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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-12-13
PUT BACK PASSENGER TRAINS
Director General McAdoo Announces
Rail Service viii Be Restored
to Normal.

Washington, Dec. 11.-Restoration
of normal passenger service has now
been undertaken by the railroad adj
ministration, said Director General
McAdoo in a statement addressed to
the American people withdrawing his
plea made last January for curtail-
ment of passenger travel for the war
emergency.
A number of trains, he announced,
will be added to existing schedules
within the next few weeks.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-12-13
WOULD STABILIZE RAIL PAY
Establishment Of Permanent Rates
Planned, Says Director Of Divi-
sion Of Labor.

New York. Dec. Establishment
of permanent wage rates for the 2,0O0,-
600 railway workers of the United
States to continue after the cost of
living has decreased, is the aim of the
United States railroad administration.
according to w. S. Carter, director Of
the division of labor, who spoke here
on "the effect of federal control on
railway labor" before the academy of
political science Standardization Of
wages and working conditions of rail-
way employees, Mr.. Carter believed
would prove to be the most pro-
nounced effect of federal control
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-12-13
First publication Dec. 6, 1918]
Notice of Final Account and to Deter
mine Inheritance Tax.


COUNTY COURT ROCK COUNTY,
Wisconsin, Probate.
In the matter of the will of A. P.
Nicholson, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that at reg
ular term of the County Court, to be
held in and for said County, at the
Court House IN the City of GAINESVILLE,
in said County, on the first Tuesday,
being the 7th day of JAM, A. D. 1919,
at the opening of court On that day,
the following matter will be heard and
considered:
The application of Mildred G. Nichol-
son, executrix of the will of A. P.
Nicholson, deceased, late of the City of
Edgerton, in said County. for the ex-
animation and allowance of his final
account, and for the assignment of the
residue of the estate of said deceased
to such persons as are by law entitled
thereto; and for the determination and
adjudication of the inheritance tax, if
any, payable in said estate.
Dated November q, A. D. 1918.
By the Court:
CHARLES l.. FIFIELD,
County Judge.
G. w. Blanchard, Atty.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-12-13
CAPT. MOFFETT GOES TO SEA
Naval Training Station wiz Com
mand Dreadnaught Mississippi.

Chicago, Dec 9.-'Each one of you
has kept steadily in mind everything
that would be for the good Of the
ship" The highest words of praise
that captain can give his men were
written in a farewell statement issued
by Capt. Moffett to the officers and
men at Great Lakes naval training sta
ton.
Capt. Moffett's wife and family will
remain at their new home in Lake
Forest while the captain is on the
q. S. S. Mississippi, the newest and
best of the dreadnaughts.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-12-13
First Publication Nov. 22, 1879
Notice to Creditors.

STATE OF WISCONSIN,
County Court for Rock County.
Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at reg
uIar term of the County Court to be
held in and for said County, at the
Court House, in the City of GAINESVILLE,
i'll said County, on the first Tuesday of
April, A. d. 1919, being April
1st, 1919, at 3 o'clock a. M, athe fol-
lowing matters will be heard. consid-
cred and adjusted:
All claims against George Murwin,
late of the Town of Fulton, in said
County, deceased.
All claims must be presented for al
lowance to said Court, at the Court
House, in the City of GAINESVILLE, in said
County, on or before the 9Th day of
March, 4. d. 1919, or be barred.
Dated November 6, 1918.
By the Court:
Charles L. Fifeld,
County Judge.
G. w. Blanchard, Atty, Edgerton,
Wis.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-12-13
First publication Nov. q, 1881
Notice to Creditors.

STATE OF WISCONSIN,
County Court for Rock County. - In
Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at reg
ular term of the County Court to be
held in and for said County, at the
Court House, in the City of GAINESVILLE,
in said County, on the first Tuesday of
April, A. D. 1919, being April 1st,
1919, at o'clock a. M, the following
matters will be heard, considered and
adjusted:
All claims against Clyde S. Horton,
late of the City of Edgerton, in said
County, deceased.
All claims must be presented for al
lowance to said Court, at the Court
House, in the City of GAINESVILLE, in said
County, on or before the 9th day of
March, A. d. 1919, or be barred.
Dated Nov. 6, 1918.
By the Court:
Charles L. Fifeld,
County Judge.
Geo. w. Blanchard, Atty, Edgerton,
Wis.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-12-13
First publication Dec. 13, 1881 :
Notice to Creditors.

Notice to Creditors.
STATE OF WISCONSIN,,
County Court for Rock County = In
Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at reg
ular term of the County Court to be
held in and for said County, at the
Court House, in the City of GAINESVILLE,
in said County, on the first Tuesday Of
May, A. d. 1919, being May 9Th,
1919, at O'Clock a. M, the following
matters will be heard, considered and
adjusted:
All claims agains: Alexander White.
late Of the Town of Fulton, in said
County, deceased.
All claims must be presented for al
lowance to said Court, at the Court
House, in the City of Janesville, in said
County, on or before the 9TH day of
April, A. D. 1919, or be barred
Dated Dec. 4th, 1918.
By the Court:
Charles L. Fifeld,
County Judge.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-12-13
aopp Executed as Slayer.

Chicago, Dec. Lloyd Bopp, twice
convicted of the murder of Policeman
Herman Malow of Oak Park, paid for
ibis crime on the gallows In the Geek
county jail courtyard.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-12-13
Ma Peace Prize This Year

Copenhagen, Dec. 1.-THE Nobel
committee has decided not to award
any Nobel peace prize this year.
Arizona republican., 1918-01-16

The newly created procurement di- vision of the reorganized ordnance bureau of the army is to be headed by Col. Samuel McRoberts, who was formerly executive manager of the National City Bank of New York. He will pass on all contracts for army supplies and will have the task of feeding, clothing and generally equipping the men who are fighting for Uncle Sam at the front.
Arizona republican., 1918-01-16

Do not wait until tomorrow-phone that WANT AID to The Republican and dispose of. or get what you want.
Arizona republican., 1918-01-16
The Works of Josephus

Josephus Daniels late two years ago the most unpopular member of the presidents family. Indeed, his unpopularity extended up to the time Daniels appear to have shown himself that in sorrow than in anger it believed that decks could not be cleared for action until Josephus had been moved.
 But the secretary went ahead or less quietly with his war preparations. He gave now and then slight inkling of what he doing, but it seemed improbable that he could do very much navy seemed to be hopeless proposition
 Now that congress is looking into his work, it finds it good, almost flawless. Josephus has been saving wood and not the air; he has been working his brain and not his jawbone. The naval prepara- tions constitute the bright side of prep arations. Elsewhere there have been confusion and tumult and lack of accomplishment.
 He began preparing for war four years ago with out knowing it; at time when he ranked as a rank pacfst, the lieutenant if not the companion in of William J. Bryan That then the only war preparation in progress Josephus creating a sober navy commanded by sober officers He was elevating well solidifying and enlarging the navy; he making it place for self respecting and competent youth whereas it had been to great extent only place for rnangerers, for boys who needed reforming.
 Josephus and regrets that gave expression to that opinion. It feels pride in the Amer ican navy. This confession is good for the soul
Arizona republican., 1918-01-16
HOW A BIG BANK JUDGES MEN

Frank Vanderlip, the president of the National City bank tells in article in the January American Magazine how judged for positions in the bank The author says:
 Here some of the things by which the City Banks interviewers are instructed to judge men:
 Appearance and Manner: Judge how well the applicant will impress customers by his physique facial expression; clothing; neatness, voice. cheer fitness; self f-confidence; courtesy.
 Initiative and Self Reliance: Consider his ability to start things without being shown told and his self-dependence after having been shown his work given task
 Industry Judge his energy and perseverance,. Base your judgment on his personal history sheet Duplication blank), all reports, and your impression from contact with him.
 Character: Judge his character, having in mind ambition honesty, thrift loyalty, spirit of service and freedom from drinking, gambling, and other immoral acts.
 Personal History.
 Reports: Consider reports from his previous em- ployers and from any other sources-both the con- tent of the reports and the reliability of the sources
 All Things Considered"
Arizona republican., 1918-01-16

slightest doubt that the Germans know to regiment how many American soldiers there
 We do not know where in France forces are, but MT. Williams says the Germans know and that hundreds of German armen fly their camps and drop circulars addressed the Americans. It is proper of course, to conceal the of the points from which transports sail and the names of the ports where they land. That is information which might be turned to by the Germans. They get it ultimately but too late be of advantage to them. Golfers mentions the of an American officer, militia captain, who threatened with court martial because the military authorities earued that he had written his wife apprsing her that he had landed in France This episode became the sub ject of ridicule that could have been well for military establishment, either at home abroad. There pictured the consternation If von Finden- burg and Ludendorff in a hurried council when they learned weeks later from obscure Village in the United States that the forces the allies France had been reinforced by the arrival of this militia cartan, making necessary an entire change of German strategy the western front.
 cannot rise to his full of fitness until he quits doing useless and ridiculous things Neither army a nation.
Arizona republican., 1918-01-16
The worker never knows defeat, Tho unvictorious he may die.
 John Davidson.
Auaustuc P. Gardner

There were many men of either branch of con who could better have been spared from service in that body than the late Augustus P Gardner. h. deed think the number who could not have been better spared could be counted the fingers of hand. In the first outburst of patriotism there was talk among senators and representatives of going into active service but it was all talk Mir Gardner went without talking. The country first heard of his intention when it heard he had resigned.
 It may be supposed that a of his ability and his commanding influence in the house where he had served so long could better have served his country in it's councils. That may have been true. There could be doubt of his value there For three years he had been the foremost advocate in and of the foremost in the country, of prepared ness He saw more clearly than any ether man in Washington the point toward which were cer tanly drifting and he constantly urged preparation meet the collision Amid the floundering into which the country plunged, when the dull est saw the danger, Mir. Gardner would almost tanly have been of inestimable service
 But there was another service. He had not been without experience in our latest In general almost universal ignorance of modern warfare, the experience of such must have been of value He had learned something of the horrors at Chicka mauga, where own ignorance and carelessness had been far fatal than the Spaniards and the Filipinos. Moreover example was to be given to the youth of the country who slow enlist in the countrys service. No higher example could bs given than his. It also fitting that he, who had urged preparation for war; and had urged itself a necessity, should lead the way to it.
 Whether his life would have been spared and the lives of thousands of others who have succumbed to the diseases of camps, if the government had listened three years ago to his appeal for prepara tion we do not know, but do know that it's failure to listen has been costly one in life and money and in efficiency; costly for us and costly for allies.
 We glad to learn that the death of Mir Gardner and the cause of it, so prevalent in American army camps, both at home and in France has stirred congress to action. That investigation be proposed ascertain whether the omplacency which has been manifested by those charged with responsibility for the camps is well founded. Or whether have not yet learned anything and going to in the old slipshod fatal way The death of Mir. Gardner casts doubt upon every of ficial report that has been submitted ing conditions at army camps If it should result in the discovery that needless death hovers about them and that general and genuine reform shall be forced upon authorities, to the saving of the lives of thousands of American youth, Mir. Gardner will have lived and died in vain.
Arizona republican., 1918-01-16
NEW GERMAN GAS
 MASK EFFECTIVE
(MilMaukee Free Pressl

Tree fTeSSb
 The anti-gas mask now being used by the Germans is an extraordinary looking object, but is said to have proved very effective It is made of soft rubber, absolutely impermeable, with border of rubber which fits it closely to the forehead and cheeks and under the chin.
 Two large transparent discs, made of acetate of celluloid, set in rungs of aluminium serve as windows, and their setting is so thorough that there are no interstices through which gas can penetrate. At the level of the mouth is woven plate on which the res piratory drum is screwed. This, shape like flattened ell, has circular base made of two very fine cloths. Inside it is a mixture of carbon, carbonate If soda and urotropine. which natura- lizes the gas. The carbon absorbs it, the carbonate of soda fixes part of the chlorine and the urotropine stops the gases that are derived from cyanhydric acid.
 The mask is fastened on by two cords made of sprial spring covered with cloth. When there is danger of a gas attack the soldiers screw the drum tightly in place, then the chin is put into the mask and the hands fasten the cords at the back of the head. Its ef- ficacy is said to depend largely upon how accurately the instructions as to putting it on are followed.
Arizona republican., 1918-01-16
DEVELOPMENT
 IN WAR MINOR,
 STATESREv|EW
Republican A. p. Leased Wire]

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-Only mi nor developments at the battle fronts are recorded in the weekly review of military operations made public by the war department. Wintry weather is interfering with operations in Italy, France and Flanders, and in Russia the military situation is overshadowed by peace negotiations from which the review says, no conclusions can safely be drawn.
 Of the American forces in France the department announces that their preparation for battle is being steadily pursued and that General Pershing re- ports their health and fighting spirit extremely good.
 General improvement in health and equipment conditions in training camps at home is reported and the department says in spite of abnormal cold the camps have been adequately heated and soldiers have had suffi- cient supply of blankets for their com fort
 "On the active fronts in the west and in Italy the equilibrium of battle has been maintained" says the review. "The usual engagements so repeatedly recorded during the week, which are merely every day occurrences in the normal course of modern warfare, can have but little in fluence on the general situation. Any discussion of the military posi- tion in the west must be confined to the analysis of minor engagements. The enemy has concentrated his attacks against the British north of the Cambrai area and in the Ypres salient, and endeavored to mask tac- t1cal readjustments and new disposi- tionS of units.
 Owing to the intensely cold weather operations have been inn peded
 "The Identification of Austrian units along the western front is of interest. | For some time we have been receiv- l ing information to the effect that Aus trian howitzers were be- | ing detached from the Italian theater 1 and transported to the west. 1 Tn spite of unfavorable atmospheric conditions French and British aviators were busy along the whole front and l brought down a. number of hostile planes. Air raids into the interior of Germany were crowned with success. ''1n Italy the enemy has been i'm mobiliZed by the deep snow in the mountain zone. Fresh snow has fallen blocking the passes and rendered active operations impossible Nevertheless, the Austro- Germans are endeavoring to continue their bom- bardments of the Italian positions along the Asiago plateau and Monte Tomba
 While information reaches us that the Austro Germans propose to under
 take simultaneous offensives in Italy and in the west, it is to be noted that l within the central empires great eff
 forts are being made to spread broad.
 cast the news that the Germans hay, fulfilled their widest objectives in tn,
 Italian theater, and that no further
 forward movement could be of any ad
 vantage to their interests.
 Tn Russia the military situation i
 for the time being overshadowed b,
 the peace negotiations which hav
 been instituted.
 No conclusions can safely be drawl
 from the latest incidents"
Arizona republican., 1918-01-16

sued its indefinite trend of the last fortnight. An advance in call loans to six per cent served to restrain speculative order. Second Liberty 4's fell to a low record.
 United States Steel fluctated with in radius of two DO ints, but closed virtually unchanged at 90. contribut- ing fully one-third to the days op- eratons. Rails averaged l point re- cessions. with partial recoveries.
 The few issues of strength were represented by shipping, Crucible Steel. Mexicans and several miscel- laneous issues. Sales amounted to 4S5,000 shares
 II. bonds heaviness ruled, both as to rails and industrials. Liberty S12's were quoted at 9S,5S to sS.50. first fours at 97.5S to 97.40 and sec ond As at 96.44 to the new minimum Of 96.14. Total sales, par value. az gregated S4,447, ,000.
 United States bonds, old issues, were unchanged on call.
Arizona republican., 1918-01-16
LITTLE MISS, NUDE,
 WENT STROLLING
(Chicago Tribune) ]

Central Park West, New York, was filled with noisy traffic and at the Seventy second street entrance to the park policeman was perspiring as he disentangled taxicabs. trucks, surface cars and park equipages in midafter- noon, when a young lady wearing not stitch of clothes and apparently happy sauntered matest 1cauy down the steps of the man doorway of the Majestic hotel.
 Her pink skin aglow and unfettered by raiment, the girl hesitated a mo- ment on the second step from the bot tom, surveyed the busy street, and then boldly started across toward the park, near the entrance to which is a lake in which she would have made an 6xcdl&nt September Morn or August afternoon.
 Traffic immediately became more entangled. Chauffeurs and drivers stopped instantly to gaze. The police man forgot about traffic and the per spiration aDd pursued the young wom- an. He reached her just as maid ran from the hotel, and both seized her at the same moment.
 She was led back into the hotel while rude men laugned and shocked women hurried away, and there it was explained that she was Miss Gertrude Holland.
 She had been in the basement and a maid had prepared a bath for her, leaving her for moment after remov- ing her clothes. In that moment Miss Gertrude, who is 4, started for the park.
Arizona republican., 1918-01-16

MERCANTILE PAPER NEW YORK, Jan. 15.-Mercantile
Arizona republican., 1918-01-16
SUNDAY IN AN OFFICE BUILDING

The corridors strangely still The offices bleak and chill. The elevators do not On busy errands Life seems done And guards the marble door Where through, Monday there will pour Hundreds-nay, thousands-like a tide; Legions that cannot be denied The desks empty; mice confer Like ghouls within a sepulcher. This is the temporary grave Of volumes which men slave. Tomorrow it will be alive With rushing feet a sounding hive. Yet for these few brief hours it knows The stiffness of the dreaming rose
 Charles Hans6n Towne in the Saturday Evening
 Post.
Arizona republican., 1918-01-16
The Strategy of the Ostrich

We have reached a critical situation in the war; and we must face it. We cannot con
 tnue to give blank cheque to soldiers,
 apd tell them to go on. To do so is neither
 fair to them to the country behind them.
 This is not a of armies, but of armed
 nations: and as mean to win, and not lose,
 must put whole national strength into
 the struggle. and bring the Army into much
 closer touch with the nation than has hitherto
 been the case There is far too much secrecy
 about the whole businss No one knows
 what is going on, and when some member of
 Parliament asks for information he is told it
 cannot be given him because the military
 authorities object. In nine ten
 the information asked for is known to the
 enemy and in the tenth he would know
 it if it was of any to him. The country is
 tired of all this useless mystery, and wants
 to know the truth, the whole truth and
 nothing but the truth.The London Observer.
 The latter part of the foregoing is applicable to the mystery which is thrown about own military preparations at home and abroad. Early in the war suggested that mystery promoted distrust We can not have the fullest confidence in leaders who do palpably usless things and especially when those useless things are ridiculous. Whenever reader the date line "A Pacific Port" an Atlantic Port Somewhere in France he first smiles and then feels sensation of disgust. He has much con- dence in the people who order such things he has admiration the wisdom of the ostrich which sticks it's head in the sand. It is not a good thing in serious times to set the public to smiling for then it Is apt 10 be ugly, malicious smile
 Mir Wythe Williams states facts in "The Sins of the Censor in last weeks Golfers that ought to be needed The sin appears to have been started by the French. The British contaminated and then, ourselves veil of secrecy is thrown over operations, which conceals them from the peo- pie of all the allied countries, but not from the Germans.
 We do not know how many American troops there are in France or what they doing We may concede that it would not assist in part of the to let know but it would satisfy our curiosity and make feel that relation to the war was intimate. There is reason why this infor- nation should be withheld, since there is not the
Arizona republican., 1918-01-16
GRAIN

CHICAGO, Jan. 14.-Corn averaged slightly lower today, mainly as a result of better weather conditions than an ticipated. The market closed unset tied, the same as yesterdays finish to Is q Ac lower with January s1.27l. and May s1.247s d1.25.
 Oats declined l4 to 1ac net. Provi- sions scored gains of 21s to 17c.
 A slight increase of the United States visible supply total tended to ease values and there were reports that
 Continued on Page Nine)
Arizona republican., 1918-01-16
FINANCES AND
 MARKETS

NEW YORK, Jan, 15.--On the pro- sressive contraction of business to- days stock market consistently mr.