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VOL. XXIII, NO. 50.
Armory hall was packed to the
doors Friday evening when the An
nual High school Commencement Ex
ercises were held. The class of
twenty eight, the second largest ever
graduating from the Williston schools
marched in and took their places on
the stage to the music of the Class
March, written by E. E. Hanyen of
this city.
The high school chorus gave a num
ber of selections under the leader
ship of Miss Cooper which were very
well rendered and gave evidence of
careful training.
Other musical selections were ren
dered by the Glee Club, made up of
INK! PURS FOR
FUG DAY, JHK14
ELKS HAVING FLAG DAY PRO
GRAM JUNE 14—WILL HAVE
PARADE—SPEAKER HERE
Flag Day comes on the 14th of
June this year and the Elks lodge is
planning on celebrating in a fitting
manner. Plans are being made for
a parade and invitations are being
sent out to various organizations
throughout the district, asking them
to join us. There is no better time
for a large patriotic gathering than
on flag day and June fourteenth will
be one of the days to be remembered.
GOMMENCEttENl EXERCISES HELD
IN ARMORY Hill FRIDAY EVENING
Large Class of Twenty Eight Graduate—Fine Orations by Lna
Moorhead and Clara Bennett— School Honors Were
Awarded—Hall Was Crowded
All business houses will be asked to
close from one to five in the afternoon.
After the parade an appropriate
program will be given in the Armory.
J. F. T. O'Connor of Grand Forks
has been secured for the speaker of
the day and he is second to none in
the northwest. Mr. O'Connor won
the championship for Yale in
the oratorical contest against all con
testing colleges and has been getting
better ever since. You are therefore
sure of a treat if you hear Mr. O'Con
nor.
Full particulars and the program
for the day will be printed in next
weeks paper.
A. H. VOHS SELLS MEAT MARKET
A transaction took place this week
by which Thos. Wright of Marmon
became owner of the City Meat Mar
ket of this city. Mr. Vohs former
owner and proprietor has not as yet
decided just what he will do but ex
pects to devote most of his time to
the looking after his farms and stock
raising. Mr. Wright will move here
to Williston and will take over the
shop the first of the month. His in
tentions are to run the business in
the same high class manner in which
Mr. Vohs has in the past and will en
deavor to give the patrons as good
service and quality as formerly.
THE CLASS OF 1918
Ruth Asbury
William Byron Borsheim
Hazel Lutitia Brant
Clara Rose Bennett
Gladys lone Brown
Ada Claire Brownson
Wava L. Amsbaugh
Paul Lewis Carpenter
John Patrick Craven
Lois Irene Fuller
Jessie Mabel Field
Dorothy Elizabeth Fagan
Clifford M. Gordon
Sylvia Trilby Hartman
David Greengard
James Glenn Houston
Ceceiia Kleppe
V. Russell Levitt
Una Vivian Moorhead
Lillie Martha Munyer
Harold Bruce McDonald
Eileen McGibbon
McKinley A. Nelson
Catherine Louise Pasonault
Leonard Allen Poe
Doris Elvya Rickard
David A. Veitch
Robert Eugene Walker
a number of our leading lady musi
cians and these number were hearti'y
applauded.
The orations by Miss Moorhead
and Miss Bennett were exceptionally
good and were among the best num
bers of the program. Each of the
young ladies have a good voico and
delivered their orations in a manner
equal to that of an old hand at speak
ing.
The address of the evening was de
livered by President Thos F. Kane
of the State University. We under
stand that President Kane said many
good things but owing to the fact
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WIUSIN CHUKOT
CREAMERY HAS OUTGROWN OLD
BUILDING—PROPOSITION TO
GO TO STOCKHOLDERS
The Farmers Creamery and Pro
duce Co., has plans under foot at pres
ent for the erection and the selection
of a new site for the creamery. The
proposition will be put before the
stockholders at a meeting to be held
here at Williston in July. Mr. John
Bruegger who is at the head of the
creamery is due much credit for the
wonderful stride that has been made
by the company in the past year. On
account of the increased business the
concern is in need of more space and
it is proposed to build a much larger
and modern building that will handle
the business for some time to come.
Just to show what is being done at
the creamery, they have turned out
more than 5000 pounds of butter in
the last week besides a large amount
of ice cream. The creamery Co., re
cently installed one of the most mod
ern ice cream machines on the mar
ket and with this equipment and a
new building the concern will be one
that Williston will be proud of.
E. B. LINK BUYS FOSTER
GROCERY
A transaction took place last week
between Roy Foster and E. B. Link
both of Williston by which Mr. Link
became owner of the Foster Cash
Grocery. Mr. Foster has not yet de
cided just what he will do but ex
pects to enter other business here in
Williston shortly.
Mr. Link will continue the running
of the Cash Grocery and hopes to
have the pleasure of as large a trade
as Mr. Foster had and furthermore
will endeavor to serve the trade in
the same high class manner as be
fore.
MARTIN JACOBSON IN CITY
Martin Jacobson of Minot was in
the city the latter part of last week.
Mr. Jacobson has a son, Chester, who
is in the Airplane service. From all
reports he is proving one of the best
and is anxious to get across to try
his hand on the Hun. Mr. Jacobson
says he hopes his boy will get there
before the war ends as he wants him
to get some of the baby killers.
LATE WAR NEWS
(Special to Graphic 3 P. M.)
Paris reports situation more reas
suring, with the enemy making no
progress except in center of attack.
Momentum is apparently slackening.
The enemy is using about five divi
sions with tanks, machine guns and
poisonous gas.
W as ngton reports American
troops in Picardy attacked on front of
over one mile inflicting severe losses
on the enemy and have taken two
hundred German prisoners.
Williston Graphic
-tur Country! In Her InterconrM with foreign nations may She always be right. But our country, right or wrang.—Stephen Decatur.
WILLISTON, WILLIAMS COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1918.
PRAY AND FAST, MAY 30,
PRESIDENT EXHORTS NATION
Minnesota Boys
Pass Through Here
Several special trains over the
Great Northern R. R. passed through
here Tuesday carrying boys from
Minnesota to Camp Lewis, Wash.
The trains all stopped here while en
gines were changed and the boys
were given a chance to visit the busi
ness section of the town. The strength
of Camp Lewis is now set at abotyt
40,430 men and more are arriving
daily.
The process of making United Stat
es citizens of 5,199 Camp Lewis sol
diers, now subjects of other countries,
will begin tomorrow at 9:30 a. m.,
when the first of the alien enlisted
men of the cantonment, including
enemy aliens, will appear at the li
brary of the 166th depot brigade for
the preliminary process of naturaliza
tion.
This represents a front of nearly
twenty miles along which the armies
of the crown prince have crossed the
Aisne. In addition they have pushed
south of the river and are striking for
the river Vesle, which parallels the
Aisne along the greater part of this
front at an average of about five
miles.
The battlei is continuing fiercely
along the whole Aisne front today,
the brunt of it being borne by the
French. French communications are
excellent in this sector however, and
the probability is that reserves are
speedily being sent up to the threat
ened points.
The British when the battle start
ed apparently were holding a line ap
proximately twelve miles long, be
tween Bermicourt, seven miles north
west of Rheims, and Craonelle, across
the Aaisne to the northwest, the line
straddling the Aaisne at about mid
way this distance, near Berry-Au
$ac.
There is no indication that the Brit
ish right flank was materially affect
ed by the shock. The left flank, how
ever, felt the effect of the impact up
on the French front further west,
where a crossing of the Aisne was
forced, and the British left was oblig
ed to fall back in conformity.
The British line to the west of Ber
ry*
Au- Bac is now apparently wholly
south of the Aisne.
The German attack in Flanders was
evidently a subsidiary affair, although
NATIONAL Memorial Day, Thursday, May 30, is proclaimed
by President Wilson as a day of public humiliation, prayer and
fasting. The proclamation follows
"Whereas, The Congress of the United States, on the second
day of April last, passed the folio wine: resolution:
'Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives con
curring), That, it being a duty peculiarly incumbent in a time of
war humbly and devoutly to acknowledge our dependence on Al
mighty God and to implore His aid and protection, the President
of the United States be, and is hereby, respectfully requested to
recommend a day of public humiliation, prayer and fascting, to be
observed by the people of the United States with religious solemnity
and the offering of fervent supplications to Almighty God for the
safety and welfare of our cause, His blessings on our arms, and a
speedy restoration of an honorable and lasting peace to the nations
of the earth
"And Whereas, it has always been the reverent habit of the
people of the United States to turn in humble appeal to Almighty
God for His guidance in the affairs of their common life
"Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United
States of America, do hereby proclaim Thursday, the thirtieth day
of May, a day already freighted with sacred and stimulating mem
ories, a day of public humiliation, prayer and fasting, and do exhort
my fellow citizens of all faiths and creeds to assemble on that day
in their several places of worship and there, as well as in their
homes, to pray Almighty God that He may forgive our sins and
shortcomings as a people and purify our hearts to see and love the
truth, to accept and defend all things that are just and right and to
purpose only those rightenous acts and judgment which are in con
formity with His will beseeching Him that He will give victory to
our armies as they fight for freedom, wisdom to those who take
counsel on our behalf in these days of dark struggle and perplexity,
and steadfastness to our people to make sacrifice to the utmost in
support of what is just and true, bringing us at last the peace in
which men's hearts can be at rfcst because it is founded upon mercy,
justice and good will."
GERMANS RESUME ATTACK AND
GET ACROSS THE RIVER AISNE
Armies of Crown Prince Advance But Allies Confident Re
pulsed in Northern Section Americans Successful
in Repulsing Huns
Paris, May 28.— The Germans,
striking south from the Chemin Des
Dames after carrying that important
ridge yesterday, have pushed on rap
idly and effected a crossing of the
Aisne river between Vailly and Ber
ry-Au-Bac.
Fordson Tractors
For Farmers at Cost
L. V. Coulter made a trip to Far
go last week to attend a meeting of
the representatives of the Ford Co.,
and announced on his return that Mr.
Ford has made arrangements to sup
ply the farmers of N. Dak., with
Tractors at factory cost plus the
freight. Mr. Ford has for some time
past been supplying other countries
with these tractors under this plar..
It is Fords plan to do all that he can
to make the crop production as large
as possible in order to help win the
war.
Mr. Coulter announces that the or
ders are coming in very fast for these
tractors and that any of the farm
ers who wish these machines should
take the matter up with him at once.
there was an extremely heavy con
centration of troops for the limited
front attacked.
The French bore.the brunt of this
blow and repulsed it. The Germans
succeeded only in pushing in some
thing like a half mile south of Dicke
busch lake.
This morning the British and French
made a counter attack in this sector
which was progressing well at latest
advices and promised to turn the
whole German effort on the northern
front into a complete failure which
had cost the enemy heavily.
Military opinion seems to be sway
ing between the view that the attack
between Soissons and Rheims is the
main enemy effort, or whether he is
planning to deal an even greater blow
at the Amiens front.
In view of the persistence with
which the Germans are following up
their early success in forcing the
Aisne crossings it seems probable
that a determined following up of the
enemy efforts, in the shape of a drive
for Paris will be looked for.
Section B. In Picardy before day
light this morning the enemy after
a violent bombardment with high ex
plosives and gas, attacked our ad
vance positions in three detachments.
In two places he penetrated small
portions of our front lines. Shortly
afterward our troops counter attack
ed, expelled the Germans at all points
and occupied part of the German
trenches. Heavy losses were inflicted
on the enemy and some prisoners
were taken. Our casualties are light.
In one case an American was taken
prisoner but was rescued by counter
attacks, and all of his caplors were
killed. Our troops displayed a fine
offensive spirit at all times and have
achieved a notable success.
We give below the text of two
telegrams received from Secretary of
the Treasury McAdoo, expressing his
appreciation of the markedly success
ful efforts of all those who have
taken part in the Third Liberty Loan
Campaign of the Ninth District.
"Please accept my warmest con
gratulations on the magnificient suc
cess of the Third Liberty Loan, tl
is a triumph of sound war financing
and is highly creditable to the intelli
gence and patriotism of the Amer
ican people. I hope that every pur
chaser of bonds will keep them for
his own good and for his country's
sake.
"I am proud of the great work the
officers and employees of the Fed
eral Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
have done.
"To the patriotic men and women
of the Liberty Loan Committee and
organizations throughout the coun
try who have served with such ex
traordinary unselfishness and enthu
siasm, too much praise cannot be
given. I wish I could express to each
of them personally my grateful ap
preciation, but as this is impossible,
will you kindly send this message
from me to all Liberty Loan organi
zations in your district.
"Great are the resources of Amer
ica, but greater are the unconquer
able soul and spirit of her people."
PROGRAM FOR DECORATION
DAY, MAY 30
Tomorroy at 1:30 P. M., the ser
vices for Decoration Day will be held
in the Armory. The program is under
the direction of the Home Guard and
is as follows:
Opening song by the audience,
"America' led by the Williston band.
Prayer—Rev. Natwick.
Address—Rev. John J. Carroll of
Helena, Mont.
Solo—Miss M. Patterson.
Remarks—Hon. A. B. Saxtou.
Solo—Janette Wolbert.
Prayer and Benediction—Rev. Hitch
cock.
Following the program a parade
will be formed headed by the Willis
ton Band and the Home Guard and
will march to the cemetery where fit
ting services will be held. All of the
stores and business houses of the city
will be closed from 10:30 for the re
mainder of the day. Decoration Day
should mean more this year than it
ever has before and it is hoped that
everyone will attend the community
service and join in the march to the
cemetary to make this day what it
should be.
J. W. Sinclair of Kenmare and one
of the Nonpartisan noted speakers
was a visitor in Williston on Satyr
day leaving here Monday morning.
CAPTAIN EVANS OF COMPANY E
WRITES INTERESTING LETTER
Has Nothing But Praise For Treatment Shown Boys in France
—Hurt When Number of Boys Were Given to the
Regulars
Just a word to let you know that
everything is going along well. We
have been having changeable weath
er, cold rains, etc., but the most of it
has been fine. The place where we
are located is very beautiful and if
it were not for the fact that I was so
far away from you and the children
it would not be half bad. As if is
though, they can call it off any time
as I would like to return.
Ed and two Jeff's and myself got
MCADQQ THANKS
THIRD I. L. WORKERS
TELEGRAM TO HEADQUARTERS
OF NINTH DISTRICT EXPRESS
THANKS TO WORKERS
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
through school on the 9th of March
and Will and myself were sent up to
the French front for observation. Ed
was designed to go but through some
mistake in orders he did not get to
go. He was very disappointed but I
guess it is just as well as "there was
some fourth of July celebration." I
can tell you, believe me, when I iirst
heard a few tons of iron come over,
my neck grew about 4 inches shorter
but I soon got so I could hold my
head as high as anyone.
The French were very kind and
showed us everything. The poor
devils live pretty good anyway. It
does not cost them near as ftuch to
live as it does us, and their food is
much better. They told me I was
on a quiet front but it certainly seem
ed anything but quiet to me.
You all know I guess that our com
pany was broken up—most of my
fine men except the non-coms taken,
away and given to the regulars. By
George!—when they went I just
cried, I could not help it. Oh it was
a shame and now we are pretty near
ly fitted up again but not such men
as we had before. I have most of the
Williston boys with me except Mendro,
Shemorry, Marsh, George, Puffer,
Burnham, Miles and Shikany. You
bet your life I dare not say what I
think about it, but the time may
come. That old company of ours was
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VETERAN WILL TELL
ABOUT THE WORLD
PRIVATE JOHN SCOTT, OLDEST
VETERAN OF CANADIAN VOL
UNTEERS WILL TELL OF WAR
Private John Scott, one of the first
ten soldiers to join in the tenth mili
tary district in Canada, and the only
one of the first ten left, will visit this
city or\ the sixth of June and deliver
a talk on war conditions and especial
ly on prison life in Germany. The
meeting will be held in the Armory
on June 6th at eight thirty in the
evening and an admission of fifty
cents will be charged. One half of
the receipts will go to the Y. M. C.
A. and the other half to the British
War Mission fund.
Private Scott was a member of
the Eighth Canadian battalion, hav
ing enlisted in Winnipeg and except
for a comrade who is a prisoner in
Germany is the oldest volunteer in
Canada. He claims that the Hun has
exemplified his "kultur" by the
frightfulness of his campaign in war
torn Belgium and Poland. He says,
little has been told, but the revela
tions of those captured when all is
known will make the inhuman atroci
ties of the dark ages mild in com
parison. He experienced for thirty
months all the cruelties the Hun
could devise. He tells a tragic story/
with many thrills.
Scott was a prosperous Canadian
farmer in the summer of 1914, hav
ing been a veteran of the Boer war
and had seen service in the British
regular army. Immediately upon
the declaration of war, he placed
aside the plow and harrow, and left
home and family for the trench.
What he suffered is rare in the life
of any man. He was slightly wound
ed at Fleurbaix when the first tide
of the Hun invasion was checked. lit
three weeks he was fighting again.
Two days later he was one of the first
to be gassed, receiving five wounds in
the same battle. Later he was cap
tured and taken to the Hun prison
camp where life for two and a half
years was a nightmare which makes:
a tale that rivals all fiction and gives
a thought that will not be soon- foiv
gotten by his hearers.
"I can't fight them any more,"!sairf
Private Scott today, "and I won't
last long, but I will 'carry on' as long
as I am able, and as I know my ef
forts will bring comforts to those
'over there' I am satisfied to Jive
over again those moments which IT
thought and craved might be my
last."
150 PER CENT OVER SUBSCRIBED
Minneapolis, May 28. Official
statement issued today says that the
northern division has wired Wash
ington officials claiming that North
Dakota made the best showing of any
state in the division in the Red Cross
drive. The state's oversubscription
being more than 150 per cent.
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