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The Little River news., 1918-10-23
GERMANS MAKE
 BID FOR PEACE
 IN A NEW NOTE
But Apparently Germans Are Trying to Meet |. $. Terms-ImpressiOn Grows German Middle Class Is
 Willing to Pay Price.

Washington, Oct. 21.-Germany has replied to President ilson with a note which, though no one is pre- pared to say it will le-li the presi- dent even to continue exchanges on the subject of an armistice and peace, at least has served almost to bring conviction here that the people of Germany are taking the reins of gov ernment andt sincerely desire peace on any terms the United States and the allies are willing to give.
 There was no official intimation here tonight of the attitude of the president and probably there will be none until the official text of the new German communication has been received.
 Says People Control.
 It makes the significant declaration that the government in Berlin no longer is responsible to single arbi- trary influence-the kaiser-but is supported by an overwhelming ma jority of the German people.
 It is accorded more consideration here because of confidential advicas received only today indicating that the German middle classes have re- solved to have peace at any price and if necessary are prepared to get ril of the kaiser, the crown prince ana III military control.
 Sill Seeks to Bargain.
 Thus the belief is strengthened that the present note and those that have gone before are genuine efforts to ob- tain peace, and are inclusive merely because the Germans conducting the exchanges are seeking to bargsi for something better than the ancondi- tional surrender they are prepared to give if pushed to the wall.
 Peace NOt in Sigh:.
 No one believes that an imme .iate cessation O. hostilitie5 is in sight The opinion most generally held is that i, Mir Wilson decides to make :. reply and if the entente government: agree the only step possible at this time would be to sanction arrange ments to be dictate by General Foch in the field for withdrawal of the Germans without further fighting Such arrangements, of course, woult depend upon guarantees of continued supremacy of the victorious allied ar mics and consequently practically would mean surrender for the Ger
The Little River news., 1918-10-23

mans.
The Little River news., 1918-10-23
-NV.S.S.

1Ir and Mrs. Clarence Haller of Center Point arrived Sunday to stay with their children MT and Mrs w. K Haller who are confined to their b with influenza
The Little River news., 1918-10-23
V.S.S.-
Enforce Stock Law.

From today the new stock law pass ed by the Ashdown city council at a recent meeting will be enforced to the letter. Owners of stock will acquaint .herselves wit'1 its provisions and act accordingly.
The Little River news., 1918-10-23
Protests Unimp0rtants

Little importance is attached to the protests and denials in the note regarding Germ,a brutality ana ruth less destrrction of property The i'm poriant thing is whether atrocities now stop.
The Little River news., 1918-10-23
W W.S.S.-

Mir. and Mrs. Walter Whit and little daughter, Doris, of Texarkana passed through Ashdown Saturday on their way home from a visit at White Cliffs.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-12-14
How MinnesOta's Fires Started.

The commission appointed by
Governor Burnquist of Minnesota
to fix responsibility for the fire that
devastated 800 900 acres Of land in
the region of Cloquet has reported.
1t is found that over 500 lives were
lost and that $40, 900, 600 worth of
property was destroyed.
Dealing with the cause of the
fire the report says; The season
was exceedingly dry, being fully II
inches short of normal rainfall up
to the time of the fire. The evi-
dence shows vast number of fires
to have been in existence-doubt-
less hundreds.
There were many of them start
ed by railway operation and many
more from clearing up lands and
from burning meadows and bogs
This had been the case for a con
siderable time before the FIRE,
especially where there had been
drainage inaugurated.
The commission has nc hes
itancy in saying that negligence in
starting the fires, in failing to con
troll them. and in failing TO notify
the forestry service of them until
they got beyond control, has been
of common occurrence. There
have been a good many fires started
along the roads now under govern
ment operation. On some of these
roads there have been patrols kept
adequately either to pur them out
or to keep them unde! control, and
there has for the most part been
good cooperation between the
forestry service and the operating
servants Of the railroads.
There was considerable evidence
before the commission to show that
along the 500 Line, which
runs through Moose Lake and
northwesterly to Bemidji, there
had been many fires started partly
due to the style Of locomotives used
and very little attempt made to care
for them, aud little if any patrol
work done even where request or
order had been made by the forestry
service therefor"
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-12-14

has definite plans for the vocational
rehabilitation of disabled soldiers
and sailors.
In the present rejoicing over
victory the tendency will be to
make the returning war cripple feel
that he is an irresponsible person to
whom a grateful public owes liv-
ing. Instead, every effort should
be made to induce him to profit by
the term of the act for vocational
rehabilitation which offers him an
opportunity of fitting himself to
earn an independent living.
He should be made to under
stand that just because he is a
cripple he is not necessarily upon
charity. Not only the cripple but
the public at large must be brought
to this point of view. The
vocational education board believes
that every cripple is capable of
some useful, self supporting work
provided the right job is found ard
he is trained i'll preparation fot it,
He must be helped in several ways.
The government stands ready to
give him the necessary training and
will pay him a minimum of sos a
month while he is training and will
assist him to 6nd a job when he is
ready for it. Meanwhile the public
must be brought to see that we
honor the disabled fighting man
most by assuming that he. will, of
course, fit himself for self.support"
Steps will be taken to make sure
that every disabled soldier or
sailor is put into communication
with his district vocational office,
which for Wisconsin is located at
no Dearborn Street, Chicago,
with Charles w. Sylvester as acting
district officer. An effort will also
be made to secure a favorable
attitude of employers of labor to-
wards rehabilitated men.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-12-14
Federal Vocational Education.

To build up the morale of the
returning war cripple by making
him realize that he is not an object
for commiseration but a man with
a useful career ahead Of him, is a
task for successful performance Of
which the Federal Vocational
Education board has asked the aid
Of the Wisconsin State Council Of
Defense.
The Vocational Education board
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-12-14
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the bolShcViki--are vigorously
hting TO get The upper hand. They
especially strong in Berlin, which
In state OF great disorder. II is
; ported that Liebknecht has 1900
en- well armed aud is planning a Ter
; rist revolution. He reviles Ebert for
skiing food from America. for, since
; lis is conditioned on the maintenance
order, it is yielding to capitalist
'Ort to beat boIshevik aims Lieb-
, lechts organ, the Red Flag, demands
he dismissal of officers aud the
, ho0sng by soldiers of their leaders;
le immediate aiming of the revolu-
. unary Workmen and the dlsarmng Of
other organizations; the destruc-
On of capitalism, the unnulment of
ar loans and the Specialization of all
SineSS
The soldiers and workmen's coun-
5 Of Germany have demanded Tint
ex-kaiser be tried by Il German
unal which would probably be
best he could hope for.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-12-14
IMPORTANT CHANGES IN
TAX LAWS RECOMMENDED
The Wisconsin Tax Commission Would
Have County Assessors Instead
of Local Assessors.

pOA toht NuduSSS III tue w IS
consin tax laws were recommend.
ed by the Wisconsin tax commits
sion in its biennial report which
goes TO the governor and the state
legislature. The more important
recommendations are:
Abolition of town, village and
city assessors and substitution OF
county assessors instead, to be Sc.
lected by civil service.
Repeal of the law permitting a
personal property offset against
income taxes.
Restoration of the re- assessment
statute, which was changed dur
ing the closing days of the last leg
islature.
Larger compensation for asses
sorS.
The commission lays its greatest
stress on the need of a law that
substitute county for local assessors.
1t says that the utter failure to Sc
cure either legal or equitable asses
ments by the prevailing method has
been recognized by courts, COM
missions and administrators every
where and is matter of common
knowledge.
1T sufficiently appears from the
fact that after sixty years expert
ence," says the report to the gov
ernor, "the average. rate of assess
ment of all property in the state of
Wisconsion for. the year 1911 was
less than 65 per cent of its true
value; while specific descriptions
of property were assessed all the
way from 10 to 200 per cent of
their value.
The most serious defect in our tax
system is the method of selecting
the assessment force. As in most
other states of the union, local as
SCISSORS for the several towns, cities
and villages of Wisconsin are elect
ed by popular vote, except in a
few charter cities. The only quail
fCation requiredis the ability to get
the necessary votes. While good
assessors are often chosen this way
it is IL spite of the system rather
than because of it. The normal
result is miscellaneous aggrega-
tion of UNFRAMED and i'll paid as
SCISSORS of varying degrees of indif-
ference and incompetence. A uni
form assessment from this source
would be little less than a miracle,
and the age of miracles is gone.
The complete remedy for this
situation undoubtedly would be a
force of assessors appointed by the
/ tax commission or other state
agency under civil service rules,
working under the direction and
subject to removal by the appoint
/ ing power. ALI administrators
and students of taxation agree with
/ this view.
The exemption of personal pro
perty as recommended in our last
report would greatly simplify and
facilitate assessment, whether per
formed by local or county assessors.
But without such exemption it is
believed that one county assessor,
devoting all his time to the work
with a limited number Of assistants,
depending upon the size of the
county, could properly assess all
personal property in the county and
ali real estate quadrennially, with
necessary adjustments for additions
or destruction of Improvements as
they occur from year to year"
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-12-14
The Secret OF Beauty.

The true secret Of physical beauty IS
to be born pretty.--Cincinnatl Times
Star.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-12-14

it was reported that the men .A
ed four ships at Danzig whic,
British Red Cross had obtained
Germany for the housing of prison :
-Ea-
The Ukrainlans and the Poles
cline to stop fighting. They are CHI
ing each other back and forth in ter
tory which both claim. and II Is dii.
cult 10 say which has the advantag'
Recently the Poles occupied Bres,
Litovsk. the town where Germany It
gotiated The peace treaties with Ru.
sia ana the Ukraine
-Ea-
Eefore President Wilson left If
country he delivered his address /,
congress reassemhled for the sha'
session. He paid glowing tribute :
the forces Of America. military q
civilian, which helped win the war. a
said he was going across TO interp
his ideas Of world peace because :
considered that was his bounden du
Rnt he did not give any specific Inf :
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-07
Austrian Troops Withdrawn.

VIENNA (via London), July IT,
To avoid heavy sacrifices, the AUS
trian troops in the piave delta have
beer. withdrawn TO the eastern bank
OF the main stream, the war office
announced today. The Italians, ac-
cordinB TO the statement, cautiously
Followed as far as the westerly bank
OF the river. The text OF the stato-
ment reads:
As The delta OF the Piave could
not have been held without heavy
sacrifice, we have withdrawn ou,.
troops which we're stationed there to
the dyke positions on the eastern
bank OF the main branch. This op-
Grafton was carried out during the
night of July 8 and ., The enemy
felt his way at midday yesterday as
far as the river.
East of Monte Peruca we drove
pack strong italian attacks In saf,
culinary hand-to- hand fighting.
In Albania, French and Italian
troops attacked our mountain posfa
tions between Devoiii. and osuni. In
me course Of the fighting the enemy
succeeded In obtaining advantages
at two points which, however, again
we're Immediately wrested from him
oy counter attack"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-07
Attacks by Sammies West of
Thierry Result in Cap
ture of Huns.

by Tho Associated Press
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN FRANCE, July THE American
sectors along the front remain quiet,
with Intermittent artillery fire, occa.
sional raids and the usual patrolllng
operations.
The enemy wireless reports give.
nm Importance to local actions which
does not appear from close examina-
ton from this side. For instance,
the Germans transformed an insig-
nificant contact Of patrols in the
Toul sector into a raid by their
troops, a raid In which Americans
took prisoners in the upper Vosges
sector. they interpreted as an attack
which they repulsed, Mo- American
attack has been repuised anywhere
and there have been no raids except
those carried out by the Americans
during the last two days.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-07

put 1t In. ] is a Bosch high tension
and the car Is a (--J. NJ. r.. r.
4. Set cylinder No. on top dead
Center between compression and
poser not exhaust and suction) to
determine which have the exhaust
valve OF 80. just close. Retard
su1tk control lover Place magnetic,
'hrn rnrolve the shaft until the dis
Ir,nu.or rotor is approaching the
lower lott.haud segment Then
watch the luterrupter until the points
just begin to open and fauen shaft.
Connect wires to cylinders in tho
irluE order uf tho engine. .i
g. would iko TO put electric
N-ht in tbc side and tail lights OF
wy ,-) car. and put In a small
STORAGE battery and make the mag
h"Do keep lhr battery charged. VIII
you please ton me how TO connect
lh" Wires. A. N. H.
A. Nuu cannot charge o storage
battery from a magnetic ag the mag
uotu gives an alternating current and
tho battery requires a direct current.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-07

@ have had uy delivery ear ,n
[ dNad storage an Wiutvr and iuls week.
tried To- turutuNtr the cuisine aud
found thar I could met move 30 st
uil At Easter she was ulr right
WIN YOU kindly tell me what ta DO
Through your ho,ptul column. The
resistance stpmct ut such character
that I would describe It as u locked
condition u; S %.
A. believe that the cylinders
have "swca'rd" and su caused the
piFtons 90 rust fast Pour quito "a
quantity OF Kerosene into ench. c,l
,rdcr, and the next day iack one rear
wheel shlft 90 high. aud then whilo
someone UScs tho crank hrlp him
by turning tho wheel DuCo YOU get
tho pistonsc moving they win clean
themselves, though II would Hc we'll
To- have the engine taken down be
fore using much
q | have been having trouble
with my ear lately When | 50 more
than twenty miles an hour she pops
ana misses, even when hot, and this
happens especially when | try to
get runnng start for "a steep hill near
my house ! have ground in my
valves and hud carbon removed also
have mixture too rich. but ii has
not helped. ltisa Co. car. +. CIV.
A. Undoubtedly tho feed line is
stopped up or there is water In your
gasoline, First clean out tho trap
ca tank-shaped deviCo found lust
past the valve at the tankl Thh'
failing 10 help, take Off the tutn-
run a wire through It ana then bhhe
lhr'uGh H. ita-
@ Please tell me- how to rcd
when the mixture Is too rich illy
when too poor Also whom ltDr.
right / have 1915 t--) (np y
-FOUR cylind0 X. t. NJ an
A, Sluggish and often a miss,ns
motor, strong smell or biltg
smoke from the exhaust. a tendeitaI
70 overhcatiug. and red flame w. w,
tho compression cock indicate Il ,,'
tho mixture Is too rich A weak Nv
lean mixture In indicated by laCf Vi
power--missing, popping In the
huretor-and yellow flame at
preston cock. A proper mix po.
meansya good get away" no , the
and gives a blue flame at the CIVIL.
preston cock. ,,st
q, l have a t---) car, aud was
battery did not get charged, nndhoro
battery man said | could run a,,d
car while the battery was b nv
charged, and at night all tho III nn i"
n In h,,t am ~ tts1ht a uke
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-07

else It would not have been adopted
for our use. The German uses his
fighting Knife chiefly for thrusung
usually at the throat, as the first
American sentrics stationed near the
Rhine Marue canal soon discovered.
But the holo knife may be employed
In any way the emergency dictates
and its peculiar heft lends it an un-
looked-for wickedpess.
Moreover, this Enife has aodistinct
asy Geological value. II was com
plete surprise to Frt2--lf not to his
intelligence department. ut least to
himself and his associates in the
trenches. what he has learned
about it he does not Ike. And TO
the American 1t is a tried and tested
weapon, the heritage of another sue.
cossfpl war. and piece Of steel
which he is convinced viii do all that
cold steel can.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-07
USE OF B0L0 CANE
NATURAL TO NEGRO
Desperate Man With Moro Knife
Gets Best of German Detachment
In Hand to- Hand Conflict.

WASHINGTON, June 30.--A year
ago Henry johnson, a coiored citizen
Of Albany, n. Y, was peddling ice,
coal and wood In contented obsGurity.
Today Henry Johnson, a soldier Of
the United States wearing the cov-
eted French war cross with palms
because he proved himself brave
man--and because at the critical
moment he got his hands on bolo
knife.
Everybody who thrills TO the great
continued story Of American heroism
that trickles back from France over
the cables remembers lIenry's ex-
ploit--how on night duty with a
companion in an American listening
post he took on" "a marauding
Germans in a swift rough-and- -tum-
BILE; killed some of them with his
rifle, bombed others from his basket
OF grenades; and then even after he
had been wounded, split so many
skulls with his bolo that all the
enemy left on their feet after meeting
Henry became suddenly and violent
ly homesick
The bolo knife which Henry WELD
ed so well weighs / pound aud 8
ounces without its scabhard and has
a broad li-inch blade. II Is sharp
ened 10 n razor edge and near the
end runs abruptly 10 thrustlng
point But one of its chief virtues
as small arm Is It's cleaviuE power
Most of the weight Of the knife is
distributed along the back Of the
blade. The handle Is sorrated TO ft
the fingers for an easv grip and with
a quick muscular swing the boo is
a bone cutter OF the first rank
America first ran UP against the
holo in the Philippines. over there
IL was originally an agricultural tool
Just as the machete was IN Cuba. and
blackshiths at country crossroads
hammered II out infinitely and IN an
sorts Of forms The "cris" with It's
curly blade Is a form Of bolo, and
the "campilan" is a bigger bolo.
a Weapon OF thc Moros.
But IT was up among the Moros
that 1t was developed for war nur-
poses. In The underhrush It proved
a very terrible weapon, as many a
trooper found 10 his cost A stoalthv
stroke In the tropical night Just one
counted for major American cas- |
ualty. After n while our soldiers |
found there was no particular knack |
in the Malay use Of the bolo they |
could not master. Then thev began .
TO capture holos. And so. after the /
war ended, bolos kept coming back
to the United stat as souvenirs.
But Il was not until 1910 that the
War Department tried the expert
ment Of issuing the holo knife as n
regular rurt Of the American equip
ment II was used and tested hv our
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-07
LEAGUT OF NATIONS
MUCH FAVORED PLAN

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE
the German people have nothing to
lose in the Kind of victory for which
We are fighting a victory that would
give peace. Independence and secur-
PITY to all nSsSGS--a peace in which
! the co 0DTratifnb Of nations as eX-
/ emplifiad in rtNe present alliance
operation In production and trans
| portauou OF food and In many other
/ vital matters will take the place Of
cntangllng alliances protective tar
| ifs, smouldering trade wars, the
| balance Of power and other survivals
Of the age that was breeding tho
great war.
But is II enough to say these
things? Can nothing be done that
would convince the German rulers
and people Of the ultimate hopeless
ness Of their ambitions? A. G, Gar
diner. the most widely known liberal
among London Journalists Is of the
orinion that a great deal could be
done toward bringing the war to a
rapid and victorious CONCLUSION II
Great Britain and the United States
only put their mind to Il,
Let us begin now" Is the head
ing OF his article. This is what he
says:
We TO Set II I'm Motion.
The urgent duty of this country
Is to take its stand without equivoCa.
ton or reserve on the Washington
platform, and with the United States
to set in motion the league Of ma
tOus now II an the allies are not
ripe for the mvemcnt let us begin
with the Engllsh-spcakinR world
and leaving IL 10 France and Italy 10
come in when they are ready. They
will not be long, nor will the neu
tral countries be long in following
them. The essential thing is to get
the new fabric established and Oc-
cupicd, with it's doors open to all who
" sh to enter on the conditions laid
down.
with that beginning we can bring
Into effective play at last the most
powerful weapon In our armory
Together, the British empire and
the United States control the bulk /
OF the raw material in the world |
This fact is frankly revealed In the /,
recent article Of Herr Dernburg in |
the 'Neue Freie Prcsse' Of Vienna |
In tnat article the eX-coloninl minis /
ter discusses the world famine OF /
raw material, the dependence ofGer- |
many on the external world for sup Z
plies and the need Of the terms NJ +
peace securing her share Of those +.
supplies And he leads "p 10 "a pro- !
posal of an economic league of ma !
tons
at Is this necessity Of the enemy /
that our own league Of nations can
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-07
Germans Admit Defeat.

berlin tvia I.ondon). July IT,
Attacks In strong force by Americans
and French west OF Chateau Thierry
are reported in the official COM
inunieation from headquarters today.
Ihese continued yesterday and dur
ing the night and the German com.
mand declares they broke down with
heavy losses.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-07

Grandson OF tho Caid Kasi. Do
Hahu'S rc!erencct'o tho MaNwelrs
ability toT,and the desert conditions
Is due, Maxwell officials believe. To
lls perfect cooling system, which
pndcr desert conditions equally try
ing IN the "hac lands OF America,
Niea with tho famed 'thirstlcss
"lmCI for endurance
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-07

But He Isn't Boosting About It Now.
Conceding his skin rs "a sculptor.
Gotzun Borglum's critics also accord
him rank as one Of Americas great
est writer's of hction.-Auaconda
Standard
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-07
UnpnY Thought.

The world is so full OF the plunder
Of things.
I'm sure we can all be as bloody as
kings.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-07
Comc ON. Mnc. Ia a snnrt

Perhaps Mr. McAdoO viii now
raise the wages. OF the public. so thnt
II can pay the incrcased wages of the
railroad cn.--lndianapolis News.