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winter of 1925 surpassed all that pre- ceded it i'll brilliancy. The Marquis Ge la Fayettee was guest of the ma tion and the election for the presi de9cy in which Jackson, Clay and John Quincy Adams were candidates was on.
 General Jackson was the first tt give touch of informality to the re. ception. It was President Jackson who served the famous cheese, sent to him by constituent in Jefferson County, x. Y., to his New Year call. CTS. They were offered great hunks of this delicacy; drink, too, was dis pensed and other trimmings.
 In 1872, with the Civil War raging President Lincoln could have had bu' little enthusiasm for receiving, ye he kept open house, as usual. His last reception in 1865, just after Savannah had fallen, attracted . great crowd.
 The Roosevelt and Taft reigns are still fresh in the public mind. The famous Rough Rider was the soul of cordiality, and not only shook bu wrung the hands of 4s guests ant showed as little exhaustion when the last of his thousands of callers haG passed as he did with the arrival o1 the first one.
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Benefit To Wireless

Government ownership of wire nimunication lines would afso in- i've, it :s predicted, monopoly of feless communication and the ening of government wireless sta ms to commercial use. The huge eless system of the United States ernment is now devoted to of al business. The vast majority lressagcs handled are forthe army navy.
 he commercial use of this sys- Woult. not involve the questions Competition against individual ef- of paternal absorption of private Frprise and government opera
 of a business now in private ds. The government plant ia ctically new and the latest de- s are added to its equipment as Idly as tests prove their effici- H.
 cth in substituting rapid-service ruments for those now m use in
 communication and in turning wireless system over to conner use. the United States govern 2 would be taking over iaven-
 which. when first placed on tho ket have been used largely Tor k-selling purposes. Tho story s0 eless" stock-jobbing in England n threatened the stability of [ stry. and tho flotation ot sseurf' Tor several rapid ommunicatio7
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WIRE OPERATOR
 HERO OF FLOOD
Sticks to Post to Dangerous Moment When Waters From Broken Dam
 Come Rushing Down Valley.

Cumberland, Md, Jan. 17.-Reas- sured that the worst of the flood which swept down the Stony creek and upper Potomac valleys yesterday as a result of the breaking Of the great dam of the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company at Dobbin, w. Va, is over, hundreds of refugees who fled to the hills upon the first warn ing began to return to their homes early today.
 The valley is getting itself together and counting the damage from the flood. Although thousands of persons we.e imperiled, no lives were lost so far as has been ascrtained. There were, however, reports of many thrill ing rescues. It is believed that the prompt action of the pulp company's employees in sending out warnings of impending danger throughout the val ley enabled all in the danger zone to escape.
 Loss Probably S900,OO0.
 It probably will be several days be- fore anything like an accurate esti- mate of the damage to property can be obtained, but officials here fix it at about $20O,ooO. With telephone and telegraph communication re-estab- !ished, definite estimates of the loss soon may be had. The greatest dam age was to railroad property.
 Tn telegraph operator at Schell is being lauded today as hero. He stuck. to his post until b heard the noise of the onrushing waters, flash ing a warning in all directions. It was feared he had been lost but he turned up safe at Cumberland later in the day.
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[)ULD USE MUCH LEVER INVENTIONS inc Communication Better &With Government Own
 ership So Held.
MAY SOON COME
ayte Ownership Companies Do Not Ehange to Fasten Service Because E of Expense Involved.
BY JONATHAN WINFIELD


 Washington, Jan. 17-Recent agi- fxt!cn of the question of government 0Rnership of telegraph or telephone lines has jed to the prediction that ne conversion of the privately-own- ad properties wculd mean the sub atitutioa within | short time of new 4nventions for fast transmission of messages
 It is p.cdlc-ed that the govern melt would adopt the law lnstru- ments and that the amount of busi- nesS transacted by telegraph would Increase many fold, with reduction in rates making the telegraph a real postal facility.
 The in' entions for rapid and cheap transmission, of messages have been founL useful in practical opera tion but they have not come into general use fur very good reason sthat their adoption by telegraph companies would mean the scrapping 8of considerable equipment now in &nse.
 s% Telegram comp anie- gre given the &first chance to Vu,chase new inven Htions all If <a. new schemes have xXbeen tried out. Some of them ac E5complsh their purpose, others are s3ailures. But one and all, they have been turned down because of the Financial operation involved i'll ,rans- &orming one spstem into another.
 The advocates of government own ership of the line assert that the Government would be ia a position to make this change. The lines, it is Presumed, would be acquired at a lair value in the first place. The Earning of profit would not be so much the aim of the government as 5he prevention Of loss. Bonds to Harry improvements could be floated at lower rates than private corpora Hons are able to obtain. As pub lie utility owned by the government the public would demand to have the benefit o: inventions now "sewed- up" by the financial necessllles of private companies. These are the contentioas of those who believe the Government should take over the lines.
 Improvement of service by the sub stitution of new forms of invention would not be confined to the tele- Z graph business it is matter of NcOmmon report-aad of exact know ledge among telephone experts-shat many devices to expedite and cheap en telephone service have been
 Viewed up by the huge telephone in- tSrests for tn sam rasons which ob- te9n among telegraph companies.
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devices in tl.e United States are fla miliar.
 Govern nent ownership of tele- graph lines may not be so very re- mote. Those who nave looked ahead believe that the Wire system will practically be re-equipped within a short time after government owner ship has teen consummated.
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CARLOAD OF RICE
 BRINGS $2,OOO
LrgeSt Amount of the Cereal Ever Shipped in One Gar Is Received
 at Stuttgart.

Stuttgart, Jan. 1.-The largest shipment of rice ever handled in one car in the State, what is believed to handled by any railroad in the United States. was received here over the Cotton Belt by w. c. Sanders, a To-
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wEATHER FORECAST

ss!sow is the time to plant privet hedge, shade trees and roses. Call
 T. O. Orr. phone 1915, or eddress.
 17o0 Main street. city. 1-11ta
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The sherwin- Williams Paints for all kinds of good painting. Ask us for oolok card. Claud Clegs [ Go. ttA |and l5ain. q
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cal buyer, who purchased the rice from R. s. Rhodes of Olena. The car contained 543 bags of rough rice, or 2,172 bushels. When the invoice was received it was thought impossible for one car ito contain the shipment
 and, fearing a mistake, the unloadins
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was checked twice and then weighed in order to verify the quantity.
 It was good quality of rice and brought the producer nearly $2,000, which makes the car notable for its value as well as the large quantity 1t contained.
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Publis Is Admitted.

It was not until 1924 that the doors were thrown open to general
 public and the reception took on the character 1t Q since borne. The
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-15
AUTO BANDITS AGAIN ACTIVE
Resisting Five AssaiIants, Earl Dex-
heimer of Fort Atkinson, Suffers
Fracture of Skull.

Madison.-With Earl Dexheimer of
Fort Atkinson, junior in the college
of engineering of the University Of
Wisconsin, lying in the Madison Cen
eral hospital with a fractured skull as
a result of the second outbreak OF the
holdup wave, students at the state
school are aroused to a high pitch of
excitement.
DeXheimer was one of three victims
attacked by five masked bandits who
drove up to the curbstone in a car
just outside of science hall, directly
opposite the residence of President
G. r. Van Hise. Dexheimer, who was
accompanied by a young woman, took
the affair as a joke at first and was
slow in complying with the demands
of the men 20 shell out" Dexheimer
attempted to resist his assailants and
was knocked unconscious with the
butt of the revolver.
Shortly before, two men took
watch from DR.. M Morse in front
of Chemistry Building, and near by,
Frederick. Wayman, a freshman, was
robbed of SIS and a stick pin. No trace
Of the robbers has been found. A
group of students who learned of the
holdups, secured the Latin quarter in
an automobile, a short time after the
attack, but found no one.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-15
MORE HERDS CONDEMNED
State Veterinarian Warns Against
Visiting Neighboring Farms While
Disease Is Prevalent.

T. Madison.-Two new herds of cattle
have been found infected at Oregon
by State Veterinarian O. H. E1iason
and the cattle will be killed at once.
The infected cattle were found on the
farm of Jessie Hall and Mr.. Goggins.
DR.. Eliason is of the opinion that the
infection was brought to the Hall
farm by hunters and may have been
carried to the Goggins farm as the
result of visits. An outbreak of the
foot and mouth disease has also been
discovered on the Clark Harris farm
near Delayan.
In the territory where the disease is
prevalent people should not visit each
Others FARMS" said Dr. o. H. Ella
son. do not visit each others cattle
and stay at home as much as possible
$50 that this plague may be wiped out"
To date upwards of $4,000 worth
of cattle has been condemned and
slaughtered in the state as the result
of the foot and mouth disease
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-15
STOCKHOLDERS WANT PROBE
OF Racine Bank Before and
After Suspension.

Stockholders of the Com
merc1al and Savings bank, in a mass
meeting, agreed to contribute to a
1und to engage expert accountants and
attorneys to make a complete investi-
cation Of the affairs of the bank which
closed Sept. II with deposits of over
$2,50O,0OO
The stockholders declared that no
concrete statement has been rendered
them since the bank closed, either OF
officers or the state bank commission
er, although they were promised that
the bank would reopen Nov. 8 and
then Nov. Is.
IL the investigation now proposed is
held back by any move, or attempts
made to prevent inspection of books,
then the courts will be appealed to for
an order which will not only permit
the examination of books, but the
questioning of officers in order to as
certain why large loans were made on
alleged worthless paper that caused
the wiping out of nearly $4,000 cap
ital and surplus.
Some of the stockholders were most
bitter in their remarks relative to the
banks affairs before and after its clos
ing. An executive committee of six
stockholders was appointed to arrange
the plans for investigation.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-15
PLAN Philips
INAUGURAL EVENT
GOVERNOR MGOVERN NAMES
PROMINENT MADISON MEN
TO ARRANGE PROGRAM.
DEMOCRATIC IN SIMPLICITY
Little Display As Possible at
His Induction Into Office
on January 4.

Madison-Gov. McGovern has ap.
pointed w. r. Bagley, Col w j. An
derson and 0. d. Brandenburg, all Of
Madison, as a committee to arrange
the program for the Inauguration Of
Gov. Philip and the other state Off
GERS in the statehouse on Jan. 4, 1915
The committee is authorized by the
governor to appoint additional mem
bers and to make all the arrangements
necessary.
Besides Gov.-elect Philip, the other
officers-elect are: Atty.-Gen. Owen,
Secretary of State Donald, State
Treasurer Johnson and Lieut.. Gov
elect e. F. Dittmar, all but the latter
being present incumbents. The inau-
guration ceremonies, however, will be
made to include all of them
1t is understood that the governor
elect has expressed desire that the
ceremonies be arranged so that there
shall be as little display as possible
and that there shall be no inaugural
ball. His wishes in these respects
doubtless will be followed as near as
may be with due regard 20 precedence.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-15

Two smartly dressed young men
were discussing the present economic
situation when a third whose holiday
suit, struggling hair and grimy hands
betokened holiday at some distance
from hairdresser's and a hasty jour.
ney home.
WELL observed number one, the
pater says it's not only sensible but
it's patriotic to econorhize just now,
SO he and have given up the two BIS
and the mater the two rs
His hearers looked puzzled till he
explained that the initial letters indis
Gated respectively beer and baccy"
and tea and toast"
Since you put in that way" said
number two, I've dropped the two
'C's'-coffee and cigarettes"
The third man, evidently feeling out
of it, began to explain that he had only
just got back from the North Of Scot
land and hadn't really had time, YOU
know, to think it out, bat of course
he'd have to come into line, etc.
Don't worry, old chap" interposed
number one. "You go on just as you
are, and everybody'll know that you're
economizing on the two 'S's'-scissora
and soap"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-15
STATE SUFFRAGISTS ELECT
Adopt Budget and Set Aside Salary
For an Experienced
Field Worker.

Milwaukee.-A unanimous ballot
cast at the convention of the Wiscon-
sin Suffrage association in the Hotel
Pfister reelected Mrs. Henry M. You
mans, Waukesha, president of the as
ISOLATION. Other officers chosen are:
Vice presidents, Miss iona Gale, Mrs.
Victor Berger, Milwaukee; Mrs. J. A..
Strathearn, Kaukauna; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. James L. Foley, Wau-
watosa; recording secretary, Mrs. A.
j. Rogers; treasurer, Miss Emma Rob-
inson, Kenosha; auditors, Miss Melis-
sa V. Brown, Madison, and Mrs. Lena
Hobbins, Madison.
The $5,450 budget presented was &C.
copied and it was suggested that
$1,000 be set aside for the salary of
an experienced organizer for field
work.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-15
Wisconsin Directory
MIXTURE OF MANY TONGUES
Difficulty in Arriving at Perfect
Understanding.

The British Tommy Atkins is hard
put to 1t these days to know which are
friends and which are foes. Time was
when he classed them all as dirty
foreigners" but times have changed
and certain allied courtesy is de-
manded. 1t is told of one brave cor
poral who met a new kind of foreigner
on French soil and demanded his
nationality.
Hungarian" came the answer.
Ungarian, are yer? Well, I'm
bowed if l know whether ter 'ug yer
to me bosom or knock yer bally block
of, remarked the perplexed defender
of the Union Jack
Many are the stories of the embar-
RAISING confusion of tongues among
the allies-French, Flemish, Russian,
Servian, Indian (three brands), and
several species OF English. For it
is rare that Londoner can under
stand the Scotch dialect in it's I'M
alloyed purity, or the Cornish brogue.
Canadian slang, too, and the queer
mixture of Maori that intrudes itself
that sickles DER the Africander's dia-
lect make of so-called English dozen
different languages.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-15
DODGING THE BEATEN PATH
Good Story as 1t Is Related, Though 1t
Doesn't Often Happen in
Real Life.

Congressman Robert l.. Dougherty
of North Carolina smiled when the
conversation turned to reversing the
order Of things. He said he was re-
minded of the case of Bowers.
Bowers met benevolent party on a
railroad train one day, and as the &C
quaintance ripened bit he began to
spread before the other the history of
his life.
when | was a clerk in a grocery
store" remarked Bowers, among 9th
er things, 81 received only nine dol
lars week, and, like many other
young men, fell in with bad compan-
ions and began to gamble, I"
Il see," interrupted the benevolent
party, sadly, you were tempted and
took money which did not belong to
you
"Oh, no." cheerily responded Bow
ers. In less than month | won
enough money to buy the grocery"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-15
AStnnished Minister.

The proud father had come up from
the country to see his sailor son on
board his ship. He had never seen
a battleship before, and accordingly
marveled thereat Just as he caught
hold of the two ropes which hung over
the side to assist sailors to the deck,
he was somewhat surprised to hear
a changing of bells-the eight bells
of seamens time. AS he stepped on
deck he met the officer of the watch
He saluted him and said, timidly:
Il beg your pardon, sir, I've come to
see my son Jack, but, pom my word,
| didn't mean to ring so loud"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-15
Superior to Build Hotel.

Superior-A $250,O00 hotel is as
sured for Superior through negotia-
tons which have just been completed
by special committees Of the CONNER
cial and Rotary clubs with former
Twin city hotel men whose identity is
kept a secret for business reasons.
Work will be begun in the spring
and the structure, which is to be five
stories high, will be ready for occu-
pancy in the early fall. 1t will be
strictly freproof, with a frontage of
100 feet on Tower avenue and lao feet
on Eleventh street, standing on the
southwest corner. The site was Sc
cured on a ninety-nine year ground
lease from the owners, eastern men,
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-15
STRANGER SAYS HE is DlETZ
Tells Eastern Papers Secured Pardon
From President For Famous
Cameron Dam Defender.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. are again being
received regarding man who claims to
be Leslie Dietz, son of the Cameron
dam defender, and says he walked
from Winter, Wis, to Washington, D.
G., to see the president and obtain a
pardon for his father. A few days ago
the supposed Leslie Dietz arrived at
Baltimore, Nd, and declared he had
secured an interview with President
Wilson, that the latter had promised
to pardon the elder Dietz, and had al
ready signed the necessary papers
The supposed Dietz visited offices of
baltimore newspapers and claimed to
have presented to the president pc
f1tlon with 100000 signatures. He
said he had started on his long walk
ing trip almost two years ago, visit
ing many states. According to word
received from Chippewa Falls Leslie
Dietz was in that city on Dec. to
tattend the opening of the Metropol
itan theater, in which he is interested.
He left there for Mayville, Wis
The members of the Dietz family
have been showing moving pictures OF
the adventures Of their father and
themselves during the Cameron dam
affair, and have been making large
profits out of their enterprise. In adj
dition, they have been showing at
moving picture houses in all parts of
Wisconsin and have sold their rights
in other states where they could not
appear personally. They reserved for
themselves, however, the rights for
Minnesota, Michigan and Illinois.
About six weeks ago a man claim
ing to be Leslie Dietz walked into the
office of the New York Globe and con-
WINGED the editors he was genuine. He
said he was completing a walk of So
900 miles and had obtained 100000
signatures to a petition requesting
that his father be pardoned. He stat
ed at that time he was leaving New
money.
At the time of the New York Incl
dent members of the Dietz family
issued statement scoring the man
as an imposter and denying that Les
lie Dietz had been in any of the cities
mentioned.
The family is unable to explain the
actions of the stranger Thus far all
efforts to take him into custody have
been unsuccessful
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-15
Saved by Gold Chain.

A gold chain that she wore around
her neck, saved a little girl of Cam
bridgeport, England, from serious in
jury, recently. She was on her way
to Sunday school, when a bullet ex-
ploded by the wheels of trolley car
hit her on the neck. She felt a sting
ing sensation in her neck and discov-
cred bloodless cut about an inch
long. On looking in at window she
saw that the chain she wore about her
neck was cut. She put her hand into
the bosom Of her dress to get the
loose end of the chain and found the
bullet. A search of the tracks revealed
several exploded cartridges. The po-
lice believe they may be part of the
shipment that was stolen from a
freight car short time ago.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-15
Curious Suit.

A curious exposition of callousness
and greed was recently made in civil
suit brought against Colorado sur
geon. He became interested in the
case of cripple whom he found beg
ging in the street, and by an operation
requiring great skill removed his dis
ability. The relatives of the cripple
promptly brought suit against the
physician for removing their means Of
support, claiming that, as a cripple,
the youth had brought them in an av-
erage of about five dollars daily, while
now they were compelled to support
him until he could gain the means of
earning his living. The judge prompt
ly dismissed the suit on hearing the
case for the prosecution.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-15

of mace. Then add butter, fish stock
and thin cream until it is of the con-
sistency of thin batter. 1t is then put
to steam two and a half hours in
we'll buttered mold. Serve with drawn
butter sauce.
Boiled Fish.-Drop the cleaned fish
into boiling sailed water with table
spoonful of vinegar, a few whole black
peppers and cover the kettle tightly.
Do not cook until the fish falls from
the bones, but until the end of the tail
cracks easily when broken. Serve
with drawn butter sauce.
Baked SaImon.-Clean a four-pound
salmon and fill with the following
dressing: half a cupful of finely
crumbs, little chopped parsley, onion,
salt and pepper and a beaten egg.
Wrap in oiled paper and haste the pa
per often while baking to keep it
moist. Serve with lemon and parsley
Cod en- asserole.-Prepare inch
thick slices of fish, wipe dry with
soft cloth. Dot the bottom of the cas-
Serole with butter and lay IN the slices
of fish. Dust lightly with flour, salt
and pepper, dot with butter and re-
peat as before. When all the fish is
used pour over it half a cupful of wa
ter or fish stock, third of a cupful
lemon juice and a bit of the rind. Add
finely chopped parsley and little
onion Put on the cover and bake I'M
til tender.
Fried Fish.-Cut the slices about
three-quarters of an inch thick, wipe
them dry with CLOTH sift a little
flour over each slice, dust with pepper
and salt and fry in plenty of butter
until a delicate brown. Serve with
brown drawn butter sauce Horse
radish, whipped cream, salt and vine
gar makes good sauce to serve with
any fish,
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-15
PREPARE TO SHIP SHEEP
Rock County Dealers in Montana
Stock Take Advantage of
Quarantine Left.

Janesville.-Rock county stockmen,
whose farms are heavily stocked with
Montana sheep, which are being pre-
pared for the market, are preparing to
take advantage of the amendment to
the federal quarantine which provides
that sheep may be shipped out of the
state, providing they are first given
the 0. K. of federal Inspector This
will prevent heavy financial losses to
farmers who borrowed money to buy
sheep which are now rapidly disposing
OF the excess supply of winter fodder.