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The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-06-14
FLYER MUST FACE TRIAL
Cadet Aviator Charged With Trying
to Smuqqe Photos.

With the American Army in Trance,
June 14-An American aviation ca
Diet has been arrested and will be tried
before q general court-Inartial on the
charge of attempting to send uncen-
sored photographs to America by a
civilian attache of the sexpeditionary
forces who were returning. The civil
ian has been brought back from a base
port under arrest. ~
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-06-14
Official Notices
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Notice is hereby given, that the
undersigned will receive proposals at
the Wisconsin National Bank in the
city of Watertown, Wis, on the 22nd
day of June, 1918, Saturday at 2
o'clock p. m. for the construction of
steel reinforced concrete bridge,
known as the "Seefeldt BRIDGE" ac-
cOrding to plans and specifications on
file at the office of the town clerk of
the town of Emmett, John P. Roffeis,
R. r. 1, Watertown, Wis, and at the
Wisconsin, National Bank in the city
of WATERFOWL
The right to reject any or all bids Is
hereby reserved by the undersigned.
All proposals must be accompanied
tent of ten per cent of the total
amount of the proposal, as guaranty
that the successful bidder will enter
into a written contract together with
two good and acceptable sureties,
surety companies being acceptable in
lieu thereof
Dated June 14th, 1918.
Carl Rusch,
Frank Flohr,
Henry Schuett,
Supervisors of the Town of Emmett,
Dodge County Wisconsin
Frank McHugh,
Alloys Hartl,
Committee on Roads and Bridges,
Dodge County, Wisconsin. 7-14-21
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-06-14
RINTELIN TRIES TO FLEE

German Spy Offered Thousands Of Dol
lars to Prison Trusty.
New York, June 14.-Franz Won
Rintelen. German spy and alleged re-
lative Of the Kaiser, sought .vainly to
bride his way out of the Tombs prison.
it was revealed. Thousands of dol
lars was offered by him to q trusty.
An extra guard was placed over the
spy and the trusty was freed for tell
ing.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-06-14
TAR AND GRAVEL APPARATUS
Device Invented by New Jersey Man.
ufacturer for Heating Matsrials
for Pavements.

Emulating the famous hunter Of the
olden days who killed two birds with
one stone, q New Jersey manufacturer
has recently brought out combina-
-ton tar and gravel heater that heats
these two dissimilar materials quite in
dependently but with one operation.
The device, which is shown in the &C.
companying illustration, is particularly
fitted for street paving where block
pavements with tar Joints are laid.
The apparatus consists Of two main
parts, rectangular tar kettle and q
Y-shaped gravel bin, with furnace
extending beneath both parts, from
one end TO the other. The furnace IS
fred from the gravel end Of the de-
vice. The smoke and gases escape
through an ordinary stove pipe In the
kettle end. The inside of the gravel
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-06-14
PRAISES AIRPLANE WORK
John D. Ryan Says Dayton, O., Exceis
Plants Elsewhere.

Dayton, o.. June 14.-'Dayton ex-
cells all other cities in the country In
the production of the war plane prop
err" said John d. Ryan. head of the
aircraft production work In the coun-
try, after trip around the city and
a visit to the Dayton-Wright Airplane
company plant.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-06-14

More than 200 students In the short
course in agriculture at the University
of Wisconsin are voluntarily taking
military drRl for the first time this
year.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-06-14

News want ads are small. but the
cost Is smaller, and wise investors
use them for best results.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-06-14
J. G. Draeger
Electrical Contractor
PHONE NO. 52l.J

We Take Care of Everything in the
Electrical Line-Repair all Kinds OF
Electric Apparatus-Old and New
House Wiring-Prompt Service Ever
Office-116 N. THIRD ST-WatertOwn
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-06-14
Watert0Wn ShOeShine Parior
HATS BLOCKED AND
CLEANED, and SHOES
SHINED,
TOM MAkAS. Proprietor
40 Main Street


I0U3H1 V01U90I0 t000.
The black iguana Of Caiifornia. q
which the scientific name u centesauS
acanthur, In allusion to the combiiko
crest OF spines along the hack. acanthuS
meaning "sprtng-tailsd." 10 allied to the
"nng-taiisd" iguana. but unlike the ia
maican iguana, its flesh 10 highly -
t0emed.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-06-14

The home paper-The News Read
the News
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-06-14
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, & ST. PAUL
East -

CHICAGO. MILWAUKEE, & ST. PAUL
Pass. No. 2-----------------3:10 a. m.
*Pass. No. 18---------------3:3 80 a. m.
pass No. 4, daily-------6:13a q. m.
Pass. No. 80, except Sunday -6:03 a. m.
Pass. No. "a, daily----------7:03 a. m.
Pass. No. Is, daily----------7:66 q. m.
Pass. No. 10, except Sunday 9:05 a. m.
Pass. Nc. 46, except-------2:05 p. IN.
Pass. A, Sat. and Sun. only-4:50 p. m.
Pass. No. 40, Sundays Cnly--6:20 p. m.
Pass. No. 6, daily-----------5:47 p. m.
oass. No. 4S, Sunday only--7:50 p. m.
Pass. No. IA, except Sunday-8:12 pm.
West
*Pass. No. Is, daily--------2:26a a. m.
Pass. No. 55, daily----------5:57 a. m.
Pass. No. II, daily---------12:18 p. m.
Pass. 40, Sat. and Sun. only-2:55 p. m.
Pass. No. %, except Sunday-7:00 p. m.
Pass. No. l, daily----------10:22p p. m.
sThese trains stop at Watert0wn
junction only.
Train No. 80 arrives from Milwau-
kee and departs for Madison at 1888
q. N. except Sunday.
Train No. arrives from Chicago
and departs for Madison at 1929 p. m.
daily except Sunday.
Train No. 423 arrives from Chicago
and departs for Madison at 700 p. m.
except Sunday.
Train No. 81 arrives from the east
at 5:55 p. M. except Sunday,
Train No. 80 arrives from the east
at 1850 p. N. daily.
Train No. 40 arrives from Madison
at sos a. NJ, except Sunday.
Sunday excursion train arrives from
Milwaukee at 1862 q. m. and goes
, through to Madison, returning at 500
p. m.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-06-14
Combination Tar and Gravel Heating
Device In Operation.

heater is triangular shaped while the
outside IL made up in steps consisting
OF perforated metal plates. The Y
shaped top acts as reservoir bin and
the gravel feeds down the steps and
out at the bottom. The perforations
In the step plates allow the moisture
In the gravel to escape readily as 1t is
turned into steam by the heat Of the
IRE, thereby making it possible to heat
both tar and gravel.-Popular Science
Monthly.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-06-14
First pub. Friday, June TT

John G. Conway, Attorney.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-18
Turks Hurl Children
Into Sea i'm Sacks;
Old People Crucihed
Plan Was to Leave No Ar
menian Alive in Re-
occupied Territory

AMSTERDAM, March 17-While the
Turkish semi official news agency IS
telegraphing abroad reports of alleged
atrocities committed by bands of Ar
menians, the Armenian Correspondence
Bureau at The Hague declares that the
reentry of the Turks into Trebzond,
capital Of the Vlayet of the same
name in Asia Minor, was marked by
fresh acts of savagery and rioting. The
plan was to leave no Armenian alive
in the reoccupied territory.
According to news reaching the bu-
rcau from it's Balkan agency thou
sands of Russian stragglers captured
by Turkish cavalry were shot, drowned
or burned to death. The Armenians
were subjected to indescribable tort
ures. Sacks filled with children were
thrown into the sea, old women and
men were crucifed or mutiated and
all young women and girls were handed
over to the Turks.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-18
SoUiets Make
Mosco1D Capital,
Then Adjourn

MOSCOW, March II. - The All
Russian Congress Of Soviets adjourned
'his evening after having approved Of
'ne removal Of the capital TO Moscow
ana 7otins to elect new Central Ex-
eeut!ye Committee to consist Of 200
members.
r. 1. SverdIof, Of the Central Executive
committee, in the closing speech at the
''ogress said IL wag unfortunate that
s1eh peace had TO be ratified, but
ne hoped the Russian pro1ctariat would
sooh come into it's own and regain it's
lost position.
ne pointed out TO the departing mem
"sfs oi the eongregs the urgent necea-
sW Tor organization for the defence
~ lhe Fatnerland and resistance TO the
shsfny's attack, (Which may come sud
'sniy sooner than many expect"
~ inc session yesterday Of the con.
hssss @ d. Sverdlon. Of the Central FIX.
s1.pe Committee, read the mcssage
sshI 10 the Russian people early this
month on behalf Of American labor
safnuel Gompera. In which the az
sastance OF the working people Of Amer
ga mas promissd 10 the Russians. Tho
'heszaHs. which waz read before the
'o sn'e IN ratification Of the peace treaty
"as taken, evoked considerable ap-
yva.a y.anzs. no reply was sent. AZ NJ.
ssefoioH safd the roessagc ~ the Amer
zen .s', people in response TO President
"uscws communication Was sufficient.
ID'onsi Henry w. Anderson, chair
1sh ef fhe American Red Cross Com
a'ssien 70 EumAnia, and thirty mem
~ ~ o his stAf arrived In Moscow
New-York tribune., 1918-03-18
New Strikes Hit
Austrian Roads
And Telegraph.
Disorders Begin in Buda-
pest and Spread
Rapidly

AMSTERDAM. March 17.-Strikes
are again in progress in Austria and
Hungary, and are spreading rapidly, &C.
cording to German newspapers. A
Vienna dispatch to the "Weser Zeitung"
of Bremen, dated Friday, says that Q
strike has begun in Budapest, and is as
suming large proportions. Telegraplic
communication between Budapest and
Vienna was suspended on Thursday.
A Vienna dispatch to the "Lokal An
zeiger", of Berlin confirms the report
of last week that workmen in railway
shops have gone on strike. 1t says
Vienna and neighboring industrial CEN
tres are affected bv the movement. The
men in the railway shops of one line
quit work on Tuesday, and were joined
on Wednesday by the shopworkers OF
other railways. Under threat of mill
tary intervention the men returned to
the shops, but did not work.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-18
Heavy Bombardment Pre-
cedes Attack-Casual-
ties Withheld
Seek Information
By Taking Prisoners
Troops in Two Sectors Un-
der Increasing Artil-
lery Fire
tBy The Associated pressJ

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Saturday, March 16-After
terrific artillery preparation this morn
ing large numbers of the enemy crossed
No Mans Land on the extreme right of
the American sector, northwest of Toul.
Apparently the purpose of the raid was
quickly accomplished and only COM
paratively small number entered our
lines. Permission has not been given
to mention the number of casualties.
This raid, like most of the others
carried out all the way from the sea to
Switzerland, was designed to gather in
formation by means of taking prisoners.
East of Luneville our patrols have ex-
plored part Of the German trench which
our artillery forced the enemy to
abandon. Patrols proceeded laterally
until they established contact with the
Germans.
Wipe Out Snipcrs' Posts
Our reconnaissance and wire patrols
found snipcrs' posts, listening posts
and nests from which machine guns
had been firing on our lines. The artil-
lery attended to all these posts. The
German positions have been made so
uncomfortable at several places that
they are now trying to regain a foot
hold by connecting shell holes.
Our troops have been subj bjected to an
extraordinarily heavy artillery fire for
the last twenty-four hours. More than
240 shells, which make craters twenty
feet deep and thirty feet in diamete4,
fell in one section of the hnc. IN an
other section batteries have been
shelled heavily. More gas shells have
fallen in both the Toul and Luneville
sectors, but the larger number in the
former Shells, most of them heavy
and some of them of the 12-inch type,
have pounded the position northeast OF
Badonvillers intermittentiy, but the
Americans and their allies nave held
on.
Position Consolidated
Consolidation of the position has
been continlcd, and the series of opera
tions in this particular part of the sec
tor has brought the French lines up on
a front of nearly three miles The
parapets have been turned toward the
enemy, dugout entrances have been
changed and new dugouts have been
built to protect the men,
Last night it appeared as if the
enemy would abandon his attempt to
drive out the Americans and French,
realizing that it is an almost hopeless
task. Throughout the sector artillery
firing is continuing.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-18
Though Hit in Exchange of
100 Shots, American
Ship Routs Foe
Last Shell Thought
To Have Scored Hit
Raider Dived Bow Foremost
Enemy Was Encountered
Three Times in Trip

AN ATLANTIC PORT, March IT.
How the crew of an American tanker
fought off a monster Uboat Of new
type in a terrific forty-hve minute bat
tie, during which more than one hun
dred shots were exchanged, was told
at first hand when the tanker reached
this port to-day. One man was wound
ed and the vessel was hit repeatedly
by the submarine during a running
fight. 1t ended abruptly when the gun
crew on the steamship dropped a shot
on the U-boat, which submerged bow
first, apparently damaged.
Two other encounters with subna-
rines during the trip across go to make
up one of the most amazing tales OF
adventure on the high seas that have
come out of the war The first U-boat
was frightened off, apparently, when a
dozen shots we're fired at it; another
took to cover when the gun crew. using
offensive tactics, aimed four shells in
its general direction.
Carried Navy Gun Crew
Censorship rules do not permit men
tion of the name of the ship or of its
captain and gun Grew commander, to
whose coolness and bravery are due
the ships splendid fight and escape
Suffice it to say that the vessel is of
6,945 tons gross, was built less than
two years ago in this country and is in
the service of an American oil COM
pany. Besides its crew Of thirty
mostly Americans. it carried United
States navy gun grew.
First Mate Carl Eckman, of ZIG
South Tenth Street, Philadelphia, chief
officer of the tanker. gave the details
Of the longest of the three encounters
over the rail of his ship when it
dropped anchor.
owe We're 245 miles west of Queens
town on the afternoon of March /, at
about $3.50 o'clock, when we sighted
what looked like Il buoy ahead" said
Eckman. "We soon saw that it was a
submarine. about 5000 yards away.
"Our gunners opened fire at once, but
cur shots fell short The submarine,
which was on the surface, came closer
to range Of about 1000 yards, which
was still outside of the range of our
pieces, although easily within theirs.
U-Boat Closes In
"Our gunncrs kept firing from fore
and aft guns. while the vessel was kept
going ahead in zigzag fashion. AL
though the submarine was within tor
pedo distance it chose to use shells
instead, with little success at first. Our
zigZagging puzzled them, and they
New-York tribune., 1918-03-18
Allied Flicrs Made %
Air Raids ii, February

AMSTERDAM, Friday, March ia
Berlin dispatch says that in February
Entente aviators made twenty-three at
tacks on German towns. Treves was
raided three times, and Saarbrucken,
Mannheim and Pirmasens once each.
While no military damage was caused,
the dispatch says, considerable
amount of damage was done to houses
and other private property. Twelve
persons were killed and thirty-six in
jurcd, fifteen Of them severely. One
biplanc fell into the hands o.. the Ger
mans.
The other attacks were directed
against industrial districts in Lorraine,
Luxembourg, Saar and Moselle. They
are said to have caused no interruption
of work, the raiding planes in ma
iority of cases having been prevented
by the anti-aircraft guns from reaching
their detectives,
New-York tribune., 1918-03-18
Germans Try
To Organize
Siberian Army
Toxic Reports Attempt to
Form Two Corps of
War Prisoners

TOXIC, March 16 (via Shanghai).-
1t is reported that the Germans are
trying to organize two army corps of
German war prisoners of Russia. One
corps, it is said, is being secretly or
ganized at Irkutsk, Siberia. Two cav
airy corps also are being formed.
Premier Terauchi and Foreign Min
lister Motono told parliament to-day
nothing had been decided upon with
reference to the Siberian situation.
The military situation has reached
state of perfected preparedness.
Last night the Seiyukai (Constitu-
tionaD party, the largest in the Diet,
held q conference and reafirmed its
position, taken at recent meeting, in
opposition to immediate mobilization.
The press is almost unanimous in
urging mobilization. The "Asahi Shin
bun" and the "Yorodzu Shoho" say
they are unable to understand Amer
ica's "excessive generosity" toward
Russia, now giving supplies to Ger
many and imperlling the stores at
Vladivostok. Suspicious in regard to
Japan wean the Allies, they assert,
adding that it is Japan's duty to work
in the interests of the peace of human
ity by assisting to crush Germany.
The "Kokumin Shimoun" issues a call
to arms, saying that America is sin
cerely friendly. but mistaken.
The "Asahi Shimbun," of Osaka,
voices the opinion, widely held among
the middle classes, that extensive mob
ilization would create acute distress in
dustrially and in regard to food sup
plies.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-18
Strong German Force Raids
American Trenches Near Toul:
Petain Pierces Teuton Line
France Honors 19
More Americans
AS Field Heroes
[By The Associated Pressl


WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE. Friday, March 15.-Amer-
ican soldiers serving in the sector east
OF Luneville have again been honored
by the French government for heroic
conduct on the field Of battle. War
crosses have been conferred upon
them. Among those thus decorated
were:
Private Elmer McDonough, of Kel-
logg, Mimi, attached to certain bat
terry Of field artillery, who fulfilled his
mission, carrying dispatches through
a heavy fire and fell gloriously at his
post of combat"
Sergeant Raymond Quinlan, St.
Paul, Mimi; Privates Emile +. Kraft,
st. Paul; Charles Danielson, Storm
Lake, Iowa; Charles Mclaughlin and
Walter Smith, of Hutchinson, Mimi;
Harvey A. McPeak, Renwick, Iowa
Floyd R. Leseman, Prescott, Wis;
Nicholas McGaughren, St. Paul, and
John A. Bedner. New Prague, MIMI
soldiers of fine energy, having given
proof since their entry into the line
of great courage under fire, wounded
at their posts of combat"
Infantry Units - Corporal Homer
Whited, Bessemer, Ala.--"Struck down
an enemy who attempted to kill hin,
after making to surrender" Private
Amos Teskc. Coal Valley, Ala.-"Cour~
ageous and we'll disciplined soldier
who aided the French on patrol to
capture two prisoners"
Corporal Lewis A. Simons, Ell Reno
Okla, and Private A. Selix, Union
courage OF ar-hardened veterans
seriously wounded in repulsing at
tack"
Trench Mortar Unit - Sergeant
Charles w. Stout, of Baltimore, "con-
tinued to fire his gun. directing men
under heavy fire"
Corporal Russell A. Yarnell, OF
Swarth more, enn.-"Seriously wound
ed, but remained at his post of com.
bat"
Private James E. Potts, Baltimore
-" NJ Mortally wounded while serving his
piece under heavy fire"
Corporals Joseph N. Walker and
Thomas w. Sporner, both of Balti-
more.-"Contnucd to fire their piece
under violent bambardment."
PHILADELPHIA. March 17.-Corpo-
raj Russell A. Yarnell of Swarthmore
Penn, mentioned as among those who
received War Crosses. is we'll known
in athletic circles in this section He
was member of the Swarthmore Col
lcge baseball and football teams. He
left college last April to enlist.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-18
Americans Rout
Enemy in Patrol
Clash Near TouL
(By Tie Associated Pre-.

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Thursday. March 14.-One of
our patrols last night encountered an
enemy patrol in No Mans Land in the
Toul sector and opened fire. The Ger
mans fled, carrying with them several
bodies, supposed to be Of men killed or
wounded. They were so busy getting
away that there was only a ieeble re-
turn TO the American fire. and none of
the American patrol was injured.
Two enemy airplanes flew over our
lines during the night, one dropping
flares as signals. The other was over
mead at time when the Germans be-
gan barrage, which our guns coun-
tered. 1t is not improbable the enemy
plane was trying to locate our bat
teries by the flashes of the guns. No
infantry activity followed the barrage.
Our artillery coN,inued to do effect
i've work against the enemy lines and
silenced battery which was firing big
smells IN our direction from a point in
the rear of Sonnard Wood. Several
other places where activity was OBJ
served also were shelled.
New German troops have entered the
line IN front of US. Apparently they
have been told they are opposite
AiheIlcanS' because many times the
new arrivals have been seen observing
US curiously through field glasses. This
curiosity has proved disastrous to them
on more than one occasion. for our
snlpers are as active as our artillery
In the intermittent bombardments at
various parts OF the American sector
considerable numbers Of mustard, phos-
gene and chlorine shells were used.
American aerial observers in the rear
Of the lines have been formed into a
squadron under command of French
captain. They were over the line to-
day, but had no encounters With en-
envy machines.
Charles S. Gordon. of Iowa. the first
man wounded in the Luneville sector,
has received the Cross of War.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-18
H. J. Smith, Author of
ct ailor-Made Man."
Is Killed i'm Crash
Playwright, Seeking Wound
Dressing Moss in Canada,
in Auto Hit by Train

Word was received here yesterday
that Harry James Smith, author Of "a
Tailor Made Man" and the sole author
ity in the United States on sphagnum
moss, a substance Of great value in
dressing wounds, was killed Saturday
near Murrayvillc, British Columbia,
when a locomotive struck the auto
mobile in which he was riding.
Mr.. Smith had been in the service of
the Red Cross since the outbreak of
war A. Mcphee, garage owner. of
Murrayvile, was driving him over a
railroad crossing, when a Great North
ern freight train swept out Of cut
and struck the machine. McPhcc was
probably fatally injured.
The quest for sphagnum moss was
responsible for Mr.. Smiths trip to Can
ada. The healing qualities of this ma
terial have made it of tremendous i'm
portancc since the war began. Soon
after the United States. entered the
conflict Mr.. Smith volunteered to go to
Canada at his own expense to investi
gate the moss resources. He received
the cooperation Of Professor Porter, Of
McGill University. head of the Sphag-
mum Commission of Canada, and OBJ
tancd carload Of the moss for the
Red Cross
About two weeks ago he returned to
the Northwest for further invcstiga
ton, and after a ten-day conference
with Professor J. w. fIodgcson, Of the
University Of Washington, at Seattle,
went on into Canada. The next word
concerning him was the news Of his
death.
Mr. Smith was thirty seven years old.
He was born in New Britain, Conn, and
was graduated from Williams College in
1902. Two ycars later he received the
degree of Master Of Arts from Harvard,
and for several years thereafter served
az an instructor at Oberlin.
During 1906 and 1907 he was assist
ant editor Of "rhc Atlantic Monthly"
Before ne wrote "A Tailor Made Man"
New York had scen two other Of his
plays, "BIackbirds" and "Mrs. Bump
stead-Leigh," in which Minnie Maddern
Fiske appeared.