The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 11, 1917, Page 4

FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1917. @ntered Pestotice, Bismarck, N. (9BUED EVERY DAY EXCEPT SUNDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Wally, by mail, one year orth Dakota Daily, by mail outside of peek Dakota, hortthye secon 6.00 mail outside o: Nuith Dakota, three months, 1.60 Daily, by mail in North Dakota three months ....... 1.25 ‘Weekly, by mail, per year . 1.50 Member Audit Bureau of Circulation LDEST NEWSPAPER @HR STATES 01 z NE a per mont Ne WEATHER REPORT. For 24 hours ending at noon May 11; Temperature at 7 a. m.. 39 Temperature at noon e 7 Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday Lowest last night Precipitation ‘Highest wind velocity . - None Forecast. For North Dakota: Fair tonight) and Saturday; not much change in temperature. Lowest. ‘Temperatures Fargo ..... ve 38 Wilkston 36 Grand Forks 36 Pierre 44 St. Paul 46 Winnipeg 32 ‘Helena 40. Whicago 44 Swift Current . 44 Kansas City = San Francisco .- 48 ‘¢ ROBERTS, 't. IMeteordgolist. OP SSS SES ETE TES OS Work for immortality if you @ @ will; then wait for it—Hol + @ land. o CO SSSCSEEOSOOOOOHOS SS NOTHING TO FEAR. Langer’s mysterious sojourn , at Camp Frazier may be explained ere long. Surely he has nothing to fear fot doing his duty at Minot. of .course, the credit, for -the raid rests with the states »attorney of Ward ecounty,;swho, planned the crusade against Vite.’ i It tsa matter of record that At- torney General Langer appeared at the psychological moment, accompan- fed by a staff correspondent of the Courier-News. Every provision was ‘ made for the widest publicity. Then followed Langer’s sudden de- parture from the city. Just why,’ he does not tell, but the press agent: is busy and the impression 'is given that the citizens of Minot are so incensed oy thg housecleaning that they are Uanger bodily harm, adele \s,,a hurried conference in ‘SGo¥ddddd! raziér’s office. Langer “beats it” toward; the ‘Missouri rivery; sbridge in childlike ignorance that it is under guard, stumbles over, accord- ing to Major Wright, into the danger zone and, in the vernacular, is “pinch- ed.” What an opportunity for a movie scenario writer. Too had the entire escapade was not filmed for the state “hysterical” records under the cap- tion: “Vice pursuing Virtue.” The public is enjoying the theatri- cal stunts of the attorney general immensely. Surely it ought to get something “from its $60,000 legal department. A little vaudeville and burlesque might satisfy. the taxpayers in Jieu of the legal services they are “paying so dearly for. No more face powder in France. French women are not likely to be bothered by a little thing like that at _ this stage of the game. TRAIN FOR FARMING. Greatest difficulties about the farm- ing situation are high cost of seed, scarcity of farm labor and thie un- trained condition of much of the labor that is volunteered for farming. From New York it is reported that out of hundreds volunteering to tne mayor's committee to do farm work, “perhaps a majority” are unfit be- cause they know nothing of farmire. Farming is no job for untraimed men. Farming is a trade. The dept farming requires special educa'‘on and special training. But enough training to make men fit to help on farms can te given quickly. Just now the whole nation is calling for men to work the land. Perhaps later there may be selective service for farms, just as we are to have it for the trenches, But we cannot wait. We must hurry ani ge: men into training as fast as they volunteer. This newspaper suggests that at once the county set up a training school for farm help—call it a traim ing farm, a training camp, or what- ever name seems best. It must be a place to train men for farm work. Every county owns a farm of some kind. Let this county land be put to real use now. This whole work of organizing a “training camp for farmers can be done in a week. At the end of that time the soldief® of the farms can be * learning their work. Their manual of drill will be the |: May, 16. seccce covecees 4.00 proper use and handling of farm tools, THE TRIBUNE the care of livestock, knowledge of farm crops and their cultivation and harvest, and so on. This is serious work. There ia a great need for it. Liberty lovers of America will re- ‘joice that Russia is not to let license spoil her new freedom. es A TEN-YEAR.OLD HERO. This is an editorial about a 10-year- old boy who has won a medal for bravery. This boy is Michael Ravolefe and he lives in East Hartford, Conn. Little Michael saw a robin hanging by a leg high in a tree. The bird __|had carried « piece of string up to use in nest building. Wind had tan- gled it about one leg and for two days the little harbinger of spring had been held a swaying prisoner. ed the robin. This was a great thing for a little boy to do, it is refreshing to read -10-E | of such a fine bit of youthful courage in these days of frightfulness. It is good, also, to read that the president of the humane society thought the deed worthy of a medal. It is such mingled courage and mercy in youth that makes brave. true men, Billy Sunday says New York is the most “economical” city he has met. Billy has discovered something. HYSTERIA OR BUNK. ' Just because the nation is at war with Germany is no reason for fool ish display of hysteria. The plowing up of parks and golf courses in sec- tions of the country where thous- ands of acres are idle is merely an evidence of national indiscretion. The planting of the local Northern Pacific park to potatoes, when ac ‘es within view along the right of wey are untilled recalls the story of the burning house where china was thrown out of the windows and feath- er mattresses carefully carried down the stairs. If the railroad seeks to impress its patrons with a deep and burning patriotism, it can do so much more effectively than by plowing up the small parks at the various stations. Thousands of acres in North Dako- {ta can be had for the asking, for garden purposes, hundreds of vacant lots are available to city residents and there is no need to spoil the few ornamental plots we have. Of course, the orders have been is- sued and doubtless, in spite of all that can be said and done, the local park, as well as others, will be ruth- lessly plowed up. If the raflroadg are seeking to in- stfillian example of patriotism by this aétfon, they have seriously misjudg- ; ed, the intelligence of the people. ¢ ici eee sees Germany apologizes to Argentina. Somebody'll get a calling down for that breach of iron discipline. IMAY BE PREMATURE. The sensational announcement by the head of the naval consulting board that an invention has been per- fected that will end the submarine menace and that within a few months the submarines wiJl be driven from the oceans, is interesting, but not convincing. Frankly, we are not only skeptical, we simply don’t believe it. Just why it should be announced to the world, including Germany, that the submarines are doomed to des truction, within a few months, something we cannot figure out. We doubt whether anybody else can fig- ure it out, including the man who made the announcement. It is significant that this statement was not made by the secretary of the navy, but fy the head of a semi- official bgard. s The effect on the country of suck a premature, cock-sure statement cannot but be bad. It will be time enough to boast of what we are going to do to the Ger man submarines when we have start- ed to do it. Mingled with the wars and rumors of wars, we now have our daily grist of revolts and rumors of revolts. An American has invented a gas bomb that fills the eyes with tears. We doubt, though, if even this would make the kaiser weep. —— Jorffe will personally see that Am- ericans are properly trained in France. “Papa” isn’t such a bad title for the old fighter, is it? ! Cleveland high school girls are wearing flags on their faces. If this keeps up, kissing the colors is going to become mighty popular. Countess of Warwick advises Eng- tates to the government, as has been done in Russia. ‘American land bar- ons, please take notice. Mabel Normand at the Orpieum to night. Over 200 ‘hildren in t * Gace Brae oes ke Michael climbed 75 feet and releas-, cover up plants with paper or mus- lish landlords to give their great es-! Soon it will be time to set out to- mato plants, from your cold frame, or, if you don’t sow any seed, from }a meighbor’s seed bed. Tomatoes} d egg plant are tropical plants and{ {will not stand the slightest touch ‘of frost. Cool weather is poison to ;them. That’s why they appear in ithe garden so late. A dozen plants will do for the av- jerage family if the garden space is ;small. Those plants will furnish, ‘enough for summer eating. More | plants will give you some to put away : for winter in cans or as ketchup. |. If. you transplant. seedlings early jbe on guard against cool nights and lin frames. If you transplant late it may be that the plants are more than a foot high and rather spindling in. appearance. Don’t attempt to set them deeply and maintain them in upright posi- tion, Remove al] except three or four topmost leaves about the growing point. ; Dig a shallow trench, about 3 or 4 inches deep, slightly sloping from a deep point at one side to the sur- Place the bare stem of tomato and | root in the trench, with the root at the deepest’ portion, cover the stem throughout its length with fresh soil, j and pack this firmly. | Under these conditions the plant will take root throughout the length | of the buried stem, and in a short} time the added root system thus giv-} en will force it into vigorous growth. face of the ground at the other. en will force it into vigorous growth. (Editor’s Note: This is the third and jlast installment of an open lettetsagdnessed to Governor Walter D. nt of Jud. ptions to ai’ made by the chief executive in his Cupper Un- ion address, delivered in New York several weeks ago under Social- istic auspices.) Your organization ‘ltambasts every- body and everything. The poor bank- er, however, seems to be the most terrible octopus of them all. Do you know that debt is an evidence of pros-} perity? [sn’t it obvious that if there were no need for banking institutions there would likewise be no prosperity? Your organizers tell of the terrible interest rates paid by the farmers. Do you know, sir, that the country banks in North Dakota have bent ev-! ery effort to get mobile money to come into the state, paying up to six per jcent interest on time deposits? Why do they do this? Is it simply because they want this money to look at? You well know it is to have money te.loan when people ask for it. Now, what do people get for eight or ten per cent interest when they borrow a few hun- dred dollars at the bank? Did it ever occur to you that your bank keeps! your account, furnishing you with pass book and checks, giving you a balance and statement each month? Did you ever go to your banker and have him draw you a contract, make you a deed, pay your taxes and did he! j charge you anything for this service?! After a while you would wake up to the fact that you owed your banker | something and would find that the cnly way you could pay him was to; borrow a few hundred dollars at ten per cent interest, (you would find that} {then you were paying only 4 per cent to the banker, the difference being what the banker was paying for the money) and then you would be abie’ to pay up some of your past due ac- counts also, be able to do your busi- ness on a cash basis. After this ex-} perience, would you feel broader and bigger, or would you feel that some- one had robbed you? Do you know | are just as safe as the city banks where only from three to four per cent is paid for deposits? And yet, your organization would so hamper and curtail the banking business that ‘olitgide money ‘ould ‘fot be se- you think; monéy can be this state’ by: legislation 2 On the:other hand, you or othe! 2 do know that this interest,rate is based upon supply and demand just the same as the price of other commodities. Therefore the interest will lower to the borrower just in proportion to the rate paid on savings, and the rate on savings will be based on the amount of savings ‘in proportion to the amount of loans. Would it be injurious to your organization to tell. these plain truths, or would it, do you think, in- jure the prospects of getting the $16 subscription to your league? Terminal Elevator Veto You vetoed a measure which pro- vided for the: building of a state-owned elevator, simply because this measure provided a way of paying for the ele- vator, a small tax. You did this be- cause your organization managers have led our people to believe they could issue bonds to almost any ex- tent for building and conducting state institutions for business and that the Powell on Intolerance that for eastern investors, our banks} few others are the guardians of the profits from these institutions would pay off this bonded indebtedness, in- cluding interest and there would be immense profits besides. Haye you heard of the man who counted his chickens: before they were -hatched; and aren’t you acting ‘accordingly? Yet, while you do not believe in paying as you go, you have the temerity of agitating the proposition that our gov- ernment should issue no bonds for the present war, but should, preferably confiscate the property of the very well-to-do, sufficient to cover the en- tire expense of the war. Would it not be just as reasonable for the state to confiscate all the property of farm- ers who are worth it, over say, $50,000 for the purpose of building a state- owned elevator? Your manager, Mr. Townley, (I quote from one:of the articles in the Country.Gentleman) says: “The mer- chants are fools, we cannot allow them to belong to our organization, because being so bright they will influence the farmers away:” I want to say to Mr. Townley, I have traveled in North Da- kota for 18 years and know the mer- chants do not talk politics, neither do they attempt to influence the farmers in any way. I have been a Republi- can that fought to elect John Burke governor of this state, in order, as [ felt, to break’ up the boss end of my party. Did you do this, Mr. Townley? Do you know that since our state or- ganization of all the sessions of our legislature, the membership has been over 70 per cent farmers? You say the merchant is cutting his own throat when he opposes you, can you name any merchant who is opposing you? Yet, I presume you would not admit the fact that you make this statement to intimidate the merchant. Mail Order Business You say the farmer is justified in sending to the great mail order house for his goods. Do you know that cus- tomers can come:to my store and buy a bill of goods for less than they can get thé same by sending to the mail) order house? Then on what ground do you maintain the justification of send- iffg away? A I bring in Mr. Townley, governor, because it seems Mr. Townley and a entrance to our capitol building, and I beg to speak to you all. You con- demn all parties, yet you condemn any| man who opposes your party. At the! same time you attempt to throttle the press, in fact you have already done so. Your socialist associates declaim | for the freedom of the people and the press. Instead of being upbuilders and educators, fou breed hate, envy, and selfishness. “When a man asks of you bread, you give him a ston These questions are asked you in all candor, They come from one who is net in politics, but stands for the up- building of our state and people, from one who believes in the dissemination of knowledge. The truth shall and will prevail. Our people must know some- thing of economic conditions together with knowledge of the building und manufacturing business. No man can know it all as to details but all can know generally. There is one thing to bear in mind, the great secret of suc- cess. is organization and management. You have the organization, now yet the managements that. believes in a square deal, that desires to. build up ond not down and: your: organization will prosper. Yours truly, —WALTER D. POWELL. = — CHAPLIN TO BE SEEN TONIGHT AT THE AUOITORIUK Municipal Theatre Becoming 2 Favorite With Motion Pic- ture Pans Charlie Chaplin stepped Into Bis- marck this morning, not in the flesh and blood role, but in the movies, and will be seen at the Auditorium this evening in two performances—7:30 and 9 o'clock—in “The Revue of 1916.” The Auditorium with its large num- ber of seats, excellent ventilating sys- tem, wide aisles and free from risk of fire danger, is becoming the favor- jte, motion picture house of the city; ‘m.the management books such at-) ing house for ‘It May Be Your Daugh- ter,’ of any house’ that has yet at- tended one of the popular motion pic- ture plays,” stated Manager Vesper- man this afternoon., “We are equally confident of another big house for ‘The Revue of 1916" this evening.” | 3 the highest priced film) secured by the Auditorium ‘management. The “stars” of the) movie world are to be seen in the) ‘best offerings of the day. Moreover, | when a movie is brought to the Aud-| ; itorium, the management: engages an} | orchestra for the evening, which adds to the pleasure of the patrons. Give No News of Peace Mission Copenhagen, May 11—German news- papers this morning publish no news , of the peace errand of the Danish| socialist Borgbjieg to Petrograd, or | the nature of the peace terms alleged to have been transmitted to Germany. | — ae | BOMBARD ZEEBRUGGE. Amsterdani, May 10.—English air- | rmWVe had the largest and best pay- planes bombardéd Zeebrugge this} morning. a? het itact | that this is a busy season for the lat- triple their price in “Love You Gave Me.” about. that may be yours! Special-Just Out! HREE records—all hits—the day's biggest successes! 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You certainly ought to call on him today, if only to hear the s an example of the real enjoyment SS JURYMEN FOR MAY TERM OF COURT CHOSEN Petit Jury Term for Burleigh County Opens at Courthouse Thursday May 31 MANY ‘CITY PEOPLE AMONG THOSE DRAWN) Bootlegging Offenses Most Im- portant Criminal Cases to Be Tried—Calendar Short Bootlegging offenses- are the most! important criminal cases to ‘be tried! at the petit jury term of court which | opens here Thursday morning, at 10{ o'clock, in the court house. The cal-j endar is the shortest in a number of; years. Clerk of Court Fisher late yester- day afternoon completed the work of selecting the names of the members j to serve on the petit jury and an- nounced the list this morning. Most of the 45 jurymen selected are resi- dents of the cities of the county and not farmers, probably due to the fact ter. Notices of summons were mailed out to the following, who will report on the foregoing date; List of Petit Jurymen. B. E. Jones, City. i Leonard Speaks, Cit: W. Di. Parker, City. B. F. Lane, Moffit. We scnig ‘ wammmmmebae Frank H. ‘Evarts, City. James C. Young, City. B. K. Skeels, Cit: E. J. Schultz, i Hugh Fortune, City. W. D. Perkins, Wilton, Arthur W. Snow, City. D. C.-Ramp, City. Ole Sather, City. ‘Fred Harding, Sterling. B, L. Walehu, City. W. Personén, Wing. Perry By Strock, City. Joseph P.*Spies, City. John A. Flow, City. Daniel E. Shipley, City. Ole Wold, Regan. ‘Ed. Erlandson, Wing. Fred Conklin, City. John F, Youngman, City. O. W. Pearson, City. H. Engen, City. G. Doorley, City. C. A. Bloomquist, McKenzie. Wm. Larson, City. E. A. Hughey, City. J. J. Brosse, Wing. Geo. D.. Mann, City. John I. Roop, City. G. A. Chappell, Wing. J. C. Poole, Baldwin. Sherman M. Hess, Regan. Arthur C. Wilham, City. Chas. B. Whitley. City. C. T. Wynkoop, City. J.‘H. Wiley, Driscoll. Geo. Huguet, Wing. John A. Johnson, Painted Woods. F. A. Donaldson, City. Allen R. Johnson, Driscoll. 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