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The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-19
RAIL WORKERS WANT RAISE
Leaders to Submit 20 Per Cent In
crease Plan to Unions.

Leaders TO Submit 70 Per Cent In.
crease Plan to Unions.
Ottawa. Ont, Oct. 19.-Representa-
tiyes Of 100000 organized railroad
workers in the northeastern part Of the
United States and eastern Canada de-
cided here to recommend to their
unions that they demand from their
employers wage increases of not less
than 20 per cent. The workers in
volved are trainmen, conductors, bag
gagemen, brakemen and yardmen ON
lines east of Chicago and north of the
Potomac river.
The vote in favor of the demand for
increased pay was unanimous on the
part Of 104 chairmen of the Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen and the
Order of Railway Conductors, who
have been in session here for three
days.
The question will be submitted to q
referendum of the members of the
brotherhoods, and if their vote is af-
firmative negotiations with the rail-
road companies will be begun.
If the increases are granted they
will mean the addition of millions of
dollars to the annual pay rolls of about
so companies which are involved.
w. G. Lee, president Of the train
mems organization, in announcing the
decision of the convention, said it had
been determined that railroad work
ers holding positions of responsible
ity were entitled to better pay.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-19
keep kLSkCE--KA|SER
Declares the French Must First
Take the Colony.
Emperor Lectures on Conservation Of
Foodstuffs.-Lunch Consists Of
Meat, Fish, Bread and Cheese.

London, Oct. 19.-The correspondent
of the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger, who was
permitted to travel on the train which
took Emperor William to the Balkans
and to lunch In the restaurant car
with the emperor, says a dispatch to
the Daily Chronicle from Amsterdam,
sends the following to his newspaper: !:
His majesty sat down to the table
with the observation that he had just
read Professor Painleve's first speech
as French premier
So NJ. Painleve wants Alsace-Lor-
raine, does hep exclaimed the emperor.
Good; but he must come and take 1t.
1.-The emperor then treated the COM
pany to eulogy of the late King Carl
and Queen Elizabeth of Roumania,
whose good work, he said, has been
undone in a few months by the hunger
for gold and power of certain agita-
tors.
"At the conclusion Of the lunch,
which consisted of meat and fish
courses and bread and cheese, about
the same as might be served In q
mfddle-class household the kaiser
said: 1t is unworthy for any German
to live well when even the best people
60 without things. What we have of
foodstuffs is common property which
by just division is sufficient to keep
us alive for an unlimited time and
which permits us to await final victory
with calm. Who takes more than his
share sins against those who serve the
fatherland.'"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-19
MUT|NY GRIPS
AUSTRIAN navy:
TEUT0NS REVOLT
III Treatment and Poor Food
Causes Uprising at PoIa
Naval Base.
FIGHT WITH U.BOAT CREWS
German Sailors at Ostend Refuse to
Board Graft and Throw Officer Into
Sea-Thirty Tars Are Hand
cuffed and Taken to Bruaes.

Washington, Oct. 19.-Official diplo-
mutinies in the Austrian navy and
clashes between Austrian sailors and
crews of the German submarine fleet
based at Pola, in which officers on both
sides have been killed and which re-
suited in decision to change the base
of the German fotilla.
Despite the attempts of the Austrian
admiralty to suppress the news, it
reached here, coming by way Of
Berne.
The Austrian crews are said to have
revolted under i'll treatment of officers
and bad food, while the clash with the
German submarine crews was caused
by the Overbearing conduct Of the lat
ter.
Fighting Is sanguinary.
The dispatches say the tension be-
tween Austrian and German crews be-,
came so alarming that extraordinary
measures were taken to prevent re-
currence of the fighting between them,
which included the decision to move
the German submarine f1otilla from the
Austrian base at Pola to another point
further south on the Adriat.c. The
aRhting between the two sets Of crews
Is described as having been sanguin-
ary.
This news Of mutiny in the Austrian
navy, received in the capital almost
at the same time as the Amsterdam
dispatches reporting further mutinies
In the German navy-this time among
submarine crews-create0 profound
impression among American naval Of
fieers and among other officials who
have been watching the situation with
expectation since the first mutinies In
the German feet were reported a few
days ago.
Submarine Holds Terror.
The first signs Of mutiny in the Ger
man fleet were regarded as most sig
nificant, since, unlike the army, it has
endured little of the hardship of cam
paigning. Dispatches from abroad,
however, confirm the opinion of Amer
lean naval officers, that it probably was
due in part at least to the drafting Of
seamen for submarine crews, service
which has come to hold terrors for the
German seamen because of the infeXi-
BILE British policy of never making any
announcement whatever of the fate Of
captured or lost crews of the German
submarines.
This suspense as to the fate of COM
rades who go out never to be heard of
again was expected to undermine the
morale Of the navy.
U-Boat Sailors In Mutiny.
Amsterdam, Oct. ia mutiny has
occurred among German sailors at the
Belgian port of Ostend, according to
the Belgisch Dageblad. They refused
to go aboard submarines and threw an
officer into the sea. Thirty of the
mutineers were removed in handouts.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-19
U-BOAT SAILORS REVOLT
AND FIGHTING RESULTS
CAPTURE MOON ISLAND
Berlin Announces Victory of Ger
mans Over Russians.
10000 Prisoners and War Material
Taken on Oesel IsIand-Russ
BattIeshIp Sunk.

Berlin, Oct. 19.-The German forces
have captured Moon island, according
to the official statement.
PetrOgrad, Oct. ia naval battle
has occurred In the Gulf of Riga be-
tween Russian and German battle
ships, the war Office announces.
The Russian battleship Slava was
sunk as the result of being bit sew
eral times beneath the water line.
Nearly all the members of the crew
were saved by Russian torpedo-boats
The official report says that during
the battle the Germans adopted the
tactics Of firing at distances beyond
the range Of the Russian guns, the
German artillery range being much su-
perior to the artillery of the old Rus
sian ships of the line.
The Russian ships, however, defend.
ed the entrance for considerable
time, and only severe damage caused
by the fire of dreadnaughts forced
Them to retire into the waters of Moon
sound.
1.-THE Slava, built in 1903, was an
old-type battleship Of 1855 tons, 397
feet in length, 76 feet beam aud 26
feet draft. Her armament consisted Of
four 12-inch and IL six-inch guns, with
"a secondary battery guns and four
torpedo tubes. Her speed was Is
knots. She had complement of 620
men,
Berlin, Oct. 1G.-The Germans have
taken 10000 prisoners and 80 guns
and much other material on Oesel is-
land, the war Office reports.
The Russian naval forces in the
Gulf of Riga have been trapped by
the Germans, according to the an
n0uncpmpnf
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-19
With 1B cents ilr'Ju1y- -I5ut Inp aver.
age retail price Of round steak in 798
cities is 81 cents per pound, against 27
cents In July.
U. S. AFTER LOAN FOES
Secretary McAdoo Wants Banks
to Report Directors.
Officials Of Department Of Justice
start investigation Into Workings
OF Alleged conspirators.

Washington, Oct. 19.-The govern
ment set In motion the machinery to
apprehend and punish prO-German
workers who have started an organ
lzed campaign in more than dozen
states to defeat the Liberty loan.
BY telegraph from Salt Lake City
Secretary McAdoo authorized the issu-
ance OF a statement here calling on all
banks upon which German pressure
has been brought to bear In an effort
to induce them not to aid the loan to
report the circumstances to him, and
promising to prosecute to the limit of
the law the "disloyal and traitorous
persons" making such attempts at in
timidation.
Department Of justice officials also
began an investigation into the work.
lngs Of the alleged conspirators with
view to prosecution, where justified,
under the espionage and other laws
dealing with sedition and attempts to
thwart the governments war pur-
poses.
The nations answer to the abOrave
efforts Of the pro-German campaign
was the greatest single days subscrip-
tions since the campaign started. Off,
cials estimate that nearly $1,75O,OOO,-
600 Of the loan has been subscribed
and heavy sales are reported on pros
pect for the closing days of the drive.
Reports to the treasury from many
regions indicate that the alleged plot
has not only failed but has resulted In
stimulating subscriptions where the
conspirators were most active.
"From several sections Of the coun-
try bankers have reported to me" !"
writes the secretary, that some OF
their customers have threatened to
withdraw deposits If the.r banks sub
scribed to the Liberty loan. earnest
~ request any banks, state Or national,
against which such threats have been
made to report Immediately by tele-
gram or letter to the secretary Of the
treasury, Washington, the names and
addresses of the person or persons
guilty of such disloyal and traitorOus
actions, and shall see to 1t that they
are dealt with to the limit of the law.
II also request such banks to inform
me Immediately II any deposits are
withdrawn because they subscribed to
the Liberty loan, giving me the name
Of the person or persons who have
made such Withdrawals"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-19
BIG Mine STRIKE
WILL END SOON
Frank harrington, Union Head,
Says Most of Men Will Be
Back Monday.
$4,000 TO STAY AT Work
Strike in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma
and Arkansas Deferred Pending
Negotiations Between Opera
tors and the Men.

Washington, Oct. 19.-Both Fuel Ad-
ministrator Garfield and President
John P. White of the United Mine
Workers expressed confidence that the
strike of coal miners in the central
competitive field of Ohio, Illinois, In
diana and Pennsylvania would be set
tied within short time.
President White left last night for
his headquarters in Indianapolis,
where he will continue his efforts to
induce the men to return to work.
Despite reports Indicating spread OF
strike sentiment among the men, Mr..
White was optimistic when he left
Washington. At the fuel admlnistra-
ton 1t was said that he viewed the
strike movement as sporadic and be-
lieved that the trouble would be ad-
justed within few days by an appeal
to the patriotism of the men not to
permit the nations coal supply to be
diminished.
U. S. Has Drastic Plan.
Should Mr.. Whites efforts fail 1t is
understood that the fuel administra-
ton is prepared to lay before Presi-
dent Wilson drastic plan for making
certain an adequate coal supply.
To be prepared for any emergency,
possibly the seizing of coal mines, Off
cials Of the government held an I'M
portant conference at the department
Of justice.
Sees End Of Strike Near.
Joliet. ILL.,. Oct 19.-Frank Earring
ton, president of District No. r. Union
Mine Workers of Illinois, issued the
following official statement: Reports
Indicate that the men are beginning to
understand the futility Of their stop
ping work to force Doctor Garfield
more promptly on the proposed wage
increase and they are gradually return
ing to work, with every prospect that
by Monday all men will be back to
work"
Strike of 25.0oo Called Of.
Kansas City, Mo-, Oct. 19.-The
strike Of $4,000 coal miners in the
southwestern district, embracing Mis-
souri,, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkan-
sas, which was to have begun Friday
morning. has been deferred pending
negotiations between representatives of
the Southwestern Coal Operators as
socation and the men.
Miners Blame Operators.
Chicago, Oct. 19.-IlllnOis coal miners
who are on strike planned to call a
state convention Of strikers, to take
concerted action In their dispute with
the coal operators, whom they accuse
Of bad faith.
In refusing to pay higher wages un-
til the price Of coal has been raised,
the operators are accused Of breaking
their agreement. Strikers in Spring
field met during the afternoon, accord
ing to dispatches, and drew up a call
for a state convention at which the
strikers may state their grievances.
Job pruning promptly and neatly
executed at the News office. The
union label is in use at this office.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-19
EXHIBIT CAPTURED U-BOAT
Submarine Will Be Used to Boost Lib
erty Loan In New York.

erty loan In New York.
New York, Oct. ia German sub
marine captured by the British will
soon be on view In New York. It ar
rived In three sections In the hold of
an English steamship and was unload
ed to be assembled in Central park as
an exhibit to aid the Liberty loan
drive. The Liberty loan committee an
nounced that the submarine was the
U. c. s. Of the mine-laying type, caught
laying mines In the North sea by q
British destroyer in April, 1915. The
craft Is ITO feet long. beam IL feet,
and has displacement of 200 tons II
has capacity and machinery. for lay
Ing twelve mines. It carries no guns
or torpedo tubes. The craft when
placed In Central park will be used
as a Liberty loan bond selling booth.
and only those who have bought q bond
Will be allowed to inspect the craft.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-19
SERIOUSLY ILL
PuoIllst In Critical Condition 1t Chi
cago Hospital.

Chicago. Oct. 19-Of1cials at tthe
Michael Reese hospital indicated that
II was their belief that Bob Fitzsim-
mons, the former champion heavy
weight fighter, who Is critically Ill
here, would live at least until morn
ting. Although the "old man" Of the
hghting game is very low, no one In
charge would admit that death was
certain. On the other hand they re-
fused to- give cut any statement sug-
gest1ng his possible recovery. F1ts-
simmons came 70 Chicago to fll q
vaudeville engagement, and was strick-
enssuddsnly with pneumonia on Wed
needay.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-19
SHOOT AT U. S. SOLDIERS

Americans Return Fire When Attacked
by Mexlcans.
Maria, Tex, Oct 19-Mexicans fred
upon an American army patrol at San
Jose, sixty miles south of here, on the
Rio Grande, according to report
brought here from the river The fire
was returned by the army patrol. Ban
dts have been operating on the Mexi-
can side Of the river opposite San Jose.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-19
ALL DRAFTED MEN TO CAMP
Orders Received for Entrafnment OF
Final Quotas.

Washington, Oct. 19.-Orders for the
entrainment Of the final quotas from the
Northwest states yesterday indicated
the early completion of the entire mob
ilization Of the first draft call Of 6S7.-
600 men by the first or second week Of
November. Arrangements for the Sec
ond draft are we'll under way, and
while no call is expected before the
first of the year, the war department
is considering beginning in the early
future continuance Of the examination
of the remaining 100000 eligibles 80
as to make ups a waiting list and e.
tablish the liability of registrants.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-19
CONDEMNED MAN ENDS LIFE
Notorious Outlaw Cheats hanqman's
Moose by Few Hours.

Baton Rouge, La, Oct. 19.-HeIairc
Carriere, notorious outlaw, killed him.
self in the penitentiary, cheating by
few hours the hangman's moose. Car
riere was to have been hanged at noon
today. Carriere had been convicted of
the murder of Sheriff Marion L.
Swords of st. Landry parish more than
year ago. Swords was killed at
tempting to arrest Carriere for murder.
Fleeing to the cane-brakes and terror
izing the country for weeks, finally be-
ing wounded and taken prisoner,
out of National Guardsmen.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-19

New York, Oct 19.-Total official
al reserve board amount to $416,576,-
$50. Estimated subscriptions total
s545, 900 600.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-19
TRAINS CRASH; EIGHT HURT
Two ResIdents Of Milwaukee Among
Those Injured In Iowa.

Two &esIdents OF Milwaukee Among
Those Injured In Iowa.
Mason City, Ia. Oct. 19.-Eight per-
sons were injured, several Of them
seriously when Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul passenger train No. 25 col
nded head-on with freight train at
Valdora, siding eleven miles west of
McGregor. The passenger train, with
orders to take the siding at Valdora, is
reported to have run past the switch
and struck the freight train, which was
occupying the main line. The injured,
who were taken to hospital at Nc
Gregor, include L. S. Matteson of Mil
waukee, Andrew Singer, Charles City,
Ia. A. Haveland, Ossian, Ia: e. An
thony, Clinton, Ia, and Nathan Saffarn,
Milwaukee.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-19
SECRETARY LANE TAKEN ILL
Strfken With Attack Of Grip While on
Train In New Jersey,

Trenton, N. j., Oct. 19.-Secretary
Of the Interior Franklin K. Lane, while
on his way from Washington to New
York, was taken suddenly Ill with an
attack Of grip on the train just before
reaching this city. and when he ar.
rived here no immediately returned
= NoGh1Qgtoo.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-19
so ENEMY ALIENS INTERNED

Workers Seized by U. s. at Hoboken-
Planned TO Destroy Property.
Hoboken, N. Y, Oct. 19.-Fifty me-
chanics working at large dry dock
plant here on American transports and
German liners seized by the govern
ment, were interned at Ellis island rs
fallen enemies" The company for
which the men worked refused to con-
arm the arrests, but the information
was given out by the HohOken police.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-19
TRAIN ROBBED OF $4,000
Posses Seek Bandits Who Looted Car
Of Banks Money.

Dyersburg. Tenn, Oct 19.-Sheriffs'
posses from several Tennessee coun-
ties are searching for two armed men
who held up an express messenger
aboard a Chicago, Memphis and Gulf
railroad train near here and escaped
with about $4,000 in currency. The
stolen money was in transit from the
First National bank and the Bank OF
Commerce 1t Memphis.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-19
JURY FREES ADOLPH GERMER
Socialist and Ten Others Acquitted OF
Conspiracy Charge.

Grand Rapids, Mich, Oct. 49,
Adolph Germer Of Chicago, executive
secretary of the National Socialist
party, and ten other persons, were ac-
quilted by Jury In United States dis
trict court here OF charges OF con-
spiracy against the selective army act
Germer is national secretary for the
Socialist party and 1t is alleged that
he distributed antiwar literature.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-19
"yvheat King" Exempt From Draf1

'VNheat King" Exempt From Draf&.
Butte, Mont. Oct. 19.-Hugh- Swee-
ney, known as "the wheat king" OF
Montana, has been exempted from the
selective draft, because the government
considers him more valuable as food
producer than as soldier. Sweeney
did not claim exemption.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-19
German Rebels Sent to Front

Amsterdam, Oct. 19.-German sail
ors who took part in the recent mutiny
at Wilhelmshaven have been sent TO
the western front to fight In the
trenches
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-19
SOLDIERS BUY MANY BONDS
Army Has Purchased $4,000, 900
Worth Of Securities.

Washington, Oct. 19.-American sol
diers and the army civilian employees
have purchased more than $4,000, 900
Of bonds OF this amount men in the
is National army camps have sub
scribed $1O,6OO,OOO and those in the
Is National Guard camps $9,2OO,OOO.
The National army soldiers have aver
aged $24.52 each, while the record Of
the National Guardsmen is $33.36 per
capita, and the average for the en-
tire 81 camps is $29.97..
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-19
s1,7oO,o00,o00 FOR LOAN
Sales Quarter of Billion Above Half
Desired Amount.

Washington, Oct. 19.-Unofficial re-
ports show the country up to the close
of business Wednesday night had sub
scribed $1,75O,OOO,OOO of the required
s., 600, 100000 issue.
Official reports from the various fed
eral banks show the following:
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-19

Job pruning promptly and neatly
executed at the News office. The
union label is in use at this Office.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-22
SMALL POX
IN GERMANY
THIRTY THOUSAND CASES ARE
RAGING AND THE Dis fSia
IL SPREADING
VACCINATION IS FUTILE
E1di Text OF Speech Delivered BY
Socialist Member in the Reich
stag Is Received at State
Department,

WASHINGTON, March az
Thirty thousand cases of smallpox
RACES in Germany and the disease is
spreading rapidly, according to the
speech Of Socialist Reiehstag Mem
ber Hoffman received by the state
department today in full. Brief por-
tions Of the speech had been feeeiY-
ed by the press here recently. The
full text of the speech shows that
Hoffman charged that the rich are
getting the fats. while the poor get
none: that the government is hoard
ing sausages with which the poor
ought to he fed; that smallpox Is
spreading rapidly and that yaeeina-
tion employed against the disease is
proving futile.
The speech showed far more
distressing situation in Germans
than any reports tnus Jar received
at the state department. 1t in
creased the belief, caused by recent
rumors. that the conditions are ripe
for . real revolution in Germany
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-22
TROOPS AIDING
The PEOPLE
NO DfssESsfoSs ARE REPORTED
AMONG TIE RUSSIAN TROOPS
IT THE FRONT.
The Baltic Fleet Gave supper, to
the New tsoyernment-l'iniand
Unanimous for the New
Regime.

PETR0GRAB, March e." We
mus doff our dirty shirts before we
put on q clean enc, was epigram-
matte explanation with which Pre-
mier Lzolf described the transition
which Russia is experiencing now
from autoeracy TO democracy.
THE troops on the western front
are entirely siding with the people,
he continued.
There we're no exeesses reported
from the northern front but the
commissioner sent there to restore
order restored discipline The whole
Baltic fleet euppo ted the new gov
ernment
Finland is M .ntmeus for the
new regime. The provisional gov
ernment is in constant contact with
the workiaamen delegates and 1t is
not anticipated there viii be any Sc
rious dissensious
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-22
YOUNG WOMAN
IS MURDERED
FULLY DRESSED BODY WAS
FOUND FLOATING IN LEON
RIVER NEAR BEITON.
DAUGHTER OF A FARMER
The Body Was Identified As That
Of asiss Emma Staiey, Daughter
Farmer-Narxs of
Violence Found.

TEMPLE, Iexas, March 22.-The
body of young woman, fully
dressed. was found floating in the
Leon river by boys engaged in
fishing three miles west OF BeIon
near Miller's Springs. and when
taken to Belton was identified by
Mr.. and Mrs. john Staley as their
daughter Emma. aged 90.
Marks of violence were found on
tfe head and body, indicating mur-
der. The fee were tied together
with baiiing wire and veil tightly
wound around the head and face
Was also bound with wire.
he contents OF a letter found
OF he body were not made public.
According q County Health Officer
A B. Craine the body had been in
tho water from three to five days.
Sheriff Smith caused the arrest OF
young farmer whose name was not
given out
The Staloys are farmers residing
at Midway west OF Temple.