Evening journal., 1914-10-28
GERMANS ARE REPULSED IN
NIGHT ATTACK ON CRAONNE.
ALSO LOSE 10000 MEN IN
FIGHTING ALONG THE USER
PRESIDENT fixes NOV. rs
AS THANKSGIVING DAY


By The United Press.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 2S.-The
President today issued a proc
lamation setting November 26
as Thanksgiving Day.
The Presidents holiday proc
lamation dwelt on the peaceful
situation In which America now
finds herself, while much Of the
rest of the world is at war.
1T has long been the honor
cd custom of our people to turn
I'm the fruitful autumn Of the
year in praise and thanksgiv-
ing 10 Almighty God for his
mary blessings and mercies to
us ae a nation. The year that
Is now drawing to a close
since we last observed our day
Of national Thanksgiving has
been. while a year Of discipline
because OF the mighty forces Of
war anc of change which have
disturbed the world. also a year
OF special blessing for us.
ct has been vOuchsafed to
US to remain at peace. with
honor. and in some part to sue
cor the suffering and supply
the needs of those who are In
want. We have been privileged
by our own peace and self-con-
troll in some degree to steady
the counsels and shape the
hopes and purposes of a day Of
fear and distress Our people
have looked upon their own life
as nation with a deeper COM
prehension, a fuller realization
of their responsibilities as well
as Of their blessings. and a
keener sense OF the moral and
practical significance of what
their part among the nations
OF the world may come to be.
"The hurtful effects of for
eign war In their own indus
trial and commercial affairs
have made them feel the more
fully and see the more clearly
their mutual inter-dependence
upon one another and has stir
red them to a helpful co-opera-
ton such as they have seldom
practiced before. They have
been quickened by great
j moral stimulation. Their un-
mistakable ardor for peace,
their earnest pity and disinter-
ested sympathy for those who
are suffering. their readiness
TO help and 10 think of the
needs of others. has revealed
them to themselves as we'll as
to the world.
"Our crops will feed all who
need food; the self-possession
of our people amidst the most
serious anxieties and difficulties
and the steadiness and resource
fulness of our business men will
serve other nations as well as
our own.
THE business Of the country
has been supplied with new in
gtrumentalities and the COM
merce of the world with new
channels Of trade and inter-
course. The Panama Canal has
been opened to the commerce
of the nations.
"The two continents OF Amer
lea have been bound in closer
ties OF friendship. New instru-
mentalities of international
trade have been created. which
will be also new instrumental
ties of acquaintance, intercourse,
and mutual service. Never be-
fore have the people of the Uni
ted States been so situated for
their own advantage or the ad-
vantage of their neighbors or
so equipped to serve themselves
and mankind.
Now THEREFORE, I.
WOODROW WILSON, Presi-
dent Of the United States Of
America, do hereby designate
Thursday, the twenty-sixth Of
NONtllutI MtAAf to a Nag VI
Thanksgiving and prayer, and
invite the people throughout
the land to cease from their
wonted occupations and in
their several homes and places
of worship render thanks to
Almighty God.
"In witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
caused the Seal OF the United
States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Wash
ington. this twenty-eighth day
of October, in the year of Our
Lord, one thousand, nine hun
dred and fourteen and of the
independence of the United
States Of America, the one hun
dred and thirty-ninth.
(Signed)
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