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The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-18
Victor Beroer Gives Bond.

Chicago, Oct. 18.-Victor Berber,
candidate for congress In Milwaukee,
charged with violation of the espion-
age act, gave bond for $4,000 In fed
eral court here. The bond was signed
by William Bross Lloyd, Socialist can
dtdate for senator from Illinois.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-18
BIG AMOUNT TO FIGHT FLU"
$4,000, 900 Is Added to the Appropria-
tion Amendment.

Washington, Oct. 1S.-An appropria-
ton of S1O,OOO,00O with which to fight
the present epidemic Of Spanish influ-
enza is provided in an amendment to
the army appropriation bill, presented
in the senate by Senator Lewis of nli-
nOiS.
One million dollars for fighting the
disease has already been appropri-
ated by congress. Additional appropria-
ton would be expended through the
health officers Of cities and states
where the disease is spreading, in CO
operation with the United States
health service, under the resolution.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-18
GREAT RUSS WOMAN is DEAD

Little Grandmother Of the Russian
Revolution" Succumbs.
Boston, Oct. 1S.-Katharin Bresh-
kovskaya, known throughout world as
1.-THE little grandmother of the Russian
revolution" is dead. A German newspa-
per just received here records the death
of the famous woman nihilist. She
lied Of malnutrit In while In hiding,
somewhere In Russia"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-18
Miners Affected by "FIu."

Lexington, KY, Oct. 18.-Several
mines IN the coal districts Of Ken
lucky have stopped operations, while
others have been forced to cut pro-
duction in half, due to the spread Of
the influenza epidemic. Thousands Of
cases have been reported, and pleas
nave been sent state health authorities
to send aid.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-18
RAISE THE SUNDAY GAS BAN
Autolsts Again Allowed to Run Their
Cars on Sabbath.

Washington, Oct. 18.-The discontin-
uance Of "gasless Sunday effective at
once, is announced by Fuel Admins
traitor Garfield. In making the an
nouncement, however, Doctor Garfield
said that priority would be given to
shipments overseas, and that should
the reserve supply Of gasoline become
SO low as to make such action neces-
sary, the ban on Sunday autoing would
again 60 into effect.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-18
PROUD OF UNITED STATES
Representative Latin-American Lauds
the Yankees

Representative latIn-AmerIcan LauoS
the Yankees.
Panama, Oct. 1S.-Speaking for Lat
in America at a Liberty loan meeting
here Ernesto T. Lefevre, secretary for
foreign affairs, said:
"The peoples Of Latin America are
sc convinced that the United States
is an unselfsh and altruistic republic
that from Patagonia to Mexico all are
proud of the victories won by the
American armies on the shell-torn
fields of Europe. Whatever may have
occurred in the past in Panama, a
wave of cordial and sincere friendship
Is today sweeping our territory from
one end to the other. Our hearts and
souls are with the soldiers In France"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-18
HELP is URGED FOR RUSSIA
New York Amer.can-Russian Associa-
tion Plans Policy.

New York, Oct. 18.-Immediate
adoption Of constructive policy Of
civic and economic assistance for the
Russian people is recommended by the
American-Russian chamber of COM
merce in a report submitted to civic,
trade and commercial organizations
throughout the country.
The chamber urges that civic-eco-
nomic assistance be dispatched to ST.
IBERIA this fall to follow in the wake
of the allied military expedition and
form rallying points for the Russians
freed from German-bolshevik domina-
ton In their efforts to restore normal
conditions Of life.
Unless order is restored, it Is said,
1t will be difficult for the masses of
Russians to understand the necessity
or value of supporting a new govern
ment.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-18
SOLDIERS MOTHER KILLED
Falls In Elevator Shaft on Way to Her
War Work.

Hammond, Ind. Oct. 18.-Mrs. Clara
Barnay, Indiana Harbor, mother Of
six children, three Of whom are In
the United States army, was killed at
the Cudahy Packing company plant at
East Chicago, while on her way to
war work. She fell down an elevator
shaft. Mrs. Barnay Is the first WON.
ar out Of 5000 war workers In the re-
gion to give her life.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-18

present peace negotiations.
washington. Oct. 1S.-Secretary Nc
Adoo telegraphed the following state
ment to all the daily newspapers of
the United States:
subscriptions reported and esti-
mated up to noon Thursday amount to
S4,OOO,OOO,00O, leaving at least $1,000
100000 to complete the fourth Liberty
lean. Only two days are left within
which to raise the vast sum. No cOun-
try on earth but America could raise
so vast sum in so short time.
America can do and must do 1t. The
destinies OF the world and the hopes
OF civilization are centered upon
America. We shall fail in everything
we have fought for and hope to gain
In this war If the fourth Liberty loan
Is defeated.
Let every true American citizen to-
day examine himself under the white
light of patriotism and say whether or
not he has done his utmost In this
emergency. The highest obligations
OF duty and patriotism command ev-
cry true American to go Immediately
to his bank or to his Liberty loan COM
nlittee and subscribe to the limit of
his ability to the fourth Liberty bonds.
Don't delay. Don't wait to be urged
BE as quick to do your part in this
fourth Liberty loan battle as our SOL
diers in France are quick to obey the
orders to charge the enemy.
"Buy Liberty bonds on the INSTALL
1nent plan If you cannot buy them for
cash. Every patriotic bank will help
you. If every patriotic citizen will do
his duty today victory for the fourth
Liberty loan Is certain. The continued
victories Of our armies in Europe, the
certain defeat Of our enemies, and the
glorious triumph Of the cause Of lib
erty depend upon what the American
people do in the remaining two days
OF the fourth Liberty loan campaign.
"W. G. MADOO."
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-18
LARGE PLUS SUBSCRIPTIONS
Big Insurance Company Buys $24, 4,OOO,-
600 Additional Bonds.

New York, Oct. 18.-The New York
Life Insurance company announced an
additional subscription Of $24,OOO,O 900
to the fourth Liberty loan, making
S5O.OOO,OOO in all, and the Southern
Pacific railroad an additional $1,000
OO0
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-18
MINNESOTA TOWNS ARE SAVED
Flames Sweeping Northern Forests
Are Reported Checked.

Duluth, Mimi, Oct. 18.-Federal Dam,
Aitkin, Crosby and Ironton, on the Min
reapolis, st. Paul & Soult Ste. Marie
railroad, are reported safe from fires
which came near to those towns.
Fifty fires are reported scattered
through st. Louis county.
All business Is suspended In Iron
ton and Crosby. At McGrath the fires
ere under control. Fires around Nc
Gregor and north Of Aitkin, near Pal
hsade and Libby are still burning.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-18

Paris, Oct. 18.-Two Americans
were killed, one man was wounded and
material damage was caused In the
German bOmbardment of Dunkeruue
with long-range gun.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-18
Wilson Slons Fraud Bill

Washington, Oct 18.-President VIII
son signed the bill making fraud in
congressional elections federal Of
Tense.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-18
THIS is A PARTING SHOT

Hun Submarine Fires on the Scottish
Town of st. kilda.
London, Oct. 18.-A German subma-
rine fred at long range at st. Kilda,
Scotland, Tuesday, damaging a church
and other buildings, Doctor Mcnamara,
under secretary of the admiralty an
nounced in the house of commons.
MORE U-BOATS FOR ALLIES
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-18
GERMAN ARMY
RETREATINC TO
ANTWERP Line
0stend Is Captured and Zee
brugge Given Up by the
Huns.
BRUGES AND LILLE TAKEN
Allies in Great Advance Win U-Boat
and Rail Bases-Seventeen Divi-
siors In FIight-King and Queen
Of Belgium in Ostend.

London, Oct. 18.-The allies ad-
vanced twelve and a half miles Thurs
day on a front Of more than thirty
miles between the North sea and lys
river, Field Marshal Haig's night re-
port announces. British troops are in
the outskirts Of Tourcing. Ingelmuster
and Mueleboke were captured, the
statement says.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-18
German Admiralty Orders Submarines
Back to Bases.

Amsterdam, Oct. 18.-The Handels-
blad asserts 1t has authoritative infor-
nation to the effect that the German
admiralty has sent out wireless mes
sage to all submarines to return I'm
mediately to their bases.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-18
MUST RAISE BIG LOAN
Secretary McAdoo Wires YOU to
Buy More Bonds.
Says America Can and Must Go Over
Top With the Fourth Lib
erty Loan.

Washington, Oct. 18.-There will be
no extension Of the Liberty loan sub
scrIption period past Saturday night,
Secretary McAdoo has stated emphat-
icaIly. Furthermore, said the secre.
tary, 1t will be necessary to have a
fifth and perhaps sixth loan regard
less Of the outcome of the German
present peace negotiations.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-18

Paris, Oct. 1S.-King Albert Of Bel
gium and Queen Elizabeth entered
Ostend
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-24
Smelling Salts Fad.

1--WE have sold more of these bottles
than of any other novelty" said the
pretty girl In the jewelers. shop the
day before Christmas, and the woman
who overheard the remark examined
the bottles with interest. They were
smelling salts bottles, and she thought
of cut-glass bottle for the purpose on
her dressing table that had served its
purpose in the smelling salts fad of
her girlhood. Every girl. had her bot
tie. which she carried constantly. In
church as soon as the sermon began
out came the smelling salts bottle, and
with eyes closed each girl would dain.
lily and luxuriously inhale the salts
around the edge of the bottle, lest she
get too much of it. Now, the knitting
nerves or other causes have seemingly
brought back the fad, and bottles filled
with the salts, the color of the enam
eled tops, will repose on the tops OF
all the dressing tables.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-24
The Dry Clubs.


1t was not such startling innovation
as some commentators have regarded it
when the governing council of the Shrin-
crs put the ban the other day on the use
OF liquor, at the meeting places of the or
der. More than 100 Of the li5 temples o.
Shriners in the United States had already
taken such action of their own accord.
Yet the man on the street, knowing Shrin-
ers as emphatically OF the when good-fel-
lows-get altogether sort, would probably
have named their order as the last citadel
to surrender to the assaults of the bone
dry movement. Perhaps he would have ex-
cepted the Ancient and Honorable Artillery
Company, but that organization has just
celebrated, with more or less enthusiasm
its first dry banquet in almost three cen
tulies. Possibly he would have felt that
the Elks would be the last to surrender
since it is no secret that virtually all Ell
lodges, even in dry states, have been we,
clubs. But great part of the 200 o.
| more lodges Of Elks in the country hav,
of their own accord banished liquor from
their clubs
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-24
CLIPPER SHIPS COME BACK
Many Vessels That Had Been consid
cred Obsolete Are Gladly Be-
ing Made of Use.

War has not touched finer pinnacle
of romantic thought than the staying
of the doom of the old sailing ships.
The arrogant steam competitors have
been swept from the sea by the thou
sands since the war began. The old
square riggers and multiple-masted
schooners are again coming into their
own. Formerly they were too slow for
most transatlantic freight traffic.
Many of them were gathering barna-
Giles at the empty wharves of decadent
shipping centers when the submarine
warfare began. Now they are scrap
ed and painted and fitted with new
white canvas and. Iseith sat 20 'fon the
U-boats of the Hun. Tonnage has be-
come so important that ships that
were virtually in the "boneyard," as a
sailor would say, have been reftted.
The sailing ship is cheaper to operate
than a steamer and has hung on dog
gedly. despite the rapid increase In
steam-propelled bottoms. The war has
accentuated the Importance Of sailing
ships. The veterans of the forties and
fifties are again coming into their own
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-24
RUSSIAN PEASANT MILD MAN
Ivan 10 Generous and ohedient and
Possesses Many Other Rare
Qualities.

One cannot understand Russia and
the tremendously important events
that are taking place there without I'M
Outstanding the peasant and his COM
munistic environment, says Geological
Survey Bulletin. The peasants; We're
serfs bound to the land by the laws
up to 1861. when they were freed by
the Car Alexander II, just two years
before the emancipation proclamation
was issued in our country. They were
ignorant because they have never had
the opportunity for education that is
open to every American. The over
whelming majority Of them are agri-
culturists, for even those who have
moved to the cities are still members
Of the village commUnes and have an
interest in the land belonging to those
primitive communities. 1t has only
been in recent years that Petrograd,
Moscow and Warsaw have reached the
class of really large cities, but their
population has been recruited almost
| wholly from the agricultural peasants.
There are many Americans who look
upOu Tie IluSSlttu DIS Il DiOOdtHiiSly IL
| dividual. On the contrary, the aver
| age Russian peasant is one of the mild
| est hammered and best natured human
beings one can find. He is hospitable
| and kind hearted, and would share his
last kOpeck with another poorer thar
himself. There are great many goot
qualities that one can admire in Ivan
behind his bushy whiskers, while ht
and his communistic villagers make Ill
interesting study, the counterpart O.
which cannot be found elsewhere il
Europe or America. Because of hi
ignorance and narrow viewpoint, HI
cannot understand the great worl'
questions involved in the present strug
gle. He simply wants an opportunit
to return home to his little Ivans an
Eiizabeths, and an opportunity to GU
tivate his communistic allotment O
, land.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-24

The Reformer IL on sale every evening
by the following news dealers:
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w, cleveland. 8. l. Purinton (Estey-
vtlle), Brooks House Pharmacy, Allen
Depot Newsstand Mrs d. F. Doyle.
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east Dummerston, NJ. F.. Brown
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-24

Benevolent assimilation has worked
out so we'll that the Philippines are
prospecting beyond all precedent. The
latest statement issued by the bureau
of insular affairs of the United States
war department shows an increase of
500 100000 in the value of Philippine
exports and imports over last year. The
islands are now exporting at the rate
of almost $100,000,000 annually. Rice,
sugar, breadstuffs and other raw prod
ucts for war use are among the items
| that are helping to swell the trade of
! the archipelago. OF even greater inter
est and Importance than these statistics
| is the fact that the native government
is more than meeting Washington s ex
pectations The Filipinos are intense
" loyal to the United States and ever
the one-time outlaw leader, Aguinaldo
is interested in the plan of training
10000 native troops who urgently de
mand that they have chance to hell
fight for the United States against tn,
Germans.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-24
coino Some.


$50 you think you love herr" smiled
the. cynical friend.
Il know l love her!" swore the in
fatuated youth.
"Are you sure you love her as much
as you think you do?"
"Say. I'm sure of more than that.
love her as much as she thinks / do -
And, of course. as one thing leads to
another, that height of affection story
reminds us of the cow rsation be-
tween two fellows who were talking
about a third fellow who was by the
way of being spendthrift One fel
low said:
"Bill lives beyond his income
doesn't he?"
Lives beyond his income? Why, Bill
lives beyond the income he wishes h,
had !"-Exchange.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-24
.
Little Benny's
Note Book
BY LEE PAPE

Ma was looking at the paper today
with Impression on her face as if she
dident knew weather she was enjoying
it or not, and pop looked over her
shoulder, saying, Well, wee gods and
little pitchers, if she's not reading the
spoarting page. Wat are you doing,
mother, trying to make NOISE like a
baseball fan2
| Suppose jest because | don't 90 err
round tawking about it all the time
the way you do, you think don't know
cnything about baseball, | suppose? sed
ma,
No, / don't say that, sed pop, all
say is that if everything you don't
| know about baseball was put in book
it wood take S3 volumes and 5000
diagrams.
My goodniss, you're so funny its ;
wonder the joak papers don't all ritz
to you for information, sed ma
0, well, sed pop, perhaps I'm doing
you an injustice. AS the kaiser says
no man shood be declared guilty un
til its proven that there's not drol
of Germin blud in his vanes, and i
you RELY know how game of base
ball is played nows your chance t
describe it.
Serteny | know how its played an
the more | reed about it the more
wonder how full grown men can wais
their time tawking about it, sed m;
Bravo, that's a fine Introduction, an
now for a description of a game i
terse but elegant Inglish, sed pop.
. Well, sed ma there are men 0
bases
Wat, alreddy? Holey smoaks, haver
I you skipped sumthiag sed pop.
e You don't wunt me to go into ever
G little detail, do you9 scd ma.
! Perhaps not, sed pop, judging fru
!, the way you maltreet the big detail
= it wood be a shame to turn you loo.
r amung the poor little ones.
v And then the man on ferst bal
q makes a home run, sed ma.
? Excuse me vile ] go out and get
: little air, sed pop. And pop went dow
G stairs and took his hat off the hs
IS rack and went out, and ma sed, | ge
that showed him weather | know en-
thing about baseball or not.
Wich | CESS it did.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-24

The disaster in Indiana Saturday
morning in which over 200 employees of
the Hagenbeck- Wallace circus were
terrible wrecks in the history of rail
reading in the United States. There
Is one distressing feature of the acct
dent when we stop to consider that all
Of the people killed and MANNED were in
a sense members of one big family.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-24

ming the war than the ones in which
they are now engaged. All registrants
are urged to volunteer to part of their
time in agricultural work. The scheme
is called vocational registration and it
is made imperative to the extent that
without enrolment cards Canadians will
be unable to travel or obtain hotel ac-
commodations 1t is expected that four
and half million men and women will
be enrolled by tonight.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-24
A HERO EVERY DAY
Brave Deeds of Men in America g
Fighting Service.

Standing by their guns until the forward
part of their ship was well under water,
after being struck by German torpedo,
the armed guard crew on the steamship
Santa Maria gave evidence of the pluck
and steadfastness to duty of the American
sailor. This crew was in charge of John
Weber, chief boatswain 5 mate, L. S. ma
Wy, who reported to the department that
not one Of his men showed excitement or
confusion, all standing at their posts. They
had hardly gotten safely away from the
disabled ship. when she keeled to stafboard
and sank Weber's next Of kin is a sister
Miss Emma Weber, residing at 1927 North
Adams street, South Bend, Ind
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-24

John Masefield, the noted British au-
thor, in writing to the New York Times
TO correct a statement in regard to what
his country has done for the great
cause, says: "Great Britain, which has
put nearly eight million men into the
armies and navy, and hardly less thar
another eight million men and womer
into war work at home and abroad, has
actually lost in the field and at SEE
more than two and half million men
besides some hundreds of thousands in
capacitated through sickness
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-24

Henry Ford, in discussing his candi-
dacy for the United States senator told
in much detail of his recollection of the
time when he reached his majority and
of his fathers advice to him before
he went to the polls to vote for James
A. Garfield as president And then the
man with a memory pointed out that
the year when Henry Ford became 81
the Republican nominee for President
was James G. Blaine of Maine.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-24

be. That's pretty healthy, too. There
is nothing sickly or weak about rat.
We're good strong family, we are
Too bad you didn't ask me how l
was feeling said Coy.
oh, dear. aren't you well?' asked
Musky. I give you my sympathy, my
sweet rat sympathy. / am sorry, sad
and unhappy to hear that illness has
o'ertaken you and that you are feeling
far from Well
You're talking absolute nonsense
said Coy.
"'Oh, gracious said Musky. you
are in bad temper
Nothing of the Sort said Coy.
don't agree with you, I'm sorry
to say
If you're sorry to say it, don't say
T. said Coy. 1 have no use for these
folks and creatures who hate to say
things and who still go ahead and say
them
II was sorry to say I couldn't
agree with YOU said Musky. Il would
really like to agree with you, but in
this case l simply couldn't. / really
was sorry. Don't you believe me?'
asked Musky sadly.
"'Oh. yes said Coy. suppose l do.
But you're so wrong in what you have
been saying
"'Oh, dear, oh, dear!' squealed Mus
Ky, I am always wrong, always wrong.
It's sad life l lead
It's not sad life you lead said
Coy. You were saying only short
time ago how well you felt. That
doesn't make you sad, does it?
".No,' said Musky, but you're SO
| very cross to me that feel rather sad
| all of a sudden
| must be more patient said Coy
I was rather quick and sharp with
you and / mean to be friendly. Yor
see, in the first place l said that it was
too bad you hadn't asked how l was
feeling
L remember said Musky. And
was sorry you didn't feel well. | an
still sorry, for that natter
"'For that matter repeated Coy
am not feeling poorly. / am feelin.
well. You never gave me the chanc,
to say how was feeling. You at one
made up your mind that was feeling
poorly
And you We're feeling well and ar
still feeling well?' asked Musky.
" Never better in my life,' said Co.
That was the reason why | said
was too bad you hadn't asked me ho'
was feeling. thought we could bot
rejoice over our health together
"'Now l see.' said Musky. 1 spois
too soon. l didn't use my rat INTEL
gence.'
II That's the whole trouble agree
Coy.
so you're not in bad temper ;
all? asked Mnsky.
am not said Coy.
"'Good' said Musky. Then we CO
have a nice rat chat. How we bot
love the water! You're every bit {
fond of it as am, and everyone know
!. that the muskrat family love the W
| ter
Eve both appreciate good things