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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-08
Small Duties.

Don't object that your duties are SO
Insignificant, that they are to be reck-
oned Of infinite significance and alone
important to you. Were 1t but the
more perfect regulation of your apart
ments, the sorting away of your
clothes and trinkets, the arranging of
your papers-"Whatsoev thy hand
findeth to do, do it with all thy might
and all thy worth and constancy.
Much more Of your duties are of evil
IDENTITY higher, wider scope If you
have brothers, sisters. father, a
mother, weigh earnestly what claim
does lie upon you, one-haif Of each,
and consider 1t as the one thing need
full to pay them honestly and nobly
what you owe.-Thomas Carlyle.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-08

The national treasury balance
slumped another million dollars
during the seven days ending May
~, when the balance In the treas
ury was SIS, 864,45I.88. On the
corresponding date two years ago
there was SI3I,oo2, oo4.6I in I'm
Gle Sans general fund. For the
present fiscal year up to May ~,
government expenditures have ex-
ceede the receipts to the amount of
$I32 gao, $50. 90. But the country
voted for the present conditions.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-08
Guard Your c. .,',tiven
Against RoWeI Trouble

Many children at an early age
become constipatcd, and frequently
serious consequences result Not
being able to realize his own con-
dition, a child's bowels should be
constantly watched, and gentle
laxative given when necessary.
Dr. Miles Laxative Tablets are
especially we'll adapted to women
and children. The Sisters of
Christian Charity, SCI Charles ST.,
Luzerne, Pa, who attend many
cases of sickness say Of them:
"some time ago we began using DR..
Miles Laxative Tablets and find that
we like them very much. Their action
is excellent and we are grateful for
having been made acquainted with
them. We have had good results in
every case and the Sisters are very
much pleased"
The form and flavor of any medi-
cine is very important, no matter
who is to take it. The taste and
appearance are especially important
when children are concerned. All
parents know how hard it is to give
the average child medicine" even
though the taste is partially dis
guiSed In using DR.. Miles Lax
alive Tablets, however, this diff
Guilty is overcome. The shape of
the tablets, their appearance and
candy-like taste at once appeal to
any child, with the result that they
are taken without objection.
The rich chocolate flavor and
absence of other taste. make DR..
Miles Laxative Tablets the ideal
remedy for children.
If the first box fails to benefit,
the price is. returned. Ask your
druggist. A box of rs doses costs
only rs cents. Never sold in bulk.
MILES MEDICAL CO., EIkhart, Ind.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-08

Where, Oh where is Senator La
Toilette in these trying times?
Isn't it about time for him to waltz
out into the limelight and tell the
dear pepul" how he labored in
the senate with mouth and vote to
bring about the sorrowful times the
country is now experiencing. His
mastery silence passes understand
ing and cannot be accounted for.
He is probably waiting to see how
President Wilson comes out with
his peace negotiations with Ger
many and should he fail, it is more
than probable, that Bob" will
rear up and howl long and loud.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-08

The Census Bureau has Just is
sued a bulletin showing that the
wealth OF the nation in 1912 was
SI87,72o,o 900, 900. In 1904, the
estimated wealth was $Io7,Io4,
600, 900. This is an enormous in
crease in eight years. Through
the business depression of the last
two years has brought stagnation
to the real estate market, and val
ues OF both city and farm proper
ty in some sections of the country
are perhaps a little less than in
1912, yet this only a temporary
shrinkage and will be more than
offset by the growth in values which
will certainly follow restoration of
the Republican party to power.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-08

The editor of one of our democrat
ic exchanges asks: Is Gov. Philip
playing politics. Why yes, you
dear old soul and mighty good poll
itics. He is endeavoring to full
fill his prediction promises and
If he succeeds, will save the tax
payers of the state nearly mil
lion of dollars annually. He is
opposed in his efforts by half-breed
republicans and democrats, the
latter being largely responsible for
the burdens the people have bourne
during the reform hysteria.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-08

Some idea may be gained of how
the reform bunch at Madison have
manipulated the increase the pub
lie plumber to get additional ap-
preparations, no legislative act be-
ing necessary. For the past twelve
years the assessed valuation of
property has been increased stead
lily by the tax commission from
5000, 900 to overl$s 900, 900 in order
to make the mill tax productive of
a big sum of money to be squander-
ed at the capitol and on state institu-
tions. The tax commission should
be abolished that there may be econ
omy used in the expenditure of
state funds. The governor should
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-08
Clyman Department
News From Clyman and Dodge County

Mr.. and Mrs. Marcel Kiefer of Water
town were the guests of MIR. and Mrs.
W. j. Collins on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Caughlin visited
relatives in Lowell on Friday.
]. A. Bunnell was a Fox Lake visitor
on Sunday.
Miss Rose Walsh of Chicago is home
for short vacation.
Miss Helen elaine Manning of 0conto
is visiting her aunt, Miss Anna Walsh.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-08
Absolute Size of the Stars.

The latest attempt to determine the
absolute diameter of number Of
fixed stars is that of Signor Ferrara
IF Termo, Italy. who publishes his
results in the Rivisita di Astronomia.
Among the stars having measured
ole parallax he estimates, froR pho
.ometric measurements, that Campus
IS the largest, with a diameter fifty
one times as great as that of the
sun. Other large stars, and the ratios
IF their diameters to that of the sun,
ire: Castor, IS; Arcturus, 1914; Pol
lux, 81; Capella, 8; Vega, 6.8. Such
determinations are, of course, highly
,roblematical
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-08
Valuable MoIeskln,

The skin of the mole is much sought
for the manufacture of furs, and those
made use of in this country have been
heretofore imported from Europe, but
it is entirely likely that we shall sup
ply this demand by the home product
at no distant time. The biological sur
vey of the United States has recently
made some examinations into the quail
tiles of the domestic mole for this pur-
pose, and it has been discovered that
the animal of the northeastern part
of this country is superior to the for
eign animal, the fur being finer and
having other advantages. A report of
the Investigation has been printed and
the cultivation Of the mole for it's fur
is recommended as a profitable indus
try.
India.
India has an area OF over 1,77O,OOO
square miles and a population Of over
315OOOO 600
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-08

statesman and give his moral and
intellectual support to the Presi-
dent in this his hour of need. He
has demonstrated that unlike
Roosevelt, he is a true American.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-08

Train No. 40, arrives from Milwaukee
at 2:55 p. M. Saturday and Sunday only
Train No. A leaves Watertown for the
east at $50 o. NJ. Saturday and Sunday
only.
Train No. 81 arrives from Milwaukee
at 500 p. m. daily except Sunday.
Train No. SO arrives from Milwaukee
and departs for Madison at 8::32 a. 10.
except Sunday.
Train No. 40 arrives from Madison at
9:20 a. M. except Sunday.
Train No. arrives from Chicago and
departs for Madison at 3:11 ., M daily
except Sunday.
Train No. % arrives from Chicago and
departs for Madison at 6:38 D. M. except
Sunday.
Train No. 80 arrives from the east at
$50 p. m. daily.
Sunday excursion train arrives from
Milwaukee at $50 a. m. and goes thru
to Madison. returning at $50 p. M.
*Stops at Watertown junction only.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-08
Animal 4 ife.

To love God and man proves to be
not enough There are other creatures
to be taken account Of AS 1t now ap-
pears, goodness and gentleness cannot
stop at the line that separates human
from other life The heart that has
attained to the highest sympathy will
manifest its quality toward every crea-
ture 1t has to do with.-Newton M.
Mann
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-08

The people had no idea what it
costs to elect a president until the
libel trial of Barnes versus Roose-
velt-but then, nobody knows how
much of the slush money went
down into the pockets Of the bosses.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-08

be sustained in his efforts and the
state saved from horde of tax-eat-
ing political barncles who fastened
themselves on the state during the
great reform period.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-08

j. T. Walsh, editor of the Clyman de-
partment, is authorized to accept SUBJ
scriptions and advertising for the Lea
der. Any business entrustedin his care
will receive prompt and courteous at
tention.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-08
GILMAN AND VICINITY.

The, Misses Ruth and Bessy Lekach-
man of New York are visiting their bro
ther, II. Lekachman.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-08

Taft has demonstrated. that he
could rise above defeat and act the
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-08

Rockford Passenger arrives at Water
Town at $40 a. M. and goes no farther.
The 1855 a. N. train makes connection
at Clyman Junction for trains east.
A train goes west from Clyman juno
ton at p. m.
*These trains leave daily except Sunday
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-08
When All Seemed Lost

and when hopes of the
future with the girl of his
choice and riches to satisfy
every whirn and desire are
blasted, the one little fem
inine creation with whom
he is really in love, saves
the day and the fortune.
But read the story It's the
new serial to appear in this
paper, Loue in a Hurry is
the title Watch for it'll
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-08
Railway Time tables.
CHICAGO s. NORTHWESTE
SOUTH

*Chicago Passenger. .......... 5:35 a. m.
*Chicago Passenger. ..... II: 05 a. IN.
*ChicagO. ..... ..... :. 80 D. m
GAINESVILLE Passenger. 7:15 p. m
:35 .. m. train makes close cOnnec-
tiOns for the west at Jefferson Junction,
also for Milwaukee.
Both II :05 a. m. and 7:15 p. M. trains
make close connections at Jefferson
Junction for Madison and all points
west.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-10-21
JAPANESE FIGHTING
 WITH THE RUSSIANS
Vienna Reports that a Nulli,cr Of Dead were Found on the Cali
 clan Battlefield.

VIENNA, Oct 21.-Advices from Galicia state that number of dead Japanese soldiers were found: among the Russian dead on the battlefield 'n eastern Galicia when the Russians were forced to retreat yesterday after having suffered heavy losses in men and munitions.
 Rumors have been reaching Vienna for some time that a strong Japanese force was being brought across Sibe- ria from Vladivostok but the report was regarded by the American war office as an idle rumor until the dis covery of the dead Japanese on the battlefield yesterday.
 Many guns of Japanese manufac- ture have been. captured in previous battles but no Japanese soldiers were ever captured. It is now bell wed a Japanese army has been sent at the request of the Allies to engage in tn. Balkan. wars and that Russia has agreed to part with a portion of her territory as an inducement for the Mikado's government for active par ticipation in the war.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-10-21
ST|k|NE PROSPECT
 BEING DEVELOPED
Paddy O'Neill Running Five Hundred Feet of Tunnel on Galena De-
 posit for Capitalists.

A crew of men, under Paddy |O'Neill, who drove the Alaska-Gast neau tunnel, at Juneau, have gone up the Stikine river to extensively de- velop the mining property at Devils Elbow, under bond to J. B. Chilberg and Jaffet Lindeberg, the Seattle bankers and Alaskan capitalists. The property will be developed with a view of making it a big ship per. A tunnel, 500 feet in length will be run from the lower level this win ter and is expected to put a concen- trator on the ground early next spring. It is planned to put a con- centrator on the ground early next spring and begin crushing ore, and the company will probably put river steamer into service to bring the ore down the river.
 The values are in galena and 1t is believed that camp of merit will re- suit from the development as the con- tact has been picked up across the Stikine river where the ore body was found to maintain it's uniform width and values.
 Devils Elbow is about 100 miles up the Stikine river from Wrangell.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-10-21
BUYING POWDER
 FOR 1916 CAMPAIGN
Allies Place Order with Dupont Com- pany for $1OO,OOO,OOO and
 Stocks Go Skyward. ~

WILMINGTON, Oct 21.-The com mon stock of the Dupont Powder stock took a phenomenal jump yes- terday as result of an enormous or der placed with the company for pow der to be delivered next year. The stocks advanced 40 points per share in less than one week and many brokers have become wealthy through transactions in stocks.
 It is announced by the officers of the company that contracts aggregat- ing $1OO,OOO,0O0 have been signed by agents of the British, French and Russian governments for powder to be delivered during 1916 for use in the British armies in their 1917 cam paigns.
 The evident planning of the Allies for a long campaign and the prospect of heavy future orders has caused all stocks in intuition factories to rap idly advance and is proving a harv- est for stock brokers.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-10-21
OFFERING EVIDENCE
 AGAINST DIRECTORS
President Mellen Declares he was Merely Figure in Management
 of the Railroad.

NEW YORK, Oct 21.--Chas. s. Mellen, former president of the New York. New Haven .& Hartford rail road, is giving testimony today on behalf of the government in the pros ecution of the former directors of the railroad for transportation of the funds of the company.
 The former president testified that he was a mere figure in the manage ment of the company's affairs and was not even considered by the directors in their raids upon the New Haven's treasury. He asserted that he had protested that the roadbed and equip ment should be kept up to the stan dard as he had become frightened at the enormous loss of life in the many accidents on the road, and feared fed eral investigation.
 The directors had informed him that he had nothing to do with the financial affairs of the system and had cancelled an order for steel coaches which he had placed on his own ini- tiative.
 There are several hundred wit nesses in the case and 1t is believed the trial will be long-drawn out. The government has entered protests against a number of the directors promised immunitXaHnom prosecution for testimony offerA when President Mellen was on tf last year for manslaughter in cd Eection with a. fatal wreck which d occurred on the road. 'fHsH
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-10-21

LONDON, Oct 21.-King Con- stantine, of Greece. is taking full ad- vantage of the diplomatic struggle being waged between the Allies and the Teutons to secure the active par ticfpation of Greece in the war. It is reported that Greece has increased her demands and now wants territo- rial concessions in Asia Minor. pro- lection from Bulgaria, the Island of Cyprus, as we'll as several smaller isl ands near the Dardanelles. The British foreign office, it is understood, have agreed to almost any terms which will prevent Greece from join ing the Teutons as the active partic- ipation of Greece against the Allies would mean the loss of the Darda- nelles campaign and a complete unifi- cation of the central European coun- tries from the Baltic to the Mediter- ranean, as it is realized that Serbia would soon be crushed when sur rounded by hostile nations and una ble to reach the sea.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-10-21
MINING COMPANY BREED OFFICIALS Sensational Disclosures Made in British Columbia Involving the
 Provincial Cabinet.

VICTORIA, B. C., Oct. 21.-A sen sation was sprung in court here to- day during the case in which Charles Midener is trying to prevent pooling of the stocks of the Pacific Coast Mines company. in which he is a big stockholder, when testimony was dis closed showing from the books of the company that s100,00O had been an- propriated from the treasury and presumably paid to Premier Mcbride and other members of his cabinet
 It is believed that the company feared prosecution as trust and had subscribed to the election fund for the Mcbride party, but the prosecu- tion made it appear as though the money was given in anticipation for expected favors from the provincial government.
 Following as it does the trial of the government officials connected with the alleged grating of $5Gu.0O0 in connection with the purchase of the submarines from the Chilian govern ment, the disclosures created a sen- sation and it is believed that Premier Mcbride and his cabinet will be fore ed to resign as was the case of Pre- mier Robin and cabinet in Manitoba.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-10-21
CONSERVATION MOVEMENT
 STARTED IN CHINA.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21.-A number of Chinese students have ar rived in the United States to study the trees of America and will be given every opportunity of witness Ing the experimental tree-planting as .rs-ried on in the United States by the gaYsrnment for conservation pur- poses.
 China has established school in Shanghai where methods are being taught tending to the development of the forest resources of the empire and 1t is believed that there are species of trees in America which will thrive In tho arid and mountainous parts of China.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-10-21
GRUESOME MURDER
 IN SAN FRANCISCO
Yuung Woman Sewers Limos o1 Mur- dered Victim and Hides His
 Body in Her Own Home.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21.-The people of this state were shocked last night by the gruesome statement of Mrs. Mary Tamiass,a young married woman of 22 years, when she confess ed to the police that she had killed . cripple who had been annoying her for some time, and had concealed the body in her home.
 Mrs. Tamiass confessed to the po- iee that the murdered man had fol- lowed her for years and had attack cd her in her home during the ab- 7aence of her husband and she had Killed him in the struggle. Fright ened by her action she had severed the victim's head, legs and arms and had bncealed the body under a esccR in her home.
 The woman has signed a sworn statement that she knew the cripple before she met her husband and that the man had been persuading her to eIope with him, and that when she refused he declared that he would rather see her dead than alive with another.
 She has been subjected to rlgor- ous inuuisition but her statement of elf-defense cannot be shaken.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-10-21
GOLD SWAMPS
 ASSAY OFFICE
 M Eighty Tons of European Gold Coins Have Been Melted at New New
 York Assay Office.

NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-The gov ernment assay office here has been swamped with European gold as re- suit of the heavy European war or ders placed in the United States and the bills for which were liQuidated by tons of gold received from En- gland, France, Italy and Russia.
 During the past three months more than eighty tons of gold have been melted lin the assay office and turned into bricks of gold to be sent to the hints. Most of the European gold has bsep received via Canada. eve, the RuSsian gold having come across the Pacific to Victoria.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-10-21
C0KSCR|PT|ON F0R
 GREAT BRITAIN
Compromise Has Been Reached in British Cabinet by Exemption of
 Certain Industries.

LONDON, Oct. 21.-Physicians in attendance on Premier Asquith have posted a bulletin stating that the statesman is improving and that his condition is not considered critical. It is believed in well-informed cir cles that Premier AsQuith will remain in the British cabinet but will lose influence and that conscription will be forced upon the empire in order that Kitchener's demands for more men may be satisfied.
 Lord Kitchener is reported to have declared that he had asked the men of Great Britain to enlist and that they had refused but that he would get them through conscription.
 It is reported that the advocates of conscription have reached a com promise with the opposition and have agreed to exempt all men of the serv- ice age who are employed in the mu- milton factories, as well as those en- gagged in exporting, mining, railroad ing and kindred industries.
 Should conscription be enforced under the exemptions agreed upon 1t will fall heaviest upon the young men of the cities and in the agricultural districts whose places could be filled by women.
 Advices from Ireland state that hundreds of young men. fearing con- scription, have left for America, to escape being sent to the battlefield, and every ship carries an increasing number as the threatened danger of conscription increases.
 The attitude of the British labor leaders toward the compromise be- lieved to have been made by the op- position to conscription has not been announced but 1t is believed that an understanding has been reached and that no organized opposition will be offered from that quarter as conscrip- tion will mainly affect the young men of the cities and rural districts.
 It is believed that many of the Brit tish colonies will also adopt similar measures in order to raise the vast army demanded by Lord Kitchener.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-10-21
SUFFRAGE DEFEAT DUE ID WOMEN
Counter Association Opposed to Suf- frage Proved Strongest in New
 Jersey Election.

JERSEY CITY, Oct. 21.-The leaders of the woman's suffrage move ment in this state have been meeting with little success in securing prom ises from legislative candidates to support the movement and have an- nounced that they will abandon the campaign in the state and concentrate their efforts in securing a national measure.
 The State associations and clubs will unite with the National Woman's Suffrage association in the move ments to force congress to recognize the rights of the women of America. Mrs. Nathan, president of the New Jersey association, was strongly op- posed to suffragettes harassing the President for his support, and when the President went to Princeton last Tuesday to cast his vote, he was not made the target of the women work CTS for suffrage.
 The leaders of the National Ameri- can Woman Suffrage association ad- init that their defeat in New Jersey was largely due to the concentrated fight made by the National Associa- tion of Women who are opposed to suffrage.