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The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-23
DID BANDITS KILL HER
FRIEND REVEALS CONFESSION
IN ROLE OF ARBITER
Wilson May Act as Conci|iator for
Italy.
France to Urge Modification, but
Britain Is Expected to Stand
With Rome

Washington, Dec. 23.-Peace terms
where it lies within the power of Pres
ident Wilson to accept the role of ar
bitter and conciliator in the differences
arising from Italy's claims, according
to diplomatic representatives here. All
signs Indicate that Great Britain will
support Italy's claim as formulated
when she joined the allies-that
France will urge modification OF the
claims and that President Wilson has
refused to commit the United States
to either policy
Great interest alta ches to President
Wilson'S forthcoming visit to London
1t is stated semiofiicially that he will
not attempt during his visit to discuss
peace problems. The belief is general
however, that both Great Britain and
ton on Italy's claims.
The last authoritative statement by
Great Britain in. the house OF comlnons
June 20, when, in spea kin-s ii 0ppOsi-
ton to a propo sal to l. y i>e the secret
treaty made with lily vii size en-
tered the war said:
ITO these treaties we stand The
national honor is bound up with hem
We mean to keep to the iul to The bar
gain we have made"
In view of this statement there is
no surprise that Italy II $ shnWn nc
indication of retreating fion the pro
gram CT claims iEdorsed Is France
Great Britain and Russia in the treaty
of 1915
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-23
SAYS z POWERS
CAN RULE WORLD
Viscount Northcliffe, Great British
Journalist, Talks to 100
Correspondents.
NAMES TWO CHEF FONTS
Declares League of Nations Indispen-
sable, Foundation of Which Would
Be Close Association of Great
Britain and America

Paris, Dec. 23.-Viscount North
cliffe, British journalist-dynamo, uni
versally regarded as the maker" of
the Lloyd George coalition govern
ment, called in the hundred-odd Amer
ican correspondents now in Paris for
reception at the Ritz and had
frank heart-to-heart talk with them in
which he touched earnestly upon some
of the great issues of var and peace.
In a candid, forceful way, the fa-
nous British publisher drove home his
convictions on two chief points:
1. That league of nations is indis-
pensable to future peace.
2. That the firmest keystone for the
foundation of such a league would be
the closest possible association and CO.
operation of Great Britain and Amer
ica
president Wilson," said the Wis
count, ''will receive in England the
greatest welcome ever accorded for
eigner. 1 am glad he is going to the
northern part of England, the home of
British manufactures and the birth
place Of the labor unions. London, of
course, does not represent England
any more than New York represents
the United States.
viii Find Friends.
sHe is the first foreigner who has
the wisdom to go to that part of Eng
land of which we are very proud. He
will find there especially most friend
u feeling toward the United States.
''Tke president will penetrate the
heart of England and reach the heart
of English life. His trip will be OF
tremendous good for the relations be-
tween the two nations. Certainly Mr..
Wilson showed infinite courage in
breaking all precedents by coming to
Europe.
Raw Materials Rule World.
"The real basis for a league of nae
tions should be found in the closest
possible association of the two most
powerful nations in the world Quite
apart from ideals, the reality is that
these two English-speaking nations
control every piece Of raw material in
the world. In this situation it would
be impossible to start q scrap even be-
tween Chile and Peru.
''The league of nations certainly is
one Of the most important of the pres
idents IA points. Every Englishman
regards the presidents visit as the
most important event in the history of
Anglo-American relations"
All Know Wilson's Purpose.
''The president" added the viscount,
probably will not receive the say re
kind Of reception in England he re-
ceived in Paris because we are not
demonstrative people, but it is certain
to be the greatest reception any for
eigner ever got on English soil. Every
man in Europe knows that the presi-
dent has come to prevent the recur-
renee of what the world has suffered
for four and half years."
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-23
WILSON INSPECTS HOSPITAL
Hiuh Praise for Conditions = the Am
erican InGtituticn.

Paris, Dec 23.-President Wilson
made the following statement CON
cerning his visit to the American hos
pital at Neuilly.
81 went through the American hos
pital It Neuilly With the greatest in
terest and with the greatest gratifca-
ton. found the men admirably
taken care of and almost without
exception in excellent spirits.
"OnIy very few of them looked
really i'll. and | think that their moth
ers and friends would have been en-
tirely pleased by their surroundings
and by the alert look in their eyes and
the keen interest they took in every
thing about them.
81 am sure that they will go back to
their loved ones at home with a new
feeling of joy, alike in their recovery
and in the fine service they have
been able to render"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-23
U. S. men STAND
24-H0UR CASING
Terrible Experience in the Ar
gonne Told by Returned
Heroes.
BADLY BURNED ABOUT BODIES
Fumes Filtered Through Masks and
Men Fell in Their Tracks-One
Home With Hair Turned White
MOSTLY Westerners.

New York, Dec. 23.-Hundreds of
Illinois men in the Thirty third divi-
sion were among the victims of gas
shell bombardment in the Argonne
forest which started the night Of Octo-
ber and lasted "a hours.
Many Of the men who are recover
ing from the noXious fumes arrived
on the Mongolia, which brought 4,7OO
officers and men. They said it was the
worst gas g"strafng" they had ever
experienced.
Nearly all the men gassed were bad
" burned about the body, and num-
Der said they had been blind for five
weeks. Many wore smoked glasses
and eye shades. They will be sent to
hospitals near this city for special
treatment. Surgeons say they will re-
cover completely.
129th infantry Hit Hardest.
The One Hundred and TWenty-ninth
Infantry, which has many members of
the Third Illinois in it's ranks, appears
to have been the hardest hit, judging
from the stories of the wounded men
on the Mongolia.
The casualties of the regiment in
the attack amounted to at least SO per
cent. Few of the gassed men died,
however. The gas attack lasted SO
hong that the fumes finally filtered
through the masks and the men fell in
their tracks.
Fifty men of Company of the One
Hundred and Thirty-first infantry
fought their way through 200 Prus-
sian guardsmen who had surrounded
them in the Argonne November s and
got back to the American lines.
This story was told by Corp. Elmer
Sauerman, TIA Cornel;a avenue, Chi
cago, one Of the fifty. Sauerman was
shot by a sniper. The bullet pierced
his left lung, glanced off a rib and
went up into his shoulder. Surgeons
marveled at his escape. Pals of Sau-
erman carried him back to safety.
Sauerman said tho 20 men were sent
on raid into the German lines for
prisoners and Information. The Ger
mans spotted them ai.ti-sent 20 guards
men out to capture ihem. Only aboui
fifteen of the party Sauerman was in
got back without being wounded.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-23
GOOD WORK OF RED CROSS
Canteens Maintained and Thousands
of Beds Given Hospitals.

Washington, Dec. 23.-"Always
country subject to the ravages of tu-
berculosis, France after three years of
war was found by the American Red
Cross to be alarmingly deep in the
clutches of this grim disease" the war
council of the Red Cross reported.
Underfeeding. overcrowding, all con-
tributed, the report declared, to an op-
portunity for spreading the disease,
"such as it had not had since the years
following the Franco-Prussian war"
The Red Cross, cooperating with
the Rockefeller Foundation, expended
81, ,442 200 in fighting the disease.
Canteen service is maintained. and
thousands of beds furnished to hos
pitfalls.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-23
HOOVER AIL5 ARE NanE1
Army Officers to Saperintend ReIie4
Work in Europe

! Paris. Dec. 23.-Herbert Hoover
announced the appointment of Colone
Wood. L. S. A. rs director Of relita
for Serbia, and Ju~ I;i.ivia in heh.t
of the United States food aGnnistr;i
don. Colonel Wood and six aides VII
leave Immediately for Belgrade Rep
aeecntatives OF the allies will Dartici
y tie in the relief work Colonel Nc
'n'osl. another Array man. is leayin"
Cor Tric,te - tatse charge of the sup
ply bases Hsllr.. food is already ar
ing from the United States. The
situation in Ser''ia. Herzegovina and
Montenegro is said 10 be critical
A mission consisting of Colonel
Grove. q. s. A.. Dr Vernon Kellogg
and Mr.. Hugh Gil.son is being sent tt.
Poland to ke charge of relief work
there together with french and Brit
ish missions c:4ii.t.f;ons III i-c-mania
also are be- be- : -:.--. ---.:lted
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-23
ARCHIVES PLACE THE BLAME
Kaiser and Crown Prince Started War.
Saws Investigator

! London Dec. 23.-Investigation of
the German government archives has
disclosed, according to Herr Kautsky,
who had charge of the investigation,
that history will place the response
bility for the continuance of the war:
1. Upon the kaiser and the. crown
prince.
2. Upon Ludendorff and Won Tirpitz.
3. Upon the industrial magnates.
d. Upon the Pan-Germans.
Kautsky made this assertion in an
interview w.t. the Berlin correspond
Ient Of the Daily News.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-23
WATERFOWL NEWS PUBLISHING co.
Hair Turned White.

To be sent on patrol in M Man
Land in the Toul sector for IA night
in q row, was the experience of Fri
vate Fred Farley, who has seen forty
SIX years and was the Oldest eni;Ste,
nan on board. Farleys hair Il
turn;d white since he landed in Fran
over year and a half ago with IL
III.
Farley got into the army a wee
ftcr war was declared hy telling IL
icttNr., h. was only thirty-five We:
If age He is of powerful build IN
FOR that reason was constantly pick
for iatsol work, the most dangerou
# tasks.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-23
SOLDIERS HEART STITCHED
Stab of Bayonet Fails to Kill Y. s.
Douqhboy.

Louisville, KY, Dec. 23.-A bayonet
wound in the heart failed to end the
life Of Private Abraham Cannon, Fifth
United States Infantry, Camp Zachary
Taylor. Cannon was found in his bar
rack with a bayonet wound in his
chest. Hurried to the hospital, an op'
Grafton was performed, five stitches
being taken in the heart muscles,
where the bayonet point penetrated.
Headquarters made no announcement
of the manner in which Cannon was
wounded.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-23
RED CROSS GETS 100000
Bad Weather and Influenza Hamper
the Campaigns.

Washington, Dec. 23.-Incomplete
returns from all parts of the country
Indicate that 100000 persons have
answered the Christmas "ron call" Of
the American Red Cross.
Officers of the organization conf
IDENTIFY believe that by the time the
drive ends several mil6aRs will be add
ed to the total. 1t is reported that in
1uenza and bad weather have ham
pered the campaign in many parts OF
the country.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-23
HERE'S A REAL FRESH HUN
Hard for Some Germans to Realize
They Are Licked

London, Dec. 23.-''We are prepared
to lose Alsace-Lorraine and some colo
MES as we'll as part of Poland But
there are limits. If anyone dares to
touch the west bank Of the Rhine or
Danzig baltic port of Prussian PO-
lanO Germany will rise as one man
and make war again even if we had no
weapon left except poison gas.'
Theodor Wolff, editor Of the Berlin
Tageblatt, recognized as Germany's
most moderate-liberal Journalist, Is
thus quoted In an interview with the
Copenhagen newspaper Politiken. A
resume of the interview is telegraphed
to the Daily Express.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-23
COURTESY TO THE ENGLISH
Wilson's Interview in London Times
Looked on With Favor

Paris, Dec. 23.-President Wilson's
action in granting an interview to the
London Times is regarded here as
significant. 1t is considered a great
courtesy, not to the British newspaper,
but to the people Of Britain. In this
connection much favorable comment
is made upon the fact that Immediate
ly afterward Viscount Northcliffe gave
an interview to the American press
condemning secret diplomacy and say
ing that it Is the great obstacle which
will be met by President Wilson.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-23
SAY SUBMARINE MUST GO
Peace Congress to Brand U-Boat an
Outlaw.

Washington, Dec. 23.-The subma-
rine must gol This will be the dicturn
of the peace congress, in the opinion
of a high American naval official ex.
pressed here.
Branded as an assassin and outlaw
by the civilized world, it's elimination
is regarded by officials of the United
States and allied nations as impera-
lively necessary, if the unspeakable
atrocities committed by German
U-boats during the late war are never
to be repeated and if freedom of the
seas" is to be more than an empty
phrase.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-23
PRESIDENT WARNS IN SPEECH
Wilson Says Peace Delegates Masters
of None-Servants.

of None-Servants.
Paris, Dec. 23.-"There is a great
wind of moral force moving through
the world, and every man opposing
himself to that wind will go down in
disgrace
At the end of his first week in Eu-
rope, President Wilson proclaimed this
warning in his speech at the Sorbonne,
adding:
1.-THE task of those gathering here
to make the settlement of peace is
greatly simplif1ed by the fact that they
are the masters of none, But the serv-
ants of mankind, and if we do not
heed the mandates of mankind we
shall make ourselves the most cOnspic-
nous and. derided failure in the his
tory of the world"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-23
H0HENZOLLERNs GET TURKEY
Grand Christmas Feast Is in Prepare
ton for Ex.Ies

London, Dec 2S-WIhelm Hohen-
zollern is getting ready for grand
Christmas feast, the Daily Express
learns from its Amsterdam correspond
ent. A giant turkey has arrived at
the eX-kaiser's exile home in Aneron-
gen, and the former emperor proposes
personally to help cook it.
In a suite of the Bentinck castle
converted into a chapel, Wilhelm will
preach sermon to his servants on
Christmas eve.
The eX-kaiser is afraid to go outside
the castle to a church at Amerongen
lest the Hollanders who are greatly in
censed over his continued presence,
stone him.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-23
SERVICE-CROsc FOR PERsH.NG
President Only Man2Qua;sied to Dec,
crate Genera.

President Only ManEQua fled to Dec,
crate Genera.
Paris, Dec. 23.-Probably The mos
impressive moment during President
Wilson's visit with the American
troops in the field on Christmas day
will occur when the president viii
decorate General Pershing with the
American Distinguished Service Cross.
Later he will personally pin medals on
scores of Yankee fighting men, officers
and privates.
Although General Pershing has dec
Grated many, including General Bliss
there has been no one here hitherto
with authority to decorate him. Pres
ident Wilson will perform this func
ton as commander in chief of the
American army. The ceremony vii
probably take place at Langres, near
ChaumOnt.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-23
REDS BEATEN IN GERMANY
BoIsheviki Chiefs Are Showed Under
in Three States.

in Three States.
Paris, Dec. 23.-The first elections
to the new German national assembly
are synptomatic of what the final re-
Berne to lie Journal.
In the duchy of Brunswick, where
the minority party had assumed pow
or, the defeat Of the bolsheviki was
crushing. In Mecklenberg and Anhalt,
where the majority party was in con-
troll, the bourgeoisie also came out
victorious.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-23
ITALIAN AIR SERVICE, BEGINS
Two Great Planes Carry 20 Passen-
GERS Each $40 Miles.

gers Each $40 Miles.
Rome, Dec 23.-Immediately after
the armistice was signed Italian avia-
ton experts set themselves to the
study of the best way to adapt their
machines to commercial and travelling
PURPOSES. Their first effort met with
the greatest success.
Two Capronis, 35 yards long, with
three motors, few from Terrara to
Rome In three hours, covering a dis
tanoe of $40 miles. Each carried 20
passengers.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-23
TO MEET PRESIDENTS VIEWS
British Leaders Preparing to Make I'm
portant Concessions.

Paris, Dec. 23.-Persons in close
touch with the situation in Britain are
already proclaiming that Lloyd George
and Foreign Minister Balfour are pre-
pairing to make important concessions
in order to reach a complete under
standing between Britain and the
United States.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-23
Queenstown Invites Wilson.

Queenstown, Dec 23.-At q mass
meeting of citizens here h resolution
was unanimously carried inviting
President Wilson to visit Ireland
while he Is in England next week.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-23
May Succeed McAdoo.

Washington, Dec. 23.-Carl Fl. GRAY.
who resigned last week as chief of
the division of operations of the Unit
ed States railroad administration may
succeed Director General McAdoo.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-23
PRESIDENT IN ROME ON JAN. 8
Report Says He Will Arrive In italian
Capital on That Date.

Rome, Dec. 23.-Pres1dent Wilson
will arrive In Rome on January 3, ac-
coSting to an announcement made In
ne italian newspapers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-07
BECOMES RED CROSS NURSE
Miss Marjorie Wright Leaves 70
WaynesviIle, N. c., to Serve il
Ease Hospitai at Cantonments

Miss Marjorie Wright, a graduate
of the Augusta General hospita
training school. left Hallowell yester
day morning for Waynesville, N. -
where she will serve as a Red Cross
nurse in the base hospital at the can.
! tonments there.
party Of Red Cross officials. in.
Guiding Mrs. George E. Macomber
Mrs. Blaine S. Viies. Mrs. A. S. Par
rott and Mrs. D. b. Weeks, accom-.
panied by Mrs. Wallace Price, pres
ident of the Augusta Nurses Asso.
citation, went to Hallowell to see Miss
Wright off and to present her with 4
Red Cross comfort kit. muller and
| flowers.
According to local hospital records
five of the 20 registered nurses in
Augusta have already entered the
service of the United States as nur3es
but this number is all too small. con-
sidering the growing need for nurses.
In consequence, the Red Cross is con
Quoting a vigorous campaign for
more volunteers for. war service, eth
er in this country or in France, and
will welcome further enlistments in
the nursing service. This war work
offers a fine opportunity for gradu-
ate nurses and makes a strong appea
TO every patriotic woman of the coun-
try. Enlistments are received at the
Red Cross headquarters in the post :
office building.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-07
RED CROSS FILMS
TO Be SHOWN AT
COLONIAL SUNDAY
Local Chapter w ill
Give Free Show to
Tell in Moving Pic
lures the Story of the
Work the Red Cross
Is Doing Pictures
Declared Best of the
Kind Ever Taken

The first move in the campaign
! Of showing Augusta people how the
Red Cross spent their first 100000
Geo and of explaining why another
s1.CC0, 10000 is needed will be taken
next Sunday when free Red Cross
moving pictures will be shown at the
Colonial theater, afternoon and eve
ming.
These moving pictures were fur
niShed by the governments Of the
United States and of France for the
exclusive use of the American Red
Cross and are declared to be as fine
examples of motion picture photogra-
ply as have ever been produced.
These pictures include a five-reeler,
France in Arms" and two others,
| Field Service on the Western Front
and 'Humanity's Appeal" These pc
lures require about an hour and Il
half to run
Ii is planned now to give three Or
fOur ShOwingS of these pictures N
Augusta on Sunday-probably two at
tcrnOon shows and one or two in the
evening. These pictures will be en-
, tirely free and no collections or
pledges will be taken. Some first ella
| speaker will address the audience for
q few minutes.
The pictures which are shown here
| Sunday will be exhibited at Togus on
/ Monday, May IS; at Winthrop or
Tuesday, May IA. and at Hallowell or
W cdnesday, May 10.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-07

In the list of casualties sent ont nv
,he war Dept. and published in Mon
gay mornings papers, among those
siishtiy wounded occurs the name of
Lieut.. Frederick l.. Gregory of Carl :
bou. Me. Lieut.. Gregory, or Gregoire,
he being relative of ]. IT. Greporie
OIL this city was in the latters drug
store when it was located just south
OF the old overhead railroad bridge
on upper Water street, about 20
years ago. After that he took I'D the
study of medicine and attended Nc
Gil University. from which institu-
.'on ne was graduated. Later, he
TOOK up the practice of medicine in
Caribou.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-07

at auction when the legal limit of
| 80 days allowed consignees in which
| TO recover unclaimed goods, has ex-
PRED.
The situation now becomes serious,
for nothing is heard of Uncle Muir
ply, who is kept a close prisoner by
Slade. Danny has to feed, water and
exercise the pretty consignment in
trusted to his care, and he fulfils
this function with marked devotion
to duty. Betsy seeks to escape, h-w-
ever. and the guard stationed by
Slade is mysteriously shot. Betsy
fees back to the office and Slade
! threatens to buy Betsy for 80 cents.
| Uncle Murphy, now in a desperate
situation. wages his mining claim
against Betsy's right to escape, and
! loses.
Slade and his cut-throats mean
while have cut off communication
between Gold Center and the out
side world and the opportunity for
"Cocopah Kid" to prove himself
real man, now presents itself. He
gallops to a nearby town and tele
graphs the facts to Sheriff Burke,
who hastens westward on the next
train. "Cocopah Kid" returns to Gold
Center and arrives just as the auc-
ton sale of the unclaimed goods
at the express Office is about to take
place.
Danny refuses to call the auction,
whereupon Slade and his men take
matters in hand. Slade has just bid
30 cents for Betsy when "Cocopah
Kid" enters and bids against him.
This provokes a battle in which Co
copah Kid" Danny and Betsy hold
off the Slade band until posse
headed by Burke reaches the scene.
Slade seeks revenge upon "Cocopah
Kid" whom he shoots. but the lat
ter returns the fire with fatal effect
The bandits are dispersed and
"Cocopah Kid having fulfilled Bet
sy's admonition to be real man, dies
after joining the hands of Betsy and
Danny.-Adv