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The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-29
b|TUM|N0US COAL PRICES
WILL TAKE 4 TUMBLE
Many FLEE FLOOD
Town of Rock Creek, Ore, Re-
ported Swept Away.
Nall of Water Rushes Down Valley
After Fifty-Foot Dam
Gives Way.

Baker, Ore, June 29.-Reports from
daines say the town of Rock Creek
virtually was swept away when 30
.Oot dam at the flooded Killamancuc
axe, 10 miles west of Haines, gave
way. Residents of Haines, which is in
he path Of the flood, are reported hur-
'yfng for high ground. Nearly every
building IN the town is said to have
been destroyed. Communication with
he flooded district has been cut off. 1t
S not known whether there has been
any loss Of life.
Along the entire path of the rushing
water people are fleeting carrying with
Them what few belongings they were
able to gather, according to reports
reaching here. Several ranches have
been completely flooded. The loss will
"un into thousands of dollars.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-29
GAVE OUT NEWS TOO SOON
George Creel Censured for Announcing
Arrival of q. S. Troops.

Washington, June 20.-Angered by
the authorization by the committee on
public information of premature an
nOuncement of the arrival Of the Per-
Shing division of regulars in France,
Secretary Of War Baker withdrew the
dissemination of war department in
formation from the jurisdiction of the
censorship organization under George
Creel, and appointed General Mcln-
tyre sole censor and diSSeminatW of
American army news. When the news
arrived of the landing of the American
regulars in France the war depart
ment refused to authorize it's publica-
tion on the ground that the movement
is incomplete and the safety of other
cOntingents might be endangered by
the disclosure.
Creel, however, authorized the publi-
cation.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-29
SEEK MISSING BOY IN CAR
c., M. g. ST. P. Men Hunt for No.
5oOOo9-BiIIed to Indiana.

Superior, Wis, June 29-The loca-
ton of car No. 59OO99 of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul railway may
solve the mystery of the disappearance
of fve-year-old William Mclean, miss
ing since Friday Of last week, when
he was last seen playing about the pier
at which the car was being loaded
with fiaxseed meal for Bensenville,
Ind. The water near the pier has
been dragged vainly several times and
now the boys father, Capt. W. S. Nc
Lean, for many years q sailor on the
lakes, is pinning his hopes of finding
him in the car. Tracers have been
sent out to points along the line.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-29
Insuring the Apple Crop.

Of late years scientific attempts
have been made to insure the apple
crop. Formerly apple growing was
sort of gamble. Perhaps Jack Frost
might slip down from the hills into an
orchard, some spring night, when the
trees were in bloom, and with touch
of his icy fingers, blast the entire
crop. Even if he passed up the oppor-
tunity of freezing the inclpient crop
the worms and bugs and various dis
eases got in their work. All the way
through apple growing was more or
less of a gamble. Not so today. The
apple producer provides himself with
smudge pots filled with oil, and when
the temperature drops to the freez-
ing point in spring time the grower
lights the heaters and maintains safe
temperature. Then at the proper time
he goes forth with spraying ap-
paratus and wards off the danger and
damage of myriad host of creeping,
crawling, flying stinging insects and
some tree diseases as we'll.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-29
U, S, FORCES IN France
UNDER AMERICAN HEAD
FEARS DIVIDED NATION
Senator Lodge Opens Debate on
Food Bill.
Opposed to Dry Amendment in Con-
troll Measure-Warns Congress
Against Prohibition.

Washington, June 29.-That the food
control bill as drafted, prohibiting the
manufacture of beer, cannot reach a
vote in the senate without the invocae
ton of the new cloture rule, was pre-
dfcted by Senator Gore of Oklahoma
chairman of the committee on agricul-
ture.
In the opinion of some of the senate
leaders a long and bitter filibuster
against the measure is to be expected
unless the provision prohibiting the
use of fOodstuffs in the manufacture of
beer is eliminated.
The fight over The prohibition fea-
lures of the bill opened on the floor of
the senate almost Immediately follow
Ing the substitution of the house bill,
as amended by the senate committee,
for the senate bill.
Senator Lodge of MaSs1 chusettS de-
nounced the effort of the prohibition
lists to mix food conservation with pro-
hibition at Il time when the first requi-
site for successful conduct of the
war is united people.
"Our one great duty is to win this
war; Senator Lodge said. "If we
could do it by prohibiting every alco-
holic beverage, I'd vote for it. The
effort to impose general prohibition
has been mixed up with this question or
food conservation, which is most i'm
portant to the winning of this war.
If l could I'd wipe alcohol off the
face of the earth l am no defender
Of it. But alcoholic beverages have
been used by man ever since they have
been on earth. The question is how
are we to deal with it now. l believe
we ought to stop the manufacture of
distilled spirits from grains and
fruits
He declared himself in favor OF pro-
hibiting the manufacture of distilled
liquors during the war, but thought
beer and wine should be permitted.
Il now come to the controlling fac
ter in this NATTER" he continued. "a
united public opinion is the greatest
factor in winning the war. Abolish
all the brewerieS at a stroke, throw
100000 people out of employment, and
deprive the hundreds of thousands of
laboring and other people who take
their glass Of beer and see no harm in
it, and you will engender dissatisfac-
ton and resentment"
Telling how New England dairy in
terests depend upon brewers by
products for cattle feed, the senator
said StOppage of brewing would send
many milk cattle to the slaughter
house and that it also would be likely
to double the price Of bread by sud-
denly reducing by 40 per cent the sup
ply Of yeast, made largely from brew
ing products.
Senator Johnson, opening the debate
on the substitute BILL declared it's en-
actment necessary to win the war.
America must make the sacrifice
in dollars and creature comforts with
in the next year, or she must make
thereafter the sacrifice in men-and
then, ultimately, the sacrifice in mate
rial things, as well,' he said.
'It is, therefore, with an absolute
confidence that 1 give my vote to a
bill according the most eXtraor-
binary and autocratic powers ever be-
fore conferred in our nation"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-29
On the Green
! Diamond
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
Thursdays Results.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

NATIONAL LEAGUE.
st. Louis, 4; Chicago, l.
Brooklyn, 80; Philadelphia, 81.
New York, 3; Boston, 2.
Pittsburgh, 6; Cincinnati, 2.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Chicago, 8; Detroit, g.
Boston, 3-5; New York, 20
Cleveland. l; st. Louis, b.
Philadelphia, 3; Washington, 4.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Columbus. 2; Minneapolis, o.
Kansas City, 6; Indianapolis, 4.
Louisville, s; ST. Paul, 8.
Milwaukee-Toledo, no game; wet
grounds.
THREE LEAGUE.
Quincy, 9; Rock Island, 0 forfeited).
No other games played; wet grounds.
CENTRAL LEAGUE.
South Bend, 5; Richmond, l.
Evansville, 4; Fort Wayne, g.
Dayton, 4; Grand Rapids, 2.
Springfield, no game; rain.
CENTRAL ASSOCIATION.
Waterloo. 2; Dubuque, l.
Mason City, 8; Cedar Rapids, 0.
La Crosse, s; Marshalltown, 8.
Clinton, 6; Fort Dodge, 8.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-29
NEVER TOO LATE TO BEGIN
There Is No Past So Black or So Bit
ter That 1t Cannot Be Redeemed,
Declares Writer.

Take heart and begin again AS
Kipling says, "there is for you moth
ing irremediable nothing ineffaceable,
nothing irreconcilable in anything you
may have said or thought or DONE"
There is no past so black or so bitter
that it cannot be redeemed. Though
thy sins are as scarlet they shall be
made winter than snow
There is no better time to have a
mental house cleaning than now,
writes DR.. Orison Sweet Marden in the
Nautilus. 1t is good time to get rid
Of the rubbish that has so long been
a handicap. Don't pull along with you
through the door of the present all the
miserable black, painful things which
worried you, marred your success and
your happiness in the past. Shut all
Of these horrid ghosts out behind the
closed door Of your past life. Take
across the threshold of the new day
only those things that can help you, the
friends of your success and your hap
piness take only the pleasant memo
ries, the helpful thoughts and sugges-
tons with you. Leave all the others
behind. Bury all your skeletons so deep
that they can never come to live with
you again.
Say to them: "You miserable devils,
you have dogged my steps, hindered
my progress, destroyed my peace of
mind, and strangled my efficiency long
enough. I will have nothing more to
do with you. am Gods child, and
was not made to be bounded by these
enemies who are trying to thwart my
ambition and to dwarf my career by
devitalizing me, and then cutting down
my efficiency"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-29
w. p. Coserave, Rail Pioneer, Dies.

Winona, Minn., June 29.-William p.
Cosgraye,. seventy-six years old, who
dispatched the first train on the Chi
cago extension of the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul railroad and in 1872
was made assistant superintendent of
that division, died here. Mr.. Cosgrave
later became superintendent of the
Minnesota division of the Chicago &
Northwestern railroad, position he
held for many years.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-29
WAR PLANS BEING MERGED
U. S. Suggestion for Closer Co-Opera-
tion Accepted by Britain.

London, June 29-At the suggestion
Of the United States government, ne
gotiations are in progress for further
consolidation of interests in America
and England, DR.. Christopher Addison,
minister of munitions, said. The re-
suits Of these negotiations, if success
full, will be of enormous value, not
only in enabling the American govern
ment to place its great resources more
readily and effectively at the disposal
Of the allies, but in promoting economy
in purchase. Doctor Addison said
these arrangements had been facili-
tated greatly by the work of the Bal
four mission in the United States.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-29
RAID AMMUNITION SMUGGLERS
Mexican Band Routed by Border Pa
troI-TWo Captured.

Ell Paso, Tex, June ga cavalry
patrol interrupted q band of thirty
Mexicans engaged in carrying ammuni-
ton across the Rio Grande at Rocky
Ford, seven miles east of here Two
of the MexicaIs were caught, but the
others escaped into Mexico. The am
munition dropped by the smuggIers,
some of it in the middle of the river,
is being guarded by the soldiers. The
sergeant in charge telephoned Fort
Bliss for re-enforcements.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-29
DIR. ADOLF PAUL REACHES u. S.
Former German Minister to Brazil on
Way Home.

New York, June 2a.-Dr. Adolf
PAUL., former German minister to Bra
zil, and w. Won Sanden, who prior to
the break in diplomatic relations, was
German minister to Bolivia, arrived
here on Dutch steamship from South
American ports. The two officials were
accompanied by SO German consular
officers and attaches from the two
countries and will continue on the
same ship to Amsterdam, to which
port they have been granted safe-con-
duct by Great Britain and allied ma
tiOnS
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-29
MAY STRIKE OVER DRAFT
Canadian Labor Leader Demands Ref
erendum on CONSUMPTION.

Ottawa, Ont, June 29.-The decla-
ration that q general strike of organ
lied labor in Canada will be called If
tho government attempts to apply
conscription without first obtaining a
majority vote by the people, was
made in parliament by Alphonse Yer
vile, who represents the district OF
MaisOnneuve, part of the city of Mon
treal. Mr.. Verville declared that, in
striking, Canadian labor would have
the support of organized labor of the
United States, although there would
be no strike there. The announce
ment was made in a speech on the
government compulsory service bill.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-29
WHITE s0X AID RECRUITING
Chicago Ball Team Appears on Streets
and Fill Enlisting Stations.

Chicago, June 29.-Twenty-five
members of the Chicago White Sox.
in full baseball uniform, aided in re-
cruiting soldiers for service in France.
Recruiting stations soon were too
small to hold the crowds. They formed
in lines and officers walked among
them, directing some to navy recruit
ing Offices. Eddie Collins, the first
time UP, hit homer. He handed
card to young chap on street cor
ner, and he Immediately signed up
with Uncle Sam.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-29
MAYOR THOMPSON CENSURED
Called Traitor to His Country During
Session of Council Body.

Chicago, June 29.-Another stormy
session of the city council is predicted
for today when the report Of the ju-
dietary committee comes up for vote
The committee yesterday handed May
or Thompson the toughest jolt yet CIV
en- him by the aldermen. Not only
was he censured for his personal con-
duct, but Alderman Michaelson's affi-
davit supporting him was ordered ex-
plunged from the record as incorrect
and false" and inaccurate, miSlead-
ing, unfair and untrue"
The committees action, as 1t will be
reported to the council today, was
adopted during a session in which the
mayor was called a traitor to his
country"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-29
ITALY TAKES SPY PRECAUTION
>ecret Sessions Of Deputies Approved
Find Leak in Switzerland.

Washington, June 29.-Dispatches
from Rome quote the Italian press
as generally approving the Inaugural
ton of secret sessions by the deputies.
The dispatches also say the Grimm
Hoffman, affair has aroused wide
spread demand in Italy for allied Dip
lomacy representations to secure a
more careful surveillance of spies in
Switzerland.
Many important diplomatic papers
passing through the intermediary re-
public are known, the papers say, to
have fallen into the hands of the Ger
man secret service.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-29
PROTEST "BONE DRY" BILL
Senators Receive Many kilograms For
and Against Measure.

Washington, June 29.-The amended
food control bill, containing a new
"bone-dry" prohibition section, is up
for action in the senate for the first
time. 1t will be pushed for early
passage, but it is probable final ac-
ton cannot be taken by July 1, on ac-
count of the prohibition feature.
Not in years, according to several
senator's, has such interest been
aroused as indicated by kilograms and
letters on the prohibition ISSUE Thou
sands Of kilograms poured in upon SEN
ators advocating and opposing the
"bone-dry'' plan with majority in op-
position.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-29
SHELL KILLS EIGHT IN BOAT
German Submarine Fires on Craft
Filled With Survivors.

London, June 29.-The Elder-Demp-
ster steamer Addah was torpedOed
without warning and sunk by a Ger
man submarine On June 10. The sub
marine fired on the captains boat, kill
ing eight men.
The Addah was a vessel of 4,397 tons
gross, built in 1905, at New Castle. 1t
was $50 feet long, Of 49 feet beam and
20 feet deep.
The Times understands that three
passengers of the Mongolia, two Eng
lishmen and Parsee, are unaccount-
and ten Lascars of the crew are be-
lieved to have been killed in the explO-
sion of the mine.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-29
LIBERTY LOAN PAYMENT DUE
One-Fourth of Whole Issue Has Been
Received by Treasury.

Washington, June 29.-The second
payment of Is per cent by subscribers
to the Liberty loan, who bought bonds
on the installment payment plan, is
due. The next payment of 20 per cent
is due July 80. No official estimate
has been made of the payments on the
bonds to date, but it is believed the
approximately one-fourth has b.
paid in. The engraved bonds proba
will be ready next week.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-29
Bar Georgia Paper From Mail.

Savannah, Ga, June 29-Under the
provisions of the new espionage act
the local post office here held up deliv-
cries of Thomas e. Watson's weekly
newspaper, which has been attacking
the army draft, pending a decision by
the post Office department.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-29
JAILED FOR WILSON THREAT
Resident of Newark, NJ. j., Sent to At
lanta for a Year.

Newark, n. j., June 29.-Adolph
Swimer, convicted in May of having
threatened to kill President Wilson,
was sentenced to one year and one
day in the federal penitentiary at At
lanta. He wasa farmland.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-29
BELGIAN BISHOP is JAILED
Several Priests, Mercier Aids, Arrest
ed and Imprisoned in Germany.

ed and imprisoned in Germany.
Amsterdam, June 29.-According to
the TELEGRAPH, several priests of the
encourage of Cardinal Mercier, primate
of Belgium, were arrested recently and
imprisoned in Germany.
One of them is Bishop Legraive Of
Malines. Twenty others, the newspa-
per says, have been imprisoned in Bel
gium. Among this number is Cardinal
Mercier's private secretary, who was
sentenced to year in prison for
preaching a sermon on Whitsunday on
"Christfan Charity"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-29
Percy Grainoer in Army Band.

New York, June 29.-Percy Grain
ger, a noted pionist, has enlisted in
The army and is playing the oboe in
a coast artillery band at Fort T0tten.
II was learned here,
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-29
REVOKES NEUTRALITY DECREE
Brazil Recalls Decree Affecting Allies
and Germany.

Rio de JaneirO, June 29.-Brazil has
revoked it's decree of neutrality In the
war between the entente allies and
Germany.
The Brazilian government by act Of
congress late In May authorized the
revocation of Brazil's neutrality In the
war between Germany and the United
States.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-29
PERSHING WILL
COMMAND, GREAT
AMERICAN ARMY
Forces Will Serve Under u. S.
Major General and Not Un-
der Foreigner.
men NOW IN Trench CAMPS
Thousands of American Soldiers, Just
Arrived in France, on Fighting
Line-Paris Is Flooded With
U. S. BIuejackets.

Washington, June 29.-PublicatiOn
of further details of the landing Of
American troops in France is not per-
mitted by the war department. Cables
from Paris said General Pershing made
his first visit to the encampment yes
terday. Official reports received in
Washington are Incomplete. Many
American naval officers and men are
now on leave in Paris, where French
crowds are greeting them enthusias-
tically.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-29

A French Port. June 29.-The Ameri-
can expeditionary forces in France will
served under Maj. Gen. John J. Per
shing and not under any British or
French commander. This became
known definitely following the arrival
here from Paris of Major General Per
shing, who came here with his staff to
review the first contingents Of Ameri
cans who landed on French soil.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-04-26
HOFFMAN
(Delayed)

Mr.. and Mrs. Robt. Thorlow and
Mr.. and Mrs. S. E. Hoffman and Mrs
w. H. Van Woert were at Lorraine
Tuesday evening, where a new Re-
bekah lodge was organized.
Spring work is the order of the day
now. Everyone in the field at this
work or that.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thorlow were at Mo-
hall on Saturday.
S. E. Hoffman, w. H. Van Woert
and Robt. Thorlow attended Odd Eel
lows lodge at Lorraine on Thursday.
Mrs. VIM. Holmquist and children
were at Mohall on Saturday.
VIM. Holmquist was at Antler on
Tuesday.
Miss Louise Prixley and Miss White
are sick with la grippe. Miss White
is able to be at. school again.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Meagher and
| Mr.. and Mrs. S. E. Hoffman, Messrs,
| Ralph and Norman Swearingen and
Miss Goheen and Beulah Swearingen
were at Mohall Saturday evening,
Most of them attended the movies.
Mrs. Kelly and Marion, Emma and
Wallace Power visited at the James
Meagher home home Sunday.
Several parties have been around
this vicinity looking for strayed hors-
es. M. Whitlo found his at w. j,
Lewis
Seems to be an extraordinary big
call for seed wheat, as so many find
very poor termination after testing
The much-asked-for big crop may be
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-04-26

a poor one through no~fault of the
farmer, but of nature.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Spencer spent
Sunday visiting at the F. D. Britton
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robt. Thorlow visited
at Leslie's last Sunday.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-04-26
Proposals for Time Deposits for the
County Sinking Fund.

proposals Tor Time Deposits 1of the
County Sinking Fund.
Sealed proposals will be received up
to two o'clock p. m. on Friday, May
4th, 1917, by the Board Of County Com
Dakota, at the Auditors office for time
deposits of the County Bond, and Coun-
ty Interest Sinking funds as follows:
100000 for one year.
Any bank in B%ottineau county may
submit n or more bids
A surety bond equal to the amount of
each bid will be required.
All bids to be addressed to the Jul
ty auditor and marked Bids for County
Sinking Funds"
The board reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
BY order of the Board of County
Commissioners, of Bottineau County,
North Dakota.
Dated at Bottineau, N. Oak, this 18th
day of April, 1917.
ct 4-19-26 G.. H. Hebert,
County Auditor.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-04-26

In last weeks Bottneau County News Senator L. P. Sandstrom cal
1enges the "eague leaders here or in the state" to a public debate at the
proposed league picnic to be held in this city some time in June, he in turn
Mr.. sandstrom's suggestion is very timely. There are many, many peo
pie in Bottneau county who would like to know why he helped to kill House
Bill ID.
Mr.. Sandstrom likely has his reasons. And the voters of Bottneau coun-
ty would like to know what these reasons re. They would like to have him
explain HIS OWN ACTION and not hide behind the skirts of a Divet u
sol other attorney, hired for the occasion to defend his case.
It is Mr. Sandstrom who is responsible to the people of Bottineau county
TO- the way he represented them in the legislature, and not some glib
tongued blatherskite whom he may import to take up his defense.
The Nonpartlsan League county picnic is not gotten up for the purpose
OF furnishing a crowd for the so-caled Ant-Socialsic League. If that or
ganization desires to have a picnic O any other form of gathering in Bot
tneau county, they ar welcome to do so-and furnish their own crowd, pure
ly n the merits of what it stands for.
Perhaps Mr. Sandsuom's challenge to debate his impmted counsel will
be accepted if such a depression from the program will be sanctioned by
those who have the arrangements of the picnic in hand.
But, be that as it may, the senator has a couple offers elsewhere in this
issue of the Courant that should satisfy him for the time being-ofers that
he should embrace with glad acclaim, if he really desires to explain his Of
fetal attitude towards House Bill "A and the Nonpartsan League program
in general.
YOU, MIR. sANDsTRoM, SHOULD DO YOUR OWN EXPLAINING TO
THE PEOPLE OF BOTTINEAU COUNTY. None will deny that a vast
majority of them desired you to support House Bill ID. In spite of this SEN
tnent, of which you were we'll aware, you sat, with your rs colleagues, and
doggedy voted, not only to kill the bill, but also voted against a debate On it
O. the offering of a single amendment.
WHAT WERE YOUR REASONS?
Tell the peope-AND TELL THEM YOURSELF.