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Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-01-03
Canada's Dry Edict IS Issued


Ottawa. Canada official announce.
ment was made BY the prime minis,
ter at noon on Saturday of the profi,
bition of the Importation OF intoxieat'
ing liquors into Canada after today
The only exception is in the caHe pf
purchases made before that date
The announcement read !: On Dee.
517, the people gave to the gOveril.
mellt an uninistakable mandate $foI
the vigorous prosecution Of the wsar.
and for the employment of all the
aountry,s energies and resources nee,
sesaary Ito acl iieve N ict or lis essen
|tial and indeed vital for the nf eieni
conduct of the war that wastefM OF
unnecessary expenditure should be
prohibited and that all articles capa.
BILE of being utilized ais food should be
conserved. 1t is beyond question "a
the use of liquor affects adyerses ssaa 4
realization Of this purpose.
tThe subject has been under cor
lsideration by the war committee Of
the cabinet and the following conclu
I:sions have been reached
J. az Any liquor or beverage con
taining more than 251 per cent alco
hol shall be regarded as intoxicating
liquor. ssas
"l23 The importation OF tntoxicat
Ling liquor into Canada IL prohibited
on and after Dec. "A, 1917, unless Il
shall be actually purchased on or be
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-01-03

Italian Headquarters III Northern
italy, Jan, i. The magnitude Of the
achievement Of the French troops on
the Monte Tomba region grows as
fun details are received In addition
to I,S4S men, including ~ Austrian
jofficers, several Of high rank, taken
Srisoners, and seven large guns cap
tured, the booty Includes sixty ma
chine guns. several trench quick fir-
Eers and great amount Of miscelia.
neous war material. But the chief
significance OF the stroke Is the
change from defensive to Offensive
tactics. and the stirring enthusiasm
and sureness with which the French
delivered their initial blow against
the enemy lines. Thus far the enemy
has been on the offensive. with the
Italians delivering telling defensive
blows.
IS Tide Has Turned
Now. however. the French have
turned the scale, and the enemy is
heing attacked In this sector for the
first time since they reached the Esss:
ave.
The story of the fight shows thor
oughness OF preparation and heroic
bravery in execution The scene
! was southwest OF Monte Tomba. 9
low snowless mountain Just west Of
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-01-03

& He was division counsel in ,Tennes.
see for the Richmond and Danville
Railroad company for everAl years,
during which he studied minutely ev-
cry angle of railroad operation.
a He was president and chief stock.
holder in the Knoxville Tenn. Street
Railroad company while still In his
twenties.
{ Mr.. McAdoo is 81 years old. Az I'll.
he was admitted to the bar after
studying at the University Of Tennes.
see. His first wife was Sarah Haus,
ton Fleming OF Chattanooga. Tenn,
who died In 1912. Three of their sons
are IN the navy
As secretary OF the treasury, his
most notable achievements have been
The floating o1 two Liberty Loans fol
q total 0f more than IS, 900 ;000, 900. &
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-01-03
90 + ]! { I
French III Italy Smash German q
Line; Italians Stubb rnly Resist


the Piaye where the allied iines saEn
Into the mountain reg Hon. aere The
artillery preparati ion began Saturday.
hut the main bombar "a dment beGAn ~
noon sunday and liner hcnrly
until the enemy was iuged b the
French fire.
Ii was then the crack French lyss
fantry swung forward IN steady dne1
from Osteria al Monfenera and tsrss
anime, front Of about two miles
The heaviest forces were on the right
wing, Italian and British aif1n0n ats
the same time attacked the enemy
from the air.
Resistance Was Slight
The struggle was comparatively
short and sharp with most of the
hghtir on the right WING. rh eartil-s
|iery had SO DANA ged the enc post
ions that he WAS unable ITO make
any effective resistance The French
losses were comp lively insignin-
cant.
Austrian soldiers made up the en-.
tire enemy force engaged, which ii
taken to indicate the German GOntan-
gents are being moved furth
toward the Brenta river. Il ale1 "A
hen established that 40 force6 nxa ~
Ling moved away from thia front mi
! no nav forces are being hrnnght M
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-01-03
Caught UnaWaRes

William Langwiil: II am person
ally glad that the government has
assumed control of the means Of dis
tribution for the balance of The war
There will be no more holding OF
freight cars on sidings and withhold
ing shipments Of necessaries. such as
fuel and foodstuffs. Freight will go
forward by the shortest possible lines,
preferential routes will be, disregard
ed, and the whole railway system sim
plified, as a view it, We were getting
to have a great deal of confusion in
the matter Of transporta tian, due, in
part, no doubt. to the multiplicity of
authority in various departments,
Now the power to control transporta-
ton will rest with one supreme
head. /"
John w. Martin: Il do not quite
agree with The Saturday News and
Messrs. Babcock and Slower with re-
gard to the necessity Of reserying the
farm boys, about to be selected under
1.-THE draft. for farm work in order that
production may be maintained at the
present ratio. Az I understand the
situation, basing my opinion upon
what consider the best available
evidence. there will still be. at the
disposal Of the country approximately
eighty per cent Of the normal man
power, after the forthcoming draft
lshall have completed it's selections
Ifor the military branch OF the sery-
Ice. 1t has occurred to me that With
this eighty per cent still left for the
various industries, production ought
| to be maintained without serious diff
nculty without serious detriment to
1.-THE production OF either foodstuffs or
ifother essentials. For my part 4 am
mot at all alarmed with respect to
our available labor Our farmers and
those engaged in other necessary en-
ferprises are going TO exert them
selves IN special manner to main
tain production, and they are going to
/, bring to bear fresh resources In or
der that this war may be prosecuted
Ito q successful conclusion. 4"
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-01-03
Bolsheviki Hesitating About Peace

that the allies would pay al the costs
lot the war mot only their own share.
but also Germany's.
The principle Of no indemnit ties as.
now offered by the central powers. is
q material come down, from the ear.
Iier position. IL the Russian bplshe-
Wiki makes any further Russian re-
sistance felt by the central allies, the
NEXT OLfers BY the central powers
would seem TO involve the restoration
of captured territory to its presMArE
state, including the paying OF the cost
or such restoration.
Such terms would meet the require
United States providing some proviss
would be SO unlikely aE to be practt-
caly impossible.
Nothing but disarmament however,
assures anything like even 4 pr0ba-
|bility ot avoiding future wars. Tor. as
long as nations prepare Tor war wayH
are 20 probable GO 70 amount 70 GER
taint Sass
Hence. perhaps the Russian bolahe
Wiki realizes and appreciates the sit
uation. II Il does. then there will ~
no Russian-G German peace without ~
consent Of America England and
France and III such event, With alch
q peace. ~ this time; Nonld inyolye
the acceptance 0f such terms - lll-
erica and her allies would Impose.
II IL not thought likely that x1eTs
many q vet ready f0r ~ - hich
Openly ackn0wle edges her S!efeat.
| Hence: generall srlea ~
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-01-03
Mr.. McAdOo's accomplishments

~
81 William Gifsbs McAdoo. sonin.law
03 president woodrow Wilson, holds
tWe Of the mosB important positions
in the governanent of the United
StaaA those of Secretary 0f the
Treasury and Director General Of
Railroads.. sS
Here are some Of the high spots in
the career Of this distinguished gem
tleman:
4 He buist the first tunnels under the
Hudson river, linking New York City
with New Jersey, project involving
$50 ,000, 900, hRd he did II after many
previous stteApts by other men had
failed.
AZ head OF tie Hudson & Manhat-
tan Railroad company, he was an i'm
portant factor IN developing transit
sfAciiitdes Of New York after the fHn-
snei hAA been built
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-01-03
Presidents Proclamation Taking
Over All Railroads Of Country

s$%&WEWWEE - ~ - ~ - ~ -
interests Of the government and the
financial interests of the railways must
be brought under common direc-
ton.
.sThe financial operations OF the
railways need not then interfere with
sthe borrowings of the government,
and they themselves can be conduct.
ed at greater advantage,
Investors in railway securities may
rest assured that their rights and i'm
terests will be as scrupulo ously looked
after by the government as they could
be by the directors of the several
railway systems.
Congress Asked for Guarantees.
Immediately upon the re-assem-
bling of congress shall recommend
that these definite guarantees be Civ
en-:
"First, of course, that the railway
properties will be maintained during
| the period Of federal control IN as
good repair and as complete equip
ment as when taken over by the gov
Iernment. and, second, that the roads
shall receive a net operating income
equal in each case to the average net
income Of the three years preceding
June 80, 1917.
81 am entirely confident the con-
gress will be disposed In this cane, as
| in others, to see that justice is done
and full security assured to the own
ers and creditors of the great sys-
! TENS which the government must
now use under its own direction or
lelse suffer serious embarrassment.
4 'sThe secretary of war and i are
lagreed that, all the circumstances be
ling taken into conside the best
results can be obtained under the i'm
!, mediate executive direction of Viii
hltam G. McAdoo whose practical ex
\ perience percuiarly Ats him for the
1 service and whose authority as Sec
lretary Of the treasury will enable him
4 to co-Ordinate as no other man COULD
1.-THE many financial interests which
i will,be involved and which might, un
ssiesa systematically directed. suffer
4 very embarrassing ntanglements.
/ eaiy Nation Not Rupaina Rnssis
government Of the United
Estates is tho only great governmen'
po~ engaged in the war which has
! MOI already assumed control OF this
sort.
sIt was thought to be in the spiri
of American institutions to attemp.
i ast to do everything that was necessary
through private management, and i
zeal and ability and patriotic motive
could have aacomp plished the neees
B sary unif1cation of administration i
4 would certainly have been accom-
plished;: but no zeal or ability coult
overcome insuperable obstacles, and
4 4 have deemed it my duty to recog
Inize that fact in an candor now tina
!. Lit is demonstrated and to use with ittih
q out reserve the great authority re
lposed ia me. S Il
"a great national necessity dictated
Il the action and was therefore not a
/ liberty to abstain from It. <
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-01-03

president Wilson'S decision to place
the railways Of the country under
direct federal control, with Secretary
OF the Treasury w. g. McAdoo as
director general, was announced last
Thursday. 1t is understood to be the
policy of the administration to supply
the necessary funds for Improvement
and the purchase of equipment, guar
anteeing the railroad owners a profit
equal per annum to that tef the aver
age for the last three years. AS soon
as the needed data can be gathered,
Director McAdoo will assume charge
of the direction of distribution Fed
eral control, however, should not ne.
sconfounded with federal ownership,
inasmuch as no change of ownership
is involved in the present transaction.
The precident's statement follows.-
Editor.)
81 have exercised the powers ever
the transportation systems OF the
country which were granted me by
the act of congress OF August, 1915,
because it has become imperatiyely'
necessary for me to do SO.
War OF Resources.
) +
This is war Of resources NO less
than Of men, perhaps even more than
OF men, and it is necessary for the
complete mobilization of our resonre-
les that the transportation systems OF
the country should be organized and
: employed under a single authority
and a simplified method of cosnrdina-
tion which have not proved possible
ofc,sS roo
troll II.
"The committee of railway execn-
ttives who have been cooperating
with the government in thas allsim,
.portant matter have done the utmost
that it was possible for them to do;
have done it with patriotic zeal and
with great ability; but there were
a;fficulties that they could neither es.
cape nor neMralize.S
Unable 20 Adjust Finances.
stssomplete unity of administration
in the present circumstances involNes
upcr gsasscss al, nd sas slla sy points 3
serious disIochrion Of earnings. and
the committee was, of course, With
out power or authority TO re-arrange
charges or effect proper compeHsa,
tions and adjustments or earnings
"Sewafal roads which were willing
~ and with admirable public spirii
accepting 1.-THE orders of the commit
tee already have suffered from these
circumstances and should not be re
quired to suffer further. In more
fairness 10 them the full authority
eof the government must be substi
duted.
Government the Gainer.
.a'The government itself will thereby
galn an immense increase of eff
cheney in the aanduct of the war and
Of the innumerabie activities or
which its succeRafM conduct depends
The public futerest must be frs
served, and. in aah5iitaon. the Gnancia
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-01-03

The quotations under this heading
are what they purport 70 be: caught
up by a reporter without the knoWi-
edge or consent Of the parties quoted.
Discriminatory care, however, Is se,s-
sercised concerning substantial accu-
sracy and in reproducing only those
observations to the pubIication Of
which it is believed there would be
no objection.9
JOHN Noodle: No, | don't look
Tor the war to end until the latter part
of 1918, if, indeed. it ends then. !
wouldn't be at all surprised If il goes
over until 1919, or maybe longer. The
fact Of the matter is that none Of us
knows very much about tit may end
suddenly, and In the near future, or
It may continue for two or three
years. " "
Walter L. Miller: Now that the
1owernment has formally assumed
control OF transportation during the
war, i would like to see every EN-.
ployee OF the railroads become a sort
of military employee Of Uncle Sam
during the period Of federal control.
That would simplify matters, It oc.
ours to me, SO that the government
would be able to render the most eff
ticient service possible. =
w. IA. Goyer: II felt honored. some
time age. when attending q meeting
of men represented In the lines which
I handle, to be singled out for special
mention. When we rat down to the
banquet table, ! happened to glance
at the printed menu, largely FOR the
purpose. you know. of ascertaining
what we were going to have TO eat,
and this line caught ms eye: Pass
the water to Goyer. You see. those
fellows knew I was from prohibi;
tion state and that have long occu-
pied a seat on the water wagon. and
SO I told them to come on in, the
water is fine. 4
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-01-03

81 have exercised the powers ever
the transportation systems Of the
county which were granted me by
the act of congress OF August, 1916.
because it has become imperatiyely
necessary for me to do SO.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-01-23
FORTUNATE FLORIDA

More and more the war is begin
ming to pinch the people of the Uni
ted States. The latest and by far the
most acute reflection of the war is
the fuel crisis which has resulted in
a drastic order for conservation OF
the coal supply, Here in Florida we
will suffer very little Inconvenience
or discomfort from this order, or
from the fuel situation in general
Throughout the North, however,
tlere has been much suffering, es-
pecially in the homes of the poor.
This winter has been an exceptional
1v severe one and even in normal
times would have been attended by
great distress among the poor, Peo-
ple of all classes, however, are now
snbiect to war conditions and the
wealthy have been forced to sacrifice
much of their customary luxury. 1t
NAV be said, however, that they are
making the sacrifice cheerfully and
are cooperating with the administra-
ton to the limit of their ability.
Here in Florida we are fortunately
located Although the winter has
been correspOndingly severe here the
contrast between this and the North
orn States is great. In the first place.
we have been subjected to only an
uncomfortable degree of cold, While
in the North the suffering has been
intanse. carrying with it the menace
os death Lack of fuel there is a
traqadv hut the masses Of the people
have been forced to content them
sa,ves with meagre heating faclllties'
nil stoves have very largely replaced
staam heating in below zero BELTS
Here in Florida we have abundance
Of fuel and no intense cold. we
have not suffered from the cold, al
though we may have experienced a
little discomfort
The recent order of the fuel admin
istrator may close our theaters one
dow a week and may suspend opera
tions in a few industrial plants that
denend on coal fuel, but we should
cheerfully submit to the trivial sacri-
fee, if sacrifice It can be termed
ST. Augustine Record.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-01-23
CENTRAL POWERS ARE WELL
PREPARED FOR AMERICA

Amsterdam, Jan. 23.-"I do moi
know the Americans, nor do I know
Wnat they are capable of doing IN
this war" said General Won Stein
Prnssian minister Of war in an in.
terView, In a recent issue of the
Budapest Hirlap. The general is
quoted, however. as declaring that
the Central Powers were well pre-
pared for meeting America.
The war minister said he did NOT
regard air fighting as a decisive fac
TOR. He had heard of extensive
American plans in this connection.
But he said, much depends upon
what the American engineers can
do, and still more depends upoa
whether efficient, experienced crews
can be obtained by them"
Speaking Of the present situation.
General Won Stein said:
"All humanity desires peace and
naturally So do /. AS soldier.
knew only one possibility for end.
ing the war, and that is victory. Ev-
cry renunciation is only a sign of
weakness and an Acknowledgement
OF defeat. He who renounces the
fruits Of his successes on the battle
fields puts the enemy in a position
to consider himself victor and
helps him in his plans for destruc-
ton. There is no sign of desire
for an understanding on the part OF
our enemies. Their entire attitude
shows their only aim still is to push
us from our place in the sun.
"ln reality, a military decision has
already been obtained. When our
enemies recognize that they cannot
drive us out Of the occupied terri
tory they will thereby admit that
they have been defeated"
7 General Won Stein asserted that
She moving and decisive power is
the individual man." and he de-
Iclared the Germans were not afraid
cf the wonders of technical science
"There are, for instance" he said
"the tanks, which made their first
appearance in the Somme battle. AT
first we naturally did not know how
10 destroy them. My soldiers even
climbed on top OF them and tried to
blow them open with hand grenades.
But we soon learned that there was
only one deadly weapon against
them, namely, our guns"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-01-23
INCREASING REPORTS COMING
IN Of GREAT INDUSTRIAL
UNREST IN AUSTRIA VHFRF
SITUATION is SERIOI|S
BOASTS LARGEST
GRAIN ELEVATOR IN WORLD

chicago, Jan. 23.-The citv nov.
beasts the largest grain elevator IN
the world-the Chicago and North,
western Railroad Company's tarmi.
nal elevator at Irondale, suburh
"nich was opened the first of tba
year. 1t is operated by the Armour
Grain Company.
Inc elevator has trackage capac.
lty OF 1880 cars; it has 95 storage
pins IN the working house which
will hold $4,000 bushels of Grain
and the cleaning and clipping canac.
ity is L25o,OOO bushels dallv. This
storage house proper has 1o4 tanks
with a capacity Of 4,3S3,OOO bushels
and provision for future, storage Of
5'SoS'oOO bushels. Still another
house near the storage house has a
capacity of 77S.oOO bushels.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-01-23
POISONOUS POLLEN TO KILL
THE WHEAT SENT TO AMERICA

San Francisco, Jan. 22.--Ger-
many's latest attempt to destroy the
wheat crop of California and other
States has taken the form of ship
1ent to this country Of powerful
Poisonous pollen to be distributed by
German agents in such a manner as
to kill the output of this State, ac-
cording to a bulletin issued today
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-01-23
by Associated Press. J

~ Jan. 23.-Sinee the dis
1'ioh OF the Constituent Assembly
Tue disappearance of any imme-
0 nope for reconciling the striv.
political parties, public atten-
IN north Russia is centered on
''eau shortage. and the lack Of
'Ooostuffs, the breakdown of
!, 'poftation and commercial stag
'OH as the result of the closing
anAs' Moscow, Petrograd, and all
,afser north Russian cities have
little bread.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-01-23

ords at bat and in the field show to
better advantage than either Cutshaw
of Brooklyn or Doyle of Chicago. OF
this trio Cutshaw has the best batting
average but Rawlings fielding puts
him to the fore with a total of GIG to
Cutshaw's eli and Doyles SOB.
At third base Groh, of Cincinnati.
leads the field by comfortable mar
gin. He batted .304 and fielded .966
for a grand average OF .635 His
nearest rival is Zimmerman, of New
York, who is thirteen points below
the Cincinnati player Zimmermans
figures show that he batted seven
points below Groh and fielded nine.
teen points below the season average
of the winner of the place.
The position of shortstop is earned
by another star, in the person of
Hornsby, of st. Louis. He is twen-
ty-fve points better than his nearest
rival Fletcher, of New York. Olson
of Brooklyn and Maranville of Bos-
ton finished right at the heels of
Fletcher but neither threatens the
first place laurels of Hornsby. The
latter hit 1927 and felded .939 for
the 1917 season giving him a grand
average of .633.
For the outfeld, Roush of Cincin-
natl; Wheat, Of Brooklyn and Kauff,
of New York form the leading trio.
Burns, of New York, Cary of Pitts
burgh, and Neale, of Cincinnati show
UP well but none of them could wrest
place from the first three men.
toned. Roush is six points better
han Wheat while Kauff falls three
points below the latter's average.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-01-23
WHY THE UNITED STATES
IS THE RICHEST NATION

There are twice as many cattle
and swine in the United States as
in any other country. with q total
value of live stock products Of more
than $4,000, 100000.
The corn crop is ten times greater
than that Of any other country.
The wheat crop is bigger than that
of any rival.
The cotton output is more than
half the worlds supply.
The coal production of nearly halt
a billion tons Is twice that of Brit
ain, our nearest competitor.
The oil production of nearly 3O0.-
100000 barrels is twice that of Rus
sia which ranks second
The output of iron and steel is
twice that Of Germany, our nearest
rival.
In manufactured goods last year,
our output was more than $685.
100000, 900.
The balance OF exports over i'm
ports amounted to over $4,000.
100000.
The gold reserve of about $1,000
100000 is more than one-third of
the worlds total.
The wealth is more than $4,000
for every man, woman and child In
the country.
The railroad mileage Is more than
double that Of all Europe.
The total wealth of Britain, Ger
many and France amounts to S227,-
500, 100000. That of the United
States aggregates $3.50, 900, ,OO0,O 900.