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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-23
POVERTY IS CAUSE
FOR SOCIAL EVIL
Report of Investigation Calls
Dance Halls Menace.
TELLS PATH OF DISASTER
inquiry Guided by John D. Rockefeller,
Jr., Ayers Girls Are Victims of
Gangs Greedy for
Easy Money.

New York, May 20.-Fifteen thou
sand professional immoral women ply
their trade in Manhattan, according to
the census taken by the bureau of So
cial hygiene, the permanent organlza-
ton for the investigation of vice condl-
tons that was the outgrowth of the
Rockefeller white slave" grand jury,
and of which John D. Rockefeller, Jr,
II chairman.
An abstract Of the forthcoming re-
port of George J. kneeland, a special
investigator, after painstaking inquiry
into cOmmercialiZed vice conditions IN
Manhattan, extending over period
of nearly ten months, has just been
made public Mr.. Kneeland con-
Quoted similar inquiry for the Chi
cago vice commission.
The report suggests no remedies,
fixes no responsibility. That phase
is to be dealt with later. 1t purports
merely to describe accurately vice
conditions in New York city with the
sole purpose of bringing out the
facts The hope is expressed that
subsequently a satisfactory policy %
check the evil may be worked out.
M. Rockefeller himself contributed
the foreword to the volume. Future
reports will deal with conditions III
other large cities in America and
with methods and their results OF
combating the problem in Europe. Ex-
listing preventive, reformative and cor
receive agencies in New York are de-
scribed as wholly inadequate to their
task.
Aside from a series of chapters
dealing in minute frankness with the
operation of notorious resorts through
out the city the report treats of the
dance hall evil and of the alarming
spread of the so-called massage par
Iors. "Over 300 of these exist in the
CITY," says the report, "and in many
of them not The slightest effort was
made to cloak the immoral nature OF
the business. Operators for these es-
Establishments are often procured by ad-
vertising in the newspapers"
Of the dance halls the report says:
THE public dance hall was found
to justify the worst that has been
said of it. OF seventy-five dances re-
ported on only five were characterized
by the investigators as decent Nor
are these dances attended only by
hardened protligates. Young girls
some nnocent-others, if not entirely
innocent, at any rate not wholly de-
PRAYED, and young men not yet alto
gether vicious, attend the gatherings
in search of amusement and change
Many are innocent working girls,
who seek legitimate recreation. The
sinister element in attendance is the
hired cadets, who attend with the cold
bIooded purpose of finding new sub
jects Of debauchery and of subsequent
exploitation for gain. These agents
Of commercialized vice are usus9y
we'll dressed, we'll hammered and ID
troduce themselves politely to strang-
ers. They often pretend to love At
first sight and exhibit marked devo-
ton, by whichthe girls are deceived
and to which they too often yield.
When the seduction of the girls is &C
complished they are put on the street
and their ruin is complete"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-23
Orioin of the Turkey,

When the Pilgrim fathers first
reached the New England shores in
1920, the woods of that section were
alive with wild turkeys. Although
this fowl was exclusively found in
North America In its wild state, the
earlier naturalists supposed it to come
from the East Indies and Africa, and
that it originated in Turkey, from
which it received it's name
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-23
LIGHT ON TEACHERS FUNDS
Senator Teasdale Would Ask State
Insurance Experts to Report on
Adequacy of New Bill.

a resolution calling on the insurance
department actuaries to report to the
senate within one week upon the ade-
quacy or inadequacy Of the teachers
fund provided under the present law
to meet the demands of annuitants.
The resolution, upon motion Of Sem
ator Scott, was put over for a day.
Senator Teasdale is opposed to the
teachers pension law and is seeking
its repeal.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-23
Wilson Decorates Captain.

Washington, May 21.-In, the pres
ence of Major General Wood, chief of
staff, and several other high army Off
GERS, President Wilson presented to
Capt. Louis ]. Van Setback, Sixth in
fantry, the congressional medal of
honor for distinguished gallantry in
the Philippines.
While in pursuit of band of insur-
gents, Van Schaick was the first of his
detachment to emerge from a canyon
and he engaged the enemy single
handed until reinforcements could ar
rive
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-23
Denies Bride CharQe.

New York, May 17.-John Nicholson
Anhut, the attorney charged with Of
fering a $4,000 bribery to secure the
release of Harry K Thaw from Mattea-
wan, appeared as witness in his own
behalf and emphatically denied that
he offered Dr. John W. Russell $4,000
to release Thaw and that he was to re-
ceive $4,000 for his own services.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-23
SZECHENYl SWINDLE VICTIM7
Husband of Gladys Vanderbilt Be-

Husband of Gladys Vanderbilt Be-
Iieved Loser in Mine Venture.
Budapest, May 18.-It seems pretty
we'll established that heavy financial
losses have decided Countess Szechen-
vi, formerly Gladys Vanderbilt, and
her husband to leave Budapest. Re-
ports are being heard in financial cir
Giles that the counts affairs are in
such bad way that his wife's family
has suggested their removal for a
time.
Count SZechenyi is reported to have
lost more than four million dollars Of
his wife's fortune. He has been the
victim of a mining swindle in which
he lost huge sums on the Budapest
and Vienna bourses.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-23
Cause of Gapes.

Gapes are caused by a worm-like
parasite that becomes attached to the
lining of the windpipe. Wet and i'll
thy grounds are a prolific cause. Iso-
late the infected birds and spade up
the yard with Stacked lime once a
week Remove the parasites from the
windpipe with feather dipped In
turpentine. Put little turpentine or
camphor In the drinking water.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-23
Limit on Eoos

One good mother hen can brood
twenty chicks and even more with
ease. while she cannot successfully
cover more than thirteen. Thus it Is
well to set two hens at the same time
and give one the chicks from the two
hatchings. The other hen can thus
cover thirteen eggs again and raise
her Own little family when these are
A hen cannot digest her food prop
Matched.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-23
Accused Of SlaYina Two.

Cripple Creek. Colo, May 81
James L. Bacon, member of the gen
eral assembly from Teller county, was
arrested here Monday on a warrant
charging him with the murder OF his
wife and stepdaughter.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-23
British Spies Pardoned.

Berlin. May 21.-Emperor William,
as an act or grace in connection with
the visit of King George of England TO
Berlin for the marriage of Princess
Victoria Louise, granted a pardon Mon
day to three English spies.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-23
Aopeal Seeding Machine Case.

Washington, May 20--The Ameri-
can Seeding Machine company of
Springfield. O.. appealed to the su-
preme court from its conviction by
Kentucky court of having entered into
a combination to control prices.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-23
WRIT TO STOP VACCINE USE.
Friedman Restraints Strum From Dis
tributino His "Cure."

q TENNEF'S TITS SUI q
New York, May 21.-An order re-
straining DR.. Maurice A Sturm from
distributing the vaccine of which DR..
Frederick Friedman is the inventor,
and also restraining him from using
the name of Doctor Friedman for
advertising purposes was obtained il
the supreme court by the German
scientist.
1t is said that Doctor Friedmann's
former associate has been receiving
fees as large as $1,000 for single injec-
tons of the vaccine.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-23
Grit in the Ration

eriy without plenty of grit in her di-
gestive apparatus. Keep a good sup
ply of it always on where she can
have free access to it, for, no grit,
no digestion; no digestion, no eggs;
no eggs, no dividends from the direc-
ton of the henhouse
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-23
Princess of Prussia Weds.

Potsdam, Germany, May 20-Tte
marriage of Prince Henry XXXIII, Of
Reuss and Princess Victoria Mar
garet, only daughter of Prince Fred
erick Leopold of Prussia, was cele-
brated here Saturday.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-23
Bishop Doane Dies.

New York, May 20.-Rt. Rev. Will
liam Crossweu Doane, bishop Of the
Albany diocese of the Protestant Epis-
eopal church, died at the Hotel Man
haitian in this city Saturday. He was
eighty-one years old.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-23
Gibson Is on Trial AGAIN.

Newburg, N. Y, May 21.-The case
of Burton w. Gibson, the New York
lawyer accused of the murder of Mrs.
Rose Menshik Szabo on Greenwood
Lake July 16 last, was called here
Monday for it's second trial.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-23
60 900 600 for an Army.

Paris, May 20.-Eight million dol
lars will be required to keep with the
colors the soldiers whose enlistments
have expired, according to the state
ment of Eugene Etienne, minister OF
war to the French cabinet Sunday.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-23
Maxor lie Shot by Editor.

Decatur, H., May 19.-Fay Slate,
editor of the Mt. Auburn (1ll.) Trib-
me, Friday shot Dr. Bennett I. Win
slow, mayor Of that town, at the G.
H. & D. depot The mayor was not
seriously wounded.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-23
Accidental Shot Kills Boy.

Madison-When a horse he was
driving started up suddenly rifle ly
ing in the wagon box was accidentally
discharged and Alfred Dahl, II years
old, of the town OF Utica, was shot in
the stomach. He died within an hour
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-23
VESUVIUS HIT BY TORNADO.
Wireless for Help After ProjectiIe
Crashes Into Stern.

WITeItSS TOT TeIp NIkeF FTOJeCtIIS
Crashes Into Stern.
Newport, r. l., May 21.-The tor
pedo boat Vesuvius shot herself She
was aiming at target, but there was
a slip and the torpedo, turning in its
course, crashed into the Vesuvius'
stern below the water line. Ham
mocks and blankets were damned in
to the two-inch rent, but the boat be-
gan to settle and it was necessary to
send out a wireless call for help.
Those on board were uneasy until
Chief Gunner Thomas Smith, who was
in command, accomplished the safe
Bleaching of the vessel on Hope island.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-23
Scheff Decree Is Signed.

New York, May ia final decree
ef divorce TO FRITZ Schef, freeing the
actress from John Fox, Jr., her novel
ist husband, was signed by Supreme
Court Justice keogh at White Plains
Friday. The suit was not contested
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-23
Nicaragua Goes Under Siege.

San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua, May
20.-The government Sunday issued
a decree placing the republic under
a state of siege. The step was taken
owing to the threatening situation
throughout the country.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-23
kinn Peter to Abdicate.

Geneva, Switzerland May 21.-kinS
Peter of Servia will abdicate as soon
as peace is restored in the Balkans.
The king is sixty-nine years old and
the carrying on of the war against
Turkey has broken his health
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-23
Farmers Takes Life.

La Crosse-Two boys found the
body of Elmer Slater, farmer, rs
years old, hanging to a tree after he
had been missing from his home near
here for twenty-four hours.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-23
Would Aid State Banks.

Madison-The senate concurred in
the Vint joint resolution requesting
Wisconsin senators and congressman
to ask congress to enact legislation
permitting the investment of postal
savings deposits in state banks
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-23
Shoots Spouse, Kills Self.

Petoskey, Mich. May 21.-Mrs Or
vile Ferguson Monday shot her hus-
band through the temple and thea
killed herself in a hit of jealousy. The
tragedy took place in their home at
tarbor Springs.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-23
Buy Cows THROUGH Banks.

Madison.-State Bank Commissioner
banks of Ashland county are buying
cattle and selling them to the farmers
on easy terms.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-23
Father CT Trolley Car Dead.

Stockbridge, Mass, May 20.-Ste-
pnen Dudley Field, sixty-eight years
old. the father of the trolley car"
an inventor Of international prom.
inence. died at his home in this city
Sunday.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-23
EIGHT German Soldiers Drowned

kiel. Germany, May 21.-Five "one
year" volunteer soldiers Of the Ger
man army and three German marines
who accompanied them are believed
to have been drowned in storm here.
They had gone out for short pleas
ure cruise in sailboat.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-23
Rich Banker Stole CHARS.

Winfield, Kan, May 19.-Grant Stat
ford. vice-president of local bank, &C
counted one Of the wealthiest men III
Winfield. was convicted By jury Fri
day OF five counts charging the theft
of cigars from local dealers.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-23
Three Thousand Machlnists Go Out

Three Thousand MachinlStS 20 out.
Buffalo, n Y. May 21.-About 5000
machinists went out on strike here
Monday for increased wages and short
er minimum hours. The men demand
a minimum wage of 371s cents al
hour and a nine-hour day.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-23
Profit In Poultry.

The profit In poultry raising for
market lies in Matching early, push
ing the chicks forward as rapidly as
possible and marketing them early
In the season
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-23
WILSON BLAcKMAIL CASE UP.
Moutaineers Accused by President
Face jury TODAY

WouraINecrs NCcuSed Ey FresIueFt
Face Jury Today.
Newark, N. j., May 21-Jacob
Dunn, alais Mig" and Seeley Daven
port, alias Snake" the New Jersey
mountaineers, charged with having
sent Matchmaking letters to President
Woodrow Wilson were placed on trial
in the United States district court
here today. Judge John H. Rellstab
presided at the trial. Dunn and Dav-
export are wood choppers and were
arrested last November with Peter
Dunn, brother of Jacob, in connec-
ton with the letters.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-23

One Dead, SIX Injured IN Crash.
Perth Amboy, n. j.. May 1S.-One
man was killed, one probably fatally
injured and five others seriously hurt
when a $4,000 steel coal bumper col
laDsed On the Lehigh Valley coal piers
here Friday.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-23
ISADORA DUNCAN VERY ILL

On Verge of Nervous Collapse Since
Two Children Were Killed.
Paris, May 1S.-Isadora Duncan, the
dancer, is reported to be critically i'll
at Corfu in a telegram received here.
Since the death of her two children
in an automobile accident few
weeks ago Nine. Duncan has been cn
the verge of nervous collapse.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-23
AUNT OF PRESIDENT is DEAD.
Sister-in-Law of Executives Mother Is
Victim of Bronchitis

Denver, Colo, May 21.-Mrs. John
Woodrow, an aunt by marriage of
President Wilson, died at her home
here. An acute attack of bronchitis
caused death after an illness Of only
a few days. Mrs. Woodrow was eighty
one years old. Her husband was
brother of the presidents mother.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-23
Minneapolis, May q, 1913.

Minneapolis, May q, 1913.
Wheat-No. l hard, 92c; No. I
northern, Gle; No. northern, S9c.
Corn-No. yellow, Gle.
Oats-No. white, 35 15c.
Rye-No. 2, 55 057 1Ac.
Flax-1.32M.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-23
MARKET REPORT.
Milwaukee,, Nav p. !.

Milwaukee, May p, 1918.
Butter = Creamery, extras. CSC;
prints, CSC; frsts, 26@27c; seconds,
24@25c; renovated 25Q26c; dairy,
fancy, 26c.
Cheese-American, full cream,
new made twins. 1872 q l3c; Young
Americas, 14@14Hc; daisies, 1884
q lac ;longhorns, 13c; limburger,
new, lac; brick, 13c..
Eggs-Current receipts fresh as 10
quality, 1613 Ole; recandled, eX-
tras, 10 a zoe; seconds, IS @14c,
Live Poultry-Fowls, tic; roost-
ers, 8 a 10c; springers, II 12c.
Wheat-No. l northern, 94c; No.
2 northern, CSC; No. 3 northern, sic:
No. 1 velvet, so re.
Corn-No. 3 yellow, 81 &c.
Oats-No. 8 white, 3S@3SNc;
standard, 39c.
Barley-No. 4, $4,000; Wiscon-
sin, $40 SOC.
Rye-No. 2, 81 IL a SIC.
Cattle-Butchers' steers, 6.75 O.
500; COWS and heifers, $50 q TAO;
feeders, 6.35@6.S5; calves, $3.50
800.
Hogs-Good heavy butchers, S.35
$500; fair to best light, 5000
$40; pigs, 7.00@8.10.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-23

Chicago, May 81, 1913.
Cattie-Beeves, 7.00@S.90; stock
ers and feeders, 5.85 @790; cows
and heifers, 1856 @7.90; calves, $50
$500.
Hogs-Light, S.4O@S.72; heavy,
S.15@865; rough, 8.15 % $40; pigs,
6.6O0S-4O.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-23

but in practical points they may be
considered a distinct and well-estab
1iShed breed
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Mrs, HeGllL
BROKE DOWN
Gives fhe Rea. Facts In Regard 70
her Case and Tells How She
Suffered.

Jonesboro, Ark.-"I suffered com.
plete break down in health, some time
ago." writes Mrs 4. McGill, from ttla
place. IT was very weak and could
not do any work. 1 tried different
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did me so much good, was surprised,
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Before took Cardu:, / had headache
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-04-03
TRUSTEES SALE OF RESIDUE

Trustees sale of the residue Of the
"Belvoir" or "White House tract Of
land located in Mt. Vernon Magls-
terial District, Fairfax County, Va,
containing approximately 100 acres
with improvements.
BY virtue Of the authority vested
in us by the will of Philip Otterback,
deceased, and under decree of the
Circuit Court of Fairfax county, Va,
in the suit of O.terback VS.. Bohrcf',
at it's March term, 1913, the under
signed trustees will offer for sale at
public auction, in front Of the Royal
Street entrance to the Market House
in Alexandria, Virginia, al
~ O'CLOCK NOON. ON SATUR-
DAY, THE 26th DAY OF
APRIL, 1913,
the above described property.
This tract. the old nome Of Lord
Fairfax and separated from George
Washington's home at Mt. Vernon,
by Dogue Greek. originally consisted
of approximately twenty-seven hum
bred (2,700)acres,of which 1000 acres
has been taken by the United States
Government for a school of Equita-
ton or Horsemanship. The bal
ance between ten and twelve hundred
acres consists of valuable farming
lands and about eight hundred (sOO)
acres of valuable timber. 1t has a
large deep water frontage on the
Potomac river as well as large
frontage on Dogue Creek, with valu-
able fishing shores. The property Is
improved by the old mansion house,
Familiarity known for many years as
the "White House." a club house,
barns, stables, out-buildrgs and ten
ant houses. 1t is situated on the
county road between Mt. Vernon and
Accotink and is about four miles by
road from Mt. Vernon. This prop
ertv is one of the most historic in
the section and would make a very
desirable country estate because OF
it's location and the opportunities
afforded for fishing and shooting.
Terms of Sale:-One-third cash
and residue in s equal annual pay
ments at one, two and three years
from the date of the confirmation
of the sale with interest from tE'
| said date of the confirmation OF sale
at the rate of six per cent per an
mum, interest payable semi-annually
with right to anticipate the time O
paying the deferred payments, Sc
cured oy retention of title ill PAD.
JOSEPH !. WELLER,
WALTER 3. GUY,
C. VERNON FORD,
i THOMAS R. KEITH,
I Trustees.
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