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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-25
TROOPS TO STAY
ACROSS BORDER
Pursuit If Villa VIII Go On,
Says Baker,
EXPECT CLASH WITH MEXICAHS

Carranza Forces Probably viii Break
Away from Authority and Attack
u. S. SoIders-Redistrib of
Troops Is Agreed to BY War secre-
tary and President.
Washington, April 24-American
troops will not be withdrawn from
Mexico.
Secretary Baker made this an.
nouncement after thirtyminute COZ.
ference with President Wilson. The
conference, as well as the one held
Saturday night, was to consider the
reports received from General Scott,
chief Of staff, following his consulta-
tfon at San Antonio with General Fun
ston in regard to border conditions
and the actual status of the army in
Mexico.
Will Keep After Pancho.
The punitive expedition will be con-
tinued after "Pancho" Villa Secre-
tary Baker did not say the column
will be hurled across the Carranza
"deadline" and into the state of Du-
range, whittier the bandit leader has
fled, but that the troops are
not to be withdrawn indicates that
any measures necessary to get" Villa
will be undertaken.
The fact that Mexican De Facto
Minister of War Obregon is renewing
his demands for the withdrawal of
the troops, that Carranza's power is
known to be tottering and that his
commanders in Northern Mexico are
concentrating every available man in
Chihuahua along the long, thin Amer
lean supply line are known to have
been taken into consideration both by
Funston and Scott in their San Antonio
coferences and by President Wilson
and Secretary Baker in their discus
sions of Scott's reports, which began
TO reach Washington early Sunday
night
Means Trouble Officials Think.
1t is freely predicted in official cir
cles that the decision to keep the
troops in Mexico means trouble either
with the de facto government itself
or with Carranza's rebellious generals
in Northern Mexico.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-25
FORMER SENATOR
SNOvER EXPIRES
PROMINENT FORT ATKINSON POLL
TICIAN ANSWERS SUMMONS
AFTER LONG ILLNESS.
Served as Alderman, Supervisor, City
Clerk, Mayor, Sheriff and Senator.
Inspector of Public Property.

Fort Atkinson, April 25.-Special to
THE LEADER-Charles A Snover, one
of the best known democratic poll
ticians in this part of the state, died
at his home in this city last evening,
after a illness of several weeks. He
had been unconscious for nearly a
week, and his rugged constitution and
strong heart are ascribed as the ele-
ments which kept him alive so long
Mr. Shower was born in Eagle,
Waukesha county, in 1856, and at
tended the public schools in that
locality, finishing his course in the
High school in this city.
Later he entered the service of a
railroad as brakeman, then worked
for the government a number of
years as railway mail clerk.
He finally bought a hotel in this
city, and while thus engaged entered
politics and was honored by his neigh
bors on various occasions.
He served as alderman, super
visor, city clerk and mayor, and his
duulluiSIIdllOu Ol Iue various Offices
was highly satisfactory.
In 1909 he was elected sheriff of
Jefferson county, and while serving
in that capacity made SO many friends
that when he sought the nomination
for state senator his choice by his
tarty as a candidate was a forgone
conclusion.
He was elected to the state senate
in 1910, receiving a plurality over his
republican opponent, C. S. Douglas, of
GIG. The district comprises Jefferson
and Waukesha counties.
Mr. Snover served his term in the
senate, being succeeded in the states
upper house by Mayor Charles Null
berger Of WatertOwn.
After his retirement from the SEN
ate he was appointed by the state
board of control to the position of
special agent and inspector of public
institutions, and was serving in that
capacity at the time of his death
During the last fifteen years Mr..
Snover became interested in dairying,
and at the time of his death owned one
Of the model farms in this section Of
the state, which was we'll stocked with
Guernseys.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday afternoon.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-25
ARNOLD MYSTERY UNSOLVED
Detectives Dig in Cellar for Body of
long-Missnq Girl.

New York, April 24.-About an old,
rambling colonial house, secluded on
the bank of the Hudson river, near
West Point, centered a search for the
body of Dorothy Arnold, missing New
York heiress, whose disappearance
five years ago has furnished a mys-
terry battling the police of Europe and
America.
Inspector Faurot, in New York, ad-
ynitted that a portion of the cellar had
been dug up. He has failed to find the
body, but the search has not been
abandoned. On the contrary, the in
formation gained so far leads Faurot
and his men to believe that the con-
vict, Glenorris, must have had a part
in some crime in the section he had
been able to describe so minutely.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-25
Spurious $40 Notes Circulated

Washington, April 24-Counterfeit
ten-dollar notes of the Federal reserve
bank Of New York are in circulation
in New York city, the treasury an
nounces. A department statement
said the counterfeits could be recog-
nized with little difficulty as they are
slightly too small and too stiff and
thick
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-25
Superintendent EIectrocuted

Covington, Ind, April 24.-Eugene
NJ. Harden, fifty years old, superin-
tendent of the electric light plant of
this city, was electrocuted in attempt
ing to repair a faulty wire. He had
cut the wire to take down, but what
was supposed to be dead end of the
cut wire proved to be charged, caus
ing instant death.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-25
HUNGARY PAPERS FOR PEACE

Press Shows Anxiety Because of Ger.
man Attitude Toward Small Nations,
London, April 24.-The Daily Tele-
graphs Milan correspondent says that
significant symptom regarding the
Hapsburg monarchy is shown by ar
outburst of the Hungarian newspapers
in favor of peace
Premier Asquith's recent speech re-
garding peace conditions, the dispatch
says, has been commended by Hunga-
rians, who are anxious on account of
German aggressiveness respecting
small nationalities at the end of the
war
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-25
1000 RATS GET FREE BOARD
But Don't Shrek About Hungry Chill
dren; They Are Experimental On.

Madison, Wis, April 24.-More than
1000 rats are being used in the agri-
cultural chemistry department of the
University of Wisconsin in an effort
on the part of Professor E. V. Mac
Collum to discover the Ideal food
that will make people live the most
efficient lives and grow at the best
practical rate.
Although the experiments are be-
ing made upon rats, the results are
known to be the same as if they were
made upon human beings. Professor
MacCullum has already been at work
for seven years on this problem.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-25
Berlin Will Ask Exactly What
Wilson Desires.
GERARD COkFERS WITH jAGOW
U!timatum by President Demands
More Than International Law For
bids, Germans Think-Ready to
Make Amends for Sussex Sinking.
Officials See Hope for Settlement.

Washington, April 24-There is
reason to believe from information
which has reached Washington that
sons demands will not precipitate an
Immediate rupture of diplomatic rela-
tions.
There may be further discussion
during which the submarine methods
which have received the condemna-
followed, and in the end be modified.
Germany will not, however, aban-
don submarine warfare, because she
regards it as an important element in
her campaign against her enemies.
Seek u. S. Exact Demands.
Before making a formal reply to the
American communication Germany
desires to know precisely what the
United States desires Then, so in
formed, she will determine what atti-
tude to adopt.
The Presidents demands were
couched in general terms and require
the imperial government Immediate
ly to declare and effect an abandon
ment of its present submarine war
fare against passenger and freight
carrying vessels"
Germany insists that she has warn.
ed, that she has given passengers and
crews opportunity to escape before
destroying ships and that vessels
have been attacked only when they
have resisted or attempted to escape.
Ask End of All U-Roat War?
Is it the purpose Of the United
States to deprive Germany entirely of
the right to overhaul vessels and sink
them without reference to the rules
of international law which under spe-
CITED conditions permit such action?
If this be not the purpose of the Unit
I'D States, then is it not desirable, in
order that no further misunderstand-
'ls may develop, for President Wilson
to state exactly what rules shall be
observed
In the case of the Sussex, denounc-
ed by the President "as one of the
most terrible examples of the inhu-
manity of submarine warfare" only
the facts were transmitted What re-
paration would be acceptable to the
United States?
Perious But Hopeful.
While it is impossible to learn the
exact contents of the kilograms which
Ambassador Gerard has sent to the
state department in regard to the
conference he has had with Former
Minister Won Jagow. sufficient is
known to justify the statement that
a frank exchange of views occurred.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-25
BANDIT FINALLY RUN DOWN
Captured Robber Was in Four Train
HoIdups in Few Weeks

Rawlings, Wyo., April 24.-The ban
dit who held up and robbed nearly
three score passengers on Union Pacf-
fic limited No. 21, west of Hanna,
Wyo., was captured 20 miles north of
Walcott by one Of the posses of so
men who took up the chase immedi-
ately after the robbery.
According to the authorities the
bandit was responsible for four train
holdups in this section within the last
few weeks.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-25
Americans Die at Front.

Ottawa, April 24-James Goodwin
Of Sacramento, Cal, and William Ed
ward Mahoney of Roxbury. Mass.
were reported killed in action in the
casualty list of the Canadian overseas
forces issued by the militia depart
ment. The wounded included William
G. NayIor of Detroit.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-25
FORD'S MAJORITY is 5.185
But Charley Chaplin Also Scored in
Michigan Primary.

Lansing, April 24.-Henry Ford was
the choice of just 5,1S5 more Michigan
Republican voters for president than
William Alden Smith, according to
the official returns of the state presi,
Dental primary, as entered by the
state canvassing board
There were 177,1S6 votes cast in the
Republican primary. Of these Mr..
Ford received S3,05S; Senator Smith,
1852; William Gerald Simpson, A..
S65; Theodore Roosevelt, 1.O74; and
Justice Charles E. Hughes, 303. Con.
gressman Fordney, Congressman Can
non and other leading lights of the
party were given votes, while Charlie
Chaplin and Chase S. Osborn both
scored.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-25
U. S. Watching Felix Diaz.

Washington, April 24-Eliseo Are
dondo, Mexican ambassador designate.
was informed at the state department
that the department is following up
many vague clues which have led the
Washington officials to view the
Felix Diaz movement as having seri-
Gus possibilities, but that no definite
word has been received from any
American agencies.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-25
HOW Won DER G0LTZ DIED
One Report Declares He Was Assas-
snated When Trebizond Fell.

Paris, April 24.-Reports from
Swiss and Italian sources say thar
Field Marshal Won der Goltz was as
sassinated Immediately after the
news Of the fall of Trebizond reached
Constantinople.
Another story says that upon seeing
that the Russians were about to de-
feat the Turks before Trebizond, Won
der Goltz, at the head of the Ottoman
force, charged to certain death Yet
another version says death was due
to the rigors Of retreat after the rDut
Of the Turks before Trebizond.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-25
Find Pearl 100000 Years Old.

Stanford University, Cal, April "a.
"A pearl, estimated to have been
formed five million years ago and said
to be the Oldest specimen of it's kind
in the world, was found by Stanley
C. Herold, a Stanford student, six
months age. The pearl will be pre-
sented to the Stanford museum.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-25
Perilous But Hopeful.
REJECTS POSTOFFICE JOB
Senator Wagner Don't Want to Han
die New York Citys Mail.

New York, April 24-State Senator
F. Wagner, when informed that he
had been nominated by President Viii
son for the place of postmaster of
New York City, announced that he
would be unable to accept the posi-
ton The Office pays $4,000 per an
mum.
''The sending in of my name is a
complete surprise to me-" said Sena-
tor Wagner. 81 have indicated before
that l did not seek the office, and that
If l had any political ambitions they
were in other directions. Naturally
the presidents offer of the position is
an honor which I do not underesti-
mate, but which 1 find impossible to
accept"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-25
Saves SmuegIed Feathers from Store

Houston, Tex, April 24.-Federal
Judge w. T. Burns reseinded the or
der to burn the 527 bird of paradise
toms agents seized from A. kellman,
a New York exporter, who pleaded
guilty to charges of smuggling.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-25
German Airmen Bombard Russ

Berlin, April 24.-Ten German aero
planes attacked the Russian air sta
tion On Osel Island, IN he Gulf of
Riga. Good effects were gained from
forty-five bombs. A Russian plane was
compelled to land.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-25
FLOOD PERILS MANY PEOPLE
Part of Paper Mill at Marinette, Wis,
CoIlapses.

Marinette, April 24.-The Menomi-
nee River rose forty-two inches. Part
of the No. mill of the Marinette ard
Menominee Paper company collapsed
owing to action of the water, and 500
men were put to work to save the
main part Of the plant, valued at s20G
000
Parts of North Menominee are un-
der water and many persons were
driven from their homes
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-25
MRS. ]. B. M'CUTCHEON DIES
She Was Mother of John T. Cartoon
ist, and George B., Author.

Chicago, April 24.-Mrs. Clara Click
McCutcheon, mother of George Barr
McCutcheon, the author, and John T..
McCutcheon, cartoonist, died at her
home, 80 East Schiller street She had
been an invalid for several years. She
was the widow of John Barr McCutch-
con, who died several years ago. Mrs
McCutcheon is survived by four chill
dren. There are George Barr McCutol-
con, the fiction writer; John T. Nc
Cutcheon, traveIor and artist; Ben c.
McCutcheon, and Mrs. Jessie Nc
Cutcheon Raleigh
The interment will be at Lafayette,
Ind
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-25
CARRANZA MONEY is CHEAP
Mexico Is Thinking of Free Coinage
of Silver.

Ell Paso, April 24.-Banks in Mexico
are not refusing Carranza paper be.
cause of any secret agreement with
CarranZa government, as has been al
legged, but because they feel the paper
Garcia, the Mexican consul here
Consul Garcia admitted that the f.
nancial situation in Mexico looked
rather dark, but said he thought the
problem could be solved by the free
and unlimited coinage of silver, re-
commentator he has already made.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-25
BULL ASSISTS HIM ACROSS
But He Had Already Tossed Farmer
To the Fence

Grand Rapids, Wis, April 24.-Her-
man hlussman, farmer living sew
eral miles west of here, had a narrow
escape from death when attacked by
an angry bull. Mr.. Klussman's ankle
was broken, but he managed to run
TO a fence, the bull assisting him
over.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-25
Need No Fielders Here.

Belton, Tex, April 24.-The KiIIeen.
Tex, high school baseball team is
claiming a world record for strike
outs. Davis, of Killeen team, struck
out twenty-four men in a nine inning
game here with the Bolton high
school
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-25
PROOF OF DOGS DEATH ASKED
Human Heirs VIII Be Given Estate if
They Produce 1t.

Lacrosse. Wis.-The absence Of a
corpus deficit has once again tangled
up the proceedings in Wisconsin's odd
est will case, the bequest of the estate
of Mrs. Mary Johnson to her pet dog
Willie. She cut off two brothers, sis
ter and a niece to give the property to
the dog, but the dog died before the
VIII was prObated.
Relatives claimed the estate, but
there was no record of the dogs death
fled in the health department. The
court has ruled that when the contest
ants can produce the man who buried
Vile they will be given the estate.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-25
Villa Commander Surrenders,

Ell Paso, April 24.-General Sever
ino Coniceros and his command of
Villa bandits have surrendered to the
military commander in Durango City
and have been granted an amnesty.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-25
Excludes Visitors from EXCHANGE.

New York, April 24.-Comment was
caused in Wall street by a new order
enforced by special policemen, which
excludes all but members from the
lobbies of the stock exchange.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-25
TAFT COMMENTS ON TEDDY
Former President Says His Boom Is
Mostly "Paper Talk

La Crosse, Wis, April 24-That the
administration punitive expedition
into Mexico has served its purpose
and should be withdrawn Immediate
ly without lear on the part of the ad-
ministration of political criticism, was
the statement Of former President
William Howard Taft, who spent
Easter in La Crosse
Mr. Taft said that the Roosevelt
boom was mostly newspaper talk"
and that he believes the race is be-
tween Justice Hughes, Burton of Ohio.
and Root of New York
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-25
$4,000 MINERS TO STRIKE
Action Follows Refusal of Operators
to Abide by Agreement.

Pittsburgh, April 24.-Twenty-four
thousand coal miners in the bitumi-
nous fields of this section were order
ed TO strike by President Van Bitner
and other union officials of district
No. 5.
This action followed refusal of the
operators of the Pittsburgh Coal com.
pany to abide by the agreement re-
Gently reached in New York.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-25
THIEF CHLOROFORMS CHICKS
Indiana Woman Discovers Her Poul.
try Purioined by New Method.

Fort Wayne, April 24.-Here's the
latest way to steal chickens: chIoro-
form 'em.
Mrs Thom& Patterson, living at
the city limits lost forty chickens.
which were stolen, an6 it is believed
that the thief first chloroformed them
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-25
TWO ALLIED SHIPS ARE SUNK
italian Steamer and French Bark Hit
ty Torpedoes.

London, Eng, April 24.-The Italian
steamer Joseph Agost Tcherzee and
the French bark Chanaral nave been
sunk by German submarines.
The crew of the Italian ship was
landed and the crew of the French
bark is believed to have been saved
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1916-03-04
OUR WEEKLY SERMON
"Preparedness''
Cias I. Hurd. Pastor of First Presbyterian Church

Watch, therefore. for We know
neither the day nor the hour" Matt.
25:l3.
These are days when the air ID
full of the discussions Of Prepared
ness which in such discussions
means the development OF an ade-
quate military preparation Of trained
men and increased navy and army
plans and equipment for use in the
event OF an attack upon our country
of any foreign power. With such q
plan or policy this sermonette has
nothing to do. There is q prepared
ness program. however, in which ev-
cry man, woman and child ought to
be interested.
When Jesus Christ was on the
earth He saw and understood the in
difference with which men greeted
His program and knowing its i'm
portance and value to them He used
every means to get them to see and
to consider. So in the case before
us He spoke parable" which is
known as that Of ''The Ten Virgins"
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1916-03-04

1t followed close upon series OF
questions and the discussion follow
ing them when Jesus had prcphcsied
a series OF future events included In
which were the destruction of Je-
rusalem, His own death. and the end
Of the world. The disciples went TO
Him then and asked him, when shall
these things pe?" and He answered
In the words OF Matthew 25:1-13.
In the midst Of all the unrest and
disturbance Of the world at the pres
ent time 1t would seem to be fitting
that men should ask themselves not
only are We prepared" for such a
very remote possibility as an attack
upon America from some very imag-
mary enemy but more and rather
should We ask ourselves are we pre-
pared" for the very present and seri-
GUS business Of living here and now
in the midst Of problems and condi-
tions that call for the highest de-
gree Of efficiency and self enlarge
ment, Self preparation for life was
by far the larger idea in the mind
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1916-03-04
seek 70 Rrst the

OF Jesus Christ, seek ye hrst the
kingdom of God and His righteous
ness" was his call TO the men OF Hi
generation and Il Is His cali to u'
today.
This is illustrated In the parable
under consideration by the serious
distinctions noticed In the serving
maidens at an oriental wedding, Those
who were prepared are called wise
and the unpreparcd are called fool
ish," all OF which means that they
were alive to the privilege OF the oc-
casion and met II in the best possible
way to them.
Let Us Notice Few Of the "Details.
The outward conditions were sim
liar. but the individual results were
widely variant. Very much the same
distinction prevails In the lives OF
men today.
The testing power OF Crises, Be
hold the bridegroom tarried" and In
the emergency created by such a de-
lay the character of the individual
members of the wedding party was
revealed, 1t is the strain to which
character is at times subjected Its
strength or weakness is revealed,
The determining factor OF every
crisis is personality. 1t is the re-
serve forces of life that enable one
to meet the unexpected strain. There
can. however, be no transfer OF re-
sources and our only assurance OF
success lies in our personal prepara-
tion.
Opportunity is withdrawn when not
improved. Now Is the accepted
time" is the Bible statement and II
allowed to pass unheeded and unim-
proved will some day find us on the
outside with the door" shut and our
selves lost to the privileges OF I'D
mittance and the enjoyments conse-
Quent thereof.