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

ee “ ted ‘:dn'\such a Move. TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1917. , THE TRIBUNE fntered at the Pestoffice, Bismarck, N. D., ss Second Clase Matter. ADVANCE \aily, by mail or carrier, Per month .......cseeeeeess 8 60 wally, by mail, one year in North Dakota .....0 cscsceee 4.00 Daily, by mail outside of North Dakota, one year , 6.00 Daily, by mail outside of North Dakota, three months. Daily, by mail in North Dakota three months 1.25 Weekly, by mail, pe: 1.50 Member Audit Bureau of Circulation 1.60 for 24 hours ending at noon, April i: Temperature at 7:00 a. m. Temperature at noon ‘Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday (Lowest last night Precipitation Highest wind velocity . 31 » 42 a | Forecast. | For North Dakota: Rain or snow! tonight and Wednesday; no decided change in temperature. Lowest » Temperatures Fargo .. . ‘Williston 32 Grand Forks . . 32 Pierre 34 St. Paul a4 Winnipeg . : Helena S Chicago... vide = Swift; Current . Kansas “Gjty,4 San Franclsvd,,. » 46 ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Meteorologist. UP TO THE STATE. i Governor Frazier should call a! meeting of the emergency commis- sion at once and make suitable pro: | vision for rebuilding the capitol car; line. Transportation facilities to the state capitol building are a necessity and it is incumbent on the state to} provide them. If the street car line is a luxury; the state cannot afford, the board of | control should provide other means} of transportation to and from the capitol, Certainly quick and reason- able service to the capitol from ho- tels and depots must be provided. | The Tribune feels it would be un-| wise to abandon the line entirely or! even shorten its present route, ex- cept as a Jast resort. Only the fail- ure of the city and state to get to- gether on. this proposition will result Paving operations cannot be held up for two years un- til the state provides money to pave Between the tracks and rebuild the line, but the city. commission has put a fair proposition up to the board of control, If that body has neither the funds nor the disposition to meet Bis- marck half-way, an appeal should be made to the emerge: commission. ‘Failure to secure re there, the city commission has no other altcrnative but to remove the tracks and com- plete its paving program. Under the terms of its franchise, the state agreed to pave between the tracks. The city is merely asking (North Dakota to live up to the terms of that contract. It is even willing to go further and shoulder a portion of the expen WAR AGAINST AUTOCRACY. Loyal German-Americans can find food for thought, as well as solace, in an editorial recently contributed in the form of a letter to the Chicago Tribune by Mr. C. Kotzenabe. It is one of the best contributions to the war comzrent, especially as it so feel- ingly shows the position all Ger- mans in the Uniten States find them- selves as hostilities are declared.. The stand of ‘Mr. Kotzenabe is the stand of a loyal American. The Tribune hopes it is the stand of every German-American on the Slope. After stating “that as a German by birth, it is a horrible calamity that I may have to fight Germans,” but, “as an American by preference, 1 can see no other course open,” ‘Mr. Kot- zenabe goes on to say: eee “For twenty-five years Germany has shown dislike for the United States—the Samoan affair, the ‘Hong Kong contretemps, the (Manila bay in- cident, the unguarded words of the kaiser himself, and, lastly, the Hai- tian controversy in 1914. “Whether it is right or not, pleas- ant or not, the fact remains that the interests of the two countries have frequently conflicted. And it has not been from mere commercial or diplo- matic friction. It is because their ideals of government are absolutely opposite. One or the other must go down. It is for us to say now which it. shall be. ’ “Because of my birth and feelings beyond my control, I have no particu- lar love for the French and less for the British. But by a strange irony of fate I see those nations. giving their blood for principles which I hold dear, against the wrong principles of people I individually love. “It is a very unhappy paradox, but ance: #28 ©: 8 - not from revenge, nor to uphold hair. splitting {and progress. | !a generous smile for everyone, any- nation going forth to help destroy people many of whom are bound to me by ties of blood and friendship. But it must be so. It is like a dread- ful surgical operation. The militar- istic, undemocratic demon which rules Germany must be cast out. It is for us to do it—now. eae “I try to tell myself that it is not our affair; that we should content ourselves with measures of defense and armed neutrality. ‘But I know that it is not so, “The mailed fist has been shaken under our nose before. If Prussian ism triumphs in this war the fist will continue’ to shake. We shall be in rea] peril, and those ideas for which so much of the world’s best blood has been spilled through the centuries will be in danger of extinction. It seems to me common sense that we begin our defense by immediate at tack, when the demon is occupied and when we can command assist “Let us make war upon Germany, quibbles of international! law. But Jet us make war with our whole heart and with all our strength because Germany worships one God and we another, and because the lion and the lamb cannot lie down togeth- er, One or the other must perish. se 8 “Let us make war upon the Ger- many of the Junkerdom, the Germany of frightfulness, the Germany of ar- rogance and selfishness. And let us swear not to make peace until the im. perial German government is the im- perial German people.” Of this letter the Chicago paper! says: Mr. Kotzenabe has spoken, we be-} lieve, for that true German-American- BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE DOINGS OF THE DUFF. TOM DUFF, THE HUMAN SCAECROW DUFF LIVE IN < ~ ism which has been a splendid part) ot Americanism from the foundation} of the republic. His is the German-| ism of Carl Schurz, of Brentano, and Sigel, a spirit proved in the fire of} war, shining forth in our counsels, servi always the ideals of lib It is of this spirit and of such men The Tribune has thought when it has asserted that German- American loyalty could be relied up- on. | “Mr. Kotzenabe’s letter is excep tional also in indicating an issue up- on which all Americans, whether of Colonial, German, or other ancestry, can whole-heartedly rally, It is true the German government has shown America a surly front for a genera- tion and has more than once seemed ready to strike. And now when we war against Germany it will be against that government, not against the German people, to whom we owe so much that is strong and fine in our institutions and ideals.” HER HYPHEN. She is a great artist and public favorite; but she is a home-loving woman, first of all, a good mother. She was born in Germany; but loves America. She has a great, shining f with one; but her soul shivers and her heart writhes in torture, She stands up before thousands and sings joyously, gloriously, and for the thousandth time reddens under the applause of the delighted thro: but over her head, its awful pres ence always felt, hangs a sword. You've heard her sing ‘Mein Sohn!" and she took your soul into the Valley of the Shadow of Death to recover those you'd “loved and lost awhile.” You've heard her cry “Death, let me in!” and wondered that the tomb didn’t open to a mother’s ap peal. She has a beautiful home; but it's under a pall, a pall of powder and smoke and blood. The little boy, who, yesterday, clung at her left knee and listened and smiled at her folk songs is in the German navy; the lad who listened and smiled at her right knee is in the United States navy. and tomorrow, or next week. or next month the message may come that | they have met and killed. The other night she got off a train at San Diego and went to her hotel. She was very tired. She had recent ly come from a hospital. ‘But a big crowd, with a band of music, was at the hotel to greet her. There were shouts of welcome, cries for a sight of her. Then, SchumannHeink stepped forth and sang “The Star Spangled Banner!” Russia comprises a sixth of all the land in the world and has a twelfth of the population. Three of every four of its men can neither read nor write. Birth of Son Announcement has been made of the birth of a son Monday in the Bis- marck hospital, to Mr. and Mrs. J. Gardner Wallace of Avenue B. Mother and son are doing nicely. “The Truant Soul,” eight-act su- per-feature, with Henry Walthall, at ‘ing; WAICH HOUSE DUES THIS GUY 2 CANS YUH SEE? HE’s WALKIN? DE FLOOR WID “By Allman CHEESE |r, Ba JOE - DeRe’s, BA Licht WHEN DEVS A KiD IN DE HOUSE - Goop : Ail Vox lias) Lief Ericson is generally consider- ed the n European to visit Amer- He left the Scandinavian col- ony of Iceland about .000 A. D. and led an expedition to land further south, waich he nan Vinland. It is believed to be somewhere Letweer Nova Scotia and Long Island. But the Scandinavisns made no per- manent. se nents on tre Am Mean mainland. It remained! % to make the" di European ‘ebtonization. He heldthi’ earth was round, and tnought he cotld reach India by sail- yest s in 1492 that Jed to relieved to fit Isabella. of S| him, and pawned her out his three boats—the and Santa Ma They + for two montis. Mutinous sailors were about to force Columbus’ return when, on October 12, 1492, he reached one of the Baha- ma, nds —San Salvador, Columbus called the ands the West Indies, and the nati ndians. He thought he bad landed off India. Other explorers followed Columbus ain wels Nina, Pinta, GREAT. | EXPLORERS WHO FIRST CAME T i —the Cabots, who visited the country | eowoooee- ene: 0 THIS COUNTRY THOUGHT iit, WAS,, INDIA. el about the St. Lawrence, and Ameri- go Vespucci who visited South Amer- ica, Amerigo’s name was given to the continent later when it became cer- tain that a now land, not India, had been found. Twenty-one years after Columbus’ i ‘age a Spanish explorer, Bal- mbed a mountain peak in Pan- ama and saw the Pacific ocean, But he still thought the new. country was India, and the Pacifie isea. In 1542, 50 yearsuafter. Columbus, nando de Sote, exploring the s of Alabama::and Mississippi in search of a-mythical “golden city” came to Missis : It was now known a new land had ‘been found, for some yea before a Portuguese named Magellan had sailed around Sout America into the ae and around Africa, back to Portugal. + The St. Lawrenco also had been iscovered ‘by the French Cartier, in 5, and in 1615 Samuel Champlain, flying the French flag in se h of a ge through to the Pacific, came > great lakes, In the meantime Europeans were ttling on the Atlantic coast, ppi river. By ¢. C. Lyon, I never knew it was possible to do so many different things in any one day until I got into the United States navy. A recruit’s hours are from 5 in the morning until 9 at night. From,9 at night until 5 in the morn- ing he has nothing to do but sleep. In his 16 waking hours he gets up, makes up his hammock and lashes clean up the camp} takes a scrub at himself; eats breakfast; does some guard duty; drills until schoo] time; goes to school for two hours; washes himself again; eats dinner; goes out for boat drill; takes setting up exer- dises, gymnasium work or swim- ming lessons; does some extra drill- ing if he's violated any of the camp regulations; washes his own cloth- gges to supper; lines up for roll call at 8:40; and is in his ham- omck by 9. It’s no wonder the hundreds of young fellows whe are now crowd- ing the naval training stations have appetites like, goats. A naval recruit is hungry all the time. He can't be filled up, because the constant training and hardening processes he is undergoing in pre- Paration for sea duty causes his body to consume fuel faster than he can supply it. Chaplain Frazier at the Norfolk training station asked a class if they found the navy to be as they had pictured it before they enlisted. the Bismarck and Orpheum theatres tonight. one I cannot escape. I do not want to see the Allies triumph over the Jand of my birth. But I do very much, to see the triumph of the ideas tat ta ELKS, ATTENTION! All Elks are requested to meet at me bere, epeil 10, at 2 o'clock p: m, arrange participation in Lexington Day parade. ; ~ . JWM. O'HARA, EF ‘I never knew a sailor drilled with an army rifle and learned to operate land artillery,” said one. “I thought a sailor only climbed rope ladders and heiped fire the big guns on bat- tleships.” ts fF ‘never thought jI'd have to do My own washing,” said another. In the navy a boy it; sweeps out his bungalow; helps | i nee at wan ‘Cone SPIRIT OF COMPETITION MAKES WORK LIKE PLAY IN NAVY, REPORTER LYON FINDS Peewee ee ne cnn ens coe nn nnn nnn nn een nnn enna THEN he is taught all about the op- eration of boats and battleships and torpedo boat destroyers. “You n see why you should be good at drill and expert with rifles and small arms,” said Frank R. Ly- tle, our instructor, soon after he took | charge of us. “A battleship: can’t carry a regi- ment of soldiers aleng to hold towns or forts that might be captured, You bluejackets must be able to fight as Well on land as on sea.’ The recruit must report for drill each morning in a spotless white uniform. Each: morning when the different companies of recruits are lined up for inspection Lieut. Geo. N. Reeves | {as chief drill officer, passes rapidly | down the lines. His critical eye never | was known to miss @ coffee stain. A chief petty officer always accom- nanies him, and every boy at whom Reeves points fis fingers is in for a few hours’ “extra drill” for wear- ing soiled clothing. ‘Setting up” exercises on the dri, grounds, and gymnasium work, are calculated to develop muscles long{ unused. After a fellow has beni ani twist-| ed and lunged, climbed. ropes andi jumped leather horses for a couple of hours each day for weeks, he be- } gins to feel he jis ready to lick some- body. In the navy they harden the re- cruit, to withstand both cold and hot weather. After awhile nobody minds a little thing like a soaking rai A spirit of competition enters into everything at a‘training station that makes most of the work seem like play. The company .of recruits. that shows up best ‘oh. the drill grounds is labout the discoveries made during {councils of war before going on the drill grounds. ‘If we can’t beat that bunch of dubs in Company R we ought to be} shot at sunrise,” we would agree. ; And woe to the Company Q man who got extra drill for wearing dirty {clothes! Because that would lessen our chances of getting the flag! | a-_——— | READERS’ COLUMN o— LIKES ROBINSON’S LETTERS. (Medora, N. D., April 10, 1917. Editor Tribune: I like to read the letters of Justice Robinson..whether on the Bible, as- tronmy or law. They are always in- teresting. I note he tackles Jonah in his last, which reminds me that a few years since, I was trying to ex- plain to a normal graduate something the last century at (Nineveh and other Assyrian cities by Botta and ‘Led- yard; how the libraries had been found when the palaces were exca- vated, and how the letters known as the Cuneiform, had been deciphered ‘by Rawlinson, Smith and others, and the history of thousands of years ago rewritten. Among other discoveries was found the ideogram of Nineveh. The arch- aic form of the character proves that it was compoun@ed of the ideograpb- ic picture of a house, enclosing the) ideogram of the fish, thus preserving | a record of the instructive fact that imperial Nineveh was at first, as its name implies, nun, “fish.” This led some scholars to believe that there had ‘been an old Assyrian story from which another writer, of a later age, ad gotten the gtound work for Jonah; but when the last story was written the writer did not know that Nineveh had once been dalled. “Fish.” The original told that the fish had cast Jonah out, and the later writer not knowing about the city be- ing atone time named “Fish” in- vented the voyage. After telling of the discoveries I turned to a Chris- tian close by, and said: “I do not presume you will agree.” He replied: “{ have always been taught that the whale swallowed Jonah and have no reason to disbelieve.” What I wanted to say to Justice Robinson is: that millions .of Chris- tiams ‘today believe the whale story. ‘Representative A. G. Divet in his address at Grand Forks where an or: ganization was formed to oppose the Nonpartisan League, not a farmers organization but as a cloak for so- cialism, gave an indictment of A. E. Bowen, chief clerk of the house, and at one time socialist candidate for governor. Mr. Bowen was A. C. Townley's right ‘bower during the session and is now in the field or- ganizing the farmers of the state. ‘Here is Divet on ‘Bowen: I want to appeal to you gentlemen who know this man, and I want to ask you who do not know him, to look upon him and determine wheth- er | am not right in the statement that the face was no pleasant pros- pect to look upon; and each day, as the man chosen by the law of the state and by the dictates of wisdom and decency of the Christian nations of the world performed his part of the duty this cock-eyed son of Jezebel jecred and sneered and scoffed and mocked at God while His blessings upon,the assembled were being in- vokef, No greater insult than the presence of this man in the attitude that he assumed was ever cast in the face ‘of an assembly of representa- tives of a freeborn Christian people. Not Ultra Religious. ; I am not ultra-religious myself. do not carry around with me a suffii- ent burden of the stock of Christian ity to hamper me seriously in my progress in the daily affairs of life; but I ‘believe, in common with the rest of the Christian world, in a fair, decent, orderly observation of the re- ligion of the country and of fair de- jcent, orderly respect for God and for his ministers and for the law of the state that provides that such minis- ters representing such God shall be part of the government of the state; out we sat in patience and we endur; ed and we held our peace and accept- to day the mockery. Watched Demonstration. “After watching this demonstration it was not long before we were as ed the insult and watched from day; SS ee A. G. Divet Indicts Chief Clerk Bowen ecccocccnscccccccecescconesswoorocescesoncowewee ered fully convinced of the presence of the religious aspect of Socialism as well as of its political aspect. I am glad to observe that this man of whom I speak, together with his co-workers, is here to hear what I have to say. I have contended, ever since the call- ing of this meeting was advocated, that, when it was called, it must be free and open to the world, that all could come and see and hear. I had nothing to say at this meeting that I was ashamed to say and have the world know. 1 had nothing to say of any man who might ‘be at the meeting that I was disinclined that he, as well as the world, should hear and I know; and I say, therefore, I am glad this man and these men are here, laying aside all question of the good taste which has prompted them to come and place themselves down as the hosts amidst the delegates that are invited here to deliberate, [ am glad to see them, because I have some other things that I want to say in connection with them and about them; and whatever else they may say or have said about me none of them have said or will say that [ have ever had anything that I desired to get out of my system that 1 was not willing to say to the face of them and every other man. . : “Strange to behold, after the ac- tions of this man, as 1 have described them ‘before a band of Christian men representing a Christian nation, I saw him day after day, when the recess and the intermission came, leave his official post and go down into the aisles and the corridors of the capitol and put the bridle on free born men, representatives of the free people of this country, and, drive them at his pleasure hither,and thither, and yon to do his bidding and follow his com- mand, Yea, strange to say, I saw Christian men, members of that or- ganization, Christian men followers of the crucifix, bare thejr back to the whip and accept the scourge at the hand of the athiest boss, onable. ‘That the story of the flood was one; also the Garden of Eden. ‘My belief for the Garden story is founded 6n the fact that as many tablets have been found in the old palaces on which is shown a_ tree with a man on one side and a woman on the other, some of these show the serpent, It explained, too, that the same word ysed in after time as ser- pent, was formerly used for desire, and what the woman did say was: “my desire tempted me and I did eat.” Howeyer, I will allow the just- ice to pass on the latter. . —JAMBS W. FOLEY. : Card of Thanks, We wish to express our heartfelt thanks to the society of Elks, the U. C. T. and Mason fraternities, the friends and citizens of Bismarck, also for the beautiful floral offerings and the services and expression of sym- pathy, which: were so _ generously showered upon us during our recent sorrow in the loss of our husband, father and brother, Jay A. Vale. Mrs. Jay A. Vale,Son, Brothers and Sisters, | | “The Truant Soul,” cight-act su- jPer-feature, with Henry Walthall, at j the Bismarck and Orpheum theatres tonight. SALE OF LAND NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That under authority of an Order of Sale granted by the Honorable H. C. Brad- Jey, Judge of the County Court of the County of Burleigh, in the State of North Dakota, dated the 16th day of April, 1917, the‘undersigned, the ad- ministrator of the estate of Lucy A. Fish, late of the City of East Moline, in the County of Rock Island and State of North Dakota, deceased, will sell at private sale to the highest Did- der, for cash, subject to confirmation by the Judge of said County Court, the following described land, to-wit: ..Lots Thirty-one (31) and Thirty- two (32), of Block Ninety (90) of Mc Kenzie & Coffin's Addition to Bis- marck, North Dakota, according to the plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the register of deeds of Burleigh County, North Dakato. The sale will be made on or after tne 14th day of May, 1917. All bids must jbe in writing and may be left at the office of Newton, Dullam & Young, in the City Nation- al Bank Building, Bismarck, Norta Dakota, or filed with the judge of said County Court, or delivered to the undersigned personally. RICHARD E, FISH, Administrator of the (state of Lucy A. Fish, Deceased Dated April 17th, 1917, 4:17, 24, May 1, 8 “The Truant . Soul,” eight-act su- per-feature, with Henry ‘Walthall, at the Bismarck and Orpheum theatres tonight. TOO LATE 10 CLASSIFY WANTED—Second cook; man ot woman. Homan’s Cafe. 4-17-2t WANTED—Girl for general house- work. 6 Avenue B. A-17+tE WANTED. — Dressmaking. Phone 325K; 310 Seventh St. 4-17-3t FOR SALE—Seed oats; a lot of Swedish Select oats, 1915 crop. George D. Brown Co., Eismarck. * 417—mws WANTED—Pasture land. Want to lease quarter section pasture land, fenced, with running water; near Bismarck. George D. Brown Co., ‘Bismarck. 4-17-mws, WANT TO BUY FORD CAR, in fair condition. Address Box 256, Bis- marck, N. D. 4-17-mws WANTED—Typewriter. Want to buy standard type writer; first-class condition; cheap, for cash. Box 256, Bismarck. Af-mni FOR RENT—Furnished room. That many of the sto: on modern house. Will fix. for MAROONED ON TOP OF BARN. FOR A WEEK Homesteaders in Missouri Sot- toms Have Exciting Ex- perience with Flood. ‘Marooned on top of a barn with nought but horses, cattle and hogs for company; with the waters of the Big Muddy surging within a few feet of them, and frantic deer fighting for a foothold on their place of vantage, “Slim Jim” (Macdonald and Andy An- derson, homesteaders in the bottoms near Sibley island, had a weird story to tell Henry Rhud and E. R. Prasch- el, when the latter motor-hoated down from Bismarck on Sunday to see how things were going. Macdonald and Anderson have been through high water before. Their barn, with e strong, flat roof, had been especially constructed to with- stand the flood. When the waters began to rise, about ten days ago like Noah the First, Slim Jim and his partner led their horses and their cows and their little herd of porkers up an inclined plane which led to the top of an icwhonse, andithenge to the roof of the ‘bara adjoinin: She flood came on more swiftly than they had anticipated, and hardly had the last animal stepped from the top of the icehouse to the roof of the barn, when the ice-house floated away on . the breast of the tide, Higher and higher the waters rose. The homesteaders’ cabin was almost completely submerged. 'No food was available except that. which they had brought with them to their refuge. They had a boat, but it, was tied at the mouth of Apple creek, and a rag- ing torrent barred the way to it. There was no Possibility of making a fire. The homesteaders were warm- ly clad, but they suffered intensely from the biting cold. At one time they saw a herd of 12 deer, driven out of the bush by the inundation, struggling in the icy wa- ters. - All but one reached dry land in safety. Fortunately, there was lit- tle ice in the waters surrounding their shelter, and it stood fast, Rhud and Praechel on Sunday brought food and good cheer and when they re- turned they had with them Anay :An- derson and the latter’s boat, in which he returned yesterday’ with provi- sions and supplies. The waters’ have receded, and only a sea of sticky mud remains. The homesteaders’ total loss in the adventure amounts to sev- en chickens, which refused to stay put and went down to @ watery grave, SSS He Quit Cigarettes Has Gained Welents Feels Like New an Up to three years ago, Ralph Dickey, who lives in Rock Falls, had been smoking \ incessantly. Every day he rolled a five-cent package of tobacco into cigarettes and consumed. them. His health was seriously impaired. Then he read a free book, soon got completely rid of the cigarette habit’ and has improved wonderfully and has saved a tot of money, Anyone who wants to clear nico- tine poison out of his system (wheth- er he ‘smokes cigarettes, or Mt af ‘ > 4 ; why et , | y iloes te ieee - Pa ' esto wt