dead.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
Fired Councillors Home.

Madison.-Eberhardt Keller, a har-
nessmaker of De Forest, this county,
confessed to State Fire Marshall T. NJ
Purtell that he set fire to the harness
shop and dwelling of his competitor,
r. II. Hanson. He was sentenced to
serve four years at Waupun
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
Comparative Statistics Issued.

Eau Claire.-Comparati statistics
for 1912 and 1911 for this city, just
compiled, give the following figures:
Deaths, 1912, 261, 1911, 500; births,
1912, 400, 1911, 1858; marriages. 1912,
1SS, 1911, 1S3.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02
VOTERS RECALL A JUDGE

Charles Weller Removed From Bench
In San Francisco.
San Francisco, April 26-In a recall
election-the first ever held in San
Francisco-Police Judge Charles We'll
Ter was removed from the bench by
the voters of San Francisco.
The movement against Judge Weller
grew directly out of his action l. re-
iucing the bail Of man charged with
attacking girl, allowing Che man to
escape. The bail ha0 been set at
$4,000 by one judge and Judge Weller
reduced it to 81 600