The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 2, 1917, Page 4

a SR Ns SORES NEE EEO EY PTE | | THE TRIBUNE Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Class Mat | tter. {IS8UED EXCEPT SUNDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Daily, by carrier, per mon! ey by mail, per year..... ity, by mall per year... 1.50 Member Audit Bureau of Circulation THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1878) - WEATHER BULLETIN. LOCAL For the 24 hours ending at 12 noon, February 2, 1917: Temperature at 7 a. m. Temperature at 12 noon . Highest yesterday . Lowest last night 39 | Precipitation . None Highest wind velocity .....-.. 26-NW Forecast: | For North Dakota: Partly cloudy | written, 24 | BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE FRIDAY EBRUARY 2, 1917 reducing Southern representation in proportion to the number of voters disfranchised. | “How do jguish between grandmothers and / granddaughters?” inquires Gilda Dar-; | thy, French tragedienne. We suppose they ask ’em. } GOOD SAMARITAN. | The story of the Good Samaritan is one of the greatest classics ever | | New York men distin | — S> —— Groundhog---Back to the Trenches for Me! ——— Everybody knows it. And | everyobdy believes its teachings. | | Here are the chief points in this| | wonderfully human story of what the | Samaritan did: First, he made a “survey The Priest and the Levite passed by} on the other side. The Samaritan! came where the wounded traveler had | been left by the band of robbers on} Jericho Road, to get the facts. 1 tonight and Saturday; not so cold, Temperature | Calgary .. Chicago Kansas City . Moorhead Pierre .. Prince Albert Teul.. Winnipeg St. Louis ... San Francisco .. Helena .. El Paso ww Williston an Forecast: Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday; not so cold. ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Meteorologist. | . 12 22 1 SOSOSOO OSE OOOH OS @ Labor for labor's sake is %/ & against nature—Locke. * Oe ee THE EDITORS. Bismarck hopes the cordiality of its welcome to the editors will reduce} the effects of the “frost” staged by | nature, which is one of the few forces | as yet unaffected by the power of the} press. | We had hoped to furnish a shadow- less groundhog day, but even here Dame Nature blocked and ruined the best intentions of the reception com- mittee. It is-not necessary to victimize the editors by salving them with brom- ides. They know a welcome always awaits them at the Capital City. No forcible feeding will be neces- sary in Belgium or Poland. | DECIMAL SYSTEM. Britain's parliament is going to con- sider a Dill changing that nation’s coinage basis to a decimal system. It is proposed to make the florin, which is one-tenth of a pound, the unit; aud make the farthing, worth now one- ninety-sixth of a florin, worth one-hun- dredth of a florin. Preventive steps have cut down the number, of smaller fires,” we read. Why not cut down the big ones? NEUTRALITY. Undiluted neutrality is our only pol- icy in the crisis forced by the recent German ultimatum. This is the time for all good Americans to lend sup- port to the administration. ‘President Wilson's task is a severe one. In foreign affairs, he is entitled to the undivided support of the nation. There may be disagreements as to the value of policies pursued, but there | can be but one mind when our nation takes a stand. “If Lioyd George can’t win for | Sngland, no man can,’ says T. P. O'Connor. ‘But wasn’t that what they said of Kitchener? | WHY VINEGAR? Mexican women riot because El ‘Paso health authorities compe] them to bathe in vinegar and gasoline be-| fore crossing to this side, in absence; of a military permit. Vinegar and gasoline must mak: rather unattractive bath. Isn't there a better way of con- serving public health, without forc- ing the use of this evil combination? How would we feel if American wo- men were compelled to bathe in vin- egar and gasoline before crossing the international line into Canada at But | falo, or Detroit? a The race for position as fifth city in the country seems to be an an- nexing contest. That city has the ad- vantage that is situated in the largest state. HOW DO YOU LIKE IT? Do you know that less than ten thou- sand votes are cast in the Southern states for each presidential ciector chosen, while in most of the Northern states the vote ranges from 30,000 to 50,000 on an average for every presi- dential elector to which the state is entitled? Whether you know it or not, it is true. If you live in a north- ern state your vote in the presidential election counts for not more than one- third and perhaps only one-ninth as much as the vote of a man who caste his ballot in the South. Perhaps you; like it, but if you don’t you can help relieve the situation by writing to your Senator or Congressman and csk- ing that he, support the Gallinger investiga- |anything else to see that he got it, | | Sunday observance. Second, he was “moved with com-| passion.” He didn't come merely to get the} “data” in the case—he put heart into) the task. | Third, he helped the traveler. ' He bound up his wounds, set him| upon his own beast, brought him to| an inn, paid his bill, and told the keeper that if the sick man needed and the Samaritan would make it all right. i And here you have an outline of| what should be done today in meeting | the social needs of the times. | But there’s one thing else—some- | thing that a thousand “Good Samari- | tans,” working individually, can never | do: The “Jericho roads” must be cleared of thieves and robbers. sity of caring for “wounded travelers —whether they have been wounded by industrial, social or political robbers SUNDAY OBSERVANCE. Local option should govern in the matter of Sunday observance. Our Blue Laws are usually enforced 1s strictly as the community demands. Just now there is a moral wave, more or less manufactured. Once the leg- islature adjourns and the chances of getting the laws changed are gone, the various communities will slip back into their regular Sunday hab- its. It is hard to realize why some per- sons object to the referendum as a means to settle the entire question, of There is little danger that North Dakota will dese- crate the day unseemly. The voters, on the other hand, may be able to draw the line so as not to offend those who stand for a reasonably strict observance of the Sabbath. Surely the legislators will not enter- tain any law that exempts one line of business from the operation of the law, Of course there are emergencies which the law should respect and the logislature should provide some elas- ticity in all Sunday observance legis- lation. Regardless of any morals involved, all business men recognize the eco- nomic value of one day of rest in sev- en. Whether the Sunday closing laws were on the statute books or not, a great majority of employers and em- ployes would rest on the seventh day. But when the law seeks to define specifically forms of recreation that are to be deemed unlawful on the seventh day, resentment is engender- ed and, in most communities, such regulations are ignored. The only way to ascertain the tem- per of the communi cal option law. This gives the best method by which to settle a perplex- | ing issue. Carr Has Reason for Introducing anl. W. W. Bill Representative Burl Carr of Valley City doesn’t hesitate in telling his friends why he introduced a Dill in the house this week which is aimed at the I. W. W.' Carr operates a large farm near the Sheyenne city and last fall was in dire need of help. He approached several groups of I. W. W’'s. “What do you want?” commanding- ly asked the leader of the gang. “What do you pay? Please, move on.” “They seemed to rule the earth,” said Carr, “and I was offering from $3.50 to $4 per day.” Representative Carr grew some po- tatoes. He had noticed on sever: occasions that his fields had been raid- ed and the plants torn up. “One night 1 watched them,” said the representative. “They stole into the patch, jerked the plants and left.” Te next night Carr got a pitch-fork and placed in it the field so the men would not destroy the veins. “And do you know,” said Carr, “they were’too Jazy to use that fork.” Russel ‘D. Chase, Former State's At- torney Chosen President; Ritt- gers, Secretary. Jamestown, N. D., Feb. 2.—Former State’s Attorney Russell D. Chase was unanimously elected president of the Stutsman County Bar association at a meeting heid here Tuesday. R. G. McFarland was made vice president and Harry Rittgers, secre- tary. The comprises 22 This will do away with the neces | is through a lo-| —_. STUTSMAN BAR ELECTS Win/ RAR Ni, mH my ) WN (¢ AAN\A H. C. Plumley, veteran editor, prom- inent in state Masonic circles and for: mer member of the state pdnitentiary board, pa fitting tribute to the life of the late Dan Williams, whose death occurred late Monday afternoon. The tribute;“as published in a Fargo. newspaper yesterday, is as follows: Knew How to Govern Men. “Dan Williams was the first warden of the territorial penitentiary at Dis- marck. He came to that city from Yankton with his brother, Hon. E, A. Williams, in 1873. Dan a very capable man at the head of the peni- tentiary he knew how to govern men, and he won thejr respect by the meth- od he treated them. He felt that the prison was not m a place of pun- ishment, but that if it could be made a reformatory, the ate was that much better off. Many is the convict who has been placed on the.right road through (Mr. Williams aid, been a useful member of society after his prison sentence w I could give the names of eral, because I was on the: penitentiary board during several years of his service, Was a Practical Man. ” “Mr. Williams was a practical man. and rendered valuable aid to the state, Practical Man, Says H. | C. Plumley in Tribute in his economies as the executive offl- cer of the penitentiary, One y there was a deficiency tion |for maintaining expenses of and the legislature made no appro- | priation for* this shortage; but he | carried the institution through the two | 'years on the regular “appropriation, land showed a surpliis of about $680 at the close of the period. ‘During the same term an appropriation was made for extending. the cell wing; it was built even better than the archit | Specifications, and. $7,009 of the ap- propriation was. ttrned back into the territorial treasu the only instance in the history of the territory—if not lor the state—where an appropriation | for a public: building w o large. too was, at yBismarck, and Hon, Alexander » McKenzie another | | of the board, li in the wppro} $13, was id he Williams” record in enc ing convicts to again get on the r | road, and become good citiz monument to his memory of which his | friends have a right to be proud.” AQVENTIST FAVORS REPEAL OF SUNDAY Tract Society Secretary Says Rell- gious Legislation is Contrary to Bible Teachings. Roed the | Andrew cretary of quarters at Jamestown, declared this morning that the Seventh Day Adven- ists are opposed to the Sunday obser- vance law on the ground that it ligious legislation contrary to principles of the Bible. The secretary of the tract society in the city last night, will do a little lob- the | Pacific coast to attend the Bookmer convention. We are in favor o present Sunday law: tary. “The exemption of the old law the repealing other day. As a result the blue laws work no hardships on Adventists, but y do compel pesple to observe one y or another. We are in favor of legislation which would entitle every person employed in any | be entitled to one day | seven and provisions that it will be | unlawful for any employer of labor to j cause any of his employ to work | more than six days in the seven, pro- | vided, however, that they should not {apply to cases of emergency of volun- tary sérvice.” Mr. Rodel believes that every one should be left to observe his own day of rest. He stated that it is impos- sible for the civil powers to enforce the observance of the Sabbath in the scriptural sense. “A man may outwardly observe the letter of the law and still be a Sab- bath breaker in the sight of God,” said the secretary. “The Bible recog- nizes this principle and provides that human legislation should not extend beyond the last six of the ten com- mandments which have to do only with man’s relation to man. The use of force in religion is irreligious and contrary to the plain teachings of the Bible. Let us abandon that principle and allow every man to decide for himself as to whether he will esteem one day above another, or esteem every day alike.” EXPECTED TO PASS. ‘Senate bill No. 1, proposing a mod- ified_Torrens system of land transfers, wasup for~third- reading ~and~ inal North Dakota Tract society with head- | bying and will leave tomorrow for the | id the secre- | provides for people who observe an- | | passa | pass: | ! noon. in the senate yesterd McCarten’s original 1 |been amended somewhat and is ex- | pected to pass without opposition. 49, | troduced in the | Chairman Gibben i schools of North Dakota for two years isted | g this saving for Dakota ter-)@ SKED TO AUN NORTH DAKOTA Sta 6 | = tion bill, in- ute yesterday by of the appropria- tions committee, asks $4;312,404.60 for | the expenses of the executive, legis- | lative and judicial departments of the | state government and for the public The biennial appropr 1917. ingle item is one of} beginning July The larges more than a half-million for state aid to rural, graded and consolidated schools. MUSICAL OPPORTUNITIES, The University news letter states that musical opportunities will be of- fered the students this week. Monday evening, Albert Spaulding, the great | American violinist, appeared in recital jas th ‘ond number of the. Wesley {college conservatory) of music artist ourse. Tomorrow or Friday evening, recital will be given by the Fuller ers of Dorset, England. English, | Scottish and Irish folk songs will be given in early Victorian costume, ac- companied on the Irish harp. Satur- |day, the Zoeller string quartet will give a concert of chamber music. FARGO CITY ATTORNEY HERE. City Attorney Shure of Fargo has been spending several days in Bis- marck, attending the session of the tate legislature; also looking after legal matters for the city. | | AMD DOG WE | IN BESIEGED { } | | | | TEMKIN i Cleveland, 0., Feb. 2.—Two girls, re- jfugees from Russia, have arrived here | with a gruesome tale of hardships in the city of Vilna, during the war. They are Bertha Temkin, 16, and Lucy, 13. Their father, a tutor in Vil- na, died just befere.the war, and their only brother is now in the trenches. When the Germans attacked the city, the bombardment was so terrific, [the gine say, they-prayed for-rain-be-. AT USED AS FOOD, CITY, SAYS GIRL. REFUGEE cause when rain fell the attack stop- ped. We almost welcomed the arrival of the Germans,” says Bertha, “because we thought it meant food for the star- ving women and children. But the food supply became worse. Horseflesh and dog meat formed part of the city’s food and were at a premium. “German soldiers were thin, hungry and tired, when they came to Vilna. jt. SENATE MAKES ~ RECENT MATTER Declines by Positive Majority to Con- sider Governor's Bill for New | Board. PETITIONING FOR AND AGAINST ROSY SUNDAY Church-Folk Want Blue Tint Retained —Hamilton Opens up Baseball Question. ' The attitude of the senate toward Governor Frazier’s policy in relation | to the state board of regents was fur- ther emphasized Thursday afternoon, | when the upper house, by a vote of | 26 to 17, six not voting, declined to laccept a minority report recommend- ing the passage of house bill 65, an | administration measure which abol- | jishes the present board and provides |for a commission composed of the | governor, superintendent of public in- ‘struction and a third member to be jnamed by the governor. The senate |by an overwhelming majority indefin- | itely postponed action on the bill. On- jly two league members of the state affair: mmittee—Morkrid and Ham- el curred in the minority re- | port, re nmending the bill to pass. | On third reading the senate passed |Senate Bill 64, making more liberal |provision for co-operative associa- tions; Senate Bill No. 1, providing for an optional adoption of a modi- fied Torrens system of land transfers; Senate Bill 54, providing for annual state conferences of tax officials, and Senate Bill 47, providing a registra- tion tax on real estate mortgages. Those who expected a fight on Sen- ate Bill 46, the much discussed game measure introduced by Lindstrom, were disappointed. The bill passed with but two dissents, reducing the bag limit on chickens to five, provid- ing that no chickens may be placed in cold storage, that- not more than thirty may be in one’s ssession at any one time, and advancing the open season to September 17-October 17. The open scason for ducks and geese is made September 17 to December The utc shook and shivered through a dismal afternoon while a brisk gale drove an arctic chill into every corner of the chamber. Lieu- tenant-Governor Kraabel presided from the depths of a big fur overcoat and with an electric warmer at his feet. The secretary and many mem- bers were bundled in wraps. Martin of Morton sought to relieve the situation by offering a motion that the senate adjourn to Monday. The motion was opposed by Hyland, who stated nia members of the North Association would come to the mid-winter meeting called here today, largely for the purpose of see- ing the legislature in session, and | that with the house out of commis- sion, the senate should stay on the job and not disappoint the boys of the fourth estate. It was announced, too, | that Monday, under the rules, will be the last day for the introduction of bills, and the. senate will need all the time at its disposal. The street car has been out of com- mission during the last two days. To- day taxis could not approach within two blocks of the capitol, and in tra- versing even that short distance feet, faces, hands and ears were nipped. “Where are you frozen?” is the com- mon form of greeting. The’ governor to date has signed Senate Bills 12, 13, 15 and 44, and House Bills 19, 1 and 23, together with the concurrent resolution in accept- ing on behalf of the state a replica of Fjelde’s Norway bust of Lincoln. tooo eoeeoesoeoes) ° NEW SENATE BILLS . COFHHOH HHO OH OOS S. B. 137, Hamilton—Exempting baseball from sports prohibited on first day of week. S. B. 138, Hemmingson—Relating to organization of new common school districts, S. B. 139, Mostad—To provide for |eradication of barberry bushes to les- sen damage from rust. S. B. 140, King—Appropriating $3,- 500 for redecorating and refurnishing senate chamber. ANAMOOSE FINANCIER HERE E. M. Houser, vice president of the Anamoose National bank, was a capi- tal city visitor this week. MANY LICENSE TAGS The automobile registration depart- ment of the secretary of state’s office has sold 3,500 1917 tags to date. NEW CHURCH The secretary of state has issued a ;charter to the Reformed church of Strasburg, incorporated by Peter M. Van Soest, Albert Hogenbirg and L. J. Van der Sande. Z RAILROAD COMMISSIONER Charles W. Bleick ef Elgin and M. P. Johnson of Tolley are in the city for sessions of the state railroad com- mission, of which they are members. y WALPER IN CITY N. J. Walper, formerly of the local electrical firm of Walper & Woodruff, and now head of the Anamoose Elec- tric Light Co., called on Bismarck friends this week. GOES TO KANSAS CITY | J. N. Hagan, commissioner of agri- culture and labor, goes to Kansas City next week to attend the third annual farm -labor conference. The: harvest hand situation will be one of the im- portant topics discussed. ; CESS SE - ARICKARA CHURCH CHARTERED Articles .of incorporation have been filed with the secretary of state by the Arickara Congregational church of Elbowwoods, McLean county. The names appearing on the charter are D. J. Ripleu, George W. B. Hosie, Pe- ter H. Beauchamp, Harry White Calf and Lawrence Howlingwolf. READY TO COME ‘BAC Mrs. Carl R. “Kositzky is " esipl Eut they were not gruff like our sol- diers. They--were-polite-- of a card from Mrs. Geo! lett the oN family home-neer Stee | Forks and Mrs. 8. P. son | SNOWSHOES THAT PL to locate at ae , advising that while the Missol Meather is ideal and everything else is all that the family anticipated, the Show-Me state is not North Dakota, ling last fall and the Lewises are preparing to re- turn to the farm near Sterling in the spring. The Lewis and Kositzky farms . ‘adjoin. ————_—_—_—- i; LUMBER COMPANY ah MOR GRAND FORKS IS) CHARTERED BY STATE | Capitalized at $250,000, the Ireland | Lumber Yard Co. of Grand Forks, has incorporated under the laws of North Dakota, The incorporators are G, L. Ireland and F. A. Bennett of Grand Ireland, R. L. Ireland and V. G. Ireland of Hankin- pine ee YED MPORTANT PART IN THE a RIEL REBELLION SHOWN A huge pair of snowshoes that play- ed an important part in the famous Riel rebellion in Manitoba are an in- teresting exhibit added to his week to the state historical museum They were procured from some source by Dr. Libby of the state university, Sec- retary of the state historical society. Originally, the racquets were the property of Gabriel Dumont, a lieu- tenant of Louis Riel, the notorious rebel leader, and they were worn by Dumont in acting as Riel’s aide dur- ing the uprising. INTERESTING LETTERS RECALL EARLY DAYS OF TERRITORIAL DAKOTA —— A sheaf of interesting letters dating back to early territorial ays has been forwarded by, Dr. Libby of Grand Forks, secretary of the state histori- cal society, to the state museum. In- cluded in the lot is a Danish com- munication to the territory secretary in 1869, relating to impending Danish immigration to this territory. Of particular local interest is a let- ter written by Guillaume Tell Poisson, from Paris in'1872, to former Minister Washburn, asking information con- cerning the whereabouts of his son, George Washington Poisson, formerly stationed at Fort Rice, as a private in the 22d United States infantry. The elder Poisson volunteers the informa- tion that he had served as a major in the United States army from 1827 to 1837. A later letter indicates that. George Washington was discovered through the efforts of the former Min- ister to France and that through the intercession of Mr. Washburn there has been found for him, as his father gratefully states, a “position more fit- ting to the son of a former officer of the United States.” George Washington Poisson, it ap- pears from the correspondence, had been engaged with a companion in cutting wood on George island, Dako- ta territory, as fuel for Missouri river steamers, an occupation which was very profitable in that day, if/not be- fitting the dignity of a son‘of the French patriot. 46 ABERDEEN EDITOR “HERE” John Herbert. McKeever, editor of the Aberdeen American, looké# in on the assembly this week, arriving one day too late for the fireworks over 44. Mr. McKeever states the proposed new constitution is attracting much attention in South Dakota, the league haying a large following in the north part of the state. At Tagg wero the Aberdeen man had Ween "sfationed, the legislature is wrestling with the question of making the state bone dry. CLERKS OF GOUT OF SITE MEET II Clerks of court of the state met in session at a local hotel last evening, elected Edward A. Smith of Ellendale vice president; E, C. Geary of Fargo, secretary-treasurer, and adjourned without selecting the next meeting place. About ten clerks were in at- tendance. ‘RETURN TO COTEAU. Ed Hovland, vice president of the First ‘National bank at Coteau, who, with; hig wife, has been spending the week in’ Bismarck attending the legis- lative session, left this morning for their home. Both made their head- quarters at the Grand Pacific during their stay in the city. 2 HEARTS TREATED FREE Ese pestis ote By Dr. Franklin Miles, the Great Spe- cialist, Who Sends a New $2.50 Treatment, Free, Heart disease is dangerous, hund- reds drop dead who could have been saved, Many have been cured after doctors failed. 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