The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 7, 1917, Page 4

rh | \ | i | ty ‘coal Bl Foun “~ THE TRIBUNE Matered at the pe Fostotnon Bismarck, N. Second Class Matter. D., as ~ Member rer Bureau of Circulation THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER hed 1878) a LOCAL WEATHER BULLETIN. ‘ For the 24 hours ending at 12 noon, | February 7, 1917: Temperature at 7 a. m. Temperature at 12 noon . Highest yesterday .. 30 Lowest last night 22 Precipitation ....- Trace Highest wind velocity - 28-NW Forecast. For North Dakota: Generally fair tonight and Thursday; colder tonight and south portion Thursday; fresh winds. Chicago . 28 Kansas City 36 Moorhead . 12 Pierre .. » 26 St. Paul - 18 Winnipeg - ses O) St. Louis . 32 San Francisco 46 Helena 28 + 40 . 08 TS, Meteorologist, POO SPSIH HSH OO OOO It is better to lose health * like a spendthrift than to % waste it like a miser—Steven- ¢/ son. % SHSHPO SSS HHHO OOO) IN SAME BOAT, Spain, Norway, Sweden, ‘Denmark and Holland must be doing a lot of serious thinking just about now. It is not that the German blockade will Kill their profitable trade, but every one of them will have to go upon short rations, if the blockade is long continued and effective. Their trade hasn't got real mad yet, because profits were so large that the losses of a few ships and cargoes could be sustained. ‘But, a condition that makes all the folks actually hun- gry is:an entirely different matter. ‘The, kaiser is surely working up ‘for himself: some very ugly neighbors. i fesare terrifying western New rYork._Must have escaped from Wall street, CHECK BOUQUETS. Bouquets will 'be checked at the door, Prom night, at the University of Wisconsin. Lavish expenditure for flowers is held to be “undemocratic” by the Prom committee, who remember that ‘the state legislators have nearly abol- ished “Prom” several times on the “ground’that true democracy could not cwreursives its elegance, So this year the high cost of blos- soms will make them doubly unwel- come on the dance floor. It occurs to us that if this test of democracy—H. C.—were applied fair- ly to all the garments and garnitures, from pumps to pearls, worn at Prom, there would have to be a pretty large check room attached to the ballroom now being arranged in the state house at Madison. Let us give thanks the Germans are not using the Lewis machine guns we should have had. A WOODEN AGE. Shades of war rations and food dic- tators! Listen to this: They are making sausage casings | ‘out of wood, these days, in these Unit- ed States; the sawdust diet we have with us in reality! So when you spear the juicy wienie, or jap the succulent bratwurst, and & stow it in your mouth without re- * moving the sausage skin, you're din- ing on wood—W, double O, D, wood— the stuff that trees are made of. And the chances are that, while dining on wood, you're touching wood, even if you're eating at an oilcloth table in a tile palace. That is, if you wear silk socks, For many of the silk socks now on the market are made of wood fiber. So are silk neckties. They're also making a disinfectant. to prevent spread of contagious dis- eases, out of wood. E Yep, this is the wooden age. = Look for the first robin? Tea is growing more popular in prohibition states. It's a Japanese plot! & GOOD NEWS TO FARMERS.. One of the most important enter-| prises of our government is the estab- lishment of the kelp-potash producing plant on the Pacific coast, near Santa Barbara, which plant will be in oper- ation by April 1. As the government nitrate plant May make us independent of Chile, so the government’s production of potash from kelp may make us inde- pendent of the German potash syndi- cate. Later, these two enterprises may make the American agricultural- ist independent of the American com- mercial fertilizer manufacturer. For some time, private concerns have been producing potash from Pa- cific coast kelp, at a large ®|} Experiments with this flax are mak- "RISMARO. nary Tere BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE tion, but there’s no question about the wisdom of Uncle Sam in getting busy in the matter at once. He has got oceans of kelp and he is quite likely to discover that he can produce potash from kelp cheaper than the even in peace times. And here's more sunshine for the! American agriculturalist: The great part of our binding twine is from the sisal of Yucatan. | ‘It hag been discovered that phorium tenax, the “New Zealand flax” of lawns and flower gardens, will flour-} ish in the southwestern part of the} United States. The leaves of this! plant make the strongest twine, rope or hawsers known and the plants re-| new themselves without replanting. | ing on a large scale, particularly in| Imperial Valley, which has already startled the world in the matter of | cotton. Suppose our farmers get cheap Am- erican fertilizer and binding twine. Why, it's likely to be Christmas every day in the week for the farmer! — When states admit liquor only for “medical and religious” purposes, we may expect a pill box and an altar in every “club.” CLEAN HANDS. There is one thing in this situation every American can lay up in his mind and be glad about. We didn't make it; we had never | the least share in making it; to the last limit of human patience we tried | Germans can mine and transport it, | to keep out of it. | No other nation in our place and} strong as we are would have stood for | half of what we have endured. | But that is the American of it. Am-/ ericanism stands on a big, broad foun-| dation of good fellowship. All the | world is, or ought to be, inhabited by | pretty good fellows. That is the way we like to look at it and will, so long as we can. They stub their toes some- times, and sometimes they get off the reservation; but they must be pretty good fellows because we are pretty good fellows ourselves. Where that idea is strong civiliza- tion has knocked out the jungle and a nation will, have to be driven into war. Also, here is something else. With us the love of peace has been proved to be the real thing. We have learned ‘in the last three years that in some other regions of this earth it} was insincere. When the most powerful, most peaceful and most tolerant of nations finds itself forced into a row it tried in every way to avoid, it can hold up absolutely clean hands and face the job without misgivings. Guns, ammunition and the tools of war can always be supplied if need- ed. Nothing can ever supply right to a wrong cause, and to be right is the first of all things and the greatest. Nothing to regret; nothing to apol- ogize for to our conscience; nothing to gloss over or conceal. “bone “Bone dry” can’t even have the odor on your breath. Oregon dry.” dry.” Utah means that you Von Tarnow, new Austrian ambas- sador, has arrived at New York with 28 trunks. If we were Von, we would not unpack all those trunks first thing. Flivvers are best cars for war re lief purposes, say American ambu- lance men. They get the boys out of the trenches. WOULD REFER WAR (Continued from page one) ed in every large city in the state in favor of Representative KE. E. Cole's | house bill 221, introduced yesterday | afternoon, which provides that while | guard shall receive an compensation of $10 per month. measure public-spirited women are working for it. For State-Owned Flour Mills. An amendment apparently intended } to round out the farmers’ legislative | program for state-owned utilities was | {introduced in the senate by Senator} |Beck of Sheridan. It is a constitu-| tional amendment authorizing the| legislature to provide by law for a loan by the state to a co-operativa association organized under the laws of North Dakota to aid in the pur-| chase. building and operation of one or more combined flour mills and ele- vators to be located in this state not} less than five hundred thousand yu more than a million and a half, prs- viding the stockholders shall have| subscribed an equal sum as asked io be loaned to such association, and that such loan be secured by a first m rt-| gage lein. To raise the amount of the; loan a tax levy of not to exceed one; mill is provided. The house yesterday afternoon | joined with the senate in adopting resolutions expressing faith and con- fidence in President Wilson in the present crisis. AUSTRIA HOPES RELATIONS WILL REMAIN SAME (Continued ‘from from page one) everywhere Let us give thanks that this is so. | “bone | of liquor | QUESTION 10 PEOPLE in the actual service of their country | members of the North Dakota national | ~ additional | The | is generally favored, and¢ aa . WEDNESDAY, FEB. 7, 1917. Wilson Refuses fo Play Checkers i greatest application, not because ofa desire to conquer or. subjugate ‘or to {harm American interests, but solely Ito perform our God given duty to de- fend ourselves and our lives through another avenue opened, We reached our decision after much thought upon everything the many differences our had to be reached if our efforts were to be realized, to continue a free people; if large parts of th lwere not to-falH-under Russian abso- lutism and-misrule; if-the fragments jof the monarchy then: remaining were not to be cut_off from access to the seap‘by'the loss of the Adriatic goast.” BERLIN DECLARES § WILSON {WILL NOT SECURE SUPPORT (Continued from Page One) have an outlét arid” the turn coal to Deniiark. ° Pape: sche Zeitung and the Lokal Anseiger, which here- tofore have handled the American situ- ation, most temperately, show. a tend- ency to adopt the tone once taken by the Pan-American press. At the same time the .Tages:Zeitung and journals of a similar coloring are milder than ever before in the expression of their views. AIDED ENEMY OF _ } GERMANY SAYS WORKS Continu ping, and property th 5 have been taken to prevent damage, but none of the ships have ‘been seized by | the government of ‘the United States, } and in all cases, the commanders and crews have been informed that the government of the United States had made no seizures, claimed no right to the vessels, and does not deny the | right of the commander and crew. to | dismantle the v el if they see fit, sv long as the destruction is accomplish- ed in a way which will not obst¥act naval port waters or injure or endan- ger other shipping and property. Relations Unchanged. “The breach of diplomatic relations between the governments of the Unit- led States and Germany has not chang- d the relations of these ships or their j crews to the government of the Unit- jed States or forfeited their rights to our hospitality and the steps taken are limited to police regulations to prevent injury to the property of oth- ers, or the obstruction of harbor -wa- | ters.” | BULLETINS of lords, marking the Opening of parliament. “The ten- or indicated in the proffer makes no possible basis for peace,” he said. (Associated Press) Rio Janiero, Feb. 7—The note of protest, which Brazil will dis- patch to Germany, in answer to her declaration of unrestricted submarine warfare, has been com- pleted, but will not be sent until after an exchange of views be- tween some of the American gov- ernments. President Wencesiau Braz will summon a special meet- ing of the cabinet to discuss the situation. see BOLIVIA SUPPORTS WILSON. (United Press) Buenos Aaires, Feb. 7.—Bolivia is to support the United States in its stand against Germany, accord- Ing to announcement made by the Rio de Janiero minister there. Following dispatches received from the minister it was learned that Bolivia is the only one of the small countries so far definitely announcing its apprvoal of the United States stand. No Material Handy. “Mrs. Comeup, can’t you give us jast profit. or that i ———-/ 8 little re: if dountry, tor that ‘trom sume of your travels?” f there's sufficient profit in the |1i4q, ar cmeaaten “Tm awfal sorry, but all our boxes ie own minds suggested, but the decision } BURGLAR WAS. UP-TO-DATE Discussed Burglar Hypothesis and Sociology as Well as Literature With Victim. Asa burglar raised the window, Miss Helen Gemmill, daughter of M. J. Gem- mill of Wilmette sat up in bed, It was 4:30 o'clock in the morning. “Nice evening,” said the burglar. “It’s morning,” said Miss Gemmill “Are you a regular burglar?” “Yes, miss.” “Then all I have to do is to sit here and ask you questions about yourself and trade while you burgle the room? “Yes,” ‘said the burglar, “folks ex- pect that ever since they began to put these burglar sketches in vaudeville. With the young, pretty ones, like your self, we burglars have to discuss the burglar hypothesig: and sociology. We can't get near the results that we get out of the old girls, Where is your money?” ‘I haven't any.’ How.do you treat the old girls, as you call them?” “Aw, we just stick pins in their feet | and they’ tell where the money is hid pretty quick, Haven't you got any jewels?” “No, they are ‘mn the safe deposit vault. I see your flashlight isn’t work- ing well. You will find matches on the bureau. And please tell me—do you think Bacon or Shakespeare wrote the latter's works?” “I think Spencer wrote them. Isn’t there really anything available 1 can take here?” “I'm sorry; not a thing,” said - Miss Gemmill. “Well,” said the burglar as he retired through the window, “I'll have to take your word for it, but I certainly wish you were an old girl, because I need the money. The burglar also entered two other, Wilmette homes, but encountered per. sons awake in both, which caused him to retire.—Chicago Tribune. POINT IS “GETTING STARTED” Like Birds, Human Beings Find the Beginning of a Task Always the Hardest Part of It. A writer who understands birds and bird life tells ug that ‘pigeons and other similar birds can fly for hours at a time without seeming to weary, “out when they are made to rise from the ground and fly five or six times in quick succession, they will refuse tc rise again and will remain on the ground panting with open beak.” Fly: ing is not specially difficult, but start: ing is the hard part. Once in the air, they can go on for hours, but it. takes the most energy to get into the ail in the first place. Whether this had been true about pigeons or not, it. is very true about folks. For many of. us, getting start: ed is the hard part. We hold back a: we used to do when we were about tc go into the water for a swim. Once in, it was hard to get us out again, bul getting in seemed almost impossible We had to learm to take the plunge; then the hardest part was over, ané we thoroughly enjoyed the sport. Taking frequent starts wears mer out just’ as it does pigeons. Watch children whose parents are always sending them to new schools; see how broken their thinking is. If any of them would only keep going, they could stand it far better, and they really would be able to get somewhere. Continually starting again uses ug anyone. And the life, that is-to be lived must not be judged by the diffi. culty experienced ‘in starting ft. Ris. ing from the ground is hard, but flying is not hard. Don’t be afraid to start to do right, or to be helpful in the home and active in school work. Get a good start, and then keep on.—Ex change. * Upbuilding’ the Woil, If society is ‘kept from Slipping back it mast t holt frog te to. the right of wrong, Ho migttér setts ae who commits it or how guilty others may be. If there can be no responsi- bility and no condemnation till we get a perfect world, there can be no way of holding the world up to the level which it has already reached. No more than art can history be nonmoral; it is bound to give us lessons either for good or for bad.—Exchange. We | Inventors Busily at Work Inventors are just as ‘busy inventing, as ever, according to the Popular Sci- ence Monthly. Among the most recent inventions are the following :, A wrest: ling dummy for gymnasium practice; a life-preserver which keeps ,its,oceu- pant afloat and warm; an instryment which enables you to see the ‘sounds that you sing; a periscope attachment for field-glasses ; a combination’ Christ. mas’ tree-holder, telephone stand ‘and: tabduret; a rain alarm to. make the hired girl get up and close the win dows; a machine that massages your pains away with air; and a mechanical telephone operator which: takes down the: number of a call: or, a message, when you are out. Beat Weather Man Scientific weather prediction by man and animal instinct are being investi- gated at the University of Kansas, wo prairie dogs, in a cage in the basement of the university natural his- tory museum, never fail to predict bad weather by going into their burrow and refusing to come out, even for food. Sometimes before the government weather signals are flying on a nearby university building the two dogs have disappeared into their burrows. They never yet have missed giving a correct forecast, although they live in a big rooni with heavy'stone walls, where the temperature is approximate- ly the same the year around. Enlisted Dog of U.S. Navy Dies a Hero After, Making Long Swim to Rejoin Colors Official dispatches have cleared ur for all time the fate of Bum, the only dog. ever regularly enlisted in the United States navy. They told of the heroic death of the great Newfoundland, known throughout the world where naval men meet, and for 12 years registered as a member of the crew of the United States steam- ship San Francisco, flagship of the mine-laying division of the United States navy. The story of the dog’s death prom- ises to become a navy classic, even a& the animal's life always was an in- spiration to navy men. According to the dispatches, Bum en- joyed shore leave with other members of the San Francisco's crew when that vessel put into Guantanamo bay for practice on the Guantanamo rifle range, During the shore leave sudden orders came for the San Francisco to sail at once. “Quarters” was sounded, and within a few minutes the San Fran- cisco, all of its crew aboard except “Buni,” was steaming away from the Cuban shore. Bum, in some mantier. had wandered away and failed to re spond to the lwegle call—the first time in his 12 years of service. Months elapsed before the San Fran: cisco’s men were able to. communicate with Guantanamo bay again. They were informed Bum was there, and ar rangements were being made to have him brought back to this country to rejoin his ship, when the United States gunboat Eagle sailed into Guantanamo bay. Bum was.on the shore and spied the vessel when it was still three | miles off shore, just dropping anchor. The dog sprang into the water and in the face of a heavy sea swam toward the boat. An hour later, exhausted and hardly able to move his paws, Bum was lifted onto the gunboat’s deck. He flied a minute afterword, _ 98 uiw susGn9g $42 tu CITY WINS PAVING CADE Judge Nuessle. Denies Injunction to Knock Out District No. 2 . Judge W. L. Nuessle in .an order filed today decides the, paving case in favor. of the city of Bismarck. The suit” was started last fall to test the validity of the commission’s action in awarding to the Ford Paving company contracts to pave what is known as District No, 2, Suit was started by Oscar H. Will, A. C. Hinckley, Arthur Van Horn and F. H. Register on the ground that the pro- cedure followed in contracting for the paving had been irregular and that if the improvement took place some of the property would be confiscated as; the cost exceeded possible benefits. Conclusions of Law. Judge ‘Nuessle’s conclusions of law are: First: All proceedings preliminary to awarding of the contract for paving in District No. 2 substantially comply with the requirements of the law. Second: That contract with Ford Paving company is binding upon each of the parties, Third: The defendants are entitled to judgment and relief asked is denied. Fourth: Defendants are entitled to their costs and’ disbursements in the action. The plaintiffs asked for an injunc- tion to restrain’the city from carrying out its contract and sought to set aside all paving orders of the city commis- sion as they affected District No. 2. Similar action involving both dis- tricts Nos, 1 and 2 is still pending in the federe «court, Attorneys for the city were C. L, Young and. F..E, McCurdy; for Ford Paving'company, H. E, Spangler; coun- sel for the plaintiffs, F. H. Register of Bismarck and §. E. Ellsworth Jamestown, * WAE MURRAY A new film favorite is to be present- ed to audiences at the Bismarck theat- er tonight, inthe beautiful Mae Mur- ray, the new. -Lasky star, who will} make her bow to photodramatic pat- rons in the screen version of Mary Johnson's famous story, “To Have:and to Hold.” It is a Paramount Picture.| Heretofore, Miss Murray has been entirely identified with the stage. Sev- eral‘months ago she consented to ap- pear in a new picture. So great was her beauty, so charming her personal- ity and so wonderful her ability, that every motion picture magnate yn the ‘a 1255 country Sought her services. She was finally secured by the Lasky Company under a_ three-year contract. Miss Murray is endowed with youth and beauty in addition to her wonderful dramatic ability and there can be no doubt that she will be a great favorite to local theater goers, The distinguished Lasky actor, Wal- lace Reid, is featured with Miss Mur- ray and the two are surrounded by a number of the all-star Lasky stock company. The production is unusually magni- ficent. SEVERAL KILLED IN | (United: Press) El Paso, Feb. 7.—Several Villistas were killed and 23 captured in a battle between Villistas and Carranzigtas at Rodiquez, 50 miles west of the border Monday afternoon. In anticipation of further -battle, a trainload of troops hag been rushed from Neuzo Laredo to Rodiquez. legal, valid and. BORDER SKIRMISH |" BAIL RAISED OF GERMAN CONVICTED San Fi rancisco, ‘0, Feb. 7.—United States District Judge Hunt today rais- ed the bond of Franz ‘Bopp, former German consul, held on conspiracy, charges, from $10,000 to $25,000, on recommendation of District Attorney Preston, who said the severance of re- lations with Germany warranted it. ‘Theodore ‘Bush, attorney for Bopp, said he will be unable to furnish it and Bopp would have to go to jail. Marooned Attorney Gets an Ultimatum From Wife at Home State’s Attorney Thomas G. Johnson of Killdeer came to Bismarek a week ‘ago as the prosecuting attorney in the George H. Purchase embezzlement case. The attorney is still in Bis- marck unable to get to his home be- cause of the choked branch lines. “I got a telephone message from my wife this morning and she stated that unless I get home tonight to attend a party with her that I needn’t come ‘home at all,” said the Dinn county state’s attorney to State’s Attorney McCurdy. ? “Looks as though you will have to remain away from home,” dgclared McCurdy. oi) benicar 3 8: KRAMBEL CASTS: _ DECIDING VOTE Lietitonan€! Governor | Kraabel voted, for the ‘first°time, this afternoon, in determining a tie on the question of re-referring to the committee on rail- ways, Senate ‘Bill 79, a full crew act, introduced by Mostad of Ward county. The vote stood 24 to 24. Kraabel vot- ed in the negative.. Mostad’s motion that 79 be made a special order for 3 o'clock tomorrow then carried. “THE HIDDEN LAW" “rhe Hidden Law,” the Mutual Mas- terpicture, de luxe edition, now being shown at the Orpheum theatre, will fascinate all types. of people because it: presents various types and stratas of society with daring and with great forcefulness. William Clifford, the poplar Hors- ley (Mutual) star, is seen,,in; the lead- ing role as a-gentleman of great re- finement and culture, who becomes embittered against the world because of the. dishonesty and greed ree ne finds there. He withdraws east, after he has been released from imprisonment for a crime for which he was not.responsible, and becomes a gentleman bandit. In his wilderness fastness, he raises an adopted child (played ‘by~ ris Baker and then Margaret! in ignorance of his real proteeeon. A return to his former life ai kindlier feeling to the w fei in later. years, and through aril ling cir- cumstances, This exceptional araiméile offer ing will be shown tonight only. Good com- edy included. OFFICIALS SEARCH FOR MISSING GERMAN MEN (United Press.) San Francisco, Feb. 7.—Naval offi- cers are today searching for Lieuten- ant Walter Saurback and E, T. Pret- zel, German officers from the intern- ed German vessel, Geier, at ‘Honolulu, who were paroled ‘to Captain Gil- mer of the Twelfth naval district. The German officers recently disap- peared. The United States authori- ties are now demanding strong cre- dentials from,every German entering the navy; ards, Expert Phonography and Typewriting Phone 774 WALTER W. -McMAHON RTH Prices 50c to $2. Mes The Sens: AUDITORIUM, FEBRUARY {2th Seats at Finney’s Feb. 9th Curtain 8:15 Sharp Shubert Present ational Musical Comedy “Auf Wiedersehn,” “Here’s to you, “One Step in Love; ” “Win a Pretty Widow,” and 15 Ot! superb cast, including John E. Young, Robert Pitkin, Shep ‘Cas, Fred Hgr- ten, George Everett, Sam Hearn, Madeline Nash, Helen Eley, Louise Kel Veronica Marquise, and the original Casino Chorus. . 4 My ‘Sani Wine,” “I Had a Dog,” sung by a OF VIOLATING LAWS