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The daily progressive-miner., 1918-04-04
UNPUBLISHED SPIES
(From the New York Times)

It hardly necessary for the department of justice to deny assertion that fourteen German spies had shot in this country The author of the story under animation is quite unable to substanate it. The govern if it should decide inict the extreme penalty would not conceal the facts The chief object in ing is to deter spying That purpose would be null lfed by keeping alive in the public mind belief that enemy spies were immune from capital punishment.
 Although the authorities at Washington have been retcent about spies it is speculate the why spy has been shot hanged in America. Three theories obvious: CD The government has yet caught spy (2) It has decided that the time has not yet come for executing spies. (3) f is hampered by statutes rendering capital punishment illegal except after long trials and with detailed proofs hitherto unobainable The first condition needs discussion The second one permitting of endless argument in which a large proportion of Americans would disagree with the admins raton The destructive fires at several ports within
 few days are evidence that different policy is needed As to the existing laws there doubt they mad equate Congress should lose time framing legis lation to make possible the summary punishment of spies and plotters warning that determined at last to end the outrages long perpetrated with i'm munity by German enemies.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-04-04
IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.

When peace comes, wouldn't it be appropri- ate for the allied nations of the world now at var with Germany to make an agreement not to permit German ships to enter or leave any port of auy nation to the agreement; to blacklist all German products to place embargo on all ex- rorts to that country. In other words, to sever ali connections or communications with her. To refuse any of her citizens to leave their country, cad as g c1incher, to send back all Germans in- termed in all the allied nations, together with those who hold the Fatherand superior to the land of their adoption. To us some such agree ment should be entered into so as to give the Germans chance to work out a salvation in keeping with their marvellous Kultur free from the coataminating influence of Christian people At the same time, freeing those who feel the ob- noxious presence of the beasts who have dared place might above right. When dog becomes vicious, there is only two ways to manage it. and that is to either kill it or tie it. Germany a nation has become dangerous. Then why not at least ostracize the nation.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-04-04

The government is appealing to newspaper men throughout the country to paper, there is grave danger of shortage The mail that brought the appeal brought something less than ton of stuff that is the proper for t-that not in ten thousand would read unless he in jail and desired do pennance. Really the rot that is being newspaper offices these days does not speak well for the intelligence of the American nation If the average newspaper would onetenth of the stuff sent them these days they would have for items from 'Possom Trot any other suburban district Next to Belgian atrocities the criminal waste of good paper by the at this time is the inexcusabe fea ture of the And yet the will be won by the side of right not through these sene publicity efforts but in spite of them. Some of the literature referred to is interesting and should be given wide publicity, but the majority of it is mbeclic impossible-yea rotten Douglas News.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-04-04
.ybody Welcome---Everybody Dance!
WHAT IS THE USE?

Yesterday when ex-Mayor Heneghan was told that the food administration had decided to permit us to use all the meat we wanted, his re- ply to the glad news was, ''What is the use? The butchers won't let us" and he walked off. Cogi- tating over this stunning answer, we come to the conclusion that he is right. For the last few months, our meat bills have been pretty high, yet we have hardly ever seen any meat on the table. But everything has gone up so, with the excep- tion of water and light. We get plenty of both, and yet we don't pay anymore today, than we did year ago.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-04-04

Cordova's 1.-TWO Bits Day" club, the members of which buy quarters worth of thrift stamps every day constantly increasing in membership thus helping raise war funds 1.-TWO bts is the old term dating back the early days of the country for quarter of dollar is still used in the South West and Alaska Every patriotic American wants "to do his bt" and the members these clubs carrying this idea finely in doing their two bits every day It is hoped that Two Bits Day clubs will be formed all the country in the great warsavings campaign.-Vadez Miner.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-04-04
IMITATION

Is the sincerest form of flattery, thai is why it pleases us to hear that othe ei laundries claim to do work just like ours. 1t is tribute to the excellence Of our iauuerlny which we fully ap preciate. But why not have the orig. mai? Send us your waSnaDleS anC you won't nave 10 say they are ;., perfect as ours The work will ,t ours and the real thing.
Arizona republican., 1918-09-03
REPUBLICAN, 1918

representing American industry, then felt that the time had come when we must step in as big brother and not only help the starving. ravished women of those stricken countries in Europe, but to actually protect ourselves from Hun frightfulness.
 Hun Incited Strikes
 And then we discovered that our own land was saturated with German spies and we really began to open our eyes 10 the immense brutal program of the kaiser and felt our senses shocked because we had not seen the light sooner. We found tools of the German government secretly blowing up munition plants; we found them in la Dor unions melting men to strike, and worse. And right here I want to pay my respects to the leaders of the labor unions in declaring against strikes during the period of the war and not giving the agent of Berlin a chance to get in his underhanded work in our industries.
 Tt is true that we have had some strikes since we entered the war; but I can easily understand a working man who probably through long hours of toll and under adverse conditions and when every indication points to his employer reaping golden harvest, I can understand why man under those circumstances is apt to lose sight of the big international question and i take hasty action. But those things | have gradually been adjusted through | the offices of the department of labor and other departments and we are seeing to it that industry is so regu- lated that the employer, employe and general public are given fair treat ment.
 Must Have Standard
 While we are fighting this battle out for world wide democracy we must establish certain humane standards here in America. I say by the very nature of things that we must do that or else we will perish. There is no apparent reason. at present at least why every workingman, every woman and child should not have plenty of the best strengths giving food, plenty of comfortable clothing, good, sanitary housing conditions, a fair amount Of recreation and a good education for the children. If we fail in these we will have lowered the vitality and mor- ale of our country by just that much I say And this is the expression of the government itself. that every mar or woman who labors is entitled to 2 living wage. Not mere eXistant wage but one that will give them some o l the comforts of life; that will give tho , (Continued on Last Page)
Arizona republican., 1918-09-03

ren, ana 10 map out policies that would go to make better civic life.
 New Labor Day
 But Tn larger sense the Labor Day or l9lS has more significant mean ing. It has to do with the destinies of mankind. and no single organization on top of this earth is doing more, giv- ing more. or will go further in that direction than will the American labor movement.
 Today throughout all this land you will find big captains of industry, "ig men in political affairs, highly intel lectual women speaking alongside labor leaders from the same platform And in answer to the charge that labor is selfish and lacks that broad American spirit l ask is that selfishness? Is It | narrowness? Or is it a der,ocrar1c expression?
 The American Fere1a,ion of Labor through it's splendid leader Samuel Gompers has pledged it's all to the Allied cause and 1t Las invit"i men and women who believe in that cause. from every walk of life, to occupy the Labor Day platforms. In New York that great Scotsman w. s. Wlls4n, who' wrung his education from hard knocks in the coal mines of prnnsyl- Vanla, is the guest of t:ie workers of that community. An1 in every city in America other national characters arc occupying the Lapor Day platforms.
 4 War Aid
 Perhaps the attitude .Jf inc Arneri- can people and the Ame,''r,ln press t. day Will be one of the decisive h;ews l in this battle for world uide dcnoc racy The things We say ani Go lie rt today will De flashed across the At lantic to our col lie:s who have pledged themselye:; to make the su- preme sacrifice # need be to once mere inherit the earth for real men anc women. And that message will clthcl mean hope or despair to them
 The American labor movement an( the government of the United State. have turned this day over to all tho progressive people of OUT nation. Anl it is fitting and proper that VIC should discuss those things that have tp dt with the winning of the war ard tn, assurance of democracy
 T frankly say to you that befor, our actual entrance into the war felt that we 'ught to keep hands of I had been trained in a school tha taught patience and fair dealing ant peacefulness. But when the Imperia German government said that we mus keep our merchant ships and men off o certain waters and when it went fur ther and destroyed those ships an killed our men, men who were earnin their living at sea and men who wer
Arizona republican., 1918-09-03

ies, sto0,000; riding academies, S5c,0O0: business license taxes, S10.000,00t. manufacturers of tobacco s69,000: manufacturers of cigars, sS50,000; manufacturers of cigaretts S240,000; use of automobiles and motorcycles, SIP, ,920,000.
 Report Explains Provisions
 The report, which will be made pub lie tomorrow by Chairman Kitchin eX- plained the provisions of the bill in de- tail. It said the committee determined what proportion of the cost of the war this year should be financed by taxa ton and by bonds, not from previous experience as there was no analogy Tn history. but upon thorough consideia- ton of the effect on the morale of the people. upon price imitation. upon pro- duction and upon relative ability of the people to pay taxes now and after the war.
 The committee explained that it had decided upon the raising of sS,000,000. GOO by taxation because it had accepted as a sound fiscal policy the recommen- dation of Secretary McAdoo that one third of the governments estimated expenditures of s240O00o0 this year be obtained from this source and the remaining two-thirds by bonds.
Arizona republican., 1918-09-03

missions (theaters, circuses, etc.) S10O,- C00,000; club dues, $9.000,GO0
 Automobiles and Other uuxuries
 Excise taxes automobiles, etc. S123.- 750000; Jewelry. sporting goods. etc, S80,000, 900: other taxes on luxuries at 10 per cent, $SS,76o,O90; other taxes on luxuries (apparel, etc, above certain prescribed prices) at 20 per cent, $751; 095,0c0.
 Gasoline. s4O,OO0,OOO; yachts ana pleasure boats, $1,000,000.
 Beverages QiqIors and soft drinks) s1.137, ,6o0,000 stamps taxes, $32000,- J00 tobacco, cigars, $61,364,O00 cig arettes. $165, ,240.000 tobaccos. $1O4.- 100000; snuff, s9.1OO,oOO; papers and tubes, $1.500,000.
 Special taxes: Capital stocks, s7O,- 100000: brokers. s1,765,O theaters, etc, s2.1430O0: mail order sales, s5.- 000,000; bowling alleys. billiards and pool tables. s2,2Oo.00O; shooting galler-
Arizona republican., 1918-09-03
UNITED LABOR IS
 STANDING BOLDLY
 BACK OF WAR WORK

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Arizona republican., 1918-09-03
REVENUE BILL IS
 FINALLY APPROVED

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Arizona republican., 1918-09-03

together with the machine guns and all the artillery of the division, found themselves on the edge of battle. AL most immediately the Boches made an- other strong push and the French op- posing them were forced slowly back. They began to filter through the Amer jeans whose support positions soon be- came the front. About o'clock in the evening on June the enemy attacked a new town on the American left. where it joined with the French They advanced through a wheat field in platoon columns, in perfect order, flushed with many successes, confident of victory.
 And then the Americans opened up. They showered the oncoming waves with shrapnel until the fields seemed to be sprouting thousands of magnifi- cent white daisies. Machine gun and rifle fire raked the German ranks. The leathernecks took careful aim before every shot. Unhurried, unflustered they worked their weapons as though on the target range. French observ- CTS were amazed; they had never seen such rifle shooting. That soldiers should sight carefully in the heat of battle was something new in European warfare, where the rifle has grown to be something on which to stick a bay- onet.
 No troops could stand against that fire. The Boches wavered-came on again. Twice they hesitated, stopped. Twice they resumed their advance. Then they broke. What the leather necks have. they hold. That night their positions were intact"
 Isn't that magnificent? Don't if make you proud to be an American ? IS there anything too good for us to do TOT boys such as those? Our money our prains, our hands should not he spared 10 give them all they need pressed down and running over to aid Tn thelr achieving peace through vic tory. o'e" Vic-
 Address by Joseph Lord
 mat lapor has greater responsibil- ity than its own self interest in tho present extreme crisis and that ir measuring up to that responsibility i, has realized that strikes, walk-outs and other business tie-ups defeat tbe very ends for which they are working and in it's new and greater field has no place in their program was the theme of the address of Joseph Lord representative of the department o labor.
 MT. Lords address in part was as follows:
 Some years ago congress set asid. this day so that the workers coule pause for a moment and allow them selves not only to reflect back or ths past. but to form some vision of the future; to pause and give some ttought to the future of their wives and child.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-02-13
How Germany Made War
on Us in Time of Peace
BY w. A. SCOTT, Director of the Course of Commerce.
University of Wisconsin.

by hiding bombs in the coal bunkers
of ships and tying them to rudder
posts. At his trial models of bombs
OF his own invention were exhibited.
By his own confession and that of his
partner the money for this combina-
ton of treachery and murder was sup
piled by the German secret police.
In this dirty business the directing
spirit was the ambassador of the Ger
man Government, Johann Won Berns-
torff. An ambassador is a guest of
the nation to which he is sent and Is
supposed to behave as such. But for
nearly three years before his recall
he devoted himself to intrigue and the
plotting Of violence and murder. His
best remembered words while among
us will always be those of his letter to
his government in which he asked for
authority to spend fifty thousand dol
lars, ''in order, as on former occasions,
to influence Congress through the or
ganization you know Of"
+ Not contented with waging war
upon us directly, Germany tried to stir
up bad blood between us and our
neighbors by treacherously violating
our hospitality. Her agents used our
territory as ground on which to make
plots with discontended Hindoos
against India. They helped to promote
movements which were intended to
tear Ireland and Canada from the
British Empire. From our side of the
border they made a number of direct
attacks upon Canada, such as the
dynamiting of the international rail-
road bridge at Vanceboro, Maine, and
hn q Mt fn In 80
the Welland canal
Mexico received much attention
from these gentlemen. Germany hand
ed over six hundred thousand dollars
to the exiled Huerta to enable him to
stir up new revolution in his unfor-
tunate country, placed one of her war
ships at his disposal, and supplied him
with arms. The famous Zimmerman
letter, of January, 1917, will be re-
membered by everyone.
In this letter the German minister
Of foreign affairs proposed that in
case of war with the United States,
Mexico and Japan should join with
Germany; and promised Mexico she
should receive as her share of the
plumber New Mexico, Arizona, and
Texas.
In this long list of outrages nothing
has been said about the submarine
warfare waged against us. 1t began
| with the sinking of the Lusitania, May
z, 1915, when ia American citizens,
men, women and children were foully
murdered on the high seas. It con-
| tinued till the toll of American lives
! had reached twice that number.
The German government stops at
nothing. She has become danger to
| the whole world. The danger from
her, when we at length broke off rela-
tons, was not remote and problemat.
| ical 1t was at hand She was actually
making war upon us.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-02-13

Mrs. Mary Behling is Juneau Wis
itor today
Mrs. Ferdinand Jordan of Waterloo
spent the day here
L. Koepke of Waterloo was visit
or in the city today.
Mrs. Henry Schumacher of Milwau-
kee is visiting here
Miss Florence Schroeder was an
Oconomowc visitor today.
Miss Julia Behling returned today
from a visit in Milwaukee.
Miss Esther Schoenicke is visiting
relatives in Johnson Creek.
Willis Norton is transacting bust
ness i'll Chicago and Indianapolis
Thomas O'Meara is nursing a sore
shoulder as the result or fall near
his home last evening
Miss Meta Schumacher of Chicago is
the guest of her sister Miss Esther
Schumacher, North Fourth street
Prof. Won Tyne of Milwaukee Nor
NAL school, called at the high school
today to inspect the work of the
practice teachers sent here
Fred SydOw, treasurer of the town
of WATERFOWL, has the honor of being
the first to pay the state tax to the
county treasurer The amount was
$5079S5.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-02-13

In the short period of three years
Germany transformed the United
States from a friend and admirer into
an enemy at war. This fateful change
was due to a number of causes. Of
these the most wide-reaching was the
war of the German government on our
country during a time when we, in our
blindness, supposed we were at peace.
The war in Europe was not three
months old when there was established
in New York an advertising agency"
under the charge of a German named
Won Igel This Office was raided one
day in April, 1916, by four United
States secret service agents. They
forced their way past the giant who
always stood guard over the inner Of
fee, and after a fierce struggle in
which Won Igel fought like a tiger"
arrested him and seized the mass of
papers In his possession.
The reason for Won IgeTs tiger-1ike
fight became clear at a glance. Here
in the form of letters, kilograms, re-
ceipts, account-books, ETC., etc., was
supplied detailed and absolutely con-
vincing evidence that the German gov
eminent had been engaged for
eighteen months in a war against the
United States.
Among the papers were those show
ing that Won Papen, the military at
tache of the German embassy, had
paid out money for placing bombs in
American merchant ships, and that
Ambassador Won Bernstorff himself
had signed checks to pay certain
American newspaper men to spread
the pro-German gospel, while they
posed as disinterested American citi-
zens.
Other entries showed Germany
using our territory to work up an Irish
revolution against Great Britain, main
tanning spy system, supporting a
bureau for the purpose of stirring up
strikes in munition plants and else
where, and paying stated sums of
money to certain newspaper owners
who were glad to place their newspa-
pers at the service of the German gov
eminent for value received
The Won Igel papers cover only a
comparatively small part of the Ger
man war against the United States in
1914-16.
Won Igel and Won Papen, it appeared
from other sources, superintended per-
soDally the making Of bombs on the
German steamer Friedrich der Crosse,
interned in New York harbOr, and saw
that they were slowed away safely in
the holds of outgoing ships.
Another member of this band of
plotters was DR.. H. F. Albert. He ar
rived from Germany with letter of
credit for four million dollars in his
pocket, and the assurance that he
might have forty million altogether.
He was to use it to manufacture pub
lie opinion, to purchase the votes of
| congressman, and to do whatever else
would advance the great cause.
Still another star performer was
Robert Fay. He did his bit, in part,
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-02-13
ANOTHER H0LSTEIN COW
ESTABLISHES A RECORD

Purebred Holstein COWS are certain
ly doing their level best to respond to
Hoover's injunction to increase pro-
duction. Records are being broken so
rapidly that a COW no sooner gets
used to her championship laurels than
another one snatches them away
Miss Valley Mead De Kol Walker
has just added to the dairy fame OF
California by breaking the record for
butterfat production in the junior
three-year-old class, by producing
24.01 pounds of butter in seven con-
secutive days, in the division covering
tests begun not less than $40 days
from fIeshening. The COW freshened
at the age of 8 years, months, 27
days, and began her test eight months
after freshening. In the seven DAYS
she produced 445 pounds of milk.
yielding 24.01 pounds Of butter Her
prior record, begun eleven days from
freshening, is 6886 pounds of milk,
yielding $3.50 pounds of butter She
is making a large yearly record and is
due to calve again within the year.
By yielding more than "a pounds of
butter in a week after having been
MIXED for eight months she has es-
tablished a new worlds record, dis
placing Finderne Holingen Fayne,
whose record, begun $50 days after
freshening, is 1897 pounds of milk
and 22.57 pounds of butter.
Miss Valley Mead De Kol Walker
is owned by A W. Norris & Sons,
Woodland, California. Her sire is
Prince Gelsche Walker and her dam
is De Kol of Valley Mead I'd.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-02-13
Makinu Mineral Wool

An American firm operating in Aus
tralia has started works near Mel
bourne for turning the local basalt into
mineral WOOL for use as an insulator
In packing machinery and ice chests
and as a substitute for asbestos, &C
cOrding to the Scientific American
The basalt is melted down with a pro-
portion of freestone and limestone and
then steam, at an immense pressure, is
forced through the fluid. The liquid
rock, thus aerated, flies into the cir
and falls in flakes on the floor.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-02-13
Perseverance,.

Is there any gift greater than the
capacity for steady, patient, unselfish
work, sweet-spirited perseverance in
the face of needless hindrances and
yeXlng opposition? Sweet reasonable
ness, which does not insist upon its
own way, but bravely determines that
In some way the work will go forward,
IS rare and precious gift.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-02-13
SPOKE TO FARMERS.
And Explained Federal Income Tax
Blanks.

A. T. Goodwin, deputy revenue col
lector, addressed an audience of $50
farmers in the city hall Tuesday af-
ternoon, fair day. He prefaced his ex-
plantations Of the income tax with a
patriotic address, showing the great
need for cooperation in winning the
war and the necessity of raising funds
to finance the struggle for democ-
racy.
The speaker then explained the
blanks and the method of preparing
them for the income tax returns.