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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-05-04
LIVE STOCK AND GRAIN

EAST BUFFALO, May Z.
Cattle Prime steers, ssMs 10; SNIP
ping, 81 5oG7 s5; butchers, t6as 2S; heif-
Z 30: calves, 81 5000 70
Hogs Heavy, 81 a0aS: mixeo, ss loe
sl5; Workers, sSms 20; pigs 81 75dI 30;
soughH SO 60G6 a. stags tbm5 al.
Sheep and Lambs earnings, 50 500
2s: wethers 81 soar 20; ewes, t3@7;
mixed sheep. SG7 %; lambs. 1GaiO 10.
CHICAGO. May 8
Cattle Native beef steers, 81 1893 rs;
COWS and helfers. SO 1o@S SO; western
ssteers. Sc 60Gt7 so, calves, seas II,
Hogs slight, 81 tO@7 so, mixed, 81 40
o. so heavy 81 i0H7 7O rough, 81 l0Gp
Z 20; pigs, 80 25@7 10
Sheep ana Lambs sheep 81 4oqS 40:
lambs. IS 2bGi0 rs
CLEVELAND, May 3,
Cattle Choice IA, steers 81 60@s;
kutchsr steers Sc 1907 30; helfers 81 so
o. TO- cows, 81 7sd6 80; bulls. ,6@7;
calves 81 rs.
Hoe.-Heayies. 81 IS: mediums. York;
sru and lights, ~ ob pigs, 81 lom7 7b:
rgushs, Sc as stays. 81 20
Sheep and Iambs-sheep, Ss b0@7 so;
hnbs. - ESQ $50
CINCINNATI, May s.
Cattle Steers 50 60@s IS: heifers IS Is
o. rs; COWS. IS boGG so; calves, i6as rs.
Hogs Packers and butchers, u 500
= 70. pigs and lights. IS 1907 so: stags.
~ 1906 rs
Sheep and Lambs Sheep. 81 1907;
iAmss 81 5o0lo.
PITTSBURGH, May g.
Cattle Top cattle. SS so; top calves.
- co.
Hogs -IIeavies. So; heavy Workers, IS 10
Ns Is: light Workers, 81 90gs; pigs. 81 75
81 So
Sheep and Lambs-Top sheep. 81 so;
stop lambs. 80 49,
BOSTON, May s.
wool-Ohio and Pennsylvania fleeces'
Delaine washed. 3i@35c; fine unmor-
chsntable, 3im32c; half blood comblng
es@2ic; delaine unwashod, 10000
TOLEDO. May 3.
Wheat. 81 6ilG; corn. 7S% Q79&c; Data
$50 06si1c; cloYeiseed, IS.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-05-04
Yards and Yards of New Practical Wash and Dress Goods

White and Sand Velvet
Corduroy, the most stylish
spring fabric for Skirts and
Coats. A $1.OO value, yd. SOC
Black and White Wool
Checks, SOC values, yard. .39c
Linen Finished Suiting for
Skirts, Outing Coats, ETC., q
inches wide. Blues, tans, sand,
rose, lavender, ETC., 25c values,
yard l5c
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-05-04

white, black and white stripes.
Materials: ginghams, percale
and madras, each. 49,. .23c
36 in. silk and cotton mater
ials, white and colored grounds
with neat printed patterns.
One of the big items this sea-
son SOC value, yard. ., .39c
As in. white. Organdie in
novelty embroidered patterns,
SOC values, yard, ,......3 800
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-05-04

36 in. black Messaline worth
$1.OO yard .79c
95c Foulard Silks,
Calicoes, yard. ...... &c
Polo Cloth. White with
black stripes; serge weave; an
ideal summer fabric for Skirts
and Dresses. A 25c value, per
ward :. .15c
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-05-04

Housewives who have an
eye to economy will appreciate
the extensive selection offered
in these departments. Right
at this time when every wo-
man has so many uses for these
fabrics, this splendid showing
will prove of vital interest.
Boys school Waists in
black sateen, blue chambray,
blue and white stripes, plain
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-05-04
Your Chances.

The little chances linger and return,
but the great chances come and go ana
never come again. II We could look
back over the lives OF the people by
whom we are surrounded how many
great and rich opportunities would we
zee that they have permitted to drift
by them unimproyedl
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-05-04
Hosiery
For the,,Whole
Family

Mems 1Oc black cotton SoX,
pair w
Mems 1Oc seamless gray
mixed work SOx, pair -. &c
Misses black ribbed Stock
ings, all sizes, pair. ...,., &c
Ladies' gray mixed cotton
Hose, pair. .............. &c
Ladies' l5c ribbed top
Hose, pair. .,.......,... 1Oc
Ladies 15c gauze Isle
Hose, black and white, pr. 12c
Mems vegetable silk Hose
in black, navy, gray and white,
special, the pair. ... 15c
Ladies' 25c silk Isle Hose.
pair 1Sc
The above items are a few
of the extra values. There are
dozens of other numbers in
stock including cotton, Isle
and silk Hose for men, women
and children.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-05-04
Summer Underwear
For Men, Women and Children
Summer Underwear for Men
Women and Children

Summer Underwear for Men
Women and Children
Ladies 10c sleeveless
Vests, each. ......... SC
Ladies large size Stay
up" Vests, each. 1Oc
Ladies 25c Cumfy cut Isle
Vests, each :. 15c
Ladies' shaped Vests in
large sizes, each. 15c
Ladies fine ribbed Union
Suits, each. .....,... 25d
Ladies' fine Isle Union
Suits, each .........,.5 SOC
Mems good quality Balbrig
gan Shirts and Drawers,
each Zoc
Mems best grade SOC Bal
briggan Shirts and Drawers.
each ....... ,.........''4 4Ac
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-05-04
81 Leather Bags, SOC

All Wool Serge, 81 inches
wide, navy and sand, $1.25 val
ue, yard .98c
Nurse Stripe Ginghams,
121ac values, yard. .10c
Figured Crepes, 1211ac and
15c figured Crepes that make
neat, cool summer dresses.
yard :. .10c
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-05-04

Mems SOC ribbed Union
Suits, each f. .42c
Mems $1.0O ribbed Union
Suits, run of the mill, each .69c
Mems $1.00 Poros Union
Suits, each ;. .79c
Mems $1.OO Nainsook Un-
ion Suits, each .75c
In addition to the above
numbers there is a complete
line of Union Suits and separ-
ate garments in all weights and
styles. You may buy underw'ar
here for every member of the
family and be assured of the
very best values possible.
The entire Family
can be supplied
here
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-01-20

girl would resent to some purpose.
The normal girl is free from the many
iTTitations that -beset her sisters con-
fined in stores and factories and
offices at miserable wages. And 1
wonder how many of us can AFFORD
even to be normal.
Because low wages are, properly
speaking, an effect Of still other eff
fects, ETC., instead of a cause, the idea
is used with more OF less confidence
to prove that there is no direct con-
nection between them and prostitu-
ton. One can hardly credit our times
with such metaphysics, and still a
truth is stated. AS question of mo
tive in those high up, this logic indi-
Gates nothing short of cowardice.
Decent wages could make the prob
lem of vice one that shouldn't worry
us so much. Besides, it would les
sen the number of comfortable gen
tlemen who tell you how easy it is to
succeed in life if you just brush away
few cobwebs Of fate by saying 81
will" or by getting into vibTational
rapport with some elysian proposition
by eating food that isn't quite good
enough for just plain muscle. j.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-01-20
MERELY COMMENT

At this stage of the game British
naValism seems to be bothering
Uncle Sam more than German mill
tarism.
We have to ask John Bull what he
viii permit US to ship abroad and
to whom we can ship it.
You can tell the street railway
newspaper by their opposition to
the Jitney bus.
Watch the grand chorus of bowls.
What if railroad engineers do get
more pay than some governors?
Very likely they're worth it..
There are governors yknoW who
amt worth much.
Was it Sydney Smith or Dean
Swift who preached that shortest
sermon" Daily News.
Must have been old Swift. Young
Sgd Smiths drawing Old Doc Yak for
the Sunday Trib.
Well have to wait years for SUBJ
ways, BUT
We can get iitney buses NOW.
Go to it, Mister Mayor. There's no
time like NOW.
The street railway bosses will put
on more cars so quick it win make
your head swim.
Their only sensitive nerve is the
pocketbook nerve. Hit that and you
hit 'em where they live.
Clear the track for the iitney bus.
Then mebbe US common folks will
get some use of the bouleVards.
The way to prevent a repetition of
the Haymarket massacre is to tell the
police not to start riots that are
wholly unnecessary.
Why do the 400 prefer Sheridan
road as a place to live?
Is it because they want to be near
their ancestors in the Lincoln Park
Zoo?
Why worry about Mexico?
Tho Mex are not doihcF ANYTHING
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-12-07

A dispatch says that 'both parties
will seek campaign material during
the coming session of congress" No
need for the republican party to do
much searching It's own record in
the upbuilding of American industry
during a period of sixteen years of
protective tariff, its achievements in
the establishment of merit system
in the public service, its enactment of
such commendable legislation as the
postal savings bank law, the parcel
post, the pure food, Panama con-
struction, the reclamation law, con-
servation, the income tax amend
ment, the popular election of senators
amendment, and other measures too
numerous to mention, furnish an
abundance of affirmative material
The democrats have, in two years,
supplied plenty of material with which
to attack them. Extravaganza, resort
to spoils system, violation of pledges,
decentralization of public service, are
matters of public record and require
no searching.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-12-07
First pub. Nov. 23-5-t.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

STATE OF WISCONSIN-County
Court, Jefferson County-In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Louisa
Lipke, late of the town of Aztalan, in
said county, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the time
for creditors to present to said court
for allowance, claims or demands
against said deceased, is limited to
four months from the 18th day of No
vember, A. D., 1915, and that said court
will receive claims and demands pre-
sented against said deceased at the
court house, in the city of Jefferson, in
said county, on any day before the ex-
piratiOn of said four months; and that
the said Court will examine and adjust
such claims and demands at the city
hall, in the city of Watertown, at a
term thereof, to be held at said city
hall, in the city of Watertown, on the
fifth day of April, 1916, at the opening
of the court, on said day. or as soon
thereafter as the parties can be heard.
Dated this 18th day of November, A.
D., 1915.
By the Court:
r. B. Kirkland, County Judge.
0. G.. Hahn, Attorney.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-12-07
A RULE-OR-RUIN POLICY.

The New York World is for Wilson,
and it sometimes affects to speak for
Wilson. We wonder if it speaks for
Wilson when it says:
Zone of two things will happen in
Washington at the coming session of
congress. Either the administration S
program will be adopted or there will
be no increase in the army and navy
There can be only one Interpretation
of this language. 1t means the Will
son plan of preparedness must be swaI-
lowed in its entirety by congress I'M
der the painful alternative of LEAVING
the nation in it's present wretched con-
dition of military unreadiness.
Yet it is well known that there are
not enough democratic votes in con-
gress to adopt the presidents plan.
If that plan is adopted it must be by
republican support Does the World
wish the country to understand that
republicans must vote for legislation
in the framing of which they are to
have no voice? Is the presidents re-
cent and sudden conversion to the
cause of preparedness SO thorough that
he can already master all the essen
tials of the problem? Has he, after a
few weeks, been able to formulate a
plan which, running counter as it does
to that of the experts in the war and
navy departments, is nevertheless SUI
perior to anything that those experts
would suggest? Is the president in
fallable?
The policy which the World sug-
gests is a rule-or-ruin policy. Such a
policy has too often marked this ad-
ministration already-with consequent
disaster to the nations enterprise and
honor. If it is now purposed to apply
this policy with disaster to the ma
tons fate in case of war, that fact
should be plainly made known Is
that what the World wants the coun-
try to understand?
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-12-07

His statement has greater significance
when it is remembered that for weeks
Mr.. Gillett has been in daily con-
ference with both democrats and re-
publicans Of the house in an effort to
improve the present system of financ-
ing government appropriations.
1.-The question of revenues is the
most difficult problem the democratic
party must face when the congress
meets" said Mr. Gillett. Republicans
have always claimed that lack of bust
ness efficiency was an inherent and in
evitable defect in every democratic adj
ministration. That theory has been
abundantly illustrated since March
! 4, 1913.
'Dilatoriness, vacillation, change of
plans and deficits have marked the
democratic fiscal policy. A constant
excess of expenditures over receipts
has been shown by treasury state
ments. Furthermore, the sudden
change in the form of statements
adopted on the first of October, wheth-
er made for that purpose or not, had
the effect of preventing easy COM
parsons and unfairly swelling the
apparent treasury balance.
Now the president is going to rec
ommend appropriations for the army
and navy. The serious problem will
be how to pay them. In the past re-
publicans have been allowed no voice
in these matters. Plans have been
formulated by a democratic sub-com-
mittee, endorsed by democratic eau
Gus, and passed by a democratic ma
jority kept sold by the pressure of
party tyranny and administration
patronage.
Whether the same system will pre-
vail in the coming session will de-
pend, / suppose, upon the harmony in
the democratic ranks and the necessi-
ties of the administration At all
events | think the funds necessary
for the program should be raised by
taxation and not by the sale of bonds
The proposed expenditures for ma
tional defense should not be shifted
on to our successors, but should be
paid from current revenues
"This involves cutting off our lux
uries and pruning down our necessi-
ties on the one hand, and increasing
our income on the other
ut involves surveying the field
from business and not from a polit-
zeal or sectional viewpoint and that
is where / fear democratic failure
Unless the party can meet the stu
alton with better business foresight
and efficiency than it has so far dis
played, the current drift toward the
republican party will become a land
slide"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-12-07
AVOID USURPATION OF POWER.

George Washington, farewell adj
dress.-It is important that the habits
Of thinking in a free country should
inspire caution in those intrusted with
its administration, to cOnf1ne them
selves within their respective cOnsti-
tutional spheres, avoiding in the exer-
else of the powers of one department
to encroach upon another. The spirit
of encroachment tends to consolidate
the powers Of all the departments in
one, and thus to create, whatever the
form of government, a real despotism.
A just estimate of that love of power
and proneness to abuse it which pre-
dominate in the human heart is suffi-
cient to satisfy us of the truth of this
position. The necessity of reciprocal
checks in the exercise of political
power, by dividing and distributing it
into different repositories and consti-
tuting each the guardian of the public
veal against invasions of the others,
has been evinced by experiments an
cient and modern, some of them in
our country and under our eyes. To
preserve them must be as necessary as
to institute them. If, in the opinion
of the people, the distribution or modi-
fcaton of the constitutional powers
be in any particular wrong, let it be
corrected by an amendment in the
way which the constitution designates.
But let there be no change by usurpa-
ton, for though this in one instance
may be the instrument of good, it is
the customary weapon by which free
governments are destroyed. The pre-
cedent must always greatly overbal-
ance in permanent evil any partial or
transient benefit which the use can
at any time yield.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-12-07
DEMOCRATIC PARTY OPPOSED
MERCHANT MARINE.

Congressman w. e. Humphrey of
Washington. January IA, 1915-"In
his Indianapolis speech, the president
was especially severe upon those who
do not agree with him in regard to his
socialistic propositions to construct a
merchant marine. He said of those
who oppose him on this proposition:
Some of them are blind; some of
them misguided; most of them are
ignorant
81 will make no comment upon the
propriety or the lack of self-poise in
Dictated by those words. l do not be-
lieve, sc far as my memory serves me,
that any other president has ever
used such language as that in refer
ence to another branch of the govern
ment, except Andrew Johnson. But
whatever we may think of the pro-
priety of the language, certainly it
stills the tongue of those who have
been, with such show of virtuous in
dignation, ever ready to denounce any
one who criticizes the president. 1t
is somewhat hard to understand, in
view of the record of his party and of
his own record, why the president
takes such offence at any man who
does not agree with him in regard to
his program for securing a merchant
marine. 1t was the democratic party
under the leadership of Jefferson
Davis before the war, that enacted
legislation that led to the destruction
that time the democratic party has OPP
posed every measure that has ever
been proposed that would be of bene-
fit toward reconstructing it.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-12-07
Free Trade With a Handicap.

Congressman E. j. Hill, of Cinnecti-
cult: CAS- l understand it,. the common
expression of "a tax for revenue with
incidental protection is meaningless
There is no such thing as incidental
protection for if the tax laid on i'm
ported merchandise is less than the
difference in the cost of production of
the like article here and elsewhere,
it means, so far as the general require
ments of the country for that article
are concerned, that it will come from
the cheapest producing point, which
means the transfer of the industry to
foreign countries; and yet, after all,
strictly applied, tariff for revenue
only, would compel the placing of the
tax upon such things only as did not
enter into competition with any do
nestle industry
CAS- between such a tax and English
free trade, my preference would be
emphatically for the English system
For example,: suppose that duty was
placed on tin, or rubber, or raw silk,
or tropical woods, all of which are
now imported free and manufactured
into finished products here and are
sent broadcast over the whole world,
if tariff for revenue was placed upon
these articles how would it be posi-
BILE for us to maintain an export trade
in competition with the other nations
of the world where these things are
not dutiable?
Il can reach but one conclusion,
therefore, that the choice of the Amer
lean people must ultimately be made
between a protective tariff which will
care for and preserve our home in
dustries, or the English free trade
system, and for revenue only, as set
forth by the democratic doctrine, is
nothing more or less than free trade
with handicap"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-12-07

The head over the article in last
Thursdays Milwaukee News, describ
ing Senator LaFollette's meeting at
Monroe the evening before, says
Bob Willing to DOff Toga to Save
State-Declares He Will Give Up Sen
ate Seat Before He Will See Progress
Welcomed at Monroe-Attacks Philip
Appointments to Rate Board and Dali
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-12-07
COUGHS AND COLDS ARE
DANGEROUS.

Few of us realize the danger of
Coughs and Colds We consider them
common and harmless ailments.
However statistics tell us every third
person dies of a lung ailment. Dan
gerous Bronchial and Lung diseases
follow neglected cold. AS your body
struggles against cold germs, no better
aid can be had than DR.. Kings New
Discovery Its merit has been tested
by old and young. In use over As
years. Get a bottle today. Avoid
the risk of serious Lung ailments.
Druggists-Adv.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-12-07

The republican press of the country
has repeatedly exposed the false claim
OF the democrats that it was the war
that cut revenue. Statistics gathered
from the reports of this administration
show that even before the war the
democrtic tariff law was not an ade-
quate revenue producer. The falling
off in imports since the war began
was so slight that it cannot possibly
account for the shortage in revenue.
The fact is that the democrats cut the
tariff rates to such an extent that ade-
quate revenue was impossible. Such
is the necessary result of democratic
tariff policies.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-12-07
LEGAL NOTICES.
Notice to Creditors.

Watertown, Wis, Dec 3, 1915
IN THE MATTER, OF THE STRAUSS
settle CO., Bankrupt
The final meeting of creditors will
be held at the office of H. M. Lewis,
referee, Madison, Wis, at 10 a. M,
December II, 1915, to pass on report
of trustee and declare dividend
SKINNER & THAUER,
Attorneys
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-12-07
HELP YOUR LIVER-IT PAYS

When your liver gets torpid and
your stomach acts queer, take DR..
Kings New Life Pills and you will
find yourself feeling better. They
purify the blood, give you freedom
from constipation, biliousness, dizzi-
ness and indigestion. You feel fine
just like you want to feel. Clear the
complexion too 25c at druggists
Adv
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-12-07

81 shall not be a candidate for judge
OF the Wisconsin supreme court at the
election next April if Judge W. H
Timlin, the sitting member is candi-
date for reelection" said Attorney
General W. c. Owen, recently.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-12-07

Uncle Joe Cannon is in congress
again-he come back" All of which
is nice if he will refrain from dancing
jigs and cutting up high-faluten ca
pers on his birthday anniversary.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-12-07

WatertOwn married women did not
appear to be the least bit jealous last
week when told that their husbands
were out nights being entertained by
the Chickens"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-12-07

President Wilson wrote his annual
message himself, on the presidential
typewriter, presumably as a precau-
ton against hyphens and split infini-
tives
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-12-07

The democratic administration need
not think it can fool the American peo-
pie by selling Panama canal bonds
to fill its depleted treasury. Every
body will know exactly where the
money came from and where it goes.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-12-07

"85 Die-King George Sends Let
tiers Of Sympathy to Victims" reports
the Boston American. We doubt if it
does them much good
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-12-07

There probably isn't anybody like an
American war veteran for laughing at
England for the ludicrous way she is
muddling this war.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-12-07

That Wnnetka assistant postmaster
has done all he could to keep the pub
lie interested in the White House we'd
ding
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-12-07

Our idea of a soft snap is to be the
minister of marine in Turkey
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-12-07

Elgin Butter Market.
Elgin, ILL.,, Dec. 4.-Butter, so tubs
at 33c.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-12-07

Headline in an exchange: "Roose-
welt Won't Fight" Is the millennium
approaching.