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Williams news., 1919-05-09
Location for Petroleum Lands

The following appears in the Tucson Daily Citizen of May ':
 "W. c. Lefebvre. city enoin- ger. and associates in the city engineers office. have filed To- ration notices for petroleum on lands in the vicinity of Par+orn station, Pima county. They designate it as the Crescent Pe- troleum mine. Those interest ed are w. J. and H. R. Hurd w. c. and Katherine Lefebvre G. w. Gaines. R. D. Whitacre, Grace and A. Sine.'
 The Citizen editorial1, corn mentlng on it. and the oil excit- ment generally. saws that the vicinity of Pantano has long been looked upon as 9 r,.o,,o,s- 1np, field. People If Willie ", c will remember MT. and Mrs. Lefehvre who have visited here for the past two summers.
Williams news., 1919-05-09
PlIRL|C HEALTH NURSING
 FOR EVERY COMMUNITY

In an item appearing in the May Red Cross Magazine, Ru- pert Blue, Surgeon-General u. $. Public Health Service, says of community health nurslng:
 t'I hope the time is not far distant when every community in the United States will enjoy the benefits of a system of pulp lie health nursing, for l can hardly conceive of any other single measure of health pro- lection whose general applica- ton will bring greater lasting benefits to the community.
 "To those who have followed the development of public health work in this country it becomes more and more evi- dent that much of the progress which has been made is due to the introduction of public health nursing as an integral part of public health admins tration. And as yet it seems but yesterday when the first nurses were assigned to visit stubercular patients in their homes. report on the sanitary conditions found there. and by practical instruction of the pa 'tient and his family, help to combat the spread of the di- sease to others.
 The results achieved by this band of pioneers exceeded all expectations, so that in short time it was realized that in no other way could the work of public health authorities so ef- fectively be brought home to the people. A number of cities thereupon inaugurated similar methods in their campaigns against infant mortality. h. stead of sending doctors to ten ement homes, as they had been doing, to treat sick babies, nurses were sent to visit moth CTS having newborn babies, and to teach them how to keep the babies we'll. One has only to glance at the infant mortal ity statistics Ito realize that this change in method resulted in the saving of thousands of ba- by lives.
 Unfortunately, very large number of communities in the /. United States are still without a public health nursing service. Progressive. health administra- tors who have had experience with public health nursing are unanimous in praise of the re- suits obtained"
Williams news., 1919-05-09
Evangelist I. G. Martin and Wife Holding Meetings in Methodist Church

Hear Evangelist I. c. Martin of Pasadena, Calif., Saturday evening and Sunday. He and his family are going East in their auto and are stopping for a few days in Williams. He will speak for us again Satur- day evening, Sunday morning afternoon and evening, at II A. M. and 8 P. M. He is Give wire". Come and hear him.
 D. L. REID, Pasror.
Williams news., 1919-05-09
For Sale 1000 Shares Walk over Stock at EctS the share.
 c. M. GRAHAM,
 (Not George)
PIent;-e Large Acreage

L. w. Cureton with his trac- Tor and gang blow, and King w. Baker followino with his mules drawing a seeder. are putting in q 1ar~e acrea on +his season. They first seeded MT. Bakers homestead in Red T,aLa then followed by p1antino L.. w. Cureton's ranch. four miles out on the Canyon road and are now at work on the Phn1an farm recently purchased by MT. Cureton. They find the soil in excellent condition and are anticipating a big yield this year.
Williams news., 1919-05-09
Woman's Club Meeting

The annual meeting of the Woman's Club of Williams was held at the Methodist church. The officers elected for the coming year were: President, Mrs. Ray Wickens; Vice-presi- dent, Mrs. A. Root: Recording Secretary, Mrs. F. By; Cores bonding Secretary, Mrs. J. H. Mehl; Treasurer, Mrs. H. Ris- teen. Mrs. George Johnson was appointed custodian for the books of the club.
Williams news., 1919-05-09
NOTICE TO FARMERS

There will be meeting of the Williams Farm Improve ment Association at the Town Hall on the fourth Saturday in May, the 24th. This is an i'm portant meeting and all the members and others interested in the work of the organization are urged to attend.
Williams news., 1919-05-09
; ST. JOSEPH CHURCH
 Sunday. May II:

1St Mass and sermon at s 200 A. M. End Mass and opening of the Mission at 10:0O A. M. Evening Services at 7:45 P. M. Everyday of the week services: |: Mass and Sermon at TOO A. M.
 Evening Services at 7:45 P. M.
 A cordial invitation is ex- tended to all our Non-Catholic friends.
 Rev. J. HootsmanS ..
Williams news., 1919-05-09
REPAIR YOUR SIDEWALKS

I wish to call your attention to the condition of some of the sidewalks. Kindly repair them immediately. If you do not, the Town will have them re- paired and charge the same against your prODertv.
 P. M. SLATER,
 Marshal.
Williams news., 1919-05-09
Freeze-up Fails to Kill

Tuesday morning residents viewed with something of alarm the quarter inch of ice frozen during the night. Those with gardens we'll advanced. and others with fruit trees in bloom, made nasty exanina- tion to note the damage done. as faraas can be learned very little harm came from the be- lated freeze-up.
Williams news., 1919-05-09

w. H. Allison. a Williams business man, and Mrs. Jacque D. Knight, of Denver, were married at Flagstaff on May the third, by Judge Kidd. The friends of MT. Allison are con- graduating him, and the newli- weds are receiving many good wishes for a happy married life.
Williams news., 1919-05-09
MORE FREE SEEDS

The secretary of the Williams Chamber of Commerce reports that the Club still has large number of the free Government seeds on hand. Anyone desir- ing to secure some of these for their garden should call at the Citizens bank and secure them.
Williams news., 1919-05-09

MT. w. c. Rittenhouse is ex- pected home soon from Mis- souri, where he has been visit ing his mother for the past week. J. w. Lee is in charge of MT. Rittenhouse' store dur ing the latter's absence.
Williams news., 1919-05-09

Italy has come back to the conference and President Will son has won another triumph. He may be forced to fight alone but with the greatest nation on earth back of him, he is steadi- ly winning each point for which he contends.
Williams news., 1919-05-09
PERSONAL AND LOCAL

Mrs. Spencer, of Seligman, a Williams visitor on Monday.
 E. J. Kirwan made a business trip to Flagstaff on Monday.
 Mrs. w. H. Steffins is in Phoenix for a few days recrea- ton.
 Mrs. J. Cottolendy, of Supai, was shopping in Williams Mon day.
 Mrs. T. A. Moore left Tues day to visit her daughters in California.
 M. I. Powers, of Flagstaff. president of the Citizens Bank visited Williams Tuesday.
 Born, to Mrs. and Mrs. E. M. Ennis, daughter, Margaret Ann, May 5th, 1919-
 Another shipment of those lovely hats for children have arrived at the
 Racket Store
 Verde Barnes has invited a number of friends to help him celebrate his birthday on Sat urday.
 2OOO yards of calico received this week. Price 1Octs. yd. while it lasts.
 Racket Store
 Harry Owens, lately with James Kennedy in Williams, is now employed in Jevnes store in Los Angeles.
 County Attorney, F. M. Gold, Frank Harrison, and deputy sheriff William Hocklin, of Flagstaff, were in Williams on Wednesday.
 MT. and Mrs. s. w. Esch- meyer and son, of Indianapolis are the guest of their daughter and sister, Mrs. A. G. Rounse- vile.
 MT. and Mrs. Stover and son Maynard, returned to Williams on Tuesday. They have been in California for several months with view to locating there. MT. Slower states that Williams looks good to him.
 The members of the canteen service had a busy day on We'd nesday. In addition to a large number of soldiers being on regular trains, there were two troop trains which the mem bers served.
 MT. and Mrs. s. G. Brown. of La Junta, Colo, arrived in Will Hams by auto on Wednesday. MT. Brown comes to fill a posi- tion as repeater chief. with the Postal Telegraph Company, sleft vacant since December. when F. E. Lowe left for Cali fornia. MT. and Mrs. Brown are temporarily domiciled at the Methodist parsonage.
 Among the Williams men who were with the 158th infan- trv in France, and who return ed this week, were Sot. Enfred Johnson, M. A. (Cy) Young, Lloyd Wolfe and Jack Stewart. J. Truelove, of Grand Canyon, also of the 158th, came in on the same train. All expressed great pleasure at being home again. MT. Young plays one of the big horns in the famous band of this regiment.
 Twelve members of the Viii Hams lodpe of Odd Fellows, and Daughters of Rebekah, at tended the centenary anniver- sary services held last Sunday by the. Flagstaff members of those lodges. The services at the Episcopal church were inn preSsive and appropriate. At ! it's conclusion lunch was serv- ed in the Odd Fellows hall, fol- lowed by a drive to the Cliff
Williams news., 1919-05-09

Born. at Mrs. Rinehart hos pital, on May 7th, to MT. and Mrs. Oscar Runyon, a son.
Williams news., 1919-05-09

It IS our war, our victory, our debt of honor. Play ball!
Williams news., 1919-05-09

Mrs. A. R. Montgomery re- turned from the Red Cross con- ference held in Phoenix on the third instant.
Williams news., 1919-05-09

You share the Victory. Share the cost.
Williams news., 1919-05-09

Mrs. Buggeln and grand daughters returned from Phoe- nix on Monday.
 Be Tank. Make good. h. vest.
Williams news., 1919-05-09

Invest in the Fifth and put the V in Victory.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27

after the interview his secretary,
a keen Socialist newspaper man,
who had listened to everything the
President Of the German republic
was saying to me, held brief con-
versation with Ebert and then, as
| was leaving, asked me if I would
not eliminate q reference to Alsace-
Lorraine made by Ebert in my ca
BILE Of the interview, as this refer
ence might lead to misunderstand-
ing. Ebert had spoken feelingly of
Alsace-Lorraine. He complained
that the French were not treating
the Germans there fairly, and he
made definite allegations.
''You understand" the secretary,
Herr Rauscher, explained in ask
ing me not to cable this part Of
the interview, that We are through
with Alsace-Lorraine. Schluss
We are giving it to France What
President Ebert said was merely an
expression of his feelings with re-
gard to the treat of the Ger
mans there by the French and not
a question of governmental policy.
However, in order not to breed any
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
4 Population Unstrung

The population has become un-
strung and unsettled by the hard
ships Of the war and the blockade.
Work, regular employment and ade-
quate living will bring their nerves
around TO normal again Then, after
production has once more been es-
tablished and is running safely and
proitably, the question of socializa-
ton will be timely With our
factories devoid Of raw material and
our workers idle, the question of the
socialization of industry is academic
and out of place"
The one thing that strikes one
about Ebert as he speaks is his utter
lack Of pose, either natural or ac-
CURED While many other German
leaders were soliloquizing and using
such threat words as "Bolshevism, .
suicide Of Germany" in feigned or
genuine anger against the Allies,
Ebert was singularly lacking in
"pathetic gestures He faced things
calmly, In a matter Of fact way.
When I asked him how much
weight there was in the assertion
that Germany would go Bolshevisc,
ne said:
eve hear talk of Bolshevism In
Berlin, but we hear no talk Of Boil
shevism in Dresden. Why? Because
in Saxony the textile industries are
able to give employment to the popu-
lation. The lesson is obvious-work
regular employment is the greatest
antidote to Bolshevism. AS soon as
we can get our factories in Berlin
started the menace Of Bolshevism
will pass
There have been repeated asser-
tions that the revolution had not
made much change in the German
government, that the government Of
Ebert was no better, no more demo
cratic than the government Of the
Hohenzollerns. When | entered the
Rcichskansler, the sanctum sancto-
rum Of former German imperialism,
y.Qcrc the walls, furnishings and
r|xturcs still seemed 10 cxudc memo
ries Of Bismarck, Won Bulow, Beth
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27

possible misunderstanding Of his at
titude, we will appreciate your
omitting all reference to Alsace-
Lorraine. 1t is not essential to
your interview anyway"
ertvFritz Ebert, as he was
famlliarly known in the Socialist
and labor movement of Germany
prior to his becoming President and
drawing the wrath of the inde-
pendents upon his heads a genu-
inc child of the people. He was
born in Heidelberg, the classic city
Of Germany, world famous for its
university, on February 4, 1871.
But though the university was
next door, so to speak, to the Ebert
home. Fritz Ebert never had a col
lege education. The caste system
which prevailed in German educa-
tion made this impossible. Ebert s
father was tailor. and young Fritz
vas one of six children. The home
was narrow indeed, for his father
made his workshop in it. The chill
dren, and especially Friedrich,
thereupon made the entire city Of
Heidelberg their home. He was one
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
hnder the Hammer

| was interviewing Ebert in the
German chancellery (Reichskanzler)
II W-lheimstrasse. The Independent
Socialists and their press had for
weeks been insisting that Ebert and
Ms party, the Majority Socialists,
mad sold out" % the bourgeoisie !;
has they had become a middle class
party (bdrgerlich), democratic, but
no longer Socialist. The rock upon
which the Majority Socialists had
'oundered, according 70 the radical
critics Of the government, was the
Question Of the socialization Of in
d1ssry. I therefore asked Ebert
aoout these charges by the radicals.
Did ne intend his government 70 be
a Socialist government? Did he
mean 10 socialize the industries Of
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27

Germany in accordance with the
dictates of theoretic socialism?
He gave me a look full of weari-
ness as we'll as of patience, look
that was a plea for reasonableness
toward himself and his government.
And then he said:
"Our immediate problem in Ger
many is not the socialization Of in
dustry, but its restoration. We have
a few industries that have reached
the size Of monopoly, mines and
the like, and these we shall nation
alize. But in the main the problem
is not how to socialize the factories,
but how to get them going once
more; how to obtain the raw mate
riaIs necessary to start the indus
tries up. The next problem is to set
the men to work once more in these
factories.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27

ceded portions the empire together with products
of these sectionsk bread potatoes potash
third effort comprises made by Pres-
dent Wilson various times during contrasting
with the the Fault
points efdetennaon the reduction
dom Of trade the colonies
Thus the broadsde concludes, "he ing closes,
to hand English and
whatever daily each and everv
German workman with his hands.
Not OO have been brought into our
by while they
already reclaimed amount
helfes This they working their reparaon
and despite this claim that advantage
kind is looked for by them
than these payments a reparaon?
That the people it's rights We
demand Justice"
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
Cirilia1, Clothes

Only one of the attendants in the
waiting room of the chancellery was
in livery - the livery of the old
regime. The rest all wore civilian
clothes. The people who thronged
the waiting room to see Ebert or
any one else of his four associates
on governmental business were men
Of the middle class. Many of them
were of the labor union variety.
Only one among fifty or more in
dividuals was distinctly of the Ger
man upper class. Though this man
still wore his monocle and gave evi-
dence of thorough familiarity with
the place, he was distinctly not at
home among this new class of
visitors to the highest government
Office in the land He was nervous
and fidgety.
The difference became even more
apparent once one was inside Of
one of the government Offices. The
personnel here, the clerks, secre-
:aries, assistants, without exception,
looked as if they had recently come
from Socialist newspaper offices or
from the headquarters of labor
union. There was no trace of the
we'll known German offcialism about
them.
While I was waiting to be taken
into his private Office saw Ebert
go from one to the other of the
Offices. He walked like a brisk,
hustling executive, and he was
dressed like one He wore a blue
serge suit and the trousers were not
too freshly creased. AS we talked
he leaned back in the chair, negligee
like, much the same as if he would
do in the Office of his newspaper
Once or twice during the interview
the President of the German republic
grew even a bit chatty about Amer
ica. 1t seemed not a feigned interest
either, but a genuine healthy curl
osty in things across the other side
of the water by son Of the German
people, who might himself readily
have been an immigrant in America
had fortune shuff1ed his cards slight
ly different.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
Posters Sh01U Germany
Is Still UnrepenteTat

and had been spanked and sent TO
bed in the dark without his supper
to consider his faults and TO apollo
glze. When the apology was forth
coming and sufficient assurances Of
good behavior in the future had
been given, the younpster would be-
reinstated in the family circle.
said
My German friends" SAD Mr..
Page, refused to accept the ap-
plication Of the parable. II the
first place, they had never been st
fault and SO had nothing for when
to apologize. The stern parent who
administered the punishment, ac-
cording to their view, had done so
upon the lying evidence Of others.
The British newspapers, they said,
were the authors Of these lies. SO,
although they had been spanked,
they were not sorry and felt that
the punishment was unmexited
This, I think I am safe in saying,
is the attitude Of every German,
high and low.
Il was in Heidelberg, riding with
two German acquaintances the af-
ternoon the treaty was signed" said
Mr.. Page. promptly as the hour
came around my two companions
drew their watches from their oock-
cts. 'Es ist die uhr' (it IS the hour.
they said IN hushed voices, and
added, ia, ia, ia, ja,' II descending
tones as if viewing the corpse Of
beloved relative. To them il was
the end, the final curtain, the knen
Of doom. We are helpless,' they
said. This unjust peace has been
forced upon US. Future history will
record this as the most dastardly
crime in the worlds history. Future
posterity viii point a finger of
shame at England, France and
America. -
The Germans with whom Mr..
Page came into contact showed
no resentment against hin person
ally, but rather treated him as one
VINO was laboring under a delusion.
While in Germany he made 10 ef-
fort to disguise his nationality
and spoke English the entire tine.
The hatred Of England. he said,
was shown by the Transformation
Of the Englisher Hof, the lead
ing hotel in Frankfort, to the
Hessisher Hof. Germany, he said,
has a general down-at-t -the-heels ap-
pearance. One IS struck by the ab-
sence Of brass fixtures everywhere.
Bicycle tires are fitted with steel
rims and spiral springs to take up
shock The telephone in the hotel
bedroom has not yet returned from
war duty. Pull straps in the rail
way carriages are made of woven
paper and the seats are upholstered
with the same material. The cars are
dirty and the windows unwashed
Weeds grow in the famous gardens
of Frankfort and the streets show
the lack of care. From Cologne t.
the Swiss border Mr.. Page counted
less than four grazing cows and no,
more than fifty sheep.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27

Running President Wilson's promises and performances
parallel columns pane confined American radical
publications. The poster shown above, brought
dnktort-o1Mden where oil German
Oos practically proclamotos, appeals pro-
and the like by everybody general every
subject The
President Wilson "feU
teen points, such those relating self determination
rcde colonies amneratons and ndennites
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27

ing to the Germans, was
and still is, the aggrieved
and not the aggressor. The Ger
man populace feels that it waged
war of self-defence against odds
and now is burdened with an un-
just peace Most of all, they feel
that they were duped by President
Wilson and his fourteen points,
which, they say, played no part in
the final peace negotiations.
This is the information brought
out of Germany within the last
month by F. G Page, British COM
mercial man, who believes he is the
first Allied civilian to enter Ger
many on a business project since
the war. He went into Germany
late in June from the British
bridgehead at Cologne upon per
nit furnished by Premier Erzber-
ger after he had convinced the
German staff commander in Co.
logne that his primary mission was
to make arrangements to supply
food if the German merchants
could buy it. For years before the
war he had spent much of his time
in Germany, and was we'll known
to hundreds Of German merchants
and business men.
In Frankfort-on-Main, just be-
fore the peace treaty was signed.
Mr.. Page discussed the political sit
uation with leading bankers and
merchants. None of them was
willing to admit that Germany had
been in the wrong They insisted
that the war had been brought
about by the commercial jealousy
Of France and England, the latter
especially, toward Germany's grow
ing trade. They refused to admit
that organized atrocities were conf
mitted by the Germany military.
On the contrary. they talked of the
brutal treatment accorded German
soldiers by the British and the
French, and further, insisted that
the French were the first to bonn
bard n open town from the air.
They seemed to take delight, -
said Mr.. Page, ''in the fact that
England had suffered from a short
age of food and from the Zeppelin
raids. The extent of the damage
done by the German raiders and
the strict food regulations enforced
in England were unknown to the
Germans with whom I conversed.
told them what had happened ir
England during the war, as mean:
of drawing out from them state
ments of what had happened ir
Germany and what the German
viewpoint was. They were par
ticularly interested in the feeling
Of the Allied nations az a whole
toward the Germans. I illustrated
this by a simile or parable, in which
I likened the German nation to ,
naughty boy who had pulled ou
the cats tail, gouged out her eye
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27

Journeyman harness
maker, entered the
labor movement Of
Germany, the motto of the move
ment was the will of the people
shall De the highest law. I was IN
agreement with this motto then,
ard I held fast to it all my life"
In these words Friedrich Ebert
laid down his creed soon after he
accepted the Provisional Presidency
Of Germany. Friend and foe alike
agree to this Characterization of
Ebert The middle and a part at
least Of the upper classes of Ger
many see in Ebert a democrat, and
mildly approve Of him. The Inde-
pendent Socialists, and many even
Of his own party, the Majority
Socialists, see in Ebert a democrat
but not Social Democrat and
hence disapprove or disavow him.
The declaration is typical not only
Of Ebert's political mentality, but
Of his makeup in general. He is a
middle-of -the-road man in thought,
action and speech. Unlike almost
any other statesman in Europe,
Ebert scrupulously avoids catch
words and pointed phrasing. In a
period Of slogan-making his speeches
are singularly devoid Of slogans.
While himself an editor for many
yeas, ne does not think in newspa
per headlines. He speaks clearly
and TO the point, but does not at
tempt 70 coin epigrams. In a TWEEN
T. minutes conversation which l
had With him ne hardly used an
adjec-ive-nothing but verbs and
nouns.