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The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-12-05
CANVASS SOLDIERS VOTES

Bismarck, N. d., Nov. 26.-Any
soldiers or sailors vote, whose ac-
companying affidavit, executed under
the act of special session of 1918,
shows the ballot was filled out prior
to 5 p. m. election day, must be can
vassed by the county board if received
prior to the date of the state canvas
sing boards regular meeting, Decem-
ber 8, OF any adjourned meeting, At
torney General LANCER today advised
w. E. Byerly, chairman Of the joint
campaign committee at Fargo, in res.
ponse to request for the interpretal
tion of the statute.
LANCER says he cannot guarantee
that the state canvassing board will
adjourn from December 3 to receive
belated ballots, but that he will rec
ommend such a course and that he
believes the county boards should
take similar adjournments to insure
the soldiers voice in the recent
election. He asserts that certificates
of election Issued on the face Of the
first Official canvass may be revoked
and q certificate issued to the sue
cessful candidate should the soldiers
vote change the result.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-12-05
Big Steamer Reaches New York
With Many Americans
On Board. ass, !
GIVEN NOISY WELCOME.
Mayors Reception Committee Sails
Down Bay On Police Department
Boat and Members Are Al.
lowed On Transport.

New York. Dec. 3.-The large Brit
tsh steamship Maurctania. returning
to the United States with the first
large body of American overseas
troops. has anchored in Gravesend
bay. The liner probably will dock at
Noboken.
The navy tug, 1t was reported. had
been ordered to meet the Maurctania
to bring ashore Admiral Henry T.
Mayo, commander of the Atlantic feet,
who was returning from England as =
passenger The army tug, It was said
had orders to bring ashore an army
officer of high rank.
Aboard the Mauretania, as announc-
ed recently by General March, chief Of
staff are several thousand members
OF the air service, who were stationed
In England. The ship also carries q
number CT casuals.
According to recent announcement
BY Brigadier General G. u. McManus.
embarkation officer at this port, to
safeguard public health, the soldiers
were to be taken directly to demobili-
cation camps for physical examination.
Barracks at Camp Mills have been
prepared for their reception.
Mayor John +. Hylan telegraphed
Secretary Baker asking that troops
aboard the Mauretania be permitted
to parade up Fifth avenue. Permission
also was asked to give dinner In
honor of returning officers.
Committee Welcomes Men.
The mayors committee of welcome
made trip down the bay on the flag
ship of the police department fleet
| and circled the Mauretania. Members
Of the party were not at first allowed
to board the transport and 80 they,
! used megaphones and wireless appa-
ratus to convey the greetings of New
York to the returned soldiers, but
later a gang plank was showed out and
the civilians scrambled aboard.
AS the police boats searchlight
played on the Mauretania's decks, men
and officers could be seen, crowding
to the rail, as they shouted greetings
in return.
When members Of the party accept.
ed an invitation to come aboard"
they were deluged with requests ito
phone mother and let her know I'm
here" Ito mail this letter to my GIRL"
and to perform similar services.
More Transports Sail.
Washington, Dec. 2.-Notice was re-
ceived by the War department of the
sailing from Liverpool on Nov. 20 Of
the steamer Ascanius for New York,
with AZ officers and 1,427 men, and
the steamer Canopic for Boston with
81 officers and 1.O67 men,.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-12-05
Mrs. J. A. Logan

The community was shocked this
morning by news to DR.. Gale from
Bismarck of the death Of Mrs. ]. A.
Logan at seven O'Clock this morning
of influenza.
DR.. Logan and wife went there last
week for treatment for DIR. Logan. He
had been suffering from what was
thought to be lumbago, but which de.
veloped to be spinal trouble. The
doctor is strapped to a board at the
home of his mother to effect a cure
of his spinal trouble.
Mrs. Logan was very much thought
of in Cakes and her taking away so
suddenly is keenly felt. The couple
were married about three years ago.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-12-05
Mrs. Stanley johnson

Death came to Mrs. Stanley John
son of Clement on Nov. Goth after a
nine days illness from influenza. The
remains were laid away in the
Clement cemetery on the 22nd, short
services being conducted by Revs.
Lindland and Larson.
Deceased was eldest daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Anderson of
Verona. The family came to this
country from Sweden in 1908, settling
at Oakes. then went to Crete and two
years ago moved onto the farm seven
miles southeast Of Verona. Agnes
was married to Stanley H. johnson
at Ellendale, April 10. 1918. Since
then they have lived with his father,
Swan Johnson. on the home place.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-12-05
Thomas s. Smith

R. o. Smith received telegram
Saturday evening saying his brother,
Thomas S. Smith, had died Novem-
ber 29th at his home near Mount
Leonard, Missouri. Mr. Smith was
one Of the early settlers having home
steaded quarter of land two miles
west of Ludden in 1882. He was post
master at Ludden several years and
was we'll known by all the old settlers.
He is survived by his widow, two
sons and a daughter, also two broth
ers and two sisters to whom his sud
den death is a very sad blow. He was
sixty-three years of age and a native
of Kentucky.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-12-05
RED CROSS NOTES

The Red Cross Roll Call will come
off Dec. 1923. 1t will start off on
Sunday the 18th, that day to be
known as Red Cross Sunday. Mem
berships paid in full to the end of the
calendar year 1919, are being asked
for. The advertising has begun to ar
rive locally, but no official notices
have been received as yet from head
quarters.
Later-Geo. E. Lane of Ellendale
has been named as county chairman
and F. D. Mccartney as chairman for
Oakes.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-12-05
TOWNLEY ACCUSED
Of JUGGLING RECORD
Trustees Attorney Says League
Leader Has Failed to Account
for $4,000.

Fargo, N. D., Nov. 26.-That A. c.
Townley, president of the Nonparti-
san league. did not make proper ac-
counting of $1,000 cash item, re-
vealed by the accounts of the National
Nonpartisan league as having been
paid to him, and which he testified
represented a loan made to him for
the league by David G. Coates, presi-
dent of the national party, was
charged in federal court by Francis
Murphy of Minot, counsel for E. B.
McCutcheon, trustee in charge of the
Townley bankruptcy case.
"Mr. Coates was openly and notori-
ously identified with the Nonpartisan
league" said Mr.. Murphy, who
charged that testimony pending to
show Coates would suffer damage by
reason of its becoming known that
he had loaned $1,000 to the league
was untrue.
The question was raised when Mr..
Murphy made a demand that the
bankrupt be required to deliver over
to the trustee property and moneys
aggregating $13,322.62 which he con-
tended Townley has failed to account
for.
Judge Amidon suggested the posi-
bility that Coates was handling $1,000
for a third party. Mr.. Murphy, how
ever, called attention to the fact that
there is nothing in the testimony to
warrant such belief, for Townley had
testified that it was Coates money.
After John J. Hastings, former
bookkeeper Of the league, now vice
president of the Scandinavian Amer
ican bank at Fargo, had testified he
held no interests Of any nature what
soever for Townley, and that he had
no understanding Of any kind what
ever with Townley relative to finan-
cial or property matters, Mr.. Murphy
presented the demands of the trustee
for the consideration of the court.
Judge G. F. Amidon took the case
under consideration.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-12-05
Commission Will Report On Po-
sition Which Former Ger
man Emperor Occupies.
LONDON IS SURPRISED
Formal Abdieation Of Kaiser Was Not
Looked for as It Was Believed
He Had Done So Before
Leaving Germany.

The Hague, Dec. 3.-The govern.
ment of Holland has named COM
mission to report on the position which
the former German kaiser occupies in
Holland. The relationship of the
Dutch government to legal questions
which may arise respecting his ad-
mission to and his stay in Holland
also will be inquired into.
Abdication Is Surprise.
London, Dec. 3.-The formal abdica.
tion of the German emperor caused
surprise in England. 1t had been sup
posed on the strength of the announce
ment made by Prince Maximilian of
Baden, while chancellor, and the re-
ports of the Berlin Council of Sol
diers' and Workmen's delegates that
William Hohenzollern had abdicated
before he left Germany for Holland.
The abdication of the former Ger.
man crown prince was accepted here
as a fact on the same basis, but 1t
is now believed that Frederick Will.
liam has not relinquished his claims
to the throne. The ex-emperor's p~o,
nouncements speak for himself only.
Formal Abdication Wanted.
Paris, Dec. 3.-The Petit Journal
says it is convinced that the asso.
ciated powers will now demand the
formal abdication of Frederick viii.
liam, the former German crown prince
In. an article seeking to penetrate
the significance of the publication at
the present moment of the German
emperor'd abdication, Jean Herbette
political editor of the Temps, con.
cludes with this passage.
More than ever it is possible Ger
many is preparing surprise for us
More than ever must France remain
In close union with her companions in
arms.
But this union to be efficacious
must be general. It is not only the
European Allies which must remain
hand in hand. The role of the United
States, which was decisive in the lat,
ter stages Of the war, is no less de-
cisive in preparing for peace.
Nothing can be done which binds
the future before the arrival in Europe
of President Wilson. The converse.
tions which are now going on in Lop
don have no diplomatic character. II
is Foch, not Pichon (foreign minis
teri, who accompanied Premier Clem
enceau."
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-12-05
RAISER PLEADS IGNORANCE
Asserts Former Cabinet Members
Deceived Him On War.


Deceived Him On War.
Copenhagen, Dec. 3.-Former EN-
peror William of Germany attempted
to shift the blame for the war to the
shoulders of DR.. Theobald Won Beth
mann-Hollweg, former imperial chan.
cellor, and Gottlieb Won Jagow, former
minister of foreign affairs, in a private
conversation he held with DR.. George
Wegener five days before he fled from
Germany, according to a report of m
terview written for the Cologne Zei-
tung by DR.. Wegener.
The emperor told DIR. Wegener the
governments policy of the last weeks
before the outbreak Of the war had
been carried on by DR.. Won Bethmann.
Hollweg, and Herr Won Jagow alone.
Il knew no more about it than
that" he declared. Against my will
they sent me to Norway"
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-12-05
REMOVE WAR RESTRICTIONS
Customs Authorities Drop Censorship
Of Shin Maik

Ve0Ok0USO SNoesuVbtSs00 OCVp V0UBOrX0I0
,f OF Ship Maik
Washington, Dec. 3.-Customs au-
thorities took steps to remove prac-
tically the last Of the wartime harbor
restrictions by ordering elimination
Of the censorship Of ship and con-
signees' mail carried by ships and
most of the drastic practices relating
to search Of inbound and outbound
vessels.
The examination Of mail and other
communications carried outside the
regular mail service will be abandoned
Dec. 9 for most shipping, but will be
maintained partially for an indefinite
period for shipping to and from Eu.
ropean neutral countries contiguous
to Germany to prevent transmission Of
improper documents.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-12-05

Oakes Chapter is only making re.
ports to the County Chapter once a
month now. A meeting of the execu-
tive board will be held last Friday
evening Of each month to allow bills
and make the report for that month.
Business is now conducted through
this branch, it being allowed to do it's
own purchasing and pass on and pay
its own bills.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-12-05

Mrs. Black, who makes her home
with her daughter, Mrs. Golf in this
city, is greatly concerned about her
youngest son, Thomas Vernie Black,
who went with the drafted boys from
Hughes county, South Dakota, last
year. He first went to camps in Kan
sas, then into the 136th infantry at
Camp Cody. N. M. She has not heard
from him since last June and thinks
he is overseas. Mrs. Black has en-
listed the help of the Red Cross in
locating her son.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-12-05

Private William Korpi of Ludden
rode horseback to Oakes Monday to
enlist the help of the Red Cross in
caring for his widowed mother and
seven children. The mother is not
very we'll and the children range in
age from two to fifteen years. The
family lost the husband and father
Nov. 18th last, and the son came all
the way from the Balloon School, Ar
cadia, Cal, to see how the family was
faring. There was so much need of
temporary relief that the local Red
Cross Chapter presented the family
with donation of $50. Private Kor-
pi is a manly young fellow and says
he will ask no odds of anyone to look
after the family If he can only get an
indefinite furlough or a discharge
from the service.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-12-05
Geo. r. Griffin

Geo. r. Griffin has rendered his res.
ignation to the Dakota Central to
take effect the 18th and will leave
with his family for Madison. 8. D.,
where George will engage in business.
The Griffin residence has been pur-
chased by Geo. @. Peterson.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-12-05
Sweet Glover

Sweet Clover can be grown in prac-
tically every part Of North Dakota. It
furnishes good pasture and stock do
well on the hay, which is nearly as
nutritious as bran pound for pound.
Sweet clover prepares the land for
alfalfa and enriches the soil.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-12-05

The J. F. Sullivan family have
moved to Fargo to make their home.
Their residence has been leased by
A. Caldwell, who has moved in, w.
A. McCulley taking the Ritterbush
residence vacated.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-12-05
THE BAN is LIFTED
HERE is SIGNED STATEMENT

Pending further extension of epi-
demic Influenza, which appears at
present to have declined, both in
virulence and in the number of new
cases, the city board of health decid-
ed at a meeting held Dec. 4th, to
release quarantine restrictions and to
permit normal flow of business.
AFTER 12 O'CLOCK SATURDAY
NIGHT, DEC 7th, THE PRESENT
BAN WILL BE LIFTED
The board also adopted resolutions
to quarantine all new cases and to
confine all influenza patients to their
homes for a period of at least five
days following the last day of tenn
perature.
Promiscuous coughing, splitting, and
sneezing Except as by hand or hand
kerchief) is hereby prohibited in pub
lie buildings, halls, schools. churches
etc. This rule is for the express
purpose of preventing further spread
of influenza and allied disorders, and
should be rigidly adhered to by all.
Persons having colds, coughs, etc,
should avoid crowds or gatherings in
the interest of others.
By order Board of Health:
DIR. F. w. Maercklein, Supt.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-12-05

DR.. Maercklein also advises gen.
eral cleanup of both public buildings
and private homes. using plenty Of
elbow grease, hot water and soap,
thorough ventilation, will show a
marked fall in the number of con-
tagious diseases now rampant. In
cidentally, do not forget to Thoroughly
clean up all kinds of rubbish and
filth, either inside or outside, where
ever found. Lifting the ban" will
fail dismally unless concerted action
Of the entire populace is assured in q
thorough cleanup campaign.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-03-09
PAY JEWELER HIS OWN MONEY
Partisan Swlnders Inveigle Merchant
Into Signing Name to Order for
Three Hundred Pounds.

A very clever swindle was success
fully carried out In the Rue de In Paix,
Paris. A carriage drove up to a large
jewelers. shop, and an elderly man,
with his arm In sling, accompanied
by footman, who carried rug, en-
tered the shop.
The gentleman selected and bought
some three hundred pounds worth Of
jewelry, and then said IF you do not
mind, will send my man home for
the money" The jeweler bowed, and
the gentleman continued: II should
be pleased If you would write for me.
l have hurt my arm. Just write,
please give Robert three hundred
pounds and sign 1t Henri"
The jeweler wrote as he was direct
ed, and in n quarter of an hour the
footman came back with the money,
and then he, with his master, left with
the jewelry.
When the jeweler went home to
dinner his wife asked him the reason
he had sent for three hundred pounds.
Then the swindle was discovered. The
rogues knew that the jewelers. name
was Henri, and they had got him to
write the note for the money, which
was taken to his wife. and then they
paid him for the jewels with his own
money.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-03-09
ALLIES IN CONTROL
OF ITALIAN ARMY
CADORNA REMOVED AS COM
MANDER OF ROMANS AND CIV
EN- PLACE ON WAR BOARD.
Representatives of England, France
and Italy to Have Charge of Cam
paign, Italian Commanders Being in
Charge of Field Operations

LondOn.-The allies have taken di-
recting hand in the destinies of Italy.
Cadorna is no longer generalissimo.
Three Italian commanders have been
placed in direct charge of the opera
tons in the field The supreme direc-
ton Of the campaign, however, has
been assumed by war board COM
posed of General Cadorna, General
Foch, chief of staff of the French min
istry, and General Wilson, subchief
of the British general staff.
The new heads of the Italian armies
in the field are: First in command,
General Diaz; second in command,
General Badoglia; third in command,
General Grandma.
This mOmentOus Encouragement, de-
cided upon at conferences in Rome be-
tween the premiers of England
France and Italy and some of the best
military brains of the three countr es
comes at moment where the Eene-
tan campaign is approaching its final
crisis
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-03-09
ANM|ST|CE IN WAR
PROPOSAL Of SLAVS
PLAN is TO ELECT REPRESENTA-
TIVE FROM ALL NATIONS TO
SETTLE QUESTIONS OF PEACE.
1--WE Offer Just Peace, but Will Not
Accept Unjust Terms" Says Leader
of Faction Now Dominant in Rev.
oIution- Torn Russia.

Petrograd.-"We plan to offer an i'm
mediate armlstice of three months,
during which elected representatives
from all nations, and not the dlplo-
mats, are to settle the questions of
peace" said Nikolai Lenine, the Max
imalist leader, in IL speech before the
workmen's and soldiers congress on
November 8.
1--WE offer these terms" Nj. Lenine
added, but we are willing to consider
any proposals for peace, no matter
from which side. We offer just
peace, but will not accept unjust
terms"
A dispatch fron Helsingfors, Fin
land, says that delegates from the Bal
tic fleet and army committees have re-
solved to adhere to the revolutionary
committee
The revolut' onary committee ct Re-
val has occupied all the important
strategic points.
At meeting of the congress of sol
diers and workmen's deputies Il mem
Der of the revolutionary committee
said that on Wednesday Premier Ker-
ensky at Gatchina, twentythree miles
from Petrograd, addressed 5000 sol
diers who We're on their way from the
ont TO Petrograd. After confer
ence the soldiers decided not o pro-
coed for the time to Petrograd.
The municipal council has estab-
liShed IL committee of public safety
composed of members of the munich
pality and deputies of the worllmen's
and soldiers congress. The peasants
and workmen's committee also is hold
ing itself at the disposal of the pop
ulation in the event of excuses being
committed. The banks are still closed
and may shops have not been re-
opened.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-03-09
LOANED WATCHES RAN AWAY
Timepieces Borrowed From JeweIer
Inherited Odd Habit of One Left
to Be Repaired.

There are several kinds of watches
there are gold watches, silver
watches, dollar watches and watches
the jeweler has to lend his patients
while theirs are being repaired.
For the last ten days we have been
carrying a borrowed watch, relates
writer In the Detroit Free Press. Our
timepiece was not exactly out Of Or
der 1t would run, but 1t had no con-
troll. 1t ran wild on the bases. 1t stole
the second and third hour frequently.
We would set 1t at eight o'clock and
look at 1t 20 minutes later and dis
cover that 1t was Is minutes past three.
We are erratic, but we weren't cratic
enough to keep up with that watch.
SO we took 1t into the dry dock, where
the man squints at 1t through sawed
off telescope and tells you that 1t will
cost So to fix it.
After he had told us 1t would cost
us 50 we asked him to lend us watch
until we called for our own. This he
did. He wound up ticker and set it.
1t was II noon when we took 1t from
his hands. Two hours later a friend
asked us the time, and we showed him
our watch. 1t was quarter to seven.
"Gosh," he said, II didn't think 1t
was that late. l overlooked dinner
time In some way"
SO we went back and borrowed an
other watch from the jeweler. "Thls
one Ia O. X" he said with q SMILE
We carried it for an hour. In that
time 1t had jumped 10 hours. We don't
know now when we look at 1t whether
1t is Berlin time or tomorrow's time.
We can set it at two o'clock, and when
the city hall is ringing three our bor-
rowed watch swears 1t is Is minutes
after four O'Clock tomorrow. At first
we looked on the watches suspicious
ly. bat now we have begun to suspect
ourselves. When three watches begin
to lie to your face something is wrong.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-03-09
KERENSKY MARCHES
AGAINST ENEMIES.
BOLSHEVlkI RULE HANGS IN
BALANCE AS DEposED PRE-
MlER RALLIES LOYAL TROOPS.
Two Hundred Thousand Men March
ing on Petroerad and Expect to Re-
store Russia's Strong Man to
Leadership of Slavs.

acknowledgements. the strong man
of Russia, has not been eliminated
from Russian politics, as had been
hof.ed by his enemies. At the head of
some 100000 loyal troops he is re-
ported to be marching on Petrograd
In lie capital the support behind the
lenine-TrotZky bund apparently is fast
crulnbling. The railway workers
union, which can tie up all Russia
overnight, has deserted the Bolsheyiki
government and strike is threatened.
The elements separating the pro-
visional government have formed n
committee for saving the government
and the revolution. This body issued
ii bulletin saying that the fall of the
Ienine rule was near mt hand.
The latest dispatches from Petro-
grad Indicate that the ministers ar
rested Wednesday by the Bolsheviki
have been released from the fortress
of Saints Peter and Paul.
The Moscow garrison has gone back
to Kerensky's side. The garrison of
Petrograd, Lenine's chief weapon, is
wayering. Troops backing Kerensky
have taken Tsarskoe-Selo, where Mich
olas had his great balance that later
became his prison.
The story is now being circulated
that Kerensky escaped from Petro-
grad, when he was deposed, by using
an automobile ambulance the rebels
allowing the ambulance carrying the
sick man. to pass in safety.