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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-02-15

Madison The Wisconsin land com
missioners have announced sale OF
lands at public auction at the state
land Office at Madison at 2 o'clock p.
m. ON Wednesday. Feb. 81. The lands
TO be sold lie along the Mississippi
river in Crawford county. and are
commonly referred to as river bottom
lands Thee are about 1920 acres 30
be sold, lying in tracts Of from one to
fifty seven acres.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-02-15

Madison--A threatened epidemic OF
rabies in southern and eastern Wis.
consin has resulted In a general warn
ing being issued TO all officials in town
ships and villages against this mem
ace. Strict enforcement Of the dog II.
cense law and the muzzle and leash
ordinance are asked. Since 1912, when
an epidemic spread to many parts of
the state, there has been general de-
cline of the ra.des.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-02-15

Oshkosh--John Strange of Neenah.
former lieutenant governor, and active
prohibitionist, was made defendant In
suit for damages brought by Gus
tav Pabst, Milwaukee brewer. Mr..
Pabst demands s25.000, basing his suit
on statements which Mr.. Strange is
alleged to have made against several
Milwaukee brewers in prohibition
address at Stevens Point early in
January.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-02-15

Fond du Lac The Rev. Robert S.
Iagraham OF this city. tormer superin-
tendent of the Eond du Lac district
Of the Methodist Episcopal church,
has contributed $4,000 toward the
fund Of $500.000 being raised through
the Methodist bs ard of education for
Lawrence collegs Appleton. an. yges.
ley foundation at the Uniyerlty OF
Wisconsin. or this contributor $S5..
900 goes to Lawrence college and SIS.
600 to the Wesley foundation.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-02-15

Green Bay Fifteen years in the
state penitentiary at Waupun was the
sentence imposed upon Gus Bartels,
charged with assault with intent to
kill, by Judge N. r. Monahan. Bartels
was found guilty of attempting to kill
Peter Neerdaels at the ST. Paul hotel
on Dec. %. He was So years old
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-02-15

JanesvilIe I'm a decision just rem
dered by the railroad commission at
Madison the new Gas and Light COM,
pany of This city Ii given authority to
increase its raes by 10 cents per thou
sand cubic feet per month. This is
one-half of the raise which the com
pany asked for.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-02-15

Marinette Marinette county won
first honors at the corn Judging con-
tests in Madison. receiving a silver
cup. Harold Loomis, Vernon Wood
and Emil Jensen Of this county we're
the representatives. They won similar
honors at the county exhibit held re-
Gently In the grain display they had
twelve exhibits. securing elesen
awards three firsts, three seconds.
-FOUR thirds and one fourth.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-02-15

Wausau-Dr. G. r. Cough, OF this
city, graduate Of Marquette university,
Milwaukee, died after an illness Of
several months 'sith Paralysis. He
81 years old.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-02-15

Sparta Gen. Randolph A. Richards
=Of Sparta has been chosen one of four
brigadier generals for an important
war service. He is one Of four gener-
als selected TO command two brigades
Of army corps troops and two brigades
of pioneer infantry known as army
corps which are being organized at
Camp Wadsworth, Spartansburg. s. G.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-02-15

Baraboo The Southern Wisconsin
Sheep company was organized here
with a capital stock of $4,000. Four
hundred acres Of land have been se-
cured near this city on which 500
sheep have been placed.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-02-15

La Crosse - Patrons of the street
car company, owned by the Wisconsin
Railway, Light & Power company oi
which C. G. Smith OF Milwaukee il
president. signed petitions protesting
against the 15-minute service inaugu
rated two weeks ago. They ask the
common council to re-establish the TO-
minute service, which prevailed here
for many years.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-02-15

La Crosse-A service flag showing
11S young men in the forces Of the
United States has been hung at the
High school here.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-02-15

Of wheat -four was returned to store
hosases Ejy hoardeis in tlifee Wisconsin
cities the State Council OF Defense has
announced At Glenwood City and
Emerald $50 sacks were returned. and
at Gays Mills, 11s sacks were given
back
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-02-15

Fox Lake Fox Lake dedicated a
service flag with fifty-two stars in
honor Of ifs sons and daughters in
the service. Fred Clausen Of Hori.
con made a patriotic speech.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-02-15

Fond du Lac August Heller. re-
tired farmer. was struck and killed at
grade crossing near here Two
years ago the same crossing was t;ae
scene OF 4 similar accident in which
four persons were killed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-05
HOLD HOLTZENDORFF
FOR U-BOAT FAILURE
German Admiralty Chief I'm.
popular at Headquarters
Before He Resigned
Special Gable to Erening Public Ledger

Special Gable to Erening Public Ledger
Copyright. 1918. By Ncrc York Times Co.
London, Aug. 5.
A dispatch to the Daily Express from
Amsterdam says:
"The news that Won Holtzendorff.
chief of the German Admiralty. had
resigned and been superseded by Ad-
mral Won Scheer. did not come as
surprise, for it had been known for
long time that Holtzendorff was no
longer persona grata at headquarters and
that he was made primarily responsible
for the failure Of the submarine war.
The retiring admiral was, with Won
Tirpitz, the greatest supporter of ruth
less warfare at sea, He had predicted
that England would be on her knees by
August l. 1917, six months after the
U-boat ruthlessness started. 1t is a
striking coincidence that his resignation
on the usual pretext of i'll health should
come on the same day year later with
his chief purpose unrealzed.
"Holtzendorff's personal popularity
suffered considerably In Germany when
the people heard that so many Amer
leans had managed to land in France in
spite of the submarine His presence at
the head of the admiralty thus was no
longer possible, though his departure
means no change of policy His sue
cessor, Won Scheer, who still considers
Germany the victor OF the battle Of Jut-
land. has been conspicuous for his Ia
pupserab1e sctatsnezsss extrenofne forV1l
natrsd q ~ AegIish
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-05
LANSDOWNE'S LETTER
PLEASES GERMAN PRESS
Taken as Sign of Opposition to English War Policy and
Greeted With Approval in
Germany
Special Cable to Erenine Public Ledger that, the
By GEORGE RENWICK

that. as the bulk of the people in
England are not peaceably inclined. Lord
Lansdowne and his friends will see to
1t that out of the general election in the
autumn there comes House of Com
mons Of a more reasonable frame Of
mind than rules in the present one"
While Bismarcks old paper. the Ham
burger Nachrichten. sees nothing but
cunning in the letter, the Krupp organ,
the Rheinish Westphalian Gazette. quite
delighted with the epistle, regarding 1t
as "a distinct peace ,feeler on the part
of the England" argues that Lansdowne.
while not in the ministry, has close
relations with the foreign office and for
that reason the journal sees certain signs
of an accommodating spirit which
pleases it.
Lord Lansdowne," 1t tells its readers.
recognizes that the war in it's present
form is heavy burden for England and
that 1t will become every day heavier.
From that one can see the real position
of opinion in England and what little
foundation in reality the speeches of
Lloyd George, Lord Robert Cecil and
Balfour have"
Krupp's mouthpiece believes that Lord
Lansdowne cannot really expect Ger
many to accept the terms outlined by
President Wilson in his latest blood
thirsty speech" 1t thinks that he be-
lieves in the uprightness of the Ger
man offers, and hopes that he will sup
port Germany in her claim for the re-
turn of her colonies should she give up
Belgium.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-05
MEXICANS FAVOR U. s.
LABOR MEETING PLAN
Officials See Good in Proposed
Conference of Union
Men
Special Cable to Erening Public Ledger

Copyright 1918. By Nc,o York Times Co.
Mexico City, Aug. 8.
The proposal, made by the American
dent. Samuel Gompers to the Mexican
labor unions, suggesting that confer
ences be held on the border between
President Wilson and President Carran-
"a, has been favorably accepted here.
Many Government officials and profess
sional men say such a conference would
have very good results and that many
small points of friction now existing
between both Governments would be set
tied favorably.
The United States has an opportunity
TO give German propaganda definite
knockout here. By permitting mpor-
tations Of foodstuffs it already has
caused very favorable impression
among all classes of Mexicans. Giving
the Government permission to import a
small amount of arms would end the
German efforts to provoke difficulties
with the United States.
The majority or bandit raids are
made by twenty-five men, who raid the
towns. Owing to a lack of arms the
townsmen are unable to make any de-
fense. The bandits would easily be sup
pressed and captured if the townsmen
were armed.
If the Government were given permis-
sion to import 10000 or 10000 rifles II
would enable it to suppress the bandits
and restore peace within a short time.
These might be rifles that are useless in
modern warfare, but they would enable
the Government to make an end of the
outlaws.
Public opinion. which is slowly swing
ing in favor of the Allies, would be
strengthened. The recent victories of
the Americans in France have shown
the Mexicans that the German propa-
ganda only lies about the fighting abil-
ity of the American soldier. 1t is a
great surprise to the Mexicans, who
have been taught by the Germans to
believe that the Americans are with
our fighting qualities.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-05

the morning Of July Is Is nov In Allied
hands. And the end is not yet.
Result Of Weeks Fighting
While the American advance of more
| than six miles in the last twenty-four
hours has been comparatively easy
going. that success Ia the result Of the
last weeks heavy fighting. So far as
the Americans took part in the advance
| Of yesterday the passage Of Nesle woods
| today perhaps tells the most vivid story.
My preceding dispatch published Satur-
| day. told how the American line was
| held up at one end by the Bois de Nesle
| and at the other end by the Bois de
| Meunierc told how the seventh at
tack Of the Americans was made for
the Bois de Meuniere.
Word that the German hold on Nesle
woods had been broken went TO the
Americans in position on the northern
end Of Bots de Meuniere and they too
began to advance. Within three hours
they had reached Couiagnes, four kilo-
meters from the north end Of the woods.
and they kept on going.
The Germans could be seen going over
the hills ahead CT them They had set
fire to the villages and farmhouses as
they retreated. Many fires. kindled in
ammunition dumps. failed to do their
work because OF rain, and immense
stores of heavy ammunition fell into our
hands. There was virtually no counter
artillery work, and our men met only
German machlne-gun nests, which they
rushed with vigor.
In making the gain OF ave miles on
this sector the progress of the Ameri-
cans was less impeded than on any
day Of the last week. This advance pass
ed the village ofCharmery. where Quen-
tin Roosevelt Is buried. We took Rodin
farm and Party farm easily The Ger
mans made a slight stand at lie Moncel.
but they did not fight as II they meant
it. Every now and then hard showers
sent rain In torrents, but this did not
halt the Americans.
There has been much rain In the last
three days. and this has greatly MN
dered the work OF the Germaps In get
ting their material away However In
the preceding. week the enemy had re-
moved most of his war loot, except part
Of the great stores OF ammunition with
which the German Crown Prince was 10
have hammered his way to Paris. 1t Is
very plain that the Germans mao ex-
pected to make some sort of withdrawal,
but the enthusiasm Of the Americans
took them ahead faster than the Crown
Prince imagined.
vesle Line Imperiled
The latest advance has not reached
the main line of German resistance,
which. as I have said several times, Is
along the Vesle. But 1t has taken the
Allied troops so close as already to i'm
peril the Vesle line. because our guns
can now concentrate on the vital points
Of that defense, the main line OF which
is Fismes, where the roads supplying the
valley Of the Aisne meet. With Fismes
under our fire. the German locations be-
tween the Vesle and the Aisne are IN
bad shape.
Furthermore, the French success IN
breaking the Germans hold on that po-
sition and Foch's advance today to the
east of Scissors make it possible that
the Germans will forsake even making
pretense of standing along the Nesle.
Had they placed their artillery BACK OF
the Vesle, it would unqdestionably be
working against us today. But there
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-05
u. S. GUNS SPEED UP FOES RETREA7ZNG ARMY;
SPECIAL CABLE DISPATCHES FROM WAR FRONT

we had difficulty in keeping any con-
siderable contact. Now and then some
Prussian machine gunners would wait
until the Americans &C. close, and cut
loose with an intended murderous fire
but they were in all cases silenced
by our troops.
Before noon we took the village oi
Cohan and an hour later Dvrigny fel
into our hands. Pushing up through
the Bos de Dole we occupied the
village Of Dole. Maril-en.Dole fel
into our hands without a struggle. Al
Cherry the Germans made a half
hearted stand but we pressed on by
and got to Mont st. Martin and Mon,
de Notre Dame. In all cases the Ger
mans made 20 real tttempt to halt our
men, but, rather, an effort to give their
retreating columns a better oppor.
tunity to get out Of reach.
1t now seems assured that the Ger
mans will make no big stand on the
Neslc line. The Allied troops hold the
heights along the south bank and con
troll the country for miles back because
of their excellent artillery locations.
In Saturdays progress our troops
went ahead mile after mile, with
scarcely shell falling, which shows
beyond question that the Germans
have not established their heavy artil-
lery this side of the Aisre, for on the
outskirts of Fismes our lToops would
have been under easy range of guns
of any considerable size. This indi-
Gates that the enemy has his line of
resistance considerable distance
back. With the success OF the Allies
in the vicinity of Scissors and also
Rheims the Aisne line is imperiled to
greater extent even now
French Troops in Majority
II should be borne in mind that the
majority Of all the troops in this battle
have been French. At the same time.
Americans may know that had their
troops not been able to break the Ger.
mans hold on the Bois de Nesle and
Bois de Meuniere the whole advance
would have been much more difficult.
A few weeks ago German officers
were telling thei~ men sent into battle
that the Americans couldn't or
wouldn't fight. A trip over some ter
ritory reconquered by our troops
shows that many Germans have found
this wrong. Along the line extending
from the southern edge of the Rois
de Nesle across through Bellevue farm
and on the Mcuniere Woods. seeming
countless German dead lie. Most of
them are Prussans, and where they
died showed how they fought.
The bodies lie beside and in machine
gun emplacements In one place on
Bellevue farm are twenty bodies in a
gun emplacement Nearly every one
OF the men died from a bullet wound.
Some who had fired on the Americans
had been caught by bayonets. In front
Of many of these machine guns-and
there are hundreds-were the bodies
of some Americans who had fallen.
but whose comrades went on to finish
the job.
Bodies Tell Story of Fighting
North of Cierges there is a section
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Of trench fifty yards long. where the
Germans tried to stop the Americans
week ago. In the trench are seven
ty-two German bodies. The Americans
had rushed the trench, which was
filled with machine guns, and ami.
hilated It's garrison in a hand.to-hand
fight. In some places German bod.
les in the trench lie two and three
deep. Numerous bayonet wounds tell
the eloquent story Of the fighting that
took place there. On half q mile of
this line were found perhaps a hun.
dred machine guns wrecked and bat
tered to pieces by our artillery fire.
The Germans got away most Of their
whole machine guns. In a wheat field
along here lay the bodies of boys In
brown aHfrequent intervals. but there
seemed at least three German bodies
to every American body. This is the
line on which the Fourth Prussian
Guards tried in vain to halt a certain
American division. which I am moi
permitted - name.
In Cohan I found an old French
woman, perhaps eighty. who had
stayed there during all the fighting
She said she had lived in her cellar
uhmolested. although the retreatine
Germans had taken all her food away.
She was overjoyed to see the Amer.
lean soldiers when they swept through.
How the battle will end no one now
can say. If it is a question Of man.
power-and that appears reasonable
certainly the Allies prospects are
bright. because constantly arriving
Anericans ,,. are swelling Foch's forces,
Whiie those or the Germans are stead.
lly decreasing. AS I have pointed ont
before the Germans would have 70
Kill two Allied soldiers for every Ger.
man killed to maintain the balance
OF man'power and that they cannot
DO Foch has virtually the man.
power Of civilization to draw upon.
Ludendorff has not.
August (delayed) With their ewes
toward the Aisne River, the American
troops. as this is written. are pushing the
neeing Germans northward toward
Fismes. about six miles ahead CT them.
which means that it will be within
range Of our guns as soon as they can
be brought up
Our men are pushing up through the
Bols de Dole, the upper end Of which is
about three miles from Fismes. which is
the keystone OF the German position on
''O 'tSit' ltSNtlulN sensational ad-
vance of the Allied armies all along the
salient makes the situation look as IL the
Germans may be forced to withdraw in
the immediate future to the Aisne if not
to the old Chemin -des- Danes line The
absence of big-gun fire from the boche
today indicates that mis- heavy artillery
has been withdrawn far behind the vesle
line.
While the Americans are doing their
bit In the center Of the salient the
French and English in the Soissons dis
trict after the passage Of that city. have
reached the Aisne' rear Venizel To the
southeast they are on the plateau extend
ing along the salient from Scissors.
where the Germans had planned to make
stand, according TO reports which
should have been reliable. On our right
the Allied troops are pushing rapidly up
in front of Lhery. Four-flfths of the
salient between Scissors and Rheims
which was occupied by the Germans on
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-05
BRITISH AIR SERVICE
HAS GREAT RECORD
More Than 1000 Foe Planes
Destroyed in Year-Had
Wonderful Development

Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copyright. 1918. By Nep York Times Co.
London, Aug. S.
Figures showing the marvellous devel-
opment Of the British air force In four
years Of war have been supplied to your
correspondent from a well-informed
source. Four years ago the British pos
sessed considerably fewer than 100 air
planes. Now the royal air force alone
destroys in an average week a consider
ably larger number of enemy airplanes
than Britain possessed when the war
began.
In June last the number of enemy air.
craft brought down, which means de-
stroyed by the British alone, was 314,
while the number driven down out of
control was 1858. As against the total of
4s2 enemy machines destroyed or driven
down, 16s British machines are reported
missing
During one month British airmen fired
at ground targets s15.30s rounds Of ma
same month they dropped s5s tons of
bombs over different military objectives.
and made no fewer than seventy-four
bombing raids ovsr Germany itself, spapf
'<Fen elasIr woss eves ~ Z tis syent q
ereesen nserly - encny settsrts
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/
| salient, Americans in the middle and
French, Italians and English on the
other corner. he has not had time tc
get set we'll enough to turn agains,
the victorious Allies He is on the
run. and If the policy of General
F'och in the next two weeks is as sue
cessful as it has beenin the last two
the boche willibe kept. busy. Certainly
he is busy, boche today The rain
Of the last several days has filled the
roads with mud and on his toilins,
retreating lines our big guns are scor.
ing countless hits.
The story of the Americans part in
the great Allied victory is glorious
story. One has but to look at the map
to see that the distance traversed by
the Americans since July Is is the
furthest distance covered by any sol.
diers except the retreating Germans
On the morning Of the 18th the Amer.
leans started from their trenches
northwest of Chateau-Thierry south
of Chateau.Thierry and east of the
Marine city. From the vicinity of Bel.
leau to Fismes, where our men stand
today, the distance is about forty kilo.
meters gained in fifteen days. Four.
teen kilometers of that distance have
been gained in the last two days.
Almost No L. S. Losses
Our progress in the last forty.eight
hours has been accomplish with
almost no losses, com as a sweet
reward for the hard weeks of fight
ing preceding. Not only the Amer
leans. but the French. British and
Italians, under the plans Of General
Foch, have been hammering steadily
at the line which caved in all along
Friday, when our troops started on
the journey which kept Up Saturday
and Sunday, and is still continuing.
The Germans were crossing the Nesle
in large numbers Saturday by noon
and by nightfall the south bank of
the river had been cleared of them
from Scissors to Fismes and to the
west of Fisnes only a narrow strip of
Huns was left,
Saturday night our line ran along
from the southern edge of Fismes
through Coureille, through Branzcourt,
through Courcelles, and through
ChamDigny. Sunday the French and
Americans pushed ahead vigorously,
and nightfall saw their positions es.
tablished well beyond the Nesle line.
The Germans are systematically
looting and burning as they withdraw,
taking all food with them. The con-
tents of stores which could not be
moved have been almost invariably
burned. Chateaux and protty farm.
houses which sheltered them are
gutted by fire all along the line of
withdrawal. Failing in their effort to
move all their great stores of am.
munition they are setting fire TO them,
but despite this, millions of dollars
worth Of useful ammunition is falling
into our hands.
Hard to Keep in Touch
During most Of our progress Satur-
day the Germans were so far ahead