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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-09-01

most Of us had to rent the cheapest
kind Of rooms and buy food in the
shops, thus living on few cents Q
day. The Germans seized Verviers,
suppressed the newspapers and sub
1ected the inhabitants to strict control
Every window facing the street had
to be closed. The houses were shut
and In the evening nobody was al
lowed on the streets.
Prevented From Leaving the City.
For many days every one was pre-
vented from leaving the city Horses,
automobiles and every other means Of
conveyance were appropriated by the
Germans unless the owners could show
credentials from the German army.
The Belgian citizens were reduced to
a state Of terror. Canponading began
at noon, August 4, and was incessant
day and night, rain or shine. Houses
trembled, windows ratified and at first
1t was impossible to sleep because Of
the noise. Afterward we got quite
used to the uproar.
81 saw 1000 or 1900 Belgian prison
ers marched through the streets Of
Verviers and it was pitiful to watch
the crowds of relatives, fathers, moth
ers, wives and sweethearts running
beside the prisoners trying to throw
bread and cigars to them. The cap
tives were not given time to catch
the gifts, but were ruthlessly hurried
on INV "a c0ldinro Wn
leans sympathized heartily with the
Belgians. Persons who had escaped
from Liege told us that the Germans
had taken three forts, caused a small
fire in the city and captured $500 pris-
oners.
Citizens Shot at LIege.
August IA party consisting of two
other Americans, myself and two Eng
lishmen and Frenchman obtained
from the German commandant passes
to return to Herbesthal on the way to
AK la Chapelle. Armed with these, we
German frontier, but the cab drivers
were so terrified that we tried five diff
ferent men before we found one with
sufficient nerve to take US. Even then
I was compelled to conduct the driver
to the German commander to get Q
paper guaranteeing the safety Of tho
cabman, his horse and his vehicle. Our
horse was so old that we had to walk
up the hills. The age Of the beast, the
driver said, was the only thing that
kept the Germans from taking 1t.
while we were In Liege several
citizens were shot because of remarks
hey made to German officers and sol.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-09-01
DAINTY SUMMER SANDWICHES.

Sandwiches need not be kept en-
tirely for picnics, as they are great
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-09-01
FROZEN DISHES.

During the hot weather there are
no more refreshing desserts than
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-09-01
More Than One Way to Success.

Success may not depend so much
upon what you do yourself as upon
what you can jolly others into doing
for you.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-09-01

those which are
frozen. There Ia
an unlimited va
riety to call upon,
fruit sherbets, us
ing juices of fresh
fruit. mousses, trap
pes and parfaits.
Sundaes. w hic h
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-09-01
INTERNATIONAL.
SUNlNYSQlOOL
LESSON

(By e. o. SELLERS, Director of Evening
department. The Moody Bible Institute
Chicago)
Lower coast gazette., 1914-03-21
GRADING OF COTTON ASKED
Bills Before Congress Give Agricul.
tural Control Ut Investigation and
interstate Shipments.

Washington.-Bills to authorize the
secretary Of agriculture to investigate
handling, grading and transportation
of grain and cotton and to establish
standards of grade, quality and condi-
ton have been introduced by Chair
man Lever Of the house agriculture
committee.
They would prohibit interstate ship
ment of grain or cotton unless its sale
grade is fixed by the secretary OF ag-
riculture and conforms to standards
he prescribes, but variations from Off
cial standards may be permitted un-
der his rules.
The bills would forbid shipment OF
grain or cotton under misleading de-
scriptions, would make subject to the
agricultural departments inspection
any grain entering into interstate com
MERGE which has been represented to
conform to a given standard and
would authorize the secretary to set
tie any disputes as to proper grading
of shipments. Violations would be
punishable by fines of from $500 to
$1,000
Lower coast gazette., 1914-03-21
SENATE RAPS AMBASSADOR
Resolution 4. alls Nh Waitar ~, paa.A
Explain Panama Canal Speech
Delivered in London.

Washington.-A resolution calling
upon Walter H. Page, United States
ambassador to Great Britain, for an
explanation of a Panama canal speech
which he is reported to have delivered
recently before the Associated Cham.
bers of Commerce in London, has been
adopted by the senate. The resolution
was introduced by Senator Chamber.
lain, democrat, Of Oregon, an oppo.
nent of the repeal of the free tolls pro.
vision.
The resolution then calls on the sec.
rotary of state to furnish to the sen.
ate without delay a copy Of the speech
.uade by the American ambassador,
and particularly that part thereof civ.
ing his definition Of the Monroe doc.
trine and that portion thereof in which
he IL alleged to have stated that the
British would profit most by the use OF
the Panama canal"
The definition attributed to the am
bassador was that the Monroe doctrine
simply meant this: THAT the United
States would prefer that no European
government should gain more land ir
the new world"
Lower coast gazette., 1914-03-21
STRIKE STILL ON
Northern Michigan Copper Miners
Will Not Vote on Returning to
Work at Present.

Calumet, Mich.-"The strike has not
been called off and will not be, now
at any rate" declared President VIII.
liam Rickard of the Calumet local of
the Western Federation Of Miners.
This statement was made following
report that the men might return to
work, regardless of the Western Fed
Ct erat gSlne5 an |. treat either individually
panies, although lie suggested" they
take a referendum vote on the propo-
sition.
Richard said the matter of declaring
off the strike will not be put to a
vote before the men now, at least, and
probably mot until further orders are
received from President Meyer"
General Manager Denton of the Cop
per Range Consolidated declared that
the companies had all along urged
the men to turn in their federation
cards and return to work.
The federation has ceased paying
salaries here to strikers Two thou
sand men are still out in the district.
It is claimed here that the companies
are willing to take back to work the
strikers who have not engaged In VIC.
lence, but n of the imported strike
breakers will be discharged in order
to make vacancies for former EN-.
ployes desiring to return to work.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-03-21
TIDAL WAVE BROWNS 1000
Violent Hurricane Drives Waters o.
the Sea of Azov Over Two
Russian Towns.

Ekaterinodar, Russia.-More than l.,
900 persons persisted in the inundation
Of the towns OF Stanitza and Achtyr.
skaja by a tidal wave from the Sea OF
Axov. The wave struck the towns dur.
ing a violent hurricane which swept
the province Of Kuban. More than $50
persons were drowned in the floods in
Yasenkaja
A dam collapsed in the town of Tenn
ryuk. on the Taman peninsula, SO miles
northwest of this city, flooding the
greater part OF the city and drowning
many persons. The sea washed away
$50 buildings in A~chtyrskaja. Tenn
ryuk is a historic town with a popula-
ton of 16, 900. 1t once was the seat o.
the Turkish fortress Adass.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-03-21
MISS WILSON AND
MAD00ARE1 WE'D
ENGAGEMENT OF PRESIDENTS
DAUGHTER AND TREASURY
HEAD ANNOUNCED.
MARRIAGE DATE IS NOT SET
Briefness Of Announcement Causes
comment-MeAdoo Is a Grand.
father and Twenty.six Years
Older Than His Fiancee.

Washington.-Just as society was de
5pairing Of an official announcement
from the white house about the report
ed engagement of Miss Eleanor Will
son to William G. McAdoo, secretary
Of the treasury, a statement was given
out by the presidents secretary, Mr.,
Tumulty, to this effect:
"The president and Mrs. Wilson an.
nounce the engagement of their young.
est daughter, Eleanor Randolph, to
William Gibbs McAdoo."
Those few words made certain that
the wedding bells will again chime in
the white house for the second time In
the Wilson administration within the
space of six months, and that Miss
Eleanor Wilson will be the fourteenth
white house bride.
The briefness of the announcement
was much commented on, because
when the engagement Of Miss Jessie
Wilson to Mr.. Sayre was announced
it was with a wealth of detail and cir
cumstance. 1t is understood that the
wedding day has not been fixed. Ru-
NOR has it, however, that it will &C.
cur at a very early date.
The old adage that Move laughs at
age, ace and creed" is borne out in
this engagement, as Secretary McAdoo
twenty-six years older than Miss
Wilson, the father of six children and
The grandfather of two. He has been
a widower for several years and de-
voted to business projects.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-03-21
ADMITS EXEMPTION LOBBY
Washington Lawyer Testifies He Was
Employed to Work on Panama
Canal Bill.

Northumberland Of the sen
ate lobby Investigating committees In.
curry has turned toward reports that
there is organized opposition in Wash.
ington, backed by influential forces,
against the proposed repeal of the
Panama tolls exemption. The com.
mittee examined Clarence Nv. De
knight, a Washington lawyer, who ad.
United activity on7k-sSio -,
bill was pusscu; bdt flatly denied
knowledge of any lobbying efforts to
prevent the repeal.
The lawyer admitted having entered
into a contract with the Fore River
Ship Building company, through for
mer Admiral P. T. Bowles, its prest
dent, to work for free tolls for coast
wise shipping. For this service he
received $1,000, he said, but a contin-
gent fee of $4,000 additional depend.
ing on the passage Of the tolls bill in
that form had not been paid. De
knight agreed to produce this con
tract.
De Knight told also of urging
through congress various bills provid'
ing for increase in pay and higher rank
for men Of the army and navy. He
estimated that contracts he made for
this work with individuals and ass0cia'
tions Of enlisted men had brought him
$4,000.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-03-21
U. S. EXPRESS co. WILL QUIT
Success Of Parcel Post and Recent
-rrdsr Observation-Disclosures g.

New York.-Directors of the United
States Express company voted unan-
imously. to liquidate its affairs n
dissolve it in the shortest possible
time. The precise plan for realizing
on the company's assets was not dis
closed, but it is thought a syndicate
will be formed to take them over so
that they may be disposed Of to the
best advantage.
Persons familiar with the company's
affairs declare that the return to the
shareholders will be between $50 and
500 a share. There is considerable
real estate as we'll as costly equip.
ment and outstanding contracts with
railroads, which, it is expected. will
be transferred to other express COM
panies at a fair profit.
The success of the parcel post and
the recent express rate reduction by
the interstate commerce commission
are held directly responsible for the
company's retirement from business
after sixty years Of continuous opera
ton over some of the leading railroads
of the country.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-03-21
SLAIN BY FREIGHT THIEVES
Bandits Shoot Down Engineer Near
Peoria, ILL.,, When Surprised
BY Train Crew.

Peoria, Ill.-Arthur Fisher, Chi
cago & Northwestern railroad freight
engineer, was shot and killed in the
cab of his engine near Manlius, ILL.,,
forty.five miles north of Peoria, by
bandits who were surprised while
stealing merchandise from the freight
train. A deputy sheriff, in pursuit OF
the band, was shot through the head
and may die. The station agent at
Langley, Ill, was shot in the arm and
the fireman on the freight train was
shot through the leg. Three robbers
were captured.
Near Sheffield, Ill, the posse came
up with the robbers, who opened IRE.
Bert Skoglund, deputy sheriff OF bu-
e county, was shot through the
face. shoulder and throat. He is be-
lieved to be fatally wounded. Leslie
Boyer, son OF the sheriff OF Bureau
county, was shot in the leg.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-03-21
ALL OVER LOUISIANA

w..+.., N.u,ro New. cnrv,co

Western Newspa Lon New Service.
New Orlsaas.-A poor boy, who
clerked in a store, taught school. work.
ed his. way through the Louisiana
State University by serving as a wait.
er in the mess hall, and then became
private secretary of Congressman 10,
seph E. Ransdell, studied law at odd
times while in Washington and came
back to Louisiana in 1911 to manage
the campaign of Mr.. Ransdell is the
brief and strenuous career Of John S.
Y. Fauntleroy, aged % years, who has
been nominated by President Wood.
row Wilson for the post OF collector
of internal revenue for the district OF
Louisiana, at a salary OF $4,000 per
year.
He is now secretary Of the Senate
committee on public health and quar-
antine, Of which Senator Ransdell is
chairman. He will come to New Or.
leans at once to assume his new
duties.
Mi. Fountleroy was one Of the two
boys who managed the senatorial
campaign of Ransdell SO successfully
in their battle against Murphy J. Eos
ter in the recent state primary.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-03-21
TRADE COMMISSION
BILL AGREED upon
MEASURE BEARS APPROVAL or
PRESIDENT WILSON AND AT.
ToRNEY.GENERAL.
FOR CORPORATION CONTROL
Committee Of Three, Each Receiving
$4,000 a Year, Would Be Vested
With Power-Action by Con.
gress Expected Soon.

Washington.-The Covington inter
state trade commission bill, bearin.
the approval OF President Wilson ant
Attorney General McReynolds, wa:
made public, following many confer
ences among the members of the house
interstate commerce committee. Demo
Gratis expect this measure to command
substantial republican support, and an
effort probably will be made soon tc
bring about concerted action between
the senate and house On this phase Of
the administration program Of com
MERGE regulation and antitrust legis.
lation.
The bill would transfer all the pow.
ers and duties OF the bureau of cor.
porations and the commissioner of cor.
porations to the proposed commission
OF three members, presidential ap.
pointees, subject to confirmation,
whose salaries would be $4,000 an.
nually each. Only two OF the com.
missioners could be from the same pol
itical party.
The Covington bill defines as a cor.
poration all bodies incorporated under
the laws and Joint stock associations
and all other associations having
shares of capital or other capital stock
or organized to carry on business for
profit. One section of the bill pro.
vides that corporations. furnish an.
nual reports to the commission, Civ.
Ing all information the commission re.
quires. Violations of this provision
would be penalized at $500 a day.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-03-21
BLOODY WINFIELD ARRAY
Man Named Jordan, Acting al Peace
maker Is Fatally Wounded.

Winnfield.-Albert ShoIers was kill
ed, a man named Jordan was fatally
wounded and another named McCullen
was shot through the shoulder in an
ARRAY here. Jordan was acting as a
peacemaker.
McCullen is said to have been shot
by Sholers, who in turn was killed by
"a man named Hudgens, a friend Of
McCullen. The trouble originated, it
is said, when McCullen and Hudgens
were found in company with Sholers'
wife. Sholers, armed with a shotgun.
took his wife home and was followed
by McCullen and Hudgens, the shoot
ing taking place at Sholers' home.
Silolers was a son of former Police
Judge j. R. Sholers.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-03-21
IDENTIFIES HER LOST SON
Lad Held at Lafayette for Burglary
Sought by Mother in North.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Lafayette.-Sherif Locaste received
a telegram from Mrs. w. s. Wiener,
Of Brooklyn, N. Y, confirming tho
identity Of her son, Oscar, held here
charged with bnrglarizing the home Of
Or. r. p. Girard. Weiner Is about 90
years old and has been here about
two months. Recently he took a large
dose Of %strychnine, but was saved from
death by DR.. F. R. Tolson.
In his pocket was found a newspa.
per clipping In which his mother ad.
yertised for news of her lost son.
Sheriff Lacoste Is certain of the boys
identity, but is awaiting a photograph
to be absolutely sure. Owing to the
seriousness of the charge, Weiner will
have to stand trial here.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-03-21
LARGEST WARsHIP AFLoAT
Giant superdreadnousha Texas Turned
Over to the United States Gov.
eminent by Builders.

Newport News, Va.-All ready for
flight or frolic," the giant %superdread.
nought Texas, most powerful battle.
ship afloat in the world, left the yards
Of her builders here, the Newport
News Shipbuilding company, for the
Norfolk navy yard, distant only q few
miles, there to be turned over to Rear
Admiral Usher, commandant Of the
Norfolk station.
In length the,fighter is 573 feet with
a beam of IS feet az inches, so that
in passing through the Panama canal
locks she would have almost fifteer
feet to spare.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-03-21
WATERS PIERCE IS GUILTY
Fines A~ggregating $4,000 Were As
sessedi Against Corporation.

shreveGort@The Waters Pierce Oil
Company was found guilty in the fed.
sral court on fourteen counts Of the
Indictment charging them with giving
illegal rate concession on shipments
OF oil from Illinois to points south of
Alexandria, La. A fine Of $1,000, the
minimum amount on each count, was
imposed.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-03-21

Vice.Admirat Won Diederichs, who
commanded the German warships at
Manila during the blockade Of that
port, has become involved in a con.
troversy with Admiral Dewey concern.
Ing the conduct Of the German naval
officers there. He takes issue with
some OF the statements made by Ad-
miraI Dewey in his book Of reminis.
cences.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-03-21
NEGRO Agricultural School.

Baton Rouge.-With about seventy
students and more than 200 negroes Of
Baton Rouge and vicinity present,
Southern University, the state institu-
ton for the agricultural and industrial
education of the negro, formerly open
ed its doors at its new site on SCOTS
Bluff. north of Baton Rouge. Addresses
were made by Superintendent of Edit
cation T. H. Harris and Prof. B. c..
Caldwell, secretary Of the board of
administrators of the institution, John
S. Clark, the president of the institu.
ton, was present with almost all Of
his faculty.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-03-21
INSURANCE COMPANY SOLD
Hlbernia Of Louisiana Merged into
the Home Of New York.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
New Orleans.-Sale of the Hibernia
Insurance Company of Louisiana to
the Home Insurance Company of New
York was completed here. The Home
company takes over between $500, 900
and $40, 0O0, 900 Of life insurance in
Louisiana. The Hibernia was one of
the oldest local insurance companies,
being organized in 1871, and 1t has a
capital Of $780, 900 and surplus Of $685..
900. The book value of the stock was
rated at 1851 a share.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-03-21
FAILED TO ROB A BANK
Operations Of Yeggmen Cause Great
Excitement at Robeline.
western Nevsp.per Union News Service.

.4& N&NL SE7
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Robeline, Lathe operations Of
yeggmen here have created consider
able excitement. In one case the men
secured a small amount Of booty but
in the other they were unsuccessful in
getting into the vault they attacked
ana because Of that failure $4,000 was
saved.
n, The I fiEst Ct tbs Ib~u1rggNlaries occurred red
office. easily dynamiting me sare and
got away with all the available
stamps and about forty dollars in
cash.
After their success at the postoffice
the robbers forced n Of the bank
windows Of the Bank Of Robeline
and made an effort to dynamite the
safe of that institution. But in this
they failed. The explosive used prac-
tically wrecked the office furniture
and badly damaged the vault, but only
the front door of the safe was blown
off. The money box was intact when
found. 1t contained about five thous-
and dollars.
Immediately after the last explosion,
three men we're seen to emerge from
the rear Of the bank, coming out of
the same window they had entered.
They went some little distance and
then disappeared. This circumstance
led to the arrest on suspicion of three
men who have been operating a picture
show not far from the bank. Three
other parties were also taken on sus-
! picion later in the day.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-03-21
convicts Make Up Reward.

Dallas, Tex.-A reward of sS5 for
the return of two of their number, who
broke parole and escaped, has been Of.
fered by forty-six c%onvicts. members
Of a party which recently began
working roads without guards or
shackles, under an experimental plar
Of the state.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-03-21
Cotton Labo. Goes North.

OOttOU AdNV. 0OES SSO' We
Napoleonvil1e.-rhe weather has
been unfavorable the past week. Work
has stopped on the plantations. There
are several cotton farmers from north
Louisiana here getting all the labor
they, a induce to go up on their
farms to cultivate more cotton. The
past week fully forty families have
left this neighborhood.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-03-21
100000 Portland Fire.

Portland, Ore.-Ffre swept all that
section Of the Portland water front on
the east side from the upper to the
lower Albina ferries, destroying Co
lumbia dock No. 2 and Montgomery
dock No. /, the steamships Cricket and
Glenroy, and much other property, en-.
failing a loss estimated at $1.O00,000
The area burned covered six blocks.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-03-21
Made % suicide Attempts.

New York.-Herman E. Atkins OF
BROOKLYN has begun suit for separa-
finn against his wife on the ground
that his nerves were shattered by her
repeated attempts to commit suicide.
T%wentythree times, alleged Atkins.
Mrs. Atkins vainly attempted to take
her life.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-03-21
POSSE Kills Insane Slayer.

Bellefontaine. O.-Samuel Goodwin,
SO, insane man, was shot and killed
by a posse after he had shot and prob
ably fatally wounded Sheriff Robert
Cook Of Logan county and barricaded
himself in his shanty in q woods near
the scene.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-03-21
Creates Coast Guard Service.

Washington.-The senate passed a
bill to create a coast guard service by
consolidating the revenue cutter serv-
ice and the life saving service. The
house is expected to pass the bill
without opposition.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-03-21
state VIII Get 100000.

Raleigh, N. Cit is stated that
North Carolina will collect 100000
from the estat. of George W. Wander
bilt. The estate in North Carolina is
valued at 1850, 900. and the inheri.
lance tax on this will amount to .
round 100000.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-03-21
auhonic PLAQUE at Havana

Washington.-A second case Of bu-
homie plague in Havana has been re-
ported to Surgeon-G General Blue OF
the public health service, and inocu-
lations have confirmed its nature. The
first victim has died.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-03-21
u.,.n kelIer Hears sound.

Los Angeles, Cal.-Helen Keller,
deaf and blind young woman, an
nounced that she believes she had at
last heard a sound--the high note Of a
singer, Minnie Stevens, who sang for
her several times.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-03-21
Pupils March From Flames.

Baltimore, Md.-One thousand pu-
pills If a public school here were
marched from the building in good or
der while fire, which originated in the
cellar was making rapid progress
through the structure. The building
was destroyed.