davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-01
SEA BATTLE OFF BELGIUM
Four British Destroyers Attacked by
Eleven German Vessels.

London, July IA naval engage
ment off the Belgian coast ives report
ed by the British admiralty as follows: i:
can inconclusive action took place
off the Belgain coast.
-Four Of our destroyers engaged
eight of the enemy at long range for
Is minutes. Three more enemy craft
appeared and ours fell back to their
supports. The enemy did not follow
Our destroyers were not damaged"
Berlin, July 1.-Some German tor
pedo boats were In action off Ostend
for half an hour, it was officially an
nounced. Hits we're observed on two
Of the opposing destroyers. All Of
them escaped in an artificial fog. The
report said the Germans sustained no
losses.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-01
is HUN PLANES SHOT DOWN
French Aviators Also Damage II
Other Machines.

Paris, July 1.-The war office state
ment on aerial operations says:
"On June $500 our chasing planes
brought down 10 German machines
and d, stroyed two captive balloons
Nineteen other enemy airplanes were
damaged.
"Our bombing planes in the same
period carried out day and night expe-
ditions, in which AZ tons of projectiles
were dropped on aviation grounds,
Somme sector, on bivouacks, in region
of Rozieres and Braye, in the valley of
Avre and on railroad sations of SOis-
sons, ere-En-TardenOis, etc.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-01
ITALIANS GREET U. S. MEN
Great Official sRecepton Given by
Town to American Contingent.

Town to American Contingent.
Rome, July IA great official re-
ception was given by the munic pality
Of - in honor of the American Off
GERS and men of the military contin-
gent and ambulances which have just
arrived in Italy.
Large crowds waited outside the
barracks where the Americans are sta
toned, surrounded them on their exit
and bore them in triumph through the
town. Traffic was interrupted by the
population thronging the streets to
watch the passage of the Americans.
The commander of contingent
thanked the municipality for Its hos
pitality, saying: ave have had jolly,
fine time"
The commander asked his men to
express their gratitude by giving the
customary three cheers, for the peo-
pie of this town and for Italians In
general The cheers were given lust
ily
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-01
TILLMAN IS SERIOUSLY ILL
Senator From South Carolina May
Not Recover,

Washington, July 1.-Benjamin r.
Tillman, veteran senator from South
Carolina and chairman of the naval
affairs committee is seriously Ill at his
home here. His recovery is regarded
by his physician as doubtful. His left
side Is paralyzed and he has been suf-
fering from severe recurrent cere-
bral hemorrhage since Thursday.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-01
STRIKE OF KEY MEN CALLED
Commercial Telegraphers of Western
Union to Quit July 8.

Chicago, July Monday, July 8,
at six a. M Chicago time, was an
nounced as the date for the CONNER
cial telegraphers' strike against the
Western Union. The order was sent
out by S. J. Konenkamp, international
president, after conference with rep
resentatives of the railroad telegra-
piers employed on all railroads in the
country. The latter handle Western
Union kilograms and have decided to
aid the commercial men if strike
was called.
The strike will not affect the Postal
company. The strike order said that
company had agreed to President VIII
sons request to reinstate all dis
charged union men and permit the
employees to organize.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-01
SURVIVORS OF DWINSK LAND
u. S. Naval Officer Among Men Saved
From Transport.

Washington, July 1.-Arrival at
Hampton Roads of 20 more survivors
of the British ship Dwinsk torpedoed
700 miles from the Delaware capes
June 1S, was reported to the navy de-
partment. Among them was Lieut..
Ross z. Whitemarsh, U. S. N. Twenty
three of the crew of 149 are missing.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-01
Nation Coming Into Its Own.

The heart and the brain of this re-
public should pause today and thrill
with the consciousness Of what we
have done and what it has been re-
served for us to do. The past is Sc
cure. History has recorded the i'm
mortal thing which we have been. We
are standing now upon end across the
threshold of our greatest achieve
ment and our greatest usefulness.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-01
LEAGUE.
Sundays Results.
NATIONAL LEAGU
(second


Chicago, OF; Cincinnati. TT (second
game II innings; calleO.
st. Louis, PA; Pittsburgh, 1-5.
No other games scheduled.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Chicago, 8; ST. Louis, 4.
Boston, 3; Washington, 1.
Detroit, 1912; Cleveland, 20.
No other games played.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-01
ONLY ONE EXPRESS FIRM NOW
American Railway Company Assumes
CHARGE of All Business

Washington, July 1.-The American
Railway Express company today as
stlmed charge of the express business
heretofore conducted by the Adams,
American, Wells Fargo and. Southern
companies-abOut % per cent of the
entire express traffic.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-01
War Demand Cuts Port Receipts.

New York, July Tonnage re-
quirements for troops and supplies
are held responsible for a big drop in
the foreign commerce of the port of
New York in the fiscal year just end
ing. This years domestic exports
fell from $3.O35. .S3S.5S4 to 1886, $780,
$40.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-01
Columbus Car Men on Strike.

Columbus, o., July 1.-Street car
service here stopped Sunday when
union car men walked out because of
the cOmpany's refusal to reinstate
seven men discharged on Friday.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-01
AirpIane Tester Killed at DAYTON.

Dayton, O., July 1.-When an air,
plane in which he was flying here went
into a nose dive at a height of 1000
feet, Lester E. Holt, tWenty-nine, of
Los Angeles. tester for a New York
aircraft company. was instantly killed.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-01
TWO FLYERS DIE IN TEXAS
Airpiane Falls in Flames at Hicks Avi
alton Field

Fort Worth, Tex, July Lieut.
William De G. Ravenall, Jr., of Wash
ington and Corporal Ray L. Danning
of Cresco, Ia, stationed at Hicks avfa-
ton field here, were killed when the
airplane in which they were flying fell
in flames.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-01
Air Lieutenant Killed.

Houston, Tex. July 1.-Second
Lieut.. Edmund R. Cole of Jersey City,
N. j., was killed when his airplane
crashed to the earth near Ellington
field.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-01
THREE u. S. FLYERS KILLED
Captain, Lieutenant and Observer
PLUNGE to Death in France.

With the American Army in France.
July 1.-Three American airmen were
killed in accidents it was learned.
Lieut.. E. w. Maynor Of Bennington,
Ala, and his observer were killed
when their machine, which had just
ascended, crashed to earth. Capt. e.
P. Mines of Niagara Falls, N. Y, was
killad in q similar manner
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-01
"Profits Are IndefensibIe."

White the price of -four has been
stabilized by fixing a price for wheat
and a maximum margin of profit for
flour, the report show that profits in
creased from an average of II per
cent on the investment for the four
years ended June 80. 1916. to nearly
80 per cent in the year ended June 80,
1917. "These profits" IT is stated
@are indefensible. considering that an
average profit of one mill for six
months Of the year shows as high as
50 barrel" Many millers exceeded
the government maximum for profits
and to that extent "the profits were
larger and in general. in Fac. were
very great"
Investigation In the coal mining in
dustry reveals, In the opinion of the
commission. that despite government
price fixing, large margins of profit
have beea made. Ranges In the cost
Of production in a field having the
same maximum prices has caused some
operators to make small margins OF
profit and others large margins. the
bulk Of the production enjoying the
Sarge margin.
In the oil industry large profits are
now being made In fuel oil and gas
oline, the industry being one where
the law Of supply and demand still
operates.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-01
Heavy Profit by Flour MiIIers.

'OeAOA IcdIuIeS O1 the re-
port, each supported by extensive data.
are:
The heavy profit made by the low
cost concern under a government fixed
price for the whole country.
The heavy profit made by the flour
millers.
The trade tendency to increase and
maintain prices against the forces of
competition.
The report is based on &C It find
ings by the commission for the war n
dustries board, the food administ a.
ton, the fuel administration and other
executive departments of industrial
surveys and through enforcement of
laws against unfair methods of COM
petition. The products investigated,
and which the report covers, are steel,
copper, zinc, nickel, sulphur, lumber,
-four, canned milk and canned salmon.
Salaries and bonus paid high officials
also were the subject of inquiry.
Price fixing by the government, the
report says, has tended to prevent the
] market from running away, but
lat the same time it strengthens the
stronger factors in industry in their
positions and enricIeS them by profits
which are without precedent"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-01
On the Green
Diamond


STANDING CT THE CLUBS.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-01
Huge Profits In Steel

Steel companies made ab. .rmal
profits before the government fixed
price for the product, and 1t is shown
that some have since made unusual
returns. Profits of the United States
Steel corporation are estimated at 24.9
per cent In 1917. as compared with
1873 per cent in 1915 and So per cent
In 1915.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-01
GROSS PROFITS
BY BIG FIRMS,
IT IS CHARGED
U. S. Report Declares Meat Pack
ers "Have Preyed Upon Peo-
pie UnconscionabIy."
TRADE BOARD Names FIRMS
Flour MiIIers, Coal Mine Operators and
Steel Interests Also Accused Of
Huge Profiteering Operations
In Filling War Orders.

Washington. July 1.-Investiga-
tions carefully conducted have led to
the conclusion that prof1teering exists
among American industries at the pres
ent time, due In part to advantage
being taken of "war pressure for
heavy production" and in part to "in-
ordinate greed and barefaced fraud"
the federal trade commission an
nounced In report sent to the SEN
ate. The report was submitted in re-
sponse to resolution asking the COM
mission to furnish the senate with all
figures and information relative to
proiteerfng, in order that steps might
be taken to remedy present condi-
tons.
Big Packers "Prey Upon People,"
The report declares that unprece-
dented profits are shown in a survey
OF the packing Industry. In this con-
nectfon it is said: "Five meat pack.
ers, Armour, Swift, Morris, Wilson and
Cudahy and their subsidiary and af1li-
ated companies have monopolistic con.
troll Of the meat industry and are
reaching out for like dominion in 9TH
er products. Their manipulations of
the market embrace every device that
Is useful to them. without regard to
law. Their reward expressed in terms
OF profit, reveal that four of these con-
Germs have nocketed In 1915-1916-1917
$14O, 100000. However delicate a def
milton is framed for 'profiteering,
these packers have preyed upon the
people unconscionably."
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-29
CANADA'S PREMIER
d.. PRAISES AMERICA
Saws Britain and y. S, Can
Force World to Future
Peace Program.

LONDON. Nov, 29.-Slr II. l.. Borden.
Canadian premier, speaking at the an
naual Thanksgiving day banquet OF lhe
American society approved OF me pan
that IL the league did not materialize
that England and America are ape
10 command the peace OF the world by
acting together.
He said: t..
let US have a league of nations II
us have that understanding and unity
of purpose and action between the TWO
WorId wide English speaking common
wealths which will save humanity N
years to come from the .unbearanle
horror, suffering and sacrifice OF the
Tinted by ties Of race. language,
literature and traditions, the nations OF
the Britannia commonwealth ana the
states composing the great American
republic can command the peace OF
the world, They could have command
ed It In July, 1914, II they had given
Germany their Joint warning, They,
therefore, stand answerable to the world
for the responsibilities imposed by
them.
by their overwhelming power and
unequalled influence, neither nation can
divorce itself from these responsibili-
| ties, Let M minor consideration, no
| petty rivalry and no unworthy distrusI
divide those who, united, can COM
| maNd the worlds abiding peace"
Americas share In winning the war
was praised by Viscount Chtnda, Jap
anese ambassador to Great Britain. In
a ringing address the Earl OF Read.
| ing declared that Great Britain would
In the future join America In celebrat'
ing Thanksgiving day In memory Of
Americas achievements In the war.
The banquet was the most elaborate
held by the society since 1914.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-29
TORTURED TEXAS
WOMAN writes
Standing on Her Feet Torture
to This Lady-Had to Ride
Everywhere She Went,
Until Cardui Brought
Relief.

Mckinney, Texas.-Mrs. A. 3. Sto-
vail, Of this place, writes: Some time
ago / was in a critical condition. We
only lived two squares from town, yet
I wasn't able to yak the two squares
I had to ride everywhere I went and
suffered at that, but not so much as
when I tried to walk. Standing on my
feet was torture.
My greatest suffering was In my right
side. II was so sore and I felt II l
stepped down or Jared myself the least
bit l could not stand it-so Just walked
mostly tiptoe. This kept up until Il
was Just about discouraged and de-
cided / had best try something else.
Someone told me OF Cardui, and
It had benefited cases similar
to mine. | felt at least 1t would not
hurt to give 1t a trial.
% After my first bottle l felt better
there was less pain and soreness in my
side.
After my third bottle of Cardui I
was we'll and have been ever since"
Cardui may be Just what you need.
Try IT, adv.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-29
Quick Way to End
Stomach Trouble
Prepare It at Homo for Few Cents,
Take II Regularly for Week or 90
y and Just Watch the Results. ,

Wouldn't you like to know onc o
what 1t means to feel a good healthy
appetite and then sit down and enjoy a
hearty meal without suffering from in
paIpitation, nervousness and other dis
tress as you usually do?
Then take this advice and get two
ounces Of concentrated liquid MarliH
(aromatic) rs cents worth, from your
druggist or by mail from The Marlix
60, Fort Wayne, Ind. Dilute the Mar
lix with double the quantity of pure
water and take a teaspoonful before
each meal.
Just see how quickly you get blessed
relief. Its effect is wonderful. No mat
ter what you've tried or what has fall
ed to help you, this simple old home
remedy has got to help and benefit you
or money back. That's how sure 1t Is,
You'll say 1t is worth a hundred times
the price. Get It now and try 1t before
your next meal.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-29

There seems to he no question h,,
that Miller's Antiseptlc on Rnow,nS
as Snake on when rubbed on tbs
throat and chest well creased also
Inhaled through the nose. has sa Ved
thousands Of lives by preventing in.
fluenza and pneumonia. And i'm uss
by those who have already CONTRAST
ed the disease, Mtller's Antiscptic on
seems TO make them well and strong
again IN no time Mt all
Mr.. u, Il, Collins. OF Iylos, Tam
writes as follows: Enclosed find zoo
for q bottle OF Snake on A 90c bot,Iss
used by all three Of my family win
had Influenza certainly fixed ls nm,
/ give 1t full credit. | run a dormItoTrv
at an alcohol plant, WHARF there il q
good deal Of influenza. Have triad
Snake on on several cases and thev
have been relieved and made wsiI
again. Where doctors have lost lots
OF patients, We have not lost a single
one"
Miller's Antiseptlo Oil Oknovn as
Snake>Oin is the great pain medicine
brings almost instant reliet 10 any
kline NJ ache or pain such as rheuma-
tism, neuralgia, lumhaKo, colds
grippe, etc, Get n soc, soc or 81 bot
Tie today. Money back II not salts
fled. For sale by leading druggists ev-
erywhere and Washburn-Lylo Drug
Co. Memphis. adv
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-29
BOLSHEVlK TROOPS TAKE
TWO RUSSIAN TOWNS

HELSINGFORS. Finland. Nov. "a
Reports from the Baltic province Of
Esthonia say that Russian Bolshevik
troops Tuesday captured Pskov, 1850
miles southwest Of Petrograd The fate
Of the volunteer northern army was
unknown, 1t was also reported that
Dunaburg. no miles southeast OF Riga,
mad been taken by the Bolshevtk forces
and that Narva, 81 miles southwest OF
petrograd, was being bombarded,
The commander OF the Bolshevist
army IN Northern Russia has exhorted
his followers to invade the rich Baltic
provinces to obtain provisions.
It is reported hat German troops
have partially abandoned the Narva
front and are asking to be returned
to Germany. German forces which have
been at Dunaburg. ITO miles southeast
VI Riga. are leaving. Russian prison.
era Of war who have returned to the
city are causing serious disorders.
The new cabinet of Esthoula is of
strong socialistic proClivities and is
supported by a labor council which Is
dominated by the Bolshevists, The sit
uatiou there Is said to he very grave
and speedy help Is necessary.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-29
Famous for
IS Years
SAGE TEA ARKENS
HAIR To ANY SHADE
Don't Stay Gray! Here's an
Old Time Recipe That Any
body Can Apply.

The use Of Sage and sulphur for re.
storing faded, gray hair 10 It's natural
color dates back TO grandmothers time.
She used 1t to keep her hair heauti-
fully dark. glossy and attractive When
ever her hair took on that dull. faded
or streaked appearance, this simple
mixture was applied with wonderful Of
feet.
But brewing at home is mussy and
out-of-date. Nowadays, by asking at
any drug store for q bottle of "Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur Compound" you will
get this famous old preparation. i'm
proved by the addition OF other ineredi-
ents, which can be depended upon to
restore natural color and beauty 10
the hair
A well known downtown druggist
says q darkcns the hair so naturally
and evenly that nobody can tell II has
been applied. You simply dampeu a
sponge or soft brush with 1t and draw
this through your hair. taking one
strand at a time. By morning tho gray
hair disappears. and after another APP
plication or two. 1t becomes beautifully
dark and glossy.
Wyeth's Sage and sulphur Compound
Is a delightful toilet requisite for those
who desire a more youthful appearance
il is not intended for the cure, mitiga
tion or prevention Of disease, adv
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-29
NAB BOY IN AUTO
REPORTED STOLEN

Accused OF stealing an auto owned
by C. C. ogtlvte, aS2 Peabody avenue,
and breaking a pump at the Standard
oil company on Union avenue to OBJ
tain gasoline, Everett House, l6, 144la
South Main street, was nabbed Friday
morning at | o'clock in Ogilvie's car
nj Dudley street and Eastmoreland
avenue, police say.
The car had run out OF oil. COM
polling House and his com
panion to stop. Emergency Officers
White and Taylor, who made the catch,
were called on the case when the oil
compan robbery was reported. They
saw House confessed to riding away in
the ear from In front OF The Goodwin
Institute,
Thirteen other automobiles were
stolen in the early hours Thursday
night, mostly by ioyriders. This is a
record number Of thefts reported In a
single night, Six ot them had early
been found abandoned by the thieve,
ana returned 70 their owners,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-29
QUINN Is
NOW EN- ROUTE HOME

Lieut. James Quinn, wounded at the
battle front about two months ago.
win arrive in Memphis Sunday, accord,
ing to word reaching his wife. The
telegram from the soldier was sent
from Hampton Roads, stating he had
landed at that port.
Quinn, who is the son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. r, Quinn, was cited for bravery
several times while leading his men.
when wounded he was treated in a
Paris hospital by his sister.ln-la law, Miss
Sophie Alexander, a Red Cross nurse.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-29
WE are glad to an
w nounce, on be-
half of this famous
French physician, that
you can still obtain
BAU NJ E
ANALGESIOUE
BENGUE

at most drug stores, in spite
of war conditions.
You, of course, know
how highly doctors here
and abroad endorse this
original French Baume.
1t quickly relieves the
pain of rheumatism, neu-
ralgia, govt and sciatica,
and is good for colds and
catarrhal affections of the
nose and throat.
Many have found, who
for one reason or other
have purchased a substi-
tute, that the original
BaumeA nalgesique Bengue
is as hard to initiate as its
name is difficult to pro.
nounce.
THOS. LEEMING & co.
American AGENTS New York
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-29
PROVES FATAL
TO MRS. E. G. COURTNEY

Mrs. Elizabeth G. Courtney, of Mem
phis, died Thursday at the home Of
her daughter, Mrs. John O. Merrill, at
Franklin. Tenn, according TO word re-
ceived here. Death resulted directly
from pneumonia. induced partly by a
fractured hip in a fall here several
months ago.
She Is survived by a son, L. c.
Courtney, and daughter, Miss Madge
Courtney, of the Commercial Appeal;
a son, who resides in Columbus, O..
and the daughter with whom she lived.
She was SO years of age, Burial will
BIO made Saturday in Franklin.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-29
c c HE'D
THREE MONTHS
Relief in "a Hours-Simple
Home Medicine Did
It.

Mr.. II. g. 1toot, chief operator, f. C..
Il. r., birmingham, Ala, writes;
81 tried your Mentho-taxene for a
cough and / find II the premier medt-
cine Tor that ailment. l had a cough
for three months and made me a syrup
Of your Mcntho-LaXcne and | got per-
maucnt flicf in t~wenty-four hours,
etc"
Meutho-TANcuc Is a richly coneen-
tratcd mixture Of wild cherry. Tolu,
Grindelia, Meuthoo Ammonium chic
ride, CHscara. etc, sold by good drug
gistS in 2te ounce bottles, Mixed at
home with simple syrup, II makes a fun
pint. \ wonderful medicine, wonder
fully cheap, and guaranteed most effec-
tive for colds, coughs, Catarrh, hoarse-
ness. dIIficult breathing, etc. adv
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-29
ASTHMA VICTIM
FOR MANY YEARS
Memphis Woman in Such a
Condition She Couldn't
Work.
LIFE SAVED, SHE FEELS
No Symptoms Of This Disease
Since Taking Lung-V Vita.
LIFE SAVED, SHE FEELS

81 suffered with asthma for years and
tried a number of doctors and medicines
without any relief" said Mrs, l. NJ.
Brown, It6 Decatur, Memphis, Tenn,
In II statement given June |, 1917, In
this statement Mrs, Brown further
said.
Z was in such a condition that l
could not work At all. A friend OF mine,
knowing how | suffered, brought me Il
bottle of Lung Vita and insisted that !
take it, | took the II bottle only, but
when | had finished It my asthma was
entirely gone, This was over five
weeks age and | have not been bothered
since In II letter dated Aug. ~, 1913,
Mrs, Brown said; y feel safe In say
ing that the medicine saved my life.
That is Il lot tn say, but | feel that 1t
did, ] am in better health than | have
been for many years and | owe 1t to
! Your druggist or doaiA should handle
Lung Vita, but If he won't supply YOU.
write Nashville Medicine Co., Nashville.
Tenn, for free booklet, adv.