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Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-09-05

Seat sale commences Friday at
Kreiser's Drug Store sor 'sOh Boy
Musical Comedy Co., showing Monday.
J. G. Walser, a nephew of r. W.
Kreiser of this city, had a rather in
teresting experience. While on the
way across" Mr.. Walser's boat was
ordered to life drill. The men got into
the life boats and put out. They had
to wait for some other boats from one
Of the other transports and Mr.. Walser
met an old friend Of his-Wil Budget,
both of them being Sioux Falls boys.
Needless to say. it was a happy meet
ing.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-09-05
IT'S Good If 1t Comes from HaIbkat's
Chas. F. Halbkat
Jeweles and Scientific 0ptician
Watch Inspector for Four Railroads
WATERFOWL, S. o.

Gasoline 25.4c at WATERFOWL Motor
Company.
For Sale-Good gas range. Mrs.
Mabel S. Myers, 1e3i& $. Broadway.
Phone 26ss. l6
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-09-05
MRS. MABEL SIMONDs MYERS

Teacher of Piano
HARRIET MYERS
Teacher of Ikelele
Studio Open September 2, Tarbell Blk.
1885, South Broadway
Room 3 Telephone 26t1
Terms Reasonable
New-York tribune., 1918-03-15
Offers Compromise
Draft Quota Bill

WASHINGTON, March IA. A com
promise plan to base the army draft
quota on registration and liability to
service, instead Of the present basis Of
state population or OF Provost Marshal
General Crowder's plan TO base it on
Class /, has been framed by Represen-
tative Shellenberger, Of Nebraska, is
acceptable to Chairman Dent, of the
House Military Committee, ard Will be
pressed in the House. An effort will
be made tc obtain President Wilson's
support.
Meantime, Chairman Dent announced
to day that ne would not unnecess sarily
delay the quota bill bat would hold up
the army appropriation bill Until Secre-
tary Bakers return.
The compromise proposes the follow
ing plan
in proportion to the total number Of
persons registered and liable for mill
tary service Tin state) and credit
shall be given for the number of men
who have entered the military service
Of the United States from any sucn
state, territory, district or subdivision
thereof since April. 1917"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-15
Drafted Men Training
For Army Commissions

Hundreds of men, classed as Al in
the draft, who hope to win the chew
rons of non-commissiored officers as
soon as they are called to the coIors,
are preparing in the various war ser
vice schools established in New York
by the Y. NJ. c. A. The courses are
aeroplane and motor car mechanics,
map-making, aeia first aid and the
essentials Of military drill, including
the handling OF squads.
The association branch at 40 East
16lst Street is also giving courses in
surveying and engineering, while the
East Side Y. NJ. C. A., at 1873 East
Eighty-sixth Street, has a school of
wireless and a course in machine gun
merry 3or aviators and ground bat
talions.
Aeropiane mechanics are being
turned out by the West Side branch
31S West Fifty seventh Street, Hhcrc
women who expect to become ambu-
lance drivers abroad are likewise tax
ing courses. Four hundred young wo-
men and 1000 men were enrolled in
these courses last year
The aeroplanc school now has 800
students who work on two bplanes and
six motors. The motor car school has
an average Of 200 students month.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-15
Assemblyman Trahan
Refuses Draft Exemption

YONKERS, March 14.-Assemblyman
Mitchell A. Trahan refuses to be placed
in the exempted class. To-day he
notified the district exemption board
to restore him to Class IA in the
draft.
Mr.. Trahan was placed in deferred
class because he held an office that en-
titlcd him to exemption. But" he
said, Il don't want to be placed behind
men with families dependent on them.
want to serve my country If the
board cannot place me in the class
wish shall resign from the Legisla-
ture rather than accent deferred classi-
tication."
Mr.. Trahan, who lives at 81 Morn
lngside Avenue, is the youngest mem
Der OF the Assembly. He is twenty
two years old and was elected last No
vember. His notice to the district
board constitutes, it is said, a waiver
Of all claim to deferred classification.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-15
New German Route
Leads Into Belgium

frcm Liege to AK was thirty-six miles,
whereas the new line from AK to Wise
IS no more than twenty miles, and there
Is further saving of distance between
the Mouse and Louvain.
But the advantage does not end with
'he question of mileage. The old line
contains but two pairs of rails, and
ehese could not have been increased, as
me permanent way, cut through rock. is
etSceeolneiy narrow--so much so that
tnere are nearly thirty tunnels in the
snort distance. But the new line is
earned direct from Aubel over the
plateau north Of Hcrve, where it was
eas! 10 lay down four sets of rails to
the Meuse, almost on level.
High Speed Possible
AS lar as | can remember of the
'erraln' no tunnelling would have been
.,ecessary east of the river. Moreover,
; ;ne l.aek oFers a straight run, allow
tanned throughout, which is far from
tpelns the case on the curve round
sefvlers. Originally the Germans hoped
TO TO nave this line built long before
the war, with Belgian cooperation, but.
uesplte all their ajolery as to it's com
aerclal advantages, they did not sue
ceeo; hut they have now attained
''eii purpose IN building it as war
Belgium. VII
The advantages of the new line do
not end with the shorter distance to
De traversed, the direct run at full
speed, or even the absence of tunneIf
an OF which are, of course, points to
the good. The avoidance of the steep
incline from the Guillemins station in
Llege to the plateau of Ans is, perhans.
the greatest advantage of all. Whilst
most travellers in the past have been
conscious of the long time occupied bv
express trains in passing through
Llege,. including the wait at the sta
tion for the fixing of fresh engines.
only few knew the exact cause Of the
delay.
"To reach the plateau of the old
Hesbagne district the train had to
mount over 500 feet on gradient of
in 80 to Ans. This was ACCOMPLISHED
by the aid of an auxiliary engine push
ing in the rear of the train, and of
course the speed was very much re-
duced For travellers, this was only
trifiing matter, out for the conveyance
of troops and munitions the Germans
nave found it serious obstacle.
ITO minimize its incOnyeniences thev
New-York tribune., 1918-03-15

saws are constantly at work shaping
the blocks
Formerly Lixhe which is on the left
or west bank OF the river, was known
only for its limestone. but the Germans
have discovered underneath it very
hard granite. The rough stones and
flnts provide excellent material for
making trenches and pill boxes, and
quantities of them are sent off daily
to Flanders. Finally, the Germans be-
lieve that the bridge, which carries two
pairs of rails as against the four on
each side Of it, is so substantially built
that only the heaviest bombs from a
low height could damage it.
Cuts Off Sixteen Miles
Let us now consider the reasons
why the Germans have been so keen on
the construction of this new bridge and
the line Of railway in which it forms
so important link. Everybody who
has travelled in Germany knows that
the main line from either Ostend CT
Calais passed through Liege, whence.
by considerable curve to the south by
way of Pepinster and Verviers, it
reached Herbesthal and Aix-la- -Chapelle.
BY this the old route, and the only one
existing prior to the war, the distance
New-York tribune., 1918-03-15

have been swallowed up in the Rus
sian chaos
All three of the women had long ex-
perience in social work Miss Dicker-
son, who came from Minneapolis, was
a former student at Columbia Univer-
slty and before entering the Y. w. c..
a. was physical training instructor at
Bryn Mawr. Miss Boies came from
Cincinnati and had charge of Y. W. C.
A. work on the Mexican border.
Miss Dunham was sister of NJ. l..
Dunham, POP West Forty Street
While in New York, she lived with
Miss Henrietta Prentiss. an instruc-
tor at Hunter College, Miss Durham
was graduate of Iowa University and
later took up social work
Unless they reappear through their
own efforts, there is little chance Of
getting trace of them at the present
time. Relief work in Russia is utter
ly dlsorganized, and there are no au-
thorltles to whom searchers can turn
for assistance in finding the missing
women.
The Y. ". c. A. board has obtained
news of several cf it's workers now in
Russia. Miss Katherine Childs, Of
New York, and Miss Muriel Heap, of
Grand Haven. Mich. are at Vladivos-
vok- They are held there by the Boil
shevlki and are putting in their time
organizing branch association.
Miss C.arissa Spencer. of Cincinnati
Of Orange, n. j.. and Miss Clara Tay-
lor. of Taylorsville. H., were also in
Moscow a short time ago, but have
moved to Samara, 900 miles to the
east and have set up branch asso-
citation at that place.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-15
To Copy Painting Calling
For Books for Soldiers

Art Will make its appeal for the SOL
diers tomorrow in front Of the Public
Library, Forty second Street and Fifth
Avenue.
Charles Falls. whose posters have
been used as propaganda for several
phases of war work, will paint repro
duction cf a recently published paint
ing calling upon America to provide
books for the mon in the cantonments
and trenches. The American Library
Association announces that works Of
fiction are needed badly. Men in the
camps, the association finds. are devot-
ing too much of their time to obsolete
scientific volumes and need lighter
reading.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-15
Howard E.. Coffin
Defends Work of
General Squier
Aircraft Board Chairman
Praises Results Officer
Achieved
[Staf Correspondence1

WASHINGTON, March 14.-Defend
ing Major General Squier, chief signal
officer OF the army, Howard E. Coffin,
chairman Of the Aircraft Production
Board. tonight issued the following
statement regarding the article printed
IN The Tribune to-day foreshadowing a
reorganization of aircraft production:
"As chairman OF the Aircraft Board
feel that | must correct certain I'M
pressions conveyed in The Tribune is
sue Of March IA.
As a matter of fact, it is to General
Squier's vision, initiative and daring
that the country's very great progress
in aeronautics may be credited. His
leadership has been an inspiration to
all of us engaged with him in this
work. We must not judge results by
focusing attention upon physical diff
culties certain to be soon remeded
We must consider the true BACKGROUND.
Appropriation Came Late
I'VE must remember our national
neglect of aeronautical development,
and that 1T was practically August 1,
between three and four months after
the declaration of war. that the air
craft appropriation bill was signed.
General Squier was. believe, the first
department head to call industrial peo-
pie to his aid, and although they NAV
have fretted, as does every one under
the governmental limitations upon
speedy action, his strong support has
never been lacking
I'm the entire equipment division of
the Signal Corps there is an industrial
organization, rather than military, and
If there is anything in the situation
for blame, General Squier is the last
man who should share it.
"The industrial difficulties of the
New-York tribune., 1918-03-15
Artillery to Parade

CAMP UPTON, March 14.-rhe en-
tire I54th Artillery Brigade, under com
rnand Of Brigadier General Thomas II.
Rces, win hold an informal parade in
New York on Monday afternoon and a
dance at the 69th Regiment Armory IN
the evening. The units Of the brigade
are the 3o4th, 3o5th and 3o6th rcgl.
ments, commanded reapectiveiy By
Lieutenant Colonel j. r. Kelly Colonel
f. G. Doyle and Colonel l.. s. Miller,
and the 302d Trench Mortar Battery,
commanded BY Captain II. G. Fitz. .
The parade, in which the men will
carry no equipment, will commence at
Madison Square at 3 o'clock. The
shortest route viii! be taken TO the ar
nory, at Twenty sixth Street ana Lex
ington Avenue. !,
Erigadier General Johnson, the di-
vjsion commander, will review the
troops with General Rees and Will at
tend the dance.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-15
Former Premier Asserts
Enemy's "Starvation Pol
icy" Is Partly Fruitful
Hardships Increasing
People Must Suffer On, He
Declares, to Safeguard
the Future

That many want peace at any
price,; that the starvation policy of
our enemies has to a certain extent
borne fruit; that "hardships are in
creasing from day to day." and that
"it is becoming daily more difficult to
maintain the fortitude necessary to
carry on the war to a successful ter
mination," were statements made bv
Count Julius Andrhssy, former Hun
garian Premier, in the Hungarian
Chamber Of Deputies on February 6.
according to German newspapers re-
ceved here.
Count Andrassy, in opening his
speech, said that the Constitution
party, Of which he was the leader, had
been dissolved and that the great ma
jority of the members would enter the
newly organized Government party.
Emphasizing the necessity of forming
a strong united Government party,
Count Andrassy said:
"Now is not the time for petty
pc11 iHIoi eoVo, uS lHe interests OF
the nation are at stake.
at is the duty OF every patriot" he
continued, until an honorable peace
has been achieved, the conclusion of
which does not depend one-sidedly on
US, to enhance the inherent strength
of the nation, which must hold out as
long as the nation must fight for its
existence.
Insecure Peace a "Crime"
"Many desire peace at any price.
That would be the greatest crime
against the nation. And those ele-
ments who are trying to incite such
peace would suffer the most from it,
Peace at any price would destroy the
elf-consciousness of the nation and
paralyze it's economic life.
AL classes of society notably la
Dor, would suffer severely 1t is in the
interest of all strata and classes of the
population that the war should not
end in the collapse of the nation. 1t
must hold out in unity up to the last
moment; we must unite all our moral
forces to carry this war through to a
happy termination. 1t is becoming
fortitude of mind necessary to that
end.
Hardships Increasing
There is no doubt that we have to
suffer much from this terrible war.
From day to dny the hardships in
crease. The starvation policy of our
enemies has in q certain respect been
fruitful. But they will not attain
their goal. BY that means they will
never be able to down us. They may
increase our suffering and weaken, to
a certain extent, our power of resist
ance.'
Reviewing the Russian peace aims
and declaring that he was convinced
the Bolsheviki were not serious in
their peace intentions, Count Andrassy
concluded:
'We must arouse among all the peo-
pie the consciousness that this gov
ernment is imbued entirely with the
spirit of the new age and that this
government knows that only that
state is able to exist in which the
masses are satisfied, and in which the
governing circles are determined to
safeguard the great moral mate rial,
ethical and hygicnic interests of the
New-York tribune., 1918-03-15

fADi>. tuesday,, Narcn l. ne on
cial statement on Monday nights air
raid says:
"The rumber Of victims of last
night BON bardment is now known. In
Paris twenty-nine were killed and fifty
injured: in the suburbs, FIVE were
killed and twentynine injured. I'm
fortunately, to these must be added
sly.y-six others who were crushed to
death by 1 crowd in panic at the
entrance 10 the Metropolitan subway
station, where they were seeking ref
age These last victims of German
= .r5arisr we're almost all women and
ea'idrer. One hos pital was damaged
serioaS : ~ bombs which killed six
-Td injured seven.
Ine points where the bombs. fell,
ooih II Paris and in the Immediate
HeignDo-nood. were not very numerous,
a. la~ge number Of enemy machines
were forced 70 retreat before the ar
h.lery oarrage. They dropI ed projec
:lles or suburbs for great distance
from Paris.
During the raid four German ava-
tors we're brought down within our
ines. Two fell in the region Of
tnaceau Ihierry, one near Meaux and
--V 'tNcT near SOlSSOnS- nree OF
,nese were Of the Gotha type, while
me foprta was an ordinary two-seater.
one Q; The Gotha machines was de-
s'royed ~ FIRE and the pilot and crew
burned 70 death. Most OF the other
efews were not injured"
i"o policemen we're killed and three
laJrted IN Monday nights air raid.
Vne o. the wounded policemen was
axsrded the military medal
re new papers are permitted to
peo'!sn no ce.a;.s Of the raid except
NOSE reported in the official state
s.eh.s, u being considered by the au
Mori,ies . be desirable TO keep the
sfefny IT ignorance as TO the results
Vt MS attac1
sorae 2.90o CELLARS have beer ap-
<ro'ed az shelters which would be safe
sFeH s the houses above them should
. Oe Destroyed In some instances pas-
s<ges are beng cug rom one cellar to
~4'saer IT, guard against dangers which
m,sn' ar ae from broken gas or water
rspss. These anelters hold an average
~ ny persons fach, and more places
- refuge are being sought.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-15
bomb Kills American Woman
In German Air Raid on Paris
oame Missile Injuries Two
Fellow Workers for Y. w.
Z. A.-Three Members of
Party Sent to Russia Miss
ing

Miss Winona Caroline Martin =,
Rockville Centre, Long Island, wa:
Killed on Monday when the German,
raided Paris. Another American wo
man, Mrs. W. B. Phillips, and Carl I
oeitz' of Grand Rapids, Mich, were
wounded by the same bomb that killed
Miss Martin.
All were members of the Y. NJ. C. A
overseas canteen service. They were
aC work IN hospital-a dangerous
place when German raiders are abroad
when the bomb fell
The names of the three from the first
casualty list to come back to the Ma
tlonal War Work Council of the Y. NJ
Z. A. since it sent its workers to spread
comfort among our men behind their
lines in France.
No details of how the disaster oc-
Cured are contained in the cable
gram that the council received yester-
day. 1t Is assumed that the two women
and the man were working in the Paris
hospital while awaiting assignment to
posts nearer the firing line.
MISS Martin had been in France only
a month when she was killed. She
arrived at Paris on February 10. She
was twenty-eight years old. and, be-
tore she volunteered for war work had
been Librarian in the Rockville Centre
Carnegie Library.
Her Brother in Service
Her parents are dead, and her near
the United States Medical Corps At
Rockville Centre she lived with an
aunt, Miss E. E. Martin, who was in
formed of her death yesterday.
Miss Martin. the first American
woman whom the Germans have killed
since America entered the war, was a
great favorite with the people of Rock
vile Centre. Children, especially
loved her. Just before she left for
France the youngsters whom she had
guided through the mazes of Juvenile
literature presented her with a service
outfit as their goodby gift.
10 the little list of known casualties
issued yesterday by War Work Coun-
Gil, must be added the names of three
women attached to the overseas forces
of the Y. W. C. A, who were declared
officially missing by the National
Board of that organization yesterday
The three missing women were Of
the delegation of eight American sec
retaries that the Y. ". C. A. sent to
Petrograd shortly after this country
given in the Natidxal Boards bulletin
yesterday as Miss Marcia Durham.
Miss Elizabeth Dickerson and Miss
Elizabeth Boies.
No word has been received from them
for so long it is feared that they
New-York tribune., 1918-03-15
The New York Tribune

ne 4NeN / ORR L Ir1bnne
Foreign Press Burecu
All reports show that the Germans
nave been pouring troops into Belgium
IN great numbers and with increasing
rapldlty since the first of the year. Ac
counts from Holland said that an ay-
erage of twenty-seven trains a day.
each carrying 1000 men, crossed the
Meuse into Belgium in January. This
would mean $4,000 soldiers. The cues.
tlon has been how this immense num-
Der of troops could be transported with
the supposedly worn out German roll.
ing stock over the two-track line from
Alx-la- -Chapelle through Verviers and
Liege.
Ohe part of the answer is, of course,
'hat the German rolling stock is not
nearly so worn out as has been popu-
lariy believed, while the remainder of
the answer is furnished by the new
Ierman four-track railroad from AK
la-Chapelle through Wise to Louvain
whence 1t branches of through Brus-
sells or Malines for Ghent and Ostend
or Antwerp. An essential part of the
new line is the bridge the Germans
rave spent the last three years build
Ing over the Meuse just north of wise.
Describes Great Bridge
This bridge is described as follows
by Demetrius c. Boulger in "The
Graphic" of London:
The bridge has been thrown across
the Meuse little north of Wise. MAX
ing use of an islct for the central but
tress. 1t is south of the ford at Lixhe.
which the German cavalry used on Au,
gust 6, 1914, when they turned the Bel
glan position. 1t has eight spans of
equal breadth-25 metres or sl.77 feet
each-making it's total breadth nearly
220 yards. 1t stands high above the
highest floods ever known in the valley.
The bridge is made of granite blocks
closely bound together by cement and
IN parts by concrete. This stone has
Teen taken from the neighboring quar-
rles OF Lixhe, where nearly one hun
dred Belgians are kept incessantly at
work in two shifts by night and day.
The blasting is effected by means of
yellow krupp powder, resembling dyna-
mite IN its effects, and steam hand
New-York tribune., 1918-03-15
Daniels Praises Courage Of
Men Killed Aboard Burrow,

WASHINGTON, March 14.-Secre
tary of the Navy Daniels has written
comp ,mentary letters to the mothers
Of Charles f. Bourke, Worcester
Mass, and Martin O'Callaghan, Colum,
bus ONO, water tenders in the navy
who lost their lives in an attempt to
put out fire recently on board the
L. S. S. Burrows
Secretary Daniels said in his letter
to the mothers that their sons set IN
high examI ID of devotion to duty, and
showed extraordinary heroism" that
their shipmates micht live.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-15
Irowder Urges Boards
10 Speed Up Work

"a. saas'ces from the Adjutant Generals
by e.os ~ "ashington, received to-day
Of H." ,se 81 me local exemption boards
iakstf e'ty, request them in unrnls-
fss'ie tcrrns IN hurry their work. In
- eacn Communication clo.ea ui,h
so,enz ~ofaz Speed Up the Work" con
@.'H1iy printed IN capital letters.
u. ~ emergency exists" runs one Of
no, '.h'S1iTez, the details Of which can.
tasya published Were they known,
bena ~ no doubt but that you would
ws,s s'sTy effort % complete your
! - sne snoften. uosainle time
New-York tribune., 1918-03-15

past winter months and the engineering
and manufacturing problems OF new
ana intricate art have been unavoid
aoie. AS to the committee OF which
Mr Marshall is chairman. and as to
course, the one to speak. did not
however. as stated. request the -ppoint.
ment of Mr.. Marshall's committee.
am familiar with its purposes, of
course, and know that its finding will
De that a great piece Of emergency
work Is being we'll done.
ne suggestions of this committee
VII be constructive and not destruc-
New-York tribune., 1918-03-15
Greenwich Man and Briton
Hurt in Texas Air Acciden,

TORONTO, March 14.-Howard P.
bittlnger. OF Greenwich, Conn, a cadet
IN the United States aviation service,
and Lieutenant I. Finch, of Vancouver,
pilot in the Royal Flying Corps, were
injured to-day in an airplane accident
at Camp Hicks, Fort Worth, Tex, ac-
cording to a dispatch received here.
Bittinger's mother, Mrs R. G. Bit
finger, resides at % Buttman Avenue,
Greenwich, Conn.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-15

developed the direct route by the river
to Namur; but here again. owing to
the nature of the cuttings through the
rock, there was no possibility of widen
ing the track or of increasing the num-
Der cf rails. tn. new Wise line has
at least doubled the German facilities
for reinforcing their armies in Bel
GUM, for sending forward supplies of
all kinds and for the execution Of
their main strategical idea, which has
long been the rapid concentration of
troops at any determined point by
means me OF highly equipped quadruplc
lines Of railway" D."