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The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-31
MONDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1917.
Happy New Year.
Tuesday is a meatless day and
Wednesday a wheatless day.

Former Secretary of State John S.
Donald, for many years farm neigh
Dor and strong supporter of Senator
La Toilette, in announcing his candi-
dacy for the republican nomination for
congressman from the Third district
next September, declares that ne
could not support or endorse the war
policies of the senator. Donald said he
would support the president until the
present war was brought to a success
full end. He will be a candidate against
Congressman John Nelson of Madison,
who has held the office since 1908, and
who, with his son, Byron G. Nelson, is
under Indictment and will be tried on
January for alleged conspiracy to
violate the draft law.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-31
City BriefletS

Max Stern is visiting his parents in
Morrisonville.
Miss Kitty Wick is spending a few
days in Redwood
Edward Friedrich of Madison is Wis
iting relatives here
Theodore and Arthur Kaliebe have
returned from visit in Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Guetzlaff of
Madison are visiting relatives here.
Joe Clarity has returned from a
visit with relatives in Columbus, Ohio
Mrs. Herman Schwendke and Mrs.
H. Prahl visited in Milwaukee Sun
day.
Misses Catherine Casey and Fran
ces Seidler attended the military ball
given for Co. B, 331st Machine Gun
Battalion, Camp Grant, at Lake Mills
Saturday evening
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-31
BOWLING TOURNEY
AT REMMEL ALLEYS
FEBRUARY 10 TO "a

The Central Wisconsin Bowling
tournament will be staged at the Rem
mel alleys February 10 to "a inclusive,
or period Of fifteen days. The en-
trance fee will be one dollar for each
contestant in either the five man
teams, doubles or singles, and all en-
trance money will go into the prize
fund. There will be special prizes for
high score and all events.
The tourney this year should at
tract a large bunch of pin knights as
it will be staged right in the height of
the bowling season.
Local Events.
Scores made by the High Lifes in
practice game at Kennels alleys
Sunday afternoon
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-31
Beware of Adiectives

Many of us are victims Of the adj
Jective habit. Like all habits, it grows
and grows and leaves it's votaries more
helpless than before. "Beget all with q
temperance" said the great poet. And
before him there was another who
said: Let your communication be yea,
yea; nay, nay; for whatsoever is more
than these cOmeth of evil."-Toledo
Blade.
The home paper-Watertown News
Read the News.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-31

Maerzke, junior and senior, fell
down Friday before the onslaught
OF OestreicheT>and Hero in a match
game at the Main street alleys Oes-
treicher and Hero won the first tussle
by 81 pins. Honors were reversed in
the second tilt by As pins Oestreicher
and Hero romped home with the last
game and led in the final count with
45 and "a pins. The surprising feature
OF the game was the similarity of fig
ures both in the total and those of
each game. Briefly it stood:
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-31
Petroleum Paste.

Frenchman has invented a meth
od by which petroleum and petroleum
products can be made into a nOn-ex-
plosive paste. Equal portions of soap
and water reduce the oil to a semi
solid condition. The oil can be
brought to it's original state by the use
If alcohol and other solvents.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-31
Market Reports
Milwaukee Live Stock Market

Milwaukee, Dec. 31-Hogs, receipts
1900; 5@10c lower. Cattle, 100;
steady. Calves, 100; 75@1OO lower.
Sheep, 100; steady.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-31

387 29S 36O-1045
The Wilkowski High Lifes rolled
practice game at the Remmel alleys
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-31
When Frankness Hurts.

Candor and frankness are such beau
tiful things that it is pity they should
ever be allowed to degenerate into
mere bluntness. Sincerity can be kind
ana tactful. Guinness turns the truth
Into sort of bludgeon with which to
beat down and destroy. Frankness
makes the truth a helping hand held
out to rescue.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-31

9O2 1856 857-2644
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-31

Entered as second-class matter In the
postoffice at Watertown, Wis.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-31
THE NEWS
THRICE-A-WEEK

Published every Monday, Wednesday
and Friday by the News Publishing
Co. at 10S Second street, Watertown,
Wis. Subscription rates-In city by
carrier Is cents month, or SETS per
year II paid in advance. Outside OF
city by mail 81.
Delivered by carrier to any part of the
city. Phone $40.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-05

most powerful station in the Western
Hemisphere. II has three iron masta. -
TO 600 feet high, and daily receives time
signals from the EiffeI Tower, Paris. and
when fully equipped VII. g 10 believed,
reach al part5 OF the world.
No. Arlington cemetary, on the vir-
etnfa Hills. across the Potomac. A ns-
HonaI cemetery where are buried soldisrs
o. both armies who died In the civil var.
Famous ofncers as Sheridan. Crook.
Wright. heigs. Wheeler and LAwton OF
the army, and Porter, Greer. Roe, samp-
son. schiey, and Dewey. Of the navy, are
buried In this cemetery. In 1910 the body
Of IEnfant was tranlerred from the
Digs Farm TO Arlington. The remains
OF the sailors. officeTs, and marines re-
covered from the wrech OF the Maine IA
1872 are buried here. The house was built
In isR. and ras the home Of George
Washington Parke Custis, the adopted
son OF George Washington, whose dauEh-
ter married Gen Robert Z. Lee, and
where they lived for many years before
fhe civil war.
No. SAIexandria. Va. Seven miles
south OF Washington. In this quaint
town (originsIiy called BeIlhaven), found
ed In I7fs. is the house from which Brad
dock started on his march in IzsS; Christ
Church. begun In l7S. finished In I7s7.
where George Washington occupied pew
81, and Gen. Robert Il. Lee, pew 8; old
est tombstone in graveyard bears data OF
HI Also the Masonic lodge, containing
important Masonic relics: and the build
ing IN which Col Ellsworth was shot ia
Issl.
No. (. Mount Vernon. On the west
bank OF the Potomac River. sixteen
miles south Of Washington. The last
home of President Washington. and
his burial place.
No. 8. woodiawn. On the road
from Mount Vernon. four miles from
BeIvoir. The home OF Nellie Custis.
washington'S adopted daughter. who
presented IL TO her and her husband.
Lawrence Lewis. II 10 IN good condi-
ton. and is Q beautiful specimen of
CoIonisI architecture.
No. 6. BelVoir. or the white House
On the west bank OF the Potomac
River. below Mount Vernon. The home
of william Fairfax. where George
Washington met Lord Fairfax. who
gave him his FIRST employment as a
surveyor.
No. Z. Gunston Hail On the west
bank OF the Potomac River, below
CONTINUED ON PAGE FOURTEEN.
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ding. John 4. Dahlgren, and L. n. Colds
borough.
Points OF Historic Isterest tn the
Vieinity ef wsshinstos.
No. l-Fort Myer. One OF the largest
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of book nd
hom9 in
The Washington herald., 1917-03-05

In common with all individuals
and industries, it is laboring under
a constantly increasing cost Of ma
terial and labor.
In the face of all this, the COM
pany is expected to live and to
serve with a rate Of fare fixed as
reasonable 40 years ago. but
which is plainly inadequate to
meet present conditions and future
needs.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-05

Of the Naval Gun FACTORY, established In
No. n-Wsshfnston Navy Yard. The
comnhndants house has been occupied
by many distinguished oficsrs, including
Thomas Tingsy, Isaac Hull, Hiram Paul
The Washington herald., 1917-03-05

=; = :. Facts About ID
- The Capital
L.: @ :z..... - j. Traction Co. J.! @ :. :!
and working conditions isemply
o aHansora lCaptd
hn the operate
magmtedm 1862
tw applied Washington
ocabe rdm 1889 o
hompdeedte eeer6ct fhsntress in
Its standard appearance
Washington the costly install Of all surface railway used
where the traffic dense o srpe
hh added asgegtmg g2mleo
oded the people Washington without attendant
knw operates mled d track
replaced emckmod
dkn
construction ola station costing million and dollars
1t hnp%s approximately 900 and during 1916 ou
Its measured scientific
hours
in Lnoa henunbeo
the remainder the
nHhmg ppextes which the ordinary public and connected with industry
hno
Its
of the day. and obliged to provide station and terminal facilities
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- -R1Wgx3yk& and industries hng under sn&~&A&& Ss1
I.| fYrk#sNM aeonaaty increasing cost oms ss1
l. xsSsExxXsNM nhe m4s3s&
pay expected live and %%4@@eSAs
IlSs4k sT mn sHs 40 ,s @ OF " I nad has 7AsM I'LL xM
k~---I which plainly to Es"'~> sss7I
needs oms and Georgetown -n7srAL
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CONTINUED ON PAGE FOURTEEN.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-13

Avenue. Williamsbridge Road. and ex-
tends for a distance of about ten
blocks between Bronx and Pelham
Parkway and Burke Avenue. This
largest section of the Spencer Estate
holdings is bisected by Williamsbridge
Road and is hanked on the west side
by Bronx Park and the south by the
Bronx and Pelham Parkway, one OF the
busiest automobile highways in the
city.
At the southwesterly end or the
property is the Parkway station of the
present subway. which was recently ex-
tended from the terminal at West
Farms and is now in operation to the
City Line, with rapidly increasing pa
tronage since its opening. In addition
to this subway, the property has fur
Their travelling facilities. in that on the
cast is the Pelham Parkway station OF
the Westchester & Boston Railway,
connecting with the Third Avenue 81"
road and soon to be linked up with the
Broadway Lexington Avenue subway;
surface car lines also increase the &C
feasibility of the lots via the White
Plains Road, connecting with the sub
ways and elevated roads and linking
up Manhattan with the thriving cities
OF Noun. Vernon and New Rochelle.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-13
Does Carnegie Live
On a Corner Lot?

What is a corner lot? AS Michael
Cassidy would say, "A corner lot is
a corner lot. Quit your kidding" II
building experts could so easily dis
pose Of legal problems the Board of
Appeals would have comparatively
few worries.
F. Burial Hoffman, jr., architect,
recently asked the Board of Appeals
to pass on the question whether or
not the entire home site of Andrew
Carnegie Is q corner lot. If the rul-
ing had been in the affirmative 1t
would have been possible for Surro-
gate Rober. Ludlow Fowler to have
his proposed residence designed for
the site at II East Goth st. cover
almost the entire plot. But the
Board of Appeals decided that the
site as q whole does not come under
the classification of a corner lot;
in other words, the Carnegie home
property comprises many lots; it is
not single corner lot.
Under the new zoning law site
that backs on a corner lot can be
so improved as to have a dwelling
house cover it almost entirely. Side
OF interior courts for the house are
only required for ventilation pur-
poses.
In the building zone resolution
there is no legal definition Of cor
ner lot.
The Carnegie home property ex-
tends 2015 feet on 9Th av., about 232
feet on 91st st. and 204.5 feet on
goth st. The house is at the north
west end Of the site, the southerly
part being a garden.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-13
A Number of Well Located
Farms at Brookville
Change Hands

Henry A. Rogers. Of Worthington
Whitehouse, Inc, has sold for the
Cocks Realty Company the three fol-
lowing farms at Brookville. Long ISL
and; The remainder of the former j..
B. Waldron estate, consisting of l3%
acres. which is east of and adjoining
the new home of Henry Anterior; the
former II. II. Hegeman estate, consist
ing OF sixty-two acres, with farmhouse
and outbuildings, and tract OF wood
land lust east of the Hegemsn estate.
The same broker has also sold for the
Waldron estate a tract Of eight acres
of woodland. Cocks & Willets repre-
scented the sellers.
Burke Stone. Inc. has sold for q. +:
burlington his residence, garage and
large plot in Hobart St, Clifford Park,
to Frederick II. Hutaf.
John +. Scott has sold for Jonn
Mitchell a plot of land 400 feet long
on the north side of the railroad, at
Hewlett Station, to the Long Island
Railroad Company.
Grifen, Prince g. Ripley, Inc, have
sold for Melchior S. Beethoven. Of
hatcher. Miss, 20 John +. Havemeyer,
Of Ardsley-on-Hudso five acres from
the southerly side Of the Beltzhoover
estate. at Irvington. Mr.. Havemeyer
will use the additional land in connec-
tion with his greenhouses. The prop
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-13

building il question. and there is no
other adjoining or nearby structure to
which easy access may be had. there
shall not be deemed to be safe egress
from the roof of an existing building
in the mean of 79-b-l. labor law. and
the Fire Commissioner shall not re-
quire the stairways serving as re-
uuired means of exit in existing build
ings TO be extended to the roof; pro-
vided. however, that in all cases there
shall be q fixed iron ladder through Il
scuttle to the roof. a gooseneck ladder
from an outside stair or fire escape. or
some other suitable means Of reaching
the roof"
This applies only TO existing build
ings. For new buildings the provision
OF 79-c-l of the labor law applies.
which requires all stairways TO be eX-
tended TO the roof without the qualifi-
cation Of access to an adjoining build
ing.
The third important announcement is
to the effect that on account Of the
great number of appeals from labor
law orders issued by the Fire Depart
ment It has been found impossible to
pass on these appeals, or even to ar
range hearings for them, and petition
ers will be notified in order of the i'm
portance of their cases when such cases
will be taken I'D. Special requests may
be made for advancing on the calendar
cases that petitioners consider Of great
importance. The notice adds: "In the
mean time. if the Fire Commissioner
has been notified of the filing of the
petition. il is not likely that any legal
action will be taken by the Fire De-
partment"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-13
In the Growing Suburban Centres

erty adjoins the Ardsley Club. Also
sold the residence o; William Wallace
Lyon, located on Quaker Ridge Road,
near the Wykagyl station of the New
York. Westchester & Boston, New
Rochelle, consisting of one acre of
land, with fourteen room dwelling, to
Helen NJ. Barry, of New York City. The
property was held at $4,000.
Joseph p. Day has also sold for Clara
Enz Rucker. a three-story frame dwell
ling on a plot l23.94X2l6.47. at 76 Bos.
ten Post Road, Rye. y. Y. Miss Rucker
was represented by Jonathan Holden as
attorney. The purchaser is promi-
nent New York lawyer who will make
improvements and occupy the property
as summer residence.
Daniel II. Jackson has bought from
the Rev. George w. Eccles southwest
corner OF Larken and Beach Sixtieth
Street. Averne, l.. l., one block from
the ocean, a three story residence on
riot 75x75. J. V. Graham was the
broker in the transaction.
G. Osgood Pell & Co. have let 20 a
New York client for +. c. Converse the
property known as Stanwich House ad-
Joining the owners large estate at
Greenwich, Conn. and comprising about
ten acres in highly developed grounds,
with large stone dwelling and garage,
for the approaching summer season.
Thomas n. Crooke, Of Greenwich, rep
resented The lessor.
{ Fish & Marvin have sold for Mrs.
william II. See her property on Edge
mont Road, Scarsdsle, 10 Mrs. ". w.
Nichols, of this city. The property
consists of a large plot and dwelling.
II is the purchasers intention TO oc-
cupy the premises as a residence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-13

than paying in its way, as it released
men for services at the front.
The handling of foodstufs and war
cupplies in particular has become e
most important problem, with the
bringing together and the storage OF
great quantities of supplies and the
provision of efficient means for their
distribution. Along the railways or
waterways around the cities and larger
towns we saw acres of new sheds that
have been erected since the war just
for the handling of war supplies. OF
ten they were inconyenien located,
due to the lack of planning Beforehand.
The nearer we came TO the front the
greater the number of these storage
fields. In every case II was necessary
to find large, level, well-drained fields.
As to Housing
In housing, we were astonIshed at
the striking development which mas
taken place since the war began. We
found in Limoges, for example, that
some six acres of four and five story
tenements in the heart of the city had
been RACED to the ground. At cost
of great many millions the city was
going ahead in the midst of war times
to lay out new and broader streets and
rebuild the district along modern city
planning lines. In Marseilles we found
fourteen and half acres Of old six and
seven story tenements in the centre OF
the city already torn down. At a cost
of something like 100000 francs the
city was laying out new broad streets
and open spaces, erecting new buildings
Of a modern character. all as matter
of preparedness for Peace" 1t has
been borne in on them very strongly
that with the loss of million or more
of their best men, they are bound to
do everything they can to preserve and
build up the next generation; that they
cannot afford to let it grow up in un-
sanitary and disagreeable surroundings:
War shows up very clearly the need
and lack of general city planning.
All of the various matters that are
touched upon here and many others
must be woven together into unified
comprehensive plan. We found in
Paris that the city government had
since the beginning Of the war organ
lied a city planning bureau with broad
powers which was planning comprehen-
sively the whole metropolitan area. not
only within the city, but through all
the surrounding district. In Lyons we
found similar plans being worked out.
In London the architects, engineers and
city officials have come together and
are working out most extraordinary
comprehensive plans, especially Tor
traffic routes for an area OF nearly two
thousand square miles around London.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-13
Building Operations Slump
By Bradstreet's

Building activity sagged in April
and. whether due to high prices Of ma.
terial, high cost Of labor, backward
spring weather or d combination of all
these factors. the showing made for
the month, both as regards permits and
values, is one of the poorest made since
the summer of 1915.
Permits for April numbered 26,293, a
decrease Of 81 per cent from April a
wear ago, while the estimated value was
S77. 262,s46, a decline Of ll.2 per cent
from the same month of 1916. The de,
crease here shown brings the total
April expenditure, allowing for the
smaller number of cities reporting so
early in the month. well down to the
level of April, 1915, when decreases
were being shown from the not very
active months Of 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-13
To Hold Hearing
On Rules for
Fire Sprinklers
Tentative Form of Regula-
tons Has Been Made
More Acceptable
Decision on Roof Exits
A Flood Of Appeals from New
Orders Issued by Fire
Commissioner

The Real Estate Board calls the at
tention of property owners to three
important announcements on the CAL
endar Of the Board of Standards and
Appeals, dated May 10.
Rules for fire extinguishing appli-
ances (automatic sprinklers). which
were recently submitted in tentative
form for criticism and suggestion, have
been worked into shape and are ready
FOR a public hearing. This hearing will
be held on Thursday. May "a. at 2
o'clock in the afternoon, in Room 9l9,
Municipal Building. The calendar pub
fishes the rules in detail.
The building code and building
standards committee of the Real Es-
tate Board analysed the original draft
and presented its suggestions TO the
Board of Standards and Appeals. In
many particulars the. rules conform TO
the changes suggested by this commit
tee. particularly in relation to their
application to specific buildings. In
the original draft requirements were
laid down for the installation of
sprinkler systems in many types OF
buildings. The Real Estate Boards
committee took the position that such
requirements should only be laid down
for buildings specifically required by
law or ordinance to have sprinklers,
and this course has been followed.
Troublesome Point
Another important announcement re-
lates to a troublesome point in the
labor law. There are three sections OF
the labor law which apply to exits to
the roof. They are in measure con-
Trajectory. 1t has been customary to
issue orders for exits to the roof, even
where "safe egress to an adjoining
building" could not be had.
The Board of Appeals has ruled,
under Section 79-b-l of the labor law,
as follows:
THAT when employees or other occu-
pants Of building are unable to easily
escape from the roof of such building
to an adjoining roof or structure, or
when the roofs Of adjoining buildings
are more than eighty feet below or five
feet above the top of the parapet wall
Of the building in question, or, if there
be no parapet wall eight feet below
or FIVE feet above the caves of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-13
LONG ISLAND

FORMER NATIONAL. GUARDsMAN now
- Tsland suburban home, modern
Colonial cottage OF eight rooms and pain
.ficiently planned sleeping porch sun par-
- r,rr,s,t ccnveulences: can be bought FOR
800 cssh and s25 a month; on large plot
;6xig0. with planting OF evergreens and
shade trees flowers and no"er.hg shrups'
,sgs,abie garden enough for five people
v,t.b he-rv bushes strawberry plants, grape
zines. fruit trees. a cosy lit;ie country place
fust over y. Y C's line. only 81 MINIS, from
Flatbush or Pennsylvania stations IN eN-
ciubs. high elevation. y. McDonough, Ad-
dress tbs week Railroad y. II. c. a. Psrk
Az al S0th 81. New fork TC,'y. onIy ostor.
must be sold AZ once Write for appointment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-13
Marble Office Building
Planned for AID St. Site
Premises West Of Sixth Avenue
Being Cleared for Structure

A marble and terra Gotta Office build
inc. is to be constructed at III to ia
West Forty-second Street and extend
ing to 113 to III West Forty-frst
Street by the James McCreery Realty
Corporation from plans by Alfred o.
Bosom. The basement is being de-
signed for an up-to-date restaurant.
The James McCreery Corporation have
owned 112 and ia West Forty-second
Street and the Forty-hrst Street prop
erty for a long time; it recently &C
ouired 10 West Forty-second Street
The building will be ready for use the
latter part of the present year. me
site is about 100 feet west Of Shth
Avenue, on the south side of Forty
second Street. To the east is the site
on which the Bush Company is build
ing trade exposition structure.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-13
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
NEW YORK. STATE

LAKE GEORGE. BOLTON LANDING,
SEW ORK.-wILL SELL az satisfactory
nrice and terms or WILL RENT FOR
SEASON large modern house. furnished
hall 2sx25: library, music room ana Dli-
iis I'd room; large porches nine master
bedrooms and Ave baths: six servants
rooms and bath; steam heat; electric llght,
large garage; Ice house Allied; new docks
tennis court. flower and vegetable gardens'
ii acres. Apply TO FRANK l. POLK, NO
AZ Nassau Street, New York city; ISAAC
s HELLER. No. q william street. Ne"
York CITY, Attorneys for Executives.