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$00. ge ome FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1917. THE TRIBUNE Matered at the Pestoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class Matter. [68UED EVERY DAY EXCEPT SUNDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN| ADVANCE Oully, Dy mail or carrier, Per MONth ..,,.....cereveees F cd Dally, by mail, one year in | North Dakota ...... - 4.00 6.00 Daily, by mail outside of North Dakota, one year ,,... Dally, by mail outside of North Dakota, three months. 1.50) Daily, by mail in North Dakota i three months ........+ «© 1.25 Weekly, by mail, per year 1.50 Member Audit Bureau of Circulation THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPSR | ___CHistadlished 1878) | WEATHER REPORT For 24 hours ending at noon, April 27: Temperature at 7:00 a. m. . Temperature at noon Highest yesterday . Lowest terday . ‘Lowest last night .. Precipitation { ee oat None| Highest wind velocity NE | Forecast. | For North Dakota: Cloudy tonight; ; Saturday probably fair: continued! cold. Lowest | Temperatures | Fargo + 28. | Williston ... 8 Grand Forks 26 | Pierre i 3 | St. Paul . 34 { Winnipeg 26 Helena 30 Chicago 42 Swift Current 28 | Kansas City 40 San Francisco . 52 \ ORRIS W. ROBERTS | + |! Meteorologi: | Coe eee See eee od Humility is the altar upon 4; “% which God wishes that we should offer him his sacrifices. “% —LaRochefoucauld. a a oe Se oe WAR-CHILDREN-DEMOCRACY. This is an editorial with two hy- phens, War has had its beneficent results in England upon children and upon the cause of democracy. Sh ARM exposed nafional weaknesses and short-comimgs, bitter as the cost has ‘Heeht2ane'' we are no apologist for wat. “War-Children-Democracy” is hyphenated title of a few observa- tions on the other and brighter side of this. world conflict for a survival of ideals, and the suppression of tyr- anny. England's national scandal has been her 200,000 children forced to leave.school at thirteen years of age for. ‘purpose of commercial ex- nldilasioh. ‘They were truly dren:jof;the abyss.” The—war-has shown up in tragic - proportions, the inequality of classes and now that a great national crisis has banished arbitrary distinctions, the necessity for protecting and con- serving the child is most apparent. Democracy in England in some of its aspects serves better the ends of representative government than in America, responding more readily to the will of the people, but in matters of social altruism, England is dec- ades behind the United States. Her masses have ‘been neglected. The squalor and poverty have been a na- * tional scandal. ''Toya George, haled now as savior) of a-nation, was re- viled by the idle and privileged class- es, when he championed pressing so- cial reforms. But war is forcing reforms impos- sible in the piping times of peace. (England is bringing to these prob- lems the same vigor and intensity of action that has made her govern- ment a model democracy. The spirit of democracy which per- meates governmental action, insists now that the brains and the bodies of the masses have ample opportunity to attain vigor and full development. The war which necessitated a stock- taking of the man power, revealed among the various classes a decad- ence attributable directly to govern- mental indifference to the social wel- fare. Problems considered element- ary in the United States and Canada remained unsolved in England until the war put Lloyd George in a posi- tion to insist upon a democracy that would emancipate all classes. War has been a great leveler in England. It is revolutionizing the en- tire educational system. The age of exemptions to compulsory education- al training is being advanced and for the child worker continuation schools are being agitated, where the wage earner can devote a portion of the time to fitting himself for life's struggle. England is finding that these social reforms ignored through the centu- ries is the best insurance against the fearful ravages of war, because when the danger comes, there is man- hood and national stamina to draw upon. These social betterments also are the best measures for reconstruc- tion after the war that Great Britain can urge. “The Englishman is realizing, too, that the active minds must be select- ed among the youth and even at pub- lic expense trained through the high- ,er and as one great Lon- i i i a | { i \ In |Of these 75, or nearly 60 per cent,| the! needed the services of a hero, 75 of -) Russia to assist in framing a consti- ‘Here is) don newspaper states: “Rise to the top of the tree.” Democratic statesmanship in Eng- land has no greater duty outside the} defense of the Empire, than to pre-! pare the masses for the new democ- racy which victory will inevitably bring forth If this conservation wave ever hits} LET WOMEN DECIDE. North Dakota will’ have to meet; the suffrage issue again. Like Ban-j| quo’s ghost, it will not vanish. The most equitable way would be a cial referendum of the women. they desire it, no one will withhold the ballot from them, Put it is a serious question in the{ opinion of the Tribune whether the | women of North Dakota want equal suffrage. It has been the experienc in other states that women are different and prefer to exert their in-} fluence upon public affairs throagi | the home rather than at the polls. | In 1895, Massachusetts provided for | a referendum on the issue restricted | to women. Out of 000 female + voters onl 204 were interested enough to cast an affrmative answer. spe other words less than four per! cent desired the vote. It would be interesting to know) whether the women of this state de-, isire to acquire the privileges of suf | frage any more than their sisters in! Massachusetts. Billy Sunday thinks America stands | a good chance to break up that Ich} und Gott combination. H LEARN TO SWIM. Heroism is a most commendable quality. The Carnegi Hero Fund! commission encourages it by grant- ing medals and gifts of cash to live | heroes or to the near surviving reta-! lives for others,. i for the exercise of it. In the last annual report of the) Hero Fund commission there are 127] case had to do with drownings. That is to say, out of 127 cases where persons in such peril of their lives that they them probably would have taken care of themselves and never gotten into the record if they had been able to swim, The moral is obvious: Teach your boy and your girl to swim, and learn ; to swim yourself. on his way to Lincoln Steffens tution for the new republic. jtives of heroes who sacrifice their| Just the same, if heroism consists | launch in the picturesque struggle to save) through a union of the Sociali janother’s life from fire or flood or| Russia and Germany. H accident, there is too much of it or,/ lution in Russia, the German Social | rather, there is too much opportunity | ists have been ¢ | Hohenzollerns. of rewarded heroism recorded. | ists surged about the public build- a chance for Townley to get in the limelight by forwarding a copy of House Bill 44 to the Duma. REACTION NATURAL. Revolution has reduced Rus: military enigma. | being has been reduced in the transi- | tion from an autocracy to a de facto government which in its present a to a{ Elihu Root's calibre. ; Doubtless her power for the time | Clos ling a controlling influence ‘tions into even closer and more cord SHIES CLEAR OF TH RECRUITING OFFICE, Ett, HE'S Too FAT FOR A HOME GUARD" THEY COULDNT MAKE A UNIFORM BIG ENOUGH FOR HIM ,PooR. MAN! ym NOT TOO FAT TO BUY ONE OF THESE, HEH! HEH! HEH I! a separate peace propaganda | of Since the rev ‘ourted openly by the] “Down with the war” was the cry, heard in Petrograd the revolution} ings. Russian soldiers were advised! to fraternize with their “German) brothers.” Some of it was sincere.| but most of it the work of German spies doing the bidding of the reac- tionaries. It is comforting to note that the! saner forces seem to be gaining the upper hand over the utopians. The Zemstevos, the county organizations which kept agitation for reforms ys, are axert-! in this critical hour. It is beginning to dawn upon the less radical revolutioni that a separate p with Germany would mean a restoration of the Ro- manoffs, President Wilson has acted wisely} in sending a commission to Russia at} this time, headed by a statesman of alive during the dark da United States and Russia have been e friends and doubtless a war mission can de much to stabilize con-| ditions there and bring the two al relations. 4 form cannot be definitely classified | | except that it is of strong democratic! tendencies and promises a more vig-! Next Door says, of the reports of food shortage in view in} The Girl |orous prosecution of the war against | Prussianism. : Good features and bad ones are in- evitably attendant on any govern- ment upheaval, but the balance when for good. The supreme stupidity of the old regime could hardly be worse than the uncertainty of the new. It was only natural that the pent- up enthusiasm should give forms of radicalism and impossible utopianism. Half serf, half free, Rus- sia must work out its revolution dif- ferently from England and France. There is no historical yardstick to ap- ply to the Russian crisis. be a reign of terror and then on the other hand the Slav, as is easily con- ceivable, may give history a new sensation in the handling of revolu- tions. The revolution is the result of years of strife. Siberia’s snows were Stained with the blood of patriots who died that Russia might emerge free in 1917 in the midst of a world catastrophe. Should Russia repeat the mistakes of France in her struggle for eman- cipation, then the heavier our load. in what Russia does. It may become a seething cauldron, as France was, unable to conquer the extremists and impotent against the Teutons now mobilizing in greater numbers in the vicinity of the Dvina. The discipline of the Russian army doubtless has suffered. Soldiers rest- ive under more than two years of in- competent leadership and treachery, have committed acts of indiscretion inimical to the cause of the Allies. conduct of the war and, of course, the Germans are making the most of the opportunity. ProGerman influences have trans- ferred their machinations from the deposed (Romanoffs to the ists with considerable success, : are making good use of the 1 to There may} {will enlist next week, | Ida and Boise Smith visited their) The United States has a vital interest) Conditions have been adverse to the) { i | | { it has been definitely struck, will be] | | | {the navy. vent in| Germany, she can quite understand why the kaiser's fate depend greatly on the Prussian diet. i HEBRON NEWS | ———--U | Last Sunday afternoon, Hermann | Reetz and John Bender left to join They were given a royai farewell. The band was out in uni- form and enlivened the occasion by, rendering several patriotic selections. More than two hundred people were Pe nen nn nn nnn nnn nn rn nnn nnn re The Day at the State House en on nnn nn nnn nnn nt FIFTH AMONG TRACTOR STATES} of it except in horseflesh, which is the line and Nori Dakota, according to the} worth $136 north of monthly crop report of the United| $152 the head south of it | eR OS States department of agriculture, | aka ae Meat ‘ bites Couldn't Run Over Ice—Ace ranks fifth in ownership .of farm) ¢4 Supt. T. Keating of the Great, tractors, in commission and of clear-| Northern that road is between the devil and the deep sea in connection with the operation of trains on its ly established ownership. Of these iron horses 2,137 are in active ava ! ; a ttl 1 aaa | Forbes branc “Some of the people ce in v1 Dakota. [inois wi Noreh aes uy Sie | wished to retain the water and hamp-| St ne and others insist that we rum ! train when our tra are washed }out and covered with ice,” writes the ¢{ superintendent, in explaining that | during the time when Forbes was hout train service, as per its re ent protest to the railway commis- LAND The ‘North ments is States be worth jyears ago the same land could have} 2. VALUES iNCREASE.— average, Value of an acre oO} Dakota fsoil’ without improve- stimated by the United department of agriculture to} $31 today, whe Es | under two feet of water and ice, due Improved land! to the backing up for a mile of flood cere, as compared , Waters. Judging from Superintend- and the average ent Keating's letter this water would © in| have not accumulated but for local been bought for is worth $39 the th $80 in 191 price for all land is $33 the acr ne Ps 1917, as again: 0 in 1916, The /OPPosition io a proper drainage sys average price of Montana unim- | tem. tear ae proved lands are worth Wants His Oats Back—A Carring- MEAT ON HOOF HIGH.— ton banker who delivered his oats to April hogs in North Dakota -are:@ local elevator and got a storage worth $12.10 per hundred pounds, | ticket for the grain, later sold some while one year ago they brought but|Of the same crop to another elevator $7.40, states the current monthly at 57 cents. He then offered the first crop report of the United States de-jelevator the oats stored therein at partment of agriculture, In South|the same price, and asked that the Dakota the same ‘ogs are worth /srain, if not wanted at that figure, 3.20, in Nebraska $13.70, and in/be delivered to his order at Wood- $13.80. A hundred pounds of!worth, A saucy letter in reply said Dakota beef this. year are!among other things: “I will say that r. Flank will not stand for you dic- ak & worth $7.40 cents, while last year the, ice was $5.80, South Dakota beef tating to him as to how to run his bringing $8.50 the hundred this} business, as he is not doing it to you. year as against $6.70 last year, and! As to delivering this oats we have the in Nebraska the same critter is worth | privilege of delivering this oats eith- $9.40. April mutton in North Dakota er at Minneapolis, Duluth or at Wood- bringing $8.20 the hundred, com-} worth, which ever we choose. So I pared with $5.40 last year, and in/can pay you for this oats today 55 South Dakota the respective prices'cents and deduct whatever storage are $9.40 and $ Hay and all oth-|there is on ‘same.” Having since er forms of forage are bringing bet-: asked for a storage ticket at Minne- ter prices in North Dakota than injapolis or Duluth and having received South Dakota, but after it is turned!in reply a letter advising him that he into meat the South Dakota product, can have his oats at Woodworth, the has a considerable shade the better | banker has taken exceptions to this five | Sion, the Great Northern tracks were | It is possible that no more drama- tie scene has ever been staged in the |house of. representatives than when} Miss Rankin, casting her initial vote in the lower body, interrupted the roll call to say, in thirteen words, that she could not vote for war. The clerk of the house called Miss Rankin’s name four times before she} responded, The roll is always called twice in the house, the second call being for absentees on the «rst call. Put M n was ‘present when !her name was first read. “Miss Rankin,” droned Haltigan, the reading clerk, Patrick J. There | Rankin!” he repeated in a tone. actically every member in the house turned toward the seat where the “lady from Montana” sat. Those} in the galleries leaned forward. Miss Rankin evidently under great | mental distress. Her appearance was {that of a woman on the verge of a }breakdown. She clutched at her | throat repeatedly wand then she| brushed back her hair, looked-upwara | fat the stained-glass ceiling, and | rubbed her eyes and cheeks nervous- y. She ped and unclasped her s one does under the stress; 1al_ emotion. Rankin’s name was_ passed st roll call proceeded, Mi and the first “Uncle Joe” Cannon, entering the ! chamber, learned that Miss Rankin, | though present, had failed to vote. He spoke to her and is understood j to have said: ' “Little woman, you cannot afford not to vote, You represent the wom- anhood of the country in the Amer! | can congr I shall not advise you how to vote, but you should vote one s your conscience called the clerk. s rd in her} at, then dropped backward with a, j lock of helplessness upon her face. | “Miss Rankin,” repeated the cle The woman member from tana rose slowly to her feet. Every was turned upon her, Sine ayed | slightly her hands groped for the; back of the seat in front, Her hand: found it, and her fingers closed spas- modically as she steadied herself. “I want to stand by my country but f cannot vote for war,” Miss Ran- kin said. She looked straignt ahead, staring }at nothing in particular, Her voice | trailed off into a sort of sob Miss Rankin flung herself back into the} seat, pressed her forehead and began vere w: a lillle appiause, ja of excifed conversation and then silence over the chamber once more. A woman had for the first Mon- The Congresswoman. A Drama in Thirteen Words Act 1. time in the nation’s history partici- pated in a legislative referendum, on war.—N. Y, Times, April 7th. The inference is plain—Miss Ran- kin placed above country the imme- morial instinct, the eternal grievance, of woman against war, Hers was the decision of emotion, of sex. The pathos of her action recalls the piti- ful complaints of Hecuba, of Andro- mache, of Cassandra against war's cruelty to women, in “The Trojan Women” of Euripides, When Euri- pides wrote, four centuries before Christ, the opposition of women to war, the deep and bitter conscious- ness of its terror and its outrage as it affected them, ‘was already a theme of literature. Miss Rankin’s vote and her emotion prove that the motive is still strong. It is as old as the world —nor do the men of the world honor women the less for their emotional attitude in the matter. However, the honor which Ameri- can judgment will accord to Miss Rankin as a woman is an impeach- ment of her value as a representa- tive in congress. Naturally the bus- iness of the representative is to act upon deliberate judgment, upon pa- triotism, upon a firm consideration of what is best and most honorable for the nation. It is a representa- tive’s business to stand with the country. If it is a question of war, the representative, if he believes it to be for the interest of the nation, votes for a course which may mean the sacrifice of ‘iis own life, or what may be much dearer to him than his life, that of his only son. He votes to bring upon his personal head woes as profound as those of Cassandra. That is patriotism and public spirit. In our age of the world, many nobie women invite these sorrows without a murmur, without a tear. They place the need of country above their own need, above taeir own happi- ness. For tnis they are honored K.; above all other women. But this Miss Rankin does not do. Putting aside not only her duty as a representative but what should be her predominant devotion to her country, she harks back to Cassandra and “The Trojan Women,” and votes “no,” because her feminine emotions will not per- mit her to say “yes” to war. The incident, which all must re- spect, is a new proof that the parti- cipation of women in public affairs may, if it is to be deemed an advan- ge, be one which is purchased at the price of less deliberation, less judgment, less patriotism in the set- tlement .of our puplic affairs, and more emotion, more sighs, more eames Transcript (Editor- lal), method of doing. business, and he so advises the railway commission, which has the matter under consider- ation. oe Buford Wants Service—Buford strenuously objects: to the “Skiddo” service which the Great ‘Northern is giving between that town and Willis- ton, the county seat. Some years ago, it is said, a protest was received because No, 8 no longer stopped at Butord to receive or discharge pas- sengers. At that time, it is reported, the commission instructed the Great Northern to stop No. 3,at Buford to discharge passengers. Recently, ac- cording to this complaint, No. 3 has ceased stopping, altogether, and as a result visitors to Williston who leave Buford on the “Skiddoo” in the even- ing must remain all of next day in Williston, then travel through Buford to ‘Mondak and drive back or spend a second night in Williston. “And Mondak,” writes the complaint, “with the clean-up of the saloon business, is not a fit place for women and chil- dren to be compelled to wait in.” Removing the Cause. “Don’t you want to hire a feller to keep the ‘tramps away, Mrs. Sub- bubs?” asked the small boy, “How can a little fellow like you keep the tramps away?” demanded Mrs. Subbubs, Qe. “Easy enough,” replied the boy, “I kin eat up all theypie”an’: cake an’ things wot’s left: overt siJudge, Nice Family. . Mrs. Snappen (who has ‘been suf- fering from toothache), Thank good- Rene, T’ve had that tooth taken out at ast. Snappen—Happy tooth! Mrs, S.—-What do you mean? S.—It's out of reach of your tongue. Hard to Tell. Little Gertrude’s father had an- swered her questions’ patiently, but he was ‘becoming exasperated. Final- ly she said: “What do you do at the office all day, daddy?” Daddy’s patience gave way. CALL MEETING NEXT. WEEK With the return of C. C. Wattamj, chairman of the committee on fin- ances for the ‘Bismarck baseball team, to ‘Bismarck yesterday from | Linton, announcement was made this morning by Commissioner Kirk that a baseball meeting will be called of the season will be scheduled for 2 at the station to honor the boys who were leaving to take active service} under the Stars and Stripes. It is} said that three more Hebron boys! | sister Elsie, in Di son last Satur-| day and Sunday. While there Boise was examined for enlistment in the’ navy but was rejected because of | slightly defective sight. | The members of the Forum socict; defeated in the contest held last week entertained the other members; of the society at a banquet in the! high school gymnasium Tuesday} evening. After the spread a number of impromptu toasts were given. The| remainder of the evening was spent} in playing games and having a gen- eral good time. This event closed the work of the Forum for the year. Architect Van Horn of Bismarck, | met the Hebron schoolboard at the| First National bank last Saturday! evening to discuss the plans for a! new school building. Tentative floor} plans were submitted and approved.) (Mr. Van Horn was authorized to) work out the detailed plans. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kellar are the proud parents of a big baby girl who arrived on Tuesday. Raised Telephone Rates—Protests have been received from Crary against the raising of telephone rates without a hearing before the state railway board and authority from that body. Rates were boosted from; $1.25 to $1.50. The manager of the exchange, questioned about it, ad- vises that board that she regarded $1.50 the month as a standard for local ’phone rates and believed no hearing on an increase to this. stand- ard necessary. The board probably witt'conelude differently, as the laws are explicit on this subject. le Ra Trio Whose Stewardship Electors Approved R. C, BATTEY Y HON. A. W. LUCAS Commissioner of Finance 0 President City Commission With the return to the city com-j marked period of development. Great mission of President A. and Commissioners R.°C. Battey and | city ¢ Ne is Chris Bertsch, Jr., gencral satisfac- | city Commission found no local prece- tion is expressed in the assurance |dent to guide them have been under- that the large improvement projects | taken during the last four years, and in which the city has embarked are| have been handled wisely and effi to be carried to completion by the} ciently. The taxpayers’ money -has same able board under. which tiey | been husbanded; no increfise has been originated. * made in the tax levy, -throye: Messrs. Lucas, Battey and Bertsch} able management, ant c havé. served the city in its most | ever-increasing < maa Ramen Fe Panta nem ey Re ot ae Lucas} enterprises in whose direction ther} Kept within the fixed income. expenses, the cost ofits needs and anticipates them. | ‘Decoration day, it is planned. | i | CHRIS BERTSCH, JR. Fire and Police Commissioner ; municipal. housekeeping has been The city evidenced its appreciation of this good stewardship when by some time next week. The first game | ‘Bp large majorities it decreed that the three reétiritig commissioners retain their stewardship. In his inaugural} message Mayor A. ‘W. Lucas coneise-| ly sums up that which has been done, and that y.there is, to be dene. | He I ‘the’ future, percel EBabbie: ives mafty the? ,, “Oh, nothing,” he said, 4 Gertrude pondered over this an- Swer for a moment. Then she re- turned valiantly to the charge, “But how do you know when you have finished?” she asked. Tit For Tat, _ “Miss Prim says that joke you told is as old as the hills.” “I suppose she heard it when she was a girl.” Takes a Strong Wind, Too. When the Spanish-American war broke out, in April, 1898, two Irish- men were at work on a new asphalt Pavement, being laid in Washington street, when one stopped handling his Pick and glanced up at the court- house tower, where a flag was wav- ing. “What's the use of putting a fla; there?” the man auestioned, “The wind will whip it to pieces.” “Yes, but the wind’s the only thing that can whip it,” was the other's quick reply. The Differential. In Western Kansas, at a conven- tion, a man telephoned a friend out in the country. He talked an unreas- e. “How much?" he asked. “One dollar, please,” she said. “One dollar,” he cried. “Why, in Chicago I could telephone to hades ‘)and back for ten cents,” “Why, certainly; but that is within the city limits,” she replied.—Puck, The Application. The Bishop (at the (Dimpleton’s dinner table): Yes, my friends, it is one of my firm beliefs that we never are given more than we can bear. Bobbie: In that case, mama, I think 1 could hold another plate of icecream.—Life. All Right Within. The grocer’s boy was lumbering up the kitchen stairway with his arm full _of packages. seas aaa the mistress of the ise, somewhat sharply, “‘ feet clean?”. ete ne “Yes’m,” he answered. still climb- ing the stairs, “It’s that’s dirty."—Puck. er hoes . To Even Up With Dad. will you- please like to be dad's fate S aEnEEEEenEemmeeeemnemeend-amen ieee y ab