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The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-27
MANY SECTIONS UNITED
TO WARD OFF THE HUNS
High School Notes

The Senior class elected the follow
ing staff who will have charge of the
Orbit: Editor-in- chief, Albert Lieber-
mann; manager, Waldemar Pritzlaff; !;
assistant manager. Tom Reed literary
editor, Marion Thauer; assistant, Mary
SOlOn; organization editor, Hattie
Lange; assistant, Hazel Hathaway; :;
athletic editor, John Maerzke; assist
ant, Neal Werner; humor editor, Edna
Cordes; assistant, Margaret Burns
art editor, Verna Ebert; assistant,
Norman Glatzel; alumnae editor, Fred
Henke; assistant, Edward King. At
the same meeting a Thrift club was
organized, all members Of the class
signing up. The Senior class officers
will take over the management Of this
club.
The literary societies will hold their
first meetings in the course of few
weeks. The Forum has accepted twen-
ty new members. The first program
will be given October 1 as follows:
Reading of constitution.
Debate, Resolved, That the United
States should retain permanent pos
session of the Philippines" affirma-
tive, T. Reed, w. King, A. Liebermann;
negative, E. Simdars, E. King, N.
Glatzel.
Welcome to members, Gregor lie
gelmann.
Business.
Critics report, Mr.. Thomas.
The football schedule is not COM
plete as yet, but four games being
booked: October II, Watertown at
Oconomowoc; October 19, Beaver Dam
at Watertown; November 9, Wayland
academy at Watertown; November 16,
Portage at Watertown. A game with
Waterloo or Lake Mills will probably
be the first OF the season, October 5.
in this city. Coach Thomas has not
given out his lineup as yet but the
candidates all look promising
The Girls glee club, with Miss Lad
wig as director, held a rehearsal We'd
nesday evening
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-27
20-27-4-11

Notice Is Hereby Given That at a
regular meeting of the common coun-
Gil of the city of WatertoWn, to be held
on the 1st day of October, A. D. 1918,
at the opening of said meeting or as
soon thereafter as the same can be
heard in the common council chamber
in the city hail in said city of Water
town. The said common council will
act upon the application of the owners
OF lots and land abutting on that part
of Water street described as follows
tOwit:
Beginning at point in the extern
sion OF the south line of La
fayette street, 256.20 feet east
OF the N. w., corner of block Sc of
the original plat of the west side
Thence north &C feet to a point 253. 80
feet east of the S. w. corner of block
81. Thence northerly 334 feet to a
point 307.20 feet east of the N. w. cor
ner of said block 81. Thence east in
the extension of the south line of West
Madison street 16 feet. Thence south
erly 335 feet to point 275S0 feet east
OF the S. W. corner of block 81. Thence
south &C feet to a point % feet east of
the point of beginning. Thence west
along the extension of the south line
OF Lafayette street % feet to the point
of beginning.
TO have that part of Water street
above described to be declared of no
public utility, discontinued and va
Gated
Dated September 3rd, 1918.
BY order of the common council.
Frank S. Weber,
City Clerk.
6-13-2O-27
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-27
AIRDROMES AT BUHL BOMBED
British Flyers Destroy Two Enemy
Machines During Raid.

London, Sept. 27.-The German air
dromes at Buhl, 25 miles southwest of
Karlsruhe and Kaiserslautern, between
Metz and Mannheim, have been
bombed by machines of the british
independent air force, 1t is officially
announced. Fighting took place dur
ing the expedition, with the result that
two enemy machines were destroyed.
Three of the British machines have not
been located,
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-27
GOTHAM READY FOR WILSON
Great Demonstration Planned When
President Arrives to Make Speech.

President Arrives to Make Speech.
New York, Sept. 27-Preparations
were completed to give President Will
son the most rousing reception in the
city's history when he comes here to-
night to open the fourth Liberty loan
campaign with an address in the Met
ropolitan opera house. The presidents
arrival will be heralded by what is ex-
pected to be the greatest din New York
ever made. Fifteen police sirens, set
up for use in case Of an air raid, will
test out their voices in unison for the
first time at Z 80 p. m. At eight o'clock
thousands of steamer and factory
whistles and church bells will Join in
the chorus and the city will be illu-
minated with red flares.
The city will be bombed" by one
Of the new American made Caproni
machines as the actual selling of bonds
starts Saturday morning.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-27
FIRE AT FLEEING BULGARS
Germans Shoot Ferdinand's Troops
Who Desert Guns

London, Sept. 27.-German troops
are continually firing ON Bulgarians
who desert from the battle line, it was
officially announced by the Serbian
war office in the communiQue received
here. The German prisoners, accord
ing to the communique, complain that
the Bulgarians Intentionally abandon
Rreat numbers of German-made ma
&hine guns
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-27

168th Infantry Loses 1,4oo Men in
Eight Days Fighting.

Eight Days Fighting.
Des MOines, Ia Sept 27.-During
the eight days fighting ending August
3, the One Hundred and Sixth-eighth
infantry, Iowa's unit in the Rainbow
division, "lost 1.4OO officers and men,
or about so per cent Of the effective
combatant strength" according to Col
e. r. Bennett, it's commander. This in
formation is contained in letter to La
fayette Young, Sr. The regiment went
into a rest camp August 8 and at the
time the letter was written, August
%, Colonel Bennett expected the regi-
ment to "rest and train about three or
four weeks longer" Fighting in the
Baccarat sector Of the Lorraine front,
the Iowans participated in 12-mile
advance, the colonel declared, and ''as
usual, the regiment behaved splendid
w." "Numberless instances Of per-
sonal bravery could be related. he
added
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-27
AIMED TO "GET" FORD
Russian Under Arrest at Detroit Tells
of |. w. w. Plot.

Detroit, Mich, Sept. 27.-Mike Wal
ski, Russian, forty-eight, a floor
sweeper in the Ford Eagle plant, told
a fellow employee that 10000 Russians
and l. w. WIS had been organized to
"get" Henry Ford because he had too
much money and to blow up num-
ber of war plants, according to sworn
statement of the employee to federal
officials. He is held under the espiOn-
age act. Several other arrests have
been made.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-27
Seized Under Spy Act.

Occur D'Alene, Idaho. Sept. 27.-
Thomas e. Kerl was arrested here by
federal agents on three indictments re-
turned against him charging violations
of the espionage act.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-27
Aennessy Leads In Vote.

Trenton, N. j., Sept. 27.-Returns
from 13 of the q counties of the state
showed Charles O'COnnOr Hennessy
to have slight lead over his oppo-
aents for the Democratic nomination
for the long term for United States
senator.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-27
TO SELL BUSCH PROPERTY
Federal Custodian to Dispose of Es-
tate in New York.

Washington, Sept. 27.-Real estate
and buildings on Riverside drive, New
York city, owned by Mrs. Lilly Busch
Of St. Louis, are to be sold by the fed
eral custodian of alien property at
private SALE Authority for the sale is
given in an executive order of the
president. All Of Mrs. Busch's prop
erty in this country, valued at millions,
was seized while Mrs. Busch was in
Germany. She has filed petition ask
ing for it's return on the ground that
she Is an American.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-27
pre.Ident Names Naval Officer,

Washington, Sept. Pilot W. Reiff
of Reading, Pa, was nominated by
President Wilson to be naval officer
Of customs, with headquarters at Phil
Adelphia.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-27
SIXTEEN VILLAGES TAKEN
IN FORWARD MANEUvER

army and are not. as formerly. brf-
gaded with the French.
Many Guns Taken.
With the American Army on the
Champagne, Sept. 27.-One division re-
ports the capture of 20 77-guns and
plentiful supplies of ammunition. The
check on the amount of booty has not
yet been taken, but every report indi-
Gates that the amount of it will be
large.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-27

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The Girls glee club, with Miss Lad
wig as director, held a rehearsal We'd
nesday evening
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-17
THE SECRET

IFrom the New York Sunl
Many American observers in Eu-
rope, including soldiers. various aux
iliary workers and the plainest OF
civilians, have been amazed to see
the military appearance of the Amer
lican soldiers. plucked straight from
probably the most undisciplined
public in the world. after only a
few months, training. And IL their
personal appearance was surprising,
what of their literally magnificent
| fighting?
The explanation of this crowning
miracle in a miraculous period. the
secret of the American soldier as
suddenly displayed, seems to have
been put in few words by one OF
iour older officers: said he: They
grabbed our West Point tradition of
absolute obedience and ran away
with, 1t as they have with every
other maTtial virtue" None knows
better than the old West Pointer that
every other martial virtue" assem-
Ibled in a good man-lacking that one
point, obedience-would not make a
splendid soldier. But with obedi-
!ence included, why. in the quoted
words of one of our Major-Generals:
"Of course you never saw this par
ticular kind of men at home. They
weren't there, either. They're high
strung, high spirited, tractable. but
solid Young fellows who've been
touched by the fire of war, and it's
made them over. When you've got
n combination Of Imagination and
horse sense. how can you beat it?"
| of course you can't beat 1t, moth
ling can beat 1t. But the vitalizing
spark which has made this young
! American soldier a figure imposing
Iamong all the brave soldiers of the
world is the supreme virtue of obe-
dience to authority, without enough
| to prevail utterly against an oppo-
nent whose general moral and ply
steal equipment Is inferior. To
LEARN how to obey Is essential TO
the man who would learn to COM
tmand: also 1t is the first law OF Ma
| ture:
These are the laws of the Jungle,
And many and mighty are they;
But the head and the hoof of the
| Law,
And the haunch and the hump.
Is Obey"
This lesson has been learned by
our young Americans so swiftly and
lmiraculously that one Is quite dis
posed to believe in the direct inter-
position of Providence in behalf of
| the United States. Our West
Point tradition" said the officer.
Well. IL absolute obedience" be that
tradition one can see how deep are
laid the foundations of Americas s
military strength,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-17
THE SINISTER EDITOR

NEWSPAPER publishers and
IN editors Will not lose sight of
the fact that two noted pub
fishers who took money secretly from
large interests which they represent
ed, not only injured themselves, but
cast an unjust cloud upon the whole
newspaper profession. Thoughtful
people will not be misled, but
thoughtless people will carry in their
minds the suspicion that many other
papers are similarly financed. The
fact is that the so-called Control
led" press is very limited. No paper
published for the advantage of any
special interest can long conceal the
limitations upon its freedom of ex-
preston. Most people will readily
understand this, and will not harbor
unjust suspicious against the press
in general. However. incidents such
as those recently exposed cannot be
otherwise than harmful to the press
as a whole. just as the evil deeds of
q shyster lawyer bring the whole
legal profession into more or less dis
grace. Il IL a pity that dishonorabie
editors. like dishonorabie lawyers.
cannot be disbarred.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-17
Back to Conversation
[Phila. North Americana


The not which President Will
son sent in response to Germany's
peace offer contained less than
$50 words. The various interpreta-
itions Of it-some of them in total
'confiict with others-would fill many
columns. These facts suggest the
possibilities OF confusion and invol-
lvement which can be crowded into a
single brief utterance. AS in the de-
plorable Lusitania controversy. Pres
lident Wilson has again undertaken
to clearify issues which are utterly
plain, to elucidate stark simplicities;
and the result, as before. is TO create
obscurity and cloud the common
judgment with new discussions.
Whether the action is, as the Pres
ident's eulogists declare, "a master
stroke" comparable in power to that
being delivered by Marshal Foch, its
effects in Germany will show. But
the effect in this country Is already
manifest, in a startling change in
public thought from unity and con-
fidence to uncertainty and suspense.
The fervid spirit of victory and the
absolute unanimity OF sentiment
which were stirred by the German
maneuver have perceptibly declin-
ed. Once more the American nation,
eager for leadership, finds itself con-
| fronting instead question mark.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-17
LETTERS 70 THE EDITOR
CoMNIENDS TELEGRAPH
Editor of the Telegraph:

To the Editor of the Telegraph:
I have just received a copy OF
your issue of the 18th instant and
have read with considerable interest
your splendid editorial contained
therein on the incident at Dickinson
College where two colored students
were refused admission at that In
stitution on account of their color.
II is indeed a "regrettable incident"
when at this period of our nations
history, there should be an instance
of such fragrant discrimination on
the part of Dickinson College be-
cause of color alone, particularly
when DR.. Morgan gives as his excuse
the present war conditions, when our
sole aim is the perpetuation of the
ideals and principles of democracy.
II the present war means the initia-
tion of such principles and practices,
so greatly in opposition to the idea
which democracy is supposed to
express, then it is our opinion that
the war shall have been fought in
vain.
One of the most pleasant aspects
of this situation is that you should
have taken such commendable
stand upon the matter and We de-
sire in the name of the National AS
sociation for the Advancement OF
Colored People with it's las branch
es with 10000 members of both
races scattered throughout the coun'
| try, to express our appreciation ol
your editorial of the 18th. 1t is in:
| deed the silver lining" of the clouc
| raised by Dickinson College.
Sincerely,
JOHN II. SHILLADY,
| Secretary.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-17
AMERICAN AIRCRAFT
[From The Kansas City Timesl

lFrom The Kansas City Timesl
Representatives Kahn of the
House committee on military af-
fairs announces that by the first of
the year America, will have more
airplanes on the front than all its
Allies together. We have the as
surance that planes are now going
forward by the carload. DR.. Burris
jenkins reports having seen the
thousandth DeHaviland unpacked in
France, and the head of the Day
ton-Wright Company says in a
speech that by January l twelve
hundred planes a week will be 60
ing over.
Even now we are able to muster
planes in such numbers that a dis
PATCH yesterday reports more than
$50 taking part in an American
bombing raid on the Verdun front.
We have been late in getting
started. But we are making up
for lost time. Evidently our air.
craft program was based on a sound
foundation and we are now getting
the results that will shortly give
the Allies the complete supremacy
in the air for which we have been
looking.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-17
WE MUST DO IT!

.uARRIsBURG MUST meet its
i ! Liberty Bond quota!
That is settled.
But it cannot go "over the top
unless YOU help 1t ever.
4 very large number of Harris
burgers have subscribed TO their
limit. But another very large class
can and MUST buy more bonds.
To which do you belong:
The banks have thrown open
their treasures TO the public. You
can borrow money on terms to suit
yourself. There IS no excuse for
any man not doing his full share.
Germany is no: conquered. Don't
believe any of the foolish stories of
unconditional surrender" now be-
ing put out in neutral countries of
Europe. They are propaganda, In
tended to injure the success OF the
Fourth Liberty Loan. Those who
give prominence to them are easily
deceived or they are wilfully play
ing into the hands OF the enemy.
Victory is apparently sti'l a loug
way in the future. The soldiers in
France are doing their part 20 bring
it about quickly. Tho Government
is planning an army of Eve mill
lions. Our part is to keep the men
already abroad supplied with all
they need and to Law UP funds for
the equipment ot those about to be
called.
When Germany finds that We
really mean to put quarter million
men into France every month for
an indefinite period, her rulers may
capitulate. But If We fail in the
Liberty Loan Germany will know
that we do not have the money with
which to make coed the Govern
ment's program, and the Kaiser will
fight on, figuring that after all.
America is only 'bluffng and that
we at home are not in earnest about
the war.
What are YOU going 20 do
about it?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-17
SOFT FOR GERMANY

"HE British Board Of Trade Jour
nal says that Germany's chief
economic thought is now di-
rected toward the securing of raw
materials for after-war recovery of
industry. and that the first item on
the list OF raw materials is cotton.
In that respect, Germany has no
reason to fear any trouble in this
section of the world. The President
has declared, as one of his four
teen peace terms. in favor of re-
moval. as far as possible of all eco
nomic barriers, which means free
dom in trade. Germany is entitled
to conclude from this statement, that
she can hope to secure raw cotton
in the American market and sell her
manufactured cotton goods here in
competition with the American pro-
duct. If that is not the meaning of
removal of all economic barriers" "
the expression needs further eluci-
datfon.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-17

to complete victory she will still
Keep on and she will succeed. She
Will surely succeed.
Russia with her nearly zoo. .OOO,-
OOO people lie PROSTATE at Germany's
feet. Germany could now give up
the Balkan states, give up Belgium,
force Austria to yield up the Ital-
ian territories, give up conquered
France, yes, she could give up these,
and even Alsace-Lorraine. and IL al
lowed a free hand in Russia she
would still have won a victory great
er than any of which she ever
dreamed at the beginning of the
war.
Give her control of Russia, and
she can and will within q few years
come back with power to take back
Alsace-Lorraine, crush poor Belgium
once more and destroy exhausted
France, sweep every vestige of re-
sistance from Europe, Asia and AT
rica, and then what?
Then she will thunder at our doors
from Asia she will invade us on
the west, from Europe on the east
and from Mexico on the south.
II Germany has control over the
terms of peace, We who read this will
live to see one of the kaiser's si2
sons emperor of America.
The time to whip Germany is now
1t is now or never!
The princes of Germany are shak'
ing dice for the United States.
1t will take money, money, money
that we may send men, men, men.
Buy bonds. for so only can the
war be won. Unless 1t Is won, every
thing you possess is lost, and will
1t the American soul is lost.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-17
COTTON, MOHAIR, RICE

IMPORTS of rice have been en-
bargoed, thus permitting the
South to have a monopoly Of the
rice trade in the American mar
.ket. The attempt to fix a price for
cotton ended in a decided victory
for the cotton growers. No brake
was put on the brewing industry un-
til the brewers had purchased the
bulk of the available stocks of brew
ing grains, which are also used by
the northern and western farmers
to feed their dairy herds and farm
horses. consequently feed has risen
TO outrageous prices, which is re-
Elected, in the steady advance in the
price OF milk and butter. Following
government price-ixing of wool. and
a communicating of stocks, the War
Industries Board refused to fix the
price on mohair, a southern product
formerly listed in the tariff as wool.
class 2. But, of course, there is not
the slightest idea of sectionalism en-
tertained b ythe Democratic party
The party itself admits It.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-17
WATCH THE TELEGRAPH

Vr1 HEN there is REAL news the
wv Associated Press has il, and
when the Associated Press
has it the Telegraph has it, too. for
the Telegraph is the only afternoon
Associated Press newspaper in Cen
trail Pennsylvania.
Monday evening, when the Pres
ident delivered his momentous reply
to the German chancellor, the spe-
cial leased wire OF the Associated
Press delivered the note in the news
rooms of the Telegraph within a few
minutes after il had been made
public at the White House, Twenty
minutes later a special war extra
edition of the Telegraph was on the
streets and thousands Of copies were
in the hands Of citizens anxious to
know what the President had to
say.
other newspapers published the
Presidents note the morning fol-
lowing.
When important news breaks"
here or in Europe. the Associated
Press has il first. II is not given to
the publication OF wild and unfound-
ed rumors which II would be COM
PEELED 20 deny the next day, but 1t
is truthful. authoritative. and TO be
depended upon.
Read the Telegraph and get the
full Associated Press report