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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-13
Phillip Leads in Soldier Vote,

The secretary of state has finished
tabulating the vote of the Wisconsin
soldiers on the Mexican border. Gov
ernor Philip received 1923 votes to
61S for Burt Williams, Democratic
candidate for governor; IA for George
McKerrow, Republican candidate for
governor, and "A for Ray Weaver, So
cialist candidate for governor. La Fol
lette received 1897 votes to $50 for
Wolfe, the Democratic candidate for
United States senator. President Will
son received 1000 votes to LOST for
Hughes.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-13

least substantial performance of his
contract. 1t is certain that there has
been none here. He contracted to box
ten rounds under certain rules. At the
outset of the contest, in the middle of
the second round, he violated one of
the rules, and as a result thereof, dis
abled his opponent and thus by his own
act, made substantial performance i'm
possible. Whether this act was delib-
crate or not cuts no figure. 1t was an
act which he had contracted not to do
and it prevented performance. 1t does
not seem necessary to consider other
questions"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-13

The Red Cross seal season is now
On, and the men and women who sell
The CHEEKY Christmas stickers are as
happy as the girl in the picture, for
the sales they make do a wonderful
service for those who are suffering
from tuberculosis. The seals cost but
one cent each and are to be placed on
the backs of letters and packages
mailed during December. The pro-
ceeds are devoted to the war on the
white plague"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-13
TAKEN FROM EXCHANGES

During recent tour of the Cana
dian Northwest the duke of Connaught
was made a chieftain by the INDIANS
of the province of Alberta.
Electric smelling at Welsh tin mines
eauses a loss of metal of about L per
cent as compared with s or per cent
by older methods.
Electric massaging apparatus which
emanates violet rays has been invent
ed for imparting general tonic erect
to the scalp and face.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-13

platter, cover with chopped, hard
cooked eggs, sprinkle with papriia and
chopped parsley. GarniSh with some
thin slices of smoked salmon.
italian Rice.-Put a tablespoonful
IF butter in Il saucepan and when
melted add to it two cupfuls of boiled
rice and cupfuI of tomato sauce or
tomato chutney; season well ana
sprinkle with cheese and serve thor
oughly heated through.
Norwegian Rice.-Cook rice until
tender; then reheat in well-seasoned
stock. Put on Il platter, sprinkle with
chopped chicken liver, scrambled egg.
and grated cheese and serve at once.
Spanish Rice.-Fry one large,
chopped onion with two cupfuls of
tomatoes, add one cupful of stock,
salt and pepper to taste. Cover ana
ct simmer ten minutes then add two
cupfuls of boiled rice. Mix well to-
gether with Il tablespoonful of butter.
Rice Creole StyIe.-ChOp fine one
white onion and two green peppers,
Sdute Will HILL Il cuDlui III raw nillE
(cut fine with scissorS), in one-Quar-
ter of cupful Of butter; cook ten
minutes, then add one cupful of rice
and three cupfuls of beef broth. sim
mer twenty minutes, then add four
tomatoes, peeled and cut in slices and
one teaspoOnful of salt. Cover and
finish cooking in the oven or in
double boiler.
Belgian Rice Dessert-Cooh one
pint of milk, add half cupful of
boiled rice and some currants; stir in
the yolks of two eggs, well beaten
with two tablespoonfuls of sugar. Re
move from the fire. Add one tea
spoonful of vanilla, then form into
croquettes, dip in beaten egg and fine
bread crumbs and fry golden brown.
Sprinkle with pulveriZed sugar and
serve with red currant jelly.
Rice pudding made by using n quar-
ter of a cupful of rice, quart or two
Of milk, handful of raisins and SUI
gar to taste, baked for several hours,
makes most wholesome dessert.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-13
Mothers

Mothers in an increasing number
are realizing that woman'S duty to
her children is really to them, and
lot to herself through them More inn
iginative mothers perceive the life of
he child as thing separate from
heir own comfort today or tomorrow
md make every sacrifice to grant their
boys and girls the powers and the
raining which will prepare them TO
i've their own lives.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-13

Same Old Stuff.

letter from q Babylonian master
to his servant 2,200 years before
versity of Pennsylvania. An accurate
report of it's contents has not yet
reached this Office but this is the tenor
Of it: my Good Man: Owing to the
present high prices in raw Materials
and incidentally the consequent ex'
penses of operation, it is impossible
at present to give you the increase In
salary you asked for. Do not despair,
however. Good service never goes un'
sewarded.-The Boss"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-13

British sportsmen are out now to
provide a fleet of 100 ambulances at
cost of 100000 (s2OO,OOO).
Hailstones are formed by the cleo
tricity of the thunderstorms they ac-
company, according to a German sci
entist's theory.
By an electrical refining process a
plant in Norway is producing 5000
tons of zinc annually.
The United States has more tele-
graph offices and more line mileage
than any other nation. Germany is
second in rank.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-13

Bob Moha lost his case against the
Hudson Boxing club. This is the first
action to come before the supreme
court under the boxing law. Mocha and
Mike Gibbons We're to battle for ten
rounds. AS the result OF fouIing the
full number of rounds was not fought.
The boxing club refused to pay Moha
his share of the guarantee and he APP
pealed to the court. Defeated in the
lower court he appealed TO the supreme
court, which affirmed the lower court,
saying:
plaintiff sues to recover the con-
tract price of his professional services.
In order TO succeed he must show at
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-13
Takers Hurt Compensation Act.


I'VE must eliminate the fake claim
ant. the fraudulent doctor and fake
lawyer 10 make Il success of the COM
pensati0n act" declared L. A. farrell
chief examiner of the state industrial
commission.
eve find that some workmen pre-
tend disability and prolong the period
for which compensation should be paid.
Some doctors do not understand their
work Some lawyers do not enter into
the spirit of the law. We must do away
with the lawyer who promotes fic-
titiouS claims. We must reduce all
litigation and cut down expenses. This
can be accomplished if all affected by
the law viii comply with its provisions.
During the last year the work of
the Industrial commission has in
creased IS per cent. The appropria-
ton made by the last legislature was
inadequate to meet the situation. This
claims. This should not be. One of
the first purposes of the law is to carry
prompt financial relief to the injured
The legislative appropriation should be
great enough to permit this humane
law TO be administered without restric-
ton.
Statistics seem to show startling
increases in the number of accidents
rs compared with the old system, be-
cause all accidents are now reported
where formerly they were withheld
That the act is an inducement to a
safety program is beyond question.
That it reduces the loss of time from
injury because of better medical at
tention is not disputed"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-13
Antiuo Tax Rate tiioh.

Amigo = The tax rate will be
$3.50 per 500 of valuation on an as
sessment for the city of S4,641, 56S
Last year the rate was S2.S3, and in
1914, $3.50, the large increase being
due to a. $4,000 addition to the budget
for a new high school.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-13
Something Wrouo

"Asphodelia Twobble says she hears
the movies calling her to a career of
fame and fortune"
what would you adviser"
II would advise Asphodelia to con-
suit an aurist without delay"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-13
Train!nen Are Rewarded.

Stevens Point. = Oswald Voyer
of Junction City presented Conduc-
tor William Hogan and Engineer NJ.
w. Buck. 500 line employees, with two
large geese out of gratitude because
the two backed up train and took him
aboard when two strangers were about
to hold him up between Packwaukee
and Endeavor.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-13
Biooner Man Dies

Bloomer. = Leopold e. Granting,
eighty-three yeaEs cd, is dead at
his home here. He was born in Ger
many in the year 1888.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-13
Getting Him Classified.

Quiz-What sort of an after-dinner
speaker is Jones?
Whiz-One of the kind who start in
by saying they didn't expect to be
called on, and then proceed to demon
strate that they can't be called off.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-13


planters and the shippers
the do
wood is taking miles Of valuable space
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-13
Jerseys Earn Bio Sum.

Neenah. = The milk from seven
Jersey cows during two weeks
brought j. q. Denhardt, a town OF Vim
land farmer. the sum of So. the largest
amount proportionately ever received
in this section. The total weight of
the milk was 1,TS0 pounds.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-13
Cancer Deaths Lead tuberculosis.

The month of October marked the
first period in which cancer has taken
a greater toll of Wisconsin lives than
tuberculosis. For years cancer has
followed the great white plague in
fatality, with pneumonia always lead
ing the list as a cause of death. Can
Ger cost 164 lives in this state last
month, while tuberculosis claimed 15S.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-13

day apple. when
apples lack flavor
various fruits may
be added to help
the d e fl C g n c Y.
Grated pineapple,
ounces, dates, rails
ms and figs as well
as various fruit
Juices may be USED
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-13
Cornerstone to Be Laid.

Neenah. = The cornerstone of the
on December 10. The church is
being erected by the Union Baptist
church congregation.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-13

When tissue change is slow and the
supply of energy equals the demand.
as in well-nourished persons In middle
life and old age, the quantity of nitro
genous food should be diminished.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-13
County to Buy Truck.

Stevens Point. The county
board voted to purchase an automobile
truck for use in the. road department.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-13

the much-used vegeta-
bic. Rice is Il food
served in all lands by
nearly all people.
Japanese Rice. - Boil
one cupful of rice. add
three chopped shallots. q
teaspoonful of soy and
salt 10 taste. Place on Il
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-13
APPLE DAlNTIES.

There are many delicious dishes that
may be made from the common every
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-13
Tie KITCHEN
GBLNE s. s
a kingdom falls and a monarch dies
But there's always need for lemon pies
And jelly rolls and the bakery cart
Hobbhng its way from house to mart.
RICE OF NATIONS.

AS potatoes are high, rice should DO
more freely used to take the place of
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1916-12-01
sanitary rooms for modest sum.

sanitary rooms for a modest sum.
At Woolwich, under the wise and
human Jurisdiction OF Miss Lillian
Barker the government lady super
visor, the women workers are like
cne huge family or school for girls.
All sorts OF things are provided for
their amusement and instruction in
their recreation hours. There are
dancing classes. amateur theatricals
and educational courses.
So. although the work is strenuous
and the hours long. the effect on the
women OF this steady work. good
pay, nourishing food. clean lodging.
fresh air. and, above all, blessed
spirit OF independence they have at
tained, Is working miracles with
English womankind.
Thanks to their munition work,
they will be fit physically. mentally
and financially to take up the bur-
dens OF their poor. MANNED and brOk-
en- menfclks after the close OF the
war. ]
Strange. and yet fttingly simple.
isn't 1t. that these same deadly bits
OF metal shining beautifully golden
In the sun should be bringing death
and destruction pnd disagreement
to the one. health. prosperity and life
to the other?
Twenty-four hours. day after day.
night after night, the huge arsenals
are busy turning out the munitions
that spell trouble for the enemy.
Since the days OF Eve and Adam wo-
man has been dubbed trouble
maker. Now she Is glorying and be-
Ing glorified In the role. Az making .
which is synonymous with
making trouble. and IL certainly
making good.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1916-12-01
written for the United Press)

degree Of age and mental and phyci-
cal development. The pay for all is
better too than the workers can get
In any other sort OF position. 1t
averages from three TO five p0nnds
or SIS 10 425 per week. One time
comfortable English households are
plunged into chaos and gloom
through the loss OF their chamber
maids nursemaids and cooks VINO
hear the siren call OF the shrapntl
and the shell. .Al,sions In Mayfai"
ard Park Lana. nhvels In Whiis.
chapel and tic Fast End disgorge
alike their bits NJ 70 n.nity into c'e
H.; atiable nav VI the government ar.
srnrh.
Never have so many furcoats. new
or hac 30 much jcwelry been sold in
London % at the present moment
and the women Muniti0n workers are
the busy little buyers. The nrst thing
. poor little erstwhile factory slavey
does when she draws her nrst prince
ly lin proportion) pay check at the
arsenal is to treat herself to all the
cheap jewelry her little starved femi-
nine heart has craved her whole life
long. She may top of with q warm
coat OF fur and after this reckless
spending orgy she ID content to set
tic down and save her salary with
the exception of what she spends
daily ON real food. And my, how she
does eat!
There are canteens established at
the different arsenals whore the girls
may ret the most nourishing food tor
the cheapest rates. Four meals are
served q day--breakfast. lunch, .
very high tea at . very low price. and
dinner. There also are lodgings o.
tablished near the arsenal for all
those women who wish 10 live close
70 their work. These are called hos
tels ana Furnish comfortable and
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1916-12-01

LONDON. Nov. l.--(By Maii)
The early Victorian females must
saiss their lily hands from their tat
ting ana crswsl work IN horror u
they look back across the River Styx
%" see how the hands q their twen.
usth century female descendants are
cctapisd. I an sure they don't con-
sldsr Il maidsnly or isdyliks and yet
these staneh ana willing women mu-
hi'ion workers OF today are doing
cruel work too.
Down At the big arsenal 1t Wool
x'ch. Just thirty minutes from Lou
0on BY train. seventeen thousand wo-
"sn from sixteen to nifty years old
At biz machines are turning out with
neet and capable femin 20 hngsrs blts
'ot s'ittering copper and aluminium
sad brass which, assembled into
shelis. bombs. haAd-srsnadsa. cart
dxcc and Ill thoas deadly and
sr'shtful weapons Of ~ Lsrn warfare
srs das ed munitioAs.
Not only are the wives. mothers.
:xssthsarts !. and sisters Of Tommy
Atkins. the typical working women,
employed st this new sort Of fancy
work. but dslicatsly reared and cul-
'ursd ssntlswomsn o we'll ars eas'
sFy and s0eiently doing their BIT.
\ There h work ter evsry grade and
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1916-12-01

on record at least one care OF one
Spy doing ncarly NIL OF these things
ut one and the same time, being sim.
ultnneously In the employ OF France.
England and Germany.
There are OF course big games be.
ing played by men not ordinarily
called spies: Diplomatic agents ia
the more dignined term. These are
ed cited. cultivated men. And they
DO tho liner. larger work. Smaller
fry keep track OF shipments TO Rus
sin. OF the movement via Sweden OF
government agents, etc. or in the
case OF the allies. Of the shipments OF
materials to Germany by beat, etc.
VI course there are free-iances who
scurry around picking up scraps OF
Information and selling the same for
whatever the Interested parties feel
like paying. These are the rag
pickers OF the profession.
OF course there are women spies
or women agents. These are not ri.
why's used as Oppenheim and other
romanccrs lead one to imagine but
there is Just enough OF truth In such
stories to make these women inter.
esting. Their great utility comes
through being able to mIngie In high ,
circles whore they can listen TO the
gossip.
Listen. my dear" says one lady TO
another: here liz some great scan
dni: promised not 10 tell, but 4
must tell Il to you. knowing you'll
not breathe Il TO a SOUL
And so It goes.
Hotels are packed. Only by resery.
Ing n room days in advance can ono
ind accommodation save by rare
good luck. Al tea time. at dinner and
ngain at supper, the splendid restau-
rants here are jnmmed and tables are
NJ a premium. Champagne corks
nre popping like machine guns.
Everybody seems to have plenty OF
money and nobody appears to be stin-
~ with It.
One sees many German people :
here. Here and there In dining rooms .
IRE German diplomats. army officers
n mufti or evening clothes. and fire. |
luently they have their women folk |
With them. These are wearing skirts y
lnite as short as amy seen In Paris 9
md the cut of their gowns IL proof 4
hat though Frenchmen and Ger +,
mans are killing each other. Rue de /
a PrIx styles have found their way d
o inter den Linden.
This Is the great cross roads. the
Meeting place. OF the folks OF the n
nations. Tonight. In the y
ovely supper room. at adjoining y
ablea. two men. their wives and I
all faultlessly dressed In 8
vcning clothes. hear each other talk. I,
hongh In different languages. To- =
morrow these two men may be lead
ng charges ut each other. over rain n
oaked. shell-pitted ground. One may NJ
laughter the other and leave the d
i0ody, muddy corpse to be tr0dden q,
n by a regiment OF iron-shod men. "
.aving a woman without husband.
family without a father. ia
But tonight they line elbow to ell oI
ow In
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1916-12-01
EsrRAY NOTICE

There came to my pasture. 10 n'ng
Pelican Bay LumUer Company's
plant on the nortn. about Nov. ist.
one black yearling steer; no brand
visible; swallowfork In right ear.
Owner will please claim same and
pay feed and for this adv.
r. C. DeCHAINE,
Shippington Hotel.
Phone 90 ]. S0-3ts
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1916-12-01
SWEDEN and THE War

Note Thia Ii the third Of a serici
:, Ave articles on Sweden by william
phIlip simms. Paris manager Of III,
rated Press. who visited Sweden Il
ma out what effect tho war was hay.
s,r Tomorrow's story tolls how
stockholm has become tho new
5sparls." Editor.
j,y WIN. PHILIP sIMMs
. limited Prcss stan Correspondent) }
4 STOCKHOLM. Nov. Shy Mail.) }
rhls is the spy.center of the world.
,,ere foo meets foe--but with his nm.
~srs crossed. II Ia neutral ground
ana the spy plays his ungratcful game
M perfect safety.
,,scc that chap over-therc7" a
friend asked. pointing across the
lobby Of one Of the prettiest hotels In
the world. THAT Ia an Austrian
military attache. Tho man no is talk
Ing 10 Is a Russian from Petrogrnd.
n know them both"
"a There they were playing their
sanes. Bach trying to trick the
other to some end. only heaven knew
what.
"Never mind about locking your
chest Of drawers. or your bags or
trunks" an acquaintance told mo TIE
day 1 landed In Stockholm. Locks
arc no good here. n anybody wants
10 see what you have hidden away
they will manage to do 10. And they
usually want 10 see."
There is perhaps no more fascina-
lting spot anywhere than certain
great hotel here. In the worlds
most beautiful dining-room under
sort OF colonnde ranging alongside a
fcrmal garden where superb lawn
grows under q lofty glass dome. where
huge palms and flowers grow In pro-
fusion and the tinklc Of fountain
IN the Venetian court is not much
sDfter than the music OF hidden
stringcd orchestra. Germans and
English. Austrians and French. Rus
SLAMS and puigars. Italians and Turks,
nelgians and Hungarians, and ali the
rest mlnese ut table. Not that they
sIt at the same table. but their ei-
bows sometimes literally touch at
adjoining boards.
Stockholm ts easily accessible 70
oil the warring countries. Al the
Central Railway station every night.
on adjoining tracks are three trains.
One goes north 10 Nornea. the Russ
Ian frontier town; ono 10 Bergen.
whence one takes tho boat for Eng
land and France: tho third goes TO
Ave hours by boat from
Denmark. whence nm express whirls
pns 10 Berlin. The Russian trein
leaves ilrst---about . y. m: the Ger
man train second. ut s:2S. So on
The platforms one sees minKlinK and
|ostling German and british. French
Ind Prussian. and all the rest.
In the hotels cne has the impress
lion that each column conceals n =
py and each palm two or three. And Z
me 10 nearly right In this impression
or they are N thick ~ neas every
shere; spys spying on unsuspecting J
'ersons; spys spying on spies and q
pies spyirs on spies set to catch
pies. II Ia q great game. There Ia !
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1916-12-01
MARGARET MASON

The hand that rocked the cradle
Now makes shells that rock the
world,
For female hngers fashion
Almost ev'ry bomb that's hurled:
And maidens wives and mothers
All stand working. sun to sun.
with bits Of glittering metal
That will kill men when they're
done.
Who knows. Oh Tommy Atkins.
Az you throw that hand grenade.
Psrchance It's one OF many
That your wife or sweetheart made.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1916-12-01
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