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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-11-28
This Year the Spirit of Thanks
giving Should Properly Be
Filled With Praise.

EE1HO that views the universe
~ in its orderly movements
and sees the mind Of the Al
mighty in the fixed blessings
Of existence can doubt that
~ out from the cataclysms of
the world war the choice of blessing
or cursing will work out in the victory
o. the good1 The old cry, Hath God
forgotten to be gracious?" needs no
longer be voiced. God has not forgot
ten to be gracious. So that, as the
Americans assemble in their churches
on the day set apart for expressing ma
tional gratitude, they will rejoice
above all else that the nation Of free
men has adopted as its motto: "Whom
the Lord makes free is free indeed"
Let them rejoice that America is bent
upon proclaiming liberty to the entire
bounds Of the earth. The curse Of au-
tocracy. the curse OLA blasphemous
assumption that God is ON the side of
the strongest battalions, the curse Of
Aebauchery Of human ideals and hui
ma aspirations, the curse of the e.
tablishment of force In the place of
purity; Of power in the place of peace
this Is the cursing that is being
wiped out In blood. The blessing Of
world peace and the prevalence Of the
spirit Of brotherhood and of mutual
advancement for the peoples-such is
the peace that In being wrought out.
The United States has placed It's all
on the altar, realizing that sacrifice
b the noblest virtue Of a nation.
Hence, while ~exuberance may not
abound, the spirit Of thanksgiving 10
Allied with praise over the mighty
Danner in which the mind Of the Al
uiGhty 10 bsing made clear in the
novements OF the times; with the
United States playing a leading part
IN its impressive unfolding.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-11-28
Our Nations Greatness Founded
on Fatherhood of Man and
Brotherhood Of God.

RE1ITH the growth of the nation
vi there has been correspond
ing growth in responsibility.
- The raw experiment of a
nation framed from the skel-
0S eton colonies of the eastern
seaboard has proved the greatest sue
cess in government the world has ever
known. Democracy sits at the tables
of the land today. Brotherhood asks
its helping from the amply filled
boards of the American home. These
two attributes Of the American people
fully express the secret Of Americas
success as a nation. The growth, of
the nation has been in accord with the
extension of these ideas. They are
both home ideas, and therefore they
are both ideas that express the inner
spirit of the day of thanksgiving.
The fatherhood of God and the
brotherhood of man-these were the
leading conceptions of the Pilgrim Fa-
theirs. They are the leading concep-
tions Of the sons of those fathers to-
day. They are the conceptions that
ear never be made hackneyed by hypo-
critical . or by designing abuse.
They wilt stand forth in the genius
and action Of the American people nm
TIL each year shall add praise to praise
in the measure Of the fullness Of rea-
sons for the giving OF thanks.
Peace, provision, protectfOn-thess
are the priEed possessions Of q, u
ton whose N aim is to exalt the
ends Of human liberty, to extend hu-
man democracy and to exalt the ideals
Of human equality. As this nation
touches the world at large it doss %
through ito leading national coneep-
tons, and only when these are vitality
assailed an 1t take up arms for tn
own defence. II has the obligatioa
resting upon it to conserve the true
needs Of liberty, and this can be done
only By insisting upon the s~acredness
of hurnan rights and human opportu-
miles. Hence the day set aside for
thanks in a day Of pure and unadul-
terated Americanism, into which no
alien sentiment can possibly enter.
Hence It is that every head of the
family in acting In his capacity at
the head Of the family board becomes
the priest Of the things made precious
in the life Of the country and Of which
mention is made as thanksgiving
themes of the day. No more can the
nation depart from its lofty mission
and progressive ideals than can the
earth swing away from the solar at
traction. The day Of home happiness.
the day Of praise, the day of felicity
is q sacred and singular day In the
annals Of American progress and Amer
lean world influence.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-11-28

%oT IS to be hoped that this
Thanksgiving will not be a
pagan holiday, and that
those who do render thanks
will do SO not as a heather
~ philosopher, Boosting that he
is not as other men, but in greater hu-
mility because he has perhaps been
more greatly blessed than others.
Outside of the many material bless
ings that have come to the American
people during the past year, which are
good In so much as they contribute to
wholesome human happiness, there Is
reason for the people of this country
upon this Thanksgiving day to be un-
usually thoughtful concerning their
place in the world, and to remember
how this eminence has been obtained.
Who can look back and not see the
band of Providence shaping the des-
tiny of America? This liberty which
IL the marvel and the hope of the
world today was set up on these shores
by Godfearing men-the pioneers who
inaugurated this very Thanksgiving
holiday. It was for the love of the
service of God that liberty was estab-
lished in America, and 1t was this lib
.erty that has been the basis Of our M
'tional greatness and which is to be
the political salvation Of the world.
America cannot look back upon its
history without seeing God, and by
taking thought cannot fail to acknowl-
edge it's gratitude for all his benefits.
With that stage Of our development
'psssed We are now permitted to enter
upon that new era when America par
tfcipates In abolishins tyranny and In
Justice, ever hateful to God, and -
carry to the oppressed nations az the
world those principles Of liberty
through which our own chief blessings
have come.
This is the supreme service that \
nation can render to another-t0 safe
guard the liberties of it's people. In
this momentous time the burden Of =
Thanksgiving this year 1t seems should
be that we are to be chief among the
ministers In working out the Divine
purpose to have all men-Greek and
Barbarfan-ffee.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-11-28
N.Y. A4SoA ~
ah& control.
~

n randemOnium would result. How
funny it would be to see the quota
ton men running back and forth be-
fore the board as the prices came in,
but with no noise in the pit.
II rather think, though" said the
millionaire, "that it would not be SO
loaringly funny, when we were put
out"
That evening at the performance
Of "Nancy's F~ancies," the party was
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-11-28

the millionaire, who seemed
t. be renewing his youth, sat chatting
excitedly with the inventor and a
party of friends. 1t seems that the
Hon. Gazukes had recently been forced,
through a practical joke on himself,
to become interested in this sound ab-
sOrber and to realize that it had a "a
riety Of possibilities, for his friend.
Faxon, the inventor, had lain in wait
for him one day by the side of a build
Inc. He had seen the millionaire COM
ing toward him, earnestly engaged in
conversation, and wishing to demon
&trate his invocation. he had quickly
sprung upon q barrel and, as quickly,
he had set the absorber in rapid VI
n~ration, 80 as to disturb the attno-
sphere before the faces of the gentle
men Neither was able to hear the
other and after much CONSERVATION
FaxOn, with a twinkle in his eye, con-
fronted them.
The millionaire then became anxious
to try it on q crowd, and had secured
seats for his friends in little groups
about the stadium, all of them being
located within the Yale cheering line.
Little do people about us know
what, we have on our minds" he was
saying.
They were happily expectant and
laughed as the old gentleman added:
"Or should I say: on our coats2'" for
each one of the 30 men in the party
xas supplied with a sound absorber.
This invention was simply a circu-
Lar plate, with curving edges, looking
something like a fattened bowl. The
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-11-28

Let Us Give Thanks

6FS5;!s;EI;:::.::sIi!!Y.s::s s :: $ &C.: &C.;
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-11-28
Much More Than Material Are
the Blessings for Which We
Now Give Thanks.

T IS to be hoped that this
Thanksgiving will not be a
pagan holiday, and that
those who do render thanks
will do so not as q heather
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-11-28

plate was to catch vibrations, which
are carried In waves to their ear
through the atmosphere around them.
IN the center OF the apparatus were
small revolving plates, which. being
fanlike, when ret In motion would
break n, ~ On aroa Of disturbed ~.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-11-28
Turkey BELONGS to America.

The turkey Is an American bird.
.I.ucullus and the Epicureans did not
know about him. He was found In his
wild state after Columbus first voy-
sge. Aboutea hundred years after the
discovery lof America br0iled young
turkeys became greet dslisac3ss -
~ yfsnehman,s tablA.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-11-28

The Truth Of II.

"Well, Nettie, did you know that we
had all come for Thanksgiving" asked
Uncle John, as he chucked his little
niece under the chin.
II expected you" she said. sweetly.
Mother said that the whole family
vas coming, and It was a dreadful
lore, but that Thanksgiving only
comes once q year."
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-11-28
@S8M@ 80
No Time to Abandon Custom.

~ n no bUbV 80 VNO0SIOOut 0WOS0VWs 3"
It has long been the honored custom
of our people to turn In the fruitful
autumn Of the year In praise and
thanksgiving to Almighty God for his
many blessings and mercies to VI as
4 nation. That custom we an follow
now, eve in the midst of the tragedy
OF q world shaken by war and imI1eas-
urable disaster, in the midst OF sorrow
and great peril.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-19
POMERENE Trent BILL"
BEFORE HOUSE AS RIDER
Conference Report on Agriculture
Bill Shows Agreement Except on
the "Profiteering Amendment.

The Pomerene rent bill, attached as
a rider to the emergency agriculture
bill, came up for con-
in the House this after
noon, when Representative Lever
submitted a, conference report ON tn
emergency appropriation
bill. The conference report set forth
an agreement on all the items in III"
bill except the rent-profitecring rider.
Mr.. Lever moved the adoption Of the
conference report.
1t is understood that Representative
Anderson of Minnesota Will move TO
concur in the Senate rent-profltecri!l
amendment with an amendment sub
mitted by himself and designed to
make the -profiteerinS law much
more stringent.
On motion of RepreSen tatiVe Lever
the House adopted the conference ~
port. Mr.. Lever then asked that the
House insist upon its dlSaSr c-i'lti2.
to the rent profiteering anendEirn b
and request further conference with
the Senate.
REPRESENTATIVE Anderson objected
Mr.. Lever moved to insist on oppoS!-
ton to the rent prciltecrin% a;I-ii't -
ment Mr.. Anderson submitted pref
erential motion. to concur in tn" Sen
ate amendment with an amendment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-19
FLY OVER CITY
IN BATTLE FORMATION

All Washington paused in it's work at
1 o'clock this afternoon while fourteen
American airplanes flew over the city
in a spectacular demonstration of aerial
war formation.
People stood still in the streets and
heads bobbed out of windows as the
long line of little black specks ap-
peared IN the southeast. With the
Treasury building as their objective,
the line Of specks grew larger and larger
until the planes sped over the BUSH
ness section.
In graceful circles they swung around
the Treasury, thrilling the city below
them with many battle maneuvers. Then
proach of superior enemy force, the
planes flew east to the Capitol, circled
around the dome. and returned few
minutes later to the "battlefield' above
the Treasury and White House.
An aerial combat between two scout
planes at an altitude of $500 feet
above the White House was a thrill
ing climax to the exhibition.
The demonstration was staged as a
final appeal to the people of Wash
ington to buy liberty bonds and thou
sands of circulars were dropped on the
up-turned faces in the streets.
The big de Haviland planes in the
group flew at 5000 feet and the scout
planes at $500 feet There also were
two types of Curtis planes in the
squadron, one group flying at 1000
feet and the other at 5000 feet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-19
Huns Hope to Find Refuge
Behind l. EsCQuf RiUer Line

B- the : -'',i.;t'": Press. 80
BRITISH ARMY HEADQUARTERS
IN FRANCE. October would
appear from The n7aruGr in3s,rhrch the
Germans arc leir& driytn fron France
southeast OF Doual and east Of Lille
tsat they impcr to find refuge in
tbs sert ien.',t the. frpns behind the
lire -of--lre I4'E.scaut river rs it curves
between Tournai and AndanartI. Tire
river limo obviously Is The only Tr'ace
The emery can possibly hope tn gain
time 10 catch his breath in this whole
area
in Belgium tn day has been occu-
ped rrlnclpaily III line Strengthening.
The lines nov pivot "ii STUge:;. one
running generally TO the coast near
tStcnd ard he scccud slopinS off to
the southeast. Heavy nghting was re
ported =. only one place today. This
was 1t Cos roobcke.. south Of Thieit.
The Belsians wanted the town and the
Efound nearby. rs the Germans We're
holding ii AS a sort &c salient the
BeiSians went out. and fought for it
and after Il. furious battle the bullet
rndied enemy took to his heelx. Now
the Relg ianS- have the :aflenr.~~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-19
nArnay Knotus=NQrBLost,
CAPTURED Documents Reveal

Ey the Associated Press.
WITH THE ALLIED ARMIES IN
FLANDERS, October 49,, - PM
German military comma nd~rs- be g
unable to win any victories. now seem
to have gone in for literature on an
extensive scale. Today'sr reports in
clude masses of captured documents
which have fallen into the hands of
the allied soldiers. They treat of all
subjects. but one and all they contain
a subcurrent of despair. One says:
81 will take strongest action against
men who absent themselves from
their commands only to turn up again
when danger is over"
Count Won Wa1dersee of the 59th Re-
serve Infantry Regiment wrote that
lie knew his regiment was going TO
lie attacked and warned his men that
The attack must he broken down.
incidentally. the assault referred to
resulted in the Sma ;hin- of that reSi-
lnent.
This officer ordered all auxiliary
services to the assistance of the in
fantry in the line. (which needs all
the support Imaginable" Count Won
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-19
GERMANY'S BROKEN SPIRIT
IS SYMBOLIZED IN PARIS

PARIS. Friday, october 1S.-Ger-
man artillery and German airplanes en-
tered Paris this morning, but they were
drawn by French horses or piloted by
French aviators.
In the Place de la Concorde these
tangible proofs of Marshal Foch's VIC
torious offensive are now to be seen.
More than fifty cannon, with the mud
of the User or the chalk of Cham
payne still clinging to their wheels,
are being exhibited to enthusiastic
Parisians. Gothas. nearly a score of
which proudly flew over Paris a
month ago, are now humbly housed
around Cleopatra's Needle.
In one of them subscriptions for the
liberation loan are being accepted and
sometimes refused momentarily ow-
ing to pressure Of investors. These
death-dealing Machines which few
weeks ago sowed deso1ation and ruin
on Paris, now, with crumbled wings.
mutely appeal for mercy, like a SYM
Dol of Germany's broken power.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-19
French Reported Near Client;
Allies Are SlUntlv Aduanci1q

BY the Associated Press.
WITH THE ALLIED FORCES IN
FLANDERS. October 10, 10 pm
French cavalry were reported tonight
to have reached the outskirts of
Client. There is no official confrra-
ton. ...
The infantry is pushing fast after
the mounted forces.
The reports indicate a continuation
of the rapid allied advance in the
Belgian coast sector.
The British are meeting with little
opposition in the Lille salient and to
the northward. Ia most places diff
Guilty is fouad in Keeping contact
with the enemy's main forces, owing
to the rapsdity of the retreat.
Lille Swiftly Left Behind.
Lilo is fast being left behind by the
advancing 9Th British Army. In spite
of German posts .sta blishcd north of
RoubaiX and TurcoinE these rich
manufacturing cities have been taken
The Germans blew up the bridges
leading into Bruges and left strong
rear guards. but these forces were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-19

Waldersee .discloses some German
ideas relative to the gaining of time
in which to prepare defenses that may
be valuable in view Of Germany's
EFFORTS to secure an armistice or
peace.
Wherever defenses are of tempo
rary nature" he said. they must. if the
enemy leaves us sufficient time, be con-
tinually improved and strengthened in
accordance with the principles laid down
for defensive fighting.''
1.-THE enemy's great successes have
strengthened his consciousness of supe-
riorlty," this commander very frankly
said 1.-THE strength and condition of
our troops cannot be unknown to him,
and there is no doubt that he possesses
the means to overcome the difficulties
which confront him."
1t would appear from many documents
that the German army knows it has lost
the war and is blue over the fact.
German soldiers On the battle front
have shown unusual consideration for
civilians. Notices in French and English
have been found at Bignies informing
civilians that they would not be moved
east of that town. OF course. the allied
guns would not fire ON towns known to
be full of civilians. The Germans,
knowing this, could use it to protect
themselves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-19
LudendOrfS PiUOt Still Holds:
Observation-Disclosures

The situation may thus be summed up
as a race between the allies seeking
to knock out this prop and the Ger
mans trying to get back on the line of
Escaut, Client and EalencienneS with
out too much damage. They will at
tempt to make stand on this line, in
all probability, as it is the shortest
line available, but the odds seem to
be against the enemy.
King Albert's armies are pressing
Ludendorff hard. He may be driven
farther and faster than his plans pro-
vide for, and in addition to that he
has the task of finding troops to cover
another weak spot namely, the
Sterav gap, the back door to the
Rhineland through Luxembourg, which
is being tirelessly assailed by Cen
Gouraud and the American armies
notwithstanding all his efforts, the
German commander has not been able
to prevent this slow but sure Franco
American advance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-19
THERON E. SMITH DEAD.
Rockville Boy With Overseas
Forces Victim Of Pneumonia.

Word has been received by Mrs. Ed
win Smith of Rockville, Nd. of the
death of her son, Private Theron T..
Smith of 31Sth Field Hospital, 18th
Division, in France. September 70, of
pneumonia.
+. Private Smith was an engineer by
profession and was well known in oil
well districts throughout Oklahoma
and Wyoming. AT one time he was
engineer for the Oklahoma NaturA.
Gas Company, and at the time he en-
tered the service was an engineer for
the Carter Oil Company.
He was the son OF the late Edni"
Smith of the coast and geodetic Sur-
vey, and grandson Of the late Wi
liam c. Black Of New Orleans. III
was twenty-eight years OF ug.'. Ii
is survived by his mother. sister and
four brothers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-19
Haiq Six Miles East of D0uai;:
Flanders Advance Unchecked

have captured the town of Thielt, in
Belgian Flanders, west of Client, and
have passed on 1000 yards east of
the town.
The enemy is still resisting strong
ly between BrugeS and Cambria. but
is retiring slowly northeast of La
Fere.
The Germans are preparing to in
undate the low-lying lands south of
the River Scheldt. in eastern Bel
GUM, a Central News dispatch from
Amsterdam reports. The inhabitants
have been ordered to abandon their
homes Immediately.
LIE Cateau Offensive.
In continuation of the offensive
south of lie Cateau field, Marshal
Haig's troops have captured the vii
lage Of Wassigny, the British COM
mander reported tonight.
The village of Ribeauxville, north
of Wassigny. also has been taken and
British troops have entered Babuel,
still farther north. More than 1900
prisoners and a few guns were taken
in the days fighting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-19
BURIED IN AMERICAN SOIL.
Lafayette Himself Took Earth
From U. S. Battlefield to Spot.

PARIS. September 20 Correspond
ence of the Associated Press).-How
many Americans know that Lafayette
was buried in American soil? Gen.
Thiebault writes in his memoirs:
His dafSyette's) tomb is at
Picpus. It was in this spot
that he had had placed a dozen bar
rels of earth taken from some battle
field in America. which he himself
had brought back"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-19
Nv the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, October 19.-The Germans
still are on the run. The victories of
this week have obliged them TO make
a conversion of the front on which
they are engaged, and that is ticklish
operation under the tremendous pres
sure to which they are being sub
jected.
Gen. Ludendorff is swinging back
his whole right, using as pivot the
plateau through which runs the canal
from the Disc to the Sar1bre. with the
forests of De Normal and Du Nouvion
as supports TO his rear. He has con-
centrated all his available forces
there. and. notwithstanding the stout
blows delivered by Gems. RaVlinson
and Debeney, the pivot still holds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-19
Py the Associated Press.

Py the Associated Press
LONDON, October 1s.-The British
are continuing their advance in
Flanders north OF the Ses,sse canal,
Field Marshal Haig announced to-
day.
Southeast of LIE Cateau, where Brit
ish and American troops are operat-
ing, Hazuel and Mazinshien have been
captured
The British have advanced more
than six miles east of Douai and
they are in contact with the Germans
east of Vred and Catelet in that area
The Germans were still holding the
outskirts of Zeebrugge this morning,
although the Belgian forces in their
eastward advance had rescued the
Zeebrugge-Bruges canal.
French Capture Thielt.
LONDON. October 1S.-The French
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-19
Counting on Henry Ford.

The democrats also are claiming
they have more than fighting chance
in other states which now are repre-
sented by republicans, They are pin
ming their hopes to the coattails of
Henry Ford to defeat Truman H New
berry. the republican candidate for
5 the seq Sen mm ' M;1pisun s,5a ae rspup-
Ford is running as an Independent.
but with the democratic nomination.
at the request sof President Wilson,
and much is being made by the demo-
Gratis in Michigan over the expendi-
ture of large sums of money by Mr..
Newberry's supporters in the senato
ial primary campaign for advertising
in the newspapers. On the other hand.
the republicans aye using as a club
the fact that Foh's son. Edsal. in
the draft age, was exempted from
military service, although the son of
a fabulously rich man. Also, Michigan
is naturally and normally a repub-
lican state.