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The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24
U. S. ASKED TO SAVE SUGAR
Hoover Says French Must BE Aided
by America.

Washington, Sept. 24.-The Ameri-
can people are called upon today to
make the first real sacrifice of the war
for the aid Of the French. Unless
Americans cut down their consumption
Of sugar by one-third the French peo-
pie will be entirely without the product
for the next two months. AS sugar
is considered vital to the physical well
fare of the fighting men, the decision
of the citizens of this nation may have
q vital effect upon the war.
Herbert Hoover. food administrator,
issued the appeal.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24
KAISER TO QUIT BELGIUM
Reported to Have Made Peace Plans
Involving Return OF Colonies.

involving Return OF colonies.
Copenhagen, Sept. 24.-Doctor Mi
chaelis, the German imperial chancel-
lor, will discuss the Belgian question
and German peace conditions In a
speech next Thursday, according to the
Neueste Nachrichten of Munich. The
chancellor will declare, the newspa-
per says, that German Is ready to re-
establish Belgium independence If the
entente powers agree to restore the
German colonies and to give up "their
policy of territorial and economic con-
quest"
The correspondent at Vienna Of the
Berliner Tageblatt says:
"The replies of Turkey and Bull
garia will be forwarded to the pope
today. Turkey demands that her ter
ritory shall not be violated. Bulgaria
demands that her frontiers shall be
regulated IN accordance with the
principles of nationality"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24
RUSS DRIVE ENEMY BACK
Win Battle on Riga Front-Fight In
Jacobstadt Reojon

S"S0ISe00t TtV8IVfI
Petrograd, Sept 24.-After q battle
on the Riga front Russian forces
pushed forward in the region of the
village Of Rudna and pressed back the
German advanced guards, 1t was off,
cially announced by the war depart
ment.
In the Jacobstadt region the Rus
slams have fortified themselves on the
right bank Of the Dvina river, from
where they are hammering with ar
tillery the enemy advanced forces on
the left bank
Two Austro- German attacks against
the Roumanian positions near Mum
chell were rspulssd.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24
Found Guilty Of DisioyaIty

Winona, Minn., Sept. 24.-The north
ern conference Of the German Metho-
dist Episcopal church sustained the
charge that Rev. G. II. Lehnert, pastor
of the Central German Methodist
Episcopal church Of Minneapolis, had
used obscene language in letter to
the Liberty loan committee at Mime
apolis last May, but did not expel him
from the church.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24
ITALIANS WIN TWO POSTS
Penetrate Austrian Positions In Mar
moIada, Says Rome.

Rome, Sept. 24.-General Cadorna's s
forces made progress at several points
on the Julian front. In the Marmo-
lada, after tunneling work, they ex-
ploded mine and penetrated two ad-
vaEced Austro-German positions, which
they held. In the Bainsizza plateau
the Austrians, AFTER violent artillery
preparation, repeatedly attacked the
Italian positions In the regions of Kal
and west Of Volnik. but were repulsed.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24
GOV. FERGUSON LOSES JOB
Texas Senate High Court Sustains I'M
peachment Charges.

Austin, Tex, Sept. 24.-The senate
high court of impea chment, which has
been trying Gov. James e. Ferguson
for the last three weeks, sustained ten
Of the twenty-one charges In the bill
returned against him by the house COM
mittee Of the whole.
The vote on the first article-that he
used $4,000 of state funds to settle a
personal obligation-was sufficient to
convict. A two-tnirds vote was neces-
sary. The ballot was: Ayes, 27;
noes, 4.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24
NEW ORLEANS STRIKE is OFF
2,100 Longshoremen Vote to Return to
Work at Once.

New Orleans. Sept. 24.-About 2,10C
union longshoremen. on strike since
Wednesday, voted to return to work
at wage increases already agreed upon
and to settle "all other differences" at
conference with stevedores. Several
hundred men were at work moving q
heavy accumulation Of freight, and all
Of the others. 1t Is announced, will be
at the docks today.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24
Boarder Fatally Wounds Woman

Perry, Ia, Sept. 24.-S. A. Aldrich
ffty-five, shoemaker, shot and fatal.
ly wounded Mrs. Frank Brown, thirty.
eight, and then killed himself here,
Aldrich had been boarder at Mrs,
Browns home for four years and Is al.
legged to have sought to prevent the
woman from effecting a reconciliation
with her husband, from whom she had
been separated several years.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24
France Decorates Denver Man,

Paris, Sept. 24.-Raymond r. Croke
of Denver, Colo, attached to the Amer
lean ambulance service, has been
awarded the French war cross for re-
moving wounded under heavy bonn
bardment during the French offensive
at Verdun last August.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24
BRITISH WIN MORE GROUND
Repulse Attack and Capture Positions
In Flanders.

London, Sept. 24.-British troops
after repulsing German attack north
east Of Langemarck, in Flanders, at
tackled In turn and captured additional
defenses from the Germans as we'll as
a number Of prisoners. The official re-
port from British headquarters in
France add that on the rest Of the
Ypres fighting area the British are con-
Olidat.ng their new positions. SO far
since September 20 In the operations
there the British have captured 3,243
prisoners. Including so officers.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24
DESTROYER SUNK
Fifty of Crew Landed After Disaster
in Channel.

London, Sept. PA British de-
stroyer has been torpedoed and sunk
by German submarine in the ap-
proaches Of the channel, according to
an admiralty announcement. There
were fifty survivors.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-24
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
Sundays Results.

Sundays Results.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Philadelphia, 4-11; Chicago. IA.
Brooklyn. SO; Cincinnati, 2-8.
st. Louis, Ill; Boston, ST.
No other games scheduled.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
No games scheduled.
Arizona republican., 1917-08-15
POPE BENEDICT XIV.
PRINTERS VISIT
 SCENIC POINTS
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 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Aug 14.-Delegates from all parts of the United States who are here attending the sixty-third annual convention of the International Typographical union spent today visiting scenic points of the district Tomorrow morning the business sessions will be resumed and in the afternoon the silver jubilee. marking the twenty fifth anniversary of the foundation of the union print CTS home here, will be celebrated. Governor Gunter, Mayor C. E. Thomas and officials of the l. T. U. will deliv- CT addresses.
 Much business will be considered before the close of the convention Sat urday, including the proposed repeal of the provision which permits mem Der of but ten years standing to be placed on the pension roll at the age of TO; a proposal to cancel the power of local unions to make contracts an6 give the same to a national commit | tee. Plans to hold the convention an nually in Indianapolis, with the excep- ton of every tenth year when it would be held in Colorado Springs, will b' before the convention also proposa ot eliminate all social features from succeeding annual meetings.
Arizona republican., 1917-08-15
MORE BILLIONS ID
 BE AUTHORIZED AT
 WINTER SESSIONS
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.-Congres- sional leaders were informed by Secre- tary McAdoo today that it would be necessary for them to authorize at this and the winter sessions of con- gress, an additional 5000, 900, 900 for war expenditures, including further loans to the allies to June 30 1918. Five billions in bonds already have been authorized and a s2,000 900, 900 war tax bill is pending now in the senate.
 Within an hour after the secrrtary had conferred with Representative Kitchen, chairman of the house ways and means committee, plans were un- der way for raising the money A meeting of the ways and means com mittee was called for August 25 and arrangements made for the house, now taking three days recess, to resume it's regular meetings on August 27.
 Issuance of between s3.000, 900. 900 and $4,000, 100000 in bonds to meet new allied loans and authorization of an additional s5O0.000, 900 in taxes to be added to the bill before the senate, probably will be proposed by the com : mittee and agreed to by the house. No delay is anticipated.
 The plan is to have the remainder of the s9,000,000000 authorized at the next session of congress. beginning in December. Whether it will be raised by bonds or additional taxation or in what proportion of both, is undecided
Arizona republican., 1917-08-15
BLSBEE MINER STABBED IN /. ". ". QUAR- REL

bers of the Industrial Workers of the World and their sympathizers, July 12. After his arrest Lacy declined to discuss the affair.
 No further deportations have been made by the controlling committee of Bisbee since Governor Campbell left the Warren district, as far as is known. It is assumed that the cases of returning I. w. W.'s will be handled through the local justice courts. The Loyalty league officials declare that inasmuch as the men cannot get work in Bisbee they must leave or have some "other visible means of support" By charging alleged agitators and |. w. W's with being vagrants the league believes it has found legal solution of the question.
 Wiley E. Jones, attorney general, was seen in Douglas last evening after leaving Bisbee He did not leave for Phoenix at that time. He has not been in Bisbee since and is supposed to have left this morning for Phoenix.
Arizona republican., 1917-08-15
P[OT ID RELEASE
 BOPP |S REVEALED
 BY COUNTER PLOT
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SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 14.-Law- renee De Lacy. an employe of the Leader weekly publication. and D. J. Harnady, proprietor of shoe store were arrested here late today as lead CTS in an alleged plot to spirit Franz Bopp, former German consul general here and Eckhard von Schack, vice consul from the detention camp at Angel Island to a point in Mexico.
 The men were trapped as the result of a counter plot directed by the gov ernment. Last Friday Patrick J. Far rally, employed here in the immigra- tion service was ostensibly arrested on complaint charging conspiracy in the planned escape of Bopp and von Schack This complaint was given out for publication after Farrally was taken into custody but was never filed. United States Attorney Preston in furtherance of the governments scheme, brought Farrally before
 United States Commissioner Francis Krull in order that his bonds might be arranged
 Farrally was told to obtain sureties, and have them appear today to sign the bonds. When the case was called M A. Greedy and H. Warfield appeared and announced their willingness to go on F'arrally's bond
 When asked the name of the parties who interested them in Farrallys case,
 the men mentioned De Lacy and Harnedy. The government previously had received information from Far rally that he had received an incrinm- mating letter from Harnedy on June 29, and on August received $100 from De Lacy, presumably the government
 authorities state, for his supposed ef-
 forts to liberate Bopp and von Schack. | Greedy and Warfield were then ad- vised by Preston that the arrest" of FarralIy was schemed and effected by the government in order to bring the real leaders in the Bopp plot to light. 1 He also declared Farrally was not un- der arrest at any time; that he sub l mitted to detention in the county jail
 here in order that the governments plans might be furthered; that the | complaint against him was a trap and 1 that as a consequence no bonds were l necessary.
 Subsequently, the government au- | thorities discovered, so Preston de- i clares. that the whole matter of ar | ranging Farrallys bonds was dis
 cussed and decided upon between
 Greedy, Warfield, De Lacy and Har- nedy in the office of Daniel O'ConnelI
 a local attorney, who was arrested by government agents a few days ago fol plotting to obstruct the selective draft l O'Connell is to come before Commis-
 sioner Krull tomorrow for his prelim mary hearing.
 l De Lacy and Harnedy, whose bond were set at 5000 0each, will also come
 before the commissioner tomorrow ir 1 l(COntinuad nn Paqa Twol
Arizona republican., 1917-08-15
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BISBEE, Aug. 14.-James Bell a miner employed by the Copper Queen company, was stabbed twice in the back late today during an altercation in front of his home which peace of ficers said arose over the recent h. dustrial Workers of the World trou- bles in Bisbee. Frank Lacy. an auto mobile driver, was arrested on charge of stabbing Bell and is held in the city jail According to Bells account of the disturbance, Bell was in his mothers home and was asked by Lacy to come outside. The two men grappled, Bell said, and he was stabbed According to Bell, the trou- ble which had been brewing for some time came to a head when Bells mother appeared before Governor Campbell last week and related threats which she alleged had been made by Mrs. Lacy before and after the deportation of HOO alleged mem
Arizona republican., 1917-08-15
DEBATE IN SENATE
 ON WAR TAX BILL
 VIRTUALLY ENDED
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WASHINGTON, August 14-Gener- al debate in the senate on the S2,006.- 900, GOO war tax bill virtually ended today and such rapid progress was made on the finance committee amendments to the house bill that leaders tonight predicted the meas ures passage late next week. Sena- tor Simmons announced that he eX- pected soon to ask for d time limit .sn debate and also to set a date for a final vote.
 In rapid succession and with little debate the senate sitting as com mittee of the whole approved the finance committees revision of the soft drink, tobacco and most of the public utilities schedules. The liquor and income tax sections are to be considered tomorrow.
 Today'S debate made it evident that the principal disputes facing the SCI. ate are the income war profits and publishers tax sections. Adoption of most of the finance committees other Ievisions was forecast.
 Senator La Toilette made public minority report concurred in by Sen ators Gore and Thomas. urging that the bulk of all war taxes be laid or incomes and war profits. The Wis consin senator proposes to make his principal fight in offering many amendments to increase the tax rates proposed.
 In closing the general discussion today Senators Shoot and Jones of New Mexico, both of the finance committee, commended the commit tees proposed increases in the income and war profits sections. The former however opposed repeal of the draw back" allowance to sugar refiners and the latter advocated a higher tax on corporations undivided surplus.
 Extension of the three per cent tax on freight transportation to motor vehicle lines competing with rail- roads was approved in the acceptance of the new freight section, designed to raise SIT, 100000. The senate also accepted the committees reduction, from ten to five per cent in the taxes or passenger transportation and Pull man accommodations. Both charges would be paid by individuals and not the carriers. Committee elimina tion of the house taxes on gas, cleo tric light and local telephone bills Of consumers also was accepted without debate. They were estimated tc yield s30,000,000 and were stricken out on account. of their direct burden upon the general public The tax of five cents on telegraph, radio and long distance telephone messages costing more than fifteen cents was approved 1 It is estimated to yield s7,000,000. Elimination of the house provision taxing all insurance policies was ac- cNnted. The house proposed a tax of 8 cents per s100 on life insurance
Arizona republican., 1917-08-15
Proposals Not Unexpected

Proposals Not Unexpected
 WASHINGTON, Aug. 14. - Pope Benedicts peace proposals were not unexpected to the United Statee nor to any of the entente allies.
 The possibility of peace move vas discussed with British foreign Minister Balfour and Vice Premier Viviani when
 he British and French official mis- sions were in Washington, and it yss agreed that all the allies, including the United States, should refuse to discp5s peace terms while Germany occupied the territories she had taken by force, and thereby avoid what the aliee statesmen considered a German trap.
 Now, the pontiff's proposal presents the question in a somewhat different light difficult perhaps to meet, but It offers to war-weary world hope for peace.
 Germany and her allies are expected promptly to accept the pope's proposals.
 American officials acknowledge that the vaticans proffer is of a nature calling for reply. Diplomats of the entente circle voice nr,ning but unan- imous opinion that it will be re- jected. American officials realize that ] convincing reply is required for the worlds page of history. That the pro- posas cannot be accepted as they stand is certain. That they will not be accepted at all is probable.
 An unofficial outline of the pope's communication was received here this morning. Members of the presidents cabinet said it had not been discussed at this afternoons meeting, but some of the presidents official family gave signs of the difficulty which it has presented Tonight the official text had not been received and it had not been established whether it would come through the Spanish ambassador or the Swiss minister. Spain an4 Switzerland are the only two European neutrals having relations with the vatican.
 The first appraisal of the proposal | by officials and diplomats was that | it was another attempt by Germany | this time working through Ausria, be- cause of the latters close relation to | the vatican to accomplish what she failed in her first offer of peace the assembling of peace delegates at a round table conference, where the i interests of one ally could be played | off against the other, with the dis
Arizona republican., 1917-08-15
SOLUTION 0F GOAL SHORTAGE PROBLEM
 SEEMS IMMINENT
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.-Solution of the coal shortage problem of the northwestern states is imminent, Francis $. Peabody, chairman of the coal production committee of the Council of National Defense declared today Relief will be afforded by a preferential shipping order, he pre- dicted, but if that fails, commandeer- ing of cars probably will be resorted to.
 The plan adopted by unanimous reso- lution contemplates furnishing bitu- minous coal operators who can ship to Cleveland and eastern lake ports one hundred per cent car service, with the understanding that they will ship fifty per cent of their output to lake rorts for reshipment to northwestern territory ports
 Daniel c. Willard, chairman of the advisory committee of the Council Of National Defense, was delegated with F. S. Peabody and C. M. Sheaffer as aides to carry the plan to some author ity for final veto or approval The authority was not named but inasmuch
 as the power to order preferential ship
 ments now rests solely with President l Wilson, 1t is assumed that the pro- 1 posal ultimately will go to- him uniess | he appoints a preferential shipment board to handle such problems. | Under the plan adopted MT. Pea
 body and other members of the con- | ference said the entire northwestern
 problem will be solved and the New 1 England situation materially aided
 while other sections of the country probably will be adequaoe.y cared for ! by rail transportation.
 i Much of the open session was de- voted to arguments between George D. Cameron a member of the Peabody i committee, and George L. Peck, vice ! president of the Pennsylvania lines, over the right of railroads to declare l embargoes.
 i MT. Peabody declared that he did
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ruption of the grand alliance as the stake. In no quarter is there any dis position to question in any way ths good faith of the vatican, although peace activities of the Roman Catholic elements in Germany and Austria have been prominent for months.
 But as the unofficial outline Gis- closed the terms of Pope Benedicts pro .osal officials were aStonished to realize it's similarity with some ot ttesluent Wilson's declaration on the subject International agreement to enforce peace, reduction of armament and recognition of the national aspira tions of the small peoples, all were brought forward by the president in his epochal addresses before congress. Although the proposal to leave TOT diplomatic discussion such great ques- tions as Italia irridentia, free Hol- land and Alsace- Lorraine might be re- jected on many grounds, close obserV- CTS foresee the possibility of embar- vassments in declining to discuss pro- posals which the president himself brought before the word. The allied statesmen realize that once considera- | tion of any part of the pope's proposals | hecins. pacifists and socialist elements are at once enabled to take up dis clissions which will embarass their governments
 | President Wilson's own view of what reply shall be made obviously cannot 1 be accurately assessed at the present time His latest public pronounce ments on the most vital of the pro- posals Pope Benedict makes are in 1 teresting.
 When the new Russian government was wavering on the point of making a separate peace and declaring for no annexations and no indemnities, the ] ,9resident in message to the Russian 1 pe up1e declared:
 of course the imperial German gov ernment and those whom 1t is using for their undoing are seeking to ob- tain p.edges that the war will end in
 the restoration of the status quo ante. It was the status quo ante out Of wEich this iniquitous war issued forth: the power Of the imperial German gov ernment within the empire and it's
 widespread domination and influence outside that empire. That status must
 be altered in such fashion as to pre-
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Says Goueym0y,s Check Nd
 Not Come M Time 0f Need

Fuller support him in locating the West Texas Agricultural and Mechan- ical college.
 Fuller replied that he was not in particular need of money on that date and then Mir. Hanger demanded if it was not true that E. c. Churchill, a contractor of Fort Worth, was press ing Fuller to pay back money loaned him in 1915.
 The speaker declared that this was not the case. He said he had received S2,5O0 from Churchill, taking the money purely because of pre- arranged plan with County Judge William Murray of San Jacinto coun- ty, by which, he said. they intended to detect "grafters" and keep them out of any deal to build the court house. The money all had been re- turned to Churchill, he said.
Arizona republican., 1917-08-15
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AUSTIN, Texas, August 14.-Speak- examination during practically all of todays session of the investigation by the house of representatives into charges preferred against Governor James E. Ferguson, looking to the governors impeachment The inves- tigation took a fresh turn during Speaker F'uller's cross examination when w. A. Hanger, counsel for the governor. asked Fuller if it were not fact that he was pressed for money on July 6, the day he received a $500 loan from Governor Ferguson.
 Fuller on direct examination had testified he took this money to catch the governor, who, he said, had brought pressure to bear to have
Arizona republican., 1917-08-15
RACE RIOTERS INDICTED
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BELLEVILLE H., Aug. 14.-Sixty eight indictments against 105 persons. the charges including murder, arson, conspiracy, rioting and assault to mur- der, were returned by thte grand jury here today which has been investigat- ing the race riots in East St. Louis, July l to 3.
Arizona republican., 1917-08-15

not believe there was a car shortage, but that the coal emergency was caused by utilities storing up vast quantities of coal. One utility, he said he had heard, had a years supply of coal in storage,