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The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-21
CLOSING ORDER IN EFFECT
PROHIBIT PUBLIC MEETINGS
TORPEDOED SHIP SAFE
u. S. Steamer Armenia Makes
Port With Hole in Side
Cargo of Flour in the Hold Forms
BuIkhead and Prevents Flooding
of VESSEL

Washington, Jan. 21.-With a great
hole blown in her side by torpedo,
with crews at their guns and on watch
for another torpedo, and with flour in
the hold forming bulkhead the
steamship Armenia. in midnight at
tack, made way to a point of safety
and saved all her men and the greater
part OF her cargo.
Incidents of the attack were made
public by Secretary Daniels from the
report Of the commander of the vessel.
Chief BOatswain's Mate Stief Homiak,
U. s. N, in charge of the gun crew, is
commended by the secretary for devo-
ton to duty.
The Armenia, under convoy, was
proceeding through the war zone when,
at midnight, the wirlesS brought news
of the tOrpedoing of another vessel in
the zone.
with my binOcular," the command
light on the port beam. | sang out to
the mate, but got no answer.
"Then l saw large stream of water
shoot into the air about $50 feet and
then a shot came forward.
1.-The gun crews were told to stick
to their guns and watch for a, second
torpedo and not to wait for orders to
fire.
ut was my intention then to go
down into the engine room when no.
tfced Spotlights blinking about the
decks and a scramble for the boats. l
shouted to keep the spotlights off or
we would get second torpedo. / also
told them not to mind the boats, but
save the ship.
Going back to the bridge we saw
that the men from some Of the look
out posts were getting ready the boats
and that the armed guards were stand
ing by their guns. Orders were given
to lower the boats and to cast off.
After making an inspection of the
damage I went to the captain and
again told him 1 thought we could
make it if there was no second tor
pedo.
'The boats by this time had put off
from the ship. A destroyer came along
side and picked up the men,
"a collision mat with weights and
canvas had been placed over the tor
pedoed hole. Flour in the hold had
formed skin that kept the water from
going forward. The explosion knocked
| down three of the lookouts on the gun
platform.
Keeping ahead the Armenia was
gotten to safety and her cargo un-
| loaded"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-21
Alleged Spy Is Interned.

New York, Jan. 21.-Dr. John Fer
rari, German chemist and alleged spy,
was interned at Ellis Island. He was
taken into custody by the federal au-
thorities at Lake Placid in the Adiron-
dacks. The federal authorities stated
that they had identified him as a noted
German spy who was arrested in 1915
while working in Switzerland, and in
termed in India by the British govern
ment He escaped and made his way
to America by way of Honolulu on a
freight steamer. He is said to have
been connected with German propa-
ganda service and connected with q
well-organized spy system in this coun-
try.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-21
GENERAL STRIKE
ON IN AUSTRIA:
100000 ARE OUT
Strikers Are Openly Anti German
movement Is Aimed at
Securing Peace.
BIG DEMONSTRATIONS HELD
Disorders Occur at Alicante-Three
Persons Killed When Mob
Attacks Factories and
Shops.

London, Jan. pa general strike
Is on throughout Austria, according to
an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Paris which reports that 100000 men
have quit work in Vienna and Neu-
stadt, closing down all the war fac
tories.
The strikers are described as openly
both political and economic and espe-
cially aimed at securing peace.
Public demonstrations, it Is added,
have been held in many places at
which hostility was voiced toward
Berlin for trying to force the Aus
trians to continue the war.
Three Rioters Killed.
Madrid, Jan. 21.-Disorders occurred
on Saturday at Alicante, the chief sea-
port Of Valencia.
They are reported in an official tele-
gram from Alicante, which states that
mob forced the factories to cease
work and attacked shops and private
houses. Women of the middle class
were compelled by the demonstrators
to join them, it is declared.
The civil guard fired on the rioters,
killing three persons and seriously
wOunding four others.
Reports Treated With Reserve.
Washington, Jan. 21.-Reports Of
great peace riots in Vienna must be
treated with reserve, according to the
opinion Of an allied critic here In
close touch with the situation. These
, reports telling of huge demonstrations
in favor of the Won Kuehlmann-Czer-
, min peace policy at Brest-Litovsk -
demonstrations which reached proper
tons demanding vigorous police meas
ures-are symptoms Of an Austrian
condition long known. They presage
little possibility OF a break between
Austria and Germany.
It IS admitted by this critic, how
ever, that the Austrian peace senti-
ment has high support in the dual en-
pire. The Fremdembladt, official Or
gan of the Vienna foreign Office, re-
Gently published an editorial highly
commendatory Of Won Kuehlmann and
warning the Wilhelmstrasse that Aus
tria would not stand for the policies Of
conquest of the pan-Germans.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-21
ITALIANS IN BIO GUN DUEL
Lively Artillery Fighting Occurs at
Two Places.

Rome, Jan. 21.-Lively artillery fight
ing in the Monte Asolone sector on the
Italian northern front is reported in
the war office statement. There also
was lively artillery activity along the
Piave line. No infantry operations Of
moment are noted in the official state
ment, which reads:
"Patrol engagements took place in
the Daone valley, at Giudicarie. At
Sano, southwest of More, one of our
storming parties carried out a sue
cessfu1 raid into the enemy line, TAX
ing prisoner an officer and ten men.
"There were brief but intense artil-
lery duels in the Monte Asolone region.
British batteries caused a large fire
within the enemy's lines south of Ser
nagalia.
"Along the Piave our artillery ef-
fectively replied to the enemy's, the
fighting being liveliest between Ner-
vesa and Maserada, and dispersed wag-
on transports and enemy patrols in the
neighborhood of Stabiuzzo and lie
Grave"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-21
PLANNED TO BURN SHIPS
U. s. Officers Told of German Plot to
Destroy Property.

New York, JAN 21-Full informa-
ton of gigantic German plot for the
burning and dynamiting Of ships, In
dustrial plants and terminals was in
the hands Of federal authorities here.
The guard along the city's water front
was trebled Immediately. United
States troops and extra police guards
were mobilized and sent to patrol
Brooklyn. Manhattan, Jersey City and
Staten Island shores.
Port Newark terminal was singled
out as the first of the marked" places
to be destroyed, federal authorities
here stated, but refused to discuss the
details Of the plot that had been re-
vealed.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-21
Several Villages Are Submerged-Food
Taken From Cellars.

Amsterdam, Jan. 21.-SeriOus floods
are occurring in Germany owing to the
heavy snowfall. The River Fulda has
overlooked its banks and Cassel is half
under water. In Hesse several villages
are submerged. The Rhine is threat
ening Cologne. The cellars of all the
houses near the river have been hur-
riedly emptied in order to save food
stuffs. Hanover is also seriously
threatened. The Berlin tram service
has been stopped by the snow, which
It has been found impossible to remove
owing to the lack Of laborers.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-21
aIRPLANE ROUTE TO SWEDEN
mini of the Proposed Line Con-
Meeting With Germany.

The following bulletin on Trelleborg
and Sassnitz, the termini of the pro-
posed Swedish German airplane route,
which assumes special significance in
the light of recent developments In
the diplomatic relations between Ger
many and Sweden, has been issued by
National Geographic society.
Between Trelleborg, the most south
erly town in the Kingdom of Sweden,
and Sassnitz, a summer resort on the
northeastern shore of the German
island of Rugen, express steamers in
times Of peace make regular trips
across this arm of the Baltic la four
hours. This is the chief water link in
the 24-hOur express service between
Stockholm and Berlin. Neither town
W0"'d be of any Importance were it not
-! he fact that they are the termini
OF this steamer service.
Trelleborg is a quaint old town Of
some 10000 inhabitants, lying 20 miles
southeast of Malmo, capital of Skane,
teh most pOpulOus province in all Swe-
den. 1t is only Is miles from Malmo
to ihe Danish capital, Copenhagen.
Sassnitz is one of several popular
seaside resorts on the Island of Rugen,
the largest insular possession Of Ger
many, having an area about equal to
that of Cape Cod. Only about $500
people make SaSsnitz their permanent
home, but during the bathing season in
times of peace the village is visited
annually by more than 10000 pleasure
seekers.
The water trip from Trelleborg to
Sassnitz is 80 miles. Thus the rail-
and-steamer distance between Stock
holm and Berlin is 415 miles.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-21
HOLD u. S. LIBERTY BONDS
McAdoo Warns Holders Not to Ex.
change Them for Other Securities.

Washington, Jan. 21-Warning to
holders of Liberty bonds against un-
scrupulous agents who approach them
with proposals to exchange their Lib
erty bonds for other securities was is
sued by Secretary of the Treasury Nc
Adoo. He said Liberty loan investors
hav been induced to sell their bonds
for change issues which in some cases
have been Of questionable value.
The secretary believes it is for the
best interests of the people at large
that they disregard all such offers and
hold fast to "the best investment in
the world, that is, bonds of their own
government"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-21
BLAMES CHIEFS FOR TIEUP
w. G. Lee Says Rail Officials Are Re-
spcnsibe for Congestion.

Cleveland, O., Jan. 21.-Railway con-
gestiOn is laid at the door of railroad
officials themselves by w. G. Lee,
president of the Brotherhood of Rail-
way Trainmen, who made a statement
to that effect at his office. Indifference
on the part of railroad operating
heads, coupled with an apparent desire
to teach the public an object lesson
In the need for increased rates, had
been noticed by seasoned railroad en-
ployees for many months, President
Lee said. A general opinion prevails
among railroad workers, he declared,
that the alleged object lesson the rail
roads attempted to teach got beyond
their control.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-21
Eggs and Eggs.

"You want some eggs?" inquired the
village grocer.
Eyes,
"Are you attending the speechmak-
ing this EVENING""
"Why do you ask ?"
1--WE have regular table eggs. Then
we have a fine new line of china eggs
which fit the hand nicely and are COM
Portable in heft Your selection, of
course should depend on whether you
desire the eggs for eating or throw
ing"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-21
TWO GERMAN RAIDS FAIL
French Easily RepuIse Teutons at Two
Points

Paris, Jan. 21.-The following off,
cial statement was issued by the war
office:
"Two raids by the Germans, one in
the region southeast of ST., Quentin and
the other north Of Courtecon, were
easily repulsed by our troops.
"On the remainder of the front there
was intermittent artillery fire."
London, Jan. 21.-The war Office
statement on the Franco-Belgian front
military operations reads:
'The night passed quietly"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-21
ALLIED SHIPS SHELL OSTEND
Berlin Reports Bombardment by Enemy
Naval Forces.

Berlin, via London, Jan. 21.-Ostend
on the Belgian coast, has been bonn
barded by naval forces, it was an
nounced in the army headquarters re-
port.
Considerable artillery fighting oc.
Cured at various points along the
western front, the British fire being
especially intense south of the Scarpe
while on the French front there were
bursts of activity in the Verdun sec.
tor and on both sides of the Rhine.
Marne canal.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-21
That Funny FEELING.

Little Bobby had been visiting
.ately at a place where they have a
Dig swing, which is highly popular with
the rising generation. When he re-
turned home his father asked him:
"Well, Bobby, did you swing in the
big swing?"
"Yes, little, papa. But it made my
mead ache in my stomach SO that I had
to STOP"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-21
BRITISH WIN
NAVAL BATTLE
WITH TURKS
Cruiser GOeben Is BeaChed and
the BresIau Sunk Off
GalIipoIi.
SMALL Loss FOR THE ALLIES
Monitor Raglan and Another Vessel
Destroyed in Engagement at the
Entrance to tbs DardaneIIes-
Aircraft Attacks Ship.

London, Jan. 21.--In a naval action
between British and Turkish forces
at the entrance TO the Dardanelles
the Turkish cruiser Midulla, formerly
the German Breslau, was sunk and
the Sultan Yawuz Selim, formerly
the German Goeben, was beached.
This announcement was made by the
admiralty.
British Lose Small Craft.
The official statement says:
The GOeben and BreSlau-TurkiSh
names Sultan Selim and Midullu--with
destrOyers were in action with the
British forces at the entrance to the
Dardanelles this (Sunday) morning.
The BreSlau was sunk.
1.-THE GOeben escaped, but has been
beacned, evidently badly damaged, at
Niagara Point, In the narrows of the
straits.
"The Goeben now is being attacked
by naval aircraft.
Our losses reported are the monitor
Raglan and a small monitor, the M-2S."
Commenting editorially on the news
of the naval battle at the Dardanelles,
the Daily News says:
"It was the GOeben and Breslau
which brought Turkey into the war.
In her present dilapidated condition,
their loss may almost suffice to bring
her out of it. The numbers of British
forces are not stated, but to destroy
two ships of this size with no more
serious loss than that of two monitors
is brilliant achievement. 1t was the
hardest blow struck on the sea at Ger
many's prestige since the battle of the
Falkland islands,"
Reported in Dozen Fights.
The Breslau and Goeben are two
modern phantom" ships They have
been reported in a dozen fights since
joining the Ottoman fleet late in 1914
Dispatches have told of how these YES
sells were put out of commission" only
to have them reappear ''fit and ready
for more.
They were in the Atlantic when war
was declared, made a dash into the
Mediterranean, eluded the allied fleet
and got safely into the Dardanelles
The Turkish cruiser Sultan Yawuz
Selim has a displacement of $4,000
tons. 1t has a complement of 1,1O7
men. It's armament consists of ten IL
in guns, II siX-inch, and II "a
Founders. 1t carries four submerged
2O-inch torpedo tubes.
The Turkish cruiser Midullu has a
displacement Of 1850 tons. It has a
complement of $40 men, It's arma-
ment consists of II 4.1-inch guns and
two submerged 20-inch torpedo tubes.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-21
A Rompinq Heaven.

Mamma" said Bobby, "does the
Lord love little children|
"Oh yes, indeed" replied mamma.
"And does he like to romp with
them?"
"Romp with them? What put that
ldea into your head, BObby?"
"My Sunday-school teacher says
that whomsoever the Lord loveth he
chaseth." b
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-21
Detective Now Major,

New York, Jan. 21.-Allan Pinker-
ton, head of the Pinkerton detective
agency, has been appointed a major
Df infantry and assigned to headQuar-
ters of the department OF the Fast at
Governors island.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-21
RUSS ASK JAPAN TO EXPLAIN
Seek Information Concerning Arrival
of Warships at VEadivostok.

Petrograd, Jan. 21.-The authorities
at the Smolny institute, the bolsheviki
headquarters, have sent note to the
Japanese and British embassies asking
information concerning the entrance
of British and Japanese cruisers into
Vladivostok harbor. The note says the
Smolny institute was not asked for
permission for foreign cruisers to enter
the harbOr.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-21
TEXAS IN GRIP OF BLIZZARD
Trains Snowbound and Hundreds
Face Death in Northern Mexico.

Trains SnoWbound and Hundreds
Face Death in Northern Mexico.
Ell PasO, Tex, Jan. 21.-The worst
storm in ten years is raging in this
vicinity. Three and a half inches of
snow fell and the mercury dropped
from 81 degrees to 10 above zero in Is
hours Hundreds in northern Mexico
are facing death from the cold and
hunger. Heavy snow drifts have
caught thousands Of head Of cattle on
ranches in the Panhandle and New
Mexico, and it is feared it will be
impossible to save them. All cOnti-
mental railroads are snowbound in
New Mexico and street car traffic in
Ell Paso is paralyzed.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-21
BRITISH GENERAL is DEAD
Gen. Sir Beauchamp Duff Succumbs
i'm London Club.

London, Jan. 21.-Gen. Sir Beau
champ Duff, commander in chief of
the British forces in India from 1912
to 1916, was found dead in his bed il
q West End dub
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-21
GARFIELD Wants
STORES CLOSED
Appeals to Department Store
Owners to Observe ''FueIIesS
Day" Today.
FOOD STORES REMAIN OPEN
Drug Stores Will Stay Open as Usual
-Theaters Can Run Today, But
Will Have to Close Tuesday,
New Cold Wave Due.

Today is the day, and fuelless Mon
day must be observed after the follow
ing fashion:
In no office buildings can there be
heat above the 45-degree mark.
If saloons do any business they must
do so nuder the prevailing temperature
of the great out-of-doors.
Nobody may buy a drink in a hotel,
and the same condition applies to
clubs.
Public meetings, even for patriotic
purposes, are forbidden.
Drug stores may remain open
throughout the day. Stores selling
foodstuffs will be open. Department
stores and lesser stores not selling
foodstuffs must remain closed.
Amusement places may remain open
today, but close Tuesday.
Federal, municipal or county Offices
are exempted.
Restaurants and cafes may remain
open, but will not be allowed to sell
liquor.
Washington, Jan. 21.-Within the
grip of another cold wave, Fuel Ad-
ministrator Garfield issued an appeal
to department stores of the country
to close today
Reports from various sections indi-
cate that, through misinterpretation Of
the original order, proprietors of large
stores intend to open today as usual.
This would violate the order, and
the fuel administration makes an urg-
ent request that all stores avoid the
use of coal or other fuel for heat, light
and power.
Text of Request.
Doctor Garfield's request reads:
ut is the desire of the United States
fuel administration that department
stores and all other retail establish
ments close on Mondays, food stores
and drug stores excepted only.
''The United States fuel administra-
ton has not issued any special order
dealing with department stores.'
Food Stores Open All Day.
Special ruling was made by Doctor
Garfield with reference to the food dis
tributing stores, suspending operation
of the order today
The following telegram was sent to
state fuel administrators
GAS a result of information fur
nished by the United States food ad-
miniStration to the effect that cOnfu-
sion exists in the minds of the public
as to the closing of food distributing
stores on Monday afternoons, the or
der of the United States fuel admins
tration dated January II has been sus-
pended insofar as it provides for clos
ing such food stores on Monday, Janu-
airy 81. This will permit food stores
to remain open for the entire day of
January 81"
Draw Specific Order.
An amended order will be issued
within few days specifically prohibit
ing the opening of department stores
on Mondays.
There is no restriction against a
store remaining open without heat,
light or power.
Small storekeepers likewise will be
allowed to keep open if they do not
use coal for heat, light or power.
The fuel administration eXerted it's
utmost to insure prompt movement of
fuel for domestic consumers and for
bunkering ships held up at Atlantic
ports.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-21
Anna Held LII In HospitaI.

Milwaukee, Jan. 21.-Anna Held,
the actress, Is Ill with neuritis at s.
Mary's hospital here.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-21
SERIOUS FLOODS IN GERMANY

Marne canal.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-21

"You want some eggs?" inquired the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-01
PAINT AND POWDER

WHEN men grow very old and very
w wise they begin to perceive that many
seeming faults in others are but virtues
carried to excess.
Here and there at intervals solemn writ.
of paint and powder and the appalling
spectacle of Chestnut street or Fifth ave-
nue. on fine afternoon when the artists
in rouge are on parade to display their
| handiwork. The tendency of every critic
is to view the exhibition as a revival and
| a triumph of the arts of barbarism.
One must admit that it isn't always a
nice exhibition. The work, for the most
| part, is badly done. The technique is i'm
mature and hasty. There are depressing
| suggestions of futuristic tendency in the
present aspects of the art Of face painting.
The vogue for this sort of thing, now at
its height, is. of course, regrettable. 1t Is
sure to pass. But 1t might be more profit
able to consider its impulse and origins.
Obviously, the artist In self.panting
wishes merely to be beautiful. Now, to
wish to be beautiful is not to be wicked.
A very gifted man. with two or three
hours for discourse, might be able to prove
conclusively that the girls who carry
handbags full Of paint and lipsticks and
such savage accouterments are merely try
ing to do with defective means what any
good-looking blossom does when ii turns
upward glowing face to brighten a gray
world.
Girls and women are more beautiful
without paint and powder. But you must
not tell them this. They believe nothing
that they do not think out for themselves.
1t is their fate and their misfortune to
learn only by experience.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-01
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILAD DELPHIA, 4

men whose business Is war.making? The
cables report that the Representatives
like to make speeches to the soldiers. 1t
is easy to imagine that the bored and
tired soldiers accept gassng with con-
centrated flapdoodle of the sort that passes
as patriotic oratory in the campaigns at
nome as an additional horror of war.
During the worst fighting of the present
advance officers were needed to look after
the adventurous Congressman. Automo-
biles transported them hither and yon
Captains doubtless shivered for their
safety. 1t seems like a cruel waste Of
priceless energy
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-01
CONGRESSMAN AT THE FRONT

NOTHING is perfect Joy is tempered
~ inevitably by one or another of the
tragic emotions to remind us that this
is earth and that it was made for sinners.
Thus the thrill that should be ours when
we read the cables from the west front
is dulled by the repeated references to
crowd of pot-hatted Congressman who are
permitted to be at large near the battle
lines where the Americans have fought
to glory through great bitterness. These
pilgrims from Washington are appearing
more frequently in the news. They flash
upon our vision now enjoying a basket
luncheon in the ruins Of Chateau -Thierry"
and again dropping armloads of souve-
Mrs" as they rushed hastily to cover from
flying shells.
Representatives M. Clyde Kelly, of Penn
sylyania Louis NJ Champion, of Michi-
gam Thaddeus Fl. Carraway, Of Arkansas;
John Elston. of California, and Joseph
Thompson. OF Oklahoma, are abroad to
see what the war IL like. What are they
doing there? What can a Congressman
perreive in a military way that cannot
. prlter obresl>d ana D~xrtsd b. u.