The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 15, 1917, Page 4

1 SS SIT ES : by Governor Frazier went to a con- . resentatives G. Patterson, O. H. Ol- . Welford, all ardent leaguers. The ~- and F. T. Gronvold. UR rere [37 ZR By em poem m5 1 poem os BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE THURSDAY, MARCHAtty.:i1917, THE TRIBUNE Mastered at the Postoffice, Bismarc! . D., as Second Class Matter. nN [s8UED DAY CEPT SUNDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Daily, by mail or carrier, per month ..,..... Daily, by mail, one y North Dakota ...... ...+++0 Daily, by mail outside of North Dakota, one year ..... Daily, by mail outside of North Dakota, three months. Daily, by mail in North Dakota three months .. ee 1,25) ‘Weekly, by mail, per year ..... 1.50; “Where the Daily Tribune can be de- livered by carrier, no mail subscrip- tions will be accepted at the $4.00 rate. | ‘All mail subscribers will be billed | 30 days before date of expiration and if a renewal is not received before, the date indicated on the label, their name will be dropped from the list. No special rates or discounts will) be allowed anyone and the subscrip-/ tion price as outlined below will pre- | vail, $ .50 4.00 6.00 1.50 i | ber Audit Bureau of Circulation » | BTATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER | (Established 1878) LOCAL WEATHER BULLETIN. For the 24 hours ending at noon, March 15, 1917: Temperature at 7 a, Mm. .... sai 12 Temperature at noon . 23 Highest yesterday . . 30 Lowest last night + 20 Precipitation .... Trice 0-) Highest wind velocity . Forecast: For North Dakota: Snow and cold-| er tonight; Friday partly cloudy. Temperature Calgary .... 12 Chicago . Kansas City Moorhead Pierre ... St. Paul . Winnipeg St. Louis San Francis Helena Williston ORRIS W. ROB! Meteorologist. SHSHSHSSSESCHOIOSG & A poet is the painter of the %) = soul.—Disraeli. oy Ce ee ee With. winter tarrying in the lap of} spring, you could hardly blame the coal barons for not granting that BAGDAD. What glamour of romance clings to the name of the city of the caliphs. How many of us have tagged the heels of Haroun-al-Raschid, figurative- ‘ly at least, as with bated breath we courséd: through a carefully expurgat- ed edition of “Arabian Nigh Those lured by the pictures painted in verse and fiction to visit the an- cient capital have found it the usual oriental city of dirt, squalor and fleas. ‘Bagdad isthe city of dreams only in so far as-our imagination has ideal- ized it’ ‘The sluggish Tigris also gives the lie to the dulcet mouthings of the poet. ‘But this war makes Bagdad a very vital point in the struggle for world supremacy. It is the threshold of the Orient and as a key to India, Egypt and elsewhere it becomes : prize worth shedding blood for. The Teuton dream has been summed | up in the terse phrase, “Berlin-to-Bag- dad.” jlightfully cuphonious to the, ears of} | fhe German business men. — British arms have stubbornly :con- tested the extension of German. influ- ence to this sphere. The Turk was to be an important factor in the Pan- German idea of a “Middle-Murope.” The Entente now seriously threatens the Asiatic holdings of the Turk and his allies. ‘Whether the Engiish and the Slavs can effect a union north of Bagdad is problematical now, but the fall of that city is one step in the Allies’ plan to thwart the ambitions of the Pan- ‘Germanists. The alliteration has been de-| Bridges are guarded; arsenals and armories and © munition works are guarded; the chief dangers now are unguarded tongues. WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE? A. C. Townley, president 3° the Nonpartisan League, in a re*ert in- terview to the Twin City press de- clared that Governor Frazier vetoed the terminal elevator bill because it ‘was a measure fathered and sponsor- ed by the old guard in the senate. A St. Paul paper basing an editorial on this interview proceeds to lambast the so-called standpat senators for thus defeating the sovereign will of the people. But what are the facts? ‘One has only to turn to the senate journal of the last legislative day to ascertain that Senate Bill 84 vetoed ference committee composed of Rep son, L. L. Stair and Senator Walter standpat majority in the senate was represented by Senators H. W. Allen In other words, there were four Leaguers and two of the Old Guard. This committe revised the bill, a \the national safey. | democratic the House there were 112 ayes and only one opposing passage. How Mr. Townley is going to make a campaign issue out of this veto is not apparent now. His followers in the House, under the leadership of Representative Stair, were a unit for the bill, the Equity forces were agreed on the measure, but Mr. Town: ley said No! and his ipsi dixit killed the bill. Apparently those in control of the administration insist upon a whole loaf or none. But what is the level-headed farm- er going to think? Is the judgment of Townley and Frazier superior to the unanimous 4e- cision of both branches of the leg- islature? é Or is it necessary to keep the eleva- | tor ue alive for organization and | mercenary purposes? Roosevelt has been silent for near-| ly four weeks. HOUSE BILL 174, Just why the farmers’ institute DOINGS OF THE DUFF'S. TOM DECIDES TO TAKE A COURSE OF STUDY work was removed from the supervi sion of the Agricultural college, as provided for in House Bill 174, has! ~|never been made plain. That is is the! natural place for such kind of work | is hardly debatable. Most states; lconfine such extension work to the| | colleges which are equipped to give! |this service at a minimum cost. @he governor desires to save | ,000 during the next two years | he might advantageously smear his veto over this measure, It is no crit-j icism of Commissioner Hagan when we say that the bill is wrong in prin- ciple. By its terms, this department is given a campaign fund of $6,000 a year. The act is drawn to admit of a wide variety of subjects and the appropriation in unscrupulous haNis could easily be used to further any political propaganda which happened to be the vogue. The bill provides that all expendi- tures shall be audited ‘by the commis- sioner of agriculture, which removes disbursements from the usual censor- ship of the hoard of audit. Why an exception here to the general rule? This act has a decidedly porcine aroma. Pork is written between every line. The Agricultural college and uni- versity have a number of “itinerant. professors who love the forensic lime- light. If the state must expend $6,000 a year on oratory, our higher educa- tional institutions can give us a maxi- mum of volume at a minimum of ex pense. Surely Dr. Ladd, who uncovered-the mysteries of Feed D Wheat, is compe- tent to continue the farmers’ insti- tutes. Why rob him of any patronage? CENSORSHIPS. One of the necessary evils of war or. threatened war is sorship. The purpose of censorship is to pre- vent the publication of information which will aid the enenv. It would be evidence of great weak- ness if the government failed to in- voke whatever laws there are or pass such law is may be needed to con- trol the publication of military or other information in the interest of While freedom of speech and free- dom of the press are fundamental principles, when war comes or isthreatened, they must be abridged to whatever extent national safety demands. sorship. | The government may take either of two attitudes toward it. It may proceed upon the theory that the less information the people get But there is censorship and cen-} Yes, FOLKS |S RIGHT- You’D BETTER LET THEM LOOK | GoING 7 BE AFTER THE \ouNGsTER. NOU AIN‘T UP ON THOSE THINGS — TOM, IF You’RE GOING To | SMOKE THAT OLD CIGAR, You Don't KNOW THE FIRST THING. ABOUT BABIES- SO DoW TAKE HIM OUT OF HIS CRIB AGAIN! GIVE ME THE BaBy! LETS SEE NoW— FOLD OVER. ONCE, CORNER. To CORNER- MAKING TRIANGLE - THEN BRING CORNER TO CENTER - - Welt I'M -] PL PRom Nov THAT TOM, HELEN IS CORRECT- By Allman war; that the very existence of the British empire was threatened as it never had been ‘before. Disaster Atter disaster finally fore- ed the government to take the people into its ‘confidence and to resort to every’ @Xpeiient to arouse them to a sense of their perils and the necessity for everyone to exert himself to the utmost if the empire was to be sav- ed. Censorship in Great Britain today, after nearly three years’ experience, is much less drastic than at any time during the war. The greatest care is still taken that nothing be pu)) hed which will aid the enemy ,in. a military, way, but the governmnent:has: stopped: suppressing or holding back information for any other reason.” From a newspaper standpoint it makes no difference what the censor- ship policy is, as the rules will appl exactly alike to all newspapers and there can be no advantage or dir advantage to any newspaper or group of newspapers. We therefore have no selfish inter- est in discussing the subject and try- ing to show that the best inttrests of the country will be served by tak- ing advantage of Great ‘Britain's ex- perience and confining censorship to military information which must be ; kept from the enemy. Still some barbarism left in progres- | sive California. Her legislature has \ defeated the anti-third degree bill, ! and police can go right cn torturing about the war or threatened war the ‘better; or it may proceed upon the theory that the more information they get the better. The practical application of the for- mer theory would keep the people ig- norant of many developments about which they ought to be informed i‘ they are to take an intelligent part in the war. The practical application of the lat- ter theory would encourage the publi- cation and discussion of every incl- dent or development concerning the war or threatened war, excepting such as would benefit the enemy. It seems obvious that the latter theory should be applied in this coun try in connection with the war which now threatens with Germany. The policy should be continued dur- ing the war if there is a war. There should be no suppression or holding. back by.the government of information for any other reaz3n whatever than that of actual military necessity. The government should not 2ppo:nt itself the guardian of the people to the extent of deciding how much or how little it is good for them to know; how soon or how late they ought to know it. ~ This was the attitude of the British government toward its people during the first year and a-half of the Euro- pean war. It is now admitted that this was one of the greatest mistakes of the many that the British government made during that early period. The people of kept in such dense I of what matters prisoners. | i Governor Frazier is to be commend- ‘ed for promptly signing the soldier's | relief bill. The state and the nation | deal too niggardly with their defend- | ers. | —— | A new novel heralds the “woman's j age.” Prediction or discovery? o—_____________0 | READERS’ COLUMN ne ———————— I { “HANDWRITING ON WALL” Napoleon, N. D., March 15.—Editor The Bismarck Tribune: In your edi- torial of March 4, you say that a New Yorker wants the United States to buy Ireland and make an American colony out of it. I would be pleased to inform the said New Yorker that Ireland has had a great sufficiency of British autocracy without becoming a colony of the United States to re- ceive a second-hand dose of it. If the said New Yorker had a grand- mother in Ireland he couldn’t send her a “peanut and a cracker” from any port in the United States unless a British official tagged it with the British O. K. Our big interests have guaranteed the safe deliverance of war munitions and foodstuffs in “futures” into the hands of the Allies and our govern- ment is preparing to make -good this guarantee at the point of the gun ev- en though the delivery of such food- Stuffs leaves millions of our own peo- ple crying for bread; while our mer- chandise that England does not want must stay in our ports until it is tagged with the “British 0. K.” to say where it may or may not go. Neither does Ireland have to change masters to put herself in the way of taking dictation from a representa- it Britain wer] tive of an Asiatic empire. Our state legislatures are forbidden our own do 4 r Washington condescends to put his O. K. upon the procedure. By our unlimited sale of war mun- itions to the’ allies we have violated | international law and our own do- mestic law,,and then incringe to their impudent interference in our purely domestic affairs. We have heard much about Prus- sian autocracy. Let us hear a little about British autocracy, the autocracy that we have been cringing to ever since the war commenced. _ British autocracy! Whi¢h’ within our own memory has couiited its government made famine victims into the tens of millions; and even then its gluttony was not satisfied; ‘it was reaching out its hidious claw to drag in the civil population ‘of Germany to add to the, gruesome heap, when the British bully had the trick turned on him and now he is about'to swallow'a’ dose of his own medicine, which is: being poked down his throat at the point of a German submarine torpedo. England is falling to pieces. Not because of the absence of autocracy, but because she is being eaten alive with it. There is graft everywhere. The munitions produced are neither good nor cheap. The workers are serfs of the profiteering rings, and they work as serfs work. England is falling to pieces. She is without a government. Lloyd George and his ‘ang of adventurers care for naught ‘save themselves. They do not gov- ern England. They exploit her li the eastern pashas or Roman suls. n= No one not allied to the buc- caneers who call themselves the gov- ernment is safe for a moment in per- son or. property. The British gov- ernment is a den of thieves, whose rule is at once product and cause of national decay. England as she has been is doomed. The quicker that Germany winds up, the combat the better for the people. Perhaps they may rise again a free and happy peo- ple accupying a corner of the island. But the British empire is gone for- ever. “The handwriting is upon the wall.” Yours truly, MRS. J. C. O'RYAN. Your visit to the Twin Cities will be more enjoyable if you stop at this Famous Hostelry. Excellent Cuisine. Hotel Radisson, Minneapolis; 409 Rooms—$2.75 at $1.50 to $2.50, a- | CAPITOL NOTES o—. FARGO REALTY FIRM. The Anderson-Vance Co. of Fargo, dealers in realty and personal prop- erty, was incorporated yesterday by H. M: Vance, Robert Vance and Al- fred Anderson of Fargo, for $10,000. ‘es 8 COULEE CHURCH CHARTERED. A\ charter was jssued by the sec- retary of state yesterday to the Cou- lee Evangeliske Lutheriske Menighed church of Coulee,; Mountrail county, incorporated by James Jahnson and Walter Nelson of Coulee and Frank Jacobson of Donnybrook. © PAVERS INCORPORATE. The Warren Bros.’ Construction Co. {Other names which appear jarticles are R. J. Carr and E. E, Otto. attorney general is acting for the state, and Bangs, Hamilton & Bangs are handling the defense, H oe , VISITS CAPITAL. H, HH, Dati, the: a Hanker who nual meeting of, the Proyident dnsur- ance Co., of which’ he’ is ‘aditector, called on State Examiner Watters at the capitol yesterday. Mr, Dahl is en- thusiastic over the prospects of the Provident. oe BURL CARR IN BUSINESS. Representative Burl Carr, who came to the Fifteenth assembly, a leaguer and left a standpattef, ‘sone of the incorporators of tl City Land & Investment 'C C was granted ‘a’ ‘charter yesterday. in'’ the The capital is $10,000, " ee ¢ "CALLS ON FRIENDS, F. H. Bingheimer of Timmer, re- presenting the Hebron Fire & Pressed Brick Co. of Hebron in the south- western territory, called on capitol friends yesterday, Mr. Bingheimer is confident the present season will be one of the best the state ever has en- joyed. The product of the Hebron company is selling weeks ahead of production. oe SANITARY SUNDAES. Sanitary sundaes are assured North Dakota by House Bill 380, approved by the governor today, and which makes’ President Ladd of the agricul- tural college soda-fountain inspector; requires all soda fountain proprietors to procure a license from him, and to abide by regulations which he may Tay down. oe STARTS ’EM RIGHT. Because he doesn’t believe in start- ing new corporations under the cloud of a hoodoo, the secretary of. state has adopted the practice of issuing no charters on the thirteenth. That's one reason why corporations expect- ing the official O. K. Tuesday of this week were not passed until Wednes- day. see NEW CHURCH. The Church of the Assumption of Mary, the ‘Mother of God, located at Lemmon, which town is half in North Dakota and half in South Dakota, fil- ed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state today. The inc: porators are: ‘Rt. Rev. Father M. J. Hiltner, vicar-general of the diocese; John Frei, Jacob Bleth and Martin Erker, all of Lemmon. eee MORE CASH FOR ROADS. A new source of road revenue is of- fered in House Bill 396, signed by Governor Frazier today, and requir. ing drivers of cars which carry per- sons for hire to procure a license each year from the county judge. The $3 license fee demanded of each driv- er goes to the state highway fund for the building of state roads. The law becomes effective July 1, on or before which date every taxi driver must have a license. The county. judge has power to revoke licenses whenever of Washington state, associated with the Boston Warren Bros.’ Co., whi owns the bitulithic paving patents, today extended its articles of incor- poration to North Dakota. The com- pany is capitalized at $250,000. ees CAN’T PLAY FAVORITES. Railroads can no. longer play fa- vorites in spotting cars for rival ele- vator companies. House Bill. 195, which is now a law,.proyjdes heavy penalty for any proven discrimination on the part of railway companies in regard to furnishing elevators with cars. by our secretary of state to pass laws ithe Tipancee aimonddor Ut '3y Anni complaints against the drivers may be substantiated. ee DONNYBROOK PROTECTION. Donnybrook wants more adequate protection for a railroad crossing in that classically named village, and it will tell the rail board all about it at a hearing in Minot on ‘April 3. The same day and: at the same place will be taken up the, petition of towns on the Max-Sanish branch of the Soo Line for daily passenger trains in lieu ‘of the present mixed service. The Sanish-Fort Berthold territory has developed wonderfully during the last two years, and it re- gards its present service inadequate. LINCOLN LIFE TAKES OVER PIONEER APRIL 2-—-HEARING ARRANGED Transfer to Be Made Unless In- surance Commission Holds it: Cannot Be Done Arthur F. Hall of Fargo, president of the Lincoin Life Insurance Co. of Fort Wayne, Ind., and Oscar F. Seiler of Jamestown, attorney for the com- pany, were here today in conference with Commissioner of Insurance Ols- ness relative to the taking over of the Pioneer Life Co. of Fargo, Ar- rangements were made for the trans- fer April 2, when a meeting will be held with the attorney general and other members of the insurance com- mission, In the meantime the nec- essary notices will be published in the various state papers. After the transfer the Pioneer Life business will be handled by the Lin- coln Life, through a state agency to be established at Fargo: * IMPORTANT POT IN TELEPHONE LAWS WILL BE HEARD AT SANBORN Question of Right of Company to Duplicate Service Put Up to Commission An important point in laws enact- ed by the recent legislative assembly for the regulation of téféphone com- panies is involved in a petition from the Farmers’ Rural Telephone Co. of Sanborn for permission to install ex- changes at Binford and Jessie, and which will cail the railroad commis- sion to Sanborn for a hearing May 15. The exchange at Jessie recently was withdrawn, but there is an ex- change at Binford, and there are rural lines at both points. The present laws prohibiting the .duplication of telephone service govern such cases as these very specifically, but the Sanborn line evidently expects: to | prove to the commission that its case is exceptional. * . came to Bismarck to 'attehd ‘the an- MORE ALD FOR. GooD ROADS IN DRAG LAW ., SIGNED BY FRAZIER Further aid to North Dakota’s good roads. campaign is found in House Bill .203, signed today by Governor Frazier, which provides for the levy- ing of sufficient funds to provide for the dragging ‘of every mile of graded road in each township at least five times year.’ The law permits each township to levy not more than $15 for each mile of graded road, and to pay residents who contract to do the dragging not more than $3 for each mile covered. The township super- visor or highway commissigner may direct..when the roads are to ‘be drag: ged, each township being divided in- to dragging districts. | * SUPREME COURT JUDGES NEED NOT FEAR H.C. L. Justices of the supreme court who have been worrying about the high cost of living may cheer up. The governor yesterday signed Senate Bill 268, introduced by ‘McGray, providing that present members of the court may continue in the enjoyment of $500 expense money, while justices hereafter elected shall receive a flat salary of $5,500. The present salary is only $5,000. ‘Non-partisan candi- dates for the supreme bench—some of them at least—made the race last fall on a platform wiping out the $500 per annum expense money which was attached to the job when the judges were compelled to journey about the state, holding court wherev er a case bobbed up. There has been no frantic objection to Senator Me- Gray's bill, however. see AUTO-DEALERS TAGS WILL BE DISTINCTIVE For the $15 which automobile deal- ers pay for dealers’ licenses they will acquire an extra big “D” on their li- cense tag. The color scheme, also, will be reversed. Aside from that, the $15 tag the dealer buys will be very similar to the. $6 to $30 tag which the individual owner will use after January 1, 1918. The style in individual tags this year fs the same as last, except for a change in the color combination, and the high cost of living has not affected the old standard price of $3. The automobile registration depart- ment of the secretary of state's of- fice yesterday placed its order for dealers’ tags. " Two laws affecting autoists, of which little mention has been made to date, but which are of importance to owners of gas-gigs, are those re- quiring all machines to ‘be equipped with lamps whose glare will not blind drivers of cars approaching from an opposite direction, and making the possession of a purloined car prima facie evidence ot intent to steal it. ee i BOOST FOR MITCHELL, . MADE OFFICE DEPUTY Win S. Mitchell, an old-time North Dakota newspaper man, for the past year on.the office force of the state bank. examiner, has been promoted to the post of office deputy, a position which he has earned by placing in operation one of the most efficient of- fice systems the department has had to date. Mr, Mitchell enters uon the duties ee pees of his new, berth.immed- jately, are congratulating dim on what they consider a de- FURS Premeeion. Capitol News BONDING CASE FINALLY SET FOR HEARING MARCH IN SUPREME COURT Assistant Attorney General Will Go to Washington to Repre- sent State Amended papers were filed in the ‘North Dakota bonding case, the State ex rel B. V. Moore vs. W. C. Taylor, former insurance commissioner, by Attorney General Langer, while the latter was in Washington. This case is‘in the United States supreme court, and has finally been set for hearing March 19, when the first assistant at- torney general will go to the national capital to appear for the state. This case would affect $70,000 in premiums which North Dakota now is paying on public officers’ bonds. The litigation has run its course through: the state supreme court, and the decision of the highest court In the land will be awaited with much interest. The validity of the law, which would make the state surety for all public officials’ bonds, was at- tacked in the North Dakota supreme court hy the Dakota Trust Co. of Far- go. The law was held constitutional. and the Trust company then appealed to the United States supreme court. eee GOVERNOR CLEANING UP-LAST OF BIG LIST: OF NEW LEGISLATION Appropriations Bills and Sunday Baseball Measure Most Im- ‘ portant Left ‘Governor Frazier is fast getting out from under the mountain of bills which the legislature piled upon him during the closing days. Very few important measures remain for — his consideration. There are some really important appropriation bills, and there is a very serious question as to. how some of them will fare. The gov- ernor has not yet signed the general appropfiation bill. S. B, 136, and, in- asmuch as the has power. to veto any separate item in this measure, it is anticipated that the oldest friend of “136” will not. know it when it stag- gers into the secretary of state's of- fice Saturday. | Young America is wondering waat the governor intends ‘to do with Sen- ate Bill 137,’Senator Hamflton’s Sun- day baseball legalizér, Phesgovernor has discussed this measure with the press without gritting his’ teeth or {evidencing any visible signs’ of. pain, its ultimate fate. In the meanwhile the kids are threatening” dire ‘things, if the governor plays .them false. And ten years’ hence these kids ‘will have some voting power.’ ” ’ Dickinson is much perturbed over the governor's attitude toward the Dickinson normal appropriation, As the appropriation finally went through it calls for the levying of only $81,000 this year, and $100,000 next year Dickinson hoped that with tuis doc- toring the governor would leave this item in the general appropriation, bill. To date, however, the governor has given the several Dickinson delega- tions which have called on him little satisfaction. Many Bills Signed, Among a big batch of bills signed by the .governor yesterday were ‘the followjpig:, H. B, 366, Staale. Hend- rickson’s constitutional amendment for four-fifths decisions ,from. the su- presivé court, which has passed two legislatures and now goes to the peo- ple for final approval; H. B. 95, re- lating to the construction and repair of curbing. in.cities;.H. B. 167, the new motor vehicle tax law, H. B..154, relating to payment of dividends. by domestic ingurapce companies; H.. B. 99, relating: to incorporatiqn of co- operative associations; H: B. 244, re- lating. to. commitment “of *pergons to institute for feeble-minded; H. B. 192, defining powers of park commissions; H. B. 287; relating to connections with sewers and other mains; H.-B. 149, defining qualifications of county superintendents of schools; H. B. 145, authorizing and. restricting invest- ment of savings banks; H. B. 140, re- quiring commissioner. of agriculture and labor to prepare exhibits of prod- ucts for encouragement of immigra- tion; H. B. 126, relating to crime of swindling; H. B, 35, amending and re- enacting Sec. 3134 of the compiled laws of 1913; H. B, 312, relating to surety on local officers’ bonds; H. B. 109, providing for compensation. .of. inmates of state reform school; H. B. 200, authorizing ‘villages to contract for electric street: lighting; H. B. 275, requiring assessment accident. and health insurance companies. to . de- posit $10,000 with commissioner of” in- surance for protection of policy-hold- ers; H. B. 165, constitutional ‘amend- ment increasing amount which may de. invested from upiversity -and school funds in farm loans to 60 per cent of the actual value of the prop- erty; H. B. 194, relating to what cer- tain legal instruments must contain. The Hotel of C fort, iter and Com- Hotel Radisson, Minneapolis. ut he has given no indication as. to - wht