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The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
TROOP TRAIN is WRECKED

One Hundred Soldiers Shaken Up In
Accident Near Minneapolis.
Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 12.-More
than 100 soldiers were slightly shaken
up when four cars of troop train
left the rails near this city. One of
the cars, carrying officers of the con-
tingent, turned over. but, with the ex-
ception Of a negro porter. no one was
seriously hurt. A defective rail is be-
Nsved to have caused the accident.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12

To Add Six New Rear Admirala
Washington, Nov. 12.-Six rear ad-
mirals will be added to the list Of off,
GERS by a recommendation from the
bureau Of navigation approved by Sec
retary DanielA
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
AUSTRIA TO SEEK PEACE

vienna VIII Soon Formulate Proposals
for Armlstlee.
Lugano, Switzerland, Nov. 12.-The
Austrian press gave great prominence
to a rumOr that Austria Is soon to
formulate proposals for an armistice.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Irving T. Bush, founder and head
of the great New York terminal of that
name, has been appointed chief execu-
tive officer of the New York port war
board. Mr.. Bush's duty will be to
mobolize every available resource Of
the port for the shipment of war ma
terials and supplies to our troops and
our allies abroad. He will also super
wise all other shipping from the great
harbor. He will be assisted by a staff
Of shipping men and merchants.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-24

time without tumblinS his feet In fact he
had bad Of pigeon toes.
The French puzzled They took x-ray
photographs of Braceys feet They seemed perfe0tEy
normal but those couldn't behave doctors
finally decided that the could be disciplined II put
IN braces and this was done Bracey kept IN the
hospital for a with tied 20 his feet "a
straghten out the bones When discharged the Nesrs
was told 10 report 10 the drill grounds and sent
through marching formations He reported but his
toes still curved in at an angle OF as degrees
The doctors were mystihed but the difficulty
eNpectedly cleared away a night While
Bracey was listening TO some music with his oonpan-
Bracey's feet began witch
OF sudden he jumped o and began tossho.s
the spectators real old fashioned American cake
walk. But his toes turned next wes<
Bracey sent to the front with contingent Bracsy
got along tolerably well under ordinary conditions
when it the double quick step o a charge he
had TO whistle cake walk tune Usually his friends
joined
Another Negro who has made name for, ffnsalfau
the legion and who has been twice cited braverds
Bob sScanlon. former prize fighter Brooklyn
Ion has been wounded in action times twice oy
exploding shells and once by machine gun bullet d.
spite his injuries he is again the tasn
part in the present French offensive.
GO BEYOND ORDERS
On the occasion Of his last wound the big Negro
in the thick Of the lighting The order had been
given a section first line or opposing
trench and hold it without proceeding any furthe<.
The legion obeyed the first part
ing there they pushed farther the Germans SEQ
ond line In addition the from the guns
the egtonaires came under the FIRE OF their own
artillery which pounding away at the Gernans'
second line trenches. After passing the
the day and the whole night in shell they finally
managed to drag their way back TO their own lines
When he recently appeared here in boxing exhibit
ton Scanlon frankly told the spectators that he
listed the legion because ne wanted OF
fun but he added he had received than ne bar
gained for
Il dreamed this scrap would long" said
Scanlon with grin I thought II would be over in six
months If had known would last three years well
1 would"
you would what?" roared the crowd.
1T would have been just the same" big black
hastily added
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-24

bring in the officer. and Sargent stepped forward
You are taking your life in your hands" warned
officer.
I IT, sir" replied Sargent saIutng. Il am
ready to 90 now"
COMPLETES EXPLOIT
over road that almost concealed by smoke
from bursting shells his car returning
safely not only with the officer other
wounded men as We'll
Armours exploits that won him signal recognition
we're similar 10 the others; that is, driving his
through heavy barrage for wounded.
Armour also had the honor be the American who
went the farthest with his ambulance during the fight
ing around Fort Tavennes during the battle Verdun
BURIED ALIVE But SAVED.
The most horrible form of death that the
has produced is burial alive by the explosion Of a shell
A high school boy of New York, whose parents
Egyptians had the unpleasant. almost fatal
fence of being buried alive by the dirt up by
bursting projectile and inferred
fore being rescued
The young American soldiers life saved just
the nick of time and he carried off advanced
dressing station screaming
cut my head off; OH God cut my head on"
His is Rip Baer and he has been the foreign
legion the French army since the outbreak OF the
war. Iu August 1914, he studying and ntera-
in Paris and enlisted the day after war was
clared. He had many thrilling experiences but the
greatest the opening of present French
offensive in Champagne
Baer's company was sent across heavy barrage fire
strongly fortified salient Shells fall
ing right and left
There we're so many Of them we stopped thinking
about them" declared Baer who is now in the Ameri-
can hospital at Hueily. "All remember is hearing
dreadful whistle and / said myself. I'm done
for. That's me. That was the last thine I remember"
COMRADES TELL STORY.
Baers comrades fiji In the missing part of the story.
A huge shell exploded about 10 feet from the
American throwing earth all over him 1t was only
through miracle tnat part of the steel him
but his friends he done Every
of him had disappeared. II only when party OF
soldiers picking the dead along six
they discovered sticking up through the dirt.
they pull and found il attached "A hu-
BODY. They without any hope that
he was alive. but there they mistaken. Tie
American suffering from shell shock and the drum
in his right had burst but he still breathed family
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-24

Rags. copper, old Rags?
The telephone bell the Junk desk jtngled on
insistently.
Would give the prices OF scrap iron rags,
paper and rubber?' voice. i've just finished
housekeeping and have all my old trash done up In
bundles. They say everything high and so
that I'm expecting good price for them. Nov,
want to know just how you are going to pay
them"
u don't want to disappont you" the junk dealer
said but paying less than half the price
paper paid two months You govern
has been investigating this reported scarcity
paper and they find that there any scarcity
However, paper is higher much higher than t was
before war. your worth ething
all"
still the party the other end OF the line not
satisfied and insisted some definite figures Tell
exactly the prices OF some Of these socaled wastes
PRICES CHANGE RAFTLY.
You viii; only get yourself into trouble young lady,
II you give the prices your friends and negnbors"
said. because what is today is
row mayoe. and the other women will be demanding
peddlers pay them certain price
the price someone told them. only tell you
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-24

rubber up to - 20 cents purest
rubber. Rags $50 hundred and all the dealers
anxious 10 get them.
There is unprecedented demand for
and scrap iron and they paving from 55 so
a hundred pounds for it. Iron is bound TO much
higher, they say account of it's invaluable use.
STEEL DOMINANT FACTOR
steel is the dominant factor in It's in the
stock market since the outbreak Of the has been
nothing short stupendous has increased in price
two-fold and in some cases many five. Some OF
the following figures the various kinds steel
interesting The United steel corporation says
will $500 OOO 900 the this year
other smaller steel corporations will increase
of from so 10 $50 percent in their earnings according
20 the rating given.
chwab the great steel magnate Of the United States
said that the United states would produce 1000 900
possibly O.OOO this year the
1000 600 tons in 1880.
The newspapers the thousands and thousands OF
them discarded daily form another of the so-caed
waste that has reached price mark high above that
reached in former years Even the small scraps
thrown about the picnic grounds has their They
used almost entirely for the OF pasteboard
boxes. such dressmakers and shoe dealers
South Bend has the Dasalle Paper mills and the
Campbell factory both Of which business
very scale but the largest factory manufac
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-24

by the French in their offensive Champagne
Paul was sent out with body Of picked men TO 'wor
~" the Germans first line with bombs
Paul the first over the parapet and got
safely through along with a number of other Ameri-
After trying in vain 10 keep off the attackers
with machine guns. the Germans scutted into their
dugouts Paul, in advance threw a dozen
frenades into dugOut called the skulkers
come out
Only German appeared He threw up his arms
shouting "comrade, assuring Paul that the the
men inside were dead without taking the trouble TO
search the for hidden weapons Paul turned 10
another dugout The instant his back turned the
German drew an automatic pistol and fred paul fell
backwards just as his fellow legion members followed
GERMAN Is BAYONETTED.
The German fell with bayonet wounds in his body
Two of Pauls best friends Arthur Berry Boston
Christopher Charles of Brooklyn knelt beside him.
Paul lay upon his back and there a smile his
face.
You are not badly hurt are you Jimmy?" asked his
friends.
There was no reply and they turned the body over,
The bullet had penetrated the heart and death must
have been instantaneous.
After that any German showing fight was ruthessly
bayOnetted. Those who surrendered were spared al
though their trip from the front the
from pleasant
After position been thoroughly cleared out
the legion members retired, bearing with them PauIs
body Every who could attended simple
eral Even wounded men hobbled to the impro-
vised cemetery
Paul had been decorated bravery the battle of
Belley-en- Stanterre on the Somme July 1916. Al
that time single handed he held section of trench,
his companions been killed
Someone referred TO St Louis a German
city.
That's true exclaimed IS a
German city than Paris True there Germans there
but you find Germans ev erywhere' You will find that
st. Louis Will send some mighty good soldiers"
CAKE WALKS INTO BATTLE.
There a New Orleans boy in the Foreign legion Of
the French army, and whether he is lighting
just can't make his feet behave when he
walk tune His name is George w. Bracey and il was a
cake walk song that joggled him into battle.
Bracey joined in 1914 and training the
regular camp When il came time for him be
the front the Negro developed peculiar
diton. His toes turned in; he could double
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-24

At the advanced dressing station Baer informed
that he would never hear again and sent TO the
The latest from the American hospital
that he will regain his hearing and will be entirely
recovered within a month.
The strain OF Oriental blood in manifested it.
self in a he American woman. who fire.
quently him packets OF cigarets. The card
written before the day Of the attack
We attack tomorrow" wrote Baer The bat
tie will be glorious but even glorious will be the
victory
deprived Of his part the victory
by wound he received three months before fghting
in the same sector. He had not entirely recovered
when he was buried alive. Baer had been on duty in
first lire trench and eating his lunch shell
exploded distance from him. fragment of the
struck his canteen which he had swung around
the front and drove his with such
force that nasty cash was inflicted.
ASSIGNED To PHONE DUTY.
When he got back duty Baer assigned TO a
less perous post back of thessecond line telephone
duty. which he cordially hated The the forth
attack circulated and Baer asked the cap
tain in charge to let him take in IT, The captain
declaring a the present
work ne doing and he reminded him that he
lax drill work
Determined to take part Baer picked a quarrel with
the sergeant of his company knowing that the
ishment ar a period of duty on
the line where the firing hottest His strategem
for he taken into custody for fighting and
sentenced TO Is DAYS i'm the first line trenches
Well" remarked Baer cheerfuly If l get killed I
won't have TO serve the rest of my time"
But the young American had some compensation
the early part attack and before buried
isdei came upon so'ltary German IN pacch OF WOODS
through which his company was advancing. The Ger
hred his rifle at Baer and seeing ne had missed,
raised his crying 'comrade"
Baer asked what followed.
oh just him through the left him.
replied the American cooly. He a coward any
He not fit to he German, for the
Germans we'll"
GENEROSITY COSTS LIFE.
Generosity toward the enemy the life OF James
Paul OF St Louis NO. a member Of the famous Foreign
legion. Paul was known as Fighting Jimmy" and he
failed TO live his name TO called OF
the brayest in the legion honor and that
was an honor held by Fighting Jimmy"
1wenty-four hours before Of the general attacks
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-24

PARIS (by mail 70 New York;. June 28-seven
Americans in the service France have just
ored with military exploits
battlefield and for GOODNESS under heavy fire. All Of
them members OF section g. OF American ambu-
lance field service who, the past months
experiencing some OF the toughest work Of the
war. n the Balkans
Prominent among them three New York boys.
Lowering Hill and Charles Baird both graduates Of
Harvard. and Cornell winant. Princeton graduate This
makes the third citation for Hill who
nnander of the Division already been mentioned
IN divisional orders Of others are from
Gfassachusetts. They Daniel of Boston.
Graham Carey Of Cambridge, and Frank Bayies OF
New Bedford. seventh Armour of Evans
ton. III.
Hills citation the fact that for two
years he has lavished in the of our wounded
indefadgable devotion served by the most brilliant
qualities a man and leader"
SAVE WOUNDED UNDER FIRE
Baird and winant both cited for repeated acts
Of bravery during the evacuation French wound
e from Monastir. The old Macedonian CITY
has been under continuous shell fire from Bulgarian
artillery since the German allies evacuated it.
There has not been day when safe 20 pass
through the shell-wrecked city drive an au-
tomobile ambulance through IT. The roads
plain sight of the Bulgarian and in range Of
the Bulgarians heavy cannon Between Dec 10 last
and March 26 Baird and Winant made from four
trips across this DANGEROUS ground continuously
violent shell FIRE
Sargent has DISTINGUISHED himself than
He in the thick OF the fighting Verdun front
and was cited for bravery removing wounded
through ground swept continually with German shells
and shrapneI
During March. a mission which even the oniciaI c-
ation described particularly dangerous" was con
ined TO Sargent who then n he
DOMAIN front. In the advanced trenches beyond Mon
astir French superior officer lay grievously wounded
y bursting she'll had OF his legs shreds
ing immediate operation necessary. The Buigarians
were Smelling the entire sector with shrapnel and
asphyxiattng shells. A volunteer called for TO
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-24
Here's Guard Roster of TlOo of South Bends
Companies, Co. F Needs N More Recruits

Roy Beard. William BevilIe. Leo
Bninski. Cyriel Bollaert, Cecil Bot
torff, Hallet BottorfS, James q.
Brown.
Carl Cabanaw.
George L Dayton. Morris De
Munich. Henry DeSmul
Delford f. Eaton. Arthur EngsI.
John G. Evans
Lester Fenner, John T. Foster.
Perry Gnivecld, Email Flaska, VIII
liam Gilmore, John Guzich, Thom-
as Gramza. Frank Gramza
Everett r. Hardy, Earl Heinsr.
Homer Hull.
Lester JacOmet, Frank Jozowiak.
Joseph Kendziorski. Harry J.
Klein. Henry Klososk. Vern Kin
dig. Anthony Kreczmer. steve
Kreczmer, Albin Kolupa. steve
Kuiawsh. Walter Kujawski
Arthur Leach. Clarence LIchty
Harry McAluster. Claude Nc
AIilIen. Charles F. Magser1. An
thony Magera. Robert Main. Stenlsv
Makielski. Harvey Marsh. Alva
Melser, Walter NIkolajczak. Walter
3. Modrach. Fred 3 Moss. Adam
Marciniak.
Ferdand Nalazek. Ralph Nichols.
Herbert r. Nimtz.
Frank Oharski. Arthur Osborn.
Henry Patterson willard Petty,
William PrzeSwor.
Stanley Raybuck Frank Rams
berger
Elmer schultz. George Schiete-
catte Ivan shaw. Shirley Simmons.
Leo smith. Benjamin Sobecki.
SearIe Spencer. WladyeIaw stefan
lax. Fred w. Steen. Frank Strzel-
ecii. John Strzelecki. Edward s.
Susan.
Louis Tackles Forrest Tow nsend.
Arthur VanLake Robert Yer
maude.
George WasoskI, Arthur Weaver.
Alison Whipple. Frank Whitfield,
John Whitney. Steve Wroblewski
ANTHONY Zdankus
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-24

Following is list of the members
Of Co. F and the mach ne gun COM
pany Of the third regiment Indiana
infantry, national guard. 1t shows
an enlisted strength OF 109 men for
Co. F. war strength which is now
required of all national guard com
panies by the federal government is
$50 men South Bend municipality
is head and shoulders above most Of
the other cities Of northern Indiana,
but militarily IL Is tagging. officers
say. The machine gun company is
UP TO its required strength OF "A men
but Co. F needs IL men.
Following is the roll OF honor:
MACHINE GUN COMPANY.
Captain. Guy r. Kimban
First lieutenant, Lawrence R
Rhodefer
Second lieutenant, Raymond p.
Williams
Second lieutenant, George ".
Healy.
First sergeant James J. Runyan
Stbl. sergeant, William S Clinton.
Sergeant. George smith.
Corporal, John Conrad.
Corporal. Thor Nybladth.
Privates:
Peter Aye. Samuel l. Asire
Fred NJ. Baumgartner. Martin
RuckZkowski. Roland z. Baker,
Walter L Bedenkop.
Clifford P. Grippe, Forest ". Gro
fbars Franz ConkIfu
Louis J. DeKe, Anil de Wispe-
laere. Edwin /. Davies. Walter A.
brewer. Clarence Daley. Harry r
Damey
Wade Furnish. Forest y. Farmer.
Edward NJ. FLANAGAN. Peter r. Fa-
bin.
Joseph p. Cruise. Ray Goheen,
Harold Gayman, Sanford Goodrich,
William Greene. Peter Gargoz
Chester L. Glascok. John Grey,
William r. Glaub
George Hart. John Hoven. Harry
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-24

that the prices four sometimes higher
than they several years ago other things that
paid per pound for selling cents;
Just twice much again u four ago
Then you won't tell anything about it?"
The junk dealer has risen from lowy place OF
hard work and meager TO industrial importance
and wealth The has materially helped his pros
pery and unless the prices of junk sink far below
thing they have this prosperity will continue
after the ended.
RISE OF JUNK DEALER.
The story of the Junk dealer who first went to a
tain and started gathering junk, going arOund
with = pack his bacE old and familiar Il
everyone IL Is really true anil typical we'll Tho
story goes To- tell how after few years the
reached the STAGE here a cou # rd a push
Later he bought himself horse and wagon and some
after that he head of junk dealers assOcia
ana had wagons working in section OF the
His home is a pretentous affair in a popular resi-
Dental district where his family is surrounded with
Injuries
According dealers the condition of
today has partly due imitation and boarding
steel scarp : in demand hal. any other vast
the manufacturers buying guam
titles Of IL.
cities dealers paying from 40 70 so cents
a hundred pounds for paper 1-2 cents for lower
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-24
"They Also SerOe" Who Stay BehHd---ard Work
BY Marian BonsaII Davis.

The Red Cross" said the mother
OF three young men who have Just
put on the khaki. lis my training
camp II is for me my military
duty II gives me a chance 70 be a
soldier with my sons.
Sometimes a company from the
a-mory or a band OF boy scouts
marching with ffe and drums pass
es my window. Looking at them I
see in my mind all our boys al all
our training camps. learning their
new lessons. testing their endurance.
And we mothers can't take care OF
them. They're gone into their mans
world.
I think can imagine some Of
the emotions that are being born in
them They are so young-their
ewes are misty. sometimes. as they
march. Already they must look
sometimes into the soldiers immor-
tality-at guard mount-taps on
last Memortau day.
TT - hard 20 be a woman Yet.
II II wSre not for me these three
clear eyed boys with their straight
backs. their flushed. damp faces and
their passionate young idealism
would not exist Because OF me
there are three soldiers serving the
colors
1T Is glorious 20 be a woman.
II take up my Sewing box and
sew a little red cross on the jacket
OF the pajamas I am making. and
wonder who will wear il and what
the red cross will make him think
Of Curiously. even II my boys are
in the hospital 10 which this gar
ment goes. / want II 20 be worn by
some other mothers boy. and I
want my boys 20 wear the things
raAAA BY some other mother. Some
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-24

B. Ravens, Edward L. Hart, John
Hancock
Joseph Johns
Vincent Kendziora, George Kelley,
Oscar Krine,
Bernard H Lootens. Bronislaw
Lichnerowicz, Leo B. Lyons.
Russell F. Moran, Buel H. Miller,
Delno +. Mossholder. Earl 3. Muf-
fey Howard Madison, Harold D.
Marquis. Henry X Magee, Fresler
A. Millbern, Evert Miller, Benjamin
F. Mcfarland.
Gustav T. OFT
Michael A Pukrop. William J..
Pesta
Theodore Refner. James c. Rob
inson. Alfred Ruhl. Paul z. Roschek.
Horace II. Rike.
John c. Smith. Chester n. Sinnatt.
Harvey L. Steffe, Teohl Sternik. Al
bert r. Saenger,. Leon ". Schultz,
James Stonebraker. Arnold T. stud
er, Ralph Steinback.
James d. Van Frank
Carl Whiteman, Frank Wydrzn-
ski
90. +. THIRD IND. INF.
Captain. Clinton d. Rogers.
First Lieutenant. Otto D DietL
Sergeant. Harvey Hepler.
Sergeant, Walter r. MyOeck.
Sergeant. Ross STACKER.
Sergeant, Edward Smith.
Corporal, Arthur Burns. Martin
Geist. Perry Stacher.
Corporal. Cashier Sobsoak, John
Evans
Privates. first class.
Sophus T. Adolphson. Milo d.
Bowers. Raymond Eby. Charles Eel
ton. James Frain, Fred Gunnett,
Ralph Loboush. Warren Machemer,
Meredith Moore. Edward G. Pfeffer.
Jess o. Powers. William RyDacki,
Lansing stricken. Basil F. Stroup.
Hugh Van Arsdalen.
Georse Il. Rauer. James Beard.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-24

turning cardboard boxes exclusively located outside
Of Philadelphia Pa the Schuylki river Ions strings
of freight stand there every with OF
workmen who employed TO do the first sorting and
unpacking of the bundles The paper collectors are
careful to gather the paper alone
contain litter Of all descriptions, making the first
ing and unpacking a n unpleasant Heavy clouds
of dust and dirt rise from them flying in
all directions.
TIN CANS VALUABLE.
Statistics OF not very date snow that in
cities old tin valuable solder and
for cheap castings were sold at $500 a ton.
Bottles. registered having the
blown into the glass of one cent
each the proprietor only. The plain bottles sold
$50 per barrel and the broken glass had
value Of 10 cents per bag
II said junk purchased TO the amount Of
per The yearly collections old rubbers
in the United States amounted about 600 tons of
which per year collected
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-24

way il seems TO me TO make mother
hood go deeper.
Perhaps II will be worn by some
black man or some black boy from
Africa who will think IL is funny.
perhaps some young French officer:
perhaps some Italian peasant, like
my iceman: perhaps some wounded
German prisoner-and l have the
privilege OF giving 10 the soldiers OF
the world
Tt gloriies the material I work
with Thrilhnely l. glorifies money.
Think, one cent buys iodine 20 dis
infect a wound. II the iodine
shouldn't be there-but IL won't fail.
Mothers and fathers won't let II
fail. now they know"