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The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-13
$5,OGO,CO0,0Oo IN new BONDS
McAdoo Estimates u. S. Needs This
Year-New Loans to Allies,

Washington, Dec. 13.-Five to five
and a half billion dollars more Of
bonds will have to be issued to finance
the government this year, Secretary
McAdoo told the house ways and
means committee in discussing fnan-
cial questions. He based this on an
estimate of s1s,ooo,ooo,ooO in expendi-
lures. 1t had been stated that the
last Liberty bond issue, to be foated
in the spring, would be for around &c.
OOO,OO0C00.
Mr.. McAdoo urged the committee to
approve legislation providing for loans,
after peace is declared, to the allies
governments from bonds already au-
thorized. He said there is no room
for question about the repayment Of
the allies loans.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-13
TO PUBLISH PRO-HUN LISTS
Inquiry Expected to Disclose Identity
of Many Kaiser Lovers.

Washington, Dec. 13. = Voluminous
documents shedding light on, the Ger
man system for blowing up munition
factories and, practicing sabotage and
espionage in various forms have been
assembled by the department of JUS
tice In preparation for disclosure, 1t
was said today.
The department, has not determined
what portion of these it would be wise
to give out, or when it might be done
without interfering with activities Of
government agents still in progress.
The files of the bureau Of investi-
CATION are said to contain hundreds OF
names of German agents and Of dis
loyal Americans with whom they had
dealings in gathering information
about the nations war preparations.
These names have not been disclosed.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-13
SOON FORGET THE LOSERS
Kaiser and Ludendorff Seldom Men
toned in GERMANY,

London, Dec 13.-"There is very
little talk of the ex-kaiser or former
crown prince" said the Amsterdam
correspondent of the Daily Telegraph
in reporting an extended sojOurn in
Berlin and a trip through many parts
of Germany.
"Ludendorff's name is seldom heard
All the great military leaders have
surprisingly soon become figures of a
past, and few recall their names with
any pride.
zone exception is Hindenburg, who
certainly retains strong place in the
affections of most of the people,
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-13
WOMEN TO RULE HUN POLLS
Favored War, but Never Again-Re-
public is Favored

London Dec. 13.-The Berlin CORE
spondent of the Daily Express cables
an interview with Frau Minna Cauer,
q frail old woman recognized as lead
er in the German feminist movement.
Half the German women favored
the war;" she said, ''but never again
will we send our sons into battle.
"In the next election 100000 out
of q ,OO0O 900 German women will vote,
and the majority will support the
present government. All will vote for
a republic" Tears were streaming
down her cheeks as she concluded !:
"We are ruined. 1t will take ten years
for us to rebuild Germany. And then
only we will be a little nation. Never
will we be mighty gain"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-13
TO RETURN BOND PAYMENTS
If Wanted, Discharged Soldiers Will
Be Given Refund.

Washington, Dec. 13.-Discharged
soldiers who do not wish to continue
payments on Liberty bond subscrip-
tions made through the army Organi-
zation will have payments already
made returned and the subscription
will be Cancelled. Less than S3O,OOO,OOO
of the army's $76,OOO,0OO subscriptions
to the fourth Liberty loan was sub
scribed by the plan of making month
" allOtments from pay, and the bal
ance constituted bank subscriptions,
which will not be affected.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-13
RIOTERS RULE IN MONTREAL
Mob in Charge as Policemen and Fire
men Go on Strike.

Montreal, Que, Dec 13-With every
policeman and virtually every fireman
in the city on strike for higher wages,
Montreal is helpless in the hands of
rioters. Fire stations have been
wrecked, citizens robbed and stores
looted. Saloons and disorderly resorts
are wide open. Lawabiding citizens
are helpless to prevent the depreda-
tions of gangs of hOodlums.
Mayor Martin has been in confer
ence all night with representatives of
the policemen and tiremen in an effort
to reach a settlement.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-13
JOHN D. SWEARS OFF TAXES
Reduces $10,Ooo,ooo Personal Assess
ment by Half

New York, Dec 13.-John D. Rookie.
feller has sworn off $5,OOO,OOO of the
S1O.OOO,OOO which he was assessed fO1
personal taxation, it was learned. BE
declared he might have sworn off an
other S1,5OO,OO0, but was willing to
let the amount stand at half million
The lack of ability to make any in.
ventory of the personal possessions OF
Rockefeller made it practically obliga
tory on the part of the assessors "
accept mis- own valuation.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-13

City of London Invites Wilson to
Luncheon in Guild Hall.

London, Dec. 13.-The corporation
of the city of London passed a resolu-
ton inviting President Wilson to ac-
cent an address of welcome in gold
box and asking him to luncheon at
the Guild hall,
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-13
AIR ACROBATiCS ARE HALTED
War Department Forbids Low Flying
by Army Aviators.

Washington, Dec. 13.-Low flying
and acrobatics by military aviators
during celebrations in the vicinity of
cities. towns and buildings are forbid
den under threatened penalties in an
order by the war department. A de-
partment announcement said increase
in the flying accidents on home train
ing fields since the armiStice had made
action necessary, and that command
ing officers had been instructed to take
the most stringent methods of enforc-
ing the order.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-13
YANKEE OFFICERS IN, BERLIN
There to Supervise Repatriation of
American Prisoners.

Berlin, Dec. 13.-General Harries
and Lieutenants Gaillard and Schel-
ling of the American commission for
the repatriation Of war prisoners ar
rived in Berlin last night. They were
the first American officers to arrive in
Berlin since the signing of the armis-
tice They had 25-hour ride from
Spa, Belgium, the former German
headquarters.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-13
MANY YANKS SAIL FOR HOME
War Department Announces -Depar
+ure of Four TRANSPORTS

tUre OF FOUT ITdHSPUTIS.
Washington, Dec. 13-Sailing of
four army transports bringing IL. Ii
tional units from France was an
nounced by the war department. The
ships are the Ii. r. Mallory, the Rap
pahannock, the Leviathan and the Gel
tic with about 5000 men.
The Rappahannock sailed December
6 and the other vessels December 8.
The Leviathan brings casual cOmpa-
nies Nos. 3O1 to 313 inclusive. 1,419
hospital patients 500 casuals, and the
zecond antiaircraft sector.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-13
Increase Grant to Idle.

London, Dec. 13.-The government
increased the unemployment demOb-
lizatioE donation of men to % shil-
liEgs and women to % shillings q
week.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-13
HAS HUECHBACK PRESIDENT
Dwarf Heads Republic of Brunswick
Washerwoman Education Minister.

"dS1Ief "0''ref' I0uo&e'o'' "'''''9eS''
London, Dec. 13. - A huDch-
back dwarf, four feet in size,
Merries by name, formerly tailor, is
now president and a washerwoman is
minister of education of the republic
of Brunswick, the Daily Chronicle
learns from it's Amsterdam correspond
ent. The duchy of Brunswick was one
of the first German states to be turned
into republic, and its monarch led
all other princes in abdicating. The
former duchy is now completely in
the hands of the German "reds." The
hunchback president gets $17,5OO a
year, which he inists on having paid
him in daily installments.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-09
parliament, which rcassembIed to.
day. In urging raising tho age
limit for military service, Premier
Lloyd George is expected to speak
at length.

Paris. April 9-Violent artillery fight
ing occurred during the night at Mont
didier and between Montdidier and
Noyon. No infantry action developed
French advanced troops south OF the
Disc river withdrew to prepared posi-
tions southwest Of lower forest OF
Coucy and south of Coucy lie Chateau
The statement follows!
There was great activity on the
part of the artillery on both sides at
points along the front north
of Montdidier and Noyon. No infantry
action occurred.
ION the left bank Of the Disc there
were intermittent bombardments. Ad-
vanced French troops. in conformity
with orders, withdrew to prepared
positions southwest Of the lower forest
of Coucy and south OF Coucy le
Chateau. German troops were kept
constantly under the French artillery
fire and suffered heavy losses in the
course of this operation
Two German raids northwest Of
Rheims were repulsed. Other German
efforts against small French posts near
Eparges, in the sector of Reillon- and
north of Bonhomme. achieved no
greater success.
Everywhere else the night passed
in quiet"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-09
GERMANS HAVE MOST MEN.
Advantage in Man Power and Guns it
Drive in .Rieandx

Advantage in Man Power and Guns in
Drive in Pieardy.
Washington, d. c.. April. 9.-Before
the launching of<the German offensive
in France the Anglo British armies
had preponderance of men on the
western front figures obtained from
an official quarter today placing the
German strength at 2,900,OO0 men and
the Anglo French Mt 8,300,0
BY rapid concentration on fifty
mile sector, where the drive was to -be
made, however, the Germans achieved
q man power superiority Of to !, this
tactical movement being accompanied
at the same time by the concentration
of guns and munitions in even more
overwhelming numbers and quantities.
BY taking advantage Of the early sea-
son, the ground being prepared where
the drive was to be.uade. the Germans
ran practically no danger Of allied
offensive on either extreme of the
Franco FLANDERS front on account ct
the seasonal nature. The German
command, according to information
which was obtained today, began the
great battle with shock troops in over
whelming force, these troops having
undergone special training for several
months behind the German lines.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-09
Activity on North Front.

London, April >e.-The German artil-
lery developed great activity early
this morning on the British front on
the line from La Bassee canal to
south Of Armentieres, according to to-
days war office announcement, which
adds.
elsewhere on the British front, ex-
cept for heavy hostile shelling in the
neighborhood Of Villers- Bretonneux
and Mericourt Liable, there was MOTH
ing special to report"
Premier Lloyd George told the house
of commons today that when the new
battle in Flanders occurred the total
strength of the Germans was approx
mately equal to the entente allies.
The premier said his man-poWer
proposal would involve an extreme
sacrifice by part of the people of Great
Britain. The Cambrai battle, he said,
was comparatively small event in
comparison with the recent contest
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-09
URGE USE OF SPUDs
INSTEAD OF WHEAT
Potatoes Quoted Today at 66 Cents
Wholesale at Burlinston--Fosd yAd-.
,,ministration Asks Substitution Of
Murphys For WhsAs5 EIour.

Burlington. April 9.-State Food Adj
ministrator J. f. Deems, of Burlington,
was notified that potatoes had gone
down to 66 cents bushel wholesale
here, and a movement is under way to
induce extensive use Of potatoes in
stead of wheat flour. Horace S. Rand.
county food administrator here, this
morning said.
"Prices elsewhere in Iowa should be
still lower because of lower freight
rates. Mr.. Deems goes to Wapello to-
day to urge meeting Of business men
there to distribute potatoes on a &c
cent basis. They are the cheapest and
best food obtainable and the food ad-
ministration is justified in insisting on
substitution of potatoes for wheat flour
In this crisis"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-09

his mothers family name. which he
Anglictzed into Chauncey. He told me
he served with the British in the Boer
war, too. He spoke English correctly
but with an accent. He was telegraph
ing when l married him.
Served With Lee Christmas.
Five years ago left Chicago to
visit my mother and when I returned
he was gone. learned he claimed to
be going to join Lee Christmas, the
Honduranean rebel, as captain of a
machine gun crew. He previously had
displayed large roll Of bills he
claimed to have geceived from
Christmas.
II heard from him three years ago.
He wrote he had ben badly wounded in
Mexico and was convalescing In St.
Louis. He said he was sorry for the
way he had treated me. Later learned
he had returned to Mexico"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-09

Washington. April s.--The FIRST indi-
cation that the government hoped 10
raise more than sS,510,u11 from the
! third liberty loan came In treasury
statement today asking that the
country subscribe three or four times
that amount.
So far reports have been genuinely
encourag ing. Every indication is that
small communities are working strenu-
ously. Farmers also seem to be sub
scribing freely.
This Is distinct contrast to the last
loan when the big cities were the re-
lance to much greater extent than
this time. The suggestion has gone
out to smaller towns to erect a great
sign board at the railway station bear
Ing an honor flag, with the words.
Help our town win this flag
Under Secretary McAdoo's new ar
rangement for giving out only figures
actually reaching federal reserve
banks 1t probably wil be three or four
days yet before an adequate idea OF
| the country's pledges can be deter
mined.
Calls For 10000, 900 900 Subscribers.
Secretary McAdoo In statement
wired from Raleigh, N. C, and given
out by the treasury here today, called
on the country to furnish 10000, zoe
subscribers to the now liberty loan.
That number OF purchasers he said.
would mean n loan OF $4,000, 000. 300
to $4,000. 600 900 The statement said:
Let us not stop when we havs
reached our quota. Let us go forward
and make 1t .hree or four times az
great If X is possible to do IL, and
let us make the number OF subscribers
to the bonds three or four times as
great as before. No statement will be
more effective than to let tho enemy
know that 100000 Americans are In
the fight If we do this we viii have
not $4,000. 100000. but $4,000, 900 900 or
IS, 900 600. 900"
Many Quotas Raised.
Telegrams 20 loan headquarters here
today indicated that many loan organ
izations In all parts of the country al
ready have raised their quota. From
the st. Louis district came this mes
sage:
Statesmen plunged into the work OF
ulSpOHlnE III Sio.VV"'Vpu NpIti We
bonds st. Louis quota OF s39,ooo,ooo
has been lost sight of
The honor roll OF communities
which have already subscribed quotas
continued to grow today From Chi
cago come word that twenty-four
townships in viii county. Illinois. had
gone over the top. and that Joliet had
raised it's quota in eight hours with
out the assistance of single corpora
tion or bank.
Four Subscriptions Total $3,oO0,000
Chicago. April o. With four sub
scrlptions in Chicago totaling $4,000
900. the seventh federal reserve dis
trict today began the third dag of its
third loan drive to raise S42a.0OO,0 GOO
FOR the third liberty loan.
Accurate figures were lacking but
unofficial reports indicated that at the
close Of the second day more than
s2l. 100000 had been subscribed,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-09
German n-American Alliance
Also Charged With Sup
porting Propaganda.
HEARST ACTIVE IN
WORK OF ALLIANCE
Prof. e. e. sperry, Of Syracuse uni-
versity, Makes Allegations Before
Senate Committee Considering Sill
to Revoke License Of AIIianee-In-
ternational German Alliance Said to
Have Been Proposed by New Yorker.

Washington, April o. Positive
charges that individual members of
the German American alliance sup
ported propaganda to mold the policy
o fthe United States in the event OF
war with Germany were made today
by Prof. E. E. Sperry, Of Syracuse
University. before the senate COM
mittee considering the bill to revoke
the charter of the alliance.
He said they backed the American
embargo conference, the American
Neutrality League and other organiza-
tlons, which he charged were part Of
the Pan German League.
German schoolteachers, years ago,
he said, were teaching their charges
the time was come that Germans in
the United States would have the
right that is their due.
"At the German American Alliance
convention in New York, in 1907" he
said, William Randolph Hearst pro-
posed the establishments of an interna-
tional German alliance
Hearst Active In Alliance.
!. Mr.. Hearst offered to pay the ex-
penses, Of the delegates from tt1ia
country to Germany for that purpose,
Mr. Sperry said. Delegates went to
Cambridge, Mass, at that time, at the
expense Of Mr.. Hearst, where the dedi-
cation Of Alderman memorial took
place.
The first German propaganda to
come here officially as a representative
of the Pan-German League. was Karl
Peters, who came here in 1893 to begin
the propaganda, Sperry said. Later a
propagandist named Won Rinteling
came for the same reason.
'Von Rinteling had a plan to bribe
congressman directly" Mr.. Sperry said
"if he could"
Mr.. Sperry declared that the real
membership Of the American embargo
conference consisted Of only five, per-
sons and that it was supported, by
German American organizations.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-09
Eriend of Won Hindenbura.

Chicago, April 9.-News of the arrest
of Karl Haagsmar was received with
interest here today by plump little
woman with dark brown eyes. She Is
MRS. Nellie Hallender. the prisoners
divorced wife.
'I always thought something like
that" were her first words. we were
married seven years ago and he left me
two years later. At that period the
world at large knew nothing Of Gen.
eral Won Hindenburg but my husband
did,. He referred to him as friend
and claimed to hear from him at times.
He claimed to be Baron Karl Won
Haagsmar. He also claimed to have,
been an OFFICER in the Austrian army
Believed To Be Hun Baron.
II learned>about his real name when
I saw a cablegram add-essed to Baron
Karl Won Haagsmar. 1t was from his
sister. the wife of wine merchant. 1t
informed him that cousin. Baroness
de la Rogue, an aviatrix. had both
arms and both legs fractured in an
aeroplane accident. The correct spell
ing Of his first name was 'Chaunaise,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-09
Decision Awaits Bakers Action.

Washington, April g.-President
Wilson will make final decision on
the question OF Withholding in casual
ty lists the addresses OF wounded and
killed men when Secretary Baker re-
turns from France. The president it
was indicated, altho inclined to see the
addresses published, wishes to have
the secretary's opinion.
Just now no casualty lists arc be
Ing published as the war department
Is awaiting advices from France.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-09
Aerial Net. Protect Paris.

Paris> April 9.-Captiye> observation
balloons Of the sausage type have been
seen rising above the region OF Paris
on recent nights, and there has been
considerable speculation regarding the
purpose of the balloons. It now is ex-
planned that the balloons are part Of a
system Of metallic nets used for pro-
lection against air raids.
The balloons were sent up in the last
air raid. but the enemy being driven off
before reaching the city, the practica-
bility Of the nets could not be learned
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-09
All.a.d snx.In cu.tody.

Salt Lake City, Utah. April 9.-Karl
Haagsmar. alleged spy and former
secret agent on the PACIFIC coast OF the
Austro- Hungarian embassy at Wash
ington, better known in the west as
chauncey Hallender, expert tele-
grapher, arrived in Salt Lake today
from Prescott, Ariz., in the custody OF
United States Marshal Nebeker and is
held in the county jail for the depart
ment Of justice.
1t is alleged he was caught In Arl-
zona in act of attempting to get into
Mexico, where, it is said, he was max
ing arrangements to establish radio
station.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-09
c.rr.nza ereet. KING AIbert.

Mexico City, April 9.-President
Carranza sent the following message
70 King Albert Of Belgium yesterday
on the occasion Of the kings birthday:
Il have the honor to express to your
majesty in the name Of the people and
government OF Mexico my most cor
dial felicitations on this day and I am
pleased to extend my best wishes for
the peace and liberty Of Belgium, for
your pearsonal happiness and for that
OF your august family. v. Carranza."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-09
Reichstag Hears Speech
Scoring War Party For
Rule or Ruin Plans.
ALSACE-LORRAINE
HELD SOLE ISSUE
Socialist Deputy Tells Colleagues In.
comprehensible Treatment Of Russia
Has Blocked Way to Separate Peace
With Any Other Nation-Predicts
Germany Will Suffer For Years Be-
cause Of Policy.

New York. April 9.-Count Won
Hertling. the German imperial chan
celior. is only the sign beard" Of the
German military leaders. declared
Deputy Haase, Independent socialist,
in the reichstag on Jan. q. Accord
Ing to newspapers received here tho
deputy scored the policy of the gov
ernment and said that before the war
his party had demands for giving AL
sace-Lorraine full autonomy. He
said:
1T must be incomprehensible to ali
socialists that hundreds of thousands
are sacrificed solely for the sake Of
Alsace-Lorraine. 1T is said that in the
case OF a referendum the population Of
would vote to stay
with Germany Why then does the
military party fear referendum?
How can one still talk of a defen
sive war and assert we do not want
is said German troops In the east are
performing police duty. The soldiers
take a different view. 1t is unbear-
able to them that they should play
the role Of .hansman for the Russian
republic. We protest against this pol
ICY Of violence ~
Germany to Suffer For Policy.
THE way peace is being made in
the east can only injure Germany. Our
children and their children will have
to suffer with their blood for the con-
sequences of this policy. And how does
this policy react on our enemies in the
west? Does any one believe that any
other government would enter into ne
gotiations for separate peace with
Germany"
Referring to the recent Berlin strike
he said the government had succeeded
inscreatng great bitterness among the
laboring classes. The January strike,
he said, will De recorded in history as
one Of the greatest events in the war
and the German laboring classes will
not cease to fight Tor democracy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-09
Airn,en Find
Location of German
Long-Ranqe Gun

Paris, April 9.-French aviators have
discovered the location of the big gun
with which the Germans have been
bombarding Paris from long range and
the continual bombardment OF the spot
by French artillery and bombing by
the airmen has made the handling OF
the piece difficult. This explains the
intermittent fire Of the weapon.
The piece is mounted at Creepy en-
Laonnois, near the road from LaFere
to Laon,