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The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-04
TRAINING u. S. FLYERS ABROAD
Contracts for Two -Sqad-on Field for
Final instruction.

Washington, June .4.-Contracts
have been awarded to an American
firm for the construction of a two
squadron aviation field in France
where American army f1iers will re-
ceive final preparation before taking
their place at the front.
The announcement was made in a
statement issued by the committee
on public information in which Chair
man Howard e. Coffin of the board
describes the progress that is being
made with development of aviators
and aircraft in the United States.
Three training fields will be so nearly
completed by July 20 that 500 student
aviators, graduates of the preliminary
theoretical courses given at six col
leges, can begin their training in ac-
tual flight by that time.
Gas new airmen leave American
fields at the end Of their four months
training" the statement says, "they
will fly to the Atlantic coast and en-
bark for France. On French soil,
under French instructors and with
French machines, they will complete
their preparation for actual work at
the front.
1--WE believe that The outlook prom
ises a quick development of the latent
air resources of America, which may
be unprecedented in the military his
tory of the world.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-04
HOME-PLANNING IN COUNTRY
Whole Farm Layout Should Be
Sketched and Studied Before Any
Buildings Are Erected.

Put the house, if possible, on an emf
-nence, or rise, facing east or south,
with gentle slope away from the
front. Don't build too near the road,
nor yet too far back-15O to 25O feet
will generally be about right.
Don't, don't ever put the barn and
lot buildings in front of the house.
The only logical place for these is in
the rear and hidden, If practicable,
by trees, vines and shrubbery.
Before building, give study and
time to planning the whole farm lay
out, Progressive Farmer advises.
Doing this may save many later re-
grets. Take paper and pencil, and,
with the aid of the family, sketch the
grounds as they sho lid be when the
building and planting scheme is COM
pleted. It may and probably will be
years before all details of building
and planting are completed but then
there will be harmonious, pleasing
whole. Aim at an ideal and come as
near reaching it as possible.
AS never before, convenience and
simple dignity are the aims of house
building. A compact, well-arranged
plan saves steps for the housewife and
likewise building materials.
Put in plumbing and wiring as the
farmer these days should aim at moth
ing less than waterworks, a sewage
disposal system and electric lights, or
at least an acetylene lighting system.
Make the farm home fit it's surround
ings; the country is no place for osten-
tatiOus show. Multitudes of gables,
bay windows and vivid-tinted paints
jar especially in country houses, be-
cause they give an air of artifciality
among natures harmonies of coloring.
Have an open grass lawn. How
ever well designed and built house
may be, if it has no green lawn in
ront it is incomplete. Make the lawn
open and free from shrubs or flowers
except at the borders.
Frame the whole picture with flow
ering shrubs and trees. Directly in
front of and near the house is no place
for trees, however beautiful they may
be; rather place them at the side and
toward the back, bordering them with
Towering shrubs like the Grape myrtle,
and these, in turn, with banks of the
easily grown Towering ANNALS like
zinnias and saliva.
Put vines, preferably hardy ever
green like the English ivy, over un-
slightly fences, stumps and walls.
Make stately, cool avenues of the
hot, dusty lanes by bordering them
with pecan trees.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-04
BRITISH RESUME
ARRAS OFFENSIVE
Good Progress Being Made South
Of the Souchez River, Says
London.
$4,000 AUsTRIANS KILLED
Rome Report Says Foe Suffered Heavy
CasuaIties-Paris Says Five
Attacks Were RepuIsed
on Plateaus.

London, June 4.-The British are
again on the offensive on the Arras
front. The official statement an
nounceS that an attack launched south
of the Souchez river already has re-
suited in good progress being made.
The text of the statement follows:
The enemy's positions south of
the Souchez river We're attacked by our
troops at night. Good progress has
been already made on. the front at
tackled and a number Of prisoners have
been captured.
In the course Of the night the ene-
my attacked our line Of advance posts
southwest of Cherisy and first made
some progress. Our counter-attacks
regained the whole ground lost with
the exception of one post.
Successful raids were carried out
by us south of Ypies, where we cap
tured 10 prisoners. Hostile artillery
was again active last night In the
neighbOrhoOd of BullecOurt."
$4,000 Austrians Killed.
Rome, June 4.-Austrian losses be-
tween May IA and May 20 are esti-
mated at $4,000 dead, wounded and
missing, including Ave generals and 40
high officers. A hundred cannon have
been taken or destroyed. The Giornale
dItalia says that Emperor Charles
soon will proclaim Trieste autonomous,
whereby it will become "a free city,
like Hamburg and Rremen Tho m
nouncement, the papers says, will be
accompanied by numerous amnesties.
French Repulse Five Attacks.
Paris, June Alive heavy attacks
were made by the Germans on the
French positions on the California and
Vauclerc pateaus. The war office an
nounced the complete repulse of all
these assaults, with heavy losses to
the attacking forces.
German surprise attacks in the
Champagne and in the Vosges were
failures.
Fight Still On, Says Berlin.
Berlin, June 4.-British attacks
were made on the German lines near
LOos, at the Souchez river and north
east of Monchy, on the Arras front.
Army headquarters announced that the
attacks were repulsed, adding that
fighting was still continuing southwest
of Lens.
The night statement reports heavy
artillery fire on the Wytschaete bend
(Belgian fronD.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-04
GERMANS BUILD BIG DIVERS
Nephew of Swedish Official Tells OF
U-Boats at kiei.

Baltimore, Nd, June 4.-Gigantic
submarines, big as tank steamers, are
being constructed by the Germans at
Kiel, Swede, nephew Of the national
health officer of Sweden, who only a
few weeks ago left the great German
naval base.
"While living near Kiel,"' said Mr..
Stenbech, 81 had ample opportunity
to study the movements of the Ger
man warships and submarines. The
Germans have built one type OF war
ship that is a cross between battle
ship and a cruiser. This Is the type
of boat that has been reported In the
raids made on the British coast and
In places.
'"There are at present number OF
new types of submarines at Kiel. The
boats when on the surface resemble
tank steamers. The U-bOats have
base somewhere outside of Germany,
for the only time l ever saw them
enter Kiel was for repairs to machin-
cry.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-04
27 KILLED IN LISBON RIOT
Stores Looted by Starving Throngs as
Martial Law Is Declared.

Lisbon, June 4.-The riots here,
briefly announced abroad by telegraph,
were caused by a scarcity Of bread,
an increase in the cost Of potatoes and
high prices for food generally. Long
lines of people had been waiting from
dark to daybreak night after night
this month for the bakeries to open.
Anarchstic agitators, taking advan-
tage of this situation, appear to have
organized disturbances in various
parts of Lisbon, beginning three nights
ago. Crowds assailed the bakeries,
groceries and provision stores and
provision stores and sacked numerous
places. Martial law was proclaimed
and the military governor, by taking
energetic measures, restored order.
Twenty-seven persons were killed in
the rioting. Hundreds Of persons were
arrested and taken on board warships
in the harbor or confined in the naval
arsenal.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-04
AIMS OF UNITED STATES
TO BE PROMULGATED
SPIES PLAN REVEALED
Three Men Captured as New
York Police Uncover Plot.
Same Method Used to Notify Germany
When American Fleet Sri'sd
From United States.

New York, June 4.-The systeLl by
which information in this country by
German spies is transmitted to neu-
tral countries and thence to Berlin
was uncovered by the local police
force and others In the arrest Of three
men and the seizure of quantity Of
mail fntrusted to them by Germans.
The arrests are believed to furnish
the explanation Of the manner in
which Germany was Informed of the
crossing Of the American destroyer
Hotilla four days before it had reached
the other side and in time to enable
German submarines to mine the port
for which they were destined.
The three men arrested are accused
Of carrying messages out of the coun-
try for German spies on board Of
steamships. Deputy Police Commits
sioner Guy Scull and Assistant United
States District Attorney John G. Knox
refused to name the country into
which the information collected by
spies was conveyed. Indications were
that the messengers took reports Of
spies and letters from persons en-
gagged in trading with the enemy to
German agents in Mexico. 1t is be-
lieved that military and naval infOr-
nation of value to Germany was trans
mitted to her by wireless.
The names Of the three men were
refused by the police. They were de-
scribed as merely minor agents Of the
conspiracy. Two of the prisoners are
American-bOrn, while the third Is a
naturalized citizen of Swedish birth.
The police intend to make further ar
rests, and are now seeking the ch1efs
Of the German information service In
this country.
"The charge against them at pres
ent," Mr. Knox said, "is that Of COM
peting with the government by carry
ing mail in opposition to the govern
ment These men were engaged with
others in maintaining q service for
mail which it was not desired to send
through the United States post office" ."
The police believe the uncovered
trail may lead to German agents
t'higher up"
Throughout the afternoon and night
Captain Tunney from police headquar-
ters directed the movements of num-
Der Of his men who are looking for
other cOnSpiratOrs.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-04
NAVY MEN TRAIN IN EAST
Jamestown, Va, Is Destination of Pc
cruits at Chicago Station.

Washington, June 1.-THE navy re-
cruits at the Great Lakes Naval Train
ing station are to receive their inten-
sive training at the great naval base
to be prepared at jamestown, Va.
Secretary Daniels said: Recruits
have been pouring in so rapidly in the
last few weeks that the training sta
tions have been OvertaXed, and for
some time we have been enlisting men
and sending them home to await call.
"With the acquisition of the James
town property, the enlargement of the
Great Lakes training station at
Chicago, where we are erecting bar
racks and other buildings ON leased
land adjoining the training station,
together with the increase we are
making in the facilities at San Diego,
Mare Island, Pensacola, Charleston,
Newport and other points, we expect
to be able in a month to have ade
uuate provision for the care and
training of all the men enlisted"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-04
Lessons Learned In Sleep.


Lessons have been learned and diff
cult problems solved while In sound
slumber. so
A young girl, through the death of
her father, was told that she must
leave school unless she passed an ex-
animation which would entitled her to
scholarship. She studied assiduous-
", and on one occasion carried her
school books to her bedroom, intending
to rise early the next day for the pur
pose of study. In the morning, on
looking over her lessons, she was sur
prised to find that she already knew
them. This happened for several sue
ceeding days, when she mentioned the
circumstances to her mother, who de-
termined to watch her. This she did,
and observed the girl get up as soon
as it was light. apply herself to her
lessons, and then return to bed. When
awake she had no idea of what she
had done.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-04
URGES PEACE FOR RUSSIA
Former Envoy to U. S. Suggests Con-
ference to End War,

Petrograd, June An long declar-
alton published In the Dyen, Baron
Rosen, former Russian ambassador to
the United States and former member
of the council of the empire, suggests
as means Of exit for Russia from her
present chaotic condition a diplomatic
conference with the entente allies to
determine possible basis for peace
with the central powers.
complete ruin Of the enemy-have be-
come hopeless. he declares, and the
war promises to develop into a slow
process OF more or less general ex-
haustion of both sides.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-04
WARNS AGAINST EVADINC
REGISTRATION LAW TUESDAY
TO INSURE SOLDIERS
u. S. Government Plans $4,000
Policies.
Would Be Substitute for Pensions
Death or Serious Injury May Be
Paid For by New System.

Washington, June 4.-Plans for is
suing $4,000 free government insur-
ance on the life Of every American sol
dier and sailor during the war in lieu
Of pension arrangements will be taken
up this week by the council Of nation
al defense. The plan also would pro-
vide insurance for partial or total dis
ability. A report prepared by Assist
ant Secretary Sweet of the commerce
department urges that the insurance
be provided through legislation before
American troops are sent to France.
The defense council took up the
question some weeks ago and turned
the whole subject over to the depart
ment of commerce for investigation.
The plans prepared provide for a
fiat insurance of $4,000 on the life of
every officer and private in the mill
tary and naval service to be paid to
his beneficiaries without premiums.
A government insurance bureau
would handle the subject and there
would be provision for a system of
insurance by which officers and men
desiring to do so could take out
amounts higher than the $4,000 free
policy by paying premiums at peace
rates.
One argument advanced for the in
surance plan is that it would improve
the morale Of the troops, since many
would go into battle much more will
fngly If assured their dependents
would be cared for if they were killed.
In case of death the insurance would
be paid in installments whose amount
would be determined by a government
hoard
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-04
NINE DIE IN ILLINOIS MINE
Workers Killed by Gas Explosion
Near Heron

Herrin, H., June t.-Nine dead and
two injured were the definite toll, as
certained, of gas explosion at No. 2
mine of the w. 2. Rend Coal and Coke
company north of here last night. The
dead are:
Ira Sanders, night boss; Otis Reyn-
olds, Amos MeZo, Guy Viekery, Roy
Weathers, Charles Rice, John Gossage,
I. S. Good, Ezra Adams.
(, The injured at the hospital are Tom
Cox and w. A. Brewer, both danger
Ously burned.
1t is supposed that the workmen
walked off into an abandoned work
ings where there was gas. Little DAM
age was done to the mine, which en-
ploys 600 men, and no fire followed
the explosion.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-04
TURKS DEFEATED BY RUSS
Petrograd Announces Victor In re
SaIiz Region.

Petrograd, June 4.-Russ;an troops
have won victory in battle with
the Turks in the Sakiz region on the
Mesopotamian frontier, taking posses
sion Of thrse heights, the war office
announced.
The statement also reports the re-
pulse of Kurdish attack sOutheart
of Erzingan. in Armenia.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-04
ANARCHY IN RUSS CAPITAL
Grand Duke Nicholas Arrested and
Riots Are Reported.

London, June 4.-Grand Duke Mich,
olas, former commander in chief of the
Russian armies, has been arrested as
a result Of royalist riots at Tif1is, ac-
cording to an Exchange Telegraph dis
patch from PetrOgrad. Early last
month it was announced tha@ Grand
Duke Nicholas had arrived at his es-
tate in the Crimea. There have been
several arrests in connection with re-
ported royalist movements since the
revolution, but no previous intimation
has been received of any disorders in
this connection.
Petrograd, June A number of
keavily-armed anarchists paraded the
Nevsky Prospect bearing banners
inscribed "Down with Authority Long
live the social revolution !" The mem
bers of the mob carried rifles, re-
volvers, daggers and grenades.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-04
A Pew compIaIner answered,

mind to the minister who was tenn
porarily filling the pulpit. II didn't
like your prayer very much this morn
ing" said he. "No?" answered the
minister. "And what was the matter
with it?" SWELL, in the first place, 1T
was too long; and, aside from this, it
contained two or three expressions
which l thought were scarcely war
ranted." II am sorry, deacon" the
good man responded, "but it might be
well to bear in mind that the prayer
wasn't addressed to you" Liverpool
Post.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-04
TWO KILLED IN TONG WAR
Battles Occur at Seattle and Portland
-INMo Wounded

Portland, Ore, June 4-Tong hostil-
tiles here and in Seattle resulted In
the death Of two Chinese and the
wounding of seven other persons, In
Guiding two whites. The outbreak
shattered the sO-called peace pact
signed recently by representatives of
the warning Tongs. The shooting here
occurred In the downtown district, two
Chinese being instantly killed and an
other probably fatally wounded. Three
Chinese were wounded as a result Of
the Seattle outbreak.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-04
Dutch Lend Food to BELGIUM.

The Hague, June because of the.
scarcity of foodstuffs in Belgium and
northern France, the Dutch govern
ment has placed at the disposal of the
Belgian relief commission $4,000 tons
of grain, which is to be returned from
stocks af1Oat for the commission.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-04
[. S. LINER WAS HIT TWICE
Germans Make Unsuccessful Attack
on the Kroonland Near Britain.

New York; June 1.-Two German
submarines made concerted torpedo
attack on the American line steam
ship KrOonland on her last outward
voyage from this port, firing four tor
pedoes, two of which hit the liner, ac-
cording to report brou,sht here by
an American, who said he was told Of
the attack by an officer on the ship.
The torpedoes failed to explode. The
naval gunners on the KrOonland
opened fire at the unseen targets, send
ing explosive shells into the water.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-04

f.-Wltl IeSlS-
tration day only few hours Off, the
department of justice issued it's final
warning against attempts 10 evade the
law.
To Arrest Offenders.
Attorney General Gregory's state
ment follows:
Il anticipate no resort to force to
prevent registration. If any individual
should attempt it he will be promptly
dealt with.
In almost every community there
will be persons who will attempt to
evade registration. One class will con-
sist of weaklings who lack the physical
and moral courage necessary to face
the possibility of fight, and another
of those under the influence of men
and women beyond the conscription
age who are endeavoring to dissuade
young men from registering. Some of
the people exerting this influence are
wholly disloyal; others are lacking in
patriotism or an appreciation of the
needs Of their country and are animat-
members of their families.
Ready and Willing.
"The young men of the country who
come within the provisions of, the con-
scription act are brave and inherently
loyal. They are ready and willing, in
nearly every instance, to answer to
the nations call and do their part in
protecting 1t from a foreign foe.
'The registration law puts into eff
feet policy new to the present gen
Grafton. 1t is to be expected that some
individuals subject to the law will at
tempt to eyade it. To him who does
not grasp the magnitude of the regis
tration proposed, the number who on
June 5 appear to have failed to regis
ter may seem large
To Prosecute Evaders.
Attention Is called to the fact that
more than 100000 men, according to
census facts, are subject to registra-
ton. The failure Of one man in one
hundred to do so will make consider
able total. If the early returns show
that the number registered does not
equal the preliminary estimates, it will
indicate that the law has not been
generally obeyed. Those who attempt
to evade will be promptly punished and
compelled to perform the service re-
quired by the law. 1t Is the duty of
this department to prosecute these
evaders, and it is prepared to do SO.
Point to Arrests,
1t was pointed out at the department
that of the eleven arrests made in Gin
cinnau ten of the prisoners had Ger
man names. This single instance is
taken as evidence Of the wholesale
propaganda being carried on in this
country and which is flourishing espe-
cially in the central and far West, de-
spite the governments efforts to stamp
1t out.
Attorney General Gregory admitted
that there probably would be not less
than 10000 men who would fail to
register or attempt to evade registra-
ton.
The plans of the department for
dealing with this large number of
cases have all been made. Arrests
will follow In every instance and there
will be no court delay, as failure to
register will be an open and shut mat
ter in every case.
Immediate draft of all those physi-
cally capable into the army probably
will follow. The others will be i'm
prisoned. Sentence on the drafted
ones will be suspended until after the
war.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-04
Mrs. Busch BUYS War Bonds.

st. Louis, June 4.-Mrs. Adolphus
Busch, widow of the well-known
brewer, bought $5OOOOO Of the Liberty
loan bonds.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-04
On the Green
Diamond
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
Sundays Results.

NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Chicago, 5; Brooklyn, g
st. Louis. g., New York, /.
Cincinnati, 6; Boston, 8.
No other games played.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Detroit, s; New York, 4.
No other games played.
WESTERN LEAGUE.
Omaha, 80; Sioux City, 1t,
Lincoln, 1-3; Des Moines, 5-12
Denver, IA; Wichita, 3-12
st. Joseph, 3-4; Joplin, At.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-04
aulaars Report Successes

Bulgars Report Successes.
Sofia, June 4.-Bulgarian A. troops on
the Macedonian front have repulsed
several French attacks near the Var
dar Rivere.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-04
U. S. ISSUES
final WARNING
ON DRAFT Law
Attorney General Declares De-
partment Is Ready to Prose-
cute Offenders.
MOST READY AND WILLING
Gregory Says Most of the Young Men
of the Country Are Brave and In
herentIy LoyaI-LittIe Trou-
BILE Expected.

Washington, June 4.-With regis
tratlon day only few hours Off, the
department of justice issued it's final
warning against attempts TO evade the
law.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-09-21
Boys Have Great Old
Time on Way to Camp;
Sing, Joke and Play

sang from the time they left Seat
tie until they detrained at head
quarters. Altho few sober souls
attempted to read or to write in
diaries. most of the men spent the
time enjoying themselves In the
loudest possible manner
who said conscientious object
orr" was a slogan adopted on the
train. and every few minutes some
embryo upholder OF democracy
would rise In his seat and put the
question. Then, from all sides.
would come the response. Who in
hell said that? p
Girls Follow In Autos
At every town thru which the
train passed, little groups of people
on the station platforms shouted
and waved flags at the men, while
number of automobiles. carrying
"the girls they left behind" follow
ed the first train, the men in the
train and girls In the cars eXchaag
Ing remarks
However, before the merrymak
Ing began, there was "business" TO
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