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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-12
County Foo&s the Bills.

On receipt of her application the
state board sends investigators to de-
termine her condition Then a date is
set for her hearing and she goes into
court and tells her story. The inyes-
tigation of the state board is offered
in evidence, and the Judge passes on
whether or not she is eligible to a
pension. If she becomes a pensioner
the checks are sent her out of the
funds of the county in which she lives.
The amount of the pension, which
is really intended for the support of
her children, is fixed by law. It is SO
a month for one child. S14 a month
for two children and SIS a month for
three children, and for each child
thereafter 81 a month. The state
boards investigators have supervisory
charge of the dispensation of the pen
sion and of the conduct of the mother.
At the arrival of a child at the age of
sixteen, or before, at the discretion of
the board, the pension for that child
can be discontinued This. briefly. is
what New Jersey has done for it's
widowed mothers. How has the plan
worked out?
The woman with the three children
in shanIy on the edge OF Newark
smiled when she was asked It was a
tired smile, but there was no trace of
unhappiness in it.
How does it work., she answered.
and her voice was full with emotion.
"Fine."
She passed to smooth with a thin
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-12

The present generation might be
termed the automobile race.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-12


IL the door of the shanty she calls
VI home on the outskirts Of the
city. A child clings to each
hand and another clutches tightly to
the folds Of her pink calico dress. Just
inside the door stands two new brass
cribs. Across the gloomy aspect Of
broken kitchen chairs and patched
table beyond are hooks in the brick
chimney on which hang children's gar
ments with the bright stamp of new
ness on them. There is coal in the
scuttie by the range, with it's cracked
lids, and there is food a-cooking Dingy
and gloomy is the interior Of the sin
gle room, but it is spotlessly clean.
This is the home of the first widow
in Jersey to be pensi0ned for being
what she is-just a poverty-stricken
mother. The cribs. the coal, the
clothes, the food are results of that
first pension check
Homes Are Proof of Worth.
To the outside world perhaps the
Widows Pension act passed in Jersey
last July is a hay reality, the real sig
niflcance of which is hardly appreciat-
ed 1t is only when one can peer into
a home where the pension has come
or perhaps, more aptly, has peered in
to it before and after the coming
that it dawns on one what this pen
sioning of widowed women who have
children dependent upon them really
means.
Briefly the widows pension was the
dream of Isaac T. Nichols, senator
from Cumberland county, who plainly
stated that in his opinion a woman
who brought children into the world
was entitled to a pension for her work
when her, husband, or support, was
taken from her by death. That was
the beginning. Senator Nichols was
for pensioning every mother Of a child
under sixteen years old. But there
were those who objected. Such a broad
act, they said, would allow unmarried
women with children, women with hus-
bands still living and others to share
in the reward intended really for the
widowed mother. The bill was amend
ed, and became law on July 4.
First Pension on July 22
BY July % the first hearing to deter
mine the granting of pension had been
held, and the first pension was grant
ed. 1t is only a matter of time when
every state will have its pensioned
mothers, Senator Nichols said
There are $40 widowed mothers
drawing pension in New Jersey, and
the number is steadily increasing
There are pensioned mothers in every
one of the states 81 counties save one
The one exception from which no re
quest has come IS Ocean county. in the
southern part of the state. Why no
cry from a needy mother has been
heard from there is a mystery to the
state board of chiIdrens guardians
which has the supervision of the pen
sions and pensioners in hand.
The process a widowed mother must
employ to gain a pension is simple.
First, she must write to the state
board of children's guardians for
application blanks. She viii receive
three blanks, all identical. She must
fill in each, one for the state board,
one for the overseer of the poor in
her district and one for the Judge of
the county court, where her case
eventually will be heard
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-12
MAKES DAINTY SCENT SAcHET
lights in Sweet Odor These
Small Packages Convey.

This dainty little scent sachet is
carried out in two shades of mauve. 1t
consists of three little satin bags,
lined with soft white silk and tied up
at the neck with narrow ribbon. The
bags are three inches in length by two
inches in width, and to the back of
each bag is attached two pieces Of
narrow ribbon. These ribbons are
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-12
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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-07-22
MRS. PANKHURST ON
WALKING STRIKE"
Daring Militant Leader Forces
Officers to Carry Her When
ever Moved

LONDON, July 22.-ln Holloway
jail today, Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst,
untamed leader of the militant suf-
fragists. continued her hunger strike,
as we'll as her newest form OF protest
her refusal to walk.
From the moment of her sensation
al re-arrest at the big meeting in Lon
don pavilion. Mrs. Pankhurst has re-
fused food and has refused to move
her feet When the detectives seized
her. she sank down Imply and they
had to carry her out of the building.
She forced them to carry her into the
police station and then into Holloway
Jail Mrs. Pankhurst today refused to
do anything but lie on her prison cot.
The eleven women who were ar
rested at the pavilion yesterday. were
TO be arraigned in Bowst. police
court today The latest arrest OF Mrs.
Pankhurst was one of the most dram
attic Incidents in her striking career.
After the hoax of Saturday night,
when the police allowed Mrs. Pank-
hurst TO slip through their fingers
while they arrested double OF the
daring leader, Scotland Yard renewed
it's vigilance, and the pavilion was
entirely surrounded by policemen YES
terday Despite the surveillance Mrs
Pankhurst managed TO enter the hall
and was not arrested until she was
proceeding along a narrow corridor 10
the stage.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-07-22
Attorney McNamara Makes No
Attempt to Postpone Graft
Hearing Because Of Illness
of Associate
DEFENSE FAILS TO
MAKE ANY HEADWAY
Long Examination OF Prosecu-
tors Stenographer Brings no
Comfort to Glinnan's Lawyer

Ormond +. Hunt counsel for Aid.
homas l. Gilman In the graft trial
was absent from court. Tuesday morn
lng. confined TO his home by recur.
ring attack or heart trouble James
Mcnamara. attorney Tor Gilman.
made no effort 10 postpone the case
again. but continued his investigation
" Walter Kreinbring personal stem
Jgrapher o Prosecutor Shepherd. tie
continued 10 probe for some admis-
sion from this witness that lists OF
Jurors were prepared in Shepherd $
)tiice 10 be suggested to the jury com
mission He received no answers that
would give him a basis for his conten-
lion that the prosecutor tried unduly
20 influence the jury commission.
IL was suggested that Walter j..
Brennon, the Burns operative IN
barge OF the graft Investigations,
made some lists Of jurors, but this
VAS not substantiated by Kreinbring 5
estimony Irving j Coffin. the pros
,cutor's detective, was also suggested
as "A person who had prepared lists OF
Jurors
Kreinbrng did remember making
lists OF names for Detectives Fox and
Brooks Mention OF these detectives
was excluded. Monday, but no objec-
tion was made today
That list of names, said Prosecu-
Tor Shepherd. was made up from the
lists OF those already drawn for SER
vice which had perfect right 10
investigate" He expects TO show with
rebuttal evidence that he was doing
nothing in excess OF his authority.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-07-22
Lefty" Martin Makes Getaway
From Police Station While AS
sOciates Are Registered
CAUGHT WITH TWENTY
OTHERS IN BIG RAID
Had Been Sought on Larcey
Charge-Justice Gainey Re-
leases Gamblers

Allen Martin, alias Lefty" Martin,
wanted by the police on a char1s OF
larceny from the person. was one OF
u crap-shooters arrested when 10 de
tectiyes raide dthe cigar store of
Charles Monroe, No. 262 Randolph-st.
late Monday night but Lefty es-
capped through a coal chute in the
central station while the busy police
were registering the men and assign
Ing them to cells Search for him
proved futile, but though the officers
could not get their hands on Lefty"
when James Hayes went to Martins
room at No. 10 Beaubien.st, and tNad
to get Martins clothing. Detectives
planted at the place 10 watch for
Martin, nabbed Hayes, and locked him
up as suspicious person.
Meanwhile. the other 20 victims of
the raid were released by Justice
Gainey and allowed to 60 home
Police had received tip that there
was hig dice game in progress in
the cigar store. and 10 men surround
ed the place. where big crowd
was gathered Nearly a dozen men
escaped through the windows, but 81
were lined mp against the wall. and
later loaded into patrol wagons and
taken to the station.
II was while the crowd was being
taken to cells, in small groups. that
Lefty" Martin made his daring get.
away.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-07-22
Mediation Not Sufficient To Cow
er Necessary Ground, Con-
ductOrs Say
MAGNATES PROBABLY
WILL WITHDRAW CLAIMS
Condition of Erie MuddIe Still
Source of Annoyance To
Officials

NEW YORK. July When the
'ederal board of mediation met with
he representatives Of the conductors
and trainmen of the eastern rail-
roads today. the belief was expressed
that a basis for arbitration between
the employees and managers would
soon be reached.
AS a result OF the conferences yes
terday, the employees have made it
clear that they will not enter into
negotiations II the grievances OF the
managers against the, employees are
TO be brought up. The conference
committe eof managers asked that
these grievances be considered but
did not press the question, and the
belief still prevails that the man
ayers will back down from their
position. Both sides have agreed
that mediation will not settle the
diGpute and insist upon the demands
being laid before the board OF arbi-
tration.
The mediators have taken up the
Erie situation and will endeavor TO
persuade that road to come back in
to the manager's conference. II the
officials refuse to be represented In
the conference, the mediators will
endeavor to persuade the Erie tc
agree 10 be bound by the award OF
the arbitration board, or submit
their case for separate considera-
tiOn
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-07-22
SEVEN ARE CAUGHT
IN POLICE RAID
Girl Of 16 Among Those Taken
From Alleged Resort on
Madison -avA.-

Detectives Good and Grossman raid
cd the house at No rs Madison-ave..
at o'clock. Tuesday morning, and
arrested Edna Smith. 2l-ycar-old les
see of the place; two men, three
other women, and a 16-year-old girl.
yho were drinking and holding high
carnival in the place. The police de-
clare that the place has been con-
Quoted as regular resort. The
smith woman is held on charge OF
contributing to the delinquency OF
the young girl, found in the place.
She is Nellie Wolf, of Pontiac. Mich,
and is held in the juvenile detention
home. The officers declare that she
made startling admissions TO them.
Some OF the men caught IN the raid
may also face serious trouble as the
result of the girls story.
Henry Hurst. of No 90 Virginia
ave. and Frank Morse, No. IA Eliza
oeth-st. east, were responsible for the
raid on the place. when they report
ed to the police that a man friend OF
the Smith woman had driven them
rom the place, with a revolver. after
they had spent much money for
drinks for the women in the place
Those arrested are James Col
lins. of Bay City: Oliver Ellis, of
Grand Rapids; May Murphy, No 1905
Springw gwells-ave. Rose Lawrence. No.
50 Campau-st. Ruth Lamar, of Co
lumbus. O., and the Smith woman
and the little Wolf girl.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-07-22
Statement of President Wilson
Being PurpOsely Distorted to
Produce and Increase Anti
American Feeing
ENTIRE COUNTRY IN
STATE OF TURMOIL
President Requests Ambassador
Wilson to Hurry On Trip to
Washington

WASHINGTON, july 22.-All foreign
ers in the interior OF Mexico are in
grave danger today. Additional ad-
vices received from confidential cir
cles today indicate that their peril Is
much greater than in the days imme-
riately following the overthrow OF the
Madero rule. This is chiefly due TO
the fact that the Huerta government
is assailed on all sides, and that many
of the so-called bands OF revolutions
lists are in reality only armed forces
of robbers plundering at will and using
torture and even homicide 10 enforce
their demands for gold.
The entire country is in state OF
turmoil. Both the federal and revolu-
tionary forces are tanning the flame
OF discomfort with the presence OF for
eigners. This is absolutely proven by
the confidential advices received at the
state department by its accredited Sc
cret Representatives who ar covering
every foot of the troubled zone. And
as fast as each report is received here
il is turned over TO Counsellor John
Bassett Moore, acting secretary or
state, and a copy sent to President
Wilson
Make Facts Public.
No attempt is being made to hide
the fact that the Mexican question As
greatly troubling the president, lie
has sent word TO Ambassador Henry
Lane Wilson, AZ Havana. TO make all
possible speed in his trip here. The
customs officials at Key West have
been telegraphed by the treasury de-
partment to rush Wilson ashore the
moment his vessel reaches thar port.
and TO pass his baggage in the inter
est of haste. He has been asked to
make the trip to the capital as fast as
steam can carry him, and he will have
an interview with the president imme-
diately upon his arrival.
| The president retains an open miud
on the Mexican problem. he mas
carefully examined the confidential re-
ports received here by the state de-
partment. and has some very search
ing questions ready for the American
ambassador. He plans to so to the
very root of the situation. and there
is n possibility that soon after wilson
gets here this government may recoS-
nize a state of belligerency in Mexico.
thus leaving the rival facsions free 10
fight it out Failing this, there woula
be the alternative of utilizing the
army and navy TO restore order or else
recognition of the Huerta government
should that government still be in
power when the problem is considered
Intervention means a terrlDle Ton
,Con,inued on Page Eight
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-07-22
COUNTER CLAIMS
FOR ADRIANOPLE
Sulgars Assert Turks Have Not
Taken City-Turkish Cover
nor Selected

LONDON. July 22.-Special dis
patches today from Sofia, said that
the Bulgarians assert that the Turks
have not taken Adrianople. The Bul-
garian war Office admitted that the
Moslem Holy City is menaced, but
has not yet been surrendered
A dispatch from Constantinople
this afternoon said that Hadji Adil
Bey. former minister of the interior.
has been appointed Turkish COVER
nor Of Adrianople. which indicates
that the city has been re-occupied
by the Turks. However, the infor-
nation from Constantinople said
nothing more about the re-taking OF
Adrianople and the appointment of
governor may be an anticipatory
step
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-07-22
THIEF WEEPS WHEN
POLICE Nab HIM
Harry Freed, Picture of Woe,
Will Be Freed After LOOP
ing the Loop"

Harry Freed alias Jack Reed, a
large, husky blond person, whose pro-
fession Is entered on the local police
blotter as thief" burst into floods
Of tears and made the walls OF the
central station echo with his walls
of woe when Detectives Wilkinson
and Dowd ushered him into the de-
tective bureau, Tuesday morning, and
had him locked up as suspicious
person. They, met MIR. Jack at the
Buffalo boat He had comely little
woman. and two large valises with
him In one OF the vaIises the po-
lice found As cheap watches and a
revolver. The watches were evident
ly to be peddled
Freed or Reed. has been told that
he is not wanted here in Detroit His
picture, the police say, appears in the
rogues galleries Of Rochester and
Buffalo. Freed cried all Of the way
to th estation, and groveled in the
depths OF woe as the police registered
him. They say he is the best little
weper known to the police OF the
country Anybody who can watch
Reed snivel and moan. and not be
driven to merry laughter. is indeed
without humor. He is a very funny
weeper.
I'm thief. but | amt a pickpock
ct he bawled. when Detective John
Downey "kidded' him a little about
his profession His tears nearly
drowned the little woman whom he
introduced as his wife, as he kissed
her goodbye. She stood the deluge
toically. as though she had witnessed
similar scenes many times before
He will be held a few days, intro.
duced to the police Of the various sta
tions, and then released. They call
II looping the loop
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-07-22
Would Further EmaSculate the
Measure BY Providing for
Two Elections
HOT SQUABBLE DUE
ON CHARTER BOARD
Ingram, Bradway and Ferris
Prepare for Battle With Re-
dictionaries

More restrictions upon the recall
provisions we're suggested before the
charter commission. Monday after
noon. by Commissioners Burton ana
Guthard Commissioner Burton has
fought the recall from the beginning
expressing the hope that office holders
might in some way be protected from
the rabble.
II was Burton's stand upon the
question which induced the commits
sion some time ago TO provide FOR a
petition OF 25 per cent of the voters
instead OF 20 per cent, which the
committee through large enough. II
was he who crowded In the provision
that charges made against officials
should be such as could be proven in
court and that the singers OF the peti-
ton must be held personally respon-
sible for them.
These things make the recall pro
vision in the new charter practically
worthless. Monday. Commissioners
Burton went still farther and with
several OF the reactionary members
was abl to max a showing for fur
thr rstriction, providing for two cleo
tions in the event OF n recall being
issued against an officer One would
be TO decide If the man should be dis
missed from Office and the other to
decide who should succeed him
Commissioners ingram, Bradway
and eFrris, who are strong advocates
of the recall law, are fighting this
new move and warm debates are eX.
pected when II comes up for definite
disposal Commissioner Ingram has
sought the advice Of the corporation
counsel. 10 discover IL there is any
foundation for the opinion that the
recall is unconstitutional
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-07-22
g CONVICTS ARE
BURNED In CAGE

JACKSON, Miss. July 22.-Thirty-
three convicts sleeping on the second
floor of a wooden cage at the Oaklev
convict farm, 20 miles southwest OF
Jackson. were burned to death short
" before midnight last night. All
we're Negroes. and their bodies were
burned beyond recognition.
The fire started on the first floor
at the stairway landing. cutting on
the only avenue of escape The struc-
ture was an ancient wooden arair,
built 10 years ago, with lumber taken
from the old penitentiary building IN
Jackson, and burned with astonishing
rapidity.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-07-22
ILLINOIS SUFFRAGISTS
KEEP TAB ON COUNCIL

CHICAGO, July 22.-"Keeping tab
on council'-the latest diversion OF
C2hicago suffragists-proved such a
decided success at it's first trial that
the game Will be continued until
the next municipal election. Women
filed the council chamber and gal
leries last night. crowded the corri-
doris and struggled for admittance.
When policemen closed the dors $50
were outside, notebooks in hand, dis
appointed because they had no part
In the checking" process.
The keeping tab" system is a sim.
pie one. Several women are assigned
70 each alderman. They record his
votes. and take synopsis of his
speeches on matters OF particular in.
terest TO women. The notebooks will
be used by the suffrage organization
i'm formulating their recommendations
when women voters 90 TO the polls in
the first municipal election.
Ostriches and aligators are raised
in incubators I'm South Africa.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-07-22
BOY DRACS DOWN
HIS RESCUER
Two Drowned While Bathing in
Wolf Lake-Officers Drag
for Bodies

KALAMAZOO. Mich, July 22.-
(SpeciaD D-Oficers went out to Wolf
lake, this morning, to drag for the
bodies of Harold McKowen and Harold
Hawkinson. two boys who were drown
ed. late yesterday afternoon. Nc
kowen was pulled 10 his death by
Hawkinson as he tried TO rescue him.
aHwknson had ventured out too far
in the water and McKowen swan TO
his aid. Hawkinson grasped him
about the neck and pulled him under
the water he two never came up.
The place where the boys went down
is about 40 feet deep, and officers fear
they will have difficulty In getting the
bodies
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-07-22
BOYS and GIRLS

Send III your nomination today The Detroit Times
Boys and Girls Pony and Cart Contest Your friends will
help YOU OF these miniature Horses you get
started.
Extract from The shetland oPny' 10y 5. b. Elliott,
VI. D.:
Is implies. originated
on he Islands, "A been there
inav n chronicles of the Morse
IS made of from indications
the Bressay ancient church
of Cubnsburgh. the shetland group. in 1S6+rrt
appear he there S72. the
subdued the Islands his
The She'll nd is he smallest of Ponies
iuehes of his
stature childs
His hardness dociry
WE'LL wonderfully good action.
Eigh, Beautiful Shetland Ponies with complete equip
nent art Harness. Also Eight Complete Business
Courses in the Detroit Business Institute Eight Bicycles for
both Girls and BOYS Eight Beautiful IKsrat Gold Watches
and Eight the Broadway Theater for Ten
Consecutive Weeks.
Don't wait--Star today.
See inside page Tor further particulars.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-07-22
BENSON PREDICTS
DEMOCRATIC LOSS
Former DetrOiter Declares Seat
tie Riots Will Cost Party in
Power Half Million Votes

LWAUKEE, Wis. July 21.-
Allen c. Benson, the Socialist writer
and formerly OF Detroit. refused today
10 take back his recent characteriza-
ton of Secretary OF the Navy Daniels
as 'jackass who would win many
votes for the Socialist cause
Eighteen thousand people at the so
cialist annual picnic heard Benson,
one OF thesdays speakers say:
This is the first time the Social
lists have been so fortunate as TO be
aided by iackass so near the head
of the nation. BY his wild speech he
has started wave of indignation
throughout the country.
The Democrats will love 100000
votes through the Seattle affair
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-07-22
HIBBLER DUE IN
DETROIT TODAY

Frank p. Hibbler, charged with re-
oeivlng 10000 cigars stolen from the
Pere MARQUETTE. sent a telegram to
Chief of Detectives Palmer from
Mackinac. Monday night. The tele-
gram reads: will be i'm Detroit Tues
day Hibbler.'
Capt. Palmer appreciated the cour-
tesy. and viii have reception com.
mittee meet Hibbler at the boat or
train.
Meanwhile. detectives have decor
ated the detective bureau for recep-
ton to fIibbler. The 5000 cigars seiz-
ed at Hibber's hotel furnish novel
effect In mural decoration.