The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 17, 1917, Page 4

} p | fee I. ' -- seam of America’s industrial popula- _ tion present themselves for enlist- . fects. : " jection is no index to the physical St- othe nerineaneg Mntered ate the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. Second Class Matter. tesvED EVERY 1 DAY E EXCEPT SUNDAY | SUBSCRIPTION 7 RATES, | RATES PAYABLE IN Daily, by ani ih oF MORE, 4 rn ey mail, pe) _ Member ray “Bureau of Circulation THD STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER CBstablished 187) LOCAL WEATHER BULLETIN For the 24 hours ending at 12:00, noon, Feb. 17, 1917: Temperature at 7:00 a. m. Temperature at 12:00, noon Highest yesterday . 4 Lowest last night Lowest today .. Precipitation .. Highest wind veloci Forecast. For Bismarck and Vicinity: and continued cold tonight and day. For North Dakota: Generally fair and continued cold tonight and Sun- day. Fair Sun-} Temperature; Calgary —6 Chicago 3 Kansas Ci 42 Moorhead —12 Pierre 8 St. Paul. 8 Winnipeg —20 St. Louis 44 San Francisco . 44 Helena ... Williston . ORI éorologist. wrereweas42) SHOSLHSHOOOHEGE SOO 2 = Going to law is losingia cow ¢@ for tho sake of a cat.—Ciinese + > proverb o SESS SOS HSISHESHO OD CHAMPIONS “OLEO.” Tlie farm and dairy interests of the country are expressing great indigna- tion at the attempt of Senator Oscar W. Underwood to repeal the law mak- ing it an offense to sell colored oleo- margerine as cow butter. For years —ever since the law was p d—the “oleo” makers have desired greatly to wipe this law from the books, but un- Hil Underwood had the daring to take up-thele-fight in Congress, they made little headway. ‘While war subjects fré occupying public attention, things ike this are in danger of being slip- d Wet. TO OUR READERS. The Tribune desires to publish short letters trom dts readers on time- ly subjects. ‘But they should bear sev- eral suggestions in mind. Be brief ndiialways sign your name. If for ny/Neason you do not want your mame:used, your wishes will be ob- served strictly, but the management joust ‘know the source of all com- munications presented for publica- tion. Avoid personalities, for to indulge in them destroys the value of your communication. The Tribune cannot publish personal attacks in its col- umns. Stick to your text and keep the letters to the Readers’ Column, short, snappy and breezy. The Tribune would like to publish at least one column of letters to the editor a day. i If you have an idea you desire to! get before the public send it to the; Tribune. In case you feel too modest | to have you withheld at y | portion of phy: od, it will ve| WANTED—Girl for cluded 75 per cent would measure up to the army standard. This rosy dream of the fitness of} j the American people for military serv- | ice is shattered by a report made pub- lic by Dr. J. B. Lowman, chief sur- geon of the Cambria Steel company, | one of the largest industrial plants in| the country. | The nature of the work done in; this great steel plant is such that only strong men in the vigor of man- hood apply for jobs, The weakling could not stand the Saturday Evening Letter By Justice J. E. Robinson I think it may be well enough to invite the railroad commissioners, the board of control, the board of regents and other state officers to give the press and the people a concise and readable monthly account of their | doings. | In the next letter I hope to give you a specific report, showing how we have cleared up the court business during the first two months of the; year. We are going to clean the slate and to consider and-decide every case | within 30 days after an appeal is filed. | This will make it easier and better) for the courts, the lawyers and for} strain of steel mill work a week, and never applies for a job; and if he did} apply he could not pass the keen eye | of the employment agent. ! Dr. Lowman shows that of the 12] | 302 employes of the Cambria Steel | company 64.5 per cent, or nearly two- thirds, were physically defective. His tests were less rigorous than the ar-} my tests, and the results may there- } fore be taken as conclusive evidence | that at least two-thirds and probably | three-fourths of the industrial popu-| lation of the United States could not} measure up to army standard What is the cause of this high pro- ical defect among the} must de-| men whom America pend in time of war? Whose fault is it that less than one- third are fit? The evidence of the figures is con- clusive—the overstrain of modern in- dustry primarily to blame for the defectives! upon THE AMERICAN SPIRIT. “This war will end war," they say. \And we all hope so. But we for- get that man has a poor memory. Every generation fights a war for it- self, as if no other way could it learn what war is like. War to most men means personal heroism, to be undertaken according to option. Because men cah never remember the sum of war's devastation, but al- ways consider it a fresh adventure, some are quick to criticize an enlight- ened national policy which endeav- ors to keep the United States out of war. “We are pressed out of measure,” runs a line in II Corinthians: 1-8. In this month of February, 1917, we are pressed out of measure to keep our portion of the earth’s acres sa- cred to peace. It is not a pressure upon our re- sources which we feel, nor one upon: our genius. It is a pressure upon the patience, upon the very soul of the nation. Pressure implies: jresistance. pressure produces power. We are steadfastly resisting a too hasty call to.arms with the dignity of @ people who will not be forced into any line of conduct by any foreign government. ‘And this is well. But the greatest ultimate good is the pow- er which is increasing in the soul of the nation with every new form of outside pressure which is brought to bear upon it. Whether the event proves to be for war or for peace, a hundred hostile interests will have been reconciled, and scores of the alien-minded will have been amalgamated with the most patriotic. The spirit of true Americanism is born again—as “wa are pressed out of measure.” And |__ TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY | general house- Phone 265. i 12t work; good wages. AMERICA FIRST. There is a great Americahization drive evident throughout the entire; nation. adult foreign born of the United States who are candidates for citi- zenship are attending public night schools. ‘Sincesthe break ‘€amo with Ger- many, thousands have sworn alleg- jance to this nation, renouncing the ties that bound them to the father- land. They realize that here in the progressive environment of the repub- lic they can work out their destinies much better than where monarchs control the reins of government. The public school authorities of ap- proximately 1,400 cities and towns in every state in the Union, working in close co-operation with the bureau of naturalization of the United States department of Jabor, are now main-} taining night classes for the benefit | of their adult foreign born residents. The number of schools and the at- tendance have grown far beyond the expectations of the most optimistic and this patriotic movement is now generally regarded as one of the great saving force of American national life. MANY BELOW STANDARD. Figures just made public by the war department show that the United States army accepts only 26 per cent of the applicants for enlistment. About three-fourths of the recruits who present themselves are thrown out chiefly because of physical de- Hundreds of thousands of theron SALE—$300 Norz & Clark piano. | FOR RENT—Modern fat, alge E000 rooms for light housekeeping. Doran, 622 3rd St. FOR RENT—Room suitable for two. Apply 223 Fourth St. 2-17-3t | Oak. $190.00 cash or monthly pa} ments, Also Maytag electric wash machine, $40.00, See C. H. Kober, at Finney’s. 2-17-10 FOR SALE—Nichols & Sheppard 25 h. p. threshing rig, with eight John Deere cultivators and breakers, for sale or trade for y property. Address Henry Scharosch, —_ 2-17-6t sale—Si#room cottage, No, 1—For with modern improvoments, in- cluding furnace, bath, electric; and coal range, south front, large shade trees, with barn and chicken coop in rea x blocks from down town. Price $3,000. Terms, $800 cash and balance to No. 2—For sale e-room — house, with furnace and full base- ment; 11 blocks from down town. ‘House arranged for two families. Price, $2,000 c or $2,100 on time. Terms, $ cash and balance to suit. No. 3—For sale—S Seven-room house, with sewer, water and barn; close in; corner lot. Price, $2,600. Terms, $1,500 cash and balance, 2 years, at 7 per cent. Owner is willing to trade this property for farm property near Bismarck. No. 4—For sale—Seven-room house, with bath; almost within busi- ness district; 50-foot front; faces west. Price, $4,200 cash. This is the best investment we have at this price, this proper- ty being reasonably worth at this time, $6,500. \ No, 5—For sale—Hundreds of: lots in every part of the city. ‘We can get you the building lot that It has been charged that this high percentage of rejections is due to the fact that, mostly, the riff-raff and _ ment, and therefore the ratio of re jome have even claimed that if the you Want this spring and at a far cheaper price than you can buy from the owner direct. | You will save money by seeing us before buying. F. £. YOUNG A BEAUTIFUL CAR. Those who attended the Minneapo- lis Automobile show this month, were | proprietary medicines. the parties who seek justice without | denial or delay, | Turning from the law to the starry heavens, I desire to put a few que: tions to the Law and Bible class: Do you know that while the Cre:| | ator was making our little earth and | our sun He was making millions on millions of other worlds and suns and that for the other worlds He made millions of ‘Adams and Eves, and that on every world He made man in His own image and after His own like- ness? Do you know that there are in the universe 20,000,000 of stars, which can be seen through the great telescopes, and that every star is a sun? The stars or suns are divided into fourteen classes, according to their magnitude, and our sun is a star of the sixth class or magnitude. In size it is smaller than the average of the stars, and yet it is more than a mil- lion times Jarger than the earth. Every sun was made in the same way and of similar matter and for a simi- lar purpose, and all are subject to the same general laws. And as our sun has several worlds revolving around : it, we may safely:assume that the oth- JUSTICE ROBINSON, er suns have a similar number of worlds, While the Creator was making our little World and our sun He was making millions on millions of other worlds and suns and He took millions of years to do-it. The Creator has never rested from His work, because He is all powerful and He never tires. 1 Why do the other stars or suns look so small to us? It is because, of their great distance. The nearest star is so far away that its rays come from ou n, a distance of 92,000,000 of miles, in eight minutes. The rays go precisely as quickly as chain lightning, and yet the rays from some stars take two thousand years to reach the earth. Let me teil you the way to measure the distance to the stars, and if IT err in the matter, you please correct me. To make it simple, so that a child may understand it, let us first consider how to measure the distance to some point on the earth without going anywhere near the point. Say we go to the north side of a level section of land and put a stake at each corner of the section so that each stake will be precisely a mile apart. (‘rhe line from stake to stake is the base line.) - Then from each stake look south along the section line to the distant point and mark where the line of vision crosses the south line of the section. If, by actual measurement, we find that in going a distance of one mile from the base line the two lines of vision come together or converge two rods, then we divide the length of the base line, or 320 rods, by two rods, which gives 160 miles to the distant point. In this same way you measure or compute the digkance tog gtar. You, draw a great’ base lineat right-angles with-r-dine drawn fromtie star to the sun and at each end of the base line and at points 92,000,000 of miles), on opposite sides”of the sun you"make’a line~of-vision to-the star, sand. measure the angle which the liné of vision makes withthe great base. line, sa=a8 to cOmpute the convergence ‘of the two lines pointing to the star.‘ Tf the convergence is one inch to a mile, you divide the inch into the length of the base line and in that way find the distance to the star. Now. as the base line is 184,000,000 of miles in length,:gr twice the distance to the sun, We divide one inch into 184,000,000 miles @#hd find the distance to the stay, is 11,658,240,000,000 miles. And as light goes 92,000,000 miles in cight minutes, the rays from this star would reach the earth in 704 days. To reach the’points at the end of the great base line, 8! ‘as to measure the augle, you have only to hold onto your great car, the garth. In making its circle around the sun it will carry you from one point, to the other in pre- cisely f a year. z is certain the scriptural writers had no just conception of the starry h@aven;or-even of our own world. In Revelations we read of a woman having: pon her head a crown of 12 stars and of,a dragon whose tail drew a thitd'part of the stars of heaven and cast them to earth.” We. read how Jushua,commanded the sun and’ moon to stand ‘still, arid thé'sun jstood still and the pron; stayed until the people had‘ avenged themselves fpon their enemy. That v in atime when the sun,and all the other qtars were supposed to go aroun( the earth once every day, just as the earth now goes around the sun once every year. The circle is over 360,000,000 miles, so we move through space at the rate of over a million miles a day and so does every world circle around its sun, and the nearer it is to the sun, the faster it moves. The radius vector of every world passes over equal areas in equal times. .By that great law of Omnipotence there is a constant bal- ance between the force that would cause a planet or world to fly away from its sun and the force that would cause it to fall into its own sun. J, E, ROBINSON, Yesterday in the Legislature H. B. 196, providing that every in- surance company ‘engaged in the bus- iness of insuring crops against loss pay the estimated loss unless adjust- ment is made within twelve days af- ter notice of damage is filed. H. B. 218, making appropriation for tuberculosis sanatorium at Dunseith. H. B. 259, legalizing execution and acknowledgment of certain deed mort- gages, etc. IN THE HOUSE. House, bills passed yesterday were! H. B. 300, relating.to the publicity pamphlet and what it may contain. H. B. 128,,for an act regulating and licensing the manufacture, labeling, sale and advertising of patent and H. B. 69, prescribing the house of labor for women in certain industries and establishing a public welfare commission; fixing the minimum wag- ae é es for women and minors and estab- iH B. ae oration ante and lishing standard conditions of labor| © He on pene a are ie for such workers. H. 'B. 288, providing for the issu- H. B, 81, for an act to provide for ance of warehouse certaificates on evening schools where necessary for pecking. Spe a duties of ad- adults and other persons, and making jutant general. = a ee ne sa claciie ana] tee 337, defining word, “precinct,” Saar a relating to elections, Bricos for publi¢ printing, apending| 1. .B, $27, appropriating $500 for el He B. 7, As aay ie howsthie North North Dakota Dairymen’s association. Dakota. Biko. Waele a teeisl ove H. B. 227, making appropriation of 1 shall 1 ; a ewe | $2,000 for purpose of providing for re- ee shall be printed. wards which may be offered by gover- . B. 146, creating the office of nor for apprehension of escaped con- president emeritus of the North Da- kota agricultural college and electing John H. Worst thereto. H. B, 147, relating to the office of superintendent of public instruction. H. B, 152, relating to draininge| H. B. 154, relating to payment of dividends by domestic insurance com- panies from surplus profits. H. B. 165, concurrent _ resolution amending the constitution relative to the investment of school funds; in- creasing the maximum which may be loaned on first farm mortgages froin $5,000 to $10,000. H. B. 167, providing for the licens- ing and registration of automobiles, the license fee, except in the’case of dealers’ licenses, to be in lieu of all other taxes. H. B. 184, requiring railroad com- panies in accepting cases of bottles for transit to label thereon any break- age noted. victs or all persons charged with mur- der, was defeated ‘by a vote of 46 to 51.- Representative Lang notified the house that he would ask reconsidera- tion of this measure tomorrow. Thirty-three bills were indefinitely postponed by the house this after-/ noon, including the following: H. B. 70, Representative Tenneson’s workmen’s compensation act. H. 'B. 75, providing for appointment of juvenile commissioners. H. B. 219, appropriating $60,000 for bounties for wolves and coyotes, H. B. 341, requiring life insurance companies to invest in state 75 per cent of yearly premiums collected in state. H. B. 432, creating legislative com- mission to revise and codify laws. H. B. 426, permitting operation of billiard halls on Sunday. H. B. 256, establishing second hos- pital for insane at Larimore. specially finished in a beautiful cream color, with seat covers and top to match, and bright leather trim- mings. This joty was made up to or- der for the Corwin Motor Co., and will be delivered to a prominent Bis- marck merchant this spring. LEAVES HOSPITAL. Mrs. William Wiebke, who has been undergoing treatment in the Bismarck hospital, was able to leave the hos- pital this week and return to her ‘REGGAN VISITORS. Mr. and Mrs. A. \N. Strand of Regan were among the visitors in the Capi- tal City Friday. ~ SENATE. PASSES FOURTEEN BILLS WITHOUT A NAY’ Remarkable Unanmity Display- ed in Upper House on Ap- propriation Measire WOULD ASSESS PRIVATE CAR LINES ON EARNINGS Remarkable unanimity, harmony and cohesion were displayed by the senate yesterday, when it passed withoui uw singie dissenting vote 14 bills, all the grist on the caiendar which was ready for grinding, The measure which went through so smoothly follow: S. B. 178, to appropriate $1,040 for the payment of $10 per Sunday dur- ing biennium 1917-1919 as an aid to the society for the friendless. S. B, 179—To appropriate $300 an- jnually for 1918 and 1919 to aid the North Dakota State Poultry associa- tion in holding poultry exhibitions. S. B. 152, appropriating $40,000 for agricultural extension work of the ag- ricultural college as outlined in the federal Smith-Lever act. S. B. 185, to appropriate $1,000 to provide funds for enforcement of laws to prevent cruelty to animals. S. B. 149, making an appropriation of $1,500 to pay expenses of state board of veterinary medical examin- ers and providing that all fees collect- ed shall be turned into the general fund, S. B. 183, appropriationg $5,800 for the payment of per diem and expens- es of state: board of experts, including the salary.-and-other_.expenses of a field officer. , S. B. 278, ielitive to’ the diminution for good conduct of persons sentenced to the penitentiary. S. B, 275, relative to discharge, clothing and employment of prison- ers released from the penitentiary. S. B. 274, relating to disposition of personal property and money belong- ing to deceased persons who have been confined in penitentiary. S. B. 248, relating to the levying of a tax by counties for county fairs. S. B, 131, concurrent resolution for an amendment to the constitution re- lating to the voting privileges of mem- bers of, , co-operative, corporations. (Referred by Fourteenth, assembly.) ‘S. B, 318, empowering. members; of! co-operative corporations to provide | :im their articles;of, incorporation lim; itations on the. voting, privileges of, members, limitations :as.,to, the awner- ship of shares of stock, and for the disposition of the earnings of such corporations. S. B, 251, relating to the salary and expenses of the county superintend- ert: of schools, correcting. a defect in, the session laws of 191}: S. B. 108, amending and ‘re-enacting Sec. 2728 C, L. 1918, increasing the ap- praised value of animals destroyed according to law for glanderg, from 3100 to $150, of which amoynt the law WED. NIGH Replete. With Musical Gems of Haunting Sweetness “Racketty Coo,” “In Vienna,” “In A Hurry,” “Katinka,” “One Who Will Understand,” “Your Photo,” “I Can Tell by The Way You “Dance Dear,” “{ Want All The World to Know,” “Skidiskiscatch,” “The Weekly Wedding,” “T Want to Marry a Male Quar- tetto” Company’s Own Special Orchestra. Prices: SEAT SALE MONDAY. AUDITORIU E. H. L. VESPERNIAN, Manager ARTHUR HAMMERSTEIN sod paring ‘weet FINNEY DRUG STORE. T, FEB. 21 By Hauerbach & Friml, authors of “High Jinks” and ) “The Firefly” i SAIOV a" ONE YEAR A? ‘THE LYRIC and ° 44th ST. Theatres, New York srereone Soloistic $2, $1.50, $1, 75¢, 50c. en] provNles the owner shall be reim- bursed to the extent of 50 percent. ‘S. B, 194, repealing Sec. 2155 of the L. 1913, providing that the county treasurer must take a duplicate tax list and spend one day in each dis- trict for the collection of taxes. S. 13,°225, to amend and re-enact Sees, 2249, 2251, 12252, C. L, 1913, the amendment providing that refrigera- tor, fruit and tank cars shall be tax- ed’ on their gross ‘earnings in lieu of the ordinary tax, which is so small that it. barely meets the present»cost ‘of collection and distribution. ! NATIONAL SUFFRAGE AMENOMENT TORPEDOED BY HOUSE INSURANCE} The Susan B, Anthony constitution- al amendment for national suffrage fell by the wayside in the house com- mittee on insurance last evening. It was, the report is, torpedoed without warning. The ~Susan B. Anthony amendment would provide for the sub- mission to the legislatures of the var- ious states of the question of nation- al woman's suffrage, which if approv- ed by the commonwealths would be- come a part of the federal constitu- tion. There was no opposition to the amendment in the senate. OorQ QO » fron Tia eueaiiae mi Obey MOTOR CAR ree This is something outside and above and beyond salesmanship and advertising. It is a spontaneous force at work which is greater than both. Its economy now js:almost a-proverb. The tire mileage is unusually high, Bismarck, North Ds Uta salentotee «wot 5 server Donce Brotvers ee When people speak-of Dodge Brothers- Car age invariably | om :. Of its quality. ° ee/ Quietly the knowledge has spread, and thoroughly, into every nook and corner of the nation, Everywhere there is an eager demand for the car at second-hand. It will pay you to visit us and examine this car. The gasoline consumption is unusually low. Touring Car or Roadster, $785; Winter Touring Car or Roadster, $950; Sedan, $1185, ia Prices f. 0, b. Detroit) MISSOURI VALLEY MOTOR CO. vv og