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The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-13
Social Doings

The Willing Workers of the Mora
Wan church will hold regular meet
ing this evening at the church par
sonage.
Miss May Humphrey, Lafayette
street, entertained friends at her home
Thursday evening. Miss Humphrey
will leave Saturday for Milwaukee
where she will enter Normal school.
The Misses Title and Hilda Kaliebe
celebrated their birth anniversaries by
entertaining friends at their home in
Center street Thursday evening. The
following were present: Mrs. Erwin
Gottschalk, Misses Helen Klemann,
Alma Ebert Emma Sell, Esther Bub-
1itz, Dora Geise, Edna Nickels, Ruth
Schumacher.
Miss Selma Neitzel entertained at
"bunco" Thursday evening at her
home in Rockwell street. Luncheon
was served. The guests included Mrs.
G.. R. Acker, Mrs. Forrest Richards,
Eau Claire, Mrs. Henry Miller, Misses
Elsa Schempf, Selma Spohn, Kittie
Wick, Ruth Cruger, Ellen Schmutzler,
Helen Schultz. Mabel Triplett, Ruth
Kopfer, Florence Heismann
The marriage of Miss Rebecca Lau-
renS daughter of Mrs William r
Love of Washington, D. c., to Mr.. Will
liam F. Notz, son of DR.. and Mrs. F.
w. A. Notz of Milwaukee, is annOunc-
ed. The marriage took place in Wash
ington, where the groom holds a po-
sition in the department of commerce
The groom was former professor al
Northwestern college. A host of Wa
tertOwn friends extend their most
hearty congratulations
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-13
At the Theatres

May Allison in "The Winning of
Sunday.
Tonight at the Classic the first of
the six Boy Scout pictures will be
seen. Six reels of good pictures will
be run every Friday A percentage
of the ticket sale the Boy Scouts sell
themselves will be given to them. No
money from tickets sold at the box
office goes to the Scouts, so anyone
wishing to purchase tickets for the
show should do so by seeing one OF
the Boy Scouts at once. Call 557-j
designated place.
Though Gloria Swanson was known
to be a very clever comedy actress in
! keystone comedies, very few sus-
lpected that she possessed the emo
tional depth and histrionic power to
perform roles of a serious order. In
I"You Can't Believe Everything" SEIZED
uled for the Majestic Saturday, Miss
Swanson duplicates her first triumph
She appears in the featured role OF
Patria Reynolds, an attractive young
the rage of fashionable summer
colony.
There is a thrilling scene in the new
Triangle play, Station Content" to be
shown at the Classic Saturday. Gloria
Swanson, the heroine, has the role OF
an emergency telegraph operator at a
lonely station During heavy storm
the trestle is struck by lightning. "Spe-
cial No. IA" is headed for it at TOP
speed. Miss Swanson is seen riding on
a gas tricycle. with red lantern in an
endeavor to save the train. After
stopping the train, she lets the tri
cycle plunge into chasm and she her
self crumples in a heap.
At the Classic Sunday and Monday
one of the best of Metro releases viii
be shown, Revelation" with with
Madame Nazimoxa in the leading role
This is a graphic story, told with
trenchant emphasis and f1awless con
tinuity, leading up to gripping eli
max From a Partisan cabaret dancer
Ito a madonna in a clOister is stu
pendous leap, but the gulf is spanneC
by the heroine of Revelation" The
story evolves rather slowly at first
but when it reaches the point Of
gripping heart interest it starts the
tears flowing like swiftly falling rain
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-13
LUTHERANS GATHER
At CHURCH HOME
HERE ON SUNDAY
Annual Pilgrimage To Home For
Predetermined Will Take Place
September 15-PatriOtic
Address.

The annual pilgrimage of T.utherans
from twenty-five congregations in the
Missouri and Wisconsin synods will
take place on next Sunday, September
Is. The meeting will take place at the
Home for Predetermined and will at
tract a large number of people, es-
pecially from Milwaukee. The festival
up since the starting of the Home in
WATERFOWL. The meeting will be of a
patriotic nature and a patriotic ad-
dress will be delivered by Rev. H. w.
Meyer, of Wilmette, Ill. The statis-
teal report of the Home will be made
tendent of the Home. The report will
show that the work has been carried
out at the Home most successfully.
The Rev. F. Weerts Of West Allis, sup
erintendent of the Home for Homeless
Children in Milwaukee will deliver an
address in the afternoon dealing with
the work he is doing for the homeless
child.
Refreshments, including ice cream
and cake will be served on the grounds
and the public is invited to be present
and participate in the program and
visit the institution
The Lutherans are planning to raise
100000 which will be used in sup
porting chaplains, camp pastors and
the like in the army and in camps
The Soldiers and Sailors Bulletin, a
monthly magazine, is being sent to
every Lutheran soldier. Every two
weeks sermon is sent to every Luth-
eran boy in France. Testaments and
prayer books are sent to them.
A committee of four members from
each of the four local congregations
has been selected and will have charge
of the Sunday affair Plans are under
way for a big day.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-13
ELECT OFFICERS.
knights of Columbus sHOId Annual
Meeting.

Officers were elected at the annual
meeting Of Watertown Council No.
1478, Knights Of Columbus, as follows
Grand Knight-Henry Winkler
Deputy Grand knight = Baldwin
Roth.
ChancellOr-Ray Higgins.
Recorder-Hiram Wedemeyer
Financial Secretary-E W. Reich
ardt
Treasurer jennings
AdVOcate-W. j. Collins
Warden-R. F. Mclaughlin
Inside Guard-E D. Stack
Outside Guard-J. Ruesch
Trustees-E. j. O'Byrne, Frank Cd
gers, William E. Kelley.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-13
High School Notes

-
Nothing has as yet been done to-
ward the selection of the staff for: the
year book which the seniors publish,
but this will be carried out in the
course of a few weeks. 5l..
The juniors have elected the follow
ing class officers:
Honorary President-Fred Tanck,
Camp Logan, Ill.
Acting President-Adley Pieritz.
Vice President-Arthur Schumacher.
Secretary-John Day. ~.
Treasurer-Miss Francis Skinner.
A number of changes have been
made in the faculty Miss Bernadette
Carry has taken the place of Miss
Helen Lambert. Mrs. Davey Hall is in
structOr in English; T. B. Ferguson,
commercial instructor; Miss Louise
Stallmann, geometry, and Miss Kath-
ryn Wright, English teacher, succeed
ing Miss Elsie Burke ~ "
Inc attendance at the WatertOWn
high school now is 312, compared to
$50 at the same time last year. The
sophomore class year was the largest
with more than 100 pupils, but to date
about rs entered as juniors.
The seniors have elected the follow
ing class officers for the ensuing
year:
Hornory President-Wallace Buff
mire, Great Lakes Naval Station.
Acting Observation-Disclosures King.
Vice PreSident-Fred Henke.
Secretary-Miss Mary Scion.
TreaSurer-ArnOld Simdars.
High school athletes are all contrib
uting their strength toward the making
of good football team. Coach Thomas
has again taken over athletic work
and good football machine is sure to
be produced. This year new ma
chine must be built, but as Coach
Thomas put it, That's the beauty of
the game"
l. Through graduation tho following
men were lost: Kenneth Archie, left
end, Earl Archie, right end, Kaminski,
left halfback, and Wegemann. Bentzin,
Woodland and Buffmire have not re-
| turned to school This leaves but four
| VETS Adley Pieritz, Raymond Boett-
cher, Fred Henke and John Maerzke
The following candidates have report
ed for practice: Fred Bo ettcher, Her
bert Kohl, John Kings, Arnold Now
ack, Vernon Etscheid, Fred Huebner
Arthur Friedrich and Carl Grams. The
line will be almost as heavy as that
of last year, but will not have the
speed of last years squad.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-13
News of the Boys

Mrs. Carl Timm, 1914 Lisbon street,
liam A. Timm, that he has arrived
safely overseas. .. 'a"'t
Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel HaZenOW.
1922 River drive, have received word
from their son Emanuel telling of his
safe arrival overseas. 80
Mrs. Mic Bruegger, GA Cady street,
received postal card today stating
that her son, Sergeant Edward Brueg-
ger, has arrived safely overseas.
Isador Fendt underwent an opera
ton today at Camp Stuart, Va for
appendicitis and it is reported success
full He is son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Fendt of this city.
julius Schilling is in receipt of a
letter from his son, Private George
Schilling, with Co. d, 120 M. G. B. in
France. He writes in part:
l want to let you know that I am
still we'll and am feeling good Also
that we are not in the same sector
anymore, but are in a much more ex-
citing sector and hot after the huns
We got them on the run now and hope
they will never stop until they get to
Berlin. We are now in a sector called
Chateau Thierry and it is all open
warfare here and no trenches. The
only shelter we got is small hole
which we have to dig as soon as we
guns. When they get the, huns on an
open field then the cavalry chases the
life out of them, and gee, they GER
tainly can run some all right, take it
from me. l have met two Of my old
WatertOwn friends already while in
this sector. They were Sunny Archie
and kleck boy. What do you know
about it? The Germans even tie some
of their men to machine guns to make
them fight. They are too heavy for
them to run away with SO they fight
until they are killed or taken prisoner
The huns are awful scared of the
Americans alright Our medical lieu
tenant told us that he dressed a
wound on a German sergeant and he
told him that they never. have fought
as they did in this drive and that the
German officers can't keep them from
retreating. The Germans have also got
women at their, machine guns. We
know this is true because we saw it
with our own eyes. Whatever I write
here is about things that 1 have seen
myself. You have no idea how things
look around here. butvYe1 see things
now which we. never seen before or
expected to see, It's a fright the way
the dead huns lay around here in
heaps. We passed a PLACE where they
in when they fought and. that was
chucked with dead huns. Il think if
| We had automobiles OF, even motor
cycles then we could keep up with
them more easily, but this way we
must walk a whole day before we can
| catch up again. We don't go around
the roads. anymore; it's to far; we go
across country.
Before I close l want to tell you
about one day when we were sitting
in small shelter holes alongside Of a
road and the Germans were sending
over some shells. One landed in the
road near where we were and killed
poor fellow about six or seven feet
from me and almost covered me with
dirt. Then thought it time to get out,
SO 1 did, but don't worry, we are still
all here yet; that man was not from
our company
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-13
UNIVERSITY man
TALKS TO RETAILERS
SELLING PROBLEMS
r.. N. Blackman Delivers First of Six
Addresses Before Retail Mer.
chants and SalespeOple
Wednesday Evening.

| r. N Blackman Of the University of
Wisconsin talked to about 100 mer-
chants and salespeople at the city
hall Wednesday evening on the inter-
esting subject of Retail Selling"
This is the first of six addresses. Ev-
cry Wednesday evening at the city hall
for the next five weeks addresses will
be delivered. The speaker was graft
! fed at the showing for the first meet
| ing and said it was the biggest at
tendance he had spoken to for a long
time. Salespeople in local department
stores were well represented and
many merchants were present.
Retail stores form the connecting
link with the consumer and on the
salespeOple the responsibilities of good
service rests" Mr.. Blackman said.
"The position that a saleswoman holds
down at this time is as dignified a one
as that of a teacher or office girl
Years ago the saleswoman had but one
thought about the business-that was
to sell the goods, but today service
stands out as the important factor.
Retail merchants greatest competi-
tor is mail order houses and recently
l made an investigation on the matter
to see whether it is more profitable to
buy from a mail order house than
your local merchant. found that your
local merchant could sell you goods
just as cheap as one buys from a mail
order house." he declared.
Merchants today must contend
with the everlasting subject of Why is
this so much higher now?' and really
some customers ask this question in
real earnestness," he said.
Mr.. Blackman explained the differ
ence between bundle wrappers and
real salespeople and the speaker
clearly brought out the distinction.
Service to the public will apply
most strongly to shoe salesman and
druggist" he said The former can
avoid 95 per cent of the foot troubles
by selling to a customer the right
kind of shoes.
Selling by suggestion should be
practiced by ALL This system can be
| used in all departments and always
sales have been materially increased
by so doing. The one thing that must
| be done is to create new and perma-
nent business" he said at the close of
his address. t IT,.
Next Wednesday evening the second
| lesson on retail selling will be taken
up. Mail order houses and competi-
ton in general will probably be dealt
| with.
The speaker urged the saving of
date, apricot, olive and cherry pits
and cocoanut shells for the making of
gas masks. The stones and shells con-
tain the finest grades of carbon and
charcoal and are needed badly for
that purpose now About 800 tons OF
stones and shells are needed and Wa
tertown can fall in line and contrib
ute some of this.
The story was brought out at this
time as he thought it oppotrune since
there were so many grocery employees
present. Other cities have begun the
move, of conserving these shells.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-13
SAVE the NUT SHUCKS
AND ALSO THE PITS

The Jefferson County Council of De
Tense is sending out notices from the
government asking the people to save
all peach, plum, apricot and prune
pits and also hickory nut, butternut
and walnut shucks. Charcoal made
from these pits and shucks are need
ed to make gas masks for the boys in
France Every one save them in sep
arate boxes, that is shucks in one end,
pits in the other, and later cOllec-
ton of the same will be made and sent
where needed.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-13
BUFFETS TO PLAY BALL
SUNDAY AT WAUPUN

The Interurban Bullets made such
good showing at Waupun last Sunday
that the fans of that place have de-
manded a return game and the Buff
fets will journey to the prison city
Sunday and accommodate them. The
Bullets trimmed the Waupuns Sunday
to / in an eleven inning game and
with Casey and H. Schumann in the
points expect to duplicate the trick.
knight and Cunningham will probably
work for Waupun. A number of root
ers will accompany the local team.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-13
NO GASOLINE ON SUNDAY
MUST OBEY THE RULE

Owners and drivers of vehicles US
ing gasoline for fuel are notified that
the rule regarding Sunday observ-
ance is till in force. A message re-
ceived by Mayor ,Mulberger from the
state fuel administrator states that
city officials are required to take the
number of the auto or other gasoline
using vehicle not Obeying the Sunday
rule, and report to the fuel admins
traitor at Milwaukee.
Keep your cars at home on Sunday
and help win the war. If you don't,
you are a Stacker unless you have re-
ceived permission to do so in case of
extreme necessity.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-13
BAND OF JACk|ES
FROM GREAT LAKES
TO Be HERE TUESDAY
Judge Martin L. Lueck of Juneau and
Attorney Dan II. Grady Of POr-
tage Will Speak At
Noon.

Judge Martin L. Lueck Of Juneau
and Attorney Dan H. Grady of Portage
tertown on Tuesday, probably close to
the noon hour No details are known
at this time except that Jackie band
of SO pieces from the Great Lakes ma
val training station will be in the
city at the same time. ....
The band and speakers who are like
ly making a tour of this section Of the
state, will reach here in the morning
and will remain until early in the af-
ternOOn r.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-13
Room For Rubber Goods.

Rubber goods can now be left at the
store east of Stapleton's pharmacy and
ample rom is now provided for all
that one may bring. The money re-
ceived from the sale of this old rubber
will be turned over to the chairman of
the Watertown chapter for French
orphans, who in turn will forward this
to the main branch.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-13
MANY REGISTER
FOR UNCLE SAM

Thursday, September IL, was reg
istration day for men between the
ages of Is and 81 and 81 and 46. At
every polling place in the city men
were on duty to register the men be-
tween these ages for service with the
United States overseas or at home.
The day was very quiet one in Wa
tertown. The saloons were closed all
day until in the evening and no dis
turbances occurred nor were any ar
rests made The number of registrants
in each ward is given below with the
number of aliens as reported:
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-13
Flying Squadron Foundation.

At the English M E. church next
Sunday at 8 p. M Mr.. Oliver w. Stew
art of Chicago will be in Watertown
and speak to the, people of this city
and surrounding country in behalf of
the work the Flying Squadron Founda-
ton is doing in the United States.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-13
THE WEATHER

For Wisconsin = Mostly cloudy
weather tonight and Saturday, prob
ably showers in south portion to-
night, somewhat warmer tonight in
south and east-central portions; cool
er Saturday in north potion. Coolest
during last night 40; warmest today 70.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-13
OVERCOME BY GAS,
Travelling Man at Commercial Hotel
Accidentally Turns On Gas.

T. j. Little of Milwaukee accident
ally turned on the gas early this morn
ing in his room at the Commercial ho-
tel and was partially overcome. He
was taken to st. Mary's hospital for
treatment
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-13
Speaks at Mission Festival.

Prof. S. Probst of Northwestern
college will deliver a sermon in the
evening at the annual mission festival
Sunday at Lake Mills of the Evan
gelical Lutheran St. Paul's church
Services will also be conducted in the
forenoon and afternoon "s'
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-13
Child Stricken.

Lyman G.. Murray, age four years,
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Murray, was
stricken in Milwaukee on Thursday
and unable to walk. He was taken to
a hospital where an X-Ray picture
was taken to determine the cause.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-13

Big Harvest dance at the
Turner Saturday, September IA.
Pat Neitzel's Jass band. Cat
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-13

The registration in Jefferson coun-
ty totalled 4OS1
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-22
RatiOniEg Cards Favored
In Gasoline Conservation

In the st. Paul CMinn) Dispatch the
following is printed: The federal fuel
administration hopes to effect n saving
of two gallons of gasoline a week for
each automobile through the Sunday
inhibition. making a total saving OF
100000 gallons. This is a consdera bls
saving and quite worth while. But could
not at least that much be saved by
means rational and popular than Direc,
tor Garfields suggestion? Through a
card system limiting the purchase %
gasoline a much larger conservation
could be effected without cutting Off
outing and recreation on the only day
open to large numbers of the people. As
long as the Sunday prohibition is volun,
tary. at this stage, would il not he bet
ter TO pledge motorists TO voluntary
reduction of gasoline consumption
amounting at least TO two gallons each
week, leaving to their judgment and de.
sires when they shall use the amount
now held to be reasonable and permissa.
BILE? Why undertake the saving on the
one holiday of the week. when It can
be secured just as effectualiN, Just al
cheerfully and just as patriotically in
other ways that are more practical morei
rational and more popular"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-22
The Filthy German.

Joseph H. Odell in The Outlook ::
Why do Americans persist in dif-
ferentiating between the German
military caste and the German peo-
pie: They were ordinary Boche
regiments which held Chateau
Thierry. and when their evacuation
OF the place became obviously neces-
sary, they set about to destroy and
pollutc everything within reach.
Remember, this is not hearsay; |
went into Chateau Thierry on the
heels of the American advance and
saw things with my own eyes. Every
available, Hunnish, fiendish. filthy
thing that men could do these Huns
did in Chateau Thierry ust before
they left. The streets were Uttered
with the private possessions OF the
citizens thrown through the WIN
dows; every bureau and chiffonier
drawer was riiled and its contents
destroyed: in the better class houses
the paintings were ripped and the
yuma anu llOlNS4dill NIlldSHNd, lui
liture was broken or hacked; mir
rors were shivered into a thousand
fragments; mattresses and uphol-
stery were slashcd; richly bound
books were ripped; in fact, there
was hardly thing in the city left
intac;. The houses OF the poor, in
which the German privates had been
billeted were Just as badly pillaged
and devastated as the homes of the
well-to-do. The church, grand
enough for a cathedral, had not been
spared Its paintings and altars
and crucifixes and stations OF the
cross had been ruthlessly battered
md defiled. Yet even this does nol
tell the story-a story which cannot
be told to people who respect de-
cency-for the Germans left tokens
OF physical and mental obscenity in
every house | visited. and | entered
scores. If all hell had been let loose
in choice suburban town for half
day, it could not have put its OBJ
scene and diabolical mark on a place
more unmistakably v than the Ger
mans put theirs on Chateau Thierry.
| stood amazed that there could be
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-22
Passenger Traffic.

McAlester NewS-Capital. he
railroad passenger traffic is unsatis
factory to 4 large part OF the trav'
cling public The railroad admin
istration recognizes that fact and Is
not at all coQcerned about It. 1t
might not be quite fair to say that
the administration wants the serv-
ice to be unsatisfactory: Director
Mchdoo insists on travellers beng
treated courteously, and on trains
being operated as efficiently as pos
siblc. At the same time the director
makes it plain that the public has
misunderstood the situation. lhe
government does not want the pub
lie to travel Il wants people to stay
at home. 1t has raised railroad fares
not so much to increase its revenue
as to deter travelling by making 1t
expensive. 1t has sought the same
end in eliminating trans.
The smaller the number OF pas
sengerS who travel explains Mr..
McAdoo. the greater the number
OF locomotives and cars and the
larger the amount OF track and
terminal facilities that will be freed
for essential troop and war material
Among the many pa
triotic duties OF the American public
at this time is the duty to refrain
from travelling unnecessarily, Every
man. woman and child who can
avoid using passenger trains should
do So"
Carrying soldiers is far more inn
Dortant than carrying civilians. Nov
ing freight is far more important
than moving people. We are urged
10 transact distant business by mail
)r wire, avoid railroad pleasure trips
and spend cur travel money Tor Lib
,rty Bonds. 1t is good and neces-
.ary advice.