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New-York tribune., 1918-08-26
Amends

In June last the Neac York Mems.
papers, including The Tribune, car.
ried IN conspicuous manner a sto,,,
Of the arrest of Jules Stern, m
American citizen resident in Paris
on the serious charge of trading and
communicating acith the enemy. Tho
charge turned out to be untrue uet
1t aVas true as stated that the CHARGE
had been made and, therefore. no
legal liability aUas incurred bu the
publication. Yet there is in s,cb
cases moral liability that is seldom
recognized. The accusation makes
sensational ,ae1os. The acquittol. if
that IS the sequel, attracts ve,y little
attention. Counsel in this case hare
sent as from Washington memo.
randuna prepared from the court
papers, qcith the faint hope that in
spite of the demands now beino
made upon newspapers space we
may find room for 1t. This is 1t:
The Department of State has received
formal information of the release from
custody of Jules Stern, of New York and
Paris charged last June by the French
government with trading and communics
tion with the enemy. Upon thorough in
vestigation of this case by the French au
thorities the charges were shown to be ur.
founded and were withdrawn.
Jules Stern and his brother, Emil Stern
of New York City, are members Of the
large silk and lace importing firm ofstern
& Stern, which has houses in New York
City, in Nottingham, England, and in Paris
and Lyons and Calais, France At the be.
ginning of the war Jules Stern, who has
resided in Paris for many years, turned hil
house into a military hospital, and as al
American citizen he was very active in hi,
assistance to Ambassador Sharp in behalf
of other Americans in Paris. By reasoE
of his German birth Stern had his prop
erty seized about two years ago By thu
French government, but after a Thorough
hearing in the French courts his American
citizenship was established, and there bein,
no charge or evidence of disloyalty h'
property was, in August, 1917, returned tt
him.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-26
Ghosts in Maine
From The Lc,oiston .1o,,~,o,

LFWtStOn JOUfuNN
The most tragic incident of the summer
is recorded in the town of North Edeecomb
An elderly couple coming home from church
saw two ghosts. The ghosts were fitting
without apparent feet or legs through the
cleaning and over the grass and through
other things. They were dressed OF course
in the conventional white of ghosts and
ghostesscs The elderly couple legged it
like mad They fell into cucumber match
and could not extricate themselves. The
old gentleman was rather badly injured
They were rescued by the ghosts, who
proved to be a couple of farmerettes in
calico overalls
New-York tribune., 1918-08-26
What "The Times" Saw

How the eye Will elaborate what the
mind wishes it to see may be illustrated
by what happened to the editor of The
Times when he laid down the Senate
Military committee's report on the
aircraft situation and took up his pen.
This is how he began his article:
"Thcrc ig abundant cause for shame.
fo- the humiliation Of all Americana, for
the gtcrnes. ceneurc Of their unfaithful
or incompetent servants, in the Senate
Military hub-commttee's report upon
the airplanc production acandai
/ "Ihe frat appropriation Of 3GA0, 900 900
New-York tribune., 1918-08-26

From a boys letter: "Believe me,
mother, great battle is wonderful
thing. When I got started-I was in
the first wave-I only thought of one
thing, that we had to go to certain
point, and that if certain figures in
familiar gray-green uniforms got in our
way we had to kill them. Bullets and
shells did not worry me at ALL" Cor
geous picture of the will in action, of
the man oblivious to everything on earth
but his own goal, of the soldiers pride of
craftsmanship Bullets were nothing,
Huns were almost nothing--merely
things that got in the way.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-26
Augustus Redivivus

III the shades OF the departed are per-
mitted to visit this troubled earth it will
be impossible to keep the spirit of dour
Tammas Carlyle from lowering over the
scene of the coronation of the Archduke
Charles Stephan as King Of Poland. Car
lyle was not averse to kings if they were
efficient--Frederick the Great was his
hero as king--but for the king who
bungled his job the Scotchman had no
mercy.
Readers Of the biography of Freder-
lex, even if their memories of the greater
part of that apology for efficient king
ship have grown dim, cannot fail to re-
call the wealth of merry and caustic
gibes cast upon the fat head of Augustus
the physically Strong of Poland. The
descriptive, parenthetical adjective is
never omitted. 1t serves to emphasize
the fact that mental and moral strength
was denied this monarch He did, in
deed, stir about a good deal in his efforts
to keep and regain his uncertain throne,
but his chief title to posthumous fame
lies in the fact that he left behind him
365 children, one for each day in the
year, as he was wont proudly to point
out.
Augustus the physically Strong,
then Elector of Saxony, became King
of Poland in 1897, because, with the aid
Of Austria, he was physically strong
enough to compel the Polish mobiles, who
composed the electorate, to choose him.
He carried on languid war with Charles
XII of Sweden, and having been defeat
ed by that stout warrior was, to the
complete satisfaction Of his people, COM
PEELED to abdicate. Following the defeat
Of Charles by Peter the Great of Russia,
however, the Poles were compelled to
take back their physically strong ruler.
He lasted until 1888, and his reign was
prolonged orgy of luxury and vice
He was succeeded by his son, Augustus
III, who, though not so physically strong
as his father, followed that parents ex-
ample so far as his capacity allowed He
was the last but one of the kings Of Po-
land. That domineering lady, Catherine
IL of Russia, was determined to control
Poland, and on the death of Augustus
Ill she put forward as candidate for the
Polish throne Stanislaus Pcniatowski
former favorite. The Poles at first re-
fused to accept him, but Catherine was
strong enough to compel his election, in
1854. Frederick of Prussia warmly sup
ported her in placing this affection upon
the helpless people. AS they were still
restive and threatened trouble, the all
highest powers, Prussia, Austria and
Russia, decided upon partition of the
country as the easiest means of pacifica-
tion. Various divisions were made until
1875, when Poland was cut up as equally
as possible among the three powers
The object of this very superficial es-
say into the history Of Poland is to sug-
gest that, under the circumstances of his
achieving the throne, the Archduke
Charles Stephan assume the title of Au-
gustus ~. We feel sure that the shade
of Thomas Carlyle will approve with
sour smile.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-26


~ modern social movements must have
been surprised to read in certain
weekly journals an appeal by we'll known
English writer behalf of the campaign
fund Of the British Labor party. That
radical political party in England with
membership Of three million men and wom-
en-, boasting of its great strength and prog
ress, should appeal in America for funds to
conduct an electoral campaign, and that at
time when we are being besieged for funds
for thousand things connected with the
war, is most extraordinary confession of
weakness. l need not comment upon The
lack of good taste displayed by such an
appeal.
The British Labor party is approaching
a catastrophe and gnoble defeat That
is the plain lesson to be drawn from the
existing political situation in Great Britain.
| confess that this conclusion was so con-
trary to my preconceptions that I
luctant to accept it. Not until had spent
the greater part of three weeks discussing
the subject in all its phases with British
Socialists and trade unionists representing
every shade Of opinion, and found my con-
clusions shared by many of the ablest and
pest known polltlcaI observers IN England,
was I willing to accept the logic Of the
facts and stake whatever reputation as
political observer l may have upon the
forecast I have made above.
There will be a general election in Eng
land in few months 1t may be in No
vember Of this year, or it may be deferred
until January next. At this writing pub
lie opinion inclines to the view that the
government will select the earlier date and
make it "khaki election provided, of
course, that the military situation is favor
able. In such an election the Labor party
will stand very small chance indeed.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-26
Slackerisrn in Congress

The House of Representatives maze
itself ridiculous last Saturday by back
tracking on the Gregg amendment,
adopted the day before. This amend
ment provided for the annulment of the
existing draft exemption enjoyed by leg
islative and executive officers of the
United States and of the state govern
ments.
No sound reason has ever been ad
vanced for the exemption given these
officers in the original draft law. Under
the selective system persons engaged in
essential employments are put in the de-
ferred draft classifcations. But Con-
gress took no chances on the assumption
that being a Federal or state Office
holder is an essential employment. The
members of the Senate and the House
voted to exempt themselves on the sole
ground that they were officers Of the
government, though ordinarily, except
for purposes of drawing pay and claim
ing military exemption, they stoutly
deny that they are Federal "officers"
Having exempted themselves, they
could not we'll afford not to exempt Off
GERS of the executive and judicial
branches and officers of the state gov
ernments. Officers of the state govern
ments have been relieved of military
duty on the further ground that no Fed
eral obligations ought to be imposed on
them. This is an ancient error of tradi-
oh E.. ~. IL.
absurd concession which relieves state
officeholders from the payment Of in-
come or excess earnings taxes.
Since We are in need of all the able
bodied men we can get for soldiers and
have begun to draft men of eighteen
years, why should Federal officials who
are otherwise qualified escape service on
the sole ground that they are of1icehold-
ers? The draft system ought to be as
universal as possible in it's application.
Why shouldn't state and Federal en-
ployes take the same chances as the
others? In fact, nearly all of them have
to take their chances, for the provost
marshal general has made out very
small and special list of "officers" who
are permitted to claim exemption But
all Congressman are still exempt So are
the Vlce-Presdent, the secretary, the
sergeant-at-arms and the chaplain of the
Senate; the clerk, the doorkeeper the
sergeant-at-arms, the postmaster and the
chaplain Of the House, the superintend-
ent of the Capitol, the Librarian of
Congress and the superintendent of
buildings and grounds. Minor legisla-
tive employees have been held to be sub
ject to conscription.
The House refused on Saturday to ex-
empt from the draft the policemen of
the larger cities. At the same time it
voted to continue the exemption of it's
own members and of members of the
state legislatures. Who will be so bold
as to say that New York policeman is
less usefully employed than the average
legislator at Albany or at Washington?
1t is an unpleasant comedy. In war
like this no employment, as such, should
be sacred. Everybody should be pre-
pared to meet individually the conscrip-
tion and deferred classification tests.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-26
Labor Party Wants
Election Delayed

That the Labor party fears "khaki cleo
ton' is we'll known. So much the Right Hon.
Arthur Henderson, NJ. P, admitted in an
interview with the American mission.
regarded as most significant his confession
that the party would greatly prefer that
the election be long delayed and that it
be fought general issues rather than on
the one issue of the war. If the party
leaders had reason to believe that pacifsm
possessed a strong hold on the working
class of England, they would pipe another
tune entirely. They are astute politicians
political manpulators Of a very high
order Of merit
In this connection great significance
must be attached to two utterances: Mr.
w. c. Anderson, the noted |. L. P. leader
recently declared in an address that there
would be many constituencies which would
not give hearing to pacifst candidates
and which would elect candidates none of
of the workers wanted at all The speech
was the plant Of q man about to enter n
losing fight. The other utterance is the
declaration Of Henderson that he does not
intend to become candidate for Parlia-
ment again. Clearly, he has read the warn
ings of defeat
The reason for the impending debhcle is
clear enough The party has been wrecked
by reckless and dangerous mnority-a
minority which, while holding none of the
radical social ideals Of the Bolshevists, is.
neverthc cless, quite Bolshevist in it's tactics,
especially it's disregard Of democracy and
its rule ruin policy
To be plain, it is u clear case OF tho
New-York tribune., 1918-08-26
Nuts VIII Win the War
(Fro,n The utfca Pressl

IFro'N TIE TftCa FreSSl
Over in England fruit-stone and hu'
shell clubs are being formed. The menos''
will collect stones and shells to be COZ
verted into charcoal for the use IN '"'
manufacture of gas masks for the tfo0r.
The war has put into use many aF''''''
long regarded as waste. Even horse cne'. :,
nuts have been found of value. and s'hee !
has been discovered that fruit stones S"1
nut shells form charcoal that has :
greater power of absorption than tha' n''I. y.
of any other material, no stone or she" :
wasted.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-26
Socialist Party
Strongly Bolsheuist

The British Socialist party ia ultraradi
CAL dogmatcally Marxist Gin the worst
sense OF that term) and Bolshevist to
remarkable degree. 1t has very little iniu-
ence IN the Labor party and can be ignored
The Fabian Society, with barely over 1000
members according to the last report of the
Labor party, wields an influence in the party
out of all proportion to its numbers. Upon
New-York tribune., 1918-08-26
The More the Better

tFron Thc Ncm Orleans Times Ptcn,nn,,
Even those stalwart Americans who bavo
resolved TO boycott Gcrman-made goods
"iiI probably consent to accept samples Of
German helmets which the Sammics have
been 80 industriousy collecting for ship
mcnt homo.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-26

articles of clothing, furniture and the
like, goes on at a high rate.
With hides rotting in Brazil, with
wheat rotting in Australia, with sup
plies short in almost every line indeed
for the war, this is situation which
the good sense and patriotism Of the ma
ton must squarely face.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-26
Inflated Pacifisna
The Approaching Debacle of the British Labo,
Party
The Approaching
By John Spargo

ahon- New YorkT
John Spargo 0ho of
the Allied
HIS particularly RADICAL elements of
in
duantsto
ooc1olst ~f1er OF international
party because its ontvar attitude
nctory Mr.
Lansing and others Washington 10
New-York tribune., 1918-08-26

rall wagging the dog-the tail being the in
slgnlhcant l. L. P. group, composed largely
OF mldde-class intellectuals, and the dog
pelng the organized labor movement, the
body of the Labor party.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-26
Might Do 1t Part Of Time, DOC

Cfrom The Minneapolis IfibHNeJ -
AS revised by Mr.. Garfield you
fuel all the people all the time.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-26
GUAR PaN1EE

Uttered Postofrce Second Class
Mail Matter
New-York tribune., 1918-08-26

VOC purchase merchandise advertised IN The
TRIBUNE with absolute satey-for II dissatisfaction re-
suits In any THE TRIBUNE guarantees to pay your
money back upon REQUEST No red tape. No aulhblins
vs. make good promptly II the advertiser does NOT.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-26
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Owned and published daily Thc Tribune Association.
New York Corporation Ogden Reid President; g.
Vernon Rogers Presdent Richard H. Lee Secretary
F. A. Suter Treasurer Address. Tribune Building l4
Nassau Street. New York. Telephone Beekman 5000
New-York tribune., 1918-08-26

SUBSCRIPTION RATEs-By Man. including Postage
IN THE UNITED STATES OUTSIDE OF GREATER
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1918-06-06
Memorial Day
Well Observed

Probably the largest crowd that
ever assembled in the Williston Arm
ory gathered there on Decoration Day
to pay tribute to the soldiers Of our
country. The program which was
very impressive one was opened by a
prayer by Rev. Natwick of this city,
following which the address of the
day was given by Rt. Rev. John Car
roll of Helena, Mont. While the ad-
dress was short it was right to the
point and very impressive. Edwin A
Palmer also delivered a short talk
in behalf of the Food Administration
of which he is County Chairman. A
short talk was also given by veteran
of the Civil War Mr.. A. B. Saxton
After the benediction which was given
by Rev. Hitchcock Of the Congrega
tional church the audience sang the
Star Spangled Banner and the meet
ing came to a close.
A parade was given after the meet
ing which was in charge Of the Home
Guards and they marched to the
cemetery where they held services
over the graves of the soldiers and
decorated the graves with flowers and
flags.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1918-06-06
CROP CONDITIONS GOOD
Edward F.. Barrett, general supe

Edward F. Barrett, general super
intendent for the -Truesdell-
Ames Elevator Co., Of Minneapolis,
was in the city the first Of the week.
Mr.. Barrett had just completed trip
through eastern Montana and parts
of Williams county and was very op-
timistic regarding the crops. He said
from Wolf Point east everything look
ed fine. Mr.. Barrett said the grain
was we'll up and that he considered
the crop almost assured. A couple
of good rains within the next twenty
or thirty days would make it fine he
claimed. Fields where the farmer
thought his seed was blown out are
now looking good and where it was
frosted the grain is also improving.
A little additional rain on the frosted
grain would help it Mr.. Barrett said,
but taken all around he considered
the crop conditions very good indeed.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1918-06-06
Call For Nurses
Made by Local r. c.

Williston June 9Th. There is to be
a nation wide campaign for the en-
rollment of Red Cross nurses this
month";, In order to prepare for this
campaign every nurse is asked to re-
port whether available Red Cross work
or not. Although it is estimated that
there are only $500 nurses in this
Northern Division who can he ap-
pealed to, it is one of the most i'm
portant drives that the Red Cross has
undertaken.
Every Registered and every Grad
uate nurse whether available for SER
vice or not is earnestly requested to
eport to H. w. Braatelien at the Red
Cross rooms, or write to Mrs. w. B.
Overson, at Williston, stating wheth-
cr registered or graduate nurse and
whether married or single.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1918-06-06
NATIONAL W.SS. DAY
SET FOR JUNE Is
MUST SIGN PLEDGES. $40 PER
HEAD is PER CAPITA OF WILL
LlAMS COUNTY

Now that the Red Cross drive is
over, the day for signing pledges for
War Savings campaign draws near.
In fact, it is less than month away,
June 28th is the day set for the sign
ing Of these pledges, and it not only
is expected, but demanded, that every
resident of every town, village and
hamlet in the United States subscribe.
1t will not only be a matter of rails
ing the big sum that Uncle Sam
wants to run the government, but
Uncle Sam wants to know who is
doing it. He wants to know how many
patriotic citizens there are in his
United States. 1t was not possible
for every one to buy Liberty Bond,
but it is certainly possible for every
one to buy a Thrift Stamp, and for
many to buy War Savings Stamps.
They are baby bonds--and every one
should own at least one.
When one realizes that even The
lepers at Molokai, one of the Hawaiian
Islands, have bought $4,000 worth Of
Thrift and War Savings Stamps, as
their contribution towards winning
the war, it should surely be an easy
matter for healthy, prosperous peo-
pie to do SO. These lepers have no
hope Of any future and they arc
many more thousands of miles from
the battle front than the people Of
the United States.
Cardinal Gibbons is one of the en-
thusiastic upholders of the Thrift and
War Savings Stamps. He has sent
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Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1918-06-06
Food Administration
Issues New Orders

Edwin A. Palmer County Food
Administrator issued orders this week
for the survey of the stocks of -four
on hand in the households in the coun-
ty. Each person is required to sign
card stating the exact amount of
these materials they have on hand
and If an over supply is found it will
be reported and probably be collected.
The sugar permits are now on hand
at all Of the grocery stores for can
ming and every person desiring to
use sugar for canning is required to
sign for the amount they think thew
will need :,',i send the card to the
state "~"' H'N::aistrutor They also
have to agree to re'Irn all sugar that
IS not used for this purpose after
canni0C Sc So Some of the mer-
chants h"'" &C. telling their Gus.
toners ret t. ~;rl for this sugar
DOW hut l., w !. til canning season.
This should oe cone as the Food Ad-
mlnlStratiCn W: IS these sugar per-
mlts signed at rN"e and sent to them
as soon aS DGs : 'c so that they may
check tEem over and see how much
of d supply the state will need.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1918-06-06
New Variety Store
Opens Sat-, June 8

Greene's Variety Store will open its
doors to the public mere at Williston
on Saturday. Wonderful displays of
timely merchandise will be seen at
the opening and in spite of the fact
that merchandise has been soaring in
price for the past year or so Mr..
Greene will be in a position to offer
many wonderful values to the pub
lie. The policy of small profits, cash
sales and keen judgment has made
Mr.. Greene a successful and recog-
nized man in the variety business.
Greene's store is located in the build
ing formerly occupied by the Ander-
son Hardware Co. and has been re-
modelled and equipped with the best
of fixtures so that Greene's will be
the. most up-to-date store of it's kind
in this part of the country.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1918-06-06
Two Subs in Attack

Two SuUS Ill AlldCh
New York, June 3.-The Edward
H. Cole, one Of the ships sunk, was
an American schooner Of 1871 tons
gross, owned in Boston. She was
built at Rockland, Maine, in 1904.
The crew of the Edward H. Cole
has been landed here.
According to the survivors, the
Edward H. Cole was sunk rs miles
off the Highlands Of New Jersey yes
terday afternoon.
Two submarines attacked the Ed
ward H. Cole, according to the COM
mander of the vessel, Captain New
comb.
They appeared simultaneously. one
on each side of the vessel, and sig
nailed the captain to heave to. The
commander of one of the submarines
then boarded the schooner in small
boat and gave the crew ten minutes
to leave the ship.
The crew took to their own boats
Immediately and the German sailors
then planted bombs on the vessel and
blew her up.
Just before the explosion occurred
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