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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-26

SpeCtdt Cdbte 10 ECeHlHg PuOuc Ledger
ht. 1918 by Ne,D York Times Co.
With the American Army on the
Marne. June "a.
A German ser1icf.icial statement re-
diers is a most absurd attempt to furnish
palatable reading for home consumption.
What the Germans VINO have faced the
Americans have to say about their fight
ing is just the opposite to what the
Germans in Berlin have to say when
making the wish father to the thought.
To prove this. ] pass by numerous
statements by captured Germans as to
the good fighting qualities of the Ameri-
cans. for one might say that they cur
ried favor, and | quite from a letter
taken from the body of n German SOL
dier killed by Americans north of the
Bois de Belleau. He belonged to the
Seventh Company Third Reserve Err
satz Regiment, and this is part of a let
ter he wrote home under date of
June 21:
"Amcricans Too Fiery
I'VE are now in the battlefront and
canteers dare not come to us on account
Of the enemy. for the Americans are
bombarding villages fifteen kilometers
behind the present front with long-range
outfits and others VINO are lying in re-
serve do not venture very far. for 1t IS
not pleasant to eat cherries with
Americans. The reason for that Is that
they have not yet had much experience.
American divisions are still too fiery.
I'VE will also show the Americans
how good we are, for day before yester-
day we bombarded them heavily with
our gas. This had caused them already
great losses, for they are not yet suffi-
ciently experienced with gas lombard
ment. About 400 of us are lying around
here.
I'VE have one corner OF the woods
and the Americans have the other cor
ner. That is not nice. FOR all of a sud-
den they rush forward and one does not
know it beforehand. Therefore one
must shoot at every little noise, for one
cannot trust them.
Here always two men dig a hole for
themselves. Here one lies day and
night without blanket only a coat and
half shelter. One freezes at night like
a tailor, for the nights are fercely cold
! hope | will be lucky enough to escape
from this horrible mess, for up to now
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-26
AMERICANS TOO FIERY TO SUIT
GERMANS WHO FACED THEM
euton Soldiers Letters Betray Their Dread of Opposing
Dauness Yankees-Boches, Fed on Sour
Food Bewail Their Diet
By EDWIN L. JAMES
Special Gable TO Euening Public Ledger ha'

| have always been lucky. Many of my
comrades are already buried here.
The enemy sweeps every evening the
whole countryside with rife and ma
chine-gun fire and then artillery fire.
But we in the front line are safer than
those in support position. At present
our food is miserable. We are now fed
upon dried vegetables and marmalade,
and when at night we obtain more food
it is unpalatable 1t is half sour and
cold. In daytime we receive nothing"
Another German letter, dated the same
day, said;
II have no more courage to work day
and night and do sentry duty on dried
vegetables and marmalade. You will
not believe what we must suffer from
the continuous enemy fire. In addition
to all this there is no leave and no
thought of it even 1t is enough to make
one desperate. I have had nothing to
smoke for six days"
IF they desire accuracy. the Kaiser's
publicity men will do we'll to get 4 copy
of letter from member Of the famous
Twenty-eighth Division, from which the
following extract has been taken. This
division has now been taken cut after
spending two weeks against an American
unit:
Admit United States Success
"As far as my health Is concerned, I
am faring well. and that Is very i'm
portant thing. We are again in the
front line becadse an American division
opposite to us has achieved some success.
and we, as a model division. are going
to make g0od this loss. At the present
moment We are lying in reserve in a
small woods, where we have made dug
outs, which we have furnished as COM
fortably as possible with all sorts of
stuffs collected from a nearby inn.
"Of course. We are getting all sorts
Of knocks from the enemy artillery
which, especially at night. shoots at us
accurately. Up to now everything has
gone pretty well. but we hope to be
relieved pretty soon and once again get
some rest, because If one has been more
than fourteen days in this mix up one
has more than sufficient"
From one German division fronting
the Americans, deserters have come into
our lines. This Is the Eigthty-seventh
division, and is known as the aluminium
division" 1t came to this front from
Russia, and contains many discontented
Alsatians and Poles. who. deserters
say, do not wish to fight Americans.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-26
VICTORY OF ITALIANS
CEMENTS ALL PARTIES
Unified Population, Jubilant
at Triumph, Lauds King
and General Diaz


Special Gable to Euening Public Ledger
Copyright, 1918, BIZ Ne,D York Times Co.
Rome, June IS.
Enthusiasm grows hourly at reports
coming from the 'front.' all showing the
extraordinary fitness and morale Of the
army which is passing from stubborn
resistance. to a most audacious offensive
and has performed heroic deeds. even
eclipsing the splendid victory of the first
thirty months of the war. From all
parts of Italy jubilant messages are
being sent to General Diaz, in whose
person Italians wish to exalt not only
his personal merits as a leader, but also
the valor of his troops.
Even greater demonstrations. If pos
sible. are made to the soldier king. who,
since the beginning of hostilities, has
remained constantly at the front. wish
ing to be in daily contact with his SOL
diers, whom he has treated as if he
were their father, sharing their hard
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-26
AGAIN REPORT CAR SLAIN
Russian Paper Says He Was
Shot With Revolver
Special Cable TO EpeniuR Public Ledger

COPYRIGHT. 1918, bv Ne,c York Times Co.
newspaper Via is quoted by the Ma
tional Tidende's Stockholm correspondent
as stating that the Red Guards have
murdered the ex-Czar at Ekaterinburg.
When II was reported that Czecho-
Slovak troops were advancing. disturb
ances took place there, and it was de-
clared there was a project TO free the
ex-Czar. The Red Guards broke into
the ex-Czar's residence and killed him
with a revolver.
dispatch received in Rerne on Sat
urday quoted the Zeitung Am Mittag of
Berlin as saying that the former Rus
sian Emperor had been transferred from
Ekaterinburg to Moscow for safekeep-
ing. The former Emperor and Empress
and one of their daughters were trans
ferred to Ekaterinburg from Tobolsk on
May 4.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-26

The forces Of General Fersng have been identified eight
indicated
the accompanying
the Of Csnign
Near Neuiy the and north Of Chateau where
have captured Beleau Wood.
East Of Chateau They where brigadcd French
On the side Of the ST, Mh salient about seichprey, Xiv
ray and Fliery.
5. Near the RhncMane Canal, east Of Nancy
6. Near Badonvlicrs and south of Luneville.
Southeast ST. Die where the bsene
German territory.
In German Alsace, near Cebweiler.
the Swissb border.
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handsomely turned there Unless he is
able to break through the western front
on the next trial 1t Is not believed that
he will have enough men and material
to stage another large-scale offensive
His soldiers can no longer be stimulated
to superhuman effort and behind in Ger
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-26

many is civilian community, limp and
sick with hunger and hope deferred.
And worst of all is Austria, where
Doctor Ludendorff has been called. post
haste. to administer the oxygen treat
ment. which usually is a preliminary
notice to the undertaken
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-10-10

mittee in requesting me to become ar
Independent republican candidate fol
reelection to congress in my district
this fall and rendering me the en-.
dorsement of the democratic party, in
the event ! should become such can
didate. While approaching the per-
sonal compliment, l am unmindful
of the true spirit of patriotism and
the true desire for the highest welfare
and good name of our state that
prompts this request and offers evil
dences on the part of the members of
the state central committee IF the
democratic party of North Dakota.
when some years ago, Mckenzie
ism, nurtured and upheld by railroad
corporate interests dominated So
cial and political conditions in North
Dakota and was at the height of it's
power, l entered the lists to destroy
it., feeling strongly that it was a
menace to the freedom, happiness and
prosperity of the people Of our state.
l have taken some satisfaction and
pleasure in the fact that l did aid in
Kidding our state of the social and po-
litical blight of McKenzieism. Now,
after a short reign of political and So
cial sanity and decency in our state,
that Mekenzieism should be followed
by Townleyism, which is nothing but
political bossism and terrorism, up
held by thinly disguised demagogism
and red socialism in their lowest
forms, is not encouraging to those who
want to see sound and decent social
and political conditions become per-
manent. It is my honest and sim
cere opionion that the blight of
Townleyism threatens greater and
more lasting danger and disgrace to
the state than did that of Mckenzie
ism.
II trust that your committee will be
largely successful in it's work of ex-
posing to the people of North Dakota
the dangers of the false and visionary
social and economic preachings Of
Townley and the coterie of irrespon-
sible itinerant socialists and blatant
demagogues with which he has closely
himself"
Respectfully yours,
(Signed) P. D. NORTON.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-10-10
AMENDMENTS
May GO OUT

In an informal opinion given in an
unofficial capacity by Justice James
E: Robinson of the supreme court, he
advised the press that the fact
Of the supreme court having failed
to hand down it's opinion in the pre-
ceedings brought by Treadwell Twich-
ell of Fargo to restrain the secretary
Of state from printing the leagues
proposed constitutional amendments
need not prevent the secretary of
state from certifying to the county
auditors these amendments for place
on the ballot Saturday, when nomina-
lions for the general election in No.
vember close and when the secretary
of state will formally advise the coun-
ty auditors "who's who"
mo temporary restraining order
has been granted by the court" said
the justice, "and the secretary is no
way restrained from publishing the
amendments as required by law or
from certifying the amendments to
the county auditors for a place on
the official ballot" The constitution
al amendment ballot is distinct from
the ballot upon which the names of
candidates for office will appear, and
may be separately withdrawn should
the supreme court uphold Treadwell
Twitchell's contention that the initia
tive amendment to the constitution,
under which the league proposes to
submit it's amendments, was not in
itself properly adopted by the legis-
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-10-10
Two Days Only
Office Hours 9 a. m. to 4 p. m.
NO CHARGE FOR EXAMINATION

DR. Mellenthin is regular gradu-
ate in medicine and surgery and 81
licensed by the state of oNrth Dakota
He vsts professionally the more i'm
portant towns and cites and offers to
all who call on this trip consultation
and examination free, except the ex-
pense of treatment when desired.
According to his method Of treat
ment he does not operate for chronic
appendicitis, gall stones, ulcers of
stomach, tonsils or adenoids.
He has to his credit many wonder
full results in diseases of the stomach,
liver bowels, blood, skin, nerves, heart
kidney, bladder, bed-wetting, catarrh,
weak lungs, rheumatism, sciatic, leg
ulcers and rectal ailments.
If you have been ailing for any
length Of time and do not get any bet
ter, do not fail to call, as improper
measures rather than disease are very
often the cause of your long standing
trouble.
Remember above date, that exam
ination on this trip will be free and
that his treatment is different.
Address: 1856 Boston Block, Min
neapolis, MINI.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-10-10

lature nor legally submitted to the
voters, and that the amendment Is in
operative in that it provides no means
by which the secretary of state may
legally place on the ballot petitions in
itiated and circulated under this
amendment.
1t is a foregone conclusion that
should the supreme court give these
amendments a place on the ballot, the
$4,000 North Dakotans now in military
service will not have an opportunity
to vote upon them, as it will be almost
impossible at this late date to get
these ballots in the hands of these alb
sentee voters, scattered over the
greater part of three continents, in
time to permit them to be returned to
be canvassed by the local or state can
wasting boards before January 1. Any
vote which is taken on these amend
ments, it is cleaned, will not there
fore, be representative of the views
of at least 20 per cent of the North
Dakota electorate.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-10-10
M'KENzlElSM vs..
T0WNLEYlSM

Fargo, Oct. SIT is my honest
sincere opinion that the blight of
Townleyism threatens greater and
more lasting danger and disgrace to
the state than did that of Mckenzie
ism," writes Congressman P. D. Nor
ton, of the Third North Dakota dis
trict, to w. E. Byerly, chairman of
the democratic state central commit
tee, setting forth his reason for not
entering again into the congressional
race in the Third district.
II trust that your committee will
be largely successful in its work of
exposing to the people of North Da-
kota the dangers of the false and WIS.,
ionary social and economic preashings
of Townley and the coterie Of irres-
ponsible itinerant socialists and
blatant demogogues with which he
has closely surrounded himself" says
Mr.. Norton.
Congressman Norton's letter fol-
lows:
II deeply appreciate the high COM
pliment the democratic party in North
Dakota has paid to- me and to my
work in congress through your COM
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-10-10

A pro-German Swiss in this coun-
try is quoted as saying that the Ger
mans now hold the most of France,
that they are sweeping forward in a
march, that all America has
been fooled, and that when finally the
truth can no longer be withheld from
Us we shall receive a great shock.
Think of the shock this wilfully blind
fellow will receive when he learns that
Germany has been forced to sign a
peace dictated by the Allies.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-10-10

History is repeating itself. The
great cry used to be that Alex Nc
Kenzie was the big boss of the state
of North Dakota and was conducting
the politics of the state from the Mer-
chants Hotel, St. Paul. The farmers
waxed wroth at this and very right
eously put an end to that business by
kicking the old gang out. But what is
happening now? Bill Lemke and Lit
tie Arthur C.. Townley have their po-
litica) headquarters at st. Paul and
are dispensing patronage and poll
tics from one of the best hotels in
that city. Is one bunch of bosses any
better than the other? Where does
this consistency come in.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-10-10

WANTED-About Nov. /, a compe-
tent middle aged woman to do house
work for four men on farm for win.
ter. Good wages. Address Box SO,
Rogers. 2d-2wp
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-10-10

1t is better to spend thirty billions
a year in war cost than to pay a
hundred billions in the form of an in
demnity to the Huns.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-10-10

The Germans are badly ratified but
they still manage to describe all the
retreats on all the fronts as "strate-
gic moves"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-10-10

w. J. Curren has been awarded the
around the city park along the edge Of
the river. AS we understand the sit
uation the bark board intends to do
away with the present road around
the park and put it along the river
The board also intends to cut off part
of the ground now being used by the
animals and throw this back into the
park. This is we'll. We believe that
our park is the greatest asset we have
and should be improved within reason,
but we feel that in these times of
war and with the many other added
expenses that the public is called up
on to bear that moderation should be
used in these improvements. We
learn also that there is a move on
foot to purchase other land for the
city for which the tax payers will
have to pay. We shall be against the
purchase of any more land for park
purposes at this time or while the
war is on. The last legislature passed
4 fool bill creating park board that
has the power to buy property and
issue bonds regardless Of the will of
the people-they do not have word
to say about it. We feel that where
propositions involving the expenditure
Of lot of money it should be put up
TO the people. The people should rule.
We are not criticising any purchase
the park board has made up to this
time but we want to sound note of
warning to that board to go slow on
any future transactions. The people
are paying heavy enough taxes these
days with all these added war expens-
es without any more being piled up on
them which are unnecessary. The
government has put down building i'm
provements and the. city should do the
same thing where it can. Expansion
is all right under normal conditions.
and when prices are commensurate
with the property to be desired. Screw
down the steam governor and 60 slow. |
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-10-10

The news comes that the Allies
have captured Prof. Otto Schmiern-
kase, the exploiter of poison gas as a
form of civilized torture. His melli-
fluent name suggests also the author
ship of rotten cheese of the Limburg-
er variety.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-10-10

According to the postal authorities
40,000,000 letters are mailed every
day. If everybody should follow Mr..
Edison's suggestion throughout the
loan drive and sign "Yours for the
Fourth Liberty Loan" the remainder
would be constant and countrywide.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-10-10

The enemy has been swept out of
Palestine, but Belgium still awaits the
day of it's deliverance.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-10-10

They need a Wagner-thundering or
chestra to brace them up on that
shaky Parsifal line.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-10-10

It is reported that safety razor
blades are to be conserved for the use
of the soldiers. If that is so, whis-
kers are likely to grow few months
hence where they never grew before.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-10-10

DIR. F. l.. WICKS. OCULIST
Special attention given to the fit
ing of glasses. Wicks Block. Phone
No. 493.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-10-10

FOR SALE-Two high grade Short
horn bulls. C. F. Leussen & Son..
Valley City. 15-wtf
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-10-10
GET SL0AN'S FOR
YOUR PAIN RELIEF
You don't have to rub It In:
to get quick, comfort.
ing relief

Once you've tried it on that stiff
Joint, sore muscle, sciatic pain, rheu.,
matte twinge, lame back, you'll find
q warm, soothing relief you never
thought liniment could produce.
Won't stain the skin, leaves no muss,,
wastes no time in applying. sure to,
give quick results. A large bottle
means economy. Your own or any
other druggist has it. Get it today.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-10-10

1t is impossible to put your finger
on anything new in this repetitious
world. We are assured, for example,
that Spanish influenza was called
"Jackson's itch" in Andrew Jackson's
time and "Tyler's grippe" when Pres
ident Tyler was campaigning for his
seat in the White House.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-10-10

The United States senate Tuesday
defeated the woman suffrage amend
ment to the national constitution by
a vote of 81 to 81. There was every
reason to believe that this amendment
would pass the senate but the senate
first struck a rock when the senate re-
fused to give colored women the same
right that the white women were
to have and that in our judgment
caused the defeat of the measure. In
our judgment the women of the coun-
try themselves are largely to blame
for not winning out. They have been
holding this matter over the party in
power as a club to force it through
under the threat that the women of
the country would go out and elect re-
publicans to congress in the place of
democrats in suffrage states. We do
not consider that woman suffrage
would help the war one whit more
than the women are working now.
There is not an American woman in
the land who is not doing her level
best to win the war and she will do
all she can whether she votes or not.
The effort to make this a political
move just before a political election
is i'll advised in our opinion. The
president was really forced to 60 be-
fore congress and appeal for the pas
sage of this amendment in order to
try and save congress to the demo-
cratic party. The women have really
made it political issue and lost out.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-10-10

In starting out to sink neutral as
we'll as enemy shipping in order that
only her own ships would be left to
carry the worlds trade after the war,
Germany failed to figure on the proba-
bility that nobody would be willing to
trade with her even if she were not
compelled to give up her hiding ships
by way of indemnity.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-10-10

Congress is interested in wheat and
cotton prices high enough to satisfy
the producers, but the most of US are
interested in wheat, meat and coal
prices low enough to satisfy consum-
erS.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-10-10
BUY W. S. S.

A new daily paper has been launch
ed at Grand Forks called the Ameri-
can. It is league daily paper and
is put in with the avowed intention of
putting the Grand Forks Herald out
of business. Of course the new paper
is going to get lot of work away
from the Herald without any question,
but then we do not apprehend any
dire results from the starting of the
new paper in the way of putting the
Herald off the map. There were for
merly two papers in Grand Forks one
morning and one evening addition, and
this new venture will make a big
splurge for awhile-like a new broom
then things will settle down to nor
NAL and the old Herald will still be
doing business at the old stand while
the American will be doing business
also and paying more bills than they
at first imagined. There is some
thing more than glory in running a
daily newspaper-there are the bills.
w