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The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-08
BRITISH RETAKE
ALL POSITIONS IN
COUNTER-ATTACk
English Recapture Trenches in
AveIuy Wood-Prisoners
and Guns Taken
FRENCH WIN ON O!SE FRONT
Germans Renew Assaults in Region of
Chauny and Barisis-French
Gust Teutons West of
Noyon.

Paris, April S.-Attempts by the
Germans to make gains against the
French troops in the region of Han
gard-en-Santerre were blocked, ac-
cOrding to the official communication.
The French artillery took under it's
ire German troops at various points
north of Montdidier A strong attack
by the Germans in the region of Hill
344 in the Verdun sector was put
down.
Second Phase of Battle Ends.
The second phase Of the great bat
tie along the Somme, which the Ger
mans began on Thursday last, has
died down. 1t lasted less than three
days, and the fighting has resolved it
self into more or less isolated engage
ments, in which the French and Brit
ish allies have more than held their
own.
The attention of the Germans for
the present is mainly directed at the
lower end of the battle zone, which ap-
parently they are attempting to en-
large for the purpose Of getting elbow
room in which to move their masses of
troops.
1t is confidently stated at Paris that
General Foch will not be drawn into
any false move-where each move is
Of such vital importance-but will
strike with his reserves at the moment
chosen by him.
British Restore Lines.
London, April 8.-The British Off
cial report says: "Counter-attacks car
ried out by US successfully re-estab-
liShed our former positions in Aveluy
wood and resulted in the capture of
over 120 prisoners and several ma
chine guns.
Later in the day the enemy again
attacked our positions opposite AL
bert, but was repulsed, and another
attack, attempted early in the night
south of Hebuterne, was completely
broken up by our artillery fire.
"By successful minor operation
carried out by us south of the River
Somme we improved our position and
captured 40 prisoners"
French RepuIse Foes.
Paris, April S.-The French official
report says: "The French repulsed
German attack in the region of Gri-
VeSneS.
"West of Noyon German detach-
ment which had succeeded in gaining
a foothold in the advanced French
trenches was Immediately elected by
counter-attack.
"On the Disc front the Germans re-
newed their assaults in the region of
Chauny and BarisiS.
"a German attempt to raid the
French lines north of Chemin des
Danes was unsuccessful.
"ReimS was violently bOmbarded in
the course of the night"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-08
WILSON ACCEPTS CHALLENGE
EMPLOY ALL u. S. FORCES

many's statesmen. 1t has come from
her military leaders, who are her real
rulers.
"At Brest-Litovsk her civilian dele
gates spoke in similar terms pro-
fessed their desire to conclude fair
peace and accord to the peoples with
whose fortunes they were dealing the
right to choose their own altegiancies.
"But action accompanied and fol-
lowed the profession. Their military
masters, the men who act for Germany
and exhibit her purpose in execution,
proclaimed very different conclusion.
1--WE cannot mistake what they have
dOne-in Russia, in Finland, in the
Ukraine, in Roumania
1.-The real test of their justice and
fairplay has come. From this we may
judge the rest. They are enjoying in
Russia a cheap triumph in which no
brave or gallant nation can long take
pride.
For myself, | am ready, ready still,
ready even now, to discuss q fair and
just and honest peace at any time that
which the strong and the weak shall
fare alike. But the answer, when
proposed such Il peace, came from the
German commanders in Russia. and
cannot mistake the meaning of the an
swer.
81 accept the challenge. know that
you accept it.
Germany has once more said that
force, and force alone, shall decide
whether justice and peace shall reign
in the affairs of men; whether right, as
America cOnceives it, or dominion, as
she conceives it. shall determine the
deStinieS of mankind
''There is, therefore, but one re-
spOnse possible from us-force: force
to the utmost, force without stint or
limit. the righteous and triumphant
force which shall make right the law
of the world and cast every selfish do
miniOn down in the dust"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-08
PRESIDENT REPLIES TO KING
Wilson Tells George We Are Glad to
Fiqht for Freedom.

London, April S.-Replying to greet
ings on the occasion Of the anniver-
sary of the entry of the United States
into the war President Wilson has
telegraphed the following message to
King George:
"Permit me to express my warm
qualification. Your generous message
has been received and I assure you it
is with the greatest satisfaction that
the people of the United States find
themselves side by side in this final
war for free self government with such
steadfast and indOmitable associates.
Permit me, also, to assure your
majesty that we shall continue to do
everything possible to put the whole
force of the United States into the
great struggle"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-08
BRITISH DOWN 26 PLANES
Armen Continue to HurI Bombs and
Fire on German Infantry.

London, April S.-Thirteen German
airplanes were brought down in fight
ing with British airmen Saturday.
Eleven others were disabled and two
were shot down by anti-aircraft guns,
according to the British aviation COM
munication.
The communication also says:
"About noon Saturday our machines
reported a concentration of hostile
troops south of the SOmme. Large
formations of our airplanes issued inn
mediately in the rain and dropped
more than 500 bombs on the enemy'S
assembled infantry. in addition to fir
ing some $4,000 rounds at them with
machine guns.
Throughout the present battle the
Canadian air force has done valuable
work. Sixteen British machines have
not yet been located. Many of these
may have landed behind the British
lines"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-08

to take steps to protect life and prop
erty of Japanese and allied subjects
in view of the murder of a Japanese
soldier and because there were no To-
cal organizations at the Siberian port
able to maintain law and order.
The admiral adds that he has asked
his government for further instruc-
tiOnS.
Called Political Murder.
President Soukhanoff of the Vladi-
vostok council of wOrkmen's and sol
diers' deputies, reporting to the coun-
Gil Of national comlnissaries, states
that in his opinion the killing of the
Japanese was a political murder, as no
robbery was committed. Efforts to
apWehend the criminals, he adds, have
been unsuccessful.
President SOukhanoff reports that
the Japanese section of the city is
being patrolled by Japanese detach-
ments composed Of three to ten men
each. Tents are being erected at the
end of the Chinese street, and also in
the yard of the Japanese church.
Accused of Enmi:y.
The council of national commits
saries issued statement saying:
Japan has started campaign
against the soviet republic"
Orders have been given to I'll Sibe-
rian councils OF, workmen's and sol
diers' delegates to resist an armed in
vasiOn of Russia.
1t points out that the landing of
troops at Vladivostok was effected i'm
mediately after the murder of the Jap
anese, without waiting for an inves-
tigation to be made, and says the
crime was part of prearrarranged
plan. Continuing, the statement says
"What is the program of action of
the other governments Of the entente
America, England, France and Italy Z
Up to the present moment their policy
regarding the repacious scheme of
Japan evidently has been one of hesi-
tatiOn.
Appeals to America.
"The American government appar-
emily was against the Japanese in
vasion. but now the situation cannot
remain indefinite any longer. England
has followed Japan's example. This
must be put to the British govern
ment with all emphasis. A similar
course must be pursued toward the
diplomatic representatives of the
United States and other entente pow.
ers."
British Land Forces
Moscow, April S.-The British, as
well as the japanese, landed forces
at Vladivostok The local authorities
had no warning of this action
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-08
FRENCH WIN AIR BATTLES
Seven Enemy Machines and Two Cap
tive Balloons Shot Down.

Paris, April Son April seven
German airplanes and two captive bal
looms were brought down by our
pilots says the official war office
statement. "Our bombers dropped s.
900 kilos of projectiles on enemy sta
tions and cantOnments."
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-08
TWO OUNCE LIMIT ON BREAD
Food Administration Announces New
Rules for Eating Places.

Washington, April S.-Two ounces
of bread and rolls and four ounces of
quick bread is the maximum that can
be served to any one person at a meal
in all public eating places after April
in making public amendments and ad-
ditions to the baking rules. Beginning
April IA, the substitute content of all
bread and rolls must be increased to
25 per cent.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-08
RUSSIA ORDERS
WAR ON JAPAN
SOukhanOff Declares Killing of
Nipponese Was Political
Trick.
BRITISH FORCE ON guard
Council of National Comm ssaries
Says Landing OF Troops at Vladi-
vostok Was Prearraneed Plan
Appeals to v. S.

Moscow, April S.-Admiral katO,
japanese minister of marine, has is
sued a proclamation at VladivOStok
dealing with the landing there Friday
of entente allied forces.
The japanese minister~says he feels
great sympathy with Russia in the
present situation, wishes a cessation
of fratricide and the fullest realization
Of the. revolution, but, was compelled
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-08
TO DIVORCE NAT GOODWIN
Fifth Wife of WeI-knoWn Actor Files
Suit at New York

New York, April S.-Mrs. Nat G.
Goodwin, the fifth, who was Miss Mar
garet Moreland, has begun action for
absolute divorce. After the filing rec
ord had been seen by rcporter-the
papers themselves couldn't be. because
of the law-Mr. Goodwin repeated a
denial that he. had been served with
papers in divorce action.
Nothing to it." Mr.. Goodwin said.
"When | last saw Mrs. Goodwin two
nights ago we dined together She
was very amicahle then. | will admit
she isn't living with me NOW."
Evidently Mr.. Goodwin hopes 20
reach an amicable agreement.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-08
GERMAN PASTORS DODGE LOAN
Five Ministers of Lincoln, Neb., Gen.
sured by County Chairman

Lincoln, Neb., April S.-Five German
Lutheran ministers of Lincoln and vi
cinity, who declined to attend a Lib
erty loan meeting Saturday night be-
cause they objected to religious fell
lOwship" with other religious leaders
there, have been cenSured by Charles
E. Matson, Chairman of the county Lib
erty loan committee.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-08

must be done Ours has been a mod
est accomplishment in comparison
with the achievements of our allies,
but our cOntributiou has been con-
siderable and is rapidly increasing"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-08
STETTINIUS TO AID BAKER
President Wilson Also Appoints r. p.
keppei Third Assistant.

Washington. April 6 President
Wilson appointed Edwal | r. Stet-
ttniuS second assistant secretary Af
war and Fred p. Keppel third assist
AMI secretary of war.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-08
TRAIN KILLS SIX IN AUTO
Residents of Fort Wayne, Ind, Vic.
tims-GoId Scattered on Tracks.

tIms-GoId scattered on racks.
Fort Wayne, Ind, April Six per-
sons were killed and four seriously
injured and S700 in gold was scat
tered along the Wabash railway track
when a passenger train struck an au-
tomobile in which ten persons were
riding here last night. Those killed
were Mr. and Mrs. Herman Steag-
man, Rudolph Alexander, Mrs. Max
Grand, Otto Fatzer, seven years old,
and Elizabeth Fatzer, four. All re-
side in Fort Wayne. The gold be-
longed to Steagman, who would not
put his money in a bank.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-08
TWO AMERICAN FLYERS LOST
Aviators From Pennsylvania MISSING
After Battles With Germans

Paris, April S.-Charles Kerwood of
Bryn Mawr, Pa, and Houston Wood
ward of Philadelphia, both of the La
fayette escadrille, have been missing
since April 1. Kerwood fell behind
the German lines in fight with four
German planes. Woodward left on a
scouting expedition and failed to re-
tl1rp
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-08
SOLDIERS IN 26-MILE HIKE
Liberty Division of Gen. kuhn's
Army Marches Bac. TO Cann

Camp Meade Md. Aprn 8.-The Lib
erty division Of General Kuhn's army
marched bac'S 70 ca't,n from Baltimore
covering the - liz, IA thc days hike.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-08

Baker Received by CIemenceau.
Paris, April S.-Premier Clemen-
ceau received Nowtor y. Baker, the
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-08
British Land Forces.

Moscow, April S.-The British. as
well as the japanese, landed forces
at Vladivostok. The local authorities
had no warning of this action
Smyrna times., 1918-02-20
HUMPBACKED MEN IN DEMAND
Affliction Proved Qualification Where
Strange and Successful Expert
ment Was Tried in Factory.

An unusual advertisement appeared
in a Chicago paper recently, desiring
the services of five humpbacked men.
The explanation of this strange want
is even more interesting than the an
nOuncement, says Popular Mechanics
Magazine.
1t seems that a large envelope fac
tory, unable to fill its orders, decided
to work nights as we'll as days. Long
experience had demonstrated that in
the use of certain machines women
were better operators than men by
reason OF their hands being more deli
cate and nimble.
The owner does not believe in fac
tory work at night for women, and the
men proved clumsy and slow. 1t was
then he set about to seek men who
were well but physically incapable of
heavy work. He decided that hump
backs had the necessary qualifications
of more agile and sensitive touch, and
an actual test proved such to be the
fact. Hence the advertisement.
Smyrna times., 1918-02-20
Rubber in India,

In southern India a factory at which
high-grade rubber is made resembles a
dairy, the milklike appearance of the
latex adding to this illusion, as well
as the precautions taken to insure alb
SOlute cleanliness, says the Family
Herald. One of two methods of manu-
facture is generally adopted. If the
estate is young and only few trees
are being tapped the rubber is made
in the form OF biscuits or sheets. The
lateX is put into shallow, round dishes
or Oblong pans and a certain quantity
of acetic acid added to it. This is
the cOagulating agent most generally
used. After standing for some hours
the rubber is found floating on the top
of the dish in a white, spOugy clOt.
This is removed and washed and rolled
by hand and through a mangle until
clean. The biscuits are placed on racks
in a warm room or an artificial dryer
and allowed to remain there until dry.
The finished biscuits are pale amber
cOlOred and transparent, and for this
reason are popular on the market,
for their purity and freedom from dirt
can be judged by holding them to the
light and looking through them.
Smyrna times., 1918-02-20
PUBLIC SALES

Friday, Feb 22.-Stock and Farm
ing implements of Harvey FARRELL
on the John Wright farm, on road
from Smyrna to Greenspring, Ii
miles from Smyrna. W. H. Col
lins, auc.
Saturday, Feb. %. Stock, farming
implements and entire household
goods of James Graham at Blackis-
tons Cross Roads. R. W. Slangh-
ter, auc.
Tuesday. Feb. 26.-Surplus stock,
farming implements, &C., of VIM.
Hutchinson, on Sunnyside" farm,
two miles from Smyrna, at 10
o'clock a. m. w. H. Collins, auc.
Tuesday, March 5.-Stock and farm
ing implements of John R. Pratt on
his farm on road leading from Clay
ton to Millington, Md, 6 miles
from Clayton.
Thursday, March Stock and farm
ing implements of ]. c. Marvel, on
the Stockly farm. on the State
Road, 3 miles south of Smyrna. =
Leroy Roberts, auc.
Smyrna times., 1918-02-20
The Grant Monument.

The monument to General Grant in
front of the capitol in Washington
was contracted for on August 10, 1903.
The contract provided that the work
should be completed in five years, but
the contractors asked, and were grant
ed, several extensions. All of the ar
chitectural work is finished, the cav
airy and the artillery groups are in
position at either end of the platform,
the lions and lamps called for by the
design are in place and there remains
to complete the memorial only the
placing of the equestrian group, i. e.,
the figure of General Grant on horse
back ON the central pedestal, and af-
fixing the two bas reliefs which are to
90 on either side of the pedestal. The
total cost authorized by congress for
the memorial is $4,000, exclusive of
$4,000 which was appropriated for use
in procuring designs.
Smyrna times., 1918-02-20
Rare Bargains in Farms

$50 Acres, miles from Smyrna. on State
Road. good land and splendid buildings,
8 acres of wood. Price, $4,000, One-half
down.
100 Acres, 80 tillable. balance white oak and
chestnut timber, 3 miles from Smyrna,
good house and buildings, $45O00O, give
possession March 1st.
164 Acres, 124 being in high state of cultiva-
ton, one mile from Townsend, new house
and outbuildings, two tenant houses.
Price, $1,000.
As Acres, elegant house and buildings, best
of land, close to railroad, $4,000. 700
peach trees, apple orchard.
800 Acres in sight of Kenton, good build
ings. good land. $4,000, one-half down,
balance per cent.
100 Acres, IS tillable, close to Colts Station,
7rOOm house, good barns and outbuild-
ings. This land is not low. Price, SO, 700
8 Acres. new house and buildings. All high
land. $1,000. Near town.
rs Acres of the best soil, plenty of good
buildings and house, miles from Clay
ton. Price, 81 900. This is a bargain and
won't hang long
Smyrna times., 1918-02-20
German Silver.

German silver is manufactured In
three general ways, according to Pop
ular Science Monthly. 1t is composed
Of nickel, copper and zinc in varying
proportions. The German method is
TO melt all the copper to be used in
the mixture, and twO-thirds of the
nickel and zinc in a graphite crucible
and then add the rest of the nickel
and zinc. In the English method the
copper, nickel and zinc are melted
all at one time, then more copper and
zinc are added. Should the metal ap-
pear porous, a fireclay pipe contain
ing pitch is pushed into the metal mix
ture to deoxidize it. There are sew
eral American methods. One is to melt
a copper-nlckel alloy and then grad
ually add the preheated zinc. In an
other method monel metal is used an
base.
Smyrna times., 1918-02-20
NOTHING WASTED BY CHINESE
Flowery Kingdoms Farmers Even Uti-
lize the Prolific Weeds for Fer
tilizer and Fuel.

Nothing goes to waste on the Chi
cOrding to the farmers ideas, there
are good weeds and bad weeds, states
a writer. The good weeds are put
into compost heaps and return fertili-
zatiOn to the soil. The coarse weeds
with woody stems which will not cas-
lily rot are cut down and allowed to
dry until the son of the family has
time to rake them up for use as winter
fuel.
Nowhere as in China do the dead
rob the living. Millions of graves are
scattered over the fields, their lOca-
ton directed by the complicated rules
of feng shut. In some sections of the
country more than One-sixth of the til
liable area is covered with graves of
eStimable but now useless ancestors,
falls heir to a farm he finds that it is
a farm full of graves, and his biggest
crop is a crop of duty to dead and
half-fOrgOtten ancestors.
Chinese women didn't wait for the
outbreak of war to put ON trousers
and volunteer for work in the fields.
They have been wearing trousers for
many centuries and for many more
they have been helping the beans and
potatoes to do their bit for their
country. The Chinese sages have had
n great deal to say about the inferior
ity OF woman, but when it comes to
digging in the fields the Chinese wOm-
an is equal to Gny man.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-17
PETERSBURG LADY :.
ssaSa"S1'N As W. !sss-
GAINS 70 POUNDS.
Miss Daisy Ferguson TeStincs How
She Put Weight mt Remnr- 49,
kablc Rnte and Wiped
Out Eczema. ~

Almost like fairy tale reads the
story told by Miss Daisy Ferguson.
the popular young lady residing at.
EollinGnrook Street, Petersburg. For
seven years" she says, II have been
afflicted with eczema on my neck and
in MY hair. IL was something awful,
have spent hundreds Of dollars trying
TO cure II, but without SUCCESS
/ My appetite was very poor. and
was greatly run down. due. no doubt, to
worry over my condition. l heard So.
much about Drcco that | decided to-
Try some and see il 1t would not at
least build me up again, when what
was my surprise to discover that this
medicine vas wiping out the eczema. ,
Since taking Drcco the eczema is
drying up fast. the rcdncss is going
away and my condition is better than
ever before. My weight has increased
tr.m ll5 pounds to 1875 pounds, and
you wouldn't think l was the same1
person. ssys
Il am still taking Drcco. for feel
sure II is going to prove Godsend
to me-
Sounds like miracle. doesn't ito
But there is nothing miraculous about
II. Dreco simply goes to the CAUSES
OF human ailments and starts its work
by building up from the bottom. Poor
digestion. impure blood. shatteredT
nerves. run down constitutions, rheu-
rnatism, constipation. catarrh and
similar ills are all subject to the
same laws of Nature in that they must
be treated in n natural. rational way.
II they would be corrected This is
the prime mission of Drcco ~
Dreco may now he obtained from
well-Stocked drug stores and pharmacy
shops everywhere and is particularly
recommended in Richmond by Tragic
Drug Co. SIT East Broad Street; Grant
Drug Co, Broad and Seventh Streets
and Main and Twelfth Streets; Chelf
Drug Co, Broad and Harrison Streets;
in Petersburg by L. 4. Morrison, and e
in Hopewell. Va, at Georges Drug
Store.-Adv.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-17
BRAZILIAN SHIP sunk
OFF VIRGINIA COAST
Shell Fire began Without Warnin. :
Crew Quitting Shin Quickly
in LifCi,Uats.
LANDED SAFE At NEW YORK
Were Picked Up After Rowing -Four
Hours, Enemy Craft Not Attempt 4.
ing tn Interfere With Them i'll
Their Efforts 10 EsCapc.

new YORK. August l6.--Thc Brazil
ian motor ship Madruisada. 1913 gross
tons, was sunk by shell fire by a Ger
man submarine yesterday morning
uc1r Winter Quarter Shoal. Off the Nir-
ginia coast. Cartain Frederick Rouse
and his crew Of twcnty-onc men told
Of the destruction OF the vessel upon
h"ing landed here to-day by steamer
which picked them up.
The captain and crew escaped in life
boats and were rescued after rowing
aNout Cor four hours The Madrugada
!"f- New York two days ago. carrying
cargo consigned 20 Santos. Brazil
according 10 Captain Rouse the sub
marine appeared at 7:3o y. NJ. emcrg-
ing about 200 yards from his vessel.
nd opened fire without warning. send
ing eleven shells into her. The crew
INN ediately took to the boats, and the
- - went down within a few minutes.
No attempt was made to modest the life
'"ats. Of which there were two, ac-
rorj;nG to the captains statements
10 estimated that the undergca boat
Was about 400 feet long. She carried
$50 gums. fore and aft