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Evening star., 1918-10-15
JAPANESE.ENVOY ASKED
TOSTUDY U. S. BUSINESS
CableErnm to The Evening Star md
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1918.

TOXIC. Japan. October IA. - The
Kokumin Shimbun, commenting on
the coming. visit to America of Reizo
Yamashina. vice president of the To-
kio Chamber of Commerce, as the
special envoy Of Japan's federation
of chambers of commerce, expresses
the hope that he will investigate
Americas wartime commercial and
Industrial activities which are really
great examples to Japanese business
men. The paper says that when
Yamashina returns the country will
want to hear about the real greatness
iof American business.
The paper also urges the envoy to
exert himself in interpreting the jap
anese business system to American
firms, as such measures will undoubt-
edly promote friendly business rela-
tions between the two countries.
Evening star., 1918-10-15
BRITISH


October 15-Yesterday afternoon an
American patrol crossed the Selle
river in the neighborhood of St Sou
plet and took thirty prisoners.
We carried out q successful raid
last evening south of Sainghin-en-
Weppes, taking twenty prisoners. A
few prisoners were taken during the
night by our patrols on other por-
tions of the front.
October 1.-THE Flanders group of
armies, under the King of Belgium,
attacked at 5:35 o'clock this morning.
The I'd British Army advanced about
tion of Courtrai, capturing the impor-
tant villages of Ledeghem and Moor
selle and reaching the northern out
skirts Of Menin.
The Belgian army advanced also
nearly five miles toward Thourout
and captured the villages of Rum
beke. Iseghem, Cortemarck and Hand
zasme.
.ThssFrench army attacked with, the
belgian troops on both tanks and oc-
of Devren, Hooglede, GIFTS and ST. Jo-
seph. They also captured the plateaus
of GIFTS. Hooglede and Gibbete. The
prisoners counted exceed 5000. Thir-
ty-three hundred were taken by the
Belgians. $500 by the French and 1900
guns taken is unknown, but six COM
plete batteries with their teams were
captured just as they were about to
withdraw.
The British. Belgian. and French
aviators played a great part in the
battle. They bombed enemy concen-
trations and trains and fired their
machine guns on enemy infantry. Brit
ish monitors also assisted materially in
the operations.
Gn the Br.tish front south of the
Lys river only local actions have been
reported. Our patrols and advanced
detachments have been active. en-
abling progress to be made at certain
points and the securing of a number
OF prisoners.
Local fighting has taken place in the
ne!ghborhood of Erquinghem and
south of Wez-Marquart. as a result
of which We captured several pris-
onerS.
Evening star., 1918-10-15
By The Associated Press.

By The Associated Press.
LONDON. October 15.-American
troops on patrol crossed the Selle
river in the neighborhood Of St. Soup
let south of LIE Cateau, yesterday. and
took thirty prisoners Field Marshal
Haig announced in an official report
today.
Raiding operations on several por-
sions of the British front, notably
near Sainghin-en-Weppes southwest
Evening star., 1918-10-15
FRENCH.

October 15.-During the night and the
early hours this morning we made prog
ress at various points along the front
South Of the Serre we took possession of
Remies, Barenton, Gel and Monceau-le-
West
West of Rethel the French have cap
tured Observation-Disclosures.
West Of Grandpre the French have
progressed beyond the Aisne. O1izy
and Termes are in our hands. In this
Evening star., 1918-10-15

Funeral services for Policeman Jo-
seph NJ Barker Of the eighth precinct
who died last Tuesay of pneumonia.
were held at his home. 1858 N street
southwest, Saturday. Mr. Barker is
survived by his wife and four children:
Pallbearers were six officers of the
eighth precinct.
Evening star., 1918-10-15
Example Others May Follow.

The precedent set by Secretary
Lane. it is thought, will be followed
by heads of other big departments
who are bringing to Washington men
and women, particularly the latter. by
hundreds to engage in war work.
With the influx of thousands of war
workers each month to care for the
ever-increasing government business
found necessary for the successful
prosecution of the war, it has been
nointed out by those persons cham
pioning the shutting off of these
workers from the capital city that
housing. accommodations are made
quate to meet demands at present.
and with the increase of population
the comprehensive campaign to curb
the influenza epidemic will be of lit
tle avail
Evening star., 1918-10-15
Shortage of Medical Help.

The acute shortage of doctors and
nurses, because of the thousands al
ready in war service, would place
upon Washington added burdens to
those now so numerous that local
health authorities are working night
and day to cope with the work.
Evening star., 1918-10-15
WOULD HALT influx
!. WAR WORKERS.
Secretary Lane, in Line With
The Star, Emphasizes Epi-
demic Peril.

I'm line. with suggestions recently
made by. The Star. editorially and
otherwise, that the influx of war work.
ers into Washington be stopped pend.
fng the control and elimination of
Spanish influenza here, Secretary Lane
today showed the way to the other
government departments by requesting
Of division heads of the Department
of the Interior that no more civilians
be brought here while the epidemic is
unchecked
Evening star., 1918-10-15
PRES|DENT'SN0TE
TENSION
Whole World Given Prompt
Information of UItimatum
to Germany.

President Wilson's reply to Germany.
in which the President gave assur-
ance that the United States and her
allies will dictate peace terms, and
that these will not become a fact
until the entente powers either deal
directly with the people as successors
of the German war lords or the kaiser
and his coterie of militarists are
crushed by force of arms, broke the
tension which prevailed in Washing
ton in anticipation of the Presidents
answer.
The master stroke Of Mr.. Wilson by
stating decisively that the United
States and her allies will have the
last word and enforce 1t caused a re-
taxation in the minds of the persons
who feared that military effort would
be allowed to slacken pending COM
promise between the warning coun-
tries. The reply clarified the atmos-
phere and made plain that further
attempts to dissuade the United States
and her allies from their purpose will
be futile.
Evening star., 1918-10-15
AMERICAN.

October 14-This morning American
troops resumed the advance. North
of Verdun they are now operating
against positions of greatest strategic
value and natural strength. Today
we passed beyond the towns of Cunel
and Romagne We have patrolled the
Bois de Nabtheville. and our attack
ing line has penetrated the positions
|of st. Georges and Landres ct st.
Georges. About $50 prisoners have
been reported.
Evening star., 1918-10-15
Insult President Wilson.

One of the cro~ning acts of the
occupying troops was the insulting
of President Wilson in tract that
was distributed profusely by German
soldiers among the population. This
document reads. in part:
1t is now absolutely evident that
the determination to kill comes from
the White House at Washington and
is conducted in the person of Presi-
dent Wilson. 1t goes without saying
that the doctor of philosophy. Presi-
dent, democrat and humanitarist, will
be able to invent the best OF reasons
for continuing the war"
Then follows a diatribe against doc
tors of philosophy in general. coming
back again TO the American President
In these terms:
What difference is there. anyway,
between Wilson. who has come out Of
the University OF Philadelphia (sic) and
any kind of 4 Nero.
The first defends the thesis of the
continuation oG the war before the
American Senate: the other justified
each of his crimes before the Roman
senate. Both the President and
Caesar had recourse to the same ora
torical periods to defend their states
Inanship."
Evening star., 1918-10-15
Great Interest in Note.

Interest in the expected note Of the
President was great yesterday. EV-
erywhere about the city, among dip
lomats, members of Congress and
high government officials and the pub
lie at large. it was anxiously awaited.
The press was on hand in large
numbers to receive the note to send
it over the wires and give 1t nation
and world wide publicity. At 5:45
o'clock yesterday afternoon. Secretary
of State Lansing handed to newspaper
men the official note from the Presl-
dent to Germany. But few minutes
elapsed from the time it had been re-
ceived by the newspaper men before
it was on the wires and being re-
ceived by the press of the country.
The reply was put on the cables to
Europe today, and probably has been
received by this time at Bern. Only
few hours should be required for its
delivery to- Berlin through the Swiss
foreign office:
1t is interesting to note that the last
note sent to Germany was -given pub
licity here before being put on the
cables. which was probably the first
time in the history of the State De-
partment that the privilege of making
public a note of this nature was not
accorded to it's recipient.
Evening star., 1918-10-15
OFFICIAL WAR REPORTS.

region we captured nearly 500 prison.
ers go: 4.
October 14.-south of serre we have
occupied Monceau:les-Leups and are
sur-Serre. In cooperation with the
Italians we have captured and passed
SiSSonne.
In spite Of lively resistance we have
made progress on the north bank Of
the Aisne and have carried our line
Lor, LIE Thour and st. Germalnmont.
In the region of Asfeld we have cross
ed the Aisne at several points north Of
Blanzy.
BELGIAN.
October 14.-This morning Belgian
and French troops operating in close
| cooperation carried by assault enemy
positions on a front of twenty kilo-
meters between Handzaeme canal and
the Roulers-Menin road
Breaking the strong enemy resist
ance, they progressed along the whole
of the. :frent, capturing Handzaeme,
Cortemarck. Gits;I st. Joseph, Hoo
gleds, Beveeren, Rumbaek, Beythem,
Ouekene and Winkel st. Eloi.
| The French carried RouIers' by as
sault. More. to the east the Belgians.
progressing in the Fighting on a depth
! of more than ten kilometers, captured
Iseghem and reached the borders of
Lendelede. delivering numerous civil
populations. u ~:
The advance varies between four
and five kilometsrs, Aifpianes ac-
lively co-operated. The number. of
prisoners up: to the present Is 5000.
! A..great quantity of material, in
cluding clniiIng six complete batteries. was
| Roulers, Cortemarck. Hooglede and
Gitsare aflame. There have been
explosions-in different parts of Rou-
| lers.
GERMAN. . -,
October IA (night).-In FLANDERS
the enemy attacked on a wide front
between .Dixmude and the Lys:- We
| have stemmed the thrust.
On the Oise and west of the Disc
and on the Aire and west of the Meuse
attacks by the French and Americans
| failed. -. :. = !
| Day: Thrusts by the enemy against
| the canal front on both sides of Douai
porarily penetrated: :Authigny-au-Ba
| was thrown. back. by counter attack.
Northeast Of Cambria strong Brit
tsh attacks between Bouchain and
| Haspres broke down. South :. of
Solesmes we cleared out a British
HeSt winch mad been lett from the
| recent lighting.
| North Of the Disc renewed attacks
by the French at and south of Ainon-
Vile were repulsed.
North Of Iaon and on the. Aisne
| we are occupying new positions.
Heavy losses in vain assaults which
he renewed almost daily have rem
dered possible the smooth carrying
| out of movements here as well as in
the Champagne.
| On neither side of the. Meuse was
there any fighting of major impor-
tance. In raids we recaptured small
sections of positions which were still
occupied by the enemy at the con.
clusion of Saturdays fighting.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-08-30
\NSSI

So far. taking things on an over
age. "" have only invested our sur
plus in Liberty Bonds From now
on II may rrQuir" sacrifice of som
uf the comforts of lif" To do our du
~ in this respect and If so. Well and
good We may bc obliged tn de
ny ourselves many things "" are ac-
cuStom"d To have in order To obtain
funds to invest in bonds. but that is
a very little thing to do, Those who
do nothing toward winning tn" war
other than to practice Il little self
denial are getting off pretty light.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-08-30
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When this Nation first faced its
greatest crisis there was one man in
the United States S"nai" who sought
10 impede and hinder III" prosecution
of the war. with all his power and in
fluence. and stopped at no act to gain
his purpOS" (which. however. failed
prOclaiming his conSci"nc" as Il sol"
excuse. for his attitude il was Sen
ator Thomas Pryor Gore of Oklaho
ma.
When loyal Oklahoma rose up in
righteous wrath and branded him as
disloyal to tn" best traditions and
loyalty of his constituents, thousands,
of letters We're frank"d Ia thousands
Of Oklahomans. in which he com
pletcly reversed himself. or attempt
ed To. in an rftort to convince Okla
homans of the loyalty and devotion
10 the cause of her Junior senator
this was don" by Thomas Pryor Gore
When the United States senate On
Tuesday considered tn" bill extend
ing the draft ages to include men uf
ages eighteen to forty five. one Ion.
Senator voted agains, the hill. but
later. to keep the record straight
and to make il look clean when il is
seen by his constituents. withdrew
his vote and was excused from voting
at all this. too. WAS Thomas Pryor
Gore.
III an ordinary citizen of these Tn
tied States seeks by word or act L.
ipe(r the progress of the war in any
way, either as affecting war loans
War Savings Stamps, carrying out oi
the draft act. food or fuel consrrva
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-08-30
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II You find ard pro-GcrmanS dis
rr"ditinE War Savings Stamps or any
other Government securities. hav.'
IN" diSloNaliSt prosecuted
Don't deiaN ~ sending in tn" nam"
OF amy of our enemies max" your
report iu he War saving office.
Tn" Law is very stringent on this
point
Already W. have received num"r-
Gus reports OF p, rSOnS who hav. Spo-
ken d"rogatory to War savings
Stamps. They inSinuatr they are
not Il good invest m"nt
This is German propaganda. Their"
ar" no better securities in the world
than the bonds of l'nclc Sam Keep
u lookout for IN" h"nchm"n of the
kaiser. They must be- routed.
In addition. do not overlook the
necessity of rrd"cning your War
Savings Pledge. Tn" soldiers and
SAILORS need food. clothing and the
implements of war Courage mus,
be armed; hcroism must be- thor
onehly equipped.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-08-30
\NSSl

Several mighty good people in i
community near at hand feel that war
work may hcncctorth he difficult
there. unless one or two who haven't
don" their duty ar" made To get
right The; good people are looking
n tn" proposition through colorcd
glasses. Can any real American
Eaug" his own contribution To the
rh,iS" ON basis of what tn" Stacker
has done" Does the failure of on"
man in IL community give plauSibl"
excuse for another to lay down? DO
We measure our American Army by
the Slackcrs and dcscrttrs2 TheS"
good friends would do we'll to re-.
member that there are very few
SlaCk"rS in this country. and that
thr"r won't be any after while
Tn" failur" Of one man doesn't ex-
CuSc the other
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-08-30

ten bales. hence tn" practic" ot iir-
ing up for only ON" bal" is waste
ful one at any season, and can easily
H.. avoided without hardship To any
one. say" perhaps u slight delay on
the part ut tn" owner ut tn" bal"
The order that in communities
hnviur murr than ON" gin, only such
Gins hr u,, rated Il, can b" given =
fair seasons run. with tn" susl"-
tinu Of IA division ot profits an"nS
all IN" ginn"ts, -""n!e 10 point ont a
way for further fuel saving without
injuring tn" gins Any inan'iiart uf-
ing enterprise Tor a. Sn'h KIN
must be- clasS"d must sustain Il min
imum operating expense, whether
he output j. nil or large. for y
costs Il certain minimum sum tn keep
M steam and keep tn" fore" al en-
ulo,n.s on tn. Job, whether that pin
is ihl, entirely. jusi half way busy.
or rushed T."' H. aSsum" a com
munty having three gins. and WITH
nnl, sufficicnt cotton in sight to fur
nish u fair ani pruiitabl" run tor
Two ui them They very probably
all thrr" los" money Meantime. fuel.
labor. and other items oi operating
expense Tor ln'' lfll''' EIl.' HdN' D''''i
spent in almost III" sam" amount aS
had th.r" been II good run for all.
Let Us SippOS" now that th"S" thr""
gin owners got together and worked
out Il legal mcthod nf dividing among
h" ,hrc" the profits from tn" opera
tiOn Of bnt two of the gins. II IN .
runs Wrr. fair and enough for Two
gins. Il neat profit on IN" season
shall have accrued. all tn" gins hav"
made "A profit. AMI the fuel and la
bOr and other expenses of the gin
ha, remained closed ar" saved for
other and NOR" rrpdrd and more use
ful channels
~ III" sam" time. there can b" no
| injury tu tn" farmer from such an
arrangement. aS tn" News secs it.,
| but really Il benefit. for whatever
| moves benefit tn" Nation In cons"r-
walton of needed commodities b"n"-
fits all
| II appears to the News that such
| n plan will b" helpful to us all. for
! 'h"r" is no doubting now that the
| short cotton crop will not furnish a
proiitabl" run for all of our gins.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-08-30
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on" OF our home boys. lying
wounded in France asks his father
To sell his personal belongings. that
he may buy War Savings Stamps
In the face of such patriotism as this
lhus" among us. and there are sever
al. with much ready money. who OBJ
iect To ii small investment in Gov-
"rnmcnt securities, appear slackers
in such Il degree as to max" them in
tolrrahlc To real Americans. Person
ally. we believe that the fellow who
isn't willing to do his fair share of
financing this war isn't entitled to
liv" in America. which Governcmnt
has mad" his accumulation of wealth
pOSSihlo
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-08-30

never lost any time lamenting over
the fact that there was no opportun-
lty for poor man in this country
No, Drak" wasn't that kind Of a duck
Farm and Ranch: II has ocon
shown repeatedly and conclusively
that the cost to the public for main
tenancc of police. courts of law, mu-
nicipal prisons. refOrmatories. Dnni-
ten'iaries. hospitals, lnnatic asy-
luhS. orphan asylumS. county farms.
ana other correctional. charitable and
el""moSynary institutions, made ne.
rrSSary wholly or indirectly. by or
through the usr of drink. exceeds bv
TAR me total revenue from liquor Ii
Qu"r lt"nScS or taxes obtained by the
local. state and National Govern
m"ntS in III" United States. tn this
nn't h" added, or privat' u1,. ind:
Vldual account. IN, valuahlr time
wasted by thoS' addicted 10 lis n..e
the h.sin"SS hcpl' 'ctrd, th- skill I'M
pair"G tn" gol ten opportunities il
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-08-30
The
Mechanical
Marvel Of
The Age

had exhausted every +" develop real tractor the
machine placed ON the market.
Within few days will receive first carload OF Ford.
Tractors. and arrival date is aScerane.
arrangement will br made for II demonstration Il farm
located he accessible Ut all i'm the trade
ror! and the time and place will he given wide publicity
as I" give all an opportunity I" witness it.
The Ford>on Tractor will he sold like the Ford car on
commercial basis. Orders will he filled in the order they
received and rapidly possible We suggest that in
view "i the limited supply "i them will be able to get
that Applications he filed at Prices will be given
application.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-08-30
Terms ~ subscription:

Under III. new postal regulations,
effective July /. newspapers no long
Or pay flat rate Of pu~tag" regard
less Of distance. hut are charged Tor
In proportion To the distance car
Yted, the same a. ar" parcel post
packages. The result is that the far
ther "A subscriber lives from the of
flee of publication tn" greater be
comes the po+tag" charr" The zOn'
rates apply to zones in tn" sam" way
as parcel post. incrca inr for each
additional 2On. 10 which III" puhlica-
ton is mailed. Under IN" n"w r"pu-
lations, the Durant Weekly News ha-
Q choice Of two alternatives. VIZ. De-
cline all subscriptions h.TOnd tn"
second zone, or adopt an increasing
scale of subscription rates, and IN"
latter appears better from all an
giles Therefore. IN" rates of sub
Ocription are as follows
First and Second Zone twithin
15O miles of DuranfJ per yr. 100
Third Zone tmorc than lj0 but
less than 800 miles from Du-
rant) per year %
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uOn may be received for less thar
ono year. Terms strictly cash in ad
vance.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-08-30
FROM EXCHANGES

Tulsa World II is time we for
got what "A spectacle Heary Ford
made Of himself at the beginning of
the war. lie has amply lived down
and compensated for his early ms
takes His latest act is the an
uounrrmcnt that he proposes 10 turn
over To the Government all the tN-
cess profits from war work winch
individually accrurs 10 him. This Is
better than being elected senator.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-08-30

temps by curtailing the quantity de-
livered to the homes and hospitals,
Mayor Cowgirl seems to be pursuing
ii bull-headed course that is going to
get him lin bad with the boys" in
the North End who vote repeatedly
if not intclligcntly
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-08-30

McAleSt.r News Capital: \ short
axe in lee causes Kansas tity'S may
or to issue an .dict closing the sal
oonS until the ice supply is adruuat"
to the demands. Think of closing sal
uuuS' And with such Il tlimSy eN-
cuse Even mind picked in hooz"
could have avoided such contra
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-08-30
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Fuel Administrators Norris order
10 gins not to fire up their boilers
until there are ten bales ar more in
sight for ginning. and to operate
during the season only such gins as
are necessary to gin the seasons
crop. will. carried cut literally. save
many tons OF fuel. conserve much la
Dor and save much profit in Oklaho-
ma alone this season.
1t is well known that 1t requires
about as much fuel to fire up and
gin only one bale as 1t does to gin
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-08-30

The publisher reserves tn" right
to reject any advertisement offered
for publication in tn" News. which
may be deemed obj"ctiunabl" for
any reason.