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The Twin City star., 1918-09-28
CROSSES ARE AWARDED
TO THIRTY.FOUR MEN

General Pershing Honors Soldiers For
Extraordinary Heroism In
Action.
Washington, Sept. 27. - General
Pershing reported the award of the
distinguished service cross to "a en-
listed men and officers of the Ameri-
can expeditionary forces and to one
member of the French army for ex-
traordinary heroism In action.
One of the crosses was awarded
posthumously to First Lieut.. Ray C..
Dickson, West Bend, Wis.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11

vicegerent of heaven. Up and at them, We
terrestrial and celestial servtors of the
All Highest"
A Rotterdam dispatch reports rumor
that 1.-THE biggest offensive of the year
has been planned by Hindenburg for
next month"; This would seem to add
deep and subtle significance to his oft
repeated appeal for patience. In this
connection "The Philadelphia Public
Ledger" observes:
"Hindenburg is always hackneyed in his
messages Heroes usually are. This one
dates back to what some regard as the
oldest piece Of literature in the world
the Book of Job. He breaches patience to
the German people. He scolds them for
lacking this primal virtue He says: The
fighting is proceeding again. 1t is to %.
hoped that those at home will have con-
hdence. but they have not yet learned to
wait. This is most cruel, unjust. untrue
attack upon the most patient people in the
world by the hero they themselves have
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11

missal was emphasized by the retire
ment of Admiral Won Holtzendorff last
week, after he had published an ex-
PLANTATION for the failure of the German
submarine to prevent the transportation
of our troops to France. Holtzendorff
was chief Of the Admiralty Staff and
as such was responsible for U-boat &C
Invites. 1t is significant fact that he
had to get out just after acknowledging
a great German failure at sea, precisely
as Kuhlmann was dismissed for predict
ing failure on land. Upon top of all
this comes the news that Admiral Won
Capelle, Secretary of the German
Navy, is about to resign. Evidently
there is very deep discomfort among the
Kaiser and his closest advisers in regard
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11

ITS trap, and he is now ready to spring
It's jaws. The unleashed submarines. a box
barrage of the ocean, are to sink every YES
SCI bringing supplies The Americans are
to perish mserably abroad from starva-
ton.
1.-The great noise heard on the battlefront
is not from exploding shells, but is Won
Hindenburg shaking with laughter Valhal-
la rocks with mcrriment, and Forfar wears
broad grin. Not a Sammy is to get home.
Delivered into German hands, before spring
France will be whitened with skeletons. A
great army of dogs is being trained by the
staff that foresees everything and neglccts
nothing to crunch the bones
ut is the biggest stroke of German genius
since Won Hindenburg executed his victo-
rlous retreat from the Somme Fathers of
America, read Of it and tremble. Read It.
mothers, and weep. You have trusted a
bridge of boats, and, presto! it is gone.
II the submarines do not do the work COM
pletely, then the winds and the waves will
obey the voice of the vicegerent of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
MS Home Folks Begin to See What They're Up Against

are said to have banded together in the
mountains of Asia Minor.
Discussing conditions in Turkey and
the latest friction between that country
and Bulgaria 1.-THE New York Evening
Mail" said this week:
"In no way is the growing weakness of
Germany plainly revealed as by her in
ability to keep her wrangling allies in line
While German arms were victorious on the
West front Berlin able to suppress the
smouldering fires of jealousy in the eastern
region of the alliance. Now that Germany
has passed the summit. of her military
power and is struggling to keep a painful
footing on the downward slope these fires
threaten to burst into a confagration And
this confagration not only. threatens to in
volve Turkey and Bulgaria in open hostili-
ties, but to destroy in the twinkling of an
eye the bridge which Germany has built
with much chicanery and so much ruth
less force to connect Berlin with Bagdad."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11

to the progress of the war; this merci-
less slaughter of ministers would seem
to have only one meaning
The nervousness Of the "men at the
top" is evidently but reflection of the
same feeling among the people them
selves. What more striking proof of
such nervousness than the following ex-
tract from the ''Franksche Tagespost,"
brought us by the cables this week:
over Germany a swarm of canards are
flying. Hindcnburg is said to have fought
duel with the Crown Prince of Bavaria and
to have been killed. In the last battle l0O,-
900 men said to have been taken pris-
oner. The number is being whispered I'M
der every ones breath"
Probably this nervousness was not al
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
From The Washington Post.

made out of wood, set up in the Berlin
llergarten and treated as a god-not by
mailing him to the cross-but by mailing
iron crosses to him.
IF the German people have not learned
to wait, what have they learned?"
10 "The New Orleans State" it seems.
so tar as his relationship to the military
side Of the war is concerned, to make
little difference
whether Won Hindenburg is still in the
flesh or the conventional distance undcs
ground. For Won Hindenburg, it has long
been acknowledged is not a military genius.
but only the embodiment of an idea Lu-
dendorf, since the passing of Won Moltke
and Won Fakenhayn, has been the leading
military figure OF the war on the German
side "
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11

layed by the action of the police, who
posted placards Threatening with severe
penalties those responsible for repeat
ing such panic-stricken tales
1t appears, too, that nervousness and
distrust have found their way into the
ranks of Hindenburg's fighters This
week Reuters agent at British headquar-
ters described the feeling among them
thus:
"Distrust is rife in the enemy ranks and
under such conditions tendency is to eXag-
gcrate their misfortunes. They discredt
Ludendorff's statements, and seem gloonily
conscious that Germany is suffering defeat
and that the truth is being concealed from
e. them"
1t was this correspondents judgment
that "the ebbing of the German morale
resulting from recent events has been
noticeably fastened by the great influx
Of American troops
The state of feeling in Germany has
undoubtedly been aggravated, as ind-
Gated by the extract quoted above from
the "Handelsblad," by conditions in
Austria and unfavorable developments
in Russia, not to mention Turkey and
Bulgaria. From a report cabled last
week from Switzerland few tears were
shed at Vienna over the German defeat,
and some of the Austrian officers even
got certain satisfaction from it, The
remarks from the Vienna "Arbeiter
Zeitung," the leading Austrian Socialist
organ, which were given out by the
American government on Tuesday, are
highly significant 1t wrote that
"the decisive factor in this war will be man
power. Now it is incontestable that the
numerical superiority of the Entente is in
creasng every day. That is formal avowal
of the inevitable defeat which is awaiting
the Central Powers"
Probably the world outside would
have struck still richer ore if the censor
had not squelched the editor at that
point. At any rate, it appears that
things are being said on the Danube
which need to be suppressed
Zurich dispatch of this week also
reported considerable uneasness in Ber-
lin on account of the strained relations
between Bulgaria and Turkey Many
Turkish assertions, this dispatch added,
are reported. Three thousand deserters
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
r ravely Echoing "After-the-
~ Event" Wisdom

Zone effect of the German defeat in
the Marine salient" write The Tribune
has been to bring Won Hindenburg back
into the limelight. For some months past
he has been in eclipse. He was said to be
incapacitated. Ludendorff no longer needed
his services as stage war god, into whose
wooden images the German populace was
burning to drive gold and silver nails Bat
in this crisis he is welcome again at Grand
headquarters, where he gravcly echoes the
after-the-evcnt wisdom Of the present head
partner in the reconstructed Hindcnburg-
Ludendorf firm"
According to "'The New York Globe"
the secret is out--"the supreme strategy
by which the Incompatible Won linden
burg is 10 confound the foes of the
Kaiser" The "Gazctte de Lorraine"
treason for secrecy having passed, re-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
Convinced at Last That
~ Force Won't Do

Another pessimistic reading of the
psychological temperature in Germany
came last week from the Berlin cor
respondent of the Amsterdam Handel
blad," who telegraphed as follows:
"The number of those in Germany who,
like DR.. Richard Won Kuhlmann, former
Foreign Secretary, convinced that force
of arms will not put Germany on her feet
again and that, after four years, the war
should come to an end is steadily grow
ing. There is, Of course, sufficient justfica-
ton for less comfortable feeling now
than few months ago, not only as result
of the retreat from the Marine and the
American danger, but also on account of
the precarious political and economic situa-
ton in Austria. The Russian question,
however, is the one which causes the great
est anxiety to ALL
This reference to Kuhlmann's dis
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11

OF her allies to a state of subserv;.,..
her. Germany undoubtedly
that these constant fights over terri. es
which the Central Powers have not 49, ="
established a right are causing dislov.,.a
of her allies to her and creating ~"
that will hasten disaster" ses
1.-The Richmond Times-Dispatcb. J.,
this to say regarding the German NV 10y
comment already quoted in the n,s.'
article: s@
"This change of policy on the part =. !,
German government-re reflected in III. -
man press-has deep meaning. 1t ind;.ns'
very clearly shat the government 10 ,.-
confidence in the future; that il ;s n, s
ing to assume only defensive attitude :.
the war, and it has become NECESSARY E.
the government to give measure Of w.
ing to its people"
And 1.-THE Columbia Is. c. State
wrote:
"These and other reports from Geru.n.
as we'll as the apparent spirit of the r..
man armies, seem to indicate a lower;,. -
the morale of army and people-~the sur.
precursor of lost cause"
Papers taken from German so,d;...
recently captured give proof of Ce,
many's troubles in still another dire.
ton. ''The New York Sun" calls attsr
ton to the matter thus:
"a memorandum gives details of = NJ
tiny of Alsatians in which 10000 so,ai...
participated. An order from the croms
Princes headquarters commands thu, n.s
from these two provinces be sent N ~.
rear for field work and that on ac.or.. ~,
the many assertions they shall, under n,
circumstances, be used in the front lines
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11

ident"; but the hungry, war-weary Ger
mans easily penetrate his camoufage
and are frankly, outspokenly dis
couraged.
That this is the actual reaction. of
the German people to Ludendorff's
mastery retreat is proved by late quota
tions from German papers that have
been cabled to America The news of
the defeat Of the Germans at the Marine,
according to the "Berliner Tageblatt,"
"produced scenes of unspeakable de-
spair" at Berlin. "Such outbreaks of
utter encouragement and downhearted-
ness" have not been witnessed there be-
fore in the war, says that paper
That is the expression of a Liberal
newspaper; but it is amply confirmed by
one of the leading Junker organs. The
notorious Count de Reventlow wrote
thus in the "Deutsche Tageszeitung":
"The beginning of the fifth year of the
war is marked in large part of the Ger
man press by reflections which are over
flowing with resignation melancholy and
whining.
"The fearful defeatism which runs
through the German public life these days
has perniciously tanning effect, and more
so because with some people the underlying
view may be perceived or is expressly
stated by them that if one would end the
war it would, after all, be an easy thing
to do. as one need only join Grey and Will
son in the League of Nations"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
Z ven the Kaiser
- Is Gloomy

The same paper lays a finger upon an
other indication of Germany's weaken
ing tendency:
"Somethng of the doom that impends is
reflected in the Kaiser's proclamation at the
termination of the fourth year of the war
For the first time in imperial address
since the war began the note of triumph
and vanglory is lacking in this measured
utterance. The most optimistic note in this
truly historic document is the reference to
the Eastern front and to the advantages in
Russia which have been safeguarded by
peace treaties.'"
The New York Sum- also discussed
the growing difficulties of Germany in
making territorial adjustments satisfac-
tory to her allies. 1t wrote:
THE present fight over the spoils of war
among the Central Powers, fight which be-
gan with the formation of their alliance and
terness, has disclosed how irreconciIable
are their differences and how hopeless is a
satisfactory settlement Germany has been
distributing the prizes with a high hand.
taking the choice of the loot and at the
same time attempting to reconcile her allies
to the concessions which she has made to
them. That they have failed to appreciate
her gifts is due to their own greed and to
the TACT that they recognize in all of her
appointments Germany's desire to in
crease her own power and to reduce each
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
veals the great conception" "The

vcals the great conception" "The
Globe' goes on to say:
ut appears the great master has been
playing 'possum, pretending to be i'll to lull
the Allies into doing w.lat he wanted done
Instead of disfavoring large American
army in France, he schemed to have it
come over. He suspended the U-boat cam
ra'gn that the transports might have easv
sailing. The German offenlve was not to
reach the Channel ports or Paris, but to
alarm the Allies into Macedonian call to
America Everything has worked according
10 plan, and 100000 Americans are on
European soil.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
noes 1t All Date Back
IL to That Paris Dinner?
THE Atlanta Constitution" asks

The Atlanta Constitution" asks:
IF Hindenburg is dead, as reported upon
divers and various occasions. could it be
possible that the prolongation of his wait
for that April l breakfast in Paris had
anything to do with his undoing?"
And is answered in later issue: No,
he didn't sweep wide enough to please
the Kaiser; and that Paris dinner was,
to him, fatal April fool'"
Hard luck for Hindenburg, who has
to fight and fall, and live to read obitu-
aries wherein he is damned before he
dies" admits the same writer. And
1.-The Richmond Times Dispatch" OBJ
serves:
"Hindenburg may not have been sick or
crazy, or dead, as variously and persistently
reported, before the Germans started their
present offensive. but it's safe to say that
he Is sure enough sick right now"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11

UDEND ORFF'S reassuring
words, addressed to a group of
German newspaper men in eX-
PLANTATION of the great German
retreat on the Marine, were evidently de-
signed by him to satisfy manifest want
But the trouble with his explanation, OBJ
servers on this side note, was that 1t ex
planned too much. He told the news
paper men: 1--WE figured on an attack
on July 10 and were prepared for it,
And yet, although "by the afternoon of
the 10th we already were fully masters
Of the situation and shall remain So the
superefficient Supreme Army Command
had to abandon an immense territory,
with an enormous loss of men and NUM-
tons of war But even this, according to
I.udendorff, was according to schedule:
I'VE left the abandoned ground" he said,
ito the enemy according to our regular
plan"
But Ludendortf's version of the at
fair has by no means satisfied the peo-
pie who are keeping the home fires
burning On the contrary, reports now
coming out of Germany indicate clearly
enough that the significance of this
huge abandonment of territory accord
ing to our regular PLAN is fully under
stood; but in sense quite different
from Ludendortf's Interpretation. He
may make a show of optimism by put
ting out for home consumption the
boast, 1--WE are now, as before, con-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11

under the sod. Now he is up and about
again-quite i'll, according to some re-
ports; UNNECESSARILY weary, according to
others. few correspondents assure US,
on the other hand, that won Hindenburg
is in the best of health" The myth pro-
ceeds. So does the scorn and denuncia-
ton and ridicule of the Allied press.
Dead or alive, weary or we'll, the Kaiser's
pilot is being given the full benefit of
our doubt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
Another Bulletin ON the Hindenbnre, MYTH
7 Els, the Hindenburg myth is
n still with us. The most sensa-

x 7 Els, the Hindenburg myth is
still with us. The most sensa-
IA tional development of recent
date presents him in the wild
midst of a duel with the Crown Prince of
Bavaria, by whom, according to one
rumor, he was killed. The "Frankische
Tagespost" is very much grieved that
such swarm of canards should be fly
ing over desperate Germany. But it
would seem a pity to dispense with the
Hindenburg myth, and such enhancing
episodes certainly add piquancy to it's
pages.
few weeks ago he was buried and
his obsequies were pronounced by the
press of the Allied world. Nothing very
f1attering was said of ''the Old Man of
the Lakes" But at any rate he was put
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-05-30
CIVIC NOTES

In submitting our report to the
Club Secretary, Mrs. Merchant, who
represented the Woman's Literary
Club'at the District meeting at Hope
last week, it was a source of much
satisfaction to record the courtesy,
cooperation and support we have re-
ceived from our Mayor, City Council,
Chief of Police, Committee on NUM-
cipal Affairs of the Commercial Club,
as we'll as the citizens Of Wahpeton.
1t is pleasure to work when YOU
feel that everyone is right With YOU.
We have tried to interest everyone
i'll the necessity OF sanitation. This
cannot be asitated enough.
Every city should be inspected and
scored on the following points: Con-
dition OF streets. parks and alleys.
water supply and drainage, collection
and disposal of garbage, general an
pearance of homes. conditions of
vacant lots OF those where bill-boards
stand, ventilation and care of pub
lie buildings, public conveniences.
especially those for schools, presence
of flies, Mosquitoes, and other disease
carrying insects, handling and ex-
posture of meat, fruit, pickles and
other food products offered for sale.
such special conditions as may direct
ly AFFECT the health or cleanliness of
a town.
Sanitation is community neces-
sity.
Mrs. G. J. Wig. secy.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-05-30

Addition which are now on file and Of
record in the office of the Register Of
Deeds in and for said Richland Coun-
ty. North Dakota; and that certain
tract of real estate which is bounded
and described as follows: Commenc-
ing at point eighty (SO) feet south
of the southeast corner of Block
Eighteen (18) in Roots Addition to
the Town (now City, of Wahpeton,
North Dakota, according to the maps
or plats> of said Townsite and Addi-
ton which are now on file and of
record in the office of the Register of
Deeds of Richland County, North Da-
kota, as the point of beginning: and
running thence south one hundred
five (1O5) feet; thence west .,one
hundred thirty-two (132) feet;
thence north one hundred five (1O5)
feet; thence east to the point of
beginning; (the said tract of real
estate being also known as Lots One
a.. Two co.. and Three (3), in the
Block south of the aforesaid Block
Eighteen 18) in the City of Wah-
peton, in the County of Richland and
State of North Dakota): and no per-
sOnal claim or demand is made
against any Of the defendants in this
action.
Dated May 23rd, 1918.
FORBES & LOUNSBURY,
Attorneys for Plaintiff,
P. o. Address: Wahpeton, North
Dakota.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-05-30
We DO NOT KNOW
WHAT War MEANS
War Correspondent Declares
Even Neutral Countries Feel
It More Than We.
MUST MAKE every SACRIFICE
To Win This War the American Pee.
pie Must Awaken to Full ReaIiza.
ton Of Al Il Means and All
Il Demands.

Chicago.-"We do not know that w
are at war. Five thousand miles away
our troops are moving into battle. In
million American homes. the casualty
lists are watched with anxious eyes.
Tears and anguish and heartbreaks are
the price we must pay to write a head
line Of Victory" declared Oswald F..
Schuette. for three years war cores
pondent of the Chicago News with the
armies of the Central powers, in an adj
dress before the Press club of Chicago.
"A year ago we unfurled the battle
flags Of the republic. We pledged our
selves to the greatest sacrifice this
greatest Of world wars might demand
The American people are ready to
make that sacrifice. But so far we do
not know over here what war really
Is. have come out Of three years in
that inferno. All Europe is aflame.
1t knows 1t Is In the war. Even neu.
trail countries such as Switzerland feel
1t hun(lredfOld more than we. There
economy and conservation is no longer
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-05-30
PROUD OF "REMINDER BOOK"
Mr.. eIinkinton Claims That by lts Aid
r. He Has Been Saved Much
r. th,.. Time and Worry.

''what I used to do when I put any
thing away" said Mr.. Bllnkinton, twas
to bestow 1t with great care in some
place where I would know Just where
to find 1t, ana then would forget 1t
completely. More than once when I
have wanted something that I had thus
carefully put away have had to tear
the house apart to find It.
$50 it was until I evolved my Things
Put Away book which has proved to
be great help and comfort.
"Now when put anything away I
first enter it in that book, which is. Of
course, iEdcxed, sc that ! won't have to
look through long list of things when
I want to find anything.
"Once soon after started the book
I put that away somewhere very care
fully and thel, forgot where l had put
it and had terrible time looking 1t
up; but since then I have kept it in a
spot where it can't fail to come under
my eye daily; and it works like q
charm.
"Really should say that for any,
body who like myself is apt to forget
things Things Put Away book would
be indispensable"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-05-30
MRS SMITH CALLED

Mrs. Kate Smith, wife of Fred E.
Smith, President of State School of
Science, died at the family home here
Monday evening, after a long illness
from sarcomatous tumors. She
underwent an operation some months
ago. when it was thought that her
recovery was complete.
Mrs. Smith was born in the State
of New Hampshire, Oct. 5th, 1864,
and was married to Mr.. Smith on her
birthday in 1894. They came to
Fargo. North Dakota in 1899, where
Mr.. Smith was Superintendent of the
City Schools a number of years, COM
ing to Wahpeton in 1905.
Mrs. Smith has been active in
literary and club work, where her
undertaking and sympathy made her
a favOrite councillor, a friend, and a
leader
She has so endeared herself to us,
that every home feels the loss of
something that was near and dear to
them, and we all sympathize with the
bereaved husband and mother in
their affliction.
An aunt. Mrs. Perkins of Vermont,
has been with the family for a week
or more.
Many people of prominence from
this and adjoining states attended the
funeral, which was conducted by Rev.
Stillwell in the Congregational
Church Wednesday afternoon.