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The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
U. S. SOLONS UNDER FIRE
'rtcan Congressional Party Visits
Western Front.

American Congressional Party Visits
Western Front.
British Front In France and Bel
GUM, Nov. 12.-The American con.
gressional party and four prominent
men In private life, who have been
visiting the western allied countries
unofficially during the congressional
recess, completed a four days tour
and left the British front.
The members of the party were
deeply impressed by the war scenes
In the British theater. AS one Of them
remarked to the correspondent:
ut requires visit to the war zone
to gain a realization of the magni-
tude Of the activities"
Near Lens they saw real action
and experienced the sensation OF hear
ing great German shells scream over
head and break not far away.
Members of the party declared they
would carry back to the United States
the conviction that the allies were
firm in their belief that they would
force Germany to her knees, not neces-
sarily through war exhaustion but
while the central powers were still
strong.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
A Mood.

One Of the deepest and strangest of
all human moods Is the mood which
will suddenly strike us perhaps in a
garden at night, or deep in sloping
meadows. the feeling that every flower
and leaf has just uttered something
stupendously direct and important,
and that we have by a prodigy Of i'm
becility not heard or understood it.
There is a certain poetic value, and
that a genuine one, in this sense of
having missed the full meaning Of
things. There is beauty, not only In
wisdom, but in this dazed and dra-
matte ignorance.-G. K. Chesterton.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
WILL CUT BREAD PRICE
Pound Loaves Will Be Sold for
Seven Cents.
President Wilson VIII Issue Prociama-
tion Decreeino Standardized Loaf
Of Bread.

Washington, Nov. 12.-President
Wilson will issue proclamation today
decreeing the standardized loaf of
bread. The weight Of the loaf will be
fixed at one pound, although one and
one-half, two and four-pound sizes are
permitted. The cash price Of the one
pound loaf, according to Food Admin
istrator Hoover, will not exceed Z
cents.
The bread regulations take effect
December 10.
Approximately 100000 barrels OF
-four, 100,0O0000 pounds of sugar and
& 1OO,0OO,OO0 pounds of lard will be
saved by the adoption of the standard
lied loaf, it is claimed.
The new regulations will fix a maxi
mum Of three pounds Of sugar to each
barrel of flour in the manufacture of
bread, and cut the quantity of shorten
Ing from six to two pounds.
All sweet rolls and most of the spe-
cial varieties Of bread will be abol-
ished
The public is urged to cooperate
with the food administration by estab-
fishing the custom of one wheatless
meal daily in households and one
wheatless day weekly in the public eat
Ing places.
In announcing the standardized one
pound loaf at Z cents, Food Admins
traitor Hoover said it was the first of
the food ADMINISTRATORS efforts to
standardize the staple foods Of the
country.
''Thirty-three more changes of the
same kind are to be made" he stated.
''The standardized loaf of bread has
come to stay for the rest of the war
and l anticipate no difficulty about the
price,"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
Ex-QUEEN OF HAWAII DIES
LiliuokaIanI sueeumbs After Illness
a Of Several Days.

Honolulu, Nov. 12.-Ex-Queen ILL.,
uokalani of Hawaii, whose death had
been expected for several days, passed
away during the day.
Lydia Kamekeha Lilioukalani was
seventy-nine years old. She became
queen of Hawaii In 1891, following the
death of her brother, King Kalakaua,
while he was visiting In San Francis
co. Two years after she took the
throne she was deposed by bloodless
revolution engineered by white rest
dents of the islands. Rather than shed
the blood of her people In what she
knew was hopeless struggle she sur
rendered under protest and asked
President Grover Cleveland to restore
her to her throne. A republic was set
up. with S. B. Dole as president. Later
the islands were annexed, and Queen
ILL.," as she was known to the Ameri-
can public, gave up any hope she may
have entertained Of once more ruling
her people.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
SPEED OF STEAM SEPARATOR
Farmers Should Be Careful to Follow
Directions Given by Manufacture
ers Of Machine.

Some tests conducted by the Indiana
station show that much cream may be
lost by not running the cream separa-
tor the proper number of revolutions.
Farmers should be particular about
following directions of the several
makes of separators. 1t has beer es-
timated that over 95 per cent of the
dairymen turn their machines too
slowly. The question of speed, there
fore, becomes one of much Importance,
and dairymen should look after this
feature of milk and cream handling
with as much carefulness as they do
any other detail of milk handling.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
Tale From a Dry Town.

"Could you, SIR" asked the Boston
tourist of Nelse, the janitor, who was
sweeping the sidewalk in front of the
Macon (Ga.) Telegraph Office, "could
you, sir, direct me to a public natato
rium?'
"How's dat?" asked Nelse.
81 asked if you could oblige me with
directions to a natatorium," explained
the visitor.
ooh, yassah, yassah," replied Nelse
81 kin do dat, but. boss, you wanter be
mighty keerful. Desc her detectives is
heen maxim raids purity near ever day
an snatchin' 'em up right an lef' An
sompin' else, too," with an air of
friendly interest, 'bein' a stranger like
you is, If you amt mighty keerful
dey'll hand you sompin you KANT
drink after you get it."
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
100000 REGISTERED men
ARE TO BE CLASSIFIED
President Addresses Opening
Session of A. F. of l. Today.
Executive Will Tell Of Estlon's Labor
Problem and Necessity Of Speed.
Ing Ue War Work.

Buffalo, N. Y, Nov. 12.-President
Samuel Gompers charges that agents
OF the kaiser are trying to foment q
peace movement In the convention. he
declared that they would not get far
and predicted the convention would
back the president almost % a man.
Mr.. Gompers explained that the pres
ident had been invited last month to
address the convention by the execu-
tive council. He said that the presi-
dents speech would be "a message to
the American people through the
American Federation of Labor"
This peace talk comes in the guiss
OF socialism," said Mr.. Gompers. ut
Is not socialism. 1t Is pro- Germanism.
1t Is the work Of agents of the kaiser" /"
American Bolsheviki" was another
term with which he characterized the
peace prOpagandists.
Buffalo, N. Y, Nov. 12.--Presidene
Wilson will speak at the opening ses-
sion OF the American Federation OF
Labor convention here, today The
president will speak on the nations Ia.
Dor problem and the. necessity Of
speeding up war production.
Labor difficulties and disputes, caus-
Ing delay in making war munitions. Is
embarrassing to the government and
President Wilson Is expected to sug-
gest policy to organized labor which
will lead to prompt solution.
The United States, 1t Is said, In fast
drifting into the same situation which
faced England at the beginning Of the
war. Labor has been Indifferent to the
needs OF the nation, and strikes have
been declared which initiated against
the production Of war needs.
The situation is acute and so tense
that the government and the RESPONSE
BILE labor leaders admit that complete
understanding must exist between Ia.
Dor and capital or conscription Of la
Dor is the only alternative.
The men Of the officers training
camp at Fort Niagara will act as c
guard Of honor to the president ard
his party during their stay In Buffalo.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
PREVENTING HORNS ON CALF
When Animal Is Week or Two Old
Rub Caustic Potash on Little Nubs
Protect From Rain.

North Dakota Experiment Station.)
Horns can be prevented from grow
ing on a calf by rubbing caustic pot
ash on the little nubs that develop
into horns. A good time to do this
is when the calf Is a week or two old.
Wrap one end of the stick Of caustic
in paper to protect the fingers, moisten
the other and rub on the nubs. Be
careful that it does not run down the
face and into the eyes. Removing the
hair helps. Make three applications,
allowing it to dry between each appli-
cation. The calf should be protected
from rain to keep the caustic from
gNrQadinp
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
SOLDIERS PRINT OWN NEWS
Pershing's Men Have Their Own Press
Humming Away on the
French Front.

Paris.-The rumble Of the press Is
added to the various noises surround.
ing the American army headquarters in
Paris. Soldiers reading matter is
printed on the premises. Soldiers, who
In civil life used to know the print
shop, are printing pamphlets and other
army literature for the fighters. A
fully equipped printing Office with q
flat bed press is doing the work. The
first type "set up told Pershing's men
in training how to throw bombs and
how to handle them without accident
Army orders and the --latest" front
home will follow.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
RUSSIAN PREMIER TO MARCH
ON RUSS|A'S CAPITAL
FOE FEARS u. S. RAID
Germans Keep Up Hot Fire on
American Sector.
French Repulse Teutons in Vosges A.
ter Violent Fightng-British
Hold Gains.

With the American Army in France,
Nov. 12.-General Pershing said to
the correspondents:
Troops and supplies arriving in
increasing numbers.
Thanks to the French, British and
American navies," he continued, 'the
submarines to date have not claimed
the life of single American soldier
on the troop ships bound for France
The French officers, he said, were
enthusiastic over the character, intel
ligence and eagerness of the young
officers arriving in France to continue
their instructions and the American
army is proud of them.
With the American Army in France,
Nov. 12.-COnditiOns in the American
sector continue to be normal, with in
termittent artillery firing on both
sides. AT one place the Germans OBJ
served that the grass had been trod-
den down in the rear, and they threw
in hundred shells, with no result
other than to churu up the mud.
The weather continues to be cold
and rainy. The American infantry
men have had two diversions. The
first incident occurred near daylight.
The enemy, apparently thinking a
raid was imminent, opened up with
machine guns at a point where the
lines are closest. A stream of bullets
whistled over the American first line.
About the same time French troops
on the American flank observed four
Germans who were cutting the
barbed-wire defenses. A French pa
troll succeeded in heading off the Ger
mans, capturing them all.
Paris. Nov. PA German attack in
the VOSgeS, near HartmanS-W eiler-
kopf, resulted during the night in vi
olent fighting. The war office an
nounces that the Germans were re-
pulsed completely An attack at Reich
Ackerkopf also was without success.
Berlin. Nov. 12.-Desperate fighting
occurred on the Flanders front, in the
Paeschendaele regions. The British
attacked repeatedly and were re-
pulsed
London. Nov. 12.-The Germans
have made no attempt to recapture
the ground gained by the British on
the Flanders front, says the official
announcement. 1t follows:
"a heavy rain has fallen during the
night. The enemys artillery has been
active against our positions at Pas
schendaele and the ground captured
, north of the village but no further in
fantry action has taken place.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
FOOTBALL SCORES.
WEST.
WEST.
Northwestern, 80; Michigan A,

Northwestern, 80; Michigan Ag-
gies, 6.
Ohio, 16; Wisconsin, 3.
Michigan, 42: Cornell, o.
Iowa, 35; South Dakota, o.
Notre Dame, 13; Morningside, 0.
Depauw, Z; Wabash, O.
Grinnell, Al; Knox, O.
Nebraska, 81; Missouri, 0.
Ames, 10; Kansas Aggies, Z.
Marquette, O; st. Louis, O.
Millikin. 81; Illinois College, z.
Illinois Wesleyan, ID; Bradley, O.
EAST.
Penn, Z; Dartmouth, 0.
Pittsburgh, 49, Washington and JET
ferson, 10.
Harvard Informal. O; Camp Dew.
ems, O.
Yale Informal, 80; New Haven
Navy, 0.
Swarthmore, 56; Lafayette, o.
Army, %; Carlisle, 0.
Navy. 28; Georgetown, z.
Harvard Freshman, "a; Princeton, O.
Yale Freshmen. 42; Andover, o.
New York, 9; Rhode Island, 6.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
ITALIANS FORCE
TEUTONS BACK
ON TRENTiN0
Berlin Says Strong Detachments
Caused Austro- Germans
to Retire.
BATTLE ON pave RIVER
City Of Bel!uno Captured by kalser's
Troops-French Premier Confident
Of Victory for the
Entente.

Berlin, Nov. 12.-The AustrO- Hun
garian troops which are carrying out
the new offensive on the Trentino front
were attacked by strong Italian detach-
ments, which pressed them back at one
point, the war Office announces.
The official communication follows
Strong Italian forces threw them
selves against detachments advancing
eastward beyond Asiago, and pressed
them back somewhat at one ISint Bel
luno has been taken by the allied (Teu-
tonic) troops.
''The enemy has made q stand on
the lower Piave."
Mass Troops In TyroI.
Paris, Nov. IA Havas dispatch
from Rome reports that large num-
bers Of troops and great quantities of
war materials cOntinu to arrive In the
Trentino and Tyrol (the Tyrol being
In Austria, this evidently refers to
Austro-German re-enforcements).
Premier Painleve returned from his
visit with French and British officials
to the Italian front. and expressed un-
wavering confidence in the victory Of
the forces Of freedom.
italians Victorious.
Rome, Nov. 1.-THE announcement
by the war Office on the progress of
the campaign reads:
"At dawn yesterday, after artillery
preparation. which began the eve
ming before, the enemy, having passed
otir line of observation in the neigh
bOrhood Of Asiago. attacked our ad
vanced posts on Gallo and on Mont
Serragy-hill 1,116-behind that line,
and after bitter struggle succeeded
In taking them.
''The sixteenth stOrming unit, and
units Of Egisa-the Twent-ninth and
Twentieth regiments-and of Tuscany
the Seventy-seventh and Seventy
eighth regiments of the Fifth
Bersaglieri, by a resolute counter-at-
tack, recaptured the positions, driv-
ing the enemy back and taking about
100 prisoners.
Vanguard Captured.
"The enemy vanguard, which had
reached the village of Tezze, In the
Sugana valley, was promptly at
tackled and captured.
"On the Piave our covering troops,
after having repulsed enemy parties
whcih attacked them on the heights
of Voldobiadene, passed to the right
bank of the river and destroyed the
VidOr hridpo~ On fho r,,id31o onA
lower reaches of the river there were
reciprocal cannonading and machine
gun firing"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
100000 FIRE AT PLANT
Spy Blamed for Destruction of New
York Factory,

New York, Nov. 12.-Another water
front fire of mysterious origin de-
stroyed the $1O0O,OOO wire plant of the
Washburn Wire company, along the
East river. Five men were injured
one perhaps fatally.
The Washburn Wire company was
engaged in manufacturing barbed wire
for trench-front entanglements for use
by the American army and the allies
abroad. Its orders were of such press.
ing nature that forces of men were
kept constantly at work, even Sundays
The building was new and occupied
an entire black. The fire was believed
TO have started in or near the engine
rooms. If, as many believe, the fire
was started by an incendiary, he must
have managed to elude the guards.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
ALLIES LOSSES ARE SMALL
Baker Replies to Yarns Spread by Pro
Germans.

Washington, Nov. 12.-The ratio of
losses sustained by all Of the British
expeditionary forces sent into battle In
Frspce is less than to every 100 men.
1t is not expected that American losses
will exceed this percentage, although
German propaganI.sts are circulating
reports that the American array Is 90
Ing to meet with wholesale losses.
Senator Salisbury Of Delaware has
written Secretary Baker on the activi-
ties Of these propagandists, suggesting
that the exact percentage Of losses be
made public.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
FIRE IN WISCONSIN MINE
Property at DodeeviIIe DESTROYED by
Blast and Flames.

Dodgeville, Wis, Nov. 12.-Luckv
Strike lead and zinc mine, owned by
Mckinley Bros. and w. ]. Perry, was
destroyed by fire. The engine and
boilers are intact and the cause of
fire is unknown. About 80 D. M. a
man passing by saw a light at the
mine, but he thought 1t was the night
watchman. Immediately afterward an
explosion was heard and flames shot
w. The loss was total as far as build
inGs and smalter are concerned.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
LICENSE FOR EXPLOSIVES
Provisions Of New War Measure e.
fective This Week.

Washington. Nov. 12.-Providons o1
the new war measure restricting the
use of explosives become effective this
week. Amy person in the United States
found with explosives In his possession
after Thursday and who does not have
q license issued by the government
showing for what the material Is to
be used is subject to fine Of 5000 o.
Imprisonment for one year. An en-
plosives inspector viii be appointed for
each state. In the various cities the
cooperation Of police officials have
been obtained. There win be at least
one licensing officer In scce county.
Only citizens of the United States or
of countries friendly to the United
States and the allies may 20 obtain T.
eanSes.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
MISTAKE COSTS DOCTOR LIFE
Dr.. J. c. Webster Of Lafayette, Ind,
Dies After Drinking Poison.

Lafayette, Ind, Nov. 12.-Dr. John
G. Webster, seventy-six, one of the
oldest and best-known physicians In
the state of Indiana, died here from
carbolic acid poisoning. He had been
In the habit of taking dose of min
eral oil. and alongside it was bottle
of similar size and appearance on the
shelf. The doctor made the mistake
of seizing the one with the carbolic
acid and swallowing part of the con-
tents. He served as lieutenant In the
Fortieth Indiana regiment during the
Civil war. He leavec one daughter,
Mrs. Henri Poor of this city.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
Makes Appeal. to Patriotism of
All to Assist in Work of
Selecting Armies.
TO CLASSIFY TEN MILLION
Blanks Which Registered Men viii
Fill Out Are Being Forwarded
to Local Boards-To Com.
plete Work In Sixty
Days.

Washington, Nov. 12.-President
Wilson formally put the new machin-
cry for the carrying out Of the selec-
tive draft blu into operation with the
publication of the foreword he has
written to the regulations under which
the second call will be made.
The regulations themselves and the
QuestiOnaires which more than 9,OOO-
GOO registrants will be required to fill
out are being forwarded to local
boards, but have not yet been made
public.
War department officials estimate
that the whole process can be COM
pleted within sixty days. This means
that no second call will be made upon
the draft forces before the middle Of
next February. as the period Of classi-
dcatiOn will not begin until Decem-
ber Is.
Describes the New Plan.
The president describes the new
plan of dividing all registered men not
already modified into FIVE classes, SUBJ
ject to military service by classes, as
being intended !, to produce "a more
perfect organization of our man
power"
"The selective principle must be car
ried to It's logical conclusion" the pres
tdent said, and he added that there
must be made complete inventory Of
the qualifications of each registrant in
order to determine ''the place in the
military. industrial or agricultural
ranks Of the nation in which his exper-
ience and training can best be made to
serve the common good"
The inquiry projected in the ques-
tonnaire will 60 deep into the qualifica-
lions of each Of nearly 100000 men.
The success Of the plan and Its COM
pletion within the estimated time rests
absolutely upon the whole-hearted sup
port given by the people, especially by
the doctors and lawyers of each COM
munity, and the president calls upon
them for that unstinted aid.
Statement From crowder.
Supplementing the presidents call
to the nation. Provost Marshal Gen.
eral Crowder issued statement in
which. he said:
"Questionnaires are to be mailed by
the local board Of s per cent of the
registrants each. day. The principal
work Of the legal advisory boards will
thus be over in 20 days, by which time
all the questionnaires should be re-
turned to the boards. Every man has
seven days in which to return his
QUESTIONABLE fully made out. The
process Of classification will begin
about December Is. Eight days later
the boards will begin the great pro-
cess Of classification which becomes,
In the words Of the president, a ma
honal war undertaking of such signifi-
canoe as to challenge the attention
and compel the assistance of every
American
'Not since the war began has an
opportunity been offered for practical
ly every person to take an active and
vigorous part In 90 important war
measure as the actual raising Of our
armies. The presidents foreword Of
fers this opportunity"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
SLAIN TAR KNEW THIEVES?
Great Lakes Sailor Believed Murdered
by Payroll Robbers.


Chicago Nov. 12.-John A. Becker,
a jackie of the Great Lakes Naval
Training station, was found beaten to
death in the Shartlef building at 565
Washington boulevard. Suspicion that
he may have been murdered to pre-
vent his testimony in the recent theft
of $1,000 from the Great Lakes pay
roll was advanced. The theory that
Becker was killed because of his
knowledge of the Great Lakes robbery
was suggested by Lieutenant Robert
son.
''He might have been put out of the
way because he knew too much about
the stolen money; the thieves may
have killed him." said the lieutenant
to Captain Meagher. Beckers home
was in st. Louis.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
HITS u. S. SHIPPING BOARD
Patriotic Society criticlzes Delays In
Work.

Patriotic Society critieIxes Delays In
Work.
Washington, Nov. 12.-The vigorous
action Of the shipping board and Chair
man Hurley of that body In effecting
a reorganization Of the emergency fleet
corporation and cutting red tape In the
matter of ship construction pulls the
sting out of criticism of the shippina
hoard for delay in shipbuilding put out
by the Patriotic Education society, Of
which Elihu Root is president and Car.
dinal Gibbons an honorary officer.
This society, in it's complaint against
delay in shipbuilding. warns the coun-
try 1--WE must build ships or lose the
war;" and says America at the pres
ent rate Of progress In 1918 will pro.
duce about 100000 tons of new ship
ping instead of 100000 tons prom
ised by the emergency feet corpora
tion.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
Expres. Messenger Arrested.

Bloomington, H.. Nov. 12.-Marion
Lough of Lafayette, Ind. a messen-
ger for the American Express COM
pany. was taken into custody. accused
of thefts aggregating thousands of dol
lars. When his place was raided sew
eral wagon loads Of plundss were re-
covered.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
Cardinal Issues Warntno.

Baltimore, Nd, Nov. 12.-Cardinal
Gibbons issued warning to all Cath
olics to disregard peace prayer"
chain af letters which has made its
appearance. The cardinal believes It
Il a form OF German propaganda.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
GAS FUMES KILL a. PERSONS
Aged Couple and Twin Grandsons Die
at Ripon, Wis.

Ripon, Wis, Nov. 12-Mr. and Mrs
John Buelow, aged seventy-three and
sixty-nine, and their twin grandsons
Albert and Alfred Buelow, aged four.
were found dead from coal gas asphyx-
iation All four were In one bed.