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Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1918-10-10
hRM|ST|CE NOW
WOULD Be USELESS
SENATE VOICES OPINION OF
COrNTRY-ONLY PEACE CON-
PLETE SURRENDER

Washington, Oct. T. Discussing
Germany's peace offer in the senate
today, Senator Hitchcock OF Nebras-
ka, chairman of the foreign relations
committee, declared absolutely alb
horrent" even thought OF suspen-
sion of hostilities now and recon-
mended the addition to the principles
laid down by the president as a basis
for peace, one providing that the al
lies would deal only with real repre-
sentatives of the German people.
Republican Leader Lodge, ranking
minority member of the foreign re-
lations committee, declared that an
armistice would mean "the loss OF
the war and all we have fought for
Germany, he said, now merely pro-
poses a long debate on the basis Of
peace.
Senator Poindexter declared an ar
mistice would mean the end of all
military action and, if accompanied
only by enemy evacuation of Belgium
and France, would be victory for
Germany.
Acceptance of Germany's offer only
upon evacuation of Belgium and
France, Senator Hitchcock said,
would be preposterous, but he dec]ar-
ed restoration of Alsace-Lorraine to
France, as we'll as reparation for Bel
gium and France, are among the
Presidents terms which Germany
proposes to accept.
Senator Poindexter said the senate
foreign relations committee should
seek consultation on any negotiations
entered into by the government and
that the country should be warned
against the insidiousness of publish
ed suggestions that an armistlce
be agreed to upon withdrawal OF Ger
many from occupied territory.
Senator McCumber of North Da-
kota announced that he had prepared
a resolution designed to insure pres
ervation of the functions of the SEN
ate.
The only future course, Senator
Lodge emphatically declared, is to Sc
cure a complete military victory over
Germany and force her to sue for
peace.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1918-10-10
Schools and Theatres
Closed This Week

The public schools, theatres and
churches of Wiliston were closed the
first of the week by an order from
the health department on account of
the Spanish Influenza of which there
are a number of cases here in the"
city and the surrounding country.
City Health Officer DR.. MacManus
stated this morning that these places
would probably remain closed at least
another week or until the epidemic
has made it's run. Many of the cases
here in town and in the country near
by are very mild and due to the fact
that the health officers took the sit
uation in hand at the first report Of
case of the disease there has been
very little spread of the disease.
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Tax Commission
Having Hearing

The State Tax Commission is hold
ing hearing at the Court House
upon the assessment Of moneys and
credits in Williams County. H. H.
Steele, a member of the Commission
and A. w. Carlson, Field Agent, be-
ing present at the hearing.
It appears that the object of this
meeting, which is one of the many
hearings being held in the different
counties of the state, is for the pur-
pose of putting into effect new
"Money and Credit" law which was
passed by the last session of the
legislature and which became effective
for the first time upon the 1918 as
sessment.
1t is the intention of the Tax Com
mission to see that every Taxpayer
in the state who can be reached be
by the law.
In 1917 the total amount Of assess
ed valuation Of money and credits
was but million and a half dollars
while under the new law there has
already been placed upon the tax
rolls an addition to this amount of
over one hundred million dollars.
The larger percentage of the rev.
enue secured under the new law
goes to the benefit of the township,
city or county where the property is
situated. The position taken by the
Tax Commission is that all property
under the Statute should be return
ed for assessment and if it is so re-
turned there will be a more equal dis
tribution of the cost of government.
The Tax Commission finds friend
ly feeling in Williston and Williams
County in regard to making returns.
The only question raised is that they
may feel assured that all are making
full returns.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1918-10-10
PRESIDENT REFUSES
TO GRANT ARM|ST|CE
ASKS IF CENTRAL POWERS
WANT TO ACCEPT TERMS LAID
DOWN IN HIS ADDRESS

The text of the communication to
the charges d'affairs of Switzerland
here follows:
Sir:
w have the honor of acknowledging
IN the behalf of the President your
note of Oct. 4, enclosing the commu-
nication from the German govern
ment to the President and l am in
structed by the President to request
YOU to make the following communl-
cation to the Imperial chancellor.
"Before making reply to the re-
quest of the Imperial German gov
ernment and in order that the reply
shall be as candid and stralghttor-
ward as the momentous interests in
volved require, the President OF the
United States deems it necessary TO
assure himself Of the exact meaning
Of the note of the imperial chan
cellor. Does the imperial chancellor
mean that the imperial government
accents the terms laid down by the
President in his address to the cong
ress of the United States on the
eighth of January last and in sub
seouent addresses and that It's oo,
eict in entering into discussions "ou1o
be only to agree upon the practlcai
details of their application ?"
Part Two
"The President feels bound to say
with regard to the suggestion OF an
armistice that he would not feel at
liberty to propose a cessation Of arms
10 the governments with which the
government of the United States IS
associated against the Central Powers
so long as the armies of those pow,
ers are upon their soils; the Sooo
faith of any discussion would ma'll- =
festly depend upon the consent OF
the Central Powers Immediately 10
withdraw their forces everywhere
from invaded territory.
"The President also feels thai ne
is justified in asking whether the
imperial chancellor is speaking mere.
ly for the constituted authorities OF
the empire who have so far conduct
ed the war. He deems the answer to
these questions vital from every
point of view.
"Accept Sir, the renewed assur-
ances of my high consideration,
"Robert Lansing"
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1918-10-10
Comments On
Spanish Flu

Spanish Influenza, Russian Influenza,
Lagrippe, Catarrhal Fever, Three Day
Fever, and Flu, are one and the same
thing. The misunderstanding in re-
gard to the virulency of the disease
is result the habit of calling every
thing Ia Grippe since the epidemic
of 1889 and 1890, since which date
with the exception of mild epidemic
which occurred in 1898, there has
been no real La Grippe in the United
States and the mistake, is in calling
everything in the nature of cold,
La Grippe, the same as saying that
every infection is Blood Poison. 1t is
misleading and is calculated to put
fear into the patient, thus counter
acting many of the good things lnedi-
cal treatment might otherwise do.
The infection acts in four ways;
through the lungs, stomach and
bowels. the nervous system, and the
fourth is typhoidal condition.
There are exceedingly few deaths
from Influenza alone. Death is near
ly always the result of some COM
plication, chief of which is broncho-
pneumonia. There are many COM
plications of milder Importance which
should always be considered well be-
fore arising from the sick bed. For
instance, the heart, being a muscle,
is weakened greatly, same as any
other muscle and great care should
be exercised not to overtax once the
acute sysptoms have disappeared.
Deafness and dizziness from middle
ear disease, meningitis, and brain
abscess sometimes follow inf1uenzal
infection.
Care should be especially vigilant
in the very young and the aged, as
they are the most tender periods of
life, being much more liable to give
way before the inroads of infection.
The best way to avoid contracting
the disease is by avoiding all con-
tact with other people as far as pos
sible during the passage of an cpl
demic. With the exception of the
attendants, visiting is highly undesir-
able and thoughtful people will en-
deavor to restrain themselves in this
respect. Sick people do not need it
and the community is far better off
without it. Keep in the open air as
much as possible, meantime, main
tanning the functions Of the bowels
a4iaF skin by methods which you find
most expedient.
Fear is a shock and shock lowers
the vitality, thus placing the body in
a more receptive condition and much
less ability to combat the disease
Therefore, do not fear or worry over
it.
Keep the house we'll aired and the
premises clean. As flies are the
greatest dissmeinators of disease, DO
not feed them and they will not gath
er around your house. Every out
house or cess-pool should be treated
with chloride Of lime. All decaying
vegetation and other filth should be
removed from the premises.
Health Commissioner.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1918-10-10
Co. E. Boy Killed
In Action

Reports reached Williston this
week that Joseph C. Burnham who
left here with Co. had been killed
in action in France. After reaching
France Joseph was transferred to
another company. The news Of his
death was wired to his brother. Mr..
Burnham was we'll known in Willis
ton and spent many years here in the
city working at the barber trade, be-
fore he joined the army.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1918-10-10
200 Sweaters But
No Yarn Yet

The Williams county chapter OF
the Red Cross has been called on to
make 300 sweaters before the first Of
November but up to the present date
thew have been unable to procure yarn
enouph to make this amount. Head
quarters here in Williston have been
looking for shipment of yarn every
dav and expect it here at most any
time
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1918-10-10
r. C.. Sewing Rooms
Closed On Monday

The Red Cross sewing rooms will
hereafter be closed on Monday each
week but will be open for workers
on all other days of the week includ~
ing Saturday.
Mrs. E. Hanyen, Chairman.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1918-10-10
THIS WEEKS WEDDINGS

At the Lutheran Parsonage 512
End Ave. East Saturday evening at
T o'clock, occurred the marriage of
Mr.. Bernhard Amundson and Miss
Anna johnson, Rev. C. J. Ferster
officiating.
The bride is a daughter of Mr.: and
Mrs. Anton Johnson of Marmon, N.
D. The groom is son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Martin Amundson of Starbuck,
MINI, These estimable young peo-
ple, after a short visit with friends
and relatives in Minnesota, will make
their home in Wildrose where the
groom is employed by the Amundson
Hardware Firm. They have the best
wishes of a host of friends.
The marriage of Mr.. Simon E.
Iverson and Miss Hulda Hagen was
so]emnized at the Lutheran parsonage
Saturday evening at 8 P. M. Rev. C.
J. Forster officiating. They were
accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Arnold of Epping.
The bride is a daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs, Ole E. Hagen of Underwood,
Minn., and the past year has been in
the employ of the Wittenberg Hos
pital where by her faithful and eff
cient service she has endeared herself
to all. The groom is son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas 1verson of Dalton,
Minn.. and is successful business
man of Grenora, being employed in
the Hagan Bro. and Hating Meat
Market and Grocery. Their many
friends extend congratulations.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1918-10-10

Mr.. Farmer if you have poultry
and vegetables to sell, try want
adv. in the Graphic. You will be sur
prised at the results one will bring.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1918-10-10

St. Peters Episcopal Guild,
Williston -. 49,. ................$ $50
Claribel Jennison 49,. ............ 100
Outlook Farmers Club .............. 800
Ladies Aid, Trenton 80. 80. ........ ZOO
Sunshine Club, East Fork twp. l.5O
Lutheran Ladies Aid, Grenora 200
Zion Ladies Aid, Marmon...... $50
Norwegian Lutheran Ladies
Aid, Raw 80. .................. $50
Altar Society. Williston 49,. ...... $50
Rebecca Lodge, Ray w 80. ..... $50
Synod Aid, Rock Island Twp,
Alamo ................. l.5O
Free Church Aid, Rock Island
Twp, Alamo LOU
Dorcas Aid Society, Rock
Island Twp, Alamo 80. 1.50
Womans Study Club, Rock
Island Twp, Alamo 49,. .-...... $50
Lutheran Aid, Ellisville Twp. 1.50
Lutheran Aid, Ellisville Twp. 1.5J
M. E. Aid, Williston .....--... 100
Congregational Aid, Williston ESQ
Eastern Star. Williston .......... 200
M. E. Aid, Ray .....-....-..--.. 1.5O
Woman's Civic Club, Grenora.. l.5O
Mrs. Geo. T. Lamphere so
Ladies Presbyterian Aid, Tioga 200
Echo Rebeckah Lodge, Tioga.- ZOO
Helping Hand Club .......:,::.-..... 2.0C
Lutheran Ladies Aid, Wildrose 1.5O
Daughters of Norway, Wildrose 3Oc
Brotherhood of American Yeo-
man, Spring Brook 4."V
Womans Civic League, Willis
ton 800
Royal Neighbors, Ray l.5o
Ladies Lutheran Aid, Whee-
lock go. 49,. 80. .-.- NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 3.oo
Total Receipts 49,. ---..- .-..-...--S57OO
Expenditures
Mrs. NJ. A. Hegge, stamps and
envelopes ..-- 80. ..----....--,---S $40
Mrs NJ. Trainor. Gasoline ....... 200
The Williston Herald go. ..------- .65
Mrs. Fred L. Conklin, buttons 100
Mrs. NJ. A. Hegge, stamps, sta
tionery, telephone 80. SOB
Mrs. G.. NJ. Holland, canning
demonstration -. -. -. ........ $40
Mrs r w Rlaisdell. postage. 1869
Mrs. C. Ellithorpe, postage 100
Mrs. Frances Miller, weighing
and measuring 49,. --. .-..--..-.- 1.5O
Total Exnenditures . .s2282
Balance on hand Oct. 7, 1918....$34.18
Martha P. Tatem,
Treasurer.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1918-10-10
Wildr0se Boy
Reported Missing

The casualty list this week con-
tained the name Of Bennie Benson Of
Wildrose as missing in action. 1t is
probable that he has been captured
by the Germans.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1918-10-10

Miss A. Mattson Of Mirot visited
with friends in Williston the first Of
this week.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1918-10-10
FALL Of CAMBRIA COMPLETES
BREAK OF H|NOENBURG DEFENSE
ALLIES NOW IN COUNTRY BEATING BACK The HUN
THOUSANDS PRISONER kENAMERlCANs TAKE
THREE BATTERIES

London, Oct 9.-The city of Cam
brai has been captured by the Brit
ish. Here and elsewhere 5000 pris-
oners were taken in yesterdays fight
ing.
Field Marshal Haig announced the
capture Of the long resisting German
stronghold in his official statement to-
day.
Last night additional progress was
made east of Sequehart and toward
Bohain and Maretz.
South of Cambrai the British cap
tured Forenville and reached the
western outskirts of Walincourt.
The attack this morning was on
the front of the third and fourth
armies and began at 500 o'clock.
The Anglo american attack was
resumed this morning on the entire
front south of Cambria. Rapid prog
ress was being made.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1918-10-10
Heavy Fighting All Night

With the Anglo-American Armies
Near St. Quentin, Oct. 9.-Heavy
fighting continued throughout the
night on the Cambrai-St. Quentin
front and the British and Americans
continued their progress of Tuesday
under heavy protective fire from
the British artillery. The defeated
enemy was almost smothered under
the great deluge of steel and explos-
ives.
A large number Of guns have been
captured by the British and Ameri-
cans in addition to the patches of
prisoners which continue to arrive
at the cages. The American troops
alone captured two complete field
batteries and battery of heavy ar
tillery.
The Americans captured these
guns Tuesday afternoon when they
suddenly outfanked both ends of the
valley south of Fremont, capturing
the German guns there.
: German reinforcements have ar
rived but as they are troops which
have been engaged several times re-
Gently their presence merely adds to
the confusion in the enemy ranks.
Paris, Oct. 9.-The Hindenburg line
no longer bars the path of the allies.
The definite rupture of it was.
achieved on the first day of the
fighting in the new development to-
wards the north of the great battle
now raging from the Escaut to the,
Meuse. To Anglo-Saxon forces went
the honor of storming the last rem
nants of the extraordinary maze Of
defenses, in some places twelve miles
in depth, between Cambria and St.
Quentin.
Apart from this achievement the
results of the days fighting were
notable in that the enemy's losses
must have run into tens Of thousands
of men during the days fighting in
the various sectors of the long bat
tie front. In addition important
strategic objects were attained.
The allies now are in the open
country on the Cambrai-St. Quentin
front and are threatening Bohain.
an important junction of roads and
railways.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1918-10-10

O. E. Selander of Reserve, Mont,
was business visitor here the first
of this week.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1918-10-10
Turkish Leader
Has Resigned

London. Oct. 9.-(Via Montreal)
-Talatt Pasha, the Turkish premier,
has resigned and has been succeeded
bv Tewfik Pasha, former premier and
ex-ambassador at London, according
to advices received here. Enver
Pasha, the minister of war, also has
resigned.
London, Oct. 9.-The surrender OF
Turkey within the next 4S hours VIII
not surprise we'll Informed quarters
in London, The Evening Standard
saws today. The British authorities
it adds, are in possession of informa-
tion showing that a process OF dlsln-
tegration exists in Constantinople'
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1918-10-10
Committee Makes
Financial Report

The Women's Committee, Council
of National Defense submits the fol-
lowing financial report:
Receipts
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1918-10-10

Subscribe for the Graphic.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-02
THE SPIRIT OF SACRIFICE.

Savannah News: They-the peo'
ple-can see no reason for being
grouchy. They know that great
war is not a picnic and readily see
the big difference between the ter.
rible sacrifices many men have made
and will make for their country and
the absurdly little things which used
to put one out So 1t is a health
full sign. If Americans were proper
tionately as grouchy over war taxes
and war sacrifices, shortages Of
sugar and coal, meatless days, wheat
less days and the like, as they used
to be over petty inconvenience,
what a grand old crouch this nation
would have, But Americans have
the saving grace of hunor. Instead
OF initiating their little crouch, the
war has made it burst into smile.
The spirit of sacrifice grows by sac
rfficing. The more we have to put
up with the less we kick about the
putting u2. 1t is fine quality in
Americans it actually furnishes one
of the reasons why they are unbeat-
able in war.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-02
GENERAL LEONARD WOOD.

| The country learned with much satisfaction
that Major General Leonard Wood, the military
head of our army when hostilities began, IS
somewhere in France where he seems to have
been permitted to go to observe and study the
war The fact that the general had been
slightly wounded and report of the mlshap
spread abroad was responsible for knowledge
of his whereabouts becoming public.
General Wood has long been recognized here
and abroad as the most commanding figure IN
our military life There was great and general
wonder throughout the country and open dlsap-
proval and something of dismay when he was
relieved of the command of the department OF
the east and sent first to Charleston and then to
Kansas while officers of less experience and re-
nown were assigned to posts of higher import
ance here and in France But the official dis
favor into which he appears to have fallen was
due apparently to his insistence that the ma
ton lose no time in preparing for the CRISIS
which men of foresight felt to impend. That
General Woods stand was the cause of his be-
ing assigned to minor duties while this country
was in great need of his skillful services, has
not been generally questioned. That he was
sent abroad, secretly, appears to be a confession
on the part of the war department that those
services were found at last by the bureaucracy
to be necessary to its complete understanding
of affairs along the battlefront in France. In
taking advantage, even at this late time of the
general s ability the war department has gone
long way toward remedying a mistake it COM
mitted in the period Immediately following our
entrance into the world conflict
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-02
A PECULIAR DIVISION
of

pire of human slavery which was to
begin in Spain and extend across and
include Cuba and finally be estab-
lished in Mexico, with an European
prince as ruler of the slave empire.
A more colossal scheme for the
Matchmaking of slavery on the Am
erican continent was never planned.
1t was scheme of tremendous size
and power, uniting all the slave states
with all of the Mexican territory.
But evil is pursued by that destroy
ing angel, Nemesis, which follows
closely along the pathway of iniquity
and finally destroys it. The avenger
may be delayed little, but retrl-
butive justice worketh unfailingly
When slavery in the United States
was disposed of and settled for all
time, the hydra-headed monster, born
across the Atlantic, and planted very
feebly on Mexican soil, saw its own
sad fate in the march of freedom in
America, and began to die of its own
disease of evil MaNimillian and his
little band of conspirators were
promptly executed by the liberty low
ing citizens of Mexico and some
American patriots who were sent
over to aid in completing the destruc-
ton of that movement for the nation
alizing of the slave power in the new
world Herein is recorded briefly
why the two leading parties in the
United States may have been SO an,
tagonistic to each other on the theme
of the great German-French war of
1870.
JASPER BLINES.
Kahoka, Mo-, Feb. 1, 1918.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-02

fuel and will soon begin to tear their build
ings down. They have betrayed their country
and have betrayed humanity and have brought
such miseries on the land were never
dreamed of under the misrule of their most ini-
quitous car.
There are lessons for us and for all the rest
of the world in this. We see where our own
bolsheviki would lead us; we see the inevitable
result of radicalisn running wild. We can be-
gin also to appreciate the natural effect of the
propaganda carried on by the Trotsky radicals
in neighboring lands and what the central en-
pires have to fear. SO great is the distress of
their starving millions that even the Russian
chaos of the horrors of which they are not fully
informed, begins to seem preferable to con-
tinued war. We can begin to see also how the
ruling classes of the nations which brought on
this war may be fated to pay to the uttermost
farthing for their crime.