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Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-05-06
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Land in Germany

The following article may or ma,
not be true with reference to draft
ing In Germany, but 1t is reproduced
principally to show the preparations
under way In the German empire tc
produce sufficient food to sustain the
population.-Editor,)
Lausanne, Switzerland.-The Ger
a army authorities have now
called out not only all their reserves
who have done military service, bu,
also all men UP to the age OF 81 who
have for one reason or another been
exempt, and who have never done
service.
Two officials are present at the ok.
animation of the men. There is a
doctor. who examines the man as to
his fitness physically. and an army
officer who decides for what branch
OF the service. horse. foot, or artil-
lery, the man is fitted.
Many of these men are taken for
the "Ntapen' service, that is to say,
for transport campS communities
tons. or base services. Other men
of the Landwehr or L~andsturm, who
are more fit and had done military
service, are instead o further to
the front Or sent to the actual fight
ing line. 1t Is estimated that Ger
many has more than 10 per cent OF
lite entire population under arms.
Here Ia a concrete example, a large.
in Baden. 1t consists OF $500
and out of these 750 men
have been drafted into the army. Out
OF the 750. 80 have been officially re-
as killed. Or course. IL this
percentage were general 1T would
that Germany had really draft
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-05-06
New Banking House
10 Be Established

aGaH
Mr. Henry .. Rice. who. with On IL.
of but a brief period. has
been associated with the citizans,
National bank for the past twentv.
I'VE years. ana for some wears nast
mas been the vice president. endarad
ms resignation, to take effect MAJ /
Mr. Rice is brobobly as widely
known as any business man in fha
city having been a resident Of the
place since 1887--for twenty.eiehf
years. ISL
MI. Rice is probably as widely
70 organize a state banking and trust
company, with a capital of $50 600
lie has leased the room formerly Or
cupied by the d. +, Jones drug stora
IN the Granite block and announces
ina he hopes to be ready for the
June. u
Local capitalists will be associated
with Mr.. Rice in the formation and
conducting Of the new banking house
9 department of which will devote
especial attention to farm loans,
henry D. Rice Is a man of keen
business d~iscernment. with his ex.
tensive acquaintance the new bank
VIII be peculiarly equipped for Mt
once becoming one of the sound and
aggressive financial institutions Of
the city.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-05-06
Wet Coal Generates
More Heat Than Dry

-..
DO you want to get the most hem
from your coal2 Assuming that Won
90, says a writer, did 1t ever occu,
70 Q to wet your coal before feed
Ing 1T to the furnace or stoyee Il
sounds rather foolish, but IL ii never
theless true that damp coal produces
b greatest heat. This Is vel
known to persons whose business is
getting the greatest heat from tho
least coal.
When the blacksmith desires the
intensest heat of which his forge is
capable he invariably throws n little
water upon the coal. The same
course is pursued by the stoke who
would get the utmost from his boil.
ers,
And the poorer the quality OF The
coal the more imperative the neees.
sity for Wetting 1t.
IL seems paradozical. for from the
beginning all people everywhere
have regarded water as the ono reli,
able agency for extinguishing Il
Such, Indeed 1t really is If used in
proper quantity as experience has
amply demonstrated.
Chemistry explains the paradox
very simply however. when it informs
us that we5ser Is composed OF oxygen
and hydrogen In the proportion of
iva tc CEes That Is to say In every
moloctzie OF the fluid there are two
atoms Of the former and one OF he
latter.
Now, oxygen is the chief agent in
combustion, Oxidization is a syno-
nym for burning. The rusting Of
iron the ~oorrosion of silver, and the
burning of wood are Identical pro-
scesses, all due to the gency Of this
powerful element. which is so widely
distributed through all nature. TO
feed oxygen to- flames is really 10
~sfnteasify them, therefore. This Is
exactly what is done, In fact, when
they are famed.
Hydrogen on the other hand, is
gas which burns readily and with the
most intense heat.
Very evidently, IL water Is separ-
sated into Its consistent elements, the
oxygen and the hydrogen, no longer
bound together, are able each to per-
form rs natural functions. The for
mer adds greatly to combustion, and
the latter not only burns reastt y but
materials intensifies the heat.
This Is precisely what occurs whsn
small quantity of waite Is added
to the coal fed TT the flames.
is not enough of the fIuid To sxtin-
'guish the fire. Instead. the fire aetr
upon HE wa4fs. dissolying the bonds
which unite its component gases, thus
setting the exygen ffsa to- accelerat
combustion and converting the hy-l
drogen Into fuel 81 tremendous heat
ing power
II throwing a little water upon the
coal therefore the blacksmith attsins
The aiae resllats ns II s. added na-
teriaiIy To the draft produced by the
bellows. and at the Baaae time poitrofs
a little hydrofn upon the haines.
T-he#esulfant aat is not I'd he pro-
duce4 coal aions ind ordins
airy conJitions
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-05-06
KINDERGARTEN.
NOTICE TO PARENTS.

NOTICE TO PARENTS.
4 Board of Education viii open
Tree klndergartens In the school
buildings during June n July, pro
svided sufficient children enroll.
children four and Ave years Of age
2 ose who have become six since
January LIST will be accepted, bro.
vided their names are enrolled with
~ y. Parsons, superintendent Of city
schools, on or before May 10, 1915.
46-47
Evening star., 1915-06-07
NOT ENOUGH BID FOR
OLD WOODEN WARSH|P
Famous Sailing sloop Portsmouth
Offered for Sale at Norfolk
for 5000.

Another Of our famous wooden war
ships 10 about to pass out, in the sail
ing sloop Portsmouth. condemned and
today offered for sale At Norfolk for
$S.oo0-just about what the metal in
her hull will bring.
In the old days the Portsmouth had
always been reckoned q particularly
It was this ship. then new from
Portsmouth navy yard. whore she was
constructed. which in July, 1846. took
possession for the United States Of the
War with Mexico had begun and a
British battleship. the Collingwood,
| raced for San Francisco. The Yankees
got there first. In commemoration of
city bears the name Of Portsmouth.
In Hot Battle Before Canton.
Ten years later, in November 1855,
tho Portsmouth. under Commander
(afterward admiraD Andrew H. Foote.
was one OF the squadron that bonn
barded and destroyed the Chinese for
ly fired on the Portsmouth That was
q hot battle; the Portsmouth.s launch
was sunk while the blue1ackets and
marines were landing.
killed and twenty-eight wounded. The
Chinese lost about four hundred.
In 1853, the Portsmouth was one Of
Farragut's feet in tho Mississippi. and
Joined with the mortar boats in bonn
harding the fortidcations below New
Orleans.
After the war the old sloop was used
mainly as a training snip. for which
she was splendidly adapted Her last
service was with the naval reserve
Though rated as sloop, the Ports
mouth and her sisters, the jamestown
and St. Mary's, were as large as many
frigatss Of the time OF Nelson Few
sailing ships. except the extreme clip
pers, have been as fast.
Though apparently heavy above the
waterline. the Portsmouth and her
| sisters were hne-lined below, and with
| good officers and a strong crew. could
| bo tackled and worked with the utmost
precision.
A few years moro and square -rigged
seamanship will be totally lost to the
American navy.
May Try to Raise Vessel.
John H. Gregory OF Perth Amboy. n.
| j.. at s3,S62. was the highest bidder
today for the Portsmouth, now sub
| merged in her berth at the Norfolk
navy yard. Mr.. Gregory's bid. however.
called for the delivery Of the vessel
adoat. She sank after bids were ad-
vertised for.
Il 10 expected that an effort win bs
One bidder. James y. Nolan Of Boston.
offered 11.2S1.14 for the vessel adoat or
| S1,1e3.e1 In her present condition.
The NAVY Department announced that
no bid for less than $4,000 would be
consi4AlSA
Evening star., 1915-06-07
NO REPORT ON NEBRAsKAN
German Admiralty Conducting
ouiry of Torpedoing Charge.

Ambassador Gerard reported today
that the German admiralty had no re-
port on the torpedoing of the American
steamer Nebraskan. but was conducting
an investigation.
Ambassador Gerard's message was in
answer to the State Department inquiry
whether any report had been received
from German sources. Meanwhile the
department also awaits a full report of
the inquiry by American naval attaches
sent to Liverpool from London.
Evening star., 1915-06-07
SERBIAN ARMY REPORTED
TWO DAYS FROM SCUTARI

ROME, June 6, via Paris. June Serb
ian forces are continuing their advance
In Albania from two directions and now
are only two days march from Scutan,
according to a dispatch from that city
received by the Giornale D'Italia.
They have occupied the towns Of Starova
and Galobardo near Elbasan. in central
Albania. while the regions of Hasia and
LUNA also are In their hands. The
advancing forces met with little opposi-
ton. Albanian and Mussulman troops
are said to have abandoned Scutari sew
eral days ago.
Evening star., 1915-06-07
MYSTERY AS TO DIPLOMAT.
Counselor of German Embassy Re
ported Back in Rome.

ROME. June 8. via Paris. June l.
Reports that Baron Won Hindsnberg,
former counselor of the German sm-
bassy. who left Rome with Prince Won
Buslow. has returned to Italy are print
ed by the newspapers.
Several persons are said to have de-
clared they have seen him in this city.
The police and foreign once have been
Informed Of these kspeItA
Evening star., 1915-06-07
URGES CAST FOR SHELLS.
British Engineer Has Plan for In
creasing Ammunition Supply.

LONDON, June Tho output OF
shells in Great Britain could be in
creased a thousand times II cast iron
instead OF tensile steel for shell cases,
following the German example, were
used. according to James Keith. . well
known mechanical engineer. in . let
ter TO the Post
He says this would enable svsry
small foundry In the kingdom to manu- :
facture shells in great quantities at q
fraction of the present price. As no
special or expensive machinery Is re-
Quired
Evening star., 1915-06-07
LOSE THEIR U. S. PASSPORTS
Two American Citizens Criticised
This Government in German Press.

BERLIN. via London. June Tho
passports of two American citizens
living at Dresden. Leon Raines and
Karl Recknagel. have been ordered re-
voked by tho American embassy. on In
structions from the State Department
At Washington.
The men. II Is said, adversely cTiti-
cised the American government in the
present crisis, and declared in a news
Of their citizenship.
Evening star., 1915-06-07
COMPENSATION FOR GREECE.
Germany to Pay for Steamer Sunk
by Submarine,

ATHENS, June Z. via London. l1:l4
a.m.-The German government has ad-
nitted the responsibility of the COM
mander of the German submarine who.
April 1s. torpedoed and sunk the Greek
steamer Ellispontos in the North sea.
The government agrees further TO
compensate tho owners of tho vessel.
the value of which is to be decided by
two experts. one Greek and one Ger
man.
Evening star., 1915-06-07

Mems PillinE and Madley's and
Other Well Known Makes Of Half
Hose. mercerized Isle, double heel
ss:desf. aas sss: IN s9;ss. s'sss '1'x sss l2lzc
Mems Half Hose. Of maco cotton,
in black and other plain coiors:
made with reinforced heel -
and toe. Gusdorrs price. 15c &c
pair. Our price ........
Mems "Ony1" Half Hose. fiber
silk, in black, white. tan, gray.
palm beach and blue:
reinforced heel and toe. -
Gusdorfs price. 35c pair. ZlC
Onr prire "
Evening star., 1915-06-07

Mems Pure Silk Full Fashioned
Half Hose, double reinforced heel
and toe. Colonial and other well
known makes. Gusdorfs -
prices. SOC and 75c pair. aOOC
Our price ..-............
Mems "COIOnial' Lisle Thread
Half Hose, in black and
other plain colors. Gus ~
DORIS price. 25c pair. Our 4C
price
Mems Pure Silk Hair Hose, black
and colors. Onyx" make; dou-
BILE heel and toe. Gus IN
DORIS price. $3.50 pair. YC
OuT p1IC6
Mems MAc0 Cotton Half Hose,
black with split sole. Gus n
DORIS Dfso>. $50 pair, Our yC
price
Evening star., 1915-06-07

women
$l25 Stylish Beach Suitnss. So inches wide. 79e
Writing Papers, sold regularly SOC and 75c box. qe .10e
Envelopes, to match worth up to 5c package
36inch Percales. worth l212c yard d.-.---.-.-...9Ae
Trimmed Hats. worth $500 and $500. .$29S
$1,000 Sewing Machines. ...-.-.-.-~--.-..$16 $16.75
5000 Davis Sewing Machine. $3.50
Women's Csc Fiber Silk Hosiery
Chldren's SOC L.e Fancy Socks. .35e
Women's 25c Gauze Lse Stockings ngs-.-.-..-.-.-..19e
Boys Nainook Union Suits regularly 50c..
Boys Porosknt Union Suits. regularly y3oc.-.---19e
Chldrens Gauze Drawers regularly 25c pair 12He
Misses Gauze Cotton Vests, all sizes -25c
69c Embroidered Wolfe Floucings yard. .49c
75c and 89 Oriental and Shadow Lace Founcng u inches
39nch Embroidered organy Founcnss worth 75c yard sec
l8nch Embroidery Focng also Corset Cover Embroidery 29c
SWISS Nansook and Cambria Embroideres. worth to 25c
Swiss and Cambria Embroderies worth up 1oc yard Sc
36nch Aover Shadow Laces. regular 75c value .4sc
45nch Handloom ss. Embroidery Flouncinss worth up
42neb p!UG cGon asa Cloth regularly ST 90 yad-----7se
40nch Black Silk Net worth 81 90 yard
36nch Chiffon Tafeta Silk regularly 81 90 yard
40nch Black Satin Duche.se. regularly 81 80 yard CSC
4Onch Box Loom Crepe de Chine worth 81 so yard S9c
3o-nch Pure Silk Pongee. regular 81 - value S9c
36-nch Black Peau de Cygne worth 81 90 yard CSC
75c and 8oc Seamless Sheets. doubebed Size .49c
Welded Bleached Sheets bed size. worth 59c. 3se
45x36 Bleached Piowcases worth 5c eaeh; n - rs
Crochet Bedspread doube-bed size, worth 81 /o. $l19
ST so Bamboo Porch Screens size #. by IT, 79c
Cooks Inad noem regularly 81 90 square yard 5se
Japanese Mating Rugs 9xl2 # large room omslze-~-Sl95
$500 Wool and Fiber Rugs szr9xl2 ft,---~-----$34
$500 Stencled Prairie Grass Rugs size 6x9 $z45
il6wap China Mattnes regularly 35e yard. .15He
Extra Heavyweight 90 to IS Pound China Matnss resu-
ary Csc yard ,......l9e
lsowarp Japanese Mattinss. worth Csc yard ...ls lse
Seamless China Mattnss worth l5c yard. 8Ac
Purchase Of Mghtsowns worth ST 90 each. Sc
Girls White Dresses. regular 100 values .--$l6s
Combination Garments and Envelopes Chern'e'. ...-44e
Nainsook Corset Covers worth 39c eaeh Csc
Cambrc Pett;coat. regularly o6c each.- Csc
Womens Princes, Slns v,or,h 81 Is each .96e
DEPARTMENT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-11-06
COURT DENIES REQUEST
OF mrs. R. K. HUTCH|NS
Refuses to Probate Husbands Will
of 1903 Pending Appeal on One
Executed in 1910.

Justice Mccoy of the District Supreme
Court today denied petition of Mrs.
Rose Keeling Hutchins for the probate
of will of Stilson Hutchins executed in
1908 before the disposition of the appeal
taken from the verdict of a jury breaking
a later will of Mr.. Hutchins executed in
october, 1910. The court held while no
supersedeas bond was given on the appeal
there is collector acting and the estate
is being conserved. Under these condi-
tons the court held that no action should
be taken on the earlier will until the ap-
peilate court should act on the win of
later date. %
Comments on Absence of Bond.
Commenting on the absence of a su-
pH'sedeas bond, the cour; declsred that
an appeal is in control of those who
take II and may be abandoned. and
that the provision for the giving of a
supersedeas bond, being for the bene-
fit OF the parties, could be waived by
them.
Mr.. Hutchins left three wills, one
dated IN 1902. another in 1908 and the
third in 1910. Lee Autchins, one of
the sons, filed a caveat to the last
VIII. After a triai' of five months a
Jury rendered verdict that. Mr.
Hutchlns was not mentally capable of
executing IL will at the time
Walter $. Hutchins. the other son.
noted an appeal, which is pending
Attorneys Cuttings * Chamberlin rep
resented Mrs. Hptchips. Attorneys w.
q. Johnson, Myer Cohen and Frank ].
Hogan appeared for Lee HutchiAs and
Attorneys f. H. Thomas and C. III.
Meriiiat for Walter Hutchins
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-11-06
PRESIDENT WILSON
IS SHARPLY ASSA|LED
Berlin Paper Sees German-American
:. Punishment in the
Elections.

BERLIN, November 6.-The Morsen
Post attacks President Wilson sharply
today for his remarks, in his speech in
New York Thursday. concerning per-
sons in the United States who are par
tisans of other causes than that of
America and have forgotten that their
chief allegiance is to the American
government. The .Morgen Post says
the elections of Tuesday brought a
heavy moral defeat for the President,
and that his speech was in retaliation
fer this German-American punish
ment'' and was obviously directed
against German Americans.
The form of the Presidents speech.
1.-THE newspaper asserts, was such as had
never before been heard from an Amer
lean President. and such as would not
have been considered possible from
the head of the state.
The .Morgen Post asserts that in view
of the pronounced hatred of Germany
prevailing in America" the speech can
lead, to, the worst consequences." 1t
declares President Wilson expressed
his aversion for and low estimate of
Gerrna n Americans shortly after, the
outbreak, of the war. in different ut
terances, and that the President lis
certainly untitled to play a leading
role in discussions Of the peace CUES
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-11-06
HERE TO PLAN BUDGET
FOR CAUCUS Of HOUSE
Committee Appointed at Last Session
to Hold First Meeting
... Monday.

The special committee of democratic
members-elect of the next House, ap-
pointed by the democratic caucus at the
last session of Congress to submit a
report on the budget system, will meet
at the Capitol Monday and take up it's
work This committee consists of Rep
resep.ctives Shirley of Kentucky,
K.tchinS.>S It North Carolina, Fitzgerald
of New fSfk. Garner of Texas, Hay of
Virginia, Stout of Montana and Speaker
Clark.
The committee will prepare report
to be submitted to caucus of House
democrats in the coming session, out
lining some plan of a budget to con-
form to the supposed demand for a re-
form in the present system of making
appropriations and to meet objections
urged against propositions heretofore
submitted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-11-06
Asquith in Charge.

In an official statement issued in Lon
don yesterday denial was made of re-
port that Field Marshal Kitchener had
resigned, and it was said Premier AS
quith was in charge of the war office
during the temporary absence of the
field marshal. This was the first inti-
nation that the war secretary had de-
parted from London.
The policy of the British government
in respect of both the Dardanelles ex-
petition and the Serbian campaign has
been subjected to severe criticism in
England, and if the statement of the
Post is correct, the war secretary pre-
sumably has been sent to the near east
to determine by personal inspection the
proper policy for Great Britain or to
supervise some movement of impor-
tance already decided upon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-11-06
Art Museum Gets Altar Panels.

NEW YORK. November 6.-Four
beautiful little altar panels by Benozzo
dozzoii have been acquired by the Met
ropoiitan Museum of Art and were
placed on exhibition today. They por-
tray the Conversion of st. Paul" Isl
mon Magus and ST. Peter" st Zenobia
Resuscitating a Small Child" and TO
tia Before st. Benedict" They were
painted for the chapel of the AIessandrf
family in the Church OF San Pier Mag
giore in Florence.
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Earlier Plan Rejected.

In March. two years ago, committee
reported on the subject. hut it's recon-
mendations were rejected by the caucus.
That plan contemplated special COM
mittee on estimates and appropriations
to be composed of three members of the
ways and means committee. three of
the appropriations. committee and two
members from each of the standing COM
mittees which. now have jurisdiction
over appropriations. namely. military af-
fairs, naval affairs, foreign affairs. In
dian affairs agriculture and rivers and
harbors.
The general committee was to consider
the revenues of the government and the
estimates of the several departments.
apportioning finally among the commit
tees the, amounts they were to be al
lowed to appropriate. 1t was also pro-
vided that every bill carrying a charge
on the Treasury should first be submit
ted to the budget committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-11-06
CHINESE FOR A MONARCHY.
Fifteen Provinces Out of Eighteen
Vote for Its Re-Estabishment.

PEKING. November, 6.-Fifteen of the
eighteen provinces of China are said
by the government to have voted in
favor OF monarchy a.,
The minister Of foreign affairs. Lu
Cheng -Hsiang, made this statement to
NJ. -Obata, secretary of the Japanese le-
cation. in explaining why. in its opin-
ion. the government could not legally
defer the decision of the people con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-11-06
Gratiaed at Success of Plan.
Young Triest to Be Released.

NEW YORK, November s6.--Wolfgang
Gustav Triest, a contractor Iof this
city, has received a message by, cable
from the British authorities is London
announcing that his son, Kenneth
Wood Triest, formerly a Princeton stu
dent, who is under arrest there charged
with being a German spy, will be per-
mitted to return to this country, and
asking Mr.. Triest to come to London
and get him. Mr.. Triest said he would
sail for England on the American liner
New York today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-11-06
Statue in Memory Of Explorer Scott.

LONDON. November "a statue to
the late Capt. Robert F. Scott, the
antarctic explorer, was unveiled yes
terday afternoon In Waterloo place by
A. J. Balfour, first lord of the ad-
miralty. The statue was executed by
Lady. Scott, widow of the explorer,
who previously had designed bronze
memorial to DR.. Edward Wilson of the
Scott party, who died with Capt. Scott
on the return journey from the south
pole.
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AWARD OF NOBEL PRIZES.
Thomas A. Edison and Nikola Tesla
.-t = Among the Recipients.

LONDON. November '6.-The Copen-
hagen correspondent of the Daily Tele-
graph sends the following:
The Swedish government has de-
cided to distribute the Nobel prizes
next week as follows: r.
Physics, Thomas A. Edison and
Nikola Tesla; literature. Roman Rol-
land, French; Hepdrik Pontoppidan
and Troels Lnnd, Danes. and Werner
Won Heidenstam. a Swede; chemistry,
Prof. Thoedor Svedberg." :.
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Mr.. Morgan Receivers Rapidly.

NEW YORK, November 6-J. p.
Morgan, operated on October 29 for
acute appendicitis. was said today to be
recovering rapidly. No setbacks have
occurred and he was sitting up today
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-11-06
Publication to Continue.
Mr.. Daniels Leaves for Raleigh.

Secretary Daniels received a brief
telegram this morning saying that the
plant of his newspaper at Raleigh,
N. c., had been completely destroyed
early this morning by a fire which
started In an adjoining building. Sec
retary Daniels took the first train for
Raleigh and expects to return here
Wednesdays He estimates his loss at
about $4,000, less than half Of which
amount is covered by insurance.
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Released Doctors Reach Naco.

NACO. Ariz., November 6.-H R..
Thispen and James Miller. American
doctors, and two -chauffeurs. A. l.. Will
son and J. ID. Bylant, who were reported
by Gen. Villa to have been shot, arrived
here today from Villaverde. twenty two
miles south Of Sonora.