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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-05
ENvOYLAUDS
FIGHTING OF
YANKFORCES
Lord Reading Tells Amer
leans in Trenches Ma
ton Is With Them.


-, 49,. .,-1-.-s, ,--,v =,
"s'H '--
France sept =-'"s si9 -n7S1'e-o' L
4 Press. Lord Read ng, British
.--bsssado- ro the United Sta4as,
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--4' e>'N'- '-''
,0oA JuFlsnE' ID lu-olN "l'HIi
sound of the guns today, bringing
,ssurauces TO the soldiers that the
.-,,lo of tho limited States wsra
----4 y +t.+-
VIII lHeA anu Pi0u~' "I I-'--l
achievements. lnls IS SAID 10 De
the first time that any ambassador
ever addressed troops at the front.
In his address he said.
u am glad TO be here When I
cane TO France made up my mimi
! would not return TO the United
States without seeing uu' SO liidI
F1en get uaGA @o-tI llii lHlL'i
al ABOUT "Lal you Aas e uoHe an"
are dong no WorGs o. mime can
54p4e9s ny e--'-e . anu -4
.rEE or the ETETtEI aLL.l EELl'tl
troops to have you over here fight
ing for the great cause.-The great
est Tor winch heroes ever fought
II the worlds history 1t Is mag
1ihcent You have come 5000 miles;
you are ready 70 risk your lives and
YOU az Lsn sllls ~! an III -di' tiis
Justice and liberty.
count u you yourselves know
@lal your presence mere means
lolDt II you hAo" "hal }onr pres
elee Aas aon7 10 eLeoaEsssszs.zs. ssssz.zs.ssssssssss ssssssiss
2, q l'lsA a'l4 4 1sL-'l troops TOM
l1e TINE your pre7-AeAl SalH you
were 10 ng sent over a. laat as
sDps IOuiU carry YOU l-zIe mas
1e5l 10 Loll-AS ',7eA ne sun
-iAi ne mas ilol H7lp 20" Da1A-
|. ;. Answer to Germany
'T traveller with several thous-
and American troops recently and
lnow wba- If means THAT il trs
answer Viii h America has given
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-05
PLENTY OF NURSES.

New York, Sept. There will
be enough nurses to care for an
American army of 100000 next
wear. according to Miss Adelaide
Nutting of the committee OF ma
tiOnaI defense.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-05
British Gain Berlin Admits.


Berlin, via London, Sept. Be
tween Ypres and LaBasse, in the
Xys salient, the British yesterday
pressed forward against the new
German lines, the German war Of
fee announced today
(By the Associated Press.)
The British after their victorious
drive through the Hindenburg de-
fenses are knocking at the gates Of
Cambria but apparently are mo-
mentariIy pausing before attempt
ing to force an entrance. Prison
CTs to the number Of more than
sixteen thousand and guns exceed
ing one hundred in number have
been taken by them in this ad-
vance
In the north the Germans are
continuing to move backward along
the Flanders front. The British are
accelerating the retirement by
sharp attacks, in one of which they
captured the village OF PlOegsteert-
They have Tegained their April line
on the southern part Of this front,
from Neuve Chapelle to Givenchy
and have even pushed beyond it in
spots to the eastward of Givenchy-
Cling to McSsines Ridge.
The Germans are still clinging to
the Messines ridge, the highest
ground of this sector. but from the
manner in which they are being
forced back further south it seems
doubtful if they Will be able 10 hold
il much longer.
On the Douai-Cambrai front and
Immediately to the south the en-
emy gives signs Of sti1ening resist
ance, but nevertheless the British
have moved further ahead al vari-
GUS points. Their most notable
gain was southeast of BertincOurt,
where they took additional ground
east of the Canal du Nord and cap
tured Melville -BOurjonval.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-05

Vienna, via London. Sept. :.
~In the Gern0W and the east
OF Monte Pertica," says an Of
iicial statement issued today by
the austrian war aificc. -the
operations Of our Storming
troops were completely sue
GaALfulc
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-05

Amsterdam. sept. T. Captain
Won LeNetz0W has been appoint
ed chief of the naval stan at
German main headquar ers, ac-
e0rdiHg 10 the Cologne Y0lkS
LeituHg aud the Rheni>h West
phaIian Gazette. Captain Won
LesetzoW, il j. said, has been
granted greatly extended pow
pTS,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-05

From Neuve Chappelle southwark
to Givenchy the British have reach
ed the line they held up to the at
tack on April 8, while to the east
ward of Givenchy sections Of the
old German position have been
taken.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-05
LATE BULLETINS

Amsterdam, Sept. 5.-In
speaking to the constitutional
committee of the PTuSsian up
per house te fulfill emperOr's
pledge for reform of the fran
chise. Chancellor Won Ilertling
said that. in his honest con-
viction with this serious ques-
tiOn the protection and preSer-
walton OF the crown and the
dynasty is at stake
With the American Army In
France. Sept. l.-Lieuienant
Van Wrinkle Todd OF the Amer
lean aviation forces. is reported
missing in action. His airF lane
was shot down in the enemy
lines Aug. II.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-05

Associated Press.
Leased Wire Report
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-05

Continued on Page Two.J
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-05
Push lip Al Along Line.

In the battleline on front of Cam
brai an improvement in the British
position south of Moevres is report
ed. The positions to the east of
Hermies. near the Canal du Nord
just 10 the south also have been
improved. Still further south the
British have captured the village
OF Neuville-Bourjouval, east Of the
Canal du NOrd.
with the British Armies in
France. Sent. ., Noon, (By the As
sociated Press South of the
Scarpe a large portion Of the Ger
man line is being readjusted. South
east of MOevres several thousand
yards Of the old Hindenburg front
lines have been cleaned up and are
now are in possession of the Brit
81,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-05

NJ Q m b er of AudikI
Bureau of CirculatiOns
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-18
WHAT LIBERTY BONDS CAN DO

One flfty-dollar Liberty Bond will
pay the United States war bill for
Ito of second, or buy 1000
cartridges, or 100 hand grenades, or
1O4 rifle grenades, or 81 first aid
packets and cases, or 10 bayonets and
scabbards, or kits for a platoon, or
knives, forks and spoons for a COM
pany, or four gas masks. 1t will feed
one soldier for four months, or will
feed 100 sailors for a day, or provide
life preservers for 10 men or ham,
mocks for 10 sailors, or windproof
suits for 10 naval loOkouts, or save
1000 men from smallpox by paying
for vaccine, or save 666 men from ty-
phoid fever by paying for their moe
culation, or save 1870 wounded men
from lockjaw by providing antitoxin,
or buy 1000 yards of adhesive tape,
or bandage 100 wounds.
A one hundred dollar bond will buy
eight 75m. field gun shells, or three
rifles and their bayonets, or 5 incen-
diary airplane bombs, or T. N. T. for
the bursting charge of 14-inch shell.
It will clothe a soldier for overseas
service, or clothe a sailor It will feed
a company Of infantry for day. For
the medical department 1T will provide {:
Is pounds of ether for anaesthesia,
or 145 hot-water bags, or 1900 surgical
needles.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-18
wheat Will BE MOVED
IN TIME, SAYS HOOVER
Shipments for Pershing Cause Tempo
rary Delay-Farmers Need
Not Lower Prices.

In telegram received by the U. S.
Food Administration for Wisconsin
Hoover explains the delay in wheat
transportation and urges Wisconsin
farmers not to sell their wheat at a
low price through panic at this tempo.
rary situation.
Enlarged demands by General
Pershing for material resulting from
the progress on the western front have
neoessitated a temporary diversion of
grain ships to his service" wires
Hoover. This curtails the wheat
movement from the seaboard and has
filed our seaboard and terminal ele-
vators, thus checking the movement.
Reports have reached the Food
Administration that some farmers
have become panicky over this situa-
ton and are selling wheat at less
than government prices.
There is no occasion for this If the
holders will have a little patience. In
time the wheat will all be moved and
the full price secured by every
grower. The government is willing to
buy all wheat at the guaranteed price
as fast as it can be moved"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-18

farm horses tended to Increase from
O.19 of 1 horse in 1850 to O.24 in 1890
and 1900, after which the decline has
been to O.2O1a in 1918, or still above
1850. At the same time, however, by
means Of machinery the farm horse
has constantly gained as a producer.
Strange though it may seem, the av-
erage price of horse at the farm
all ages and conditions included. is
less than 1t was four years ago, and
even eight years ago. Since 1897
horse prices at the farm for January
/ had risen from $31.51 to $111.46 by
1911, the highest average in the de-
partment Of agriculture's record of SO
years, but decline followed to SOL go
in 1916 and then gain to $1O42S in
1918, apparently caused by the war.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-18
WE'RE ON THE TEAM;
WE'RE in THE GAME;
WE'RE OUT TO WIN
BY A. ALONZO stage,
Famous Athletic Coach University Of
Chicago.


said to a friend recently that l
had not felt SO poor in "a years, or
since l was a freshman at Yale work
ing my way through. "Well, don't you
think we ought all Of us to feel poor
these days?" was the reply. That Is
just the point. We ought. If we don't
feel on the strain most Of the time
these days doubt whether we are do
ing our full duty In helping win tho
war.
My observation is that we never &C
complish much in this life without be-
ing dead in earnest, without hard work
and without self-sacrifice, and l can't
figure out how we can win this war
without all Of us cooperating most
generously along these lines. First
of all, unless we feel dead in earnest
about our winning the war there is
something wrong with us and it were
better that a mill stone were hanged
about our neck and we were drowned
in the depth Of the sea.
No one will work hard and make
personal sacrifices unless his heart is
In the enterprise. The beautiful part
of this affair is that we can all be in
tive are all on the big team with
chance to play the game to our limit.
At present we must play the particu-
lar position which is assigned to us,
and play it for all that is in us wheth-
er we like our job or not.
The main thing and the loyal and
the patriotic thing is that we give to
our utmost Of time and energy and
money. Putting the fourth Liberty
Loan across means that each one OF
us must give that uttermost Of time
and energy and money.
We're on the team, we're In the
game, we're out to win. Now let's
get down under it and root and lift
and boost until we cross the goal line.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-18

represents a stock on farms of a few
million horses, and to these must be
added the stock eliminated by the au-
tomobile
Last of all, the farm tractor has ap-
peared, with conjectural possibilities,
but as yet with no perceptible dis
placement Of horses.
Unusual and large demands for
horses for war purposes have been
made since the autumn of 1914. Dur
ing the ten years preceding, from 49,
900 to 10000 horses were exported an
nually, while the imports were from
5000 to $4,000, so that the net exports
were no appreciate draft on domes-
tic production. In the first year of the
war 289, $40 horses were exported, in
the second 357,553, and in the third
27S,674 horses, and within less than a
year the needs of the army Of this
country have called for large number
of horses.
Notwithstanding the various forces
that have been working against in
crease of horses at their breeding
places, or rather, in common expecta-
ton, to reduce their numbers at
strong rate, the fact is that horses on
farms increased at the average yearly
rate Of $4,000 since 1900 and more
than that since 1910, or 216,0OO per
year. Per capita Of the population.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-18
ASK RETAIL GROCERS TO
SIGN FOOD PLEDGE CARDS

By the display of fair price certifi.
Gates in the windows of loyal retail
grocers, the public will be able to de.
termine what stores are cO-opera ing
in the enormous food saving program
which the war has imposed and which
America Is obligated to fulfill.
During the week beginning Oct. T.
every retail grocer in the United
States was asked to sign a pledge to
conform to the rules and regulations
of the Food Administration and to CO.
operate fully in the conservation pro-
gram. All dealers who sign this
pledge will receive direct from the
Food Administration attractive certif-
Gates which are to he posted in the
The U. S. Food Administration.
This Certifies That .....
has enlisted in the service of the
Nation and as a dealer in the
necessaries of life pledges to
abide by the Rules and Regula-
tons of the U. S. Food Admins
tration to give all customers the
benefit of Fair and Moderate
Prices, selling the necessaries at
only a Reasonable Advance Over
Cost regardless of market condi-
tons, to discourage and prevent
boarding and waste, and to CO.
operate fully in the Food Conser-
walton Program in order to Save
Food for Our People, Our Armies
and Those of the Allied Nations.
The v. S. Food Administration,
Per Herbert Hoover
The Food Administration counts on
the aid of the retail grocers in carry
ing out the food program for this
year, which calls for so per cent in.
crease over last year in the amount
of food and feedstuffs which Americs
must send to Europe.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-18
! j\f'E
C7@~c n
- WY
MORE HORSES NOW ON FARMS
Increase in Number of Animals Not
withstanding Large Use Of
Motor Vehicles.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Substitutions for the horse have so
far failed to diminish his number on
farms, where he is mostly bred. The
railroad did not verify the common
prophecy of the horses gloomy future
nearly century ago, and many years
elapsed before the heyday of the BIZ
cycle arrived with it's expected menace
to the horse. That machine of pleas
ure and toll diverted attention from
the first real antagonist Of the horse,
the electric street railway, and this
was formidable one. Street-car serv-
ice could not have been developed by
horses to the extent that it has been
carried by electricity, yet there was an
enormous displacement Of horses
when they no longer pulled street cars.
1t is roughly estimated that 100000
horses would be required to move the
street cars now in city service, and
that farmers would need to keep
stock of perhaps 100000 horses to
produce this supply. Yet, horses kept
on increasing.
Apparently the most effective foe of
the horse has appeared in the last ten
years in the motor vehicle, although
it's Importance in this respect is pop
ularly exaggerated. According to sta
tistics collected by the United States
department Of agriculture, the total
state registrations of motor cars were
$4,000 in 1905, about 100000 in 1910,
over 100000 in 1912, over 2, 4OO, 900 in
1915, and 3,512,996 in 1915.
Automobiles do not merely displace
horses but many are used by men in
occupations dependent on either horses
or automobiles for personal movement.
such as real estate agents, builders,
and some merchants and manufactu-
rers, and there is also the large public
automobile passenger service in cities
and, again, the large number of auto
mobiles owned by farmers in place Of
driving horses.
With motor trucks and commercial
vehicles the case is different. Here is
clearly complete substitution Of fuel
power for horse power. 1t is the opin-
ion that every motor truck on the av-
erage displaces three horses. The state
records often merge the registration
of motor trucks and commercial We
hicles with that of automobiles, but,
to the extent that the separation is
made, it is known that 1862 of the
former were registered in 1916. Prob
ably the displacement Of horses by mo-
tor trucks and commercial vehicles
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-18
AMERICAN WOMEN CALLED
INTO COUNTRY'S SERVICE
Must Conserve Every Resource, Save
Labor and Money to Make Fourth
Liberty Loan Success.
BY MRS. ANTOINETTE FUNK,
Vice Chairman Woman's National Lib.
>r+u ~

BY MRS. ANTOINETTE FUNK,
Vice Chairman Woman's National Lib
erty Loan Committee.
This is war that belongs to women.
1t is not being waged for conquest,
nor for glory, nor for any empty rite,
nor for material gain. 1t is q war for
humanity, and wherever men, women
and children are concerned it Is wOm-
ans business.
In this great world crisis that is
now upon us the president of the
United States has called American
women into the service of the world.
Our allies remain uncOnquered be-
cause Of the devotion, heroism and
sacrifice of their women. We, too,
shall prove invincible with the COM
plete conservation of our wOmanhOOd
When Secretary McAdoo called the
women Of America to do their part in
financing the world, he reminded them
that while battles were won by men,
wars were won by money, and that
money could only be raised with the
Women do not often handle large
sums of money, but giant army Of
them hold a large per cent of the
f1fties and the hundreds of the last
Liberty loan. Those with small saw
ings, too small to invest in high class
securities are purchasing the finest Sc
curities under the sun in the market
of the world.
Money alone will not win the war.
For, If all the gold in the world were
placed In shining heap, it would be
useless unless converted into terms Of
labor.
Labor means everything that we
must use in the war-food, clothing,
munitions, ships, houses, railroads, all
the vital elements that make up the
everyday life Of individuals and of the
nation.
Woman must conserve labor as she
conserves food. No woman has right
at or to listen to, that she can pos
sibly do without. All of these take
labor to produce and detract from the
necessities of war;
When the government has reached
out its hand and laid 1t on the lives
of it's men nothing else matters. When
our men have been asked to give all
life itself if need be-no.hing that we
can do or suffer really matters.
What do the graces of life matter
when our plowshares are beaten into
swords? What does the quality of
food or the kind of clothing matter
when men and women must ask them
selves, us my boy hungry" us he
frozen?" We can give nothing that
has not already been given by the
youth that has marched out of our
homes.
Liberty bonds are as good as coin of
the realm, but If they were not and
America needed the money, the women
of the nation would frame those bonds
and hand them down to their chill
dren's children as certificates of 10y
atty.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-18
REDISTRIBUTE UNUSED
SUGAR CERTIFICATES

''If you have any unused sugar GER
tifcates, please return them to the
sugar committee at the State Capitol
so that the sugar may be redistributed
where it is needed" is the plea of
the Wisconsin Food Administration.
It is only through such cooperation
that the committee is able to furnish
sugar for home canning purposes and
other emergency cases.
Keeping sugar certificates which
one does not use is not saving sugar."
Magnus Swenson, Food Administrator,
explained to one stOrekeeper who
boosted of periodically saving sugar
by not cashing 300-pound certificate
for September when applying for her
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-18
Legal Notice
First pub. Fri. Oct 4-51

flISC pup. FIJI. OCt. 4-5t
STATE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY
Court, Jefferson County-In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Caro-
line Strauss, late of the city of Wa
tertown, in said county, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the time
for creditors to present to said court
for allowance claims or demands
against said deceased is limited to
four months from the I'd day of Octo-
Der, A. D. 1918, and that said court
will receive claims and demands pre-
sented against said deceased at the
court house in the city Of Jefferson in
said county, on any day before the
expiration of said four months; and
that the said court will examine and
adjust such claims and demands at
term thereof to be held at the city
hall in the city of Watertown on the
9TH day of February, 1919 at the open
ing OF court on said day, or as soon
thereafter is the parties can be
heard.
Dated this 18th day of September.
A. u. 1918. By the Court:
R. B. Kirkland.
County Judge.
c. R. Blumenfeld, Attorney.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-18
Godmother to Liberty Bond.

my Renault tank, No. 1854 has
gone through the enemy lines three
times, has dug deep holes in the Ger
man infantry waves and destroyed
many machine guns. My tank is still
going and we hope for more victories.
But our machine is not yet baptized.
1t needs a name. Who wants to be
gOdmother?"
This letter was written by the COM
mander of artillery section 31e on the
Marine front during the recent victory.
Here's your chance. But there is
better chance nearer home:
Be godmother to all the fourth Lib.
erty bonds you can buy.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-18
PRICE FIXED FOR HOGS
MARKETED IN OCTOBER

After carefully considering the
recommendations of Producers Com
mittee, the United States Food Admin
istration has deemed minimum aver
age price of $18 per hundred to be
fair market basis at Chicago for hogs
in October.
The packers have agreed to use
their best endeavOrs to prevent f1uc-
tuations of more than SOC per hundred
in any one week.
A JOINT meeting of Producers and
Packers committees with the Food
Administration will be held later to
determine the November policies
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-18
allotment.

allotment.
"You had in your possession Ger.
tificate for 800 pounds which no one
but yourself could obtain. When you
did not get the sugar and held the Ger.
tificate, you did not use it, and no one
else could either.
by returning the certificate to the
sugar committee, we could have re-
economy on sugar would then have al
leviated actual shortage elsewhere"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-18

AASS0 III dIAS sup dt WdISI LOWu
Junction only.
Train No. 33 arrives from Milwau-
kee and departs for Madison at 1898
a. m. except Sunday.
Train No. Z arrives from Chicago
and departs for Madison at 1929 p. M
daily except Sunday.
Train No. 1923 arrives from Chi ago
and departs for Madison at 700 p. M
except Sunday.
Train No. 81 arrives from the east
at 5:55 p. NJ, except Sunday.
Train No. 40 Saturday and Sunday
only arrives from Milwaukee at 2:55
p. M. and goes no further.
Train No. 80 arrives from the east
at 1850 p. 10. daily.
Train No. 40 arrives from Madison
at 9:05 a. M, except Sunday.
Sunday excursion train arrives from
Milwaukee at 1902 a. m. and goes
through to Madison, returning at 500
p. m.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-18
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The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-18

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The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-18
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