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The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20
TROOPS AT LUXEMBOURG
ON OCCUPATION MARCH
YANKS DEFEAT REDS"
Lenine's F Forces RepuIsed With
Heavy Losses.
Bolsheviki Resume Attacks AGAINST
American and British Positions on
the Dvina-Weather is Mild.

Archangel. Nov. 20. Bolshevik
forces have resumed their attacks
against the American and British po-
sltlOns at Tulgas on the Dvina river.
Ihey have been repulsed with severe
losses. On the morning of November
Ii, after heavy bombardment from
their gunbOatS and barges in the river,
the bolshevik infantry stormed the al
lied barbed-wire entanglements and
succeeded temporarily in reaching the
gun emplacements of>the Canadian ar
tillery.
Archangel, Nov. 2O.-FOr the first
time in many years there is mild wealth
er in the province of Archangel after
the first of November. The Dvina
river is still virtually ice-free, permit
ting the operation of bolshevik gun
boats against the American and Brit
ish positions.
The swampS in which the Americans
are now operating have not frozen
over, anC the troops have the disanvan-
tage Of encountering icy water.
Washington. Nov. 20-There has
been no change in the Russian situa-
ton from a military standpoint, Secre-
tary Baker said, and no plans have
been made either for sending addition.
al American troops or for withdraw.
ing any of the forces now operating
in Siberia.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20
FORMER EMPEROR is HUNGRY
Ex-RuIer of Austria and Family Face
Starvation, Is Report.

Vienna. Nov. 2o.-The situation in
Vienna. where the first American cor
respondent arrived last week, appears
to be that there IS mere talk than dis
order, with urgent need for bread, es-
peciaily for the poor of Austria The
correspondent was accompanied to vi
emma by one French and one British
army officer. Former Emperor Charles,
who has retired for the present TO his
castle at Eckartsau, it is asserted by
the socialist Arbeiter Zeitung, is living
on the shortest ratiOns, and possibly
may be starving with his wife and
family. The former royal family has
been unable to obtain meat, milk and
bread in the neighboring village, or
even to have its washing done. Wher-
ever the correspondent passed on his
way to Vienna he encountered no diff
culties and he saw no disorders except
along the railway lines.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20
CARE FOR ALL STRAY CATS
Fed at CIoister Of San Lorenzo
In Florence, Italy.

From time immemorial the stray cats
Of Florence, Italy, have been cared
for. The cloister of San Lorenzo Is
sacred to poor puss. 1t is overlooked
by the windows of the famous Lau-
rentian library, built by Michelangelo
for Pope Clement VII to house the
Medicean collection.
All stray cats are taken thither, and
at noon every day scraps Of meat,
etc, collected from house after house,
are emptied into the dry moat round
the grass. Toward feeding-time one
may see cats Of all kinds and degrees
black, tortoise-shell, tawny, and
white, male and female, young and old
-basking in the sun and licking their
chops.
Finally, when the food is brought,
from every direction cats crowd in,
kissing at one another, mewing and
making much noise. Then, when they
nave fed, human snappers-up Of un-
considered trifes come round to Sc
cure the pieces Of paper, ETC., for rags.
When a lost cat is found in the city
it is taken to San Lorenzo as natu-
rally as every Florence baby is taken
to the Baptistry of st. Johns to be
christened. Moreover, when people
wish to get rid of their cats, they
do not poison them or leave them to be
starved in empty houses, but send them
to the hospital cloister.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20
Why Fish Do Not Travel Far.

Animals of both land and sea are
confined within rather narrow limits
Of pressure. In his book on the North
sea fisheries, Neal Green shows that
the North sea fishes are isolat-
ed in their own little world,
for they cannot migrate to the At
lantic depths, and, with few
such exceptions as the eel, deep
sea fishes cannot enter shallow wa
ters. Foraging for food is the fish's
occupation. The North sea fishes will
not descend into the ocean because
there is no food to attract, their eyes
are not adapted to the darkness, and
the pressure of the water is greater
than ordinary fish can endure. In the
depths there are no seasonal changes,
no currents. Everything is uniform,
stagnant, black, and the only fishes
that can see are those specially en-
dowed with enormous eyes to per-
ceive the phosphorescent glow Of 9TH
ers of their kind. If they could rise
to the conditions Of the North sea,
these deep sea dwellers would be
helpless, If not destroyed by the re-
lease from external pressure.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20
ENGLAND FEARS
MORE PLOTTING
TO HELP KAISER
Proposed Return of Ex-RuIer to
Germany Seen as Scheme
to Trick Allies.
HUNS TO ASK EXTRADITION
Soldiers Council in Antwerp Asks Ber-
lin to Seek Return of Emperor,
Crown Prince and
Generals.

Paris, Nov. 20.-In order to end the
discussion as to whether William HO-
henzOllern has really abdicated as Ger
man emperor it is understood the Ger
man government intends to publish his
decree Of abdicatiOn. This consists of
an attempt to Justify the war on the
ground of Germanys isolation. The
abdication decree, according to the cor
respondent at Zurich of Information,
concludes with these words:
"TO avoid difficulties and to put an
end to the mourning and suffering Of
my people I renOunce the throne and
leave my faithful subjects free to
choose a government which seems to
them most compatible with honor and
to their interest"
May Return to Germany.
London Nov. 2O.-The rumors that
William Hohenzollern, the former Ger
man emperor. may possibly return to
Germany, as supported by the Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger's hint that he would
not be refused an entry to that cOun-
try, have created considerable stir
here. They are featured by several Of
the morning newspapers as creating an
uncertain situation, which Is rendered
more doubtful by account Of the ac-
tivity of German propagandlsts in sew
eral countries.
The fear mainly is that the former
emperor would sooner or later become
the center of a reactionary movement
in Germany, when the present revOlu-
tlonary storm had blown over, and the
advocates of this view consequently
fear his return to his former empire.
Might Be Executed.
On the other hand, the fact Of the
former ruler placing himself or being
placed in the hands of the new rulers
Of Germany would be welcomed in
other quarters. These rulers, the
Morning Post argues, should be able to
execute judgment upon him, and in so
doing would only be acting as fitting
instruments of justice.
There is everywhere, however, agree
ment in the idea that the emperor's
presence in Holland is intolerable, and
1t is insisted that he must somehow
be made impotent to do further mis-
chief The reports from Holland show
that the unlimited guest is becoming
daily more unwelcome there, notwith-
standing his quiet in retirement.
A dispatch to the Daily Mail from
The Hague reports that the German
soldiers council at Antwerp on Thurs
day last adopted a resolution that the
soldiers and wOrkmen's council in
Berlin demand extraditiOn of the for
mer emperor and the former crown
prince, as well as certain generals.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20
SUPPLIES To AUSTRIA
U. S. to Ship Huge Amount to
Starving People.
25O,OOO Tons Of Foodstuffs viii Be
Sent From America Soon-ReIief
Body in Charge.

Paris, Nov. 20.-An official of the
Schoenbrunn palace to get some cloth
ing for the former emperor, according
to Austrian newspapers, was refused
on the preteXt that all crown property
had been contiscated by the state.
New York, Nov. 20-PreparatiOns
to ship at an early date approximately
100000 tons Of foodstuffs from the
United States for the relief of the
civilian population Of Austria now are
under way, it was learned here.
The food supplies will be shipped in
vessels under control of the United
States shipping board, and will be
distributed by the organization of the
commission for relief in Belgium.
The date of the departure of the
first steamers, and which ones will be
employed, have not as yet been def
nitely determined, but it is learned
that they will go from various Ameri-
can ports by way of Gibraltar to the
port of Trieste
1t was reported on the floor of the
produce exchange, that the govern.
ment has purchased 1,415,OOO barrels
of flour on bids which were opened
yesterday. This is in addition to pur.
chases of at least 100000 barrels of
flour made last week. All is for ship
ment to Europe to feed famine suffer
ers, it was said.
Also there has been purchased by
the government 175,OOO barrels of oat-
meal for shipment, indicating that the
aim is to ship foods which will be i'm
mediately available for use on arrival
abroad.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20
ENGLISH LAND At GALLIP0Ll
Use Shattered Vessels Grounded IN
der Fire Of 1915.

Salonfki, Nov. 2O.-Over the she'll
pitted ground Of Gallipolt point ION the
Dardanelles) the British landed peace
fully at dusk tonight, using as stepping
stones the bullet-riddled hulks ground
ed under fire in 1915. From these YES
sells thousands went toward the Turk
ish batteries and death during the I'LL
fated campaign three years ago.
The British are occupying the forts
along the lower Dardanelles, which the
Turks are turning over. They have al
ready placed 200 cannon in the hands
of the British. In the material which
has been turned over are 20 big re-
serves of munitions and gasoline Of
German origin.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20
ILLINOIS CONGRESSMAN Ill
James r. Mann Again at Johns Hop.
kins institution.

Baltimore, Nd, Nov. 2O.-Repre-
sentative James R. Mann of Illinois,
Republican floor leader of the house,
is again a patient at Johns Hopkins
hospital He came here from Wash
lngton last night and entered the in
stitution for an examination by ply
ing adjournment of congress-. Mr..
Mann was a patient at Hopkins about
a year ago and was discharged as
cured.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20
NOTICE SERVED ON WILSON
G. o. P. Senators Undertake to Define
Attitude.

Washington, Nov. 2O.-Reconstruc-
ton problems were considered at a
conference of Republican senator's and
a resolution was adopted which they
said served notice on the administra-
ton of the attitude of the next con-
gress, controlled by Republicans. The
resolution, approved unanimously, fol-
lows:
"Resolved, that the congress should
assert and exercise its normal and con-
stitutional functions, including legis-
lation necessary for reconstruction"
The conference also adopted a plan
for congressional investigation and dis
position of the reconstruction problem.
The action of President Wilson in TAX
ing over the express business and cable
lines, after signature Of the armistice,
was raised in the conference, but no
action was taken.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20
BRITISH LOSSES HEAVY
TOLL is 658,665 SOLDIERS
TELLS CABINET PLANS
Wilson Discusses Preliminary
Plans of Trip to Paris.
Hinted at Washington President May
Become First Chief of World
League of Nations.

London, Nov. 2O-Premier Lloyd
George has sent the following cable
gram to President Wilson: "My
heartiest thanks for your cordial, kind
ly message. 1 am certain the ideals Of
our two countries regarding interna-
tiOnal reconstruction are fundamentals
ly the same. / feel sure that at the
peace conference we shall be able to
cooperate fruitfully to promote the
reign Of peace, with liberty and true
democracy throughout the world"
Washington, Nov. 20. - President
Wilson, in two-hour session with
members Of his cabinet discussed the
preliminary plans Of his trip abroad as
the head of Americas delegation to the
peace conference.
The president, it was learned, does
not believe that he will experience
any difficulty in directing the affairs
Of the country while he Is in Europe.
During his absence the cabinet will
meet regularly and he will be kept
advised constantly on everything of
Importance that transpires here.
One Of the main reasons for the
government taking control Of the
cables is to insure absolutely secret
and uninterrupted communication be-
tween the president and the officials
Of this country while in France.
No other information was forth
coming from the White House as to
the date of the presidents departure
save that it will be early in De-
cember-or the personnel Of our peace
delegation.
1t is believed that the president
may be an actual delegate and that
after his return to this country he
will be represented at Versailles by
proxy. Colonel House, the presidents
personal adviser, who is now in
France will serve in this capacity for
him, it is suggested.
The announced purpose Of the presi-
dent to go abroad next month to at
tend the preliminaries Of the peace
conference has quite mutually given
rise to no end of speculation as to de-
velopments even beyond the establish
ment Of peace.
If the Versailles meeting leads to
such a worldwide agreement for
peace, it would be no surprise to
statesmen here to see President Will
son the first president of the League
Of Nations. Who, more than the pres
ident, would be the logical head of
such q tribunal?
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20
HAS BIG MARGIN TO SPARE
Fourth Liberty Loan Oversubscribed
Nearly Billion Dollars.

Washington, Nov. 2O.-The fourth
Liberty loan was oversubscribed near
ly 81, ,OOO0OO,OOO. The approximate final
figures announced by the treasury de-
partment are $6,9S9, ,S75, 200, which rep
resents an oversutscription of 1648
per cent. An interesting fact revealed
is that purchases of Liberty bonds of
the fourth loan direct from the treas
ury department amounted to $33 $685.
$50 A good part Of this sum repre-
sents re-investment by the alien prop
erty custodian of funds belonging to
enemy aliens.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20
British Loss in Killed During
the War Was 658,665,
Official Figures.
37,836 OFFICERS ON LIST
EngIand's Wounded in the Conflict
Total 2,o32, 1922 and Her Missing
$50, 143-Great Majority of
Losses Occurred on
French Front.

London, Nov. 2O-The total Of Brit
ish losses in killed on all fronts dur
ing the war was 358,665, James Ian
MACPHERSON, parliamentary secretary
for the war Office, announced in the
house of commons. Of these 1885
were officers and 62O,829 were men.
The total casualties, including all
the theaters of activities, totaled 81
049,991. OF this number the officers
killed, wounded or missing aggregated
142,634 and the men 2,9O7,357 The
total losses in the fighting on the
Franco-Belgian front were 2,719,642.
2,032,122 Wounded.
The total British wounded in the
war was more than two million, the
parliamentary secretary's figures
showing the aggregate to be 2,O32, ,133.
The losses in missing, including pris-
oners, totaled 359, ,145.
Of the wounded 1854 were officers
and 1,939,47S men.
Of the missing, including prisoners,
1904 were officers and 347,O51 were
men.
The figures given include troops
from India and the dominions.
In Egypt the total losses were 81
1853. Those killed or who died OF
wounds were 1892, comprising 1,O9S
officers and 14,794 men. The wound
ed totaled 38,O73, comprising 2,311 Of
ficers and 35,762 men. The missing
and prisoners totaled 1888, compris-
ing 1873 officers and 3,7O5 men.
2,719,652 Fall in France.
The total casualties in France were
2,719,652 Of this total 32,769 officers
were killed and died of wounds or
other causes and 52e,S43 men. The
wounded totaled 1,833,349, comprising
S3, 142 officers and 1,75O,2O3 men. The
missing, including prisoners, totaled
326, ,695, comprising 1O,846 officers and
315, 5,S49 men.
In Italy the British losses totaled
6,73S. Of these SO officers and 941
men were killed; 334 officers and A.
612 men were wounded. Of these 765
missing, 38 were officers, 727 men.
DardaneIIes Cost 1929.
The Dardanelles expedition cost the
British 1879 casualties. OF this
number 1,785 officers were killed or
died, and 31,737 others. The wounded
were 3O1O officers and 75,5OS others
The missing, including prisoners. were
258 officers and 7,431 others.
On the Saloniki front the losses
were 27,S1S. OF these the killed were
265 officers and 1880 others; the
wounded, s6a8 officers and 16,05S 9TH
ers; the missing, la officers and 2,7l3
others.
e7,57e Mesopotamian Losses.
The total British losses in the Me
sopotamian campaigns were 97,570,
according to Mr.. MacPherson's figures.
OF these the fatalities were 81 ,l09.
comprising 1910 officers and 29,769
men.
The wounded totaled 81, ,115, COM
prising 2,429 officers and 4S6S6 men.
The missing and prisoners totaled TO-
800, comprising 566 officers and H.
7S9 men,
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20
EUROPE TO GET U. S. FOOD
100000 Tons Being Rushed to Belgium
France and Austria.

Washington, Nov. 20.-Ships carry
ing 100000 tons of food for the popu-
lations of northern France, Belgium
and Austria are now en- route to Eu-
rope. They are proceeding under
sealed orders to Gibraltar and Bristol
channel ports, and on arrival will
await word from Food Administrator
Hoover as to their final destinations.
Those going to Gibraltar are expected
to proceed to Adriatic and Mediterra-
mean ports and the others to French
and Belgian ports.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20
ILLINOIS ODD FELLOWS MEET
Elect Kankakee Man as Grand Patri-
arch-Other Officers.

Springfield, ILL.,, Nov. 20.-Hunting-
ton James of Kankakee, by succession
became grand patriarch of the Illinois
grand encampment, 1. O. o. F., at the
annual convention Of the order here.
He succeeds Walter j. North of Chi
cago, who was elected grand repre-
sentative.
Charles w. Byers Of Springfield was
chosen grand junior warden, the STEP
ping stone to higher honors, defeat
ing e. A. RidenOur Of Moline.
Other officers are: Grand high
priest, Samuel Erickson, Chicago
grand senior warden, O. G. Forsman,
Carlyle, grand treasurer, Charles D.
Merritt, Salem.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20
new REPUBLIC IN HUNGARY
Budapest Dispatch Says Formal Proc
Iamation Was Issued.

Copenhagen, Nov. 2O.-Formal proc
lamatfon of the Hungarian republic
was made Sunday, according to q
Budapest dispatch received here. Arch
duke Joseph took the oath of allie
glance to the new government after
Count Michael Karolyi, president Of
the Hungarian national council, had
made a speech. He declared that he
personally had great sympathy with
the peoples government.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20
DIAZ GETS GRAND WELCOME
Great Crowd Turns Out to Cheer the
Italian Commander.

Rome, Nov. 20.-General Diaz, the
Italian commander in chief, and Gen
eral BadOglio, the chief of staff, were
given an enthusiastic welcome by an
immense crowd when they arrived in
Rome. The Italian military leaders
were met at the station by Premier
Orlando, members of the cabinet and
senators and deputies, and were ac-
claimed everywhere on their way from
the station.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20
TRY TO KILL "CL0WN OUNCE
AirpIane Drops Bombs Near Princes
Internment Place

London, Nov. 20-An airplane OF
unidentified nationality bombed Swaol.
men castle, near the ex-crOwn princes
internment place. il is reported from
Amsterdam. The castle was badly
damaged. There were no casualties
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20
BIG NAVAL ORDERS CANCELLED
House Told Contracts Amounting to
S421 .s5e 900 Withdrawn.

Washington, Nov. 2O.-Naval ord
nance contracts amounting to $421 1884,
COO have been Cancelled since hostili-
ties ceased, Rear Admiral Earle, chief
of the naval ordnance bureau, told the
house naval committee when the COM
mittee began framing the 1920 naval
appropriation bill.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20
WOMAN BANDIT is KILLED

Husband Also Slain in Battle in Cali
fornia Town.
Los Angeles, CAL, Nov. 2O.-Charlie
Forbes, alias Dale Jones, said to have
been implicated in numerous train rob-
berries and murders, and his wife were
shot and killed when Deputy Sheriffs
George Van Vliet and William J. An
derson attempted to arrest the couple
on the main street of Arcadia, about
twenty miles from here
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20
SINK BRITISH MINE SWEEPER

Ship Torpedoed Day Before Armistice
--53 Men Missing.
London, Nov. 2O.-The British mine
sweeper Ascot was torpedoed and
sunk on November 10 (the day before
the armistice was signed) with all
aboard, the admiralty announced.
"Six officers and Al others are miss
ing there are no survivors" the state
ment says
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20

Major General Goroas Retires Dec. 4.
Washington, Nov. 2O.-MaJ. Gen.
William G. Gorge :, former surgeon
general of the army, will be returned
to the retired list on December /. tho
war department announced.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20
BENTALL APPEAL IS DENIED

Minnesota Socfaiist Must Serve Year
In Jail.
st. Paul, Minn., Nov. 2O.-J. o. Ben
TALL former Socialist candidate for
governor, who was convicted of disloy-
atty in federal court in Minneapolis
last year, must serve sentence of II
months in the Grow Wing county Jail.
This sentence was affirmed by the Uni
ted States court OF appeals at st.
Louis, it was announced here.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20
200 GERMANS /. 1 IN BLAST
Great Loss of Life Reported at VAIN
Near Coiagne

Paris, Nov. 20.-IHo hundred per-
sens were killed III nn explosion at
VAIN, southeast of Cologne, Germany,
according 70 reports received here
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20
S175,OO,OOO,OOO is WAR COST
Washington Body Estimates Expendi-
lures of All Nations.

Washington. Nov. 2O.-The direct
cost of the war for all belligerent ma
tions to last May 1 is reported at about
S175. .OOO. 100000 by federal reserve
board bulletin and it is estimated that
the cost will amount to nearly $780,
0OO,OO0,O00 before the end Of this year.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20
kee to Represent China.

Peking, Nov. 20.-Dr. Wellington
Kee, former Chinese ambassador to
the United States, has been officially
appointed China's representative at the
peace conference.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20
WILL SAIL ON GERMAN SHIP
Wilson and Wife to Occupy Ex-kaf.
sers Suite on Vessel.

ser's Suite on Vessel.
New York, Nov. 20.-President Will
son will sail on the Agememnon, for
merly the Kaiser Wilhelm II, of the
North German line, when he leaves
America to attend the peace confer
ence it was reported from a reliable
source which declared the ship is al
ready being prepared for the occupan-
cy of the president and his suite The
Agememnon is swifter than the for
mer Hamburg-American liner Water
land and has better accommodations
for passengers.
President and Mrs. Wilson are to oc-
cupy the imperial suite once used by
the former kaiser while cruising on the
vessel.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20
Plane Carries IS on Iona Eiinht

Paris, Nov. 20.-A huge airplane, car
rying 35 passengers, made a round
trip flight from Paris to Combes-La-
vile, distance Of 40 miles, without
miShap.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20
ARMY CONTRACT IS PROBED
Quartermaster Officer Accused of Fa-
voritism in Awards.

Washington, Nov. 2O.-Charges of
partiality in awards of army contracts
for enameled ware to the Standard
Sanitary Manufacturing company of
Pittsburgh and other cities are ur.der
investigation by senate military sub
committee and phases of the testi-
mony touching acts of Maj. J. G. Nc
Cubbin of the quartermaster corps
have been referred to the war depart
ment.