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Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-04-20
Commercial Club Campaign Opens
Next Monday Morning, April "A

Mr.. Geo, B. Irving, of Chicago, who
will be with us for Commercial
club wewi II possess the greatest in
show card slogan the kernel of wnIch
lis that Commercial Club Week, April
"a to 90, will be Watertowns great
lest week in all her history If we viii,
ia great Commercial club membership.
What does he mean and is he right?
Clearly" said prominent citizen
yesterday, "his thought must be that
|if we unite and amalgamate all local
energies into maximum Commercial
club we will posses the grea.set in
fluence in the best cities of the ma
|tion, namely, the tremendous power
|of united effort locally secure civic
land community welfare, which can
|net be achieved otherwise than in a
Commercial club.
| when Mr. Irving was here recent
|ly he told us how Chicago increased
the number of her conventions from
40 to 440 annually, ten-fold Water
town. too, may get conventions, but to
do so as successfully as we might
we must be on the job like Chi
cago, which city has won the ten
fold increase in conventions by means
OF her Association of Commerce: !:
and we can not expect to win unles:
we, too, organize ourselves into 9
great Commercial club as Chicago has
done; there is no doubt of 1t, and we
lshould not deceive ourselves into
thinking that such cities as Chicago
are not thoroughly together in organ
lizaticn and effort. The citizens who
may ta;nk that the men Of Water
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-04-20

town mo. have been trying to create
a great Commercial club aih not.
fis hting their battles have In this II
lustration OF Chicago's men togetlssr
clear evidence that they are WrOng.
and that really the true and tried Git
izen is he who unselffshly devntes
his time and thought in Commercial
club for the good of all; which ast
would seem to convict the citizen " lios
opposes the Commercial club OF ~
loyslty not only to his home city, hut
emphatical1y to himself individually. J. 4
since whatever hinders the progress
OF, WatertoWn thereby jeopardiaes
every citizens interest in the city
And the single idea and ilIustr:.
ton OF conventions may be multiplied
by 100 other opportunities for Water
town If we all boost as one gsea.
power.
Therefore Commercial Club Week
should be on the heartznf every Gift
zen. And any citizen who does mol
talk and work for tle success of the
CLUB next week is opposing the city,s.
progress and therefore his own indi&
|vidual interests.
Let all citizens talk and work for
1.-THE success of Commercial Club Week
for success means the realization of
|Watertown's greatest opportunity.
"WatertoWn wants paid proles
sional secretary and traffic manager.
as soon as possible since we are a
railroad center; and both we may
have quickly If every citizen does his
duty in making Commercial Club
Week successful,
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-04-20
Believe That Hughes,
Will Make Statement

4 4 y
/ Washington, D. C.That Justice.
court will issue public. statement
in advance OF the republican national
convention in Chicago on June is
1.-THE, opinion of republicans who are
regarded as being in a position to be
well informed.
The statement they expeca from
Justice Hughes is not one of With
ldrawal from consideration as a candis
Idate. S354i
On the contrary, they look for d
statement which will at least make
Iclear presentation of the judges own
views on current national issues. IL
It does not in SO many words contain
Ian admission OF his wiiiIsgness to ac-
|eept the republican nomin. satisai IN the
event that 1t is offered to hi ssis
These republicans assert comic sssassi
~ their belief that Justice Hugh y
mas exceedingly strong convictions 81, 4
many OF the public questions now
Seiore the country and that he viii
! noI e hesitate to express them If he de.
sIdes the time has come for a decIa-.
! ration over his own signature.
This view Of the Hughes star,
tion as It has come To be called
runs counter to the general exneeta tssr. &
q ,lon, sa,,o eonsssnin the course likely to
pc followed by the jurist, in cas., 10
decides to make a statement.
Z has generally been asserted thats
II Justice Hughes should decide to IL is-s
sue statement it would be one an.
soluteiy eliminating himself from
consiaeration as candidate for tho
presfdency -
Either ne would 10 that, ii has
been declared, or would remain silent
Those who remember Tnst;ca
Hughes administration aesa. etver.sss, .s.ss,s
q New York point 70 tfhlVss fact tiSsr
ne dids not pursue policy of Iaar-
ng the people in the dark as to where
y never was dihicult to learn What
1e stood for and what he was against IS
because the governor did not hesitats
9 express his convictions.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-04-20
THINKS PETER NOMINATION
A FoREGoME CONCLUSION

Peter Norbeck, who is candidate
for the TepusSiiii iican nomination Tor
|governor.s and whose nomination is q
fcregone conclusion. is experte,l ii
Sioux Falls tomorrow to spend 4 day
or two here. It is hardly necessary
for Mr.. Nerbeck to come here to- look
after his political fences, for they
seem to be ii pretty good repair and
the visit here may be rather sci
down as a trip Ok inspection. siaae
the meeting At Mitchell, at which
there was giye-andstake between the
two factions. everybody seems to be
satisfied except Charley Morris.
sArghs-L Leader.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-04-20

further alleged that the place of
burial was given away" by one of
Villas companions who, in order to
preserve his own life, gave UP the
information.
Many OF the Americans and not a
few of the Mexicans incline toward
the belief that this is but a ruse on
the part of Carranza TO hasten the
withdrawal Of the American forces. 1t
lis thought that some person bearing
a striking likenessFte Villa has been
substituted for the noted bandit.
This, however. is hut speculation
but since Villa has been dead 50
many times hitherto it will be diff
cult to irnnrass, tl sss country with the
truth of the rumor that he is dead
Iagain, even though it may be fact.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-04-20
Carranza Demands Withdrawal Of
American Troops From Mexico

The event of the past week with
reference to Mexican affairs is the
request Of Carranza for the withdraw
al of the United States troops, alleg-
ing that, not having accomplished
their ission, and having scattered
the Villa forces so that the Mexican
de facto government is now able to
handle the situation, there is no longer
need of their remaining.
1t is not expected that the admin
istration will accede to the request,
but 1T has opened the way for nego-
tiatiDns along the line suggested with
view to gaining time, seemingly.
AS climax to the case, the Car
rama forces claim to have discovered
the body Of Villa, s@nto.. it IS alleged,
died as q result of wounds. 1t is
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-04-20
British Women TAX
ing Places Of Men

Mrs. Humphrey Ward, the noted
with the part the women of Great
Britain are taking in the war. She
speaks Of the women as saving the
country many Of them women Of
title whose hands have never hither.
to been called upon to perform toll
As to the women, she says
they're saving the country. They
don't mind what they do. Hours
| They work ten and half hours, or
with overtime, twelve hours day
seven days a week.
The government is insisting on
one Sunday or two Sundays a
month off. But the women resent it
We're not tired' they say And you
lock at them! they're not tired.
If go down to the shed and say,
Girls! There's a bit of work the
government is pushing for they say
must have it-can you get II done?'
why, they'll stay and get it done and
then pour out of the works Laughing
and singing. 4 &
can tell You Of a surgical dress
Ing facfas,'ss near here, where, for
nearly a year, the women never had
holiday. They simply won't take
one. And whatll our men at the
front do if we go holiday.making Il,
Last night" (the night of the zen.
pelin raid the warning came to nut
out the lights. We daren't send them
home. They sat in the dark by their
machines, singing. Keep the Home
Fires Burning, Tipperary, and the
Ike. ! tell you, it made one q bit3
choky to hear them. They were
thinking of their sweethaarts and
husbands, Ill be bound mot OF them.
selves.
Lady CoIebrook, for instance. il 3
titled English woman who volunteer.
ed to work In British munitions ! !
factory Twenty-nine other women
q siie mobility followed her example i
Late last summer, Lady Colebrook.
who up 70 that time had never even
dressed her own hair, was put to work
tnishing gun parts and shells. She
worked eight hours q day and the
minimum wage Of about 58 cents wiI,
paid Tor the days work.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-04-20
Watertown's 5 Y ote
Encourages Drys to
Hope for Victory
Wet Majority Reduced From aos to
14o-Judae Myers Wins ~ 1856
y-6and is Favored.

Watertown's city election last Tues
day resulted in a wet majority of 140.
as against a majority of 30s year.
|ago.
Judge Myers won over P. F. Gault
|by a majority of 1885, Gault carried the
first ward by IL majority, but Myers
|majorities in the other three wards
was sufficient to overcome it with
the 1856 to spare.
The vote on the band proposition
was 1921 to 447, a majority of TIA
The telephone franchise vote was
[1136 to 521, majority for the fran
chise of 615
The comparative vote on the wet
and dry question for the last two
'elections is as follows:
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-04-20

z Z sl \
The foregoing represent the new
organization which has taken over
the w. H. Stokes mill, which was es-
tablished in the pioneer days, and
which was consumed by fire. and sub
sequently rebuilt upon a larger scale.
3 It has a daily capacity Of 1900 bar
rels of -four. Its pay roll approx
mates $4,000 asmonth. or about $685.
10000 a year.
One is said never to appreciate the
water until the we'll runs dry For
well nigh generation the Stokes
mill was operating, employing large
force Of men. When the capacity was
increased after the fire, the number
of employees was accordingly in
creased, but the people of Watertown
accepted 1t as matter of course,
Recently the mill shut downand
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-04-20
Gossip in and About Washington;
The President in Potomac Squall

Washington, D. CA semi-secret
rush order from the war department
for bids for military tractors for road
seraping and road grading in Mexico
!. is causing great speculation Coupled
with Carranza's attitude, the war de-
partments move is taken in some
quarters to imply that the United
States troops will stay in Mexico a
long while Anyhow, the war depart
ment's depot quartermaster, at New
York, has wired several big tractor
manufacturers to send in bids imnIe-
diately.
The recent need for motor trucks
for transporting supplies to General
Pershing's invading forces was so
great that two motor truck companies
took big consignments of trucks al
ready aboard ship and destined fer
the allies, llnboxed them and sold
them to the United States at $500 less
on each truck than they were to re-
ceive from foreign purchasers.
A quick run of the Mayiower, the
presidents yacht, into port, last Sun
day, did not save the presidential
party from bad storm and some
seas:ckness. The president and Mrs.
Wilson are accustomed to take little
weekend voyages down around
Hampton Roads, where the old Mon
itor and Merrimac fought. Some
times the yacht noses its way up a
little river and the president and
Mrs. Wilson go ashore and visit old
Virginia landmarks. On their last
trip, one Of the Chesapeake Bay
squalls struck the presidential yacht
and stirred things up badly for an
on board.
I The early opening of the Washing.
ton baseball season is expected to-
bring out the usual large number of
distinguished fans, 3ne of the NEST
enthusiastic Of which, in Washington
is Vice President Marshall
When the statue OF Admiral Barry
was unveiled. in Washington, the
vice president was asked il he were
not going to- be among the galaxy
of other high dignitaries.
No. i he said. ssI never had the
honor Of the acquaintance of the dis
tinguished admiral. but do know
Walter johnson and he is going to
pitch, today, SO am going to the
bail game.
And the rice president went to the.
game.
No other set of men were; more in
terested IN the outcome OF the VIII
lard Moran fight than the crew Or the
presidents yacht on which few
years ago, Frank Moran was an able
seaman Down at the Washing gton
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-04-20
wATERToWN, SOUTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, APRIL 90 lele

dress to congress are final They
mark the end of diplomatic exchanges
!! A continuance of the long-standing
friendly relations, the president made
clear, depends alone on Germany's
conduct,
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-04-20
Vets That Went Dry
The following towns of the state
voted dry at Tuesdays election:
The Wet Towns.

The Wet Towns.
The following towns voted wet, but.
with the exception of Deadwood,
which gave a wet majority Of less
than 80 year age, have materially
reduced their wet majorites of a
year ago:
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-04-20

4-
The national law. makers are speed
ing up. With a calendar as full OF
big measures as any other aongres-
slonal calendar has been in years,
the legislative program is being push
ed forward with as great rapidity as
the many snags will permit Wash
1hgton is beginning to guess on adj
journmant.s There is much specula.
tion that July and August will see
the end of the long session, yet there
are we'll known senators and repre-
sentatives who declare that congress
men VIII still be sitting when the
snow flies next fall
& Washington notables are fighting
over two smokestacks. Senators and
representatives and such men as Al
exander Graham Bell, inventor of the
telephone, Samuel Gomprs, president
of the American Federation of Labor: !:
Frank Carpenter and Fred fIaskin,
well known newspaper writer's; doc
tors, lawyers, judges, bankers, Mrs.
William Cumming Story, president of
the Daughters of the Aemerican Rev
OlBtion, and a general COMMITTEE of
one hundred have started a fight
against the erection of two tall smoke
stacks on the proposed central heat
ing plant down by the Potomac. This
vigilance committee declares the
smokestacks viii obscslre the view Of
buildings and would be exactly con
trary to the original plans of LEN
fant, employed by George Washing.
ton and Thomas Jefferson to plan the
nations future capital The fight is
raising a lot of smoke. n.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-04-20
City Elections Show
Up Strong for Dry
State in November
City Votes Throuohout the state In.
dicate Most Decided Trend
Towards a Dry State.

All of the dry towns of a year ago
remain dry as a result Of the last
wet and dry vote. Among them are
the following:
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-04-20

tmay desire cleaned and repaired. or
Ialtered. This is one of the modern
features of up-to-date laundries, and
the Watertown Steam Laundry is
never behind the times.
The appliances are SO arranged as
to distil or purify the gasoline by
first converting it into gas and then
back into gasoline again, before ap-
plying It,, in any event, to goods of
Iany sort.
After running the gauntlet in the
various devices to renovate the
goods, they are transferred to another
device which, revolving at something
like fifteen hundred revolutions per
minute, takes out all the gasoline and
other ingredients used for cleaning.
following which they are put into the
revolving drying mechanism.
( The Watertown Steam Laundry be-
gan business about two score Years
ago. 1t was established by Davis
Bros. Later the business was pur-
chased by Messrs. Covers and Best.
and a few years ago Mr.. Covers pur-
chased the interests of his partner.
since which time. he has conducted
the establishment as both owner and
manager.
Step by step the business has
grown from the first until today III
ranks among the very best establish
ments Of its kind in the entire north
west.
FORD SANS HE WON'T
ss RUN FOR pRESinEAr
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-04-20

PresideEt---.A.lark w. sheafe, sr.
vive Presidert-H. e. Dahl.
Secretary and Mana,serF. e.
HaWley.
Treasurer-L. r. Morris,
Directors Officers above, with
Andrew Me'ham and w. III.
Stokes, Jr.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-04-20

up, Moran is remembered as a good,
clean man with a host of friends and
two clever fists, as many members of
the MayftoWer's crew can testify
and they like to do IT. From the
stories they tell, Moran mus thave
pummeled the entire crew.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-25
CONFERS
WITH CHA|RNEK

Washington. Jan. 24.--Anxious to
clear the decks for action on the ad-
ministrations preparedness program.
President Wilson had before him at
the White House today the chairmen
of four House committees and the
chairman of one Senate committee to
spur them to speed pending legisla-
ton. 1t IS the earnest desire of the
President to have the national defense
legislation in some definite shape long
before the national conventions meet.
The President has been assured by
Representative Hay chairman of the
Military Affairs Committee that the
army appropriation bill will be ready
within six weeks, and by Representa-
tive Padgett, chairman of the Naval
Affairs Committee. that the navy ap-
preparation bin wiz probably he out
of the committee within two months.
Representative Page. OF North Caro-
lima, chairman of the subcommittee
on appropriations, handling the Dis
trict of Columbia appropriation bill,
told the President today that the dis
trict bill was about ready and could
be reported out within two weeks II
necessary
Representative Flood. chairman of
the Foreign Affairs Committee, in
formed the President that the consul
lar and diplomatic bill will be ready
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-25
FRENCH VERY ACTIVE
In AIR CAMPAIGN

Parts. Jan. 2A--The French war Of
nee cornrnuniqus today, said:
ON Sunday night French airmen
bon1barded Anizy. LAon and Nogent
L'Abesse.
To-day seven French aviators drop
ped twenty bombs on Southtulst and
Middlskerks.''
A dispatch from Saioniki received
today says:
Forty French aeroplanes divided
into two squadrons. yesterday attacks
ed Monastir and Guevghen While
some OF the machines We're provided
with guns. all carried bombs In all
moro than 200 projectiles were drop
ped on the enemies camps, Bulgarian
headquarters and other military ee-
of the Austro-BulgaStan
forces
This latest achievement OF the
French airmen establishes record
in army aviation for. though heavily
bonibarded and flyin~ in 4o-mtie
gale which was blowing on their flank.
taking a. course over mountains over
5000 feet high, all OF the machines
of both squadrons returned to Salontki
without loss.
"A notable feature Of the lombard
ment OF the military establishments
was the fact that though the proJec-
tileH were showered in great profu-
sion, none of the Red Cross buildings
were hit"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-25
Living Win Two Wives.

Akron, OHIO, Jan. 24.--lt Is poSsl-
Bile to i've with two wives under the
same roof and be happy. at least so
says Jesse Farewell, twenty eight
Springfield township farmer, who was
arrested here today ON charge OF
bisamy. County officials also sala
Farewell vas living peacefully with
hss two wives.
The charge on which Farewell Wa
locked up sets forth that six years ago
in Canada ne married Miss Clara .Akey
OF Philadelphia. and last November
married Miss Irene Bennett twenty
years old, the daughter Of proni .
nent farmer OF this vicinity. His first
wife is the mother Of three children
Everything was running smoothly
and my wives were getting along fine
together" said Farewell u cannot
understand how this trouble was STIR
red up
The action of the authorities fol-
lowed a visit to the Farewell home q
few days ago OF the mothers Of the
two wives
The mothers-in-l law did not approve
OF his domestic arrangements.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-25
WAR RELIEF NEARLY
THOUSAND TO GOOD.
Mail Brings Additions to Amount
Which win Garry Total Wen
Above Amount Asked.

The War Relief Association Is still
receiving contributions In money. AL
though the active campaign closed
Saturday night, gift to the amount of
nearly $1,000 have been added to the
grand total of $4,000, which was the
amount sought
Each mail brings new collections,
and. then, there are boxes scattered
throughout the city which win be col
lected promptly When all records are
checked. il is expected that several
thousand dollars over the stipulated
amount VIII be in the hands OF the
association
The total receipts from the cam
raiEn viii be used In this relief work
one of the good features Of the COM
mittee's work was that no actual ex-
pense was incurred in accomplishing
this feat Various ones contributed
supplies. such as Office furnishings.
printing, telephone. etc. The ladies',
who largely made the campaign a Sue
cess gao their time--the clerical
force expense was provided by in-
dividuals The daily luncheons that
was provided for the workers were
paid for by the members Of the com
mittees
The headquarters have been closed,
and no further soliciting fs to be done;
still, anyone who is DESTROYS of con-
tributina can send their checks either
TO the central office, 500 East Main
Street. or 10 De Soto Fitzgerald, treas
urer OF the association. Also. any
gift of hospital supplies. clothing or
articles needed In the devastated
countries will ne gladly received.
There are others who will give their
time to this work.
The association proposes to spend
the funds in Richmond where prac-
ticsble: buying The most needed sup
pltos and materials. When all Of the
purchasing has been completed. same
Will be forwarded without cost,
through the proper agencies, to the
war zones. where most good can be
accomplished. Special attention will
he used in applying the money. as
designated by the contributors. Those
that receive the benefit of Richmond's
generosity will be fully aware OF who
their savioUrs are.
The finance committee will be the
advisory committee in the appropria-
ton and expenditures OF the funds
which will he at the direction OF the
board OF directors.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-25

the per cent reserve fund feeling
that two and one-half would be suf-
ficient But ne was ous-voted. and the
FIVE stood.
In explaining his vote against the
ordinance. MFR. English stated that he
voted against the ordinance as 1t stood
because he believed majority of his
Clay Ward constituents wished him
explanation. Messrs Haddon. Pitcher
and Peters, Of that ward. voted for
the substitute.
Mr., Sullivan said the majority OF
his constituents also wished him to
vote against It Mr.. Welsh said he
voted against II because he thought
Il the worst thing Council could do.
The final vote: Aye--Atkfnson. Bat
ktns. Butler. Cheatwood, Ferguson,
Ladd, Haddon. Jones. Pitcher. Rat
cliffe, Rogers, Peters-12.
No-Engliah Powell Powers, Sea-
ton. Sullivan. WELSH.
Mayor Ainsiie yesterday signed the
bfll asking the Legislature to give the
city the right to vote upon the cre-
alton OF . chsrter commission at the
voters at any previous election. The
commission IL to consist Of seven
members. who are to frame = charter
to be submitted to the people = ma
1ority OF whom may approve. Then
the paper La to be sent to the Leg1s-
lature for Anal action
The Mayor also approved the bill
abolishing the Board Of Public In
terests.