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The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-30
AMERICANS Win GLORY
BERLIN ADMITS RETIRING
Casualty List

List of Wisconsin men killed, wound
ed or missing in action:
Killed in Action.
Corp. Leland Tollefson, Amigo.
Antoine Danforth, Oneida
Corp. Albert Froehlich, Milwaukee
Harvey Udic, Oshkosh.
Sergt Kurt Graf, Black Wolf.
Died of Wounds.
Mandus Holmgreen, Black River
Falls
Died of Disease.
Nurse Nellie M. Dingley, Ashland.
Died Of Wounds.
Corp. John Garadine, Monroe
Wagner Andrew Vanells, Port
Washington.
Aubrey Cox, Greenwood
Walter Dune, Sturgeon Bay.
Wounded Severely.
Corp. Harvey Schwartz, Neenah.
Joseph Bart, Melrose.
Frank Thekan, Milwaukee.
Sergt. Emmett Clancy, Greenleaf
Mechanic Arthur Schroeder, Marsh
field.
Francis Diamond, Coudray
Carl Pearson, Luck.
Stanley Szablewski, Milwaukee.
Herman Busse, Milwaukee,
Elmer Kieselhorst, Manitowoc
Frank Polski, Milwaukee.
Joseph Przbylski, Almond.
John Schuster, Berlin.
Earl Gage, Whitehall
Erwin Schmidt, Milwaukee.
Walter MacKay, Milwaukee.
Wagner Wayne Martin, Madison.
Edward Angle, Janesville.
Alfred Riemer, Athens.
Arthur Larson, Hartford (marine
list).
Herbert Abrahamson, Oconomowoc
Wounded, Degree Undetermined.
Charles Cronk, Menominee.
Cecil Taber, Barron.
Wounded Severely, Previously Re.
ported Missing.
William Thurber, North Crandon
Missing in Action.
Norris Belknap, Delavan
Frank Rezop, Ripon.
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YANKEE CRAFT WINS
How American Losses Are Kept
at Minimum.
Stalking Rather Than Frontal Attacks
Now Used by U. S. Fighters
at Verdun.

With the American Army in France,
Sept. 3O.-In the fighting raging now
in the region of historic Verdun and
west through the Champagne the
Americans are running against some
of the vicious n ,chine gun resistance
such as marked the advance north Of
the Marne.
The Germans depend largely on the
deadly machine guns, so the boys, with
the aid of the skill and caution they
learned in former conflicts, are sacri-
fcing speed to conservation of lives.
They are making a splendid job at a
minimum Of losses.
One picturesque encounter occurred
in the Argonne fOrest-an enormous
stretch of heavy timber land similar
to the Adirondacks. The Germans had
hOneycombed it with nests and de-
cided to take heavy toll
The operation was slow and dan
gerOus, but it was possible between
spurts of fire for our men to dart be-
hind trees or other objects large
enough to protect them.
The Americans captured more than
thirty machiTe guns by sneaking up
where they could get the range Of the
operators and then sniping them with
rifle fire. Some Of the best shots In
the army were employed in this man
hunt. In this spectacular manner the
boys cleared more than two miles Of
fCrest and are still progressing.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-30
RIFLEMEN DOWN HUN FLYER
Yankee Infantry Bags German Air.
plane in Vosges.

With the American Army in France,
Sept. 3O-American infantrymen have
had the rare experience Of bagging a
German airplane with their rifles. 4
German airman recently appeared
over the town of st. Die in the Vosges
mountains. He was flying so low that
he had difficulty in escaping the fire Of
the Americans, and his machine caught
momentarily on he tower Of the city
hall. Two military policemen fired at
the machine with their pistols, but the
aviator did not appear to be annoyed
and continued his observation. Before
flying off toward the east he raked the
ground with machine gun fire, wound
ing q civilian. Unfortunately for the
German, he passed over company of
infantry resting at the side of the road
The officer in command ordered the
men to fire at the machine and every
rifle in the company came into action.
The machine fell in flames.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-30
BULCARIA'S DETECTION
ALARMS THE KAISER
SETTLES FATE OF HUN
London Standard Comments on
President Wilson's Speech.
Declares Central Powers Are Told
Their Status at Peace Table
Better Than BaIfour's.

London, Sept. 3O.-Commenting on
President Wilson's recent speech, the
Evening Standard says:
''It is greatly preferred to the re-
cent speech of Mr.. Balfcur, who, by
his extempore but lengthy reply to
the peace note issuing from Vienna,
left open the possibility that we could
ever treat with the present rulers of
Germany.
president Wilson makes it clear
that at the end of this war there must,
in his judgment, be kind of court of
justice which will pronounce judgment
upon these criminals, whose only role
in the proceedings will be not that of
deliberation but the passive part of
receiving sentence.
~This ought long ago to have been
made clear to the German troops and
the German people generally, who
have been permitted to cherish the
illusion that at the conclusion of hos
tilities all would be forgotten and their
present rulers would be accepted by
the allies as negotiators on their be-
half"
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Tanks Again Lead Victorious
Smash; Army in Champagne
Pushes East of Argonne.
BIG REVOLT IN RouMANIA
German Invaders Flee Country, Ao-
cording to Information Received
In SwItzerIand-Hun Civil Az.
thorities Remove Their
Archives Hastily.

Paris, Sept. 3O.-The German forces
Of occupation in Roumania began to
retire from that country Friday, ac-
! cCrding to information received In
Swiss political circles.
There are persistent rumors In
Switzerland that the Roumanian popu-
iation has revolted.
The German civil authorities are
SAID to be- removing their archives
hastily.
Americans Capture Cierges.
With the American First Army
West Of the Meuse, Sept 3O-The
Americans have captured Cierges, ac-
cording to latest word from the front
lines.
Cferges lies nearly three miles
northwest of Montfaucon, where the
American section met such stubborn
OF the drive.
Tanks Again Aid.
Reports indicate that the battle Is
Progressing satisfactorily everywhere.
Tanks are again participating in our
attacks, crushing out German resist
rec by which the enemy possibly
aims to gain time.
American aviators now claim 33
German airplanes shot down Satur-
day We suffered no aerial losses.
Advance East Of Argonne.
Paris, Sept. 3O-The American army
operating on the Champagne front
Las captured Brieulles-sur-Meuse and
Romagne, west Of the town outskirts
Of the forest Of Romagne, and the at
tack is progressing favorably.
Fighting Is Fierce.
With the American First Army West
of the Meuse, Sept. 3O.-The bitterest
fighting of this new offensive devel-
opened when the Germans rushed up
fresh troops and brought their heavy
artillery. and machine guns into play
in desperate attempt to stop our
advance.
The enemy's principal effort was a
heavy counter-attack down the plain
west of the Meuse. It was an effort
jO SlIiUSu uI1FC UdCh OuI dltu
center and thus hold up the advance
on our f1unks. The countr-attack was
launched at 10 30 in the morning.
The Germans tried to arrest our ad.
vance up the Aire valley, throwing in
new division when we Jumped off"
at seven o'clock in the morning. and
heavily reinforcing their machine gun
defense there as we'll as in the Ar
gcnne.
There was also stiffened resistance
on our flank, with machine gun and
heavy artillery fire from the guns east
of the Meuse.
Our men, struggling up through the
mud, often splendidly assisted by
tanks, beat off the counter attacks in
the river valley and progressed at
some points, notably on the extreme
left, in the Argonne.
The most violent artillery fire ac-
cOmpanied the battle.
Our operations proceeded and are
proceeding, successfully. The front is
alight with gunfire.
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USKUb IS IN FLAMES
Large Fires Seen as Serbs Near
the City.
italians Take krushevo, Important
Bulgarian Base, and Rout Foe
From Mountains.

London. Sept. 3O.-Large fires are
burning around the important base of
Uskub, towards which the Serbians
are advancing from Veles, according to
the Serbian statement.
The Serbians have captured the i'm
portant mountain range Of PlachkO-
vftes. south of Kochana.
Rome, Sept. 3O.-Krushevo. an i'm
portant Bulgarian base 80 miles north
Of Monastir, has been captured by Ital-
ian troops, who also have driven the
enemy from the mountains ranging be-
tween the Cerna and Velika rivers.
The official statement from the Italian
war office says that the Italians are
pursuing the Bulgarians on the Monas-
tir-Ktochevo road north of Demirhis-
sar, an advance Of 20 miles.
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MANY "FLU" CASES AT GRANT
Ten Deaths In 20 Hours Reported at
Rockford Camp.

Chicago, Sept. 3O.-Ten deaths dur
ing the past "a hours is the toll Of the
Spanish influenza epidemic now rag
ing at Camp Grant. Four hundred
new cases have been admitted to the
base hospital, making a total of 788
admissions in "a hours. There now
are 3,546 patients in the hospital.
Lieut.. Col. H. Clay Niche, in
charge of the Camp Grant base hos
pital, declared that while conditions
seemed better, long hard fight Is In
prospect before the disease Is under
control. Motortrucks military police
patrols and private automobiles are be-
ing used as ambulances.
At Great Lakes naval training sta
ton new cases of Spanish Influenza
are diminishing so satisfactorily that
Capt. w. A. Moffett, commandant, ex-
pressed belief that the number Of
cases will rapidly decrease and en-
tirely disappear within the next few
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DOSE OF OWN MEDICINE
Metz SheIIing Gets on Nerves Of the
Huns.

Metz SheIIng Gets on Nerves Of the
Huns.
Amsterdam, Sept. 3O.-The Ameri-
can bOmbardment of the fortress of
Metz is getting on the nerves of the
German people. This is emphasized by
a correspondent of the Rhenisch West
phaIian Gazette Of Essen, who visited
Metz.
When the bOmbardment of the fort
reSs area started the inhabitants of
the city believed an air raid was in
progress and took to their cellars.
When the truth became known many
persons left the city, but most of them
now have returned.
Between September % and Septem-
ber 26, the correspondent says, 40
shells fell in the outskirts of the city.
where the forts are located, killing a
few persons and doing damage to prop
erty.
The correspondents attempt to ap-
pease the anxiety of the Germans by
pointing out that Metz is fortified
strongly with all the latest devices.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-30
TWO SLAIN BY AGED MADMAN
Harrisburg UII.) Man Becomes Sud
denly Insane-Runs Amuck.

Harrisburg, H., Sept. 3O.-After he
had shot and killed two persons and
probably fatally wounded another, Ed
ward Rittinger, seventy-five years old,
was killed by a member of a posse
Becoming suddenly insane Rittinger
killed Mr. and Mrs. w. T. Reasons,
who had been paid by the county to
care for him for several years.
Later he fired on posse which had
pursued him, probably fatally wound
ing John Hutton and injuring two
others.
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ESCAPED MURDERERS TAKEN
Earl Dear and Lloyd Bopp Trapped at
Chicago.

Chicago, Sept. 3O.-Earl Dear and
Lloyd Bopp, the youthful murderers
who escaped from the county Jail Sep
tember II with big Joe" Moran and
Frank McErlane, were recaptured In
Ae home of a cousin of Bopp at 1910
Pyrn MaWr avenue.
Surrounded by force of detectives
and uniformed policemen, against
which resistance would have been
hopeless, the two desperadoes gave up
without firing shot.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-30
WRECK KILLS FIVE YOUTHS

Munitions Workers Killed In Smashup
in Indiana.
Hammond, Ind, Sept. 3O.-Five boys
riding on the top of a box car were
killed and a sixth sustained a sprained
ankle when six cars Of a fast north
bound freight train went into the ditch
at the crossing Of the Chicago, Indiana
& Southern railroad and the Lincoln
highway, 16 miles south of Hammond
The dead:
Robert Colgrove, fifteen years old.
Albert D. JarchOw, seventeen years
old.
Edward Smith, nineteen years old.
Roy G. Rhodese, sixteen years old.
Adolph Weyhmueller. sixteen years
old.
The youths, all residents of Ham
mond, were employed In munition
plants.
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NAVY OFFICERS IN PROTEST
Neither Men Nor Department Desires
Tax Exempton. ..---

Tax Exemption.
Washington, Sept. 3O.-Secretary OF
the Navy Daniels has written to Sen
ator Simmons, chairman Of the senate
finance committee, protesting against
exemption Of incomes of naval officers
serving abroad from income taxes.
Secretary Daniels points out that men
are moved frequently from home to
foreign service, and vice versa, and
that it would be difficult to establish
a proper basis for determining the ex-
emption; that the men at home are here
because ordered and not because there
to stay; that promotions and conse-
Quent increase Of pay and commuta-
ton Of quarters have been frequent
in the navy recently; and that men on
foreign duty are receiving 10 per
cent bonus. He says neither the men
nor the department desire the exemp-
ton.
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BULCARIA'S ;
PEACE ENJOYS
NOW IN SAL0N|K|
Army Chief, Finance Minister and
Former Cabinet Minister
Ask ArmiStiCe.
EMPEROR CHARLES ALARMED
Austrian Kaiser and Crown Council in
AlI-Night Session at Vienna
Norwaerts Calls for End
of KaSeriSn.

Paris, Sept. 3O-The Bulgarian dele
gates who are to discuss armlst1ce anu
probable peace arrangements with the
allied governments arrived at Saloniki
Saturday.
The delegates are General Lonkoff,
commander of the Bulgarian Second
army; M. Liaptcheff, finance minister
and M. Radeff, a former member OF the
Bulgarian cabinet.
Emperor Charles presided at meet
ing of the Crown council at Vienna,
according to a Berlin dispatch via
Amsterdam.
The meeting lasted into the night
and the chief subject was the foreign
situation, particularly Bulgaria.
Calls for End of Kaiserism.
Amsterdam, Sept. 3O-A dark, al
most respondent, picture OF Germany's
position as the result of Bulgaria's de-
fection is drawn by the official organ
of the German socialist party, VOr-
waerts.
The paper sees the possibility of
Austria-Hungary and Turkey following
Bulgaria's example.
In an immediate creation of truly
democratic German government Vor-
Vaerts sees the only salvation of the
empire from utter defeat, invasion and
destruction.
The fact that the article was per
mitted to be published, and that eN-
cerpts were allowed to be sent beyond
the German borders, is regarded here
as extremely significant.
BuIgars Must Flee.
London, Sept. 3G.-The allied atti-
tude toward the Bulgarian peace offer
is likely to be this:
An armistice will be refused. The
Serbians, French and British will go
on advancing and the mopping up
the Bulgar armies until the latter re-
treat to their own legitimate territories
is accomplished.
Then, if Ferdinand is willing to talk
business on our terms the first power
Of the Germanic league will likely have
to quit the war.
Concessions may have been made to
US, more than BulGaria's conduct war
ranted, because of the great effect such
q surrender would be bound to have
primarily on Vienna and Constantine
pie and, secondarily, upon Berlin it.
self.
Scheme of Ferdinand.
Gar Te1dinand's game is believed
to be this:
The armies are shattered. His coun-
try is invaded. The Germans and
AuStrians are unable to send effective
aid. He realizes the game is up. He
desires to get whatever advantage il
is possible to get out of being the
first to desert the sinking ship.
And he also desires to start a new
war against his present allies, the
Turks, in the hopes of taking Con.
stantinople.
Ferdinand has long treasured the
: nope of being crowned at CONSTANT.
nople as emperor Of the East, revfvine
the ancient Byzantine empire.
He has always held this plan up his
sleeve in case the Germans lost the
war, hoping to come over to our side
in that case.
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COAL is SCARCE IN FRANCE
Fuel Ration of United States Troops
Cut Down.

Washington, Sept. 3O.-Scarcity of
coal and wood in France has forced the
general headquarters of the American
eXpeditionary forces to limit the
amount of fuel for cooking and heat
ing purposes, both for the troops in
the trenches and those behind the
lines. For the approaching winter
period men In the trenches will be al
lowed one pound Of charcoal and three
pounds of coke a man each day. Those
behind the line are restricted to slight
ly less quantities.
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MUST RUSH new CLASS ONE

Some to Be Called Almost Immediate
ly, Says General crowder.
Washington, Sept. 3O.-On the eve
of the great draft drawing in Wash
ington, in which the order OF liability
to military call of 100000 draft reg
istrants will be established. Provost
Marshal General Crowder served waIn-
ing that the first men of the nineteen
to thirty-six draft class must be made
ready to answer the call to military
training almost Immediately. General
Crowder sent an appeal to all district
boards to speed up classification OF
men registered for the draft Septem-
her IL.
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GERMAN ARMIES
IN FLIGHT ON
250-MILE LINE
Four Allied Forces Take 10000
Men and 800 Guns in
Three Days.
BERLIN ADMITS RETIREM nj
British, Americans, French and Bel.
qians Drive Back Foe From Fian-
ders to the Meuse-Enemy ls
Hit at Every Point.

Havre, Sept. 30.-The Important
town of Dixmude, ten miles from the
North sea coast, was captured by the
BeIqians, the Belgium war office an
nounce6.
London, Sept. 3O.-Generalissimo
Foch launched his greatest offensive
of the war against the 25O-mile German
front from Flanders to the Meuse.
Under his direction American,
French, British and Belgian armies
struck five separate but co-ordinated
blows against the Hindenburg line and
broke 1t at six vital points.
Huns Going Back.
AS result the Germans are going
back virtually along the entire west
ern front in France from above Yer
dun to near the North sea.
They are abandoning the Chemin des
Danes, the vital fortified plateau
which is the principal defense of Laon,
the pivot of the Hindenburg line, and
one Of Germanys greatest bases In
France.
st. Quentin and Cambria, two other
equally vital points In the Hindenburg
system, are doomed and the latter is
already unofficially reported to have
fallen. ...
The Hindenburg line collapsed be-
tween Cambrai and st. Quentin, and
the allies advanced over the entire 90
mile front from the Scarpe river east
Of Arras to La Fere.
Americans Win Glory.
American trOCps-soldiers from New
York, Tennessee and North and South
CarOlina-covered themselves with
glory in the great battle.
They smashed through the vaunted
Hfndenburg main defense line on a
three-mife front and captured Bellin-
court and Nauroy, on the st, Quentin
canal They pressed on across che
waterway beyond their detectives. Maj.
Gen. G. w. Read, U. s. A., led the way.
Canadians Win Victory
Farther south British and American
troops launched an attack northwest
OF st. Quentin and advanced on the
cnire 35-mile front from st. Quentin
to the Scarpe
Field Marshal Haig tonight report
cd that the encirclement of Cambrai
had progressed favorably and that
Canadian troops had captured the de-
fense system known as the Marching
MPsnieres line as far north as Sally.
Since Friday morning, he added,
the British have captured more than
10000 prisoners.
Later he sent word that British
troops were fighting on the outskirts
Of Cambria.
The Ladies' Road.
Below this fighting front the French
advanced on the western end Of the
Chemin des Danes and reached the
River Ailette at two points.
Shortly after this news was made
public came the report that the Ger
mans were abandoning the entire
Chemin des Danes ridge.
In the Champagne the Americans
and French drove forward. The
French took the heights Of Bellevue
northeast of Gratenile and the Ameri-
cans captured Clergy and Romagne,
west Of the Meuse and we'll above
the Argonne forest.
Loss Of the canal positions on both
sides of Marquoin and subsequent
German retirement to the region i'm
mediately west Of Cambrai was ad-
uii*ted by the Berlin war Office to-
day.
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SPANISH INFLUENZA SPREADS
Medical Forces Of Army, Navy and
State Confer on Disease.

State OonIcT OF OieSdSS'
Chicago, Sept. 3O.-Illinois was
warned that the Spanish influenza will
attack millions. Half the population
may be stricken. Citizens are urged to
keep in good health as patriotic
duty.
Medical forces Of the state, city,
army and navy conferred to combat
the epidemic. Orders were issued that
managers of all amusement and other
similar places eject all persons detect
ed coughing or sneezing in crowds and
cause the arrest of those splitting. The
state department of public schools was
directed to draft all country school
board heads in the fight against the
disease. Schools, churches, theaters
and all public gathering places later
may be closed.
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At the Theatres

In the midst of the war pictures and
the problem pictures and the sex pic
lures and the plot pictures and the
war pictures, comes the sweet and
winsome Bessie Love in what they are
calling "the happy play" "A Little
Sister of Everybody" in which the
dainty Pathe star appears at her best.
The story has to do with real Amer
ican girl in whose veins flows the
blended blood of foreign-born parents
It is a mighty appropriate picture for
these troubled times and will appear
at the Classic Monday, together with
the Pathe Weekly.
Manager Norton has secured some
good pictures to be shown here in the
course of week or two, among them
"Gerard's Four Years in Germany"
"Pershing's Crusaders" and the "Un-
believers" The Washington Post says
of this wonderful picture: "The pic
turization of the finest story the great
war has inspired, ''The Unbeliever," )"
will be recognized at once as one of
the genuinely significant achieve
ments in the art of silent drama
Mary Pickford will be seen in
''M'Liss" at the Classic Wednesday.
Mary Pickford pictures always at
tract large audiences
Resurrection" with Pauline Fred
erick will be seen at the Majestic Sun
day afternoon and evening.
Thursday at the Majestic Mabel
Normand will star in five part Gold
wyn, Back to the Woods"
Hands Up" and the fourth of the
Boy Scout series will be seen at the
Classic Friday.
Tuesday at the Majestic Taylor
Holmes in Uneasy Money" will be
seen.
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SAVES $474,340 ON MARKET
Bio Amount Saved on Sugar by War
Department.

Washington, Sept. So.-Acting on an
advance market tip as to an expected
sharp rise in the price Of sugar. the
war department by an expenditure of
S16 In kilograms effected saving of
s474,34O upon army purchases. This
sum represents the difference in the
price of sugar on September Z, the day
the government bought, and Septem-
Der 8, the day the new price went into
effect.
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U. S. DOUGHBOYS GET SOAP
32,78O 900 Pounds of Cleansing Article
for American Troops

Washington, Sept. 3O.-Just how
thoroughly the Americans are clean
ing up over in France not only the Ger
mans, but themselves, is indicated in
a report from the war department.
In the last six months, says this
cleaning-up report, there has been sup
piled to the American expeditionary
forces by the subsistence division of
the quartermaster corps 32,78OOOO
pounds of issue soap, 97,781 900 one
ounce cakes of hand soap and 3,748O
pounds of soap chips.
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Plane Falls on Girl.

White Plains, N. Y, Sept. 3O.-Mary
Field, aged eleven, was killed when an
army airplane from Mineola collided
with tree and fell on her. The avia-
tors were unhurt.