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

THE TRIBUNE SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCB ‘Daily, by mail or carrier, DOF MONth ......ererereveees B 50 Daily, by mail, one year in North Dakota ...... ...see00 Daily, by mail outside of North Dakota, one year ., 6.00 Daily, by mail outside of North Dakota, three months. 1.50 Daily, by mail in North Dakota three months . - 1.25 ‘Weekly, by mail, per year ..... 1.50 Member Audit Bureau of Circulation THE STATES OLDEST NEWSPAPER 4.00 LOCAL WEATHER BULLETIN. For the 24 hours ending at noon, April 2, 1917; Temperature at 7 a. m. Temperature at noon Highest yesterday .. Lowest last night Precipitation ... Highest wind velocity For North Dakota: Generally fa tonight and Tuesday; warmer to- night; cooler west and central por tions Tuesday. pecan ‘emperature Calgary .. +o 12 Chicago ... Kansas City . Pierre ... 30 | St. Paul ... 40 | Moorhead .. 30 | Winnipeg 26 i St. Louis .... 66 i San Francisco . { Helena .... 2 Williston .. ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Meteorologist, PHOS SOHSO SOOO OE * He that is much flattered 4) % soon learns to flatter himself. ¢| “ —Johnson. Co 0005999959999 009 OUR PROBLEM. When President Wilson addr the Congress, he will have only two alternatives to suggest as regards; Germany which «will comport with national honor. The path to be chos- | en will be epoch-making in our his- tory. It will decide the future of the United States for generations, prob- ably for centuries to come. “This nation may make its own war on Germany, for the protection of its own commerce, thereby avoiding al- liances with European nations and thus adhering to the century-old pol- icy laid down by Washington. Or—this nation may make war up- on Germany, in conjunction with the Allies, thereby marking a new era in our foreign policy and recogniz- ing that the oceans no longer serve as a protection to this country. Suppose the Congress decided to make only a private war upon Ger. many and that after awhile, Ge! v; finding the submaring war was un- profitable, made her peace with us. And suppose the great conflict on the other side of the Atlantic continued. There would be one of three end- ings: The Allies would win; The war would come to a draw; Germany would win. Now, no matter how the Kuropean war ends, there is going to be a Ger- many burning with hatred of the United States. The German people, mos¢ docile in the world, have been drilled in the belief that American powder and shells mainly munitioned 4 the armies of the Allies, that Ameri- # can money alone kept them going. Win or lose, the German people will be lusting for revenge upon the Am- ericans. Win or lose, Germany will once more cast longing eyes upon South American territory and upon ‘Mexico. Win or lose, Germany, con- fronted by a serious financial situ ation at home, will see in the United States an easy mark for plunder. If Germany. wins the war, she will ask permission of no one to settle her accounts with us. If the war is fought to a draw, the “Allies will be too war-weary and ex- hausted to interfere with Germany's hostile plans against this country. As long as Germany's great fleet is in being, there is menace for us. Whenever the barrier of the British fleet is withdrawn, our safety ceases. And we could not expect England and Frante—whether victorious or de feated—to do anything for us. They could well say: ‘When we were fighting for the freedom of the world. instead of joining hands with us, you fought yout own private little war and made your own -private little peace. Your present affair is not our affair.” This, then outlines the situation ‘be fore President Wilson and Congress as it convenes in special session to- day. At this writing there is little inti mation as to the course the Presi- dent will suggest. But if this nation is to defend its rights, procrastina- tion, watchful waiting, a “too proud to fight” attitude, and “pussy-footing” must go into the discard. We must prepare for any event uality. It is one thing to cry lustily, War! ‘War! Wer! But is another proposition to fight one. United’: States is confronted with | general confidence pare this nation for the worst is ab- solutely necessary. Pacifists who would hamstring the nation should be dealt with as enemies, President Wilson doubtless will de- clare a state of war exists. If he j takes this stand, he must be equally emphatic for preparednes and univer- sal military training, There is somethin; tragically’ pa- thetic in a declaration of war at this time, when the nation is without ade quate defense, but the time for be} moaning past criminal inactivity on the part of Congress has passed. Preparedness is the first duty of Congress. If we go to war let us go in to win Lut in all, and through all, let us and by President Wilson; let us! ze the pressing need for a patri- olism that transcends all other con-} siderations. i BE AMERIGAINS FIRST! BE SURE AND VOTE. H This is a critical election for Bis-| |marck and every voter who has the! welfare of the city at heart should] turn out exercise his right of} franchise. The city is in the midst of a great! paving project. Only a portion of it; has ‘been completed. Whoever is! elected tomorrow, the job must be! finished. 1 {t is vital to select men of recogniz- | ed business ability to atrect this im-! portant public enterprise. Commis-' sioners Lucas, Battey and Bertsch, together with the holdover members| of the city commission, have handled | the paving in a manner that has won and commenda- | and tion. The voters should retain these men and continue the same policy that has proved so satisfactory. Minor issues have been raised which have no part in this campaign. The only fundamental thing before the voters is the proper completion of the paving project and an econom- ical administration. The present commissioners have ‘brought a portion of the paving pro- ject to a successful completion. Every taxp interests have been safe. guarded by a system of double in- spection. This rigid supervision is asured if the present commissioners | are continued in-office. There is wbsolutely no reason for aj change at this time. Opponents of the present commissioners have ad vanced none. In fact, no criticism has been lodged against Commission- ers Lucas, Battey and Bertsch. This merely indicates a general ap proval of their administration. They should be returned to office tomorrow, so that there will be nq -/interruptions or costly delays in the projects now under way. PLOW IS POTENT. In modern war the plow is as po- tent a weapon as the 16-Inch gun. The man who follows the furrow may be as great a’ patriot as the one who goes to the trenches, if he does not choose to perform the former task simply to evade the hardships and dangers of the latter. One of the very greatest contribu- tions which the people of the United States can make to the cause of civ- ilization is a bumper crop at next fall’s harvest. This is of vital importance not oaly to our own people but to the people of the nations with which we are about ‘to make common cause against Germany. We have been notoriously nx in our agricultural methods up to now because’ we have never faced the necessity which now confronts us. the largest possible surplus for ship- ment to the Entente Allies. An increase of 10 per cent in the total crops of the United States this / year, as compared with a normal year, would mean millions of tons of} food. It seems as though it ought to be easy to accomplish this, when one considers the vast extent of the un- tilled lands in every section of the country and also that in few sections has intensive cultivation been sys-| tematically carried out. The farmers of the nation have a wonderful opportunity if they have the will to take advantage of it. In a lesser degree city dwellers and suburbanites have a like oppor- tunity. In every city, suburb and village there is more or less unused land, most of which would yield splendid crops of vegetables. It is amazing what results a com bination of muscle, spade and hoe can achieve in a back lot in an hour a day during the planting and growing season. Gov. Cox of Ohio sounded a high patriotic note, recently, when he is sued a proclamation calling upon the people of the state to bend every ef- fort toward increasing the food sup- ply. = Gov. Cox says, among other things: “We are mobilizing our men, con- serving our finance, protecting our public works, and resorting to the means of defense which experience a crisis that demands the best brains, the coolest heads and purest patri- otism if the nation is not to be jub- suggests, but there seems to be no thought as to the importance of in- ‘tenaifying the energies of the soil. In our vast domain of fertile fields, of waste acres DOINGS OF THE DUFF’. PUT ON THE HOME, SWEET HOME RECORD IGUESS THIS IS NO FOR ME PLACE NO NOISE TOM ~ | JusT GOT BABY To SLEEP — WHY DON’T You Go , TO YOUR DEN? THATS NICE AND coz¥ ALLRIGHT. | CAN'T STAND ai By Allman notwithstanding the prices in pros- pect ‘should give spur to thrift, and an understanding of the importance of the element of food should stir our patriotic endeavor. “A movement should be inaugurat- ed at once in every community, rural and city, in order that the facilities which nature has given us may be availed of to the utmost. “The banks are full of money. Cred- it is easy. Farmers can buy tractors on easy terms, There is no excuse for waste land. Every acre should count, and this spirit of conservation should take hold of the cities, as wel as the country. Food supplies can be grown on, vacant lots, gardens can he turned to-use, and those who can not render defense service can ‘be of distinct value, by simple husbandry. In the same proportion that a family contribules to its own necessities, it will 1 ng the nation. ‘ “Tractors can be purchased for the price of three teams of horses, or mules, and the output nsiderabl]; They can be operated by night and ‘by day. We can, if we bdestir ourselves now in the planting sea- son, give a good account of Ohio. She has always done her part in time of hazard, and it behooves this genera tion, moved by the simple suggestions of modern devices, to make it worthy {of the fathers who gave ys what we have.” more, 1 Too good to be buried: Tha Bos- Ths necessity calls, not only for;ton Transcript calls Rodzianko “the ample food for our own people, but|™an who put the roam in Romaneft.” St. Louis has a |trained potato ‘bug. Outlet for by- products of vacant lot gardening. society woman BAD BUSINESS. In destroying military roads, trenches and fortifications, in their retreat from northern France, the Germans are justified by legitimate war necessity. In destroying farms, farming tools, orchards and _ other property of little or no use in warfare and essential in the rehabilitation of peace, the Germans are sowing seed the reaping of which will be the whirlwind. It has been the declared purpose of England to wipe out Germany. This sentiment has not dominated the French. France has been fighting for self-preservation and restoration of her lost provinces. But the wanton and permanent ruin of her northern territory must breed in all French- men a hatred so deadly that only sim- ilar ruin of Germany can satisfy it. It will be bad for Germany, on the day of settlement, when the millions of France demand not only indemnity but vengeance. What a curious creation the human animal is! British soldiers, after montis in dug-outs and trenches, now with a chance to live in the open, actually take to shell holes left by the retreating Germans. WANTED, Names of the two men who saw auto accident of the young couple Siffermann at the Apple Creek Cross- ing Nov. 2nd, 1916, are wanted. Re ward in view. Who knows where- abouts? Notify Rev. John Willms, Wishek,:.Ni.DimAdWi i) on By BERTON BRALEY, ee (Copyright, 1917, , by the Newspaper Onterprise Association.) Awake! Awake! Awake! Let us arise and shake Free of our sloth A horror is on the sca: A menace is on t and he land; Savagery, coldly planned, Ravages sea and sod, And ‘bathing in flood on flood Of innocent blood Bellows, “We fight for God!” Awake! Awake! Wor all humanity's sak A no common strife, le a fight for life This is This With To st blood-mad ‘angle our hopes s Awake! host that schemes nd dreams, With a foe that has shown no ruth, But tramples dow: And, glutted with n faith and truth. hate, blasphemes, Saying, “The path we trod Ts made at the he Awake! Awake! st of God!” Awake! For all that we love's at stak>. All we have toiled and songzit for, All that our fathers fought ‘or, Let all our strengt Into the titan fr: We fight for a bet That Justice may And all that we hold most dear May live in a nobl Prepare! Prepare! h be hurled ter day rule. ler word! Prepare’ ‘Now is no time to prate, Dawdle, and talk ani wait; This is the hour of fa' Summons the Nation’: Call on us all to Let the whole lan: In the war that is Till the blight that And we thrill to the tet might, shai id unit! ours to maka, 2 fight is gone gollen dawn Of a world that is free—and fair! « PREPARE! PREPARE! PREPARE! AMERICA, AWAKE! eo | iting at the home of Mr. and Mrs, | VALLEY CITY Al Chas. L. Lund on West Fifth street. (er ee ‘, After spending Sunday at James- Mrs. Yaeger Entertains. town Miss McKinnon returned to Mrs. C. A. Yaeger entertained Fargo. eight friends on Friday evening at cards, at her apartments over the Smith and Mrs. H. N. Walker re- ceived prizes for holding the high and low scores. At the close of the evening the guests partook of dainty refreshments served in the djning room. Mrs. Yaeger was assisted by her daughter, Mrs, Mare Harkins. ® Here From Barnesville. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn P. Mink and little daughter, Vivian, will arrive in Valley City on Monday from Barnesville, Minn. for an extended visit with Manager and Mrs. Hamil- ton of the Valley Hotel. Mrs. Mink is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ham- ilton, eee Spending Vacation Here. Miss Eva Anfinson, who teaches in the Wimbledon schools, arrived in the city Saturday to spend the Has- ter vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Anfinson, *e@ Mrs. Ben Johnson of Fingal, who has been visiting in Valley City as the guest of Miss Nora Nelson of the Right Price Mercantile Co., has con- cluded her visit here, returning home Saturday evening. To Spend Vacation Here. Miss Mabel McKinnon, who is a stenographer in the offices of J. N. Nash of the state fair association at Fargo, left Sunday for. James- town to spend the day, after spend- ing the past week in Valley City, vis- Gordon Cox, who is a student at the state university at Grand Forks, will spend the Easter vacation in Valley City at the home of his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Beecher Cox. see Visitor in City. Frank Hesch, a well known far- mer from the Eckelson district and a brother of N. J. Hesch of this city, was a caller here on Friday. se Visiting Sister. Miss Mary Hackett, who is a teacher in the schools at Wimble- don, arrived in the city Friday to spend the Easter vacation at the home of her sister, Mrs. D. S. Rit- chie on North Fifth avenue . se 8 Dinner Party For Players, Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Nelson and son Lloyd gave an enjoyable dinner party Wednesdayl evening at their home on North Fifth avenue for the members of the Valley City high school basketball boys. The high school colors predominated in the decorations in the dining room, where a sumptuous five-course din- ner was served. After the dinner the boys were invited to the — per- formance at the Grand theater, and from there returned to the Nelson home to spend the rest of the eve- ning. The Misses Helen and Flor- ence Engen, Hilma Larson, Laura Hedstrum,’ Mabel Baarstad and Imo- gene Perry assisted the hostess in serving the dinner os etoentor | | North Dakota H papers and 11 dailies. ‘the j had unique beginnings, and their ¢a- reers, to put it very milly, indeed, istorical j answers to questionaires Ww" been mailed out from the cific | the society at the si M NEWSPAPERS ASKED 10 TELL THEIR OWN STORY FOR STATE'S HISTORY Questionaires Sent Out From | Office of Society Bring In. | teresting Replies | ‘4 history of North Dakota nee | papers, one of the most interesuns jects which ¢ pe trearel in} e ae Ty Sera 1 {in discussing the situation which the his s , is e prepare: - re jety fron th hav ap ol. an: the | KIly news of them ‘\cess from. the start, giving to to talk of himself, some interesting responses are anticipated. Several dozen replies already have come in, some humorous, others trag- ic, all interesting and significant in their bearing on the rapid develop- ment of a great state. The oldest newspaper in ‘North ‘Da- kota is the Bismarck Weekly Trib- une, established in July, 1873, by Col. C. A. Lounsberry, Colonel Lounsber- ry arrived on the first train which ran into. Bismarck over the newly completed tracks of the Northern Pa- jcific. He brought with him an old press, a few fonts of type, some print paper and a great fund of enthusiasm, and The.Weekly Tribune was a ne the world someof the greatest’ news of | that pioneer period. The oldest daily newspaper in North Dakota in point of continuous publication is The’ Bismarck Tribune, lestablished in 1881 by the late Mar- shall H. Jewell, who became associ- ated with Colonel Lounsberry in 1878. Other daily papers were started ear- lier, and they finished earlier. The Tribune is the only newspaper in North Dakota established as early as 1878 which never has stripped i 7 | DICKINSON NEWS | v. U Dr. Ohage Returns. Dr. Justus Ohage returned to | Dickinson this week from St. Paul, EVERY ONE SUSPECTED: AT NATIONAL CAPITAL BUILDING GUARDED Secret Service Corps Increased —Employes Must Have Iden- tification Cards “Everyone in Washington is under suspicion,” said John Andrews, secre- tary to Representative P. D. Norton, n| war possibilities have created. “The secret service force has been ot increased many fold; there are guards and plain clothes men everywhery. Capitol employes and officers of the house and senate, representatives of the press and ‘others are proviled with identification cards, which must “check Mrs, M. iH. whi nave eee Lichen Carpenter, | be presented before seta my who-are conducting the questionaire, be had to any of the buil Rs are giving each newspaper and oppor-| one 1s permitted Oe ain acd tunity to tell its own history, and, into any of the public ae ngs SiN since ‘tis vory seldom that a knight|out first revealing its contents. | ven i of the fourth estate can be induced/are on duty at every door of , White House, the capitol, the treax- ury and other structures housing de- partments of the federal governmer*. The White House is under a double, armed guard. No chances are being taken.” Norton on Junket. : Representative Norton has been in the South and Southwest with the joint house and senate comnuittess cn Indian affairs, investigating ‘:nport- ant matters connected with the ad- ministration of the estate o? Unce Sam's redskin wards. When he left the national capital, he did not ex- pect congress to reconvene beimc April 16. The sudden calling of the extra session has resulted in entuns short the junket of the Indian aifairs committees. M'DONALD CALLING. ATTENTION TO LAWS AFFECTING SCHOOLS gears and had to stop for repairs. |Many Measures Passed by Fif- teenth Assembly Will Neces- sitate Change in System Some school legislation passed by the Fifteenth’ general assembly and to which State Superintendent of was located in where to locate, he will locate fields. but. in Dic! from where his parents reside.. Dr. Ohage Dickinson about a year and a half ago, when he went to Germany where he joined the Red Cross as a physician, to fur- ther his knowledge on Dr. Ohage has not as up operations. yet decided hoped that son again. He is now busy telling his friends first hand. news To Devils Lake. Valentine Koch, R. J. Koch and J. B. Fischer of the south the battle Dickinson lodge, and Allen Harleman of the north side lodge of fhe Brotherhood of American Yeomen, left here Sun- Public Instruction N. C. Macdonald is calling the attention of instructors over the state includes ‘Senate Bill 7, which sets apart the third Friday:in January of each year as “Temperance day,” and'requires that not less than one hour on that date shall be given over to instruction and appropriate exercises relating to the history: and benefits of prohibition and to the pro- hibition laws of the state; Senate ‘Bill 33, which requires a majority vote for changing: of school district ‘boundaries; and Senate Bill 82, amending the present laws relating to medical inspection. This amendment provides for the to their respective Born to Mr, lodges. . and day for Devils Lake as delegates to the state conclave of Yeomen from Parents of Baby Boy. Mrs. Andrew Reisenaucr of the south side, a boy Friday evening. Business Visitor Here. Cashier .B. L. Thorkelson of the South Heart Stata bank was in Dickinson Friday. Mr. Thorkelson had just returned from Fargo, where he attended to business mat- ters in connection with his bank. Ordained to Priesthood. It is reported this week that Flor- ian Krank, a Dickinson boy attend- ing St. Johns university in Minne- sota, will return sometime in May, when he will be ordained as a priest. Mr. Krank hag been in the university and has also attended St. Mary’s college at Richardton, and is the first boy from Stark county to be ordained to priesthood. Mr. Krank is the son of Frank Krank, living about four miles south of Dickinson, where the young priest was born and reared, To Close Term. Some of the Dickinson boys at- \tending St. Mary’s college at Rich- ardton are expected home the com- ing week. The college at Richard- ton is doing great; work along edu- cational lines and always has a | large attendance from all over the ; surrounding states. The school is {going to close for ‘the summer next week, Decide on Site. The board of regents of North Da- kota has selected the site for the ; Site proposed new normal school which~is to be located at Dickinson. The. site is west of town, adjoining the townsite, and is on land now be- longing to J. C. Young of St. Paul. This in reality is the best located for a normal school of all the sites that were offered by the city. IN MINOT, | Railway Commissioners Andahi, Johnson and Eleick, Secretary Cal- derhead and Rate Expert Little left this morning for Minot, where a stat- ed meeting of the board will be held tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday. EAST END DEVELOPING. The east end of Bismarck is en- joying a quiet little boom all its own. Among recent purchases were nine acres of land on 24th street and Av- enue A, acquired by 'R. N. Mahin, who probably will make his home there. Preparations already have been made for breaking up the tract. —_____ RETURN FROM JAMESTOWN. The state board of control is home from Jamestown, where it inspected new building under way at the hos- Pital for the insane. The contagious ward and new office and dormitory building are practically complete and contractors are on the ground pre- #ared to begin work on the women's ward building and the superintend- ent’s residence. HOME FROM VACATION. Miss Velinda Johnson, teacher in the North Ward school, returneth to- day from her -howe. tn Washburn, where she spent the Haster vacation. , when petitioned for the same by two- thirds of the schoo] directors, of a to visit the schools of the county and inspect and examine the pupils there- of, at least once each year. All other features of the old law are retained. Senate Bill 121 amends the old laws relating to compulsory attend- ance and transportation. It changes the compulsory school age and makes it definitely from the seventh to the fifteenth birthday, inclusive; and un- less the eighth grade is completed it requires attendance, if necessary, un- til the seventeenth birthday is reach- ed. This is designed to do away with soldiering and time-serving on the part of the pupils who look forward] to the fifteenth birthday as the date of release, and: care little about learn- ing in between. ‘ The amount paid for transportation in districts where there are no: con- solidated schools is changed so as to provide for not less than 25 cents and not more than ‘50 cents per day for each family. Other provisions of the law remain the same. aS TO THE VOTERS OF BISMARCK Being a candidate for member of the city commission at the coming election, I desire to state that my Plaform, “Public Improvements with- out Confiscation of Property; Modern Fire Equipment; Passable Streets and Sidewalks,’ expresses exactly the kind of city government for which I would work and vote, should I be elected. I favor paving in the business dis- trict, and am willing to contribute my share towards the cost of same, believing it a substantial benefit to the property and city, as well as giv- ing employment to many of our citi- zens. » I also favor paving the streets in the resident district, where the major- ity of the property owners desire the same; but think some of the outlying blocks and the streets on which the majority of the owners have protest- ed against paving should be cut out. If, however, the Supreme court up- holds the present contract, I shall en- deavor to have the paving done in a first class manner and in the best in- terest of the property owners. I believe the growth and needs of the city now justify the purchase of Modern automobile fire equipment, to cost not more thah $6,000.00 so the resident portions of the city may re- ceive better fire protection, This should reduce insurance and I believe we can bond for this sum and the money obtained from the state at four percent interest. As to streets and sidewalks, I most penalty wall insist upon keeping m in good passable seasons Sr theca condition at all elected, I pledge fair treatment to all citizens, regardles; cial or financial conditions ees A. C, HINCKLEY, FOR MAGISTRA’ 4.0. Vente -I announce my candidacy for Police Magistrate at th Mote: “Fince Sal tye rights hiring by the county commissioners, , graduate nurse or a license physician * | [se « ir ‘ we rs care » w@ >