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Evening journal., 1918-07-27
ENGLISH GIRLS DRIVE
HUN CAPTIVES In CARS
AN Newspaper Enterpriss A..,n.

LONDON. July 21.-In the common
council Councilman Reddlng protested
against permitting society girls to drive
German prisoners through London In
their motor cars and providing the
Hun captives with tennis rackets and
other luxuries while British prisoners
in Germany are starving.
Evening journal., 1918-07-27
OF the Celebrated August Sale
of Wunan,aker Furniture

sale will all
During the three days preceding the furniture will be
full display the Fifth Sixth the Seventh Floors
tors not only inspect the furniture but selection and reservation of
they wish
will arranged AugustL
Since the launching of
stocks, all of which bore price reductions of
Now have brought purchases which
Mondayvhct you
visit this Store practically
the stocks division.
un of the year all homeaks needing furniture and placed that
Wanamakers
This when the
nifcance than
the public sometimes
invited tohe
the sale e
having
Ayears thought
1918
and anticipating
months ago We have secured for in round numbers
neniLHon dollar north of new furniture the finest
tobe had ounry
Back of this splendid regular stock
at special price reductions
Average he eachp piece of furui
This is the REGULAR World Famous august
Sale of Wanamaker Furniture
enlarged and enriched beyond preceding
brings furniture savings than anv so
~
three Collection Days you may view
passing stock of frnes cf an kinds thu %
itself, ifdesied. ~'
JOHN WANAMAXER
PHILADELPHIA
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-22
SODIUM FLUOR|D
KILLS ALL lice
Refuse Aid and Comfort to En-
emies of Poultry Flock.
PLAN TO ERADICATE MITES
Kerosene or Crude Petroleum Sprayed
in House Cracks or Crevices Will
Destroy Little Blood-Suck-
inq Parasites.

Don't tolerate mites and lice in your
hennery. They are unnecessary pests
and they sap the vitality that should
go into egg production. Nowadays,
effective ways are known for eradicat-
ing lice and mites altogether. First,
dust bath should be accessible to the
hens. Usually there will be place in
the yard where the hens can dust them
selves in the dry dirt. If such a place
Is not available, q box large enough
(about feet Square) for the hens to
get into it should be provided in the
house and q quantity of dust such as
ordinary road dust or fine dirt placed
in it to allow the hens a place to dust
themselves. A dust bath aids the hens
in keeping lice in check and therefore
adds to their comfort. Usually the
lice are not present on the birds in
sufficient number to prove particularly
harmful. However, it is better to keep
the hens as free as possible from this
pest, and if they are not able to keep
them in check by busting themselves,
other measures can be undertaken.
To Eradicate Lice.
To rid the hens of lice, each one can
De treated by placing small pinches Of
sodium fuorid, a material which can
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-22

tain allowances are made in arriving
at the net income.
Necessary expenses actually paid in
the conduct of business trade or pro
fession may be claimed
A farmer can claim payments for
labor, seed, fertilizer, stock feed, re-
pairs on buildings, except his dwelling
repairs Of fences and farm machinery,
materials and small tools for immedi-
ate use.
The amount of rent paid for a farm
may also be claimed as a tenant farm
ers expense.
Payments for i've stock are allowa-
bile if bought for resale But if bought
for breeding purposes cattle are an in
vestment not an expense, and cannot
be allowed
A Storekeeper can claim amounts
paid for advertising, clerk hire, tele-
phone, water light and fuel, also dray-
age and freight bills and cost of OPP
Grating and repairing wagons and
trucks
A physician can claim cost of his
professional supplies, rent, office help,
telephone, expense of team or autOmO-
bile used in making professional calls
and expenses attending medical con
ventiOnS.
dentist can claim similar items
except team or auto expense. which
are not necessary in his profession.
Expenses that are personal or con
neCted in any way with the support or
we'll being of a person or family are
not allowable.
The costs of machines, instruments,
vehicles or implements that are more
or less permanent in character are not
allowable as an expense. They are in
vestments.
Interest paid on mortgage or other
personal Indebtedness is allowable on
a personal return.
All taxes paid within the year can
be taken out on federal return, ex-
cept federal income taxes, inheritance
taxes and assessments for local i'm
provements.
Losses sustained in business or
through fire, storm or Shipwreck or by
theft, except when compensated by in
surance or otherwise
Wear and tear of rented buildings or
machinery used in business may be
claimed.
You can also claim the amount paid
to the Red Cross and to other charita
BILE, religious or educational organiZa
ton to the extent of 10 per cent. of
your net income.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-22
VENTILATION OF HEN HOUSE
As Necessary for Laying Fowls in Win
ter as In Summer-keep Windows
and Doors Open

As Necessary for Laying Fowls in Win
ter as in Summer-keep Windows
and Doors Open.
The hShhouse needs fresh air-rs
much in the winter as in the summer.
It is as necessary to laying hens as
clean water and good feed. Badly ven
tilated houses make hens lose vitality,
they lay fewer eggs, and often become
sick and stop laying altogether. Ven
tilation is needed also to keep the
house dry. When the circulation of
the air is poor in cold weather, mois-
ture collects on the inside of the walls
and roof. At a freezing temperature
under such conditions there is a rapid
accumulation Of "frost" on these sur
faces which makes the house very I'M
comfortable.
Ventilation to provide pure air and
dryness in a poultry house IL simply
matter Of keeping doors and win
dOws open as much as is necessary
to keep the walls dry. Few poultry
keepers have any difficulty in doing
this until the temperature goes low
enough to freeze water in the house.
Then the tendency is to close doors
and windows to keep the house warm.
A general rule which may be followed
Is to open doors and windows as wide
as is necessary to keep the house dry
in cold weather and to keep them wide
open when water In the house will not
freeze.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-22
five upon the birds IKE the lice,

five upon the birds like the lice,
during the day hide in the cracks and
creviceS Of the roOsts and walls Of the
house, and at night they come out and
get upon the fowls. They suck the
hens blood and if allowed to become
plentiful-as they certainly will if not
destroyed-wiU seriously affect her
health and Consequently her ability to
lay eggs. They may be eradicated by
few thorough applications of kero-
sene or some Of the coal-tar products
which are sold for this purpose, or
crude petroleum, to the interior of the
poultry house. The commercial tar
products are more expensive but
retain their killing power longer, and
they may be cheapened by reducing
with an equal part Of kerosene. Crude
petroleum will spray better if thinned
with part OF kerosene to parts of
the crude OIL Both the crude petrO-
leum and the coal-tar products often
contain foreign particles, so should be
strained before attempting to spray,
One must be sure that the spray
reaches all the cracks and creviees,
giving especial attention to the roosts,
dropping-boards, and nests, and the
treatment should be repeated two or
three times at intervals Of a week or
ten days.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-22
Hung 1t on a Dead Man.


The constable gazed long and
thoughtfully at the hole in Mrs. Park
ington's parlor window. Then he pro-
cured notebook.
"You card the crash at four
o'clock 2"
-Four O'clock" echoed the lady.
You run to the door, but seed nc
body?"
Nobody"
After this question Sherlock could
think of no more. so he shut up his
book with a snap and walked off
dreaming of promotion.
A few minutes later he was back
with a full-face smile that was elO-
quent of triumph.
Jobs like this ERE don't take a
smart chap long," he remarked you're
sure it happened at four o'clock,
ma'am?"
Eyes; have you caught the Gull
prits?"
"Well, not yet, ma'am," he answer
ed, "but I'm narrowin' it down, all
right. 1t wasn't Bill 'Iggins, cos
e was killed by a motor car at 'arf
past three"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-22
Are Submarines Outlaws
By CARL RUSSELL FISH, Professor of American History
in the University of Wisconsin

The oldest provision of international
law is that a war vessel, destroying a
merchant vessel, either enemy or neu-
trail, must provide for the safety of
passengers and crew. This the SUBJ
marine cannot do. In some instances
a submarine has purpOsely destroyed
them. This was deliberately advised
by Count Luxburg, German Ambassa-
dor to Argentina.
The United States recognized the
British blockade as legal. The legal
1ty of a blockade depends on proper
notice, on its being "effective," and
on its being conducted according to
recognized rules. The British block
ade was duly announced, has been al
most 100 per cent elective, and, with
few exceptions, is conducted as was
our own blockade Of the South in the
Civil War Some disputed points
have been agreed upon; some have
not. None involve life; the evidence
for all exists. Great Britain has of.
fered to submit doubtful cases to ar
bitration. They will finally go before
the Hague Court, and the property in
volved will be given to whoever makes
the best legal case
The United States holds the German
blockade Illegal because it has not
been one per cent effective, because it
is conducted with absolute disregard
Of international law, and because it
violates the first principles of human
ity, upon which International law is
founded. The German government did
not defend it's practices as legal but
argued that it's violations of law were
in retaliation for violations by Great
Britain, and that they were justified by
necessity.
The United States denies that any
act of one of two fighting nations
justif1es the other in illegal actions
against neutrals. The neutral main
tains his case separately against each;
each must be judged by it's own acts.
If one nation is allowed to cast in
ternational law to the winds, because
it thinks its opponent has, law ceases
to have any meaning.
Still more destructive is the doc
trine of necessity. Law admits the
argument of self-defense against the
charge of murder, but in that case
the court judges the evidence. If
every individual or nation is allowed
to determine what is necessary, they
will constantly decide that anything
convenient is necessary. Their own
opinion becomes the guide of action,
their wish is substituted for law.
Our dispute with Great Britain has
been conducted with recognition of the
supremacy of law. Differences of
opinion are being determined by the
regular processes of law. Germany has
overridden the fundamentals of law.
She has made it a contest of strength
alone If she succeeds, law between
nations vanishes. The only way Of
maintaining our rights, now or in the
future, is to deal with her as law
abiding citizens and nations have al
W. Us dealt with brigands and pirates;
tkl is by force.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-22
Jacks Friend in Need.

The naval class was under signal
instruction. Most of them had just
come back from leave, and, as re-
suit, to some of the boys in blue the
instructors voice seemed very far
away indeed.
"a ship in Distress" he was saying,
through the room spaces, "has several
methods by means of which she can
make known her condition to other yes
sells or home stations. Name one,
Binks! ~.
1.-THE international code signal N
c." replied Binks, waking up just in
time.
"Rightl' said the instructor. "Jenks,
name another"
jerks started out Of dream.
"Eh?" he calculated.
what would you do if you were in
distress?" repeated the signal III
structOr.
"Why," mumbled jerks, pawn my
watch"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-22

The wages of every workingman and
the price obtained by the farmer for
every bushel of wheat depend upon
the freedom of the seas.
Freedom on the seas is just like
freedom on land; it means nothing if
one person or nation is free to treat
another just as he wishes. Real free
dom means that all people shall have
equal rights upon the seas, protected
and regulated by known and accepted
rules of law. If we had allowed Ger
man submarines the kind of freedom
they demanded, American industry
would now be wrecked and the Amer
lean farmer would be fortunate to get
fifty cents for his wheat
Great Britain and Germany are
trying to starve each other This is
a perfectly legal war object. 1t is the
siege method, which has been en-
ployed from the beginning of civilized
war. No great nation has ever before
been besieged, because mechanical
means for doing it never before ex-
listed.
When nation is conducting a siege,
it is allowed to stop all trade of neu-
trails with the besieged area, on con-
dition that recognized rules are COM
piled with. The action of Great Brit
ain and Germany is to be judged ac-
cording to the methods they employ
Great Britain has laid out certain
zones" on the seas, blocking entrance
to Germany from all seas except the
Baltic. All vessels found in these
zones" are brought to a British port
and searched. Those on the way to
Germany are held. Those for other
countries are allowed to go on, if
they contain nothing of use to Ger
many. This prohibition includes goods
to be shipped overland to Germany
from Holland or Denmark, or over the
Baltic from Norway or Sweden. 1t in
cludes also goods for use in those coun-
tries to take the place of their own
goods shipped to Germany. If, for in
stance, Holland ships all her own lard
to Germany, intending to supply her
self from America, Great Britain con
siders this an evasion of the blockade,
shipped to Holland.
No lives are imperilled in this work.
All cases of vessels stopped are
promptly tried in regular courts. Elk
cept in the case of goods universally
acknowledged to be contraband, all
losses are paid for.
Germany has laid out zones" cut
ting off Great Britain, France, and
Italy from all the world. She has an
nounced that any vessel found in
these zones, going anywhere, with any
cargo, is liable to instant destruction
by her submarines. 1t is not, as is
sometimes stated, only vessels carry
ing munitions The submarine has no
means of telling the innocent from the
guilty 1t it makes mistake, no court
can make it right later, for the evil
dence is destroyed on the spot. The
essence of law is that acts shall be
examined by courts In destroying
evidence, the submarine is an outlaw
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-22
FEDERAL INCOME
TAX IN BRIEF
The Requirements Boiled Down
for Busy Folks.

Returns must be filed on or before
April 1, 1918
Tax due may be paid now or on or
before June 10, 1918.
If you were single and your net In,
come for 1917 was 81 900 or more you
must file return.
If you were married and living with
wife Tor husband) and had a net In
come of $4,000 or more for 1917 you
must file a return.
Husbands and wife's income must
be considered Jointly, plus income of
minor children
Income of a minor or incompetent,
derived from a separate estate, must
be reported by his legal representa-
tive.
Severe penalties are provided for
those who neglect or evade the law.
For false or fraudulent return there
is a penalty not exceeding $4,000 fine
or years Imprisonment, or both, plus
100 per cent, Of tax.
For failure to make return on or
before April 1, 1915 fine is from $50
to $1,000, plus so per cent. of tax due.
Returns must be filed with the Col
lector of Internal Revenue of district
in which you live.
An agent may file return for a per-
son who is ill, absent from the country
or otherwise incapacitated.
Each return must be signed and
sworn or affirmed by person execut-
ing it.
Single persons are allowed $1,000
exemption in computing normal tax.
A married person living with wife
Cor husband) is allowed $1,000 exemp-
ton, plus 5000 for each dependent
child under Is.
A head Of family, though single, is
allowed $4,000 exemption if actually
supporting one or more relatives.
Returns must show the entire
amount of earnings, gains and profits
received during the year.
Officials and employees are not taxa
BILE on the salaries or wages received
from a state county, city or town in
the United States.
Interest on state and municipal
bonds issued within the U. S. is eX-
empt from federal income tax and
should be omitted.
Interest on United States govern
ment bonds is also exempt, except on
individual holdings of Liberty Fours in
| excess of $4,000 par value
Dividends are not subject to normal
tax, but must be reported and included
in net income
Gifts and legacies are not income
| and should not be included on the re-
turn of the beneficiary
Life insurance received as q bene-
| ficiary or as premiums paid back at
| maturity or surrender of policy is not
| income.
| Payments received for real or per
sonal property sold is not income, but
| the profit realized thereon is income
| for the year of sale
Amounts received in payment of
notes or mortgages is not income but
| the interest on such notes or mort
gages is taxable income.
From the entire gross income Ger
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-22
North American Moose

The moose is the largest living rep
resentative of the deer family, and is
found in North America. The elk is
native Of northern Europe and is con-
sidered by many biologists to be the
same species, except that it is smaller
A full grown moose may be six and
One-half to seven feet tall at the Shout
der and weigh 1000 to 1,5O0 pounds
On account of endurance and strength
the moose Is frequently symbolic, per
sons Of unusual power being said to be
"As strong as a bull moose"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-22
Z tssts i i y I: + s,s8s8sass
NEW LICE REMEDY KILLS
FOR HALF A CENT A BIRD.

Sodium fuorid, a white pow
der, will destroy all the lice on a
fowl. It is a new and effective
remedy. One application, cost
ing about half a cent a bird, does
the work. Full directions for
applying 1t are given in a publ
cation of the United States De
partment of Agriculture, mites
and Lice of Poultry" Farmers
Bulletin SO1. This bulletin also
tells how to keep the poultry
house free of mites.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-22

The vote in Dodge county for
United States senator with the excep-
ton of one precinct in the town of
Westford, is as follows: Davies, 1888 !;
Mccarthy, 307; Thompson, 1852; Len
root, 9O1; Berger, $40. Dodge county
usually gives the democrats 1000 plu-
rality.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-22
SOUGHT information.

It was at a Shakespeare club In
small country town. The president of
the club, young lawyer, was giving
his views on the Shakespeare-Bacon
controversy, and closed his argument
thus: 81 feel sure Shakespeare wrote
the plays, because he was q lawyer
No common man could have written
them" A timid little woman, catch
ing his eyes, inquired anxiously, "Are
there then no uncommon men but law
yers"-Judge.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-22

Governor James M. Cox of Ohio will
speak in behalf of Joseph E. Davies at
Turner Opera house next Thursday
evening The public is invited to
hear Mr. Cox, who is conceded one of
the ablest orators in the country
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-22
PATHS TO PROFIT WITH
HENS IN BACK YARD.

Keep the hens confined to
your own land.
! Don't keep a male bird. Hens
lay just as well without male.
! Don't overstock your land.
! Purchase well-matured pullets
rather than hens.
! Don't expect great success in
Matching and raising chicks I'M
) less you have had some expert
! ence and have a grass plot sep :
! arate from the yard for the hens. =.
Build a cheap house or shelter.
! Make the house dry and free
from drafts, but allow for venti-
lation.
Fowls stand cold better than
! dampness..
Keep house and yard clean.
= Provide roosts and dropping
boards.
= Grow some green crop in the
) yard.
: Spade up the yard frequently.
! Feed table scraps and kitchen
: waste.
! Also feed grain once a day.
Feed q dry mash.
! Keep hens free from lice and
the house free from mites.
! Kill and eat the hens in the
fall as they begin to mott and
: cease to lay.
Preserve the surplus eggs pro-
: duced during the spring and
! summer for use during the fall
= and winter when eggs are scarce
J and high in priSs.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-22

Every fifteenth soldier in France
today is a Wisconsin boy and the
Wisconsin National Guard is the first
national guard of any state to be sent
over in its entirety. Besides these ma
tional guardsmen, Wisconsin is repre-
scented by hundreds of engineers, for
estry men, medical men, besides sew
era1 thousand volunteers in the reg
ular army and navy.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-22
Cnat a Source of Musk.

To the list Of sources of musk must
be added a kind of gnat order hemip-
terra. class redavidae, genus amulius
(stol), which is so common in the Aus
tralian bush at times as to fill the air
with Il muSky oQOr
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-22
SareWd Observer.

Some ladies are willing to join any
kind OF an Improvement society that
plays bridge.-Louisyille Courier-Jour-
aai.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-22
be obtained at most large drug stores,

be obtained at most large drug stores,
among the feathers next to the skin
one pinch on the head, one on the neck,
two on the back, one on the breast, one
below the vent, one at the base OF the
tail, one on either thigh, and one scat
tered on the underside Of each wing
when spread. Another method is to
Use a small quantity of blue ointment,
a piece about as large as pea on the
skin an inch below the vent. If mercu-
rial ointment is used instead Of blue
ointment, it should be diluted with an
equal quantity of vaseline. Any of
these methods will be found very eff
fectve in Kidding the hens Of lice and
should be employed whenever the lice
become troublesome. Two or three ap-
plications year usually prove sufi-
cient.
Mites Are Blood Suckers.
Mites are more troublesome and
more harmful than lice They do not
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-22

Waterloo announces that it will
celebrate July 4. They are early in the
field at least.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-22
iiAILKOAD TIME TABLES.

CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN.
Chicago passenger l 80 p. 10.
South.
Chicago passenger $40 a. N.
Chicago passenge :07 a. m.
GAINESVILLE passenger----- 7:l5 p. m.
$40 a. III. train makes close con-
nections for the west at Jefferson
junction.
Both 11:07 a. m and 7:15 o. N.
rains make close connections at JEFF
{erson junction for Madison and all
points west
North.
Green Bay passenger a. m
Green Bay, Sundays only----8:10 a. m.
Green Bay nger-------2:42 D. m.
Northern Michigan--- D. m.
Rockford passenger arrives at Wa
-ertown at $40 a. ~ and goes nc
arther.
Ibe 100 a. 10. train makes cOnnec-
ion at Clynan Junction for trains
east.
me L: so train south makes connec-
ions at Jefferson junction for points
3aSt.
A tran goes west from Clyman
junction at 4 40 D. ~
%Daily.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-22

News Want Ads are small and the
cost is smaller, but wise investors use
them for best results
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-22
FRIDAY, MARCH %, 1918.

One week from Tuesday will be
election day.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-22

The home paper-The News. Read
the News.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-22

Alfalfa Growing Essential.
Winter hardness is one Of the es'
sentials to alfalfa growing IN this
country.