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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-06
When Gas IL Not Gas.

Saturday
BARNEY: Well from now on these birds
around here can get CAST an stay CAST
and just see if care. When fello tries
to do his duty in this army all he gets for
it is hellsfre and doble croSt and balled
out before lot of other guys, and as far
as I'm conserved I'm through. The sooner
they end this war so as can rcsine the
quicker ii will be for me, is what | mean.
CUES | wrote you Barney about them
making me gas sentanel. Well anyway
was chose especially for the job and last
night l took my post next TO the claxon
horn and didn't do nothing else but pay
attentun to my business. l know all about
what terrible thing it is to get CAST and
! made up my mind that nobody around
our battalun was going to get it last night.
Well everything went along fine and
there wasn't no trouble of any kind until
along about eleven o'clock when the wind
Kind of changed and l got little Whit
of something that smelled awful suspicious
TO me- Well there was some Smelling about
this time and some Of them did not make
a very big noise just like gas shells don't
and right away was on the job and l
took another big smell through my nostreis
and not wanting to take no chances ] put
on my mast and then went up to my
elaxon and give her a cople of turns.
Well l CUES some gas sentanel in the
next town musta heard me because right
away he started his claxon going, and then
the sentanel on my left he give his q
turn. Well it wasn't more than about three
minutes until they was about half of the
elaxons in Franse going off and every
body and his brother was running around
with there masts on.
Well I kept on pumping my horn then
and afterwhile the Majur he comes out
with his mast on and stood around and
asst me through his mast where smelled
the gas. So l pointed over in the direc-
ton that the wifi had come from and Ls
started over that way.
There was a lot of soldiers and officurs
running around with there masts on by
this time and l CUES it was about half
an hour before some ruff neck buck pri-
vate took his mast off and begun smelling
the air.
"Hellfire there amt no gas around
here he said.
Well somebody else took there mast off
then and smelled and then somebody went
up TO the Majur and said that he WAS
sucker TO ware his mast and then he took
his off and smelled around
Then he come up to ME and said, Say,
there amt no gas"
Well l took my mast off then and
smelled and right away got Whit and
| said, "Sure there is-just smell that"
So the Majur he drew in big Whit and
then he turned at me sore as a cople Of
bOls. "Fool, that amt gas-that's nothing
but cloride of lime that we're using for
discnfectant," he said. Fool, you've got
everybody in the division excited from the
Generil down. Get back to your billet
You cant even smell gas
Well was going to tell him that I could
smell his talking gas all right, but 1
thought I wouldn't ball him out like that
before everybody So, l didn't but just
turned and left him standing there. I
would like to see these birds get me on that
gas gag again. I'm through. BENNIE.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-06

enough place, especially when they got
to take care Of all them Germins down
there
Well, yours for hells own trenshes.
BESNIE.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-06
Gets His Nose in Training.

DEAR BARNEy:I didn't go on gas guard
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-01
SWaqQer Stick BETRAYED.

A discussion, which began with &C.
tual preparedness in America and
which has continued now and again,
here and there, pro and con, was re-
vived, writes a New York correspond
ent, with the arrest Of fictitious army
officer, who, let it be known here, car
ried swagger stick. The question:
"Why, oh, why, do they carry them ?"
was intensified by the fact that one Of
the detectives asserted in English that
had it not been for the swagger stick
he would never have suspected the
camOuf1age captain. Luck was with
the detectives, and when the prisoner
was taken to police headquarters he
admitted he was not a captain at all,
but bold, bad young man who had
been telling naughty lies and stealing
automobiles and other knick-knacks
ever since war was declared. However,
he Indignantly asserted that he was il
legally arrested to begin with, for the
reason that army officers do not wear
swagger sticks right now. He seemed
to think that his arrest shouldn't count,
inasmuch as the detectives were mis-
taken in their first and most important
clue.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-01
Correspondence.
MILFORD.

Mrs. Veith visited with Mrs. Dett-
mar last Tuesday.
Ernst Schroeder of Lake Mills
spent Sunday here with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Wegner were
Watertown visitors last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs John Mansfield visited
with the formers mother and sister
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Heinrich attended
the funeral of Mrs. Crandall at Alta
Ian last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. August Wendt mourn
the death of their infant son which
occurred last Wednesday evening.
Miss Helen Deimel of Watertown
is visiting friends here in the village.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bohnsack call
ed at the home of August Wendt Sun
day afternoon.
Mrs. Leonard Wegner and daughter
Dycia called on Mrs. G. Hahn Thurs
day evening.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-01

March came iii like lamb Look
out for April 1.
Mrs William j. Stuebe was cream
city visitor today. 49,
Miss Helen Lambert is spending the
week end in Madison
Miss Emma Hoge is spending the
week end in Milwaukee.
Miss Tillie Springer of Waterloo
was city visitor today.
Miss Sophia LANCER of Waterloo
was a visitor here Thursday.
Ed. Weber will ship live stock Tues
day. Calves wanted. Phone 246-W.
John Scholl and Edward Kubow
have accepted positions in Milwaukee
Thomas Prendergast of the Madison
Candy company was in the city a few
hours this afternoon
Mrs. H. S. Villas has returned to her
home in Chicago after visiting at the
home of S. NJ Eaton.
Mrs. Peter Kalt of Milwaukee is
visiting at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Gorder, Sixth street.
Oschman's west side market
Saturday specials-leaf lard
cheap, fresh halibut, smoked
hams, spareribs.
One of the largest grocery stores in
the city did not have a pound of gran
ulated sugar on hand today Brown
sugar was substituted.
Specials for Saturday at Bay
er's West Main street market
Leaf lard %, bacon by slab or
half 80, Swift's Premium ham
30, veal stew 1920, spring
chickens.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-01
Deliuht of Berlin Life.

One of the beauties of autocratic
government, says the Springfield
Union, is shown in the snow-removal
order issued by the military author
tiles in Berlin, under the provisions
of which every property owner is re-
CURED to remove the snow not only
from his sidewalk, but from the road
way as far as the center of the street,
and is authorized TO call on all ten
ants between the ages of fourteen and
sixty to assist him in this work. Fail
ure to comply with the order is punish
able with fine of not more than 1915
or Imprisonment for not more than a
year, and the police are authorized to
handle all such cases without the for
mality of a trial.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-01
Spanish Steak.

A delicious dish can be made from
a flank or rump steak. Brown the
steak over quickly in little hot beef
dripping, then remove to baking pan.
Dust with salt and paprika, cover with
a layer of sliced onions that have
been cooked for five minutes in the
same dripping as the steak, and pour
over one can of tomatoes, juice and all.
Cover the pan and bake slowly until
the meat is very tender, basting fire.
quertly with the tomato. Serve with a
gravy made from the strained liquor
in the pan.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-01
WATERLOO.

R. c. Twining, H. B. Stokes, Mrs
Nettie Adams, Jacob Fox, Albert
Christen, T. o. Failinger, August
Abel, Mrs. c. E. Follensbie, F. A. See
Der and c. E. Follensbie were in Wa
tertown Wednesday.
Mrs. Edward Schroeder visited with
friends in Watertown Tuesday and
Wednesday.
William Bolton visited in York on
Monday.
Harry Belts was business visitor
in Watertown Monday.
Mrs. Eli BorgWart is spending a
few days with relatives and friends in
Watertown.
Ernst Krakow and Herman Klentz-
mann were business visitors in Wa
tertown Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gust Heller and daugh-
tiers Of Watertown visited several
days recently at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. August Homan.
The Misses Schultz and Virginia
Drew of Watertown were over Sunday
visitors at the home of Cyrus Mont
gOmery.
Charles Larger made a business
trip to Hubbleton and Lake Mills Sat
urday.
Miss Adelia Wendtland of St. Paul
is spending a few days with MI. and
Mrs. J. Robb
Ernst Draeger attended the funeral
Of Mrs. Caroline Lindemann at Water
town Tuesday.
James and Leslie Montgomery de-
parted for Alexandria, S. D. Wednes-
day
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-01
Armenia.

Armenia was the seat of an indie
pendent kingdom at different times
long before the Christian era, though
frequently at war, sometimes under
foreign rule and with al. unstable gov
eminent. 1t was one of the first coun-
tries into which Christianity was in
troduced. There is no record of it's
frequent and repeated changes of gov
eminent and rulers. For many years
past it has been under Turkish rule.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-01
Only a Diamond.

Columbus people stopped in amaze
ment when they saw an unusual win
dow display at jewelry store of This
city. In the center of the window, in a
plush case, was large diamond. On
one side, also in a plush case, was a
piece of genuine soft coal and on the
other side, mounted in silk and plush
was genuine egg. '"This is a mere
diamond said card over the precious
stone In the center-Indianapol
News.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-01
The Word Metis.

The word metis, means mixed. It is
from the French metis, derivatiye of
the Latin miscere, to mix The te rn
was first used in this country by the
early French-speaking population of
the northwest to designate persons OF
mixed white and Indian blood. AmGn g
the Spanish-speaking population of
the Southwest the word NEST TO- of the
same derivation, is used, but it applies
more especially 20 those of half white
and half Indian blood.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-01
Read a Coed Farm Paper.

Many Of our readers are interested
in farm topics and we are glad to an
nounce that we have made a clubbing
arrangement whereby we. may offer
The Wisconsin Farmer, of Madison,
in connection with your subscription
to the News
The Wisconsin Farmer is published
every week and contains up to date
matter of great value to everyone in
terested in farming. The regular price
is 81 year. and while our rate on
rual routes is 81, we will enter a one
year subscription to both papers on
receipt of only $3.50. Take advantage
of this offer and renew today.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-01
She Kiss ed the Waiter.

Two young women who had the table
dhote habit, sat alone tonight in red
INK establishment in the Forties. "I
was silly last night" moaned one. 81
came in here and no one whom can
tolerate was here. / felt alone and re-
Sentful. l kissed Mike, the waiter"
"YvOnne! Yvonnei" walled her COM
panion, ''why did you do that?" Bah ~
sneered 1vnnne. Il had tonSilitis."-
New York Sun.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-01
Church Services

First German Baptist church, Divi-
sion street, between North Second and
North Fourth streets. Pastor, Charles
Every Sunday morning Sunday school
at $50 o'clock. German services at
1890 o'clock every Sunday morning.
English services every other Sunday
evening at 1880 o'clock German SER
vices every other Sunday evening at
1880 o'clock. Mid-week services even
ings at 7:30 o'clock Womans Mission
airy society every first Tuesday in the
month. Young Peoples society every
Sunday evening at 700 o'clock.
Reformed church, North Fifth and
Cole streets, F. w. Lemke, pastor
Sunday school at 9 a. NJ; morning ser
vice at 10 o'clock; consistory meet
ing at II a. M; evening service at
1870 o'clock. Thursday, March 7, La
dies society meets at 2 p. M; Young
Peoples society meeting at 7:30 p. M.
Saturday, March 8, catechism and
bible study.
German NJ E. church - Sunday
school at a. M. morning service at
10:15; Epworth League at 1880 p. NJ !;
| evening service at o'clock. Weekly
prayer meeting on Thursday evening
at 1880. Epworth League meets on the
| first and third Tuesday of every month
at 1880 p. N.
Evangelical Lutheran Emmanuel
church, North Ninth street, Rev. G.
Sandrock, pastor-German service ev-
| cry Sunday and church holiday at 10
a. M; English services every second
Sunday of the month at 1870 p. m. !;
every last Sunday at Ills a. N.
Moravian church, North Sixth and
| Cole streets-English Sunday school
at 9:15 a. NJ; German preaching at
1890 a. NJ; Junior Christian Endeav-
or at 1:45 p. M; Senior Christian En-
deavor at $50 p. m. !; English preach
ing at 1870 p. m.
Trinity Lutheran church (English)
st. Marks church-Sunday school
at 11:30 a. M; lenten services at 7.45
p. m. No morning service. Beginning
Sunday, March 10, services will
be held in the auditorium OF St. Marks
school,
ST. Johns cnurch-German services
at 10 a. NJ; English services the Sec
ond and fourth Sundays of the month
at 7:30 p. m. The Young Peoples So
ciety meets every first and third
Thursday in the month at 8 o'clock
st. Paurs Episcopal church-Holy
communion sat a.. M; Sunday school
at 10 a. M; morning worship and SER
mon at 1890 o'clock; evening prayer
at 7:30 p. m.
First Congregational church-Sun-
day school at 9:45 a. M; Young Peo-
pies society at p. NJ Choir practice
on Friday at Z, p. m.
st. Demands church-Low mass at
8 a. NJ; high mass and instructions at
10 a. NJ: evening devotions at 7:3O.
st. Marks Lutheran church-Sun-
day school and bible class at a. M;
services at 10 a. m.
st. Lukes Evangelical Lutheran
church-Sunday school at a. M;
services at 10 a. M
st. Henry's Catholic church-Low
vespers at D. m.
First Church of Christ Scientist, 500
Fifth street Services at 10:45 a. m.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-01
At the The atre S

Number One, a serial in fifteen
parts starring Kathleen Clifford, will
be started at the Majestic Sunday, in
addition to the regular program. Epi-
sode one-"The Flaming Cross"-win
be shown. Aimee Villon, Hale's ward,
arrives at her home and is thrown in
to the midst Of danger At night the
doors Of the steel vault in the base
ment of Hales home are melted away
by the use OF strange invention.
Aimee's securities, for which Hale is
responsible, and his submarine plans,
are stolen. Hale and his son Tommy
in a battle with robbers rescues
Aimee, who has been kidnapped. After
the struggle Tommy finds he is mark
ed '"T. T. t." for a victim of Number
One"
She lOnged for a past and every
thing seemed romantic object to
Corinne Chilvere, who had birth, good
breeding, and a bank account She
was dissatisfied and longed for a
past and something different So
when she read an advertisement for
two young ladies with "pasts" she
was interested and answered the ad-
vertisement in hopes that it would be
an interesting adventure. Just how
| interesting a time she had are the
thrilling and amusing scenes in the
Triangle play "Indiscreet Corinne,"
at the Classic Saturday.
'The Rise of Jennie Cushing" at
the Majestic Sunday and Monday,
starring Elsie Ferguson, is adapted
| from the book by Mary Watts, and is
big, gripping story, modern in it's
| theme and fearless in it's treatment,
significantly commenting on the ten
denotes of society today Those who
have read the book and have laughed
and cried over the trials of Jennie
will weep copiously and shrek with
laughter at the touching scenes and
the flashes of comedy in this photo
play.
In time and expense, nothing was
spared to make "The Conqueror,"
time at the Classic tonight, the great
est motion picture ever conceived. AL
most half million dollars were ex-
pended in the production. Two thous-
and people figure in many of the
scenes, and some of the battle Incl
dents required the use of 600 horses
For the big battle scenes, the Fox stu
dio was temporarily converted into a
munitions factory. The ammunition
for the battle cost $4,000
"The Pride of New York." at the
| Classic Sunday, featuring George
Walsh, is of especial interest at this
| time because it begins with the draft
and ends in the trenches In between
are shown a long line of incidents
| touching on our preparation for war,
and including the various Cuts" both
men and women are doing, outside the
ranks, to aid in bringing about a vic
| torious result for the Stars and
Stripes.
The Clever Mrs. Carfax," photo
play Astounding in screamingly funny
situations, written by Hector Turn
bull and directed by Donald Crisp, is
Julian Eltinge's Paramount photoplay
| in which the clever female imperson-
ator will be seen at the Majestic to-
| night An added attraction will be
| Mack Sonnet cometdy.
Excellent examples of night motion
picture photography are shown in
| "The Outsider" a Metro wonderplay
| adapted from Louis Joseph Vances
novel; Nobody" starring exquisite
Emmy Whelen, which will be shown
at the Majestic Saturday.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-01
Cheese Market.

Plymouth, Wis, Feb. 27.-On the
call board % factories offered 2712
boxes of cheese. ALI sold as follows:
292 boxes squares at 29c, 100 squares
at 2SBc, so boxes twins at 25%c, Is
twins at 25hc, 1000 boxes daisies at
27c, 200 daisies at 26Ac, 200 daisies
passed, 260 boxes double daisies at
26Bc, IT'S double daisies at 26%c, SO
boxes young Americas at PING, and
80 cases longhorns at 28Ac.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-01
RAISE BELGIAN HARES
FOR FOOD CONSUMPTION

A number of persons in this city
are planning to raise Belgian hares
for the market and are getting ready
to start these farms this spring. The
Belgian hare is considered good food,
and owing to the scarcity of the meat
supply they will be a welcome addi
ton to the table. Several years ago
the Belgian hare was raised in con-
siderable numbers in this section but
more for sport than for the purpose
of food.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-01
THE DEATH roll.

The death of Mrs. John Sullivan
took place in the family home at
Oconomowoc Thursday She is sur
vived by her husband, a former resi-
dent of Watertown, three daughters
and two sons. One of the daughters
is Miss Ellen Sullivan, a teacher in
Lincoln school in this city
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-01
NO NARROW SLEIGHS
AFT[R NEXT JANUARY

After next January it will be I'M
lawful for any firm, person or cor
poration in this state to sell any new
or first hand draft sleigh No. and
upwards manufactured after said date
to any person or persons residing in
this state for use herein unless the
runners Of such sleigh shall measure
from center to center four feet and
six inches. And no sleigh purchased
at first hand after January 1, 1919 can
be lawfully used on the highways of
the state
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-01

Nomination papers for Joseph e.
Davies for United States senator were
freely circulated in Watertown on
Wednesday, This city is his birthplace
and his home until few years ago,
and the hearty response given by his
old neighboTs but shows that they are
loyal to the friendship of former years,
an omen Of good luck in the political
battle to be waged on April 2.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-01
Americas First Musical Composer.

Americas first musical composer of
any note was William Billings, who
was born in Boston. In his youth he
was tanner, but love fer music led
MIN to become teacher of singing and
composer OF psalm tunes, which
eventually found their way into every
church choir of New England and be,
came great favorites with the people.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-01

II your income is taxabIe-and it
must be modest one to escape taxa
ton under the War Revenue Act of
October 3, 1917-don't wait to be mott
fed that you must pay an income tax.
The government is not required to
seek the taxpayer. The taxpayer must
seek the government
The Bureau of Internal Revenue
with the approval of the Secretary of
the Treasury, has extended the time
for filing income and excess profits re
turns from March to April l, 1918. You
may file your return any time before
April /, but if you wait until April 2,
you are subject to a fine of not less
than $40 nor more than $1,000 and an
additional assessment of so per cent
OF the amount of tax due
Returns are required of every I'M
married person-maIt or woman
whose net income for the calendar
year 1917 was $1,000 or more and of
every married person whose net in
come WIS $4,000 or more.
The rate of tax is at least per
cent on net incomes of unmarried per-
sons in excess of $1,000 and on net in
comes O. married persons in excess of
$4,000. Payment must be made on or
before June Is, 1918.
The estimated revenue to be col
lected this year under the War Rev
enue Act is $2,50O,000,0O0, of which
$666,0O0,000 is in individual income
taxes. Last year 100000 persons paid
income taxes; this year it is estimat-
ed the number will be more than
100000 If you are one of them,
remember that your dollars are for
the support of the war By promptly
fllling your return and promptly pay
ing your tax you are helping the gov
eminent to early victory Pay your in
come tax in the same spirit in which
you bought your Liberty bond. The
proceeds are for the same purpose
to make the world safe for democracy.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-01

A petition has been circulated in
Fort Atkinson asking the city author
tiles to submit to the voters at the
spring election the question whether
Fort Atkinson shall have saloons. be-
ginning July L, next. 1t has been
signed by the required number of
voters which means another wet and
dry campaign. The outcome will be
watched with interest, as the city has
undergone one year in the dry column
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-01

Barley has advanced in price of late
by leaps and bounds. The price today
was from 50 to 1920 . bushel, the
highest price ever known for this
cereal, which is fast becoming a sta
pie article of human. food.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-01

Willie Beetle-Who is that fool fell
Ter standin on his head over yonder3
Charley Caterpillar Funny you
don't know him. Why, he's the one
they tell all the bug jokes to, cause
he's the tumble bug.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-01
BOWLING

Langes Colts will roll the Big Six
team at the Elks alleys tonight.
The Irish BARRIERS will meet the In
terurban Bullets at the Kennel al
leys tonight.
Scores rolled by the Heavyweigths
at the West Side alleys Thursday ev-
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-01
Market Reports
Milwaukee Live Stock Market

Milwaukee, March Hogs, receipts
1900; soc lower. Cattle, 800; lower.
Calves, 1000; stronger. Sheep, 200;
steady.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-01
Democratic.
Socialist.

If March did not come in like a lion.
at least February went out with a
roar
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-01

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