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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-02
BOY
SCOUTS
Conducted by National Council Of the
Boy Scouts of America)
SCOUTS kS LIFE SAVERS
BY ARMSTRONG PERRY.

The most common element in acct
dents is preventability. The careless
ly thrown match, the day-dream on the
railroad track, the mind which wanders
from the hand upon the lever, the fool
who rocks the bOat-these are they
who keep the surgeon and the under
taker and the dealer In artificial limbs
working overtime.
Boy Scouts are taught to foresee and
prevent accidents. When q boy is
taught anything he is ever on the alert
to use his knowledge. The result of
the scout training is shown in a re-
markable way in the records of the
national court of honor.
There are about 10000 scouts in
the United States, most of whom go
on a hike at least once a week through
out the year and camp out for a week
or more every summer. 1t would be
natural to expect that with this num-
Der of boys, all of the most reckless
age, climbing trees and hills. cutting
wood and building fires the number
Of serious and fatal accidents would
be large. Not so. The national court
of honor, which awards medals to
scouts who risk their lives in saving
others is called upon to consider only
three or four cases q month and in
most Of these the person rescued is not
scout.
In most of these cases the rescue
is due not only to the presence of mind
and herOism of the scout, but also to
his foresight in providing himself with
equipment for use in an emergency
and his diligence in learning the meth
DDS by which rescues may be effected.
A scout who was thoughtful enough
to carry coil of rope at his belt when
he went skating saved boy who
broke through the ice One of the
youngest scouts saved q child from
bleeding to death from an artery Sc
vered by piece Of broken china on a
beach. His scOutmaSter had taught
him how to apply q tOurniquet, using
Il handkerchief and a stick. During
the reunion Of the veterans Of the war
Of the states at Gettysburg, at the re
view in Washington in 1915, and on
many other occasions where enormous
crowds have assembled, the scouts
have saved many from the affects OF
heat exhaustion, by being on the spot
with restoratives and knowledge of
the means of quickly finding medical
aid. Many a scout has gone to the as
sistance Of a drowning person, released
himself from ! doth 80, fought his
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-02

The New York Senate has passed
the Wicks bill, which provides that
dogs running at large without a Ii
cense may be shot on sight, while all
dogs, whether licensed or not, which
are caught pursuing domestic animals
or fowls, may be suplmarily put to
death. Dog-lovers are bitterly OPP
posed to the measure but Senator
Wicks affirms that no good dog will
suffer by its enactment. In a speech
just before the final vote was taken he
said that there were upstate towns
where stray dogs roamed the country
side, killing as many as thirty or forty
sheep in a night. He went on: THE
well-bred dog stays at home or near
home. The mongrel roams the coun-
tryside Strengthening sheep. That
sort Of dog ought to be killed. No dog
of the sort any one could grow to love
will be affected by this bill A good
dog is just as highly thought of by the
farmer as by anybody else The bill
will cause dog owners to license their
that is proper" Report has it that
the Wicks bill will pass the New York
Assembly and become law.-Milwau-
Ike Wisconsin.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-02
SCOUT CHARACTERISTICS.

They do at least one good turn every
day.
They consider a strange boy a
friend, not someone to tease or fight
Their motto is BE Prepared" which
means to them prepared to help 9TH
ers.
They know how! In case of acct
dent they render first aid while others
stand about and feel sympathetic.
They love the out-of-doors and know
how to take care of themselves in the
open.
They know about animals and do
not consider every snake a poisonous
enemy, nor do they think that every
crawling thing with more than eight
legs is a centipede.
They know the names and charac-
terfstics of the different trees and con-
slider them as something beside a tar
get for axes or material for whiting.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-02

way to safety with a load heavier than
his own weight and, at the point of
exhaustion, has been obliged to apply
artificial respiration while q crowd Of
able-bodied men and women looked on,
unable to do anything because of their
ignorance of a few simple but vital
rules.
A community which fails to protect
itself against calamity by developing
the latent power in its boy population
deserves the same fate as the man who
goes without fire and accident and
health insurance.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-02

The open season for duck shooting
should begin not later than September
if men are to have any real sport as
the birds go south before the time
named in the bill now before the leg
islature, September %. The bill is
being pushed by a large number of
sportsmen who do their shooting
around the big lakes where the sport
is mostly with open water birds, which
do not usually arrive until the middle
of October no teal or mallard shoot
ing being done by them to any extent,
for the reason that those birds infest
the marshes and smaller lakes. Their
idea is to prolong the season into Dec
ember, when the lakes here are closed
and the shooting no longer obtainable
BY delaying the open season until
Sept 25th the teal and most of the
mallards will be gone from these
grounds and our home sportsmen
would get no shooting on them at all.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-02
FOLLY OF VOLUNTEER SYSTEM.

Selective CONSUMPTION is the quick
est, fairest, most practical way to
raise what men we need for the war
with the Prussian government of Ger
many.
The volunteer system means the hui
initiation of recruiting campaign, the
object of which will be to force men
to volunteer. 1t means, too, that men
will go who ought to stay at work, and
that men will stay at work or play who
ought to go.
Selective CONSUMPTION comes to this:
Uncle Sam calls up all young men
from 19 to %, stands them up in a
row, looks them over and then de-
cides:
Bill you are needed to raise wheat
you stay home.
Joe, you are skilled mechanic, we
need you in the factory; you'd better
stay home.
Sorry, Jack, but you are not phys
ically up to the work, and you'll have
to stay behind.
tom, you have a wife and children
depending on your earnings, you'd
better stick to work and serve your
country that way.
Harry, you're physically fit, you
have nobody depending on your earn
ings, and you are physically in fine
shape-you come along with me and
we'll show the kaiser thing or two"
That's seIective conscription-the
quick way, the fair way, the practical
way, the democratic way-for don't
forget that the obligation to serve the
nation in war falls morally as we'll as
legally upon every one of us.
Volunteering means Let George do
It," Volunteering means campaign
of studied insult to all who do not
volunteer even though they are men
that under the selective CONSUMPTION
plan would beyond doubt be left out
of the ranks. Volunteering means
Joe, who is worth ten times as much
making guns as he would be in firing
them, would be dragooned into en-
listing while Harry, who hasn't a soul
depending on him and who never
learned to do anything useful, may
show the white feather and stay home.
Duluth (Minn) Herald
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-02
Rule of the Road.

The origin Of the rule that all pedes-
TRANS should keep to their right dates
back to period long before pavements
were thought Of.
In those good old days" every pc
destrian carried his life in his hand
Thus every stranger met was a poten.
tial enemy. Therefore, when two arm
ed men met they naturally passed each
other on the right so as to bring shield
to shield Thus each was protected
from the other, yet ready to attack
should 1t prove necessary.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-02
DO YOU KNOW THAT

A good water supply in the spring
may save an undertaker's bill in the
fall
It's the spring fly which makes the
summer pests
A mosquito breeding pool may mean
malaria later on
Spring gardening has heightened
many lives
Fresh air is the best tonic
Today is the best time to begin to
build for health
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-02
DEALS IN REALTY

Aztalan-John w Mansfield to
Allen B. Hyer, 10 by 20 chs.
being in secs. 20 and 21---
mington-CharIes Buske to
William Kesser, 8h acres in
n. part of S. W. "A S. e. a
sec. Ia ------------------- 1900
R. r. Dunning to Albert lie
glemann, rds. AZ #. by 1212
TT. in n. w. "a Sec b. Is
Albert w. Zieglemann to Carl
Sukow, 8 rds. Az fit. by 129 it.
in n. W. Il Sec 13-------- /
Carl SukOw to O. Sukow, 8
rds. Az TT. by 129 it. in n. w.
"A Sec I
Fort Atkinson-Daniel A. Bull
lock TO William Reap, 1885 it.
by 1913 it. of lot /, block l,
original plat -------- 1900
R. d. Chase to Daniel R. He'll,
1872 it. by 50.32 #. on e. side Of
Grant st. --------..---------- $500
Hoard & Curtis Incor. to Del
bert ID. Hills, lot in High
land add. 10o
lxonia-Willie F. Rupnow. one
half interest in S. e. Il II. W.
Il II. W. Il sec. %, and s. - of
lots 5 and 6, sec. %, except 20
acres off n. side of lot D l
Otto Rupnow to Willie F. Rup-
now, one-half interest in lot
8, sec. Ia and n. 81 acres of n. e.
Il n. W. Il sec. %; also n Il
of lots and 6, sec. %, except
20 acres off n. side 1
Jefferson-Frank B. Fuller to
Henry j. Kiessling, n. 10 acres
of government lot in sec. 2 l
L1zette Fischer to Edward
Mueller, lot 107 Highland
Park add " 80
Lake Mills-Walter E. Bretz-
mann to r. A Fuller 2.72 chs.
by 1.25 chs. on n. w. side of
Re6Q ST. -----..-----
Milford-F. A Zimmerman to
Julius Woelffer, W. part of lot
l, block 4, also another part
of lot l, block 4, being % it.
by rds. 5 links--------- 400
Oakland-Martin Anderson to C.
N. Soil, 100 SO. rds. in II. e.
corner of n. e. a n. W. Il
sec. SO " 100
Sumner-D. w. North to A. A.
Johnson, part of n p of sec.
z, containing 70 acres 1
MISUNDERSTANDING Tonar to
Henry L. May, all of block 8 275
Observation-Disclosures Christians to
August Holman, lots 8 and 4,
blk 5, l. r. Rood's add 300
Watertown-MaxR Rose to Hugo
Miller, parts of lots Ia, Is and
16, in l.. Bruegger's add $500
Otto c. Wegner to Fred Lincks,
S. e. Il S. e. "A sec. 31---- 1000
Robert H. Radtke to Friede-
rich Zastrow, a part of lots l
and 2, blk. SO, original plat,
east side ------------------ 1850
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-02
AMONG THE SCOUTS.

A scout is a patriot and is always
ready to serve his country at q min
utes notice. He loves Old Glory and
knows the proper forms of Offering it
respect. He never permits its folds
to touch the ground. He knows how
his country is governed and who are
the men in high authority. He desires
a strong body, an alert mind and an
uncOnquerable spirit, so that he may
serve his country in any need. He pat
terms his life after those of great Amer
leans who have had a high sense of
duty and who have served the nation
we'll.
A scout, like an old frontiersman
does not shout his wisdom from the
housetOps. He possesses the quiet
power that comes from knowledge. He
speaks softly and answers questions
mOdeStly. He knows a braggart, but
he does not challenge him, allowing the
own 1oose-wagging tongue.
Evansville Und.) Boy Scouts have
just established a new wireless station
and claim that they will soon be able
to talk with New York. New York
scouts who have stations are eagerly
awaiting a message from the Indiana
boys.
Help Yourself.
Elsie came home from a neighbor's
house munching a chocolate.
"NOw, Elsie" her mother reprOved
her, show many time, have l told you
not to ask Mrs. Gray for chOcolates?"
81 didn't ask her." returned Elsie
calmly 81 don't have to. know where
she keeps them"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-02

The price of bread has been raised
again. Also the price of cream. But
butter took drop Of seven cents on
the Elgin board Saturday which helps
some.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-02

The dandelion season is at hand
This early plant makes a most excel
lent green, by many preferred to
spinach and when cooked with corned
beef or salt pork is most delicious
Cook until tender only
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-02

The Watertown Leader has applied
for the union label which it will use
hereafter in recognition Of employing
union printers in the composing room
New machinery will be added in a few
days when the publication of a tri-
weekly paper will be begun.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-02

After all is said the draft plan of
raising an army is the only just one
as 1t treats all citizens of military age
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-02

No matter where located or what 1t
is We get results on anything big or
small, both city and farm property.
We have representatives all over the
state. Remember, you don't have to
sign any contracts or bind yourself
in any way. Call at our Office, 11e n.
Third street, WatertOwn, Wis. Write
or telephone 24-x or 375-y.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-02

Sunday, May 10 will be Mothers
Day throughout the country.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-02

has been put in practice many times
before
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-02

MilfOrd-F. A. Zimmerman to
Julius Woelffer, w. part of lot
1, block 4, also another part
of lot 1, block 4, being % it.
nv : rdC < GDlyc
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-02

Oakland-Martin Anderson to c..
n. Soil, 100 SO. rds. in II. e.
corner of n. e. "A n. W. a
sec. SO
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-02

Lake Mills-Walter E. Bretz-
mann to R. A. Fuller, 2.72 chs.
by 1.25 chs. on n. w. side of
Rnnd CT
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-05-18
REPORT EXPECTED FROM
CHURCH BOARD COMMITTEE
Lively Discussion Looked, For
ward to at Southern Bap-
fist Convention

NEW ORLEANS. May 17.-Delegates
to the Southern Baptist convention mere
expected TO receive a report at today's
session from the committee which late
last night was entrusted with consider
ing and making recommendations con-
cernng motion to adopJ che report or
the committee on consolidation of the
three church boards, and the substitute
motion of j. r. Brownlow, of Columbia
Tenn, that the whole matter, together
with questions raised as to the legality
of the incorporated units of the con
vention, be referred TO a special COM
mittee for report at next years meet
ing. The delegates early today still were
discussing the surprise presented by Mr.
Brownlow late yesterday, when he de-
clared that because of the separate in
corporation in different states Of the
Southern Baptist convention, and tle
foreign and home mission boards and
the Sunday school board, The denomi-
nations system of operation was lies Al
and that the convention mad no legal
authority over its various boards. Live
ly discussion Of these matters was pre-
dicted when the special committee re-
ports.
Foreign missions and related ques-
tions were before the convention Tor to-
day under the. regular ORDER of LusI-
ness.
The Woman's Missionary union, an
auxiliary to the convention, regan it's
annual meeting today, receiving reports
of officers and committees. The treas
urer's report showed that during last
year various societies of the union
raised a total of $4S1,111 cash of which
s247, 619 was for foreign missions. S129,-
339 for home missions, $47,SO3 for the
unions training school and Sl5,OO0 for
the foreign mission debt In addition,
clothing and merchandise worth S10.7O1
were sent TO mountain schools and
frontier missions. There were ISIS
new societies organized during last year,
making a total of 1890 societies in
the churches.
The committee appointed last night
TO make recommendations on the re-
port of the committee on consolidation
Of boards and also on the questions of
the legality of the organization which
were raised by Mr.. Brownlow, through
NJ Fl. Wolfe, of Dallas, chairman, pre-
scented separate reports today on each
matter both of which were adopted by
the convention.
The report on consolidate of boards
as amended by the special committee
provided that the boards remain sep
arate as at present, and that an execu-
tive committee of seven be appointed to
supervise arrangements for annual
meetings an dact in an advisory ca
pacity only on questions arising between
the boards when requested to do so.
Under the committees recommended
lions on the Brownlow questions, the
president of the convention was author
lied TO appoint a committee of seven
lawyers, ministers and business men
empowered to fully consider the ques-
tions involved and employ counsel If
necessary and report to next years
convention full recommendations as to
any action needed.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-05-18
General Assembly to Elect
Moderator at Second Session

DALLAS, Texas, May 17.-Election
of a moderator was the chief business
before the 10th general assembly of
the Presbyterian Churches of the Unit
ed States Of America at its second ses-
sion late today. The forenoon session
was devoted to the sermon of the re-
firing moderator, DR.. John A. Marquis,
of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and to arrange
ments of routine for the convention
which will last nine days
Although many of the commissioners
say the name Of the new moderator is
problematical. many insist that DR.. j.
Wilbur Chapman, of New York, is the
most likely to be selected. Some went
so far as to assert that he would be
chosen on either the first or the second
ballot.
Others were equally confident that
DR.. Robert Johnson, of Montreal, Can
ada, would be chosen. Still others eX-
pressed the belief that a candidate not
previously considered would loom NY
soon after nominations were called for
and be a favorite in the field of can
didates. Others prominently mention
ed as probable candidates to succeed
DR.. Marquis are DR.. Andrew c. Zenis,
of Chicago, William II. Roberts. Phila-
delphia, and RI. Harlan G. Menden-
hail. New York.
Upwards of 5000 delegates were pres
ent when the assembly opened it's ses-
siOns
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-05-18
!, Alleged Spy
Makes Clean Breast

NEW YORK. May, 16.-Captain Franz
Rintelen. of the German navy. on trial
here with six others on charges of con-
spring TO disrupt this country's NUM-
ton industry in 1915. has made COM
plete statement to the government OF
his activities voluntarily and without
anv bargain" IL was announced today
by his counsel, Albert Massey.
This declaration came in the midst
of cross-examination of David Lamar,
another defendant. by government coun-
sci. who was endeavoring to put in evil
dence kilograms sent Lamar by Rintel-
Ell. Lamar professed to be unable to
recoIlect whether he ever received them.
Mr.. Massey conceded for Rintelen that
he had sent them and he announced
that Rintelen had made a full statement
to the government of his activities and
has told everything he has done.
Mr.. Massey. himself, cross-examining
Lamar, brought out that Rintelen never
told Lamar he was connected with the
German government or that he had seen
service in the German navy. He told
him, Lamar said. that he was a Ger
man banker and had lost many relatives
and friends through American shells
sold TO the entente allies. hence his de-
sire TO hinder the munitions trade.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-05-18
NO MORE STRIKES
AND NO DRINKING
DURING WAR TIME.
Organized LABOR in America
AdopS English Regulations
Governing All Public and
Private Employment

WASHINGTON, May 16.-Organized
labor has voted to place itself upon the
same basis during the war as organized
labor in England.
According to TIE plan Is explained
by the English labor mission in con-
ference today with American labor
leaders, this will mean that:
There VIII be no strikes, no wage re-
auctions, no men allowed to work more
than ten or twelve hours per day, no
child labor, no women laborers where
men can be secured, and no drinking
among workers on war work"
1t means also that at the end OF
the war men will be given their old
positions at the salary they left to JOIN
the army;
That the government and employers
will cooperate to pension employees in
jured in the war;
That fund will be established to
take care of dependents of soldiers, 20
pay the rent, doctor bills, school fees
etc, in addition to the government sep
aration allowances;
That an arbitration board will be
established to settle all labor differ
ences;
That the pay Of women during the
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-05-18
Socialist Pleads for
England to Repudiate
Note Rejecting Peace

LONDON. May 16.-Impassioned Piles
that England repudiate the terms Of
her January note rejecting Germany'S
peace proffer was made in the house
Of commons today by Philip Snowden
radical Socialist and peace advocate.
He declared that lone country of the
entente" was now on the verge of revo-
luton" and that Socialists of all bellig-
erent nations are unanimously for peace
along the lines of the policy urged by
the new Russian regime.
Snowden asserted President Wilson
had not Joined the compact of the al
lies because of the January note.
Lord Robert Cecil, acting foreign min
lister in the absence of Arthur j. Bal
four, interrupted at this juncture tC
declare that the question of America
entering formally into an alliance with
England had never been raised.
Snowden concluded by moving thai
the government issue a declaration re-
spending to Russia,s request that the
allies restate their war aims.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-05-18
Scarcity of Free Labor
Is Now Serious Problem

Labor is so short on account or the
exodus of negroes. the dearth of stock
AIDE prisoners following the passage OF
the bone-dry bill. war enlistments and
other contributory causes, that the city
is having a hard time finding enough
men to work the streets, according to
Chief of Construction Fl. l.. Collier.
Chief Collier says that prison LABOR
is rapidly getting scarcer and scarcer
and free labor is more and more in de-
uand. As an illustration. he remarked
on the fact that fifteen husky negroes,
fined s15 apiece by the city recorder
last week had their fines paid imme-
diately by contractors who employed
them to work it out.
Chief Collier sees no remedy in the
situation.