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Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-12-02

entertaining princes and other cap
tains at the expense of your unsus-
pecting constituents and breaking
champagne BOTTLES for their delecta.
ton and entertainment we were in
a sad dilemma because We did mot
have enough vice-adniRls to get
around ahead OF other fsnctionaries
abroad when the punch bowl was
opened fsee Congressional Rec,
orG.)
in 1910 there were S61 navy Of
ficers and 1o15 army officers on the
retired list'Writing articles and
giving out interviews about our aln.
preparedness 7
Criminal Wastefufneas.
Three years ago / took from the
governments printed year book these
facts:
For twenty-eight years, every year
except one, the navy officers had
spent, and a stupid congress had ap-
propriated to cover deficiencies,
$'64,104,422.4S! And the regular ap.
preparations for the navy had been
about one and twe-thirds billion dol
lars.
"And the record of the army is
quite similar
"A few days ago leading daily
stated:
We now have It's of these
forts and it takes about half
our standing army to do the janitor
service
Secretary Stimson, before he was
hoodwinked, reported most OF them
utterly useless So indolent and
corpulent were many of the officers
that President Roosevelt found they
were unable to ride horseback
For years we have spent more
money preparing for war than any
other country except one Since the
Spanish-Amercian war we have spent
ever four hundred million dollars
more on our navy than even Ger
many. 1t is conceded much OF it has
been wasted buncoed by war supply
contractors, extravaganza and waste
everywhere. And now these same
pay roll heroes ask for appropriations
to spend :. doubled and trebled.
/ Where will it end? Nothing but
death can shake this increasing class
from the salary lists.
We Are Going Some Now.
There are now in active service
2225 vessels OF all character which
is thirty-six more than two years ago.
We now have under construction and
authorized seyenty-seven vessels. OF
which nine are dreadnanghts, twenty
three are destroyers, thirty-eight sub
marines, and seven are auxiliaries. In
the navy are 4,355 officers and 53,171
men.
s.On January z, 1915, editorially the
Saturday Evening Post said In ten
years we have spent two and a half
billion dollars on the army and navy
I The system viii be the same,
directed by the same intelligence. If
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Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-12-02
pure Bred c.anaries.

"A1gernon," said Angelina, II you
want to please me really and trniy,
.buy me awo or three caaaries. But I
want the best, the very beat, you
know.
So Algernon went to a tsrd fancier
Ind told his tale.
Yes, sir" said the dealer in con-
idential tone, you might have gone
to many and been swindled. But
there are pure cpnaries. sir, and /
raised them myself from the very
Lest canary seed."
Algernon bought them and Angelina
Has satisfied.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-12-02
kAisEn TRYING TO KEEP Ru.
MANIA NEUTRAL EY PLEDGE
OF AusTRlA's TERRITORY.
otherwise Rumania May Enter the
War With the Altses-Fight Pre-
oipitated in Parliament.

That the situation in the Balkans
is not becoming of less Importance,
from the standpoint of both the en-.
tents allies and :1he central powers is
sbvioas from the efforts of the Kaiser
to keep Ramania neutral by the offer
ing OF territorial concessions from
Hungary. It .is said that the Gaiserse
recent special 1rip to Vienna Was for
the purpose xf inducing the emperor
to assezt to 'she suggestion
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-12-02
serbians Dissolvins.

London. Serbian forces soon will
become an army without a country
,unless the French should defeat the
Bulgarians, four divisions of whom
are said to be hammering at the
French lines. Reports arrive from
various sources that Monastir has
been surrounded by Bulgarians and
that they may not wait for their Aus
trc-Gsnman allies befsrs entering the
Macedonian capital.
The main Serbian army retfeating
liz sonfhwesterly direction before
Field Marshal Won Mackensel,'s troops
may fnd no rest even In Greek terri
tory. as 1t is reported here that the
invaders CT ssrsia would not hesi-
tate to cross into Greece. Appar-
a III ii &. aFassn llsa sers eEpeet the
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-12-02
HERREID POINTS OUT FALLACIES OF THE GREAT .
!. PREP PAREDNESS' CAbIPAICN OF NAVY LEAGUE

Former Governor C. N. Herreid, in
IA letter addressed tofHon. ]. w. Parm
ley, and which has been published in
various state papers, deals with the
question Of preparedness in no uncer.
tain manner.
Who are clamofang for an extra
billion dollar military appropriation? ?"
he aaks. Who .saFe financing this
propagand da filling magazines with
war scaress sending lecturers over
the country; organizing preparedness
leagues et,e.?
The Navy League.
For example, ttake the so-called
navy league Here are some of its
officers: .. P. Morgan with four of
his partners, Thomas w. Lamont, w.
H. Porter, II. P. Davidson and Chas.
Steele, als coming millions out of
their investments in plants producing
war munitions; Paul ID. Cravath, di-
rector Westinghouse Co.. Ebert H.
Gary, head of the u. S. Steel corpor-
alton; Harry p Whitney, leading
stockholder in the westinghouse Co.,
ahe Atlas Powder CO., and the Her
|nules Powder Co.; IS. II. P. Pell, Cor
|nelius Vanderbilt and Ogden r. Mills,
:all connected with the big war order
concerns, the big factories for muni-
tions of war, whose stock has gone
up from par or less to ;$400, 5000 and
even $3.50 per share. These are the
patriots moulding public opinion for
preparedness preparedness for raid
ing the treasury.
saAre the working men clamoring
for militarism?--the men who would
have to fill the trenches, the hospit-
ais and the grave yardss
Never was there Tess danger from
a foreign foe. we are In greater
danger of having our country devas-
tated from the Atlantic to the Pacific
by a tornado than by any ns:tion on
earth. This war scare is mercenary
the work Of those interested in war
contracts and those dependent on a
system which already has produced
during one generation an aristoeracy,
indolent. exaravagant and arfoSsut.
The Retired Salary Scandal.
"on February 27, 1914. on the
floor of congress it was said that
there were then 21O retired rear adj
mirals with salaries from $4,000 to
$4,000 a year, for life (besides per-
that some had been retired
1t 3S years OF age for the sole pur-
pose Of making room for others push
ing for the retired class; that the
only danger of war was ? In the
ranks of the rear admisals and gem
erals as to whose wives and daugh-
ters shall drive the bays or drive the
grays. paid for by your unsNspecting
constituents! Z
Congress was about to create al
raft Of Yice-admirals with salaries of
sl1 900 per anntm. Whyz
81 Actually our rear adnlirals and
our captains when visiting abreaa,
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-12-02
NAUGHTY WHITE RIVER.
I Makes Nuisance III Itself and Inter-
rupts Traffic.

rupts Traffic.
Pierre, Nov. 90 Travel BY auto
from the southern part Of the state
west OF the Missouri to the central
section IS often practically impossible
en- account Of conditions on White
river. which has never been bridged,
as It is county line for most Of its
course. But the county comnissio ionr
ers OF Trip and Lyman counties have
held several meetings to arrange for
the joint construction Of q bridge,
which will be located either at y
Blunks crossing or in the vicinity
bridge across this steram win need be h
of considerable span and the division
Of expense Is the issue which has in i
the past been the stumbling block in Il
the way Of an all the year crossing
over this stream.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-12-02
WATERroWN SOUTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1915
BALKANS THE STORM /
CENTER OF ACTIVITY

Se1bians and their allies wiz await
attack 'ia Greece. 1t is asad these
operation will be under the supreme
command Of Field Marshal ron Mack.
ensen.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-12-02
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Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-12-02

&uu tHelr ares Wlg await
attack ia Greece. 1t is asad these
operation will be under the supreme
command Of Field Marshal mon Mack
ensen.
Victory Near Bapdad.
Additional reports from the battle
of Stesiphon, in Mesopotamia, near
BagGad, indicate that the British
forces won a substantial success in
stead of suffering reverse. as first
accounts let everyone to believe,
THE diplomatic representatives at
Athens of the entente powers are
still active. Their latest effort to
settle definitely all outstanding aues-
lions being the presentation to Pre-
mier Skouloudis OF a note detailing
meaaures deemed Indispensable for
the security of freedom of action OF
the allied troops, NJ.
Russia Gathering Forces.
The situation along the Rumaaianj
frontier, where a great Russian force
is said to have been gathered, is still.
obscure The display By the, Ru-
msnian public OF feeling in favor of
the entente is regarded in London as
an indication THAT the nation is 10 q
position to disregard the demands iof
the central powers.
n nj 70 hoc
of the renewed Austro-German Of
fensivw In GaAria. 1t is expected
however, that this movement will sbe
pushed energetically for the p6Iitica
effect Dn Runania.
cxar May Strike Hard.
Watch Russis!'
Tshis is the word that came ,tudsy
from 10 reliable source. It aent much
strength to the rumors that have been
circulating among military men Tor
several days &hat the eastern sfront
win produce sone of the greahsst oaBa-
paigEs Of the war this winter. n MI &
T.sre task oftfurnisiris4s & tie tttss real talk
OF the war this winter, according TO
Lpx,fipn rumors, is reserved for the
czaT!s new armies of the 3;0900e0
men Russia lis preparing Tor "a new
offensive, it 'isstninted here, that will
sweep down ia narrow front towaFn
Prussia
Corps after eeorps of the newest
Russian legiuns, afrom the steppes OF
Siberia, the srsat province of Arch
angel and the provinces of Vologoa,
Viataxa and Perm, fearless fighters
trained and wali equipped sl,ssss
ing seward the Russian front, ready
to poin hands with Germany's worst
enemy, winter.
Guerrilla War in Serbia.
Tine Serb army, as predicted. has
broken into guerrilla bands, accord
ing to Vienna With these consider
able Trouble is being experienced.
They are familiar With the country
and are instantly aambushing and
cutting up small German, Austrian
and Bufgar bodies of troops Against
the main Teutonic forces they no
longed attempt standup lighting. q
The Germans aim istto prevent the
broken remnant of the northern Serb
army from getting throagh Montene-
gro and Albania to the force in the
south, in which case it would be nee
essary to defeat it again. Montene-
grins who made dast Through the
Austrian lines into the sSanjak en-
countered an Austrian force south of
NoVibazar, twenty miles from their
frontier, and were routed after a des-
perate fight.
Advanced Austrian forces are now
approaching the Mokra region, which
lies on both sides Of the SerboM Monte-
negrin frontier west of Mftreyitza.
1t is expected taey will cross the
border in pursuit Of the fugitiyes,
who are heading apparently for ahe
northern slopes of the north Albanian
Alps.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-12-02
FIR A'NCE SAYS II Is
NOT YET ri. YING
ITS TRUMP CARDS
Wan LORD SAYS FRANCE Isl NOT
YET PLAYING HER Trump
CARDS III WAR.
Viewed From ire standpoint ~
France, Germanys Army Il 81
About 10 Show Weakness.

& flaTiS,--- me- new minister OF Waft
General GallieAi, has made ths fol-
lowing statement to q correspondent,
On the present military situation:
WITHOUT betraying any military
secret I may say. that snnr recent of
fensiye Was very, very far from being
our last card. We still have all our
best trnmpa on hand, though we have
no intention of playing any u them
yet.
Offensive Not Decisive.
y When General Jotire began ali pr
fensiye which coula not peasibly be
decisive at q time when Russia had
barely begun to organize her new ar.
mics Of millions and when England
was very far from having reached
the maximum Of her military strength
"a was simply because We could we'll
afford the SACRIFICES wc made. These
were more than justifed by the re-
suits achieved
France win never commit the I'M
prudence Of risking her last reserves
until the moment comes when q de-
cisive victory appears 10 be absolute
" certain. as far as the outcoms Of
any battle may ever be hooked upon
as certain beforehand.
Throughout France cur barracks
are military depots are fnll. New
regiments are being formed, and In
several places We have entire. fully
trained divisions ready Who are eager
" awaiting the snonis2nt when they
are to be sent TO the iSalt can
say no mora than this at the pres.
|ent.
The general impression here is that
the lack Of first-class troops is begin
ming to be felt in Germany, and par
'ticularly in Saxony and Bavaria.
German Reserves Not First class,
IN French military circles the fact
Is wen known that Germany still has
reserves of approximately two million
men. but it is equally well known that
none Of these troops can possibly be
called first class and that behind them
there is an absolute void Next
spring Germany will have no more
fresh soldiers at her disposal.
The new German uniforms, though
they have fulfilled the demand Of ap-
proximate invisibility, have proved
very disappointing in wearing suali-
ties. They have worn very badly and
anybody who has ever seen German
prisoners passing through Paris.
knows that the kaiser'g troops are
anything but well dressed, not even
those Of elite corps like the Prussian
guards.
One OF the minor, but al the same
tine very important problems which
faces Germany is therefore how to-
Iroyide within a very short time 4,-
Doc, 100000 new uniforms. If she.
fails, IT means that her soldiers viii
lshiyer with cold all winter in their
Lresent ragged uniforms. And Ger
many Is short Of wool as well as Of I
cotton.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-12-02
iKatsar Asked piedge.

PaIia, Dec. diplomatic circles at
Rome believe, says the correspondent
OF the Jousral, that the visit OF EN-
Peror William to Vienna was made to
-reeoucile, If possible divergent Fviews
Of Germany and Austria, and s6btain
a pledge ar territorial concessions
from Hungary In fAe hope of aassur-
ling thesnaatrality OF 7RuMania.
AlexanHer Marghiiainon and P. P.
Carp. ieaier Of TIE 'Rrmania1 con-
:servatfvef, are reported to have as
ssured the Duhe of MecRsenburg
sSchwerosn when no was In Bucharest
that the benevolent nentrality of Ru-
mania could be counted on by the
Teutonic allies II Germany could in
td4ce Austria to Dede Trgasylvania
and spart of BEapwinh to Rumania.
IA. Carp is said to have promised also
Ito bring about changes i'm the Ru-
nanian cabinet.
negotiations hetw#sn Berlin and
Vienna, the Journal says, were fruit-
less, owing to the determined opposi-
ton eof Hungary, tapa 1t lis asserted
the German ruler is endeavoring to
indgsce Emperor Francis Joseph to
consent to the sacrifice Of 7Eranslyva-
mia, on the understanding that Ger
many will return 10 Austria two prov
inees of Silesia. ;anEeXed IL, Prussia
in 1886.
Row in Parliament.
Paris, Dec 1--"Partisans sand ad-
yersaries OF the government came to
blows at the opening session of the
Rumanian Palsialne enE, talegraphs
the Berne correspondent Sof aohe Ma
Sin.
king Ferdinand had hardly begun
to read his speech when he was in
seruupted with cries of Down with the
government from M. Mile, leader of
the interventionists, and his adher-
ents.
'Ihe supporters of the government
replied with cheers for the liking,
whose speech was pnnctusted thsough
out with shouts from the opposition.
.'No sooner had tie king departed
than a general fight began between
ahe two. factions"
Berlin. Dec. 1 (by wlrelesF) .---"1ne
Rumanian deputy. NJ. Mile, attempts
ed to Interrupt the kings speech be
fore parliament" says the Overseas
News Agancy. "He shouted Down
with the government Immediately
another deplty slapped his face, while
the whole assembly cheered the king
enthusiastically. After the session
several depaties gave N. Mile at
beating
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-23
HEARST NEWSBoYS STRIKE
AND ARE SLUGGED
H-RIDF

After fight in the alley in the rear
of the Hearst bldg, Wednesday, in
which a large number of boys were
slugged, forty boot jackers"-boys
who sell the early edition of the Ex-
aminer-walked out on strike.
Late yesterday afternoon they held
a meeting in the Sheet Metal Work
ers' hall, 1876 w. Washington St, and
organized union which they named
the Midnight Newsboys' assn. They
voted to strike Immediately in an eff
fort to- obtain their demands, which
are a SO a week minimum wage and
that they be allowed to return papers
they did not SELL.
They attempted to present their de-
mands to Fred Lawrence, managing
editor of the Examiner, last night.
He was not in his Office. Neither was
his brother, Andy, who publishes the
paper for Hearst. Hearing this they |
decided to postpone the strike and |
want down in the alley to work. A
gang of wagon drivers and sluggefs |
met them. Several had attended the |
meeting IN the afternoon and they |
pointed out the boys who were pres
ent. -- 80
In the. fight which followed several
boys were badly beaten up. The boys
are all young, few being older than
20. All of the sluggers are huskies
and several had brass knuckles.
The boys work from 10 p. m. on up
to 8 or 4 a. m.
While waiting for the papers to
come out the boys sit in Everybody's
restaurant, on the first floor of the
Hearst bldg. Few of them have
homes: If they earn enough they
sleep in scent 'tf1ops" and eat "cof-
fee and" Every night some of them
fall asleep in the restaurant. Tues
day night George Nash, circulation
manager and brother of the defeated
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-23

ing this when the other papers agreed
not to publish early editions,
1870
A TOUCH OF REAL HUMANITY
Here's letter The Day Book re-
ceived from young married
couple in reference to the story of
Lillian H., the young department
store girl who went wrong after try
ing to live on 81 a week. We print it
because it's a real Golden Rule" SER
mon:
81 have just finished reading the
pitiful story of Lillian H., featured in
your publication Wednesday andwish
to know if you will please refer this
over to the young lady if it is not
too much trouble.
81 am a young man of 81, married.
My wife and both work every day
and have a cozy if humble little
home. To quote from o. Henry
again (bless him), "a hut which is
your own you can sweep, adorn and
cherish" We have room that is not
in use and would be pleased to have
Miss H. come and stay with US until
she can muster strength to take up
the struggle again or longer if she
cares. This is not a United Chair
ties offer and there are no strings att
tached to it in any way. AS 1 have
stated we are not of the favored ones
that live from the labor of others, but
merely common soldiers of the army
of the Proletariat' We do not wish
it to be taken as an offer of that
shameful thing, Charity. 1t is the
offer of one soldier to another, who
has verify, fought good fight and
lost for the time, and needs haven
until the wounds heal. Nothing else"
Cleveland - 13 crippled children
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-23

The Examiner once paid the boys
so cents night. They stopped do
ing this when the other papers agreed
not to publish early editions.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-23

Cleveland - 13 crippled children
from Sunbeam Home injured, several
seriously, when inclosed van in which
they were riding crashed into street
car.
indianapolis. - Lizzie Storms, 70,
given complete pardon for crime Of
murder committed in $685. She was
paroled in 1909 by Gov. Marshall.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1915-01-13

Or. Towards Dyspepsia Specific;
Regular Price &c., The Basset
Drug Co. Price 25c.

The special half price sale Of DR.
Towards specific for the cure Of
constipation and dyspepsia by The
Bassett Drug Co. means the saving
of few dollars on every family's
yearly bill for medicines.
Every SO cent bottle (The Bassett
Drug Co. sells it for 25c.) contains
sixty doses of a medicine that is
pleasant to take and which can be
depended upon to cure the worst
case of constipation, dyspepsia or
liver trouble.
This remedy is not an ordinary
medicine. It is the favorite for
mula of a well known physician, and
has the endorsement of hundreds of
physicians of eminence in their pro-
fession, who prescribe it in all cases
of constipation, dyspepsia or liver
trouble, knowing from experience
that it will make complete and
lasting cure. 1920
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1915-01-13

And, HERE Is where deed In
PERFECT LAUNDRY WORK
are performed with EVERY article
entrusted to this plant.
Your shirts, collars, and other
linen will gave the very maximum
OF service will BIO TH0R0LY
CLEANSED and STERlLIzED and
returned to you In Its best condition
II WE do the laundering.
Perfect servlce-guarantssd- give
your bundle to our wagon this week.
Mt SterIlnn 1 aundrv In
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1915-01-13
pUNs DON'T MAKE
HONEST MEN MAD

A subscriber once received a dun
through the postoffice and it made
him mad. He went to see the edi-
tor about it, and the editor showed
him few duns of his own--one for
paper, one for type, one for fuel,
and several others. "Now," said
the editor, ~ didn't get mad when
these came, because / knew that all
1 had to do was to ask several re-
liable men like you to come and help
me out, and then I could settle all
of them" When the subscriber saw
how it was he relented, paid up and
renewed for another year.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1915-01-13

There win be only two eclipses in
the year 1915, both Of the sun. The
first viii be an annular eclipse, Feb
ruary IA, invisible in the United
States. The second will be annular
eclipse also, August 10, invisible
here. Two eclipses is the least num-
Der possible in any one year, which
may both be of the sun, as win be
the case this year. Seven is the
greatest number possible. All eclip-
SEES occur in series, the first one of
which win take place at one of the
poles and the hast at the opposite
pole. The whole number, in a series
of ecIpses of the moon, covers a
period of about S65 years, and in
the case of the sun, about 1000
years.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1915-01-13
Duties and Activities Aboard
Our Super- Dreadnauqht

All the world loves blue jacket,
but comparatively few Americans
are acquainted with him. Secretary
of the Navy, Mr.. Josephus Daniels,
has long been anxious to have the
American public know him better
for what he does. He decided that
the most effective way to form this
acquaintance is through the medium
of moving pictures. He recognized
at the same time, that Lyman IL.
Howe's Travel Festival is the one
attraction before the public excep-
tionally well qualified to introduce
our New Navy" to the public be-
cause this entertainment commands
the patronage Of the most cultured,
discriminating and thoughtful aud
fences throughout the nation. For
this reason he extended exceptional
facilities and privileges to Howe's
staff photographers during the two
years they were engaged in filming
every phase Of naval life which will
be produced at the Tabb Opera
House on Wednesday, January 20.
That this honor was well bestowed,
as it was well merited, is convinc-
ingly shown by the quality, human
and variety Of the scenes.
escaped the vigilance OF
the ever alert photographers with
their cameras. ,nrof two years they
made their home with the bluejack-
cts aboard ship, messed with the Of
ficers, mingled with the gun crew,
absorbed the atmosphere that per-
vades every nook and corner Of our
great floating fortresses which en-
case q thousand souls within walls
If steel.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1915-01-13

Best line of coffees at Vanarsdell's.