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TAKEN FROM JAIL AND HANGED.

ASIIDOWN. Ark, Aug. 9.-Aaron jim
erson. 4 negro who attacked Constable An
der-on who arrested him on an assault
charge, was taken from jail at Foreman
last night by a mob and hanged.
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.MinistrNAs Strong
As Cor ition Permits

LONDON. Aug. 9--Pctroerad di~patche-
reviewing the new ministry agree that
though il J. not ideal II probably j. ~
strong n circumstances permit and on the
whole satisfactory. All refer Ia the i'm
mcn~iiy of the task confronting the minis
try. the first necessity beng the rc~Iura
tion ot order and discipline IN the army
the present condition "f which warrant
the greatest anxiety International di~or-
eanizaiion j. hardly less serious
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LEAVES FOR ST. LOUIS FRIDAY.

n. &. (nicki Morris. secretary oi ~"
Frontier Lumber Co.. Who Yesterday was
selected for the new national army, leaves
Friday for 81. Louis on business trip.
Mr.. Morris today began closing mp hlr
affairs in order 10 be prepared 10 enter
the training camp on September !. y. \
Morris, ir.. Of Sebastian. manager of the
Frontier Lumber company there, will sue
ceed II. c. Morris ~ the local yards.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-09
New Agreements For
CentraIs Considered
(Ry Associated Trrss.l

BASEL, Switzerland. Aug. 9.-Negotia-
ilon, for drafting economic agreement =
and arranging methods Of inter commun
cation will begin at Vienna tomorrow he
tween representatives of Germany. Aus
tria Hungary. Bulgaria and Turkey.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-09
Call Third of New
Army September |

WASHiNGT0NSD. c., Aug. 9.-The
first one-third of the quota of 687 900
men drafted for army service under the
SeIective bill will be called TO the coIOrs
September and September 5. This in
formation has been communicated to the
Governors of all states by Provost Mar
shall General CroWder
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-09
INDICTMENT RETURNED
in NPARRAMORE MURDER

SAN ANGELO. Tex. Aug. 9.-The
grand Jury today indicted Gene Ninches-
ter for murder in connection with the kill
ing Of George Parramore, the Knox coun-
IN farmer whose decompoSed body was
found July 30 wrapped III quilts near here.
A bullet hole was found ia the back of
hi> head.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-09
Small Capsules Make
Noise Like Big Guns
CRv Associated Press,

PARIS. Aug. 9.-The Germans have in
vented new ruse to IuI their opponents
into the belief that artillery batteries still
are in position when they actually have
been withdrawn. The device consists OF
half a dozen giobular capsules filled with
explosives which explode at intervals Of
thirty or forty seconds. which sound ex-
actly like field gun when heard at dis
lance.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-09
TAFT IMPROVES, But
MUST TAKE A REST

CLAY CENTER, Kansas. Aug. 9.-The
attending physicians announced today
that former President Taft spent 4 COM
Portable night and was making Satisfac-
tory progress. but that it might he nee
es~ary for him To take longer rest than
that contemplated. and that he would not
leave here today 10 resume his speaking
trip a. was planned
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-09
FOUR SHIPS SUNK IN WEEK.

PARIS. Aug. 9-The weekly official
report of French shipping losses shows
four vessels of sixteen hundred tons OF
more were sunk and Two vessels Of less
tonnage. and six merchantmen. were I'M
succc~ ~fuly attacked ~ submarines.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-09
Polish Radicals Are
Tried For Inciting

COPENHAGEN. Denmark. Aug. 9-Sev-
eral members Of the Polish radical left
have been tried IN German court martial
for attempting 10 incite the popuace ot
Poland 10 disturbance, says a Berlin dis
patch. Two councillors of the military
commission were sentenced 10 three and
five years respectively in the pententiary.
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AGAINST REICHSTAG DECLARATION
(Ry Associated Press !

AMSTERDAM. Holland. Aug. 9.-Two
hundred delegates from the Rheni~h West
Phalan industrial unions assembled in
congress at Dortmund, Germany, adopted
"A resolution against the peace declaration
OF the reichstag majority.
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80 KILLED, 100 INJURED: WRECK


ALEXANDRIA. Italy. Aug. 9-Thrty-
four persons were killed and one hundred
injured Tuesday in the derailing of On
express train at Arquata.
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KUELHMAMN ENTERS UPON DUTIES
fBy Associated Press.

COPENHAGEN. Denmark, Aug. Am
official dispatch from Berlin says that DIR.
Won Kuehlmann began his duties as foreign
minister yesterday.
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43 KILLED IN AN EXPLOSION.
(Ry Associated Pressl

ZURICH, Switzerland. hug. @.-In the
explosion ~ iw" store houses near Cra-
COW. Galicia. Aug. !, forty eight artillery
men were killed and MANY nlnred SAYS Il
Vienna dispatch. The explosion j. attrib-
uied Ia Spontaneou~ combustion.
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EFFORT TO FORCE APPROPRIATION

AUSTIN. Tex, Aug Am effort was
made in the house today to force the com
mittee on the appropriation bill. but It
failed on point Of order ~ there II no
appropriation bill a. yet for consideration
Of the house
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40 AMERICANS ABOARD
TORPEDOED STEAMER

NEWPORT NEWS. Aug. 9.-The Brit
ish steamship Areaiea has been torpe-
doed and sunk of the coast of England.
Captain Morris and ten of the crew los
ing their lives. according to "A cablegram
received here by the agents of the steam
er There were forty American muleteerS
aboard Thir fate j. unknown.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-09
Austrians Appear To
Prepare For Autumn

ROME, Italy, Aug. 9.-NIilitary circles
report that General Won IIoetzendorf, Tia.
Austrian chief of staff. has moved his
headquarters from Trentino 10 Isonzo and
has taken other measures apparently IN
pre- parailon for an autumn campaign.
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German Chancellor Is
Lieutenaut-ColoneI

CoPENIIAGEN, Denmark. Aug. 9.-The
German chancellor, Dr. Michaeli~, has been
promoted from captain To lieutenant col
onel. DR.. Won Bethmann- Ilollweg. Mich
els predecessor. bore the title of major
general
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.119 INDICTMENTS
AGAINST 113 MEN

FARMINGT0N. Mo. Aug. 9-The
county grand jury has returned one hun
dred and nineteen indictments against one
hundred and thirteen men in connection
with the recent anti-foreign riots at Salt
River.
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PARIS, Aug. 9.-In the region Of the
ridge Of Chevegny and Pantehon there
was artillery activity last night, says the
official statement. North Of Naux les Pala-
meix, on the Asne front French detach-
ment cleared Teuton trench, inflictng
losses on the Germans, returning to their
own line unhurt.
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Cardboard Coffin
Used By GERMANY
lBy Associated n.-ss. }

AMSTERDAM. Holland, Aug. 9.ANl
Collins Of waterproof cardboard are
being made in Germany The lids are
being glued instead OF nailed down.
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FRENCH MAKE
new GAIN ON
FLANDERS LINE

LONDON, Aug 9.-Another gain Of
ground by the French troops on the Flan-
ders front northwest Of Bixschoote j. re-
ported in todays official statement on the
Franco Belgian operations.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-25
FRENCH RETAKE POSITIONS
Trenches at NOISY Recaptured in
Counter-Attack, Says Paris.

Paris, June 25-The French, con-
tinuing their smashing tactics against
the Germans, now have retaken the
greater part Of the territory lying
northeast Of the Noisy farm in the
region of Vauxaillon, which the army
of the German crown prince, re-en-
forced by picked men, captured last
week in attacks in which they suffered
extremely heavy casualties under the
fire Of the French artillerymen and
infantry.
To the east, in the region of Hurte-
bise and Craonne, the violent artillery
duel continues, and the French guns
have put down an attempted infantry
attack by the Germans, the intensity
Of the fire and the accuracy Of the aim
keeping the men picked for the on
onslaught fast in their trenches.
The German war office asserts that
east of Mont Carnillet in Champagne
the French have been compelled under
a heavy concentration Of artillery fire
to evacuate ground they captured from
the Germans in two attacks last week.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-25
WAR BOARDS CUT DOWN TO q
Council of National Defense at Wash
ington Reoraanlzes.

Washington, June Retrospective
reorganization Of the council of nation
al defense was confirmed from official
sources. The $50 volunteer committees
Of that organization will be reduced to
four. These will operate under the
direction of a war industries board.
The new committees will be: Pri-
ority committee, to govern priority of
production and delivery Of orders to
American and foreign consumers.
Raw material committee, to govern
disposition of raw materials.
Finished products committee, to
handle production and disposition.
Purchasing committee, to be identi-
cal with the allied purchasing commit
tee, and operating under the council
direct, to see that fair prices are
charged and improper competition
stamped out.
The power of the committees, here
tofore advisory, will be extended, and
they will be responsible to the cOun-
Gil, composed Of the cabinet members.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-25
DRAWING FOR THE DRAFT
BEGINS EARLY IN JULY
PLOT TO BOMB SHIPS
Norway Officials Block Big Blast
Plot.
Six Arrested With Hundreds Of
Pounds of Explosives and Internal
Machines-Sent From Germany.

London, June 25-Three foreigners
have been arrested and quantity Of
explosives, including number of In
fernal machines which had Just ar
rived from Germany, has been seized
at Christiania, Norway, according to
a dispatch from Copenhagen.
The Tidenstegn says that 1000 kilo-
grams (abOut 2,20O pounds) of explo-
sives were found.
One of the men arrested is Aron
Rautenfels, German citizen, born in
Finland, who declared that the bombs
were intended for use in Finland.
According to the newspaper, how
ever, the Internal machines, which
were inclosed in cases resembling
Jumps Of coal, We're to have been put
aboard Norwegian ships In the coal
bunkers.
1t adds that the discovery of the
plot probably explains the loss Of
many Norwegian ships that were
supposed to have been mined or tor
pedOed
Christiania dispatches received here
say that the leader Of those arrested
calls himself Baron Won Rautenfels.
His identity has not yet been estab-
lished, but 1t Is doubted whether he
really is baron.
The dispatches add that the mans
baggage contained, among other
things, so bombs loaded with high ex-
plosives and quantity of cigarettes
and tobacco In which were concealed
carbOrundum, apparently intended to
be placed in the bearings of machin-
cry In order to ruin 1t.
The Christiania dispatches say that
there have been five other arrests.
The affair has been discussed at q
secret meeting of the storthing, but
the official investigation Is still in
complete. One report says Rautenfels
. will be compelled to leave Norway.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-25
The Biologists Clock.

The fossil shells Of the early inver-
tebrateS are always Of great impor-
tance to geologists, for they indicate
the period In which the rock beds that
contain them were formed-in other
words, the age Of the rock. Every
fossilliferous rock bed contains char
acteristic forms, or groups Of forms,
that determine the period in which it
was mud or sand. The economic i'm
portance Of geology has been repeated
ly shown. In the earlier exploitation
Of anthracite coal, thousands Of dol
lars were wasted searching for coal
beds In New York until the geologiSt
Of the state showed that the beds In
that state could not contain coal,
since the fossils showed that they be-
longed to the Devonian age, whereas
the Pennsylvania anthracite coal
beds are Of the CarbOniferous age, a
much later period. That discovery
stopped the useless expenditure. The
study Of the animal and plant remains
that are embedded in the rocks has
thus become an important part of ge-
ology, and although the specialists en-
gagged in the study are few, their work
is Of the highest Importance.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-25
NO EXCUSE FOR ANY WASTE
Uneaten Cereal and Stale Bread May
Be Used to Advantage by Horse.
wife, Say Experts.

Do you know
That every bit Of uneaten Ct1 cal can
be used to thicken soups, stews or
gravies?
That stale bread can be used as the
basis for many attractive meat dishes,
hot breads and desserts?
That every ounce Of skim milk or
whole milk contains valuable nourish-
ment?
Government food experts are asking
these questions of all housewives.
Use every drop Of milk to drink or
to add nourishment to cereals, soups,
sauces and other foods, they urge. If
you do not want milk to sour, keep 1t
cool, clean and covered continually.
Remember, too, that sour milk, butter
milk and sour cream are valuable in
cookery, so do not waste any. Sour
milk and buttermilk can be used with
soda in making hot breads, or sour
milk can be turned easily into cottage
cheese, cream cheese, or clabber. Sour
cream is a good shortening in making
cakes and cookies and useful for salad
dressing and gravies for meat.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-25
GUNNERS WHO SANK U-BOAT
IIfinoisans and Michigan Man In Crew
Which Won Fight.

An American Port, June 25.-The
sinking of German submarine by the
gun crew of an armed American liner,
was officially reported to the navy de-
partment. The report was made by O.
J. Gullickson, chief boatswain's mate In
charge of the naval guard which in
cluded three Illinois boys.
Gullicksons report follows:
"At about 6 80 p. M. the man on the
forward gun platform shouted "Tor-
pedor The torpedo hit the ship just
abaft the beam; glanced and went
around the STERN and sank. Immedi-
ately after periscope was sighted Off
the starboard beam and fire was COM
menced with the forward gun at about
1000 yards. Suddenly shot from the
forward gun hit just in front Of the
periscope. making the submarine sub
merge and light blue smoke came up
from the stern of the submarine.
Among the members of the gun crew
under Gullickson's charge were: Fred
die Wilson. Highwood, Ill; S. O.
Beam, Bridgeport, ILL.,; Willard r.
Blackmer, Grand Rapids, Mich, and
William A. Metzger, Lake Forest, Ill.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-25
HOUSE PASSES MEASURE
TO C0NFISCATE WHISTLES
BIG ARMY DRIVE ON
President Wants 10000 VoIun-
teerS This Week.
Men 18 to 40 Asked to Brino REGULARS
Up to War Strength Before
Draft Starts.

Washington, June 25.-Ten thousand
men day for week.
That is the program launched by
the army today to bring the regulars
to war strength, 100000. The coun-
try is being combed for volunteers. 1t
Is the last chance men will have to
join the cOlOrs of their own accord.
Fridays figures showed the small
est number of recruits since the war
began. Only III men joined the army
bringing the total since April to 124,
O34.
The presidents proclamation calls
for men between the ages Of eighteen
and forty years, but the war depart
ment has officially announced younger
recruits will be given preference.
AS an inducement to men twenty
one to thirty years old who registered
under the draft act the opportunity
Of immediate training and early act
i've service is offered. All of the regu-
lar army not needed for training pur-
poses will be placed in foreign service
before the National Guard is sent
away.
Secretary Of War Baker has made
the following appeal to the newspa-
pers:
Il am relying confidently on the pa
triOtism of the press in this emergency
and know the newspapers will coop
crate fully with the recruiting service
throughout the week to make recruit
ing week another splendid demonstra-
ton of the patriotism of the country.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-25
KAISER'S BAD
| FAITH REVEALED
Official History of U. S. Peace
Efforts Issued by Committee
at Washington.
BERNs1oRFF BEGGED DELAY
President Promised No Decisive Action
Would Be Taken Until Envoy Had
an Opportunity to Confer
With Berlin.

Washington, June 25.-"How the war
came to America" the first Of a series
of official statements informing the peo-
pie how this country was forced into
the struggle in Europe, was issued
here. The series, when complete, will
form the American "Red, White and
Blue Book"
The pamphlet was prepared by Sec
retaries Lansing, Baker and Daniels,
together with George Creel, director of
publicity, but in many Of It's para
graphs it shows evidence Of the pen Of
the president himself. 1t is the official
answer of the administration to the
challenges of pacifists and others who
have demanded definite pronounce
ment Of why the nation is at war.
Bares German lntrIgues.
The first installment is q grave In
dictment Of the German military caste,
exposing how every effort of this ma
ton to gain from Berlin observance
of international law and treaty Obliga-
tions went for naught.
1t is a tale of broken promises on
the part of the Berlin government
and lays bare repeated plots by Will
helmstrasse to injure and ~embarrass
this country even while the German
ENJOYS and officials were pledging
their friendship to Washington.
1t makes reference to the following
statement made by the president, long
before Americas entry into the war:
sThere will come that day when the
world will say this America, that we
thought was full of multitude Of con-
trary counsels, now speaks with the
great volume of the hearts accord,
and that great heart Of America has
behind it the supreme moral force Of
righteousness and hope and the lib
erty of mankind"
Bernstorff Begged Delay.
Some secret history is told. It is
made known for the first time that
prior to his departure for Berlin Count
Won BernstOrff, the German ambassa-
dor, "begged that no irrevocable de-
cision should be taken until he had the
chance to make one final plea for peace
to his sovereign"
Because of this plea, no step that
could be interpreted as an act of war
was taken by the United States until
Bernstorff had arrived in Berlin and
had an opportunity to see the kaiser.
Not until March u, more than five
weeks after the severance of relations
with Germany, were armed guards
placed on American merchant ships.
And three weeks more elapsed before
the declaration Of q state Of war;
"We do not know the nature Of Count
Bernstorff's report to the kaiser" said
the official historian. "We know only
that even if he kept his pledge and
urged an eleveIth-hour revocation of
the submarine order, he was unable to
sway the policy of the imperial gov
ernment."
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-25
RUSSIANS ESCAPE FROM FOE
Scouting Party Fights Way Through
Austrian Force.

Petrograd, June 25.-Lively scout.
ing operations between the Russian
and Austrian lines in Galicia is report.
ed In the war office statement, which
reads:
'In Galicia, in the region Of Grab
kovce, an enemy scouting party at.
tempted to gain information of our
position, but was dispersed by one OF
our companies.
SIN the region Of Presovce an Aus,
trian company surrounded our scout.
ing party. The commander, Lieuten.
ant Muraucev, assembled his men and
by means of bayonet fighting and the
use OF hand grenades they succeeded
In breaking through and returning to
their trenches without losing single
man. Lieutenant Muraucev received
seven serious wounds"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-25
Rain Has Followed ounless Battles.

That rain follows great battles is a
tradition that has persisted for CEN
turies, and the fact-,f fact 1t be-has
usually been attributed to the concus-
sion Of the air caused by heavy artil-
lery firing. But q correspondent of
Nature cites passage from Plutarch
telling of battle Of Caius Marius
against the Teutons in 1O2 B. G. in
which that ancient historian wrote:
ut Is we'll known that extraordinary
rains generally follow great battles, as
IL the gods decided to wash and puri-
fly the earth, or as itblood and corrup-
ton, by the moisture and heavy va
pors they engendered, thickened the
air which is changed by the most tri-
fling causes" .s..ss
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-25
MORE RIOTING IN IRELAND
Sim Feiners Smash Windows In Dis
turbance at Cork.

Cork, June 25-The Sim Feiners
smashed windows in a number Of re-
cruitirg offices and by means Of a fire
escape hoisted the Republican flag on
the courthouse flagstaff and wrecked
the scales held by the figure Of justice
over the courthouse. Many other acts
of violence were committed
The Sim Feiners at a big meeting
adopted resolutions denouncing the ma
tional convention as diplomatic at
tempt on the part Of the government
to place Ireland in false position and
prevent the fulfillment Of Ireland's
claim to sovereign independence.
The resolutions demanded that the
executive convene the council to ex-
press the opinions of the people and
elect representatives to peace confer
ence.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-25
OFFICER IN DUAL TRAGEDY
Navy Man and Woman Found Dead In
PhiIadeIphia Hotel

Philadelphia, June 25.-A man and
a woman who registered at promi-
nent hotel as Mr.. and Mrs Frederick
Alexander, Philadelphia, were found
dead in their room. The man, who Is
said to have been a naval officer, died
from heart failure, said physicians,
while the woman shot herself through
the mouth with an army revolver.
Notes found in the room requested
that Mrs. A. J. Schultz of New York
be notified.
Mrs. Schultz told the police that AL
eXander was q naval officer and that
he he'd left her house on Saturday
with Mrs. Louise Jones. The couple,
she said, had announced their inten-
ton of coming OF Philadelphia to be
married. Each of them was about
thirty-two years old.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-25
Names Detroit Escaped.

The Detroit city directory contains
this bit of information: Detroit was
established as q town la years ago.
Detroit was adopted as the name of
the new town after six other cogno-
mems had been tried out and found
wanting. Yon-do-ti-ga was the first
title, then came Wa-we-a-tun-ong.
Toghsaghfondje, Teuchsa Grondle,
Ka-row-ta-en and Fort Pontchartrain.
"Old records show that when Fort
Pontchartrain was built, the village
of Detroit was isolated within its
walls, giving Detroit the unique dis
tinction Of being the Walled City of
the United States.'"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-25
T. P. O'C0NN0R IN THE U. S.
Will Place Before World Realities and
Issues of Irish Question.

New York, June 25.-T. p. O'Con-
nor, NJ P, one of the leaders of the
Irish Nationalist party, accompanied
by Richard Hazleton, member OF the
house of commons from North Galway,
and secretary of the Irish party, ar
rived here on British steamship.
The object of the visit, according to
Mr.. O'Connor, is to place before the
men of his race and the friends of Ire
land of all races in this country, the
realities and the issues of the Irish sit
uation.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-25
Drvs FIoht Iron Ranue Saloons.

Duluth, Mimi, June 25.-St. Louis
county will vote on local option Sep
tember 10, accordin9 to announcement
made by dry managers. Duluth goes
dry July 2, but the movement is aimed
to hit the $50 saloons which will be
open on the Masaba iron range.