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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-10-12
Emmanuel's Forces Take Offensive and Capture
 Prisoners and Trenches.
TEUTONS CONTINUE
 AGAINST RUMANIANS
Bulgarian Forces Cross Rumanian Border After Capturing Important Pass--French Make Additional
 Gains In SOmme Regian.
Associated Press Summary

Associated Press Summary.)
 The Italians again have taken tn, offensive against the Austrians ir their. endeavor to reach Trieste, Aus. tria's seaport on the Adriatic, and al several points south of Gorizia have made good progress, and in addition have taken nearly 5000 prisoners.
 South of Gorizia, the Austrian line was broken between Dobar and Yer. toiba, according to Rome, and on the Carso front, near the Picatto riv- CT, Hill POS was captured.
 The town of NoVavilla, and the strong positions around the northern part of the hill, fell into the hands of the attackers. Trenches in the Trentino region also have been won by the Italians, and 530 Austrians made prisoners.
 In Pennsylvania, the forces of the Teutonic allies are continuing their drive on the Rumanians along al- most all of the front. The Bulgarian troops which captured the Rothen- t'Aurm pass have now crossed the border into Rumania, according to Bucharest. which admits the retire ment of the Rumanians abound Kron- stadt. Fierce Teuton attacks were repulsed south of Hermanstadt, With heavy casualties to the attackers.
 Berlin comedies the capture by the French of a German salient near Yer mandovillers, south of the Somme in France, and also by, the British of first line trenches near Sally. north of the. Somme violent counter at- tacks by the Germans on the newly captured positions of the French in the Shalnes woods have been re- pulsed.
 In. the Vosges mountains, the Ger mans invaded French trenches but later were driven out.
 On the Struma river, in Greek Macedonia. the British have made further advances, after firing the town of Papalova. while the French have taken trenches on the height west of Gedetjili, which lies on the Greek-serbaan border, southwest of Doiran.
 Fierce fighting is going on between Bulgarians and Serbs on the front be- low Monastir, the Bulgarians having received endorsements. Berlin says that along the Ceraa river, and west of the vardar, entente attacks were repulsed. \
 Advices from Athens are to the ef> feet that the commander of the French-British fleet has demanded that the Greek fleet be turned over to the entente allies, and that forts on the coast be dismantled and two oth- CT forts which command moorings of the allies fleet be turned over to the allies. The advices say the demands will be complied with.
 British official press bureau gives German losses to the end Of Septem- Der as: Dead. S70,1S2; prisoners and missing, 42S,S29; wounded, g. 2o7OO7, total of 3,556,O1S. The fig- ures are declared to have been com piled from German official lists.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-10-12
SHIPS DETAINED.
British Admiralty Pursues 8 Safe
 Course in Absence of News.

New York, Oct. 11.-Altho there was no indication today that the Ger man submarine U-53 was still lurking off the American coast, and while some shipping interests believe she was headed for Helgoland, there was evidence that the British admiralty will proceed with caution in allowing British ships to leave Atlantic coast ports.
 Four British vessels due to sail to- day were detained, and it was report ed that others which had cleared, French and British alike, will not sail at present.
 Shipping circles heard today that Admiral Browning, at Halifax, had is- sued orders detaining British mer- chantmen now in American ports. Verification of this report could not be obtained.
 Continued absence of advices indi- eating additional submarine activities resulted today in reduction of ma mark reached Monday. Rates were quoted at 21s' per cent, a drop of 50 per cent in early-week quotations.
 There was strong tendency to be- lieve that the U-53, unless she has re- ceived fresh supplies, has hauled off, shore and is headed for her base at Helgoland. This is founded on knowledge that the cruising radius of the U-53 class boats does not ex ceed 1000 miles, or just sufficient to make the voyage out of Helgoland via the north of Scotland to Newport and return to Helgoland.
 Looking for Base.
 Newport, Oct 1.-The American navy is taking every precaution against the use of the American coast as "a base of supplies for foreign sub marines. All day today there was great activity among the destroyer flotilla at the naval base here and when the destroyers Mccall, Porter and Cummings went out on a mys- terious, mission this afternoon, Rear Admiral Knight, in command of this district, was asked if the boats were looking for submarine base or locking up some foreign submarine tender.
 q cannot answer that" he stated, "but we are letting no reports of submarine bases or tenders pass with out in vestigation."
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-10-12
The Weather

thursday, partly cloudy; warmer an eastern portion: Friday unsettled.
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Continued on page six,
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-06

tons and the panelling, the treatment
Of doors and windows and the simple
furnishing which leaves the interior
unspoiled, there is one object, with no
esthetic claims, which yet eclipSeS all
the others-the Liberty Bell, which
rang out the glad tidings that the Con-
tinental congress had dared to sign the
Declaration of Independence. Parents
bring their children to gaze upon it
and to tell them the story of how it
was cast in England but cracked in
landing, so that it had to be recaSt in
Philadelphia, when the inscription
proclaim liberty throughout the land
to all the people thereof was inscribed
upon it.
When the British occupied Philadel-
phia in those dark days of the war
the old bell was sunk in the Delaware,
but it was brought back and hung in
it's old place to proclaim liberty to
the citizens of Philadelphia on many
Fourths. 1t was broken when tolling
for the funeral of the great Chief JUS
tice Marshall in 1885.
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NEW CURE FOR DYSPEPSIA
Cowboy, Struck by Lightning, REEVES
and Immediately Demands
Real Food.

According to Mike Heating, a cow
boy employed upon the ranch of J. H
BOyce near Dalhart, Tex, no remedy
can begin to compare with stroke of
lightning for curing stomach trouble
and restoring a badly impaired appe-
tite.
Heating was standing by a wire
fence upon the ranch recently when a
bolt of lightning came along and
knocked him over. He was uncon-
scious for several hours, and it was
thought for a time he was dead.
Finally he opened his eyes. and
looked about him, and his first words
were:
Say, you-alls, get me something to
eat mighty quick; I'm just about starv-
ing"
In the group around the cot was
Cookie" who well remembered the
hard time he had experienced for
many months in trying to supply
Keating's dainty appetite and not
arouse stomach pains, of which the
cowboy was eternally complaining.
"What'n you have? A poached egg
and a piece O. buttered toast?" in
quired cookie"
81 want some real grub. Bring a
stew of meat, beans and as much other
fodder as you can stir up"
Heating ate the first big meal he
had been able to stow away for many
months, and what is more to the point,
he is keeping up the gait ever since
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-06
Not This lime.

Suave and cordial, the variety agent
leaned back in his swing chair.
yes, that little show of yours should
go down very well,' he said, tapping
his plump, beringed fingers on the
table.
''It will be thriller" confidently as
sented the rather shabby-looking actor.
"Pm sure you'll not regret the day
Mr.. SOlOmons, when"
"Tut-tut! Well see what the public
think of it."
"Quite so. And the salary?"
Il thought we'd arranged that, my
boy"
Yes, but--er-what about the con-
tract?"
Don't you worry about that
laughed the suave agent. There's NO
need for writing between you and me.
A verbal contract is quite sufficient"
a cold, calm CLEAN shot into the
eye of the S. l. q.
Listen here" he said, bending for
ward. Let me see the writing. The
last time l had a verbal contract |
drew verbal salary "-Philadelphia
Inquirer.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-06
BRAVE SOLDIER OF FORTUNE
GrimaIdi, Who Drove the Moors From
the Mediterranean, Given Monaco
as His Reward.

One of the many disappointment
of the present war is almost total alb
sence of thrilling stories concerning
the soldier of fortune. Even the for
eign legion" of France, that Is made
UP of dare-devilS from all over the
world has little or nothing in the way
Of romance to offer and the romantic
spirits have always been the ones that
attached themselves to the French
banner.
Did you ever hear or the most dis
tingUiShed of the Grimaldi family, not
the GenOese general who remained al
home and fought for his own country,
nor yet the artist who did heroic stunts
on canvas, nor the sixteenth century
Grimaldi who died by the hand OF an
assassin in the palace at Monaco, but
the tenth century ancestor Of that
prince, who saved Monaco from the
MOOrs? His was an achievement
worthy of a true soldier of fortune.
The tiny principality, perched on its
seagirt cliff had been settled by the
Greeks even before Athens became
the greatest clty Oh the clNlllzed WORLD.
1t was one of the cultural OutpOsts of
Rome, and in the fifth century it was
an important center of Christianity
Then the MoOrS crossed the Medi-
terranean, extended their sway over
Spain and seized the ancient Herculis
MOnoeci POrtus and gave over its
churches and mOnasteries to the in
fidels. For 200 years they detied the
soldiers of Europe, and then Grimaldi
came. There had been many wars in
Genoa and here was a chance for
GenOese captain. When his military
genius had driven the MOOrS into the
sea, he was rewarded by being made
absolute monarch of a country 53 miles
in circumference.
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Possibilities OF Slang.

Slang and its possibilities were WV
idly expressed in the conversation of
two youths in a Back Bay home enc
night recently, says the Boston Tray
eler. The boys got into a discussion
and when all legitimate arguments had
been exhausted, the following repartee
was heard:
Snow again, l didn't catch the
drift"
Keep on spouting, kid, you're a
whale"
Tie yer shoe, your tongues hangin'
out"
Hang crepe on yer ear, you mutt,
yer brain is dead"
Jaw sand your tracks. yer slippin -
"Sneeze, little one, your bean is
dusty"
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sort Of situation that man reckons
10 find himself UP against. and J amt
going ~ drive you 70 undetermined acts
by saying more than this: Do your
duty. Walt, and never mind the conse-
quences."
Walt looked from one to another.
1t was, actually, one of those human
situations that are never written about,
because it was so dramatically simple.
He recognized the fearful decision that
had been thrust upon him.
Give me five minutes" he said qui-
city.
The wind had risen to a gale. The
dust was whirling along the road out
side. 1t had nearly grown dark. and
lights had sprung up in the cottage
windows.
fragment of newspaper blown
along by the wind, fiuttered upon the
window sill and dropped almost with
in reach of Waits fingers. He picked
it up absently and remained silent.
Gradually the ticking Of the clock came
to dominate the room.
At last Walt lifted up a haggard
face. I've made my choice, now" he
said. I'm going to sell out; I'm 60
ing north again. And l shall never see
you again." he said to Ida.
She hid her face in her hands with
out answering, but Captain Eli
stretched out his great hand and
crushed that Of the other.
Light the lamp before he goes"
whispered the girl. II want to look at
his face again-so that l shall remem-
Der him for always
The squirt of the blue flame illu-
minated the little room. Then the
flame Of the lamp shot upward. In
silence Ida and Walt looked at each
other.
Waits eyes dropped upon the piece
Of newspaper which he held in his
hand. Mechanically he read it.
'San Antonio, Texas" he read. IAN
inquest will be held tomorrow regard
ing the sudden death of the actress,
Stella Blythe, which occurred under
suspicious circumstances at her hotel
yesterday. Miss Blythe, whose name
was actually Mrs. Blake, is said"
There the news ended with the tear
in the paper.
Walt laid the scrap down, and Cap
tain Eli took it up and read it. Then
he handed it to the girl.
God has decided" said the old sea
man gravely.
Outside the wind howled and raved.
But there was warmth and love inside
| the cottage. .-.
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When City Is Surrounded.

Article IS of General Orders No. 100,
United States Rules of War, reads as
follows: 'When the commander of
besieged place expels the noncombat-
ants in order to- lessen the number of
those who consume his stock of pro-
visions, it is lawful. though an extreme
measure, to drive them back, SO as to
hasten surrender.
There is no obligation imposed,
either by the conventional rules of the
unwritten laws of war, in case of siege
or bombardment, to allow private citi-
zens or women or children to leave
a besieged town. even when bonn
bardment is about to begin. Stock
ton, "Outlfnes of international Law" !;
chapter 10, the Rules Of War.-New
York Mail.
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81 Am Not Afraid to Have the World
Spit on Me-"

she led as Miss Stella Blythe didn't
seem to make it possible to take her
nome again"
"She wouldn't have come" said
Walt
''Well, that's settled" the captain
went on, bordering between puffs of
his pipe. "She wouldn't get no d.
vOrce, because she wanted to spite you.
Lord, know them women! And she
wasn't going to marry when she could
have a better time as she was. And
so you haven't seen nothing of her for
seven years. And you've lived straight
and true, and tried to forget the past
by going into the woods, which is the
best place, next to the sea, where a
man can get next to his own heart.
Well, sir. You loved my darter.
you and Ida just took to each
other naturally, for which | can't find
it in my heart to blame you. And this
love kind of surprised you, SO that the
mischief was done before you was
away. And Ida asks you why, and
you ups and blurts out the truth. And
you don't believe in divorce, according
to your training. What are you to do?"
That's it," said Walt. 81 can't di-
vorce her. I'd feel that I'd thrown
challenge into the teeth of God him.
self. And 1 can't give Ida up now
not after she says she'll stand by me-"
Its a hard situation" said Captain
Eli. But my belief is this: Do the
right thing-and never mind the cost"
The door opened and the girl came
in. She had evidently overheard the
discussion, for she came up to her
lover and put her arm about his neck.
II am not afraid to have the world
spit on me-" she said, eff Walt isn't"
1T isn't that, my girl said Captain
Eli. IT'S having your own heart con-
denim you"
There was long pause in the room.
The rising wind blew freshly through
the open window. Outside the wind
was moaning wildly.
This Stella Blythe, now-how long
since you heard of herr" asked the
captain presently.
Seven years since we met. But I've
heard of her, of course. She's touring
the country with a theatrical troupe"
well known?"
'Not very Why do you ask?"
'She might get tired
She'll never tire of that life" said
Walt with conviction.
''Now see here, my lad" said Cap
tain Eli. you've got two things to
do. Either do right or wrong. But
if you're going to do what your heart
tells you God forbids, why not offend
him by getting a divorce, instead of
wronging him and my gal as we'll by
what you proposed doing?"
There was a long silence. Presently
Ida broke it.
Il have been thinking" she said,
"and 1 have made up my mind. I am
going TO say nothing. l am going to
let Walt decide. I know that l shall
never love anybody but Walt, and if
he chooses God instead of me, / shall
love him the rest of my life just as
/ do now"
Captain Eli paced the floor in agita-
ton. Walt" he said, you did man.
IL thing in coming to me. 1t amt the
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-06
MUNITION TOWN OF FRANCE
Factories Started There by
the Schneiders.

LIE CreuSot is the center of Frances
war munitiOn works. Like the famous
Krupp works of Germany, LIE CreuSOt's
vast ordnance factories owe their
origin to the organizing and inventive
genius Of one family-the Schneiders.
At the outbreak of the war the
Schneider Iron works employed more
than $4,000 workmen and their great
shops, covering hundreds of acres of
ground, were connected by network
Of nearly 40 miles of railroad tracks.
Since the war this plant has been
enormously increased. says a National
Geographic society bulletin. =
LIE Creusot owes it's Importance in
the manufacturing and foundry indus
try to the fact that it is in the center
Of one of the richest coal and iron min
ing districts of France. The coal beds
of this region were discovered in the
thirteenth century, but it was not I'M
till 500 years later, in 1774, that the
first iron works were established. Sixty
years later the Schneiders, Adolphe
and Eugene, established their first
workshops here, and the little hamlet,
formerly known as Charbonniere, be-
gan to grow In 1S41 it was town of
1000 people; just before the war there
were $4,000 inhabitants, nearly half of
whom were employed in the arnor-
plate factories, the gun shops, the To-
connective works and the ordnance
plants 1t was one Of the Schneiders,
incidentally, who revolutiOniZed war
ship armament in 1876. Up to that time
the most progressive nations used
wrought iron for protective armor on
their ships. Schneider proved the
superiority of steel in resisting the
penetrating power of projectiles.
LIE Creusot is admirably situated
with respect to the French frontier,
for while it is not so far from the fir
ing line as to occasion undue delay in
the transportation of munitions, it is
sufficiently removed to be well beyond
the danger zone. 1t is 135 miles, in
an airline, southwest of BelfOrt,
fortress of the fist class on the Alsace
fl o,t, and is 175 miles south of YER
dun.
While LIE Creusot has practically no
historical associations of its own, it
is only few miles southeast of Autun,
the famous Augustodunum of the Ro-
mans, celebrated for its ancient
schools.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-06
Boston's Culture INDICATED.

, The much acclaimed culture of Bos-
ton won for itself new laurels when
no less a person than DR.. w. T. Sedg-
wick discarded a timehOnOred express
sion that has been in use for years
unnumbered.
In his lecture to a class of public
health students he said to his highly
amused hearers:
Public health work should be in
the hands of an especially trained
class of men-and should not be left
to every Thomas, Richard and Henry J"
Exit the familiar old tom, Dick
and Harry of our childhood.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-06
Meaning Business.

"The American girl means business"
The speaker was Miss Alberta Hill,
the courageous and popular New York
suifragette She went on:
"She's quite right, too. / know an
American girl whose two weeks ut the
shore a pale young man in a blazer
tried to monopOlize.
"'What Is the meaning Of platonic
affection, he asked her, one evening on
the board walk.
Its usual meaning she answers ed
is that the chap who talks about it
IS either too poor or too stingy to get
married. "-Cincinnat Enquirer.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-06
The First Step.

Ed Bowes, the theatrical manager,
used to live in San Francisco. and out
there he knew certain contra ctor
who did good deal of work for the
city.
One mOrning-so Bowes Says--a
stranger who professed to understand
street repairing in all its branches APP
piled to the contractor for job as
foreman. The boss undertook to test
the applicant.
"Wel, now" he said, "supposin'
you was called upon TO clean out
sewer down in Chinatown that was
clogged at both ends. What would you
do frst?"
The new man thought moment.
I'D bless meSelf," he said simply
The Sunday Magazine.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-06

Lydia e. Pinkha1n's Vegetable Com.
pound would cure it. It helped both
the Change Of Life and the turnor and
when I got home I did not need the doctor.
7 took the Pinkham remedies until the
tumor was gone, the doctor said, and l
have not felt it since. / tell every one
how / was cured. If this letter will.
help others you are welcome to use it. "
Mrs. z. II. BEAN, 525 Joseph Avenue,
Nashville, Tenn.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, a pure remedy containing the
extractive properties Of good old fash
toned roots and herbs, meets the needs
of woman s system at this critical period
of her life. Try it
If there is any symptom in your
case which puzzles you, write to
the Lydia Il. Pinkham Medicine
Co, Lynn, Mass.
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Unnecessarily Alarmed.

The postman handed him the letter.
One glance ar the envelope sent him
nearly into Mysteries.
Heavens" he cried. the first chal-
lenge / ever got
Duel" was in big letters on the out
side of the envelope.
But | can't fight and"
So he hurried to the station house,
explained that he knew of no enemy
who should demand his blood and
asked for protection.
Three blue coated arms of the law
presented themselves.
The detective force hurried out. By
that time the desk sergeant had re-
covered.
He said it meant due one cent"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-06
Mysophobia.

The famous dictionary compiler, DR..
Samuel Johnson. was impelled to touch
and count all the palings in fences he
passed, and if he thought he had
missed one he would start back and
repeat the nonsensical enumeration.
Mysophobia is an annoying obsession
of this sort and more frequent than
supposed, IS the patients try to keep
their peculiar behavior from notice. 1t
is fear of uncleanliness or of CON
tamination.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-06
Honor Roll.

Has your college produced any dis
tinguished men?"
HAS it? Say. don't you ever read
the papers? Didn't you hear of Lefty
Jones, the famous southpaw; or Kan
CARGO Klein, the best shortstop in
either league; or Biff Borroughs, the
fence buster? And l could name
dozen more who have made good in
the game. Have we ever produced any
distinguished men? Why, Spaldings
Baseball Guide Is full of them"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-06
Mound Comnarisons

In the South African war wounds
were not so severe and there was
less smashing than in the recent cam
paign. These bullets had frequently
travelled for more than half mile and
lost much of their velocity, whereas in
the present war the bullet travels
only few yards.
The ordinary bullet wound Of the
South African war was quite small, as
though it had been made with q
bradawl. In the present war there is
much more tearing Of the tissues.