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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-05-04
INDICATES
PRICE THE
HUNS PAY
IS AWFUL

WASHINGTON May 4.--The Brit
ish losses in killed. wounded, captured and
missing since the beginning of the German
offensive on March I'll are estimated by
the British military miss on here at nearly
25O,000. They say indications that
the offensive v II bc continued almost i'm
mediately and that if the brunt Of the at
tack j. borne by the Brit h the situation
will become serious. unless Br I~h troops
are supported by sufficient deserves.
This estimate would appear to he in re-
markable contrast 10 the enormous Ger
man losses in the drive The German war
off cc, Of course, has not disclosed To the
world what the losses in the great battle
have been But the estimates Of allied
observers placed the loss Of German life
at >tagger NJ figure.
Experts point out that from the very
naiura of the fighting the losses of the at
tacker~ were bound to be heavier than the
defenders. the German method of attack
ing, advano M troops in waves faster than
ma achine guns could NOW them down. en-
t--lling enormous losses
Everything points ID the offensive be-
ing continued" the statement adds, "and
if the brunt of the attack Is again borne
by the British the Situat on will be seri-
Gus unless sufficient troops are available
nearby ~ strengthen the line and relieve
the British divisions.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-05-04
Verdun ChiId's Play
Compared KemmeI
lRr Assncinted I'ress. }

BRITISH HEADQUARTERS. IN
FRANCE, May 1.-The defense OF
Ner,iun was child'~ play compared
with the recent fighting around kent.
mel, according TO Officers whe.@kaNe
seen service on many of the fronts
The German bombardment of Nerdun
was nothing To what the French eN-
pcricnced IN the German drive on KEN
mel. The French were forced TO bring
M food on machine gun carriages un-
der heavy fire. One certain regiment,
noted for it, fine ration~. had IT, beef
steak and wine every day. Nearly all
the strctcher bearers were killed. One
stretcher bearer worked six days and
nights without rest.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-05-04

LONDON. May 1.-The Germans opea-
ed an intense bombardment early this
morning on the Flanders front from Locre
to south of Ypres. There iS great activity
also IN the sector between the forest of
Nieppe and Meterf. il = announced Off
cially. The British i ghtly improved their
position IN minor operations near Hinges.
southeast of Amiens. while on the north
crn front the French carr ed ont local
enterprise in which prisoners were taken
in the Loce sector.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-05-04
CANADA LOWERS AGE LIMIT.
(By kssocIated 7-ress.)
OTTAWA. Canada. May 4.-Canada
has lowered the age limit of military SER
vice from 20 to 10 years.
Beer Arriving Late At
Destination Destroyed

AUSTIN, Texas, May Numerous
cases of beer which were shipped into
towns within the ten mile zones, before the
zone law became effective, but which were
not delivered in me to escape provisions
of the law, may be DESTROYED in the near
future.' according to-reports reaching the
capital. IA.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-05-04
Death Sentences of
a Soldiers COMMITTED
tBy Associ1tcd Press.)

WASHINGTON, ID. c., May 4.-Prcsu
dent Wilson disapproved the sentences of
four American sold ers in France. sentenc-
ed TO he hsot. Privatcs Olan Lcdoyen and
Stanley Fishback were commutcd to three
years in Leavenworth for disobeying or
derS. PrivateS Forest Scbastion and Jess
Cook, convicted of sleeping at their posts,
were pardoned.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-05-04
Youthful Reserves
Sent In By Germans

GENEVA, Switzerland. May 4.-Ger-
many is send ng direct to the front all
youths from the reserve depotS in Alsace-
Lorraine, according To an AISatpn chem
isl. who has Just arrived here from Null
hau~en. lie has already lost four sons.
The Germans are employing their last re-
serves. he said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-05-04
CabaIIero Brother
Killed In Battle

El PAS0, Texas. May 4-Luis CabaI-
Iero's brother, Camerino, and his chief of
staff, whose name is not lIyen, and Rod
rigo Perez, colonel under CabaIIcrO, were
killed in battle between CabaIIero and fed
eraI forces at Marques0tes, TamauIipas,
according to message from General Ri
caut, the military commander at Ciudad
Victoria. One hundred of CabaIIero's fol-
lowers were killed and nenty-six prison.
ers taken. The date of the battle is not
given. CaballerO escaped with only twen-
ty-tw0 men, the message said.
At the Mexican consulate in Browns
willie today ii was stated that no official in
formation concerning the killing of Luis
CabalIero's brother has been received here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-05-04
EMPEROR GOES TO THE FRONT.
( BY Associated PesS.I

AMSTERDAM, Holland, May A vi
emma Dispatch says the emperor started
for the front with his ch ef staff and a
German military representative"
The absence of mention of a specific
front makes il probable that the Italian
front. the scene of Austria's major opera
tions, i meant.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-05-04
tBy Associated i.rcss. }

WASHINGTON, ID. C., May 1.-The su-
premc court denied a writ of mandamus
to George Petit, an Usage Indian. to com
pei Cato Sells, Indian commissioners. to
pay back nearly S3.0O0,000 being with
held from the Osaycs on account of boot
logging on the reservation. -
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-05-04
% GRAVEL BOATS ARE DESTROYED

AMSTERDAM, Holland, May 4.-ThTc
Hague newspaper Les Nouvelds, says al
lied airmen sank in one day twenty three
Belg an boats laden with gravel for the
German front.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-05-04
tBy Associated Press.)

NEW YORK, May New York went
over the top with figures still pouring in
at noon today. The minimum quota of
5000, 100000 : already exceeded and a
million dollars more was still TO be tabu-
lated, the committc announced.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-05-04
FUEL OIL SUPPLY GROWS SHORT
(By Assncia:.d Press.l

WASHINGTON, ID. c., May "A pre-
diciion that the SHIPS, railroads and war
industries will he without fuel oil in sixty
days from now unless congress passes the
leasing bill, was made today by Secretary
Lane.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-05-04
BRITISH LOSSES IN OFFENSIVE 250, 600
THIRD LIBERTY LOAN i
d. WELL ABOVE minimum
tBy Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON. ID. c.. May 4.-The
Third Liberty Loan has ben oversub-
scr.bed by S6,SSS, 900. Later figures are
expected to raise the total to far above
$4,000, 900, 900. Thrc billion i the mini
mum wanted and officials are bending
the efforts To make the figure reach four
billions or five billions of dollars.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-05-04
WILSON'S POLICY ENDORSED

ATLANTA. Ga. May 1.-The Southern
Methodist church today adopted re~olu-
tion endorsing Pres dent Wilson's conduct
of the war and pledging their help.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-05-04
tliy Associated Press. }

VIENNA. May 4.-lIeavy fighting along
the whole ltal an front between the Adri-
attic and the Gudicaria Valley in the north
i reported in today'~ official statement.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-05-04

PARIS. May Spirited artillery fight
Ing along the Avre river southeast of
Amicns l. reported in today's statement.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-05-04

Madras. INDIA now has medical school
for women.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-25
D. J. Mccarthy
DIES IN SERVICE
OFFICIAL REPORT
Son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius Nc
Carthy, 305 West Main Street, Sue
cumbS To Attack Of Pneumonia
In France.

Private Daniel j. Mccarthy, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius Mccarthy, 305
West Main street, died on November
10 in France, after an attack of pneu-
monia and diphtheria. A telegram re-
ceived by his parents on Sunday con-
veyed the sad intelligence, which is
official.
Private Mccarthy was born in the
town of Watertown, three mics south
east of this city, on August 8, 1898,
the family removing to Watertown a
few years ago. He was called to the
colors on October 2, 1917, being sta
toned first at Camp Grant. He was
home on a furlough last April and was
then transferred to Texas camp,
from where he went overseas on May
II of this year.
Surviving him are his parents, and
four sisters, Mrs. William Drought,
Misses Alice and Marian, this city,
Bessie, Milwaukee.
Mr.. Mccarthy was serving in ma
chine gun battalion in France having
been transferred to that service be-
lore leaving Texas. A sad feature of
his untimely death was that he had
went through the war and rendered
the supreme sacrifice just at the hour
the great world war ceased.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-25
STUFFED GOOSE SEASON
IS NEAR AT HAND

The stuffed goose season is at hand
in the vicinity of Watertown, famous
for half century for it's Stalled and
stuffed geese. The week just past has
been a busy one with local poultry
dealers and large shipments Of tur-
keys, ducks and geese went out
to eastern markets during that time.
The weather was brisk and clear and
was ideal for shipment.
The work of stuffing geese for the
markets Of the United States is be-
ginning in this section. The price this
year will be extremely high. Fifteen
cents pound will be paid over the
average weight. For instance, if the
geese average Is pounds, the price
will be forty cents a pound.
The industry in this section is being
investigated by A. R. Lee of the poul-
try division of the agricultural de-
partment at Washington. He has been
in this section several days. Merritt
e. Sibole of the state college of ag-
riculture has also been spending sew
eral days around Watertown on a like
mission.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-25
BENEFITS OF MOTOR TRUCKS
Cross Country Hauling Again Has Be-
como Widely Used for Inter-
City Transportation.

An even century ago transportation
interests Conferred on Wheeling, W.
Va. That year cav the Cumberland
road-the wagon highway planned as
a dominating factor In leading settlers
to the great Wa4-completed as far
as the outlying town on the Ohio. Fiji
teen years later ~ road had been ex-
tended to ColumbQp, In another decade
it crossed the INDIANA state line.
Then came tho steam railway. With
the arrival Of this new transportation
colossus, interest in the Cumberland
and other highways waned rapidly.
Road building all but stopped, long
distance hauling by highway stopped,
too.
And now, after three-quarters Of a
century, cross country hauling again
has become a widely recognized form
of inter-city transportation. The pow
erful, big load motor truck again has
ushered in the highway as an impor-
tant part of our national transporta-
ton system.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-25
RURAL CARRIER EXAMINATION
TO FILL IXONIA VACANCY

The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an exam
nation for the county of Jefferson to
be held at WatertOwn and Jefferson
on December ID, 1918, to fill the posi-
ton of rural carrier at IxOnia and
vacancies that may later occur on
rural routes from other pOstOffices in
the above mentioned county. The ex-
animation will be open only to male
citizens who are actually dOmiciled in
the territory of a pOstOffice in the
county and who meet the other re-
quirements set forth in Form No.
1877. This form and application
blanks may be obtained from the Of
fees mentioned above or from the
United States Civil Service Commits
sion at Washington, D. G. Applica-
lions should be forwarded to the COM
mission at Washington at the earliest
practicable date.
During the continuance of the pres
ent war the Commission will, in &C
cordance with the request of the post
office department., admit women to
rural carrier examinations upon the
same conditions as men.
The vacancy for which this exam
ination is announced is caused by the
enlistment Of the carrier formerly en-
plOyed on the route. Upon his honor
able discharge from the military SER
vice of the government he will be en-
titled to reinstatement to his former
position as carrier ON this route in
accordance with the statute approved
July %, 1916, which is as follows:
ANY postal employee who has ell
tered the military service of the
United States or who shall hereafter
enter it shall, upon being hOnorably
discharged therefrom, be permitted to
resume his position in the postal de-
partment which he left to enter such
service" However,, any person ap-
pointed to this position may, in the
discretion Of the Post Office Depart
ment, be assigned to other parts of the
postal service; or transferred to other
branches Of the classified service for
which he is eligible.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-25
POWDERED SUGAR
MAY NOW Be USED
ADVERTISE FLOUR
People Warned Not To Shift Their
Order For Hard COal-FlOur Adj
yertising AllOwed-NO Sugar
Bowl On Table.

The restriction on the sale of pow
dered sugar has been removed and it
may now be purchased for household
uses. The sugar allowance for ordin-
airy sugar has been increased but SUI
gar bowls are still barred from the
tables in hotels and other eating
places.
All restrictions on the advertising
of flour and other wheat products
have been removed, and flour adver-
tisements and advertisements for 9TH
er wheat products are now permits
sible.
The state fuel administrator warns
the public who have placed their Or
ders for coal not to change to another
dealer. Not more than fifty percent
Of hard coal will be allowed any coal
dealer in the state until all dealers
have had their fifty percent allotment.
If you change your dealer you may
have to wait considerably longer than
if you wait on your first order.
Under the anthracite distribution
plan the state fuel administration has
than fifty percent Of his allotment of
anthracite, based on his 1916 sales
and his present orders, until every
other dealer has likewise received
fifty per cent of his allotment. Dealer
Brown had fortunate relations with
the jobbers and received fifty percent
of his shipments this summer. COnse-
Quently, he was in a position to fill
his orders at least in part Dealer
Jones was not so fortunate. He has re-
ceived less than twenty percent of his
coal ordered. It is the ruling of the
fuel administration that dealer who
has received fifty per cent of his sup
ply will not receive any coal until
every other dealer in the state has a
full fifty percent allotment Priority
shipments are being made to those
dealers until all will have received
their fifty percent. And first prefer
ence is being given to all dealers in
the state who have received less than
twenty percent.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-25

Whereas, The President of the
* United States and the Governor
6 of the state of Wisconsin have
* designated and set apart Thurs
x day, the twenty-eighth day of No.
x vember as Thanksgiving Day;
And Whereas, The celebration
x of this day should this year have
deeper meaning and more sim
6 cere observance of the spirit
* thereof than ever before. owing
to the practical close of the war;
Now Therefore, /, Charles Null
berger, mayor of the city of Wa
tertOwn, do also designate and set
apart Thursday, the twenty
eighth day of November as a day
Thanksgiving.
l recommend that the people of
this community give up their
usual occupation during the whole
Of that day, and, emulating the
spirit Of the early settlers Of our
country, give devOut and sincere
thanks to Almighty God for the
blessings bestowed upon them.
Dated at WATERFOWL, WfscOn-
sin this 23rd day Of November, A.
d. 1918. Charles Mulberger,
Mayor.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-25
Mrs. Charles Fries.

Mrs. Charles Fries died in the fam
lily home, ZIG North Third street, on
Sunday afternoon, following an at
tack of pneumonia from which she
had suffered one week. Mrs. Fries was
born in Germany in 1866 and came to
this country with her parents, who
settled in Chicago where she was mar
ried in 1890, her maiden name being
Ida Muehl. She removed to Clyman
where the family resided until 1902
when they removed to Watertown.
Besides her parents residing in Chi
cago, she is survived by her husband,
and five children, Misses Minnie and
Anna Fries, Private Rudolph Fries,
with the forces in France, Herman
and Nicholas, Fries, Watertown. Four
brothers, Rudolph, William and Paul
of Chicago and Otto, in France, also
survive. The funeral will take place
on Wednesday afternoon at o'clock.
The Rev. F. w. Lemke will officiate at
the home The burial will be in the
Lutheran cemetery.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-25
WatertoWn Lumber
and Coal Company
FOOTBALL

Waertown high school football
eleven met it's first defeat of the sea-
son Saturday from Oconomowoc on
the latter's campus "a to 0. Two
touchdowns were scored by Cooney in
the first quarter. WATERFOWL appear
ed to have no chance at any stage of
the game. Time and again the back
field of their opponents, with the aid
of their strong defensive line made
gains. Pabst, Ashley and Frank
starred for Cooney, while Pieritz,
Henke and Day played good game
for WATERFOWL. The ball was con-
tinually in Cooney's hands during the
first quarter and they showed over
Ducklow and Ashley for the first two
touchdowns. The referee said nothing
in regard to the second touchdown,
although he blew the whistle for an
offside play before the oval was put
over. Score IL to O..
Neither team scored in the second
quarter. The ball was in WATERFOWL
territory, but the locals just hung on
by preventing long gains
The third quarter began with a de-
termination on the part of Watertown
to score but the Cooney line with the
noticeable aid of their six foot tackle,
Pabst, held like stone wall Line
plunges would not work, so forward
passes intermingled with a few trick
plays were resorted to. The ball was
showed over for the third time Score
Is to 0.
Oconomowoc piled up six more
points in the last quarter Ashley
wriggling through with the oval.
Ducklow of Cooney and Nowack of
Watertown were laid out and despite
the fact that the local eleven played
without two of their best men, John
Maerzke and Raymond Boettcher,
Cooney came no where near the score
piled up by Watertown last year. Wa
tertown played a miserable game and
a goodly number of fumbles were al
so to their credit The lineup:
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-25
Hawk Works Hard For LIVING.

'd"K "OTkS nara TOT LIVING
The hawk is q successful fisherman,
and were its task done with the catch
ing of fish it's lot would be an en-
viable one. But live fish is not de-
sirable as the piece de resistance Of a
hawk dinner, so the bird that catches
one always flies around until the fish
is dead. This, we are told, is the in
variable practice.
Sometimes a fish expires quickly,
while at other times hawk must fly
around for hours before 1T can return
home to the waiting family. There
have been times when the fish have dis
played stamina greater than the birds.
This may explain why hawks seldom
pOunce on the croaker, most tenacious
Of life Of all fish in the waters round
about.
There is a well-attested instance of
a hawk which started to fly around
with crOaker 1t had caught and, after
Tapping about a whole afternoon and
half night, fell exhausted on the
beach. Fishermen who were attract
ed by the unusual occurrence found
the hawk dead while the croaker, fast
in the lifeless talons, had not croaked.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-25
Official City Notices
AN ORDINANCE,

An ordinance fixing the salary of
the engineer of fire engines
The Common Council of the City of
WatertOwn do Ordain as follows:
Section 1. The salary of the engin-
eer of fire engines is hereby fixed at
the sum of nine hundred dollars per
annum, commencing on the first day
of October, 1918
Sec. 2. All ordinances or parts of
ordinances conflicting with the pro-
visions of this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Sec. 3. This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force from and after
it's passage and publication.
Passed November 5, 1918.
Frank S. Weber, City Clerk.
Approved November 6, 1918.
Charles Mulberger, Mayor.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-25
PLAN DAY OF PRAYER.
Sunday Set Aside BY Knights OF
Pythias in State.

Lincoln Lodge No. 20, Knights of
Pythias, will observe Sunday De-
cember as day of prayer in one
of the, churches. Previous to the sign
ing of the armistice, the day had been
set aside as a day of prayer for peace,
and many lodges having made pre-
paratiOn for observance of this day,
it was deemed proper to proceed with
the plans and make it a day of spe-
cial prayer.
The following letter was issued to
the lodges throughout the state:
Our armies, in cooperation with
the armies Of the allies, have won the
pages of history; the river of blood
which has been poured out has been
staunched-let us hope, never to be
opened again-and the world is pre-
pairing for readjustment. New prob.
lens are crowding upon us; new con.
ditions confront the nation; new de-
mands will be made of us as men, as
Americans and as Pythians.
eve cannot approach the days tina
are before us with too much solemnity
Trusting, however, in the manhood O.
America, in the united fraternal CO
operation of all and under the guild
ance of Almighty God, we must con
f1dently and manfully face the prob
lens of the future as our soldier.
have met and conquered on the felt
of hattie We will need however tn,
guidance of the Supreme Ruler of tn
Universe.
Let us, in Wisconsin, as Pythian
make the eighth day of December
l1918, a day of solemn, prayerfu1 de
votion to the order, the cause of hui
manity and of fraternity-make it
! day to be remembered"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-25
Imperfect Shooting Laws.

We have federal laws protecting mi
gratory birds during certain periods,
and the government has established
many reservations for them. But the
laws of our various states are conflict
ing and confusion often results, to
the detriment of the birds.
No better illustration of this can
be found than with the robin. In
the North it is protected all the year
around as songster. 1t flies to the
North early in the spring and is
looked after and cared for until late
in the fall. It then goes South, where
several of the states allow it to be
killed, and it is actually sold in the
open markets of a number Of South
ern cities.
But the general attitude Of the peo-
pie toward birds is changing for the
better in all the states, South includ-
ed. We are coming to understand
them-North and Southland with
better understanding there comes
greater encouragement
Grit.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-25
WOMEN ARE WANTED
TO ASSIST IN HOMES

During the present epidemic of
Spanish influenza women are badly
needed in many homes to do house
the whole family are afflicted. Persons
who volunteer to accept such tasks
are requested to notify Ferd. Schmutz-
Ter Superintendent Of the Federal En-
ployment Agency, corner Main and
North Fourth streets, to whom calls
for assistance should also be made
During the prevalence of this dis
ease many people are sOrely in need
of assistance and It'll is not asked for
without remuneration, as pay will be
given for service performed.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-25
NEW SHERIFF ARRIVES.
But He Was Not Chosen At the Last
Election.

Jefferson county has a new sheriff s
assistant not chosen at the last cleo
ton. He took charge of the county
Jail Sunday evening, .displacing for
awhile the present sheriff, Edward T.
Hayhurst. Ed says he's hummer and
has an extra good pair of lungs.
Everybody interested in the event are
doing nicely. 1t was the first addition
to the family circle and makes E. L.
Bartlett a granddad