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The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-23
TO Remove Shine.

A piece of zero sand paper pasted
TO a small block of wood which can
be held conveniently in the hand can
De used IN removing the shine from
WOODEN clothes. Rub this gently
over the places that shine until the
nap seems to have been raised. Then
sponge with a little tepid water to
which few drops Of ammonia have
been added. Only a few drops of am
mona should be added in a small
basin OF water to be used. Place a
cloth over the damp places and press
from the wrong side.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-23
and remOdeling old ones.

and remOdeling old ones.
Frederick-New housekeeping. Sug-
gestions for making homework easier.
Handy-War-time breads and cakes.
Popular and useful; 1918 publication.
Mackay-Housekeep apple book.
Timely suggestions for many ways of
using apples.
Kirk-Practical food economy.
bitt-Low cost cooking.
\ Scott-Home labor saving devices.
Instructions for devices that may be
easily made at home; 1917.
Shepperd-Laundry book.
Wade-Book of corn cookery All
kinds of ways of preparing and using
corn.
Rorer-Made-Ove dishes.
Stiles-Adequate diet.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-23
WATER PLUG BROKEN,
Ford Car the Cause of Window Wash
ing Tuesday.

The breaking off of a sprinkling
plug on the hydrant at the Farmers &
Citizens bank corner Tuesday after
noon resulted in the plentiful wash
ing of windows in store across the
way and the flooding of cellars. A
Ford car driven by a Milwaukee man
was the cause. AS he passed the by
drant at a slow gait the rear door
opened and collided with the plug,
causing the food. The car door was
not damaged
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-23
RenOVate Theatres.

During the time the ban has been
in force on theatres, those places have
been undergoing general cleaning
up and painting process and when
they open again will be like brand
new to patrons. One of the first pic
lures to be booked at the movies will
be '"The Unbelieyer," which is said to
be one of the best productions ever
offered the public.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-23
For County Clerk.

The death of Mr. Arthur Rabenhorst,
republican candidate for county clerk
OF Jefferson county, caused a va
cancy on the republican ticket At
meeting of the republican county
committee held last week Fred w.
Lehman, successful contractor of
Watertown, was appointed to fill the
vacancy, and his name will go on the
ballot for the November election.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-23
Central Labor Meeting Postponed.

On suggestion of the Health De-
partment the regular monthly meet
ing of WatertoWn Central Labor
Union, which was to be held Friday
evening, will be postponed until fur.
Their notice.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-23
THE WEATHER

For Watertown and vicinity-Un-
settled weather tonight and Thursday.
Cooler tonight. Coolest during last
night 81; warmest today Ga
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-23

Invest a little money In a New
Want Ad. 1t will return q profit
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-23
NOTICE..

All persons knowing themselves in
debted to DR.. A. E. Voss, may settle
their account at the Wisconsin Ma
tlonal bank, or at 906 North Fourth
street, on or before jan 1, 1919. 21-3
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-23

First class job work at News office.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-23

The home paper-The News. Read
1n News. "a
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-10
Great German Push Failure
[FRoM THE LITERARY DIGEsTI

according to an Associated Press
dispatch, was the most severe and
costly of the entire offensive. Each
of these efforts has been less effec-
tive than the one before 1t, and to
third seems to mark the high tide,
and therefore the turning point of
the German advance. Not only
were the Germans stopped, but towns
were recaptured from them by the
French and British, and they suff-
cred a severe repulse at the hands
of American forces on the Amiens
sector. Others, however, are con-
vinced that Germany will yet throw
her strength into another blow more
terrific than any that has gone be-
fore, and that il this blow fails she
will then try to wrest victory from
defeat by a peace offensive"
Meanwhile American battalions
are fighting valiantly on sector of
the Picardy front which blocks the
way to Amiens, and the process of
fusing the Allies into one invincible
army-the greatest ever command
cred by a single generals being
accelerated and completed in the
furnace of the German offensive.
Thus a French dispatch to the New
York Times tells us that 1.-The AL
lied unity of command implies not
only the sole direction of opera
tions by General Foch and the utili-
zation of reserves in common, but
also the complete fusion of the
American, British and French Ar
mics"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-10
FROM A SOLDIER

i o the EdHoT or ffc Telegraph:
Please let the voice of the U. S.
soldier in the ranks be heard and
needed through your columns.
From one of the valiant engineers
who have done such fine and heroic
deeds in France 1 get letter which
says:
"I hope the people back home
will take this war seriously. and pro-
vide THREE TIMES as much as
they think we will need to win 1t.
"It is going to be a long, hard
road; and the more munitions and
ships we get. the more of us will get
back some day. We will need MEN
BY THE MILLIONS. and NUM-
TIONS and SHIPS to equip and
transport them.
'DO ALL YOU CAN TO HELP
US GET THEM
Don't underestimate Germany!
She Is powerful. Look back among
my letters written a year ago. What
I said about Russia has come true.
The rest may follow, unless we have
Speed, Speed. SPEED!
What we want most is men and
guns and ships. and STILL MORE
OF THEM J"
Walter I. Clarke, P. o. Box, 1908,
Boston, Mass.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-10
FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1918
Virtue is like a rich stone, best
plain Set-BACoN.
MISSED THE POINT

~ ISCUSSION of a certain phase
of the agitation against the
teaching of German in our
schools and some comment OF the
Telegraph thereon have been seized
upon by an individual here and
there as expression of a sympathetic
attitude toward the placing of the
reutonic tongue in the same cate
cory as the study of other foreign
languages.
Nothing could be farther from the
point. The suggestion was that a
knowledge of the German language
during and after the war might be
of distinct value to citizens of the
United States in expanding our COM
merce and in promoting the inter-
ests of this country in those places
where the Teutonic element may
still be dominant.
There will be no serious disagree
ment among patriotic Americans on
the general proposition that the
Beast shall be slain, root and
branch, even to the tearing out of
his tongue, but it may be ques-
ton as to how far we should go in
our efforts TO totally abolish the
German language. Even a poison is
sometimes useful, but should be
properly labeled.
So far as this newspaper is con-
cerned it will not be misinterpreted,
and should any reader have gath
cred from the comment on the ac-
ton of the School Board in abso-
lutely eliminating German as study
even a hint of other than a sugges-
ton of possible need of the hated
tongue for our own uses. we trust
these few observations will clear
away any fog.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-10

VICTORY is the bag of oats
" dangled continually in front of
the German people. remarks
the Chicago Daily News; they new
or get it, but they believe it is never
far away" Thus, while the Kaiser
declares flamboyantly that "the peo-
pie who wish to destroy us are dig
ging their own graves" the latest
desperate German thrust in the bat
tie of the Western front fails dis
astrously; General Ludendorff an
nounces that the idea of forcing
success by the employment of mass
es must be abolished absolutely"
because ''it only leads to unnecess-
airy losses;"s and, as the New York
World notes, even the Berlin battle
bulletins begin to read as though it
were an Allied offensive which is be-
ing VIGOROUSLY resisted by the Ger
mans. Two major efforts in the
German offensive launched in
March drove two wedges into the
Allied line in Picardy and Flanders.
These drives, despite an appalling
waste of human life, failed of their
objects-the separation of the
French and capture of the Channel
ports. Then, after a period of rela-
tive inactivity. another major blow
was struck in the last week of April,
this time with the evident purpose
of enlarging the two great German
salients that thrust toward Amiens
and Hazebrouck. In this also they
failed, despite their capture of
Mont KENNEL. and their repulse,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-10
THE PEOPLES FORUM
THE STUDY OF GERMAN


To the Editor of the Telegraph:
The action of the School Board ir
excluding German from the school
curriculum appears to be neither
wise nor patriotic.
We are not at war with the Ger
man language, in which exist vast
stores of human knowledge, great
records of human achievement, and
treasures of literature and religion
l have been informed that General
Pershing has just asked for a thou
sand telegraphers who can handle
German. The first thing a wise law
yer does is to study the case of his
opponent. We can whip Germany
more conveniently if we understand
the talk the Germans use.
After the war it appears we shall
need to wage another war to hold
what we have gained in countries
where our manufactures have re-
placed German manufactures. In
Brazil, for instance, are vast numbers
of German-speaking people who will
fight us hard for this trade. Are we
to send our young men there relying
on English and allowing the Ger
mans to put things over on us be-
cause we do not know their talk /?
Are we to tie the hands of our boys
and girls in the future because we
refuse them opportunity to be ac-
quainted with the language of the
nation whose present acts we all
abhor?
l would not have a single place
exist in the United States where all
the citizens are taught in German, as
l have been informed is the situation
in certain western states; but to cut
out the study of German is not only
the putting of a wicked handicap
upon our own efficiency, but Is an
unnecessary insult to many of our
best citizens who are as patriotic as
any of us.
Some of us will remember the
great need for Spanish when the
United States undertook that little
ten-cent war. We are now in a real
war, and democracy is on trial for
its life. The action of the Harrisburg
School Board is simply putting tacks
in the road, which may not be dis
astrous at all to the passage of the
trucks of the United States, but GER
tainly will be no advantage.
Patriotism of the real and definite
sort is sane, and not hysterical
Patriotism is not related to ignor-
ance in any advantageous way.
Pittsburgh has unfavorably dis
tinguished herself by cutting out
German music. Some of the light
headed brethren will soon. / pre-
sumo, come forward with a PROPOSE
ton to cut out all reference to Luth-
er, that great German who did an
immeasurable service to the world
even though he spoke the language
which is no longer to be taught in
the Harrisburg schools,
Yours truly,
J. HORACE MCFARLAND.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-10
KEEP UP THE CITY

TT ought not to be necessary for
those who are interested in a
Il clean and wholesome city to be
constantly calling attention to
things which are obvious and which
manifestly should have the at
tention of those directly concerned.
The first impressions of a visitor
are obtained as he leaves the
railroad trains in any city. If the
surroundings of the depot are dis
agreeable or repellant, the visitor
goes away with bad impression of
the whole city.
1t has been felt for many years
that the most favorable impression
of Harrisburg is not obtained from
either of our main railroad stations.
Our people have always been hope
full, however, that the Pennsylvania
Railroad company eventually would
replace it's present station with
more suitable structure and attrac-
tive surroundings. With regard to
the Reading station, it is probably
adequate for the travelling public,
and is not without worthy architec-
tural features; but it's surroundings
might be immeasurably improved.
The space south of the station for
the parking of automobiles is an
area filled with dirt so that the cars
of those waiting for friends are fire.
quently covered with dust in a few
minutes. 1t would seem that ordi-
nary civic interest would suggest the
oiling of this section of street and
some little planting of shrubbery to
relieve the unsightly surroundings.
AS was suggested by the Tele-
graph recently, it IS for everybody,
during the stress of the war period,
to join in keeping this town up to
par and in line with its reputation
as an attractive and inviting city.
Unless we all do SO, the people, be-
coming indignant, may be expected
to compel officials and individuals
and corporations to get into line.
Harrisburg is not going to be per-
mitted to drift back into any old
rut and If officials and others are
Indifferent and careless they will be
held responsible to the people.
Their responsibility is we'll defined
and war necessity. will not be ac-
cepted as an excuse for conditions
which should not exist.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-10
TURN OUT

vt should be the duty of every
voter favoring adoption of the ma
tional prohibition amendment
by the Legislature of Pennsylvania
to take part in the great temperance
parade planned for this city the eve
ming before the primaries. The
foes of this reform will be active
enough, never fear, and a big DEM
onstration by it's friends will go a
long way toward attracting atten-
ton to it and winning votes for it.
Everybody who can should turn out.
The recent registration, despite
heroic efforts of a corps of deter
mined workers, was not nearly so
large as it should have been. Hun
dreds of men who are regarded as
favorable to prohibition did not reg
lister or enroll and so will be de-
prived of a vote at the primaries.
If it should happen that wet" can
didates for the Legislature are nom
mated either on the Democratic or
the Republican ticket this spring
the fault will lie largely with those
who, while favoring temperance leg
islation, failed to qualify themselves
to vote at the primaries.
Those in charge of the prohibition
canvass here and throughout this
district have worked energetically
and conscientiously to procure a big
enrolment and they are continuing
their efforts to bring out a large
vote at the primary elections. They
have done their part in this respect
and are continuing it, but they have
been handicapped by the dis
position of others to inject into
the legislative fight the governorship
which, on the Republican side al
least, has no bearing on the temper
ance question. This, beyond doubt,
has weakened and will continue to
weaken the prohibition cause, but it
is not to be expected that personal
partisanship will be dropped at this
late date, although masqueradine
under the guise of reform it is play
ing directly into the hands of the
liquor interests. The local option
issue was lost in this way four years
ago and 1t would be a shame If the
same alleged friends of anti-liquor
Legislation. together with lack of in.
lterest. should hamstring the prohi.
1bition amendment at this time. II
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-10
FOR BEIDLEMAN

We recognize in him a man of
high character, sterling worth,
learned in law, seasoned in legis-
lative experience by reason of his
service as a member of the House
of representatives, the Senate and
as president pro tenn. of that body.
We recognize the many acts of
kindness and sacrifices he has made
for his many friends in his Sena-
torial district, his sterling worth as
citizen and his interest for the
working men of the state. in whose
behalf he has given much consid-
Grafton in all legislative matters.
We know Senator Beidleman's
public and private life will bear
the closest scrutiny; at all times
honorable and upright, he will give
dignity to the exalted office to which
we have the pleasure of commend
ing him.-Dauphin County Booster
Committee, Andrew Redmond.
Chairman. kt
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-10
ION WITH THE WAR"

VTYHILE the English forces in
wv France have been beating off
German attacks, the govern
ment at home has weathered an
other offensive by Asquith and his
allies. Lloyd George has come tri-
umphantly through the most serious
effort to unhorse him that has been
made since he became premier. 1t Is
to be hoped that this will end the
pickering in England and permit
the government to devote itself
intellectually 20 the winning Of
the war, instead of spending half its
time fighting for its own existence.
Either Lloyd George should be pcr-
mitted to go his way unrestricted by
those who are bent upon hamstring-
ing his efforts, or he should be forced
to give way, and the sooner one or
the other of these courses is adopt
ed the better it will be for the al
lied cause.
The army influences in Britain
have been largely responsible for
the present outbreak, and whether
or not Lloyd George made the mis-
takes of statements charged to him
by General Maurice, there is entirely
too much effort on the part of British
high command to play lone hand
against Germany to suit Americans,
who, by the very nature of things,
will be inclined to sympathize with
the premier and against the army.
This for two reasons-first, because
in a democratic form of government
the army must be the creature of
the government and not its dictator,
and, secondly, because Americans be-
lieve intellectually in "one for all
and all for one" in this war and are
more than willing to abide by the
decision to entrust the fate of our
soldiers to a unified command inl
France.
General Maurice, whose charges
brought on tho discussion which
came to q head yesterday with the
vindication of the premier, has boon
CpppSGu lTOHl the llISI W llO pldSiA5
CT all the allied armies under a su-
RENE command and has been par
tIcularly critical of General Foch's
decision to withhold his reserves
Indefinitely from participation in The
fighting in Flanders. 1t is to be,
hoped his bold attacks having failed,
that the bickecing and quibbling will
DO at an end and that the British
high command VIII commit itself to
TIE furtherance of the war as VIII o'e-
heartedly and with the same spirit
of self-sacrifice that have marked
the wonderful stand of the English
forces in the field. Americans who
have laid aside pal ltisanism at Wash
ing.cn for the period of the war do
not take kindly to the everlasting
contention that is going on in EGg-
land, howeve" much they admire the
courage and dopendability of the
British soldier, and they feel "ery
much like the English Labor men,
ber who yesteI day answered As
qu:th's question, What, then, is the
alternative?" by replying: Get on
with the war; .
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-10
Over tie lob
t~ Ps~na.

The hot simeon winds that have
been broiling central Pennsylvania
inspired Gene Gauntler to tell about
them this way:
Winds of the plains, whisper softly
to me-
Miles to the south did you touch
brown check,
Dimpled and curved as a peach ?
Did you pause
And on those pomegranate lips
warm kisses seek
Winds of the plains. am sick unto
death
For the touch of that cheek-for
that soft jasmine breath,
And ] starve for the kiss of that
warm crimson mouth
Which you brush so lightly there
miles to the South.
A strike among messenger boys
in Harrisburg has persuaded the
management to hire girls instead
THE average boy" says the manag-
er STAYS on the job long enough
to earn the price of can of sI1ok-
ing tobacco, then moves on. Girls
seem to be more expensive in their
tastes and they stay longer"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-10
WELL. KNOWN PEOPLE

-Bromley Wharton. secretary of
the State Board of Public Charities.
says Cumberland Valley trout fish,
ing is among the best.
Nathan r. Butler, the State
Commissioner of Fisheries, says that
moe trout have been put out the
last year than ever.
Governor Brumbaugh has miss
ed trout fishing this season for the
first time in years.
james Scarlet, the Danville
lawyer and original first angler, says
the streams have interfered with
much of the sport this year.
Judge Thomas Baldridge, OF
Blair county, used to be noted as a
fisherman before he had to hold so
many sessions of court.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-10

Good for the West Shore townsl
They are going to have decent high
ways whether they are provided by
the State or county, borough or town
ship. Such community effort is de-
serving of the highest commendation
and every town within the municipal
district ought to be in harmony with
the general spirit of progress even
in war times.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-10

the fight for a dry" State is to be
won every voter who is entitled to
participate must do his duty by vot-
ing for dry" legislative candidates
at the primaries, May 81.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-10

Chicago dispatch states a drive is
to be made upon Congress to abolish
liquor traffic as war measure. Why
waste the ammunition on the legisla-
tive branch when the President can,
with one stroke of his pen do the
trick under power already vested in
him
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-10
THE STATE PRESS

We are only recalling the Lusita-
MIA anniversary for the purpose of
giving thanks that our eyes have
been opened and that we have taken
our place on the side of righteous
ness, belated though it may have
been. And now that we are insit, we
must stay in 1t to the end. And that
end? Until brutal German autocracy
is crushed-utterly destroyed.-P
adelphia Inquirer.
Senator Penrose is perfectly right,
in his declaration that Scott is not
a fit person for any office of honor
and trust in the gift of the people of
Pennsylvania. His nomination would
be a disgrace to the party to which
he pretends to belong, and his advo-
cacy by one of the contending fac
tions in that party inspires deep dis
gust as we'll as distrust in its every
profession. = Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
Don't overlook the fact that China
is also fighting the Hun. She isn't
putting into it much, IL any, man.
power or gun-power, but she's strik-
ing some heavy blows along the line
of high finance. Under her treaties,
she was bound to pay Germany and
Austria about 1876, 900 annually, un-
til 1881, as indemnity for the Boxer
uprising. Declaring war on the cen
trail powers, she Cancelled all treat
les and quit sending the monthly in
stalments of the indemnity. Go to 1t,
China! If you can't hit the Hun on
the head, hit him in the pocketbook.
Altoona Mirror,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-10
OUR DAILY LAUGH
EVEN WORSE.

The Actor don't like to have
people fire stale vegetables at me.
Country Editor-Well, it's a free
gift, anyhow. Now in my case they
try to use 'em to pay legitimate bills
With.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-10
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg has furnished
some expert steel workers for
the shipyards?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-10

HISTORIC HARRISBURG
Entertainments were thrown up in
what is now Harris Park during
hree wars.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-10

When America gets 100000 men in
France the Kaiser's Army will look
as insignificant as a man in a milli-
merry shop.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-10

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