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VOL. LVU. AMERICAN AVIATORS IN A GERMAN AIR RAID U. S. AIRMEN Rflifl EER ANY American Army Officers Help Drop Bombs on Important Military Positions. FRENCH MACHINES ARE USED No Casualties Among Yankee Aviators Have Been Reported—More of Pershing’s Troops Enter the Trenches. With the American Army In France, Nov. 14. —American army aviators have participated in bombing raids over Ger many and have been doing observation duty at various points of the battle line. The aviators are officers of the regular army, one of whom had been flying before the United States entered the war. Others of them are men who have been on duty at training centers. On the bombing raids the Americans have been carried in French planes as bombers and observers and have been gaining a wealth of experience, which In the future will assist them, as well as the new members of the air service who are are to arrive. Hit important Points. Some of the Americans were In sev eral recent raids in which bombs were dropped on German positions of mili tary Importance* In observation work the Americans have been acting both as observers and pilots, flying in French machines. This work has been done at many points, but none of the machines carry ing American aviators has flown over the sector where the American troopers are entrenched. Numbers of French machines have been turned over to the Americans for their own use. No casualties among the American airmen have been reported, although enemy airplanes have fired heavily upon them. The allied officers are enthusiastic over the work of the American flyers and are of the unanimous opinion that they are combining the daring of the British flyers and the technique of the French airmen. All the operations in which the Americans took part have in a meas ure been In the nature of instruction. Third Quota in Trenches. The second American detachments to enter the trenches have returned to their billets. The relief was accom plished successfully without the knowledge of the Germans. The third series of battalions now is occupying the first line, having marched in on a brilliant star-lit night. ' Among the return and troops is the company which bore the brun of the raid on the trenches by German shock troops. The battalions in the trenches had a good tasie of shellfire during the first hours, the Germans using their artillery more heavily than usual and continuing steadily and the American batteries replying energetically. Active Patrolling. There has been active patrolling in No Man’s Land by the Americans and the enemy, but no clash between pa trols has so far been reported. It is the opinion of all the officers that the troops are bearing up excel lently under their first experiences in the trenches. OHIO OFFICERS - ARE HELD Mayor and Aids Arrested for Seizing Railroad’s Coal. Cleveland, 0.. Nov. 14. —The federal grand Jury reported indictments against Mayor Carmichael of Wil loughby, O.; Prosecuting Attorney George C. von Bessler and Marshals James Barnes and Grant Lamos for impeding interstate commerce ship ments and for conspiracy to commit such acts. All are charged with seiz ing New York Central railroad coal November 1 and 2. MORE SUFFRAGISTS IN JAIL Banners Torn From White House Pick ets by Crowd. Washington. Nov. 14. —Thirty-one militants with banners appeared be fore the White House again and arrested. The crowd of spectators was not so good humored as those which have watched most of the other dem onstrations recently and ten of the women had their banners torn from them before the police took charge. Associate of J. J, Hill Is Dead. St. Paul, I-linn., Nov. 14. —Dennis Mark Sullivan, seventy-six years old, pioneer railroad builder and business associate of the late James J. Hill, died here. $310,000,000 for France. Washington, Nov. 14.—The treasury department extended a credit of $310.- 000.000 to France covering expeditures for November and December. This bring*, th total for the allies uo lu $3^76,400,000. THE WATERTOWN NEWS BAKERYJUUS FIXED Food Board Announces Weight Units for Bread Loaves. Administration Makes Public Regula tions Under Which Bakeries Will Be Permitted to Operate. Washington. Nov. 14. —Following the Issuance of the general orders licens ing all bakeries, the food administra tion made public the rules and regula tions under which bakeries will oper ate. The most important provide that the licensees must not: Buy. contract for, sell, store or otherwise handle or deal In any food commodities to un reasonably Increase the price or re strict supply or attempt to locally or generally monopolize commodities; de stroy any bakery products; waste or wilfully permit deterioration of prod ucts ; accept returns of bread or other bakery products, make cash payments or allow credit to any retailer for any unsold bread or other bakery prod ucts “or exchange any of them for other bread or bakery products which he has sold.” Bread must be made and sold only In the specified weights’ or multiples of 16-ounce units which must not run over 17 ounces and 24-ounce units which must not run over 25% ounces. In both cases net weights, unwrapped. 12 hours after baklne. Each unit of twin or multiple loaves must conform to these weight requirements. Rolls must be In units weighing from one to three ounces, but no rolls manufac tured or offered for sale shall weigh unwrapped. 12 hours after baking. less than one ounce or more than three ounces. These standards are to be determined by averaging weights of 25 loaves or five dozen rolls of each unit. In mixing dough for bread or rolls on the unit basis of IDG pounds of any flour, meal or mixture, bakers must not use more than three pounds of cane or beet sugar, or in lieu of them. 3% pounds of corn sugar; nor more than six pounds of fresh milk from which butter fats have been extracted; nor use any shortening except not ex ceeding two pounds of compounds con taining not more than 15 per cent of animal fats, or, instead, not more than two pounds of vegetable fats. Where sweetened condensed milk is used. Its added sugar content shall be deducted from the net sugar allowed. Sugars or fats are not to be added to the dough during the making process or to the bread or rolls, when baked. FRENCH CABINET IS OUT Resignation of Ministry of Premier Painleve Followed Its Defeat in Chamber of Deputies. Paris, Nov. 14. —The ministry of Premier Painleve resigned. Resigna tion followed its defeat in the cham ber of deputies by a vote of 277 to 186. After the government had obtained a restricted but sufficient majority on the question of confidence in its military and diplomatic policy, a de termined attempt was made to bring on a discussion of current scandals, including the accusations of L’Action Francaise of a royalist plot and against former Minister or the Inter ior Malvy, but Premier Painleve de manded a postponement of the inter pellations until November 30. when the interallied conference would be finished. A postponement was then made a question of confidence and the cham ber. by a vote of 377 to IS6, in which the right joined the cabinet’s oppo nents, refused £o acquiesce in the premier’s demand. Thereupon the ministers left the chamber and went to the Elysep palace and resigned. Deputy Mlllerand advocated the ap pointment of a generalissimo for th'> allies. "W do not doubt that tb“ United States, whose troops have been sum moned to fi'dit upon this front, will give its adhesion to this council.” said Painleve. “Negotiations concern ing the other fronts will u’tlmately be carried on with Russia and Japan.” The premier said the British and Vrench commanders in chief had come to an arrangement for an extension of the British front at an early date, which it would be injudicious to men tion exactly. ALL GERMAN RAIDS FAIL French Repulse Teutons During At tacks Near Reims. Paris, Nov. 14. —“In the region north, west and east of Reims the Germans, after lively bombardments, carried out several raids,” says the official an nouncement. “Their efforts brought them no success.” London. Nov. 14.—The British offi cial communication says: “British troops carried out a suc cessful raid against a hostile post southeast of Nleuport. A number of Germans were killed and several were taken prisoner. The entire raiding party returned. “The enemy attacked one of our posts northeast of Armentieres, but was repulsed by rifle and machine gun fire. The hostile artillery developed grtftt activity northeast of Ypres.” tKSOOOOOOOOOOOOO<X>OOOOOOOOO g This Is the Man Who g g Sank the Lusitania | OOOOOCOOOOOCHXJOOOOOOOOOOOO Captain Lieutenant Schwieger, com mander of the submarine that sank the Lusitania. This British official pic ture Is the first to reach this country and to show the Identity of the man who commanded the U-boat that sent women and children to their deaths. His name and identity were definitely revealed when the kaiser recently be stowed upon Schwieger the Order of Merit for his terrible deed. m ■■■■"■■ —.-■■■ / K=g=sa===a aaai ' ' 7 ~ viOOD IN THE ARMY Men Prominent In College Athletlee Rise Rapidly in the Serv ice. Boulder, Colo. —University of Col orado athletes will soon find good use for the training they received in school sports here. Word has been received of the arrival “somewhere In France” of two former football stars of the state university, and of two others who were prominent In athletics here. Elbrldge Gerry Chapman, captain of last year’s varsity eleven, went to the Fort Riley officers’ reserve camp early In the summer and is now a captain In the regular army. Eddie Evans, whg was elected cap tain of this year’s football squad, but who retired from school to seek fame In Uncle Sahi s' fighting forces, has been made a second and letters received here disclose the fact that he is “over there” somewhere. Horace P. Wells and Chauncej 7 Ben nett, both prominent in athletics at Boulder, have been accepted in the aviation corps and are believed to be “across the pond.” UNCLE SAM BUILDING BIG NAVAL SANITARIUM Los Animas, Colo. Uncle Sam’s largest recuperation camp for the sick and wounued sail ors of the United States navy will be St Fort Lyons, near here, when new additions now under construction are completed. At present the sanitarium accom modates 250 patients, but work is being rapidly pushed on the construction of buildings that will make it possible to care for between 5,000 and 6,000 marines and sailors who are incapacitat ed through tuberculosis and oth er diseases. The cost of the work will be about $2,000,(XX). Dr. F. H. Ames, who is in charge of the Fort Lyons sani tarium, says that the 4,000-foot altitude of the site makes it an Ideal location for the care of those afflicted with the great white plague, and declares the government plans to make the camp the finest of its kind in the world. POISONED FISH FOR RATS Authorities at Somerville, Mass, In War With invading Army of Rodents. Somerville, Mass.—Poisoned fish fop pesky rats. The city dump here Is headquarters for a rat army which has invaded the city. The authorities are carrying on a franc-tlrem- warfare against the In vaders, and the enemy has been ex acting reprisals on family larders. Householders are fearing that the cold weather will drive the rodents away from the dump to some more private and exclusive domicile. Poisoned fish will be scattered about the dump and boys will police the vi cinity to keep children, dogs and cats from interfering with the rats’ re past. Chinese Ambulance. One of the reasons why the people of the Occident are generally disposed to agree with Bret Harte that “the heathen Chinee is peculiar” is their unusual method of handling the sick. For Instance, their ambulance Is cer tainly a strange conveyance. It is of wicker basketry of the same type as that used for carrying pigs and poultry tp market. Crude as this type of conveyance seems, no rubber-tired automobile could travel with less jolt ing. The carriers work in relays, going slowly and resting at interval*. — Popu lar Science Monthly. WATERTOWN, WISCONSIN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1917. FOES REPULSED WITH BIG LOSS Austro-Germans Driven Back by Italians Along the Asiago Plateau. ENEMY CROSSES THE PIAVE Large Boats Used to Transport Troops Across River—Latins Force Enemy to Retire—Berlin Re-- ports Gain. Washington, Nov. 14. —France’s con fidence that the Teutonic drive into Italy has been stopped is expressed la a war office statement cabled to the French embassy here. “The Germans have exaggerated the importance of the Italian defeat.” says the statement. “In reality the Italian # armies are far from being defeated. “The second army only has seriously suffered. “The line of the Pinve Is actually solidly held. The Italian general staff Is awaiting the enemy forces. “Those operations, having shortened the front, allow of better means of resistance. “The English and French armies are In reserve behind. “The morale of the army has been straightened and Is becoming excel lent.” Rome. Nov. 14. —Attacks by the Teu tonic allies along the Asiago plateau front have been repuisod by the Ital ians. according to the official com munication. Repulse Heavy Attack. The text of the communication fol lows : “During the night of Sunday the enemy, with renewed and greater ef forts. attempted to attack the Mount Gallio-Longara-Meletta di Gnllio front on the Asiago plateau. During a coun ter-attack. after a desperate struggle, the enemy was repulsed and suffered very serious losses. Well supported by artillery of all calibers, the Ninth Infantry regiment of the Regina brigade and the Verona Alpine battalion distinguished them selves by their bravery. “During yesterday afternoon Intense enemy movements, which were the pre lude to anew attack, were thwarted effectually and stopped by our artil lery. Main Armies in Contact, “Near Canove, west of Asiago, our sixteenth storming detachment at tacked an enemy detachment, and through its capture released some of our men who had been made prisoner during previous actions. “From the Brenta to the lower Plave the armies, which in the past days had only been hindered in their advance by rear guard actions and stopped by interruptions on the highways, have occupied territory evacuated by us-and now are in con tact with our line. “With the aid of large boats enemy groups succeeded at dflwn at Monte San Dona dl Piave (about twenty three miles northeast of Venice) in crossing to the right (west) bank of the river at Zenson and in establish ing a bridgehead. Promptly faced by our troops, they were counter-attacked and repulsed toward the river bank.” Foe Claims Mont Longara. Berlin, Nov. 14. —Fonzaso and Mont Longara have been captured by the Austro-German troops invading north ern Italy, says the official statement Issued by the German war office. lowan Seized as Draft Evader. Davenport, la., N'ov. 14.’—Thomas W. Beers, alleged to he a member of the I, W. W., was arrested here after a fed eral investigation, charged with evad ing the draft. THREE KILLED IN MINE BLAST Explosion in Shaft Near Wilburton, Okla., Caused by Gas. Wilburton, Okla., Nov. 14.—Three men were killed in a natural gas ex plosion at the No. 40 mine of the Rock Island Coal company, ten miles from here, according to word reaching here. Rescue parties have gone into the mine to recover the bodies. NEARING PAYS SSO FINE % ' Professor Pleads Guilty to Disorderly Conduct Charge. Duluth, Minn., Nov. 14.—Scott Near ing, former professor of the Univer sity of Pennsylvania, arrested while making an alleged antiwar speech here, was arraigned In police court, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and w as fined SSO. AUTO MEN PLEDGE U. S. AID Material and Equipment of 550 Firms to Help Government. Washington, Nov. 14. —Active co-op eration of the automobile industry with the government flegan with the first meeting of the automobile indus tries committee and officials of the dif ferent departments of the army and navy at the war Industries board. A. W. Copland, chairman of the commit tee, pledged the men, material and equipment of 550 automobile plants and 1,080 parts and accessory makers to war requirement* ;; Prince Ahmad Fuad, ;[ o New Sultan of Egypt JI ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ I’rlnce Ahmad Fuad, brother of the late Hussein Kamil, sultan of Egypt, has become sultan because Hussein’s son renounced the position. He was born in Cairo in 1808 and was educated mainly in Italy. He always has main tained a friendly attitude toward Brit ain and the British. 10 END TOE IN ul A. F. of L Acts to End Tieup of War Contracts. Employees of Shipyards and Muni tions Plants Ordered to Begin Op erations at Once. Buffalo. N. Y., Nov. 14. —John Dolan, president of Building Trades’ depart ment, who notified President Wilson the strikers had been ordered back to work, received this telegram: “Your telegram cheered me very much and hope you will convey my sin cere thanks and appreciation to those associated with yon in the patriotic action of which you give me informa tion. You may be sure there will be all possible co-operation at this end. “WOODROW WILSON.” Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 14.—A1l strikes affecting government work in ship ping, munitions and other war enter prises have been called off by the building trades section of the Ameri can Federation of Labor, it was an nounced by Secretary Morrison. A conference of representatives of build ing trades heads and government rep resentatives will be held in Washing ton within a few days, to go over the situation. Pending the result of this meeting orders have been sent to the presidents of locals to put their men back to work. The Building Trades council of the American Federation of Labor sent a message to President Wilson, asking for a two-hours’ conference to discuss the situation at Quincy, Mass., where work is being held up on a destroyer plant by a strike involving about 1,- 800 men. More than 8,000 other work men are said to be indirectly affected by the trouble. The Quincy strike involves the ques tion of the open shop and a settlement there, It was said, would pave the way to speedy adjustments elsewhere. TUMULTY DENIES SPY YARN Secretary to President Reported Taken to Prison. Washington, Nov. 14. —Newspaper offices, the government departments and even the White House itself have been bombarded recently by queries from many sections of the country concerning preposterous stories about Secretary Tumulty. Usually the ques tioner warns to know whether it is time that the president’s secretary has been sent to Fort Leavenworth as a spy. Now Mr. Tumulty is hearing from his friends on the subject, and he au thorized this statement at the White House: “For several days friends have writ ten, telegraphed and telephoned me from all parts of the country stating that rumors are being assiduously spread alleging that I have been im prisoned at Fort Leavenworth. “All sorts of fanciful tales are be ing passed from mouth to mouth by Innocent persons who are the victims of a systematic and insiduous propa ganda to weaken confidence In offi cials of the federal government. “Officials of the department of jus tice are investigating the origin of this conspiracy to determine who have been guilty of actually starting this falsehood.” No one has been able to account for the circulation of these reports. Most of them have come out of the middle West, and apparently they have been spread from one end of the country to the other. GEN. CADORNA BARS POST Ex-Commander of Italian Army De clines to Serve on Board. Paris, Nov. 14. —General Cadorna, former Italian commander In chief, has declined the post of Italy’s repre sentative on the Inter-allied military committee. REPORTS FROM RUSSIA ARE VERY CONFLICTING 10 REGI"ER ALIENS President to Issue Proclamation in Few Days. Drastic Action Planned by Government Following Fires in Munition Plants and Grain Elevators. Washington, Nov. 14—President Wilson is expected to Issue a procla mation soon requiring every alien en emy within the United States to regis ter as a step toward ridding the coun try of spies and sabotage. The government has virtually decid ed that this procedure is the only way open for sifting from the million Ger mans in the United States the few who are believed to be causing fires in munition plants, grain elevators and warehouses and promoting propa ganda injurious to America’s prosecu tion of the war. Attorney General Gregory took to the cabinet meeting for President Wil son’s consideration a draft of regula tions under which the registration might be c —’ and out, following the pro gram a<’ v England and France for kee se watch over the ac tivities y subjects. The r. < .ncrease in the number of disastrous fires and indications of renewed operations of enemy propa gandists have prompted officials to consider more radical steps against Gorman residents than the restrictions heretofore imposed barring them from a half-mile zone about munition plants and government property without spe cial government permits. Under the proposed registration plar. Germans would be given a speci fied time, probably two weeks, in which to report their names, occupations and family or business connections to post masters or some other government agency: Those not registered then would be rounded up and prosecuted, and offi cials believe that the failure of some to enroll would give valuable clues to the Identity of suspicious persons whose conduct and interests might be carefully scrutinized. U. S. WILL WIPE OUT SPIES Official Sees Patience of the Govern ment Nearing End. Washington, Nov. 14. —Assistant At torney General Fitts, in charge of criminal prosecutions for the govern ment, declared in an address before the Washington chamber of commerce that enemy propagandists now work ing in this country soon will be round ed up and tne spy menace largely elim inated. “The few thousand criminal agita tors who are trying to make It harder for this country to win the war and easier for a relentless enemy to reach us,” Mr. Fitts said, “will be brought under the mighty arm of the law.” TRADE SHIPS FOR U. S. FOOD Neutrals Agree to Demands—Shipping Given for War Service. Washington, Nov. 14. —Negotiations with Northern European neutrals and with Japan have resulted in the United States adding several hundred thou sand tons of shipping to carry troops and supplies to France. The ships will either go directly into trans-At lantic service or will release American ships for such use. In exchange for ships the European neutrals will get food from the United States. The quantities are not fixed, but it is un derstood they will be sufficient for these countries’ needs. ARMY WORK ABROAD LEGAL Draft Law Declared Constitutional in Delaware Court. Wilmington, Del., Nov. 14.—Judge Bradford, in the United States district court, handed down a decision sustain ing the constitutionality of the draft law. The action was brought by Don ald Stephens of Arden, Del., and the contention raised was that the govern ment had no right to compel citizens to perform military service outside of the country. JAPAN MAY CALL CUT ARMY Tokyo Paper Fears German Influence in Asia. Tokyo, Nov. 14. —“The Japanese peo ple must be ready for any emergency; the government must prepare for any eventuality,” the Tokyo Nichi Nichi said in voicing the general view of the Japanese press on the latest develop ments in Russia. The newspapers maintain that the allied situation is dark and agree that Russia is no longer of the slightest military value, although they do not fear a separate peace. The Hochi declares that Japanese mobilization is likely to be demanded and advises the government to send a special mission to Russia. Should Ger man influence extend eastward to the Ural mountains, the paper says, the future of Asia will be threatened. “The necessity for mobilization in Japan is Increasing,” the Hochi de clares, “‘and the nation should pre pare for such an Issue.” ANARCHY REIGNS AT PETROGRAD Dispatch Says Situation in Rus sian Capital Is Terrible. ROBBER .RA IDS LOOT CITY Population Is Awaiting the Arrival of Kerensky to Relieve Terror ism—Both Sides Claim Victory. Copenhagen, Nov. 14, —A dispatch to the Berlingske Tidende says that Eric Hjorth, a Swedish director who left Petrograd Saturday and arrived at Haparanda, declares that the situation In the Russian capital is terrible. Virtually all administration had ceased, the authorities having given up all attempts to continue work. Bolshevik! soldiers and sailors were sweeping through the city like robber bands, committing all sorts of excesses and crimes. Food was exceedingly scarce, and prices were so high that it was Im possible to pay them. Nearly the entire population was awaiting the arrival of Kerensky troops to be relieved of the terrorism. Claims Defeat of Kerensky. London. Nov. 14. —The complete de feat of Premier Kerensky and General Kornlloff is alleged in a Russian com munication received here by wireless. The announcement follows: “Yesterday, after bitter fighting near Tsarskoe-Selo. the revolutionary army completely defeated the counter-revo lutionary forces of Kerensky and Kornlloff, In the name of the revolu tionary government I order opposition to all enemies of the revolutionary democracy and the taking of ail meas ures necessary to effect the capture of Kerensky. I also forbid similar ad ventures which are endangering the success of the revolution and the tri umph of the revolutionary army. ( Signed) “M A UR A VIEFF, “Commander In Chief of the Forces Acting Against Kerensky.” Claims Kerensky Fails. The communication goes on to say history will record the night of No vember 12. “The attempt of Kerensky to move counter-revolutionary forces against the capital of the revolution has re ceived a decisive reply,” it adds. “Kerensky is retiring and we are taking the offensive. The soldiers, sailors and workmen in Petrograd know how to Impose and will impose with arms In their hands their will and the power of the democracy. “The bourgeoise has endeavored to separate the army from the revolu tion. Kerensky has attempted -to break It by the violence of Cossack dom. Both efforts have failed. Wants Peace and Bread, “The opposition to Kerensky is the opposition to 'the landlords, the bour geoise and Korniloff. The opposition to Kerensky is also the affirmation of the people’s right to peace, free life, the land, bread and power. “The Pulkoff detachment by its gal lant blow is affirming the cause of the revolution of the workmen and peas ants. There Is no return to the past. “TROTSKY. “In the name of the people’s com missaries.” Korniloff Rules Capital? Stockholm, Nov. 14. —General Kor niloff has entered Petrograd, where the entire garrison, except the sailors, went over to his side, according to a Petrograd dispatch to the Social Demokraten under Monday’s date. There was sanguinary fighting on the Nevsky Prospect, says the dis patch, and the bolsheviki failed to hold even the workingmen’s quarter of the city. The foreign ambassadors, the mes sage reports, are now in communica tion with General Korniloff. 63 I. W. W.’S ARE ARRESTED U. S. Agents Capture Ringleaders in Omaha Raid. Omaha. Neb.. Nov. 14. —Sixty-three Industrial Workers of the World were arrested here in a raid conducted by federal agents. The men were attend ing a convention of the I. W. W. from Nebraska, Minnesota, tne Dakotas and several other states. All are being held in jail to await the outcome of an investigation which will require an Individual examination of each man, according to United States Marshal Flynn. When booked at the police station the I. W. W. gave addresses from every principal West ern city and many Eastern cities. The raid was made by United States Marshal Tom Flynn and a corps of deputies, assisted by city police and de tectives. No resistance was raa'de. “The literature is the same stuff that was recently barred from the mails,” said Marshal Flynn. “We think the delegates Intended taking it back home with them. We beljeve we have the king pins of the order.” The I. W. \V. take their arrest philosophically. No. 117.