The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 14, 1917, Page 4

i agp RNY ence: erate aw © Hips. THE TRIBUNE tered at ed Gas Matter & (MSUEP EVERY DAY EXCEFT SUNDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN Chay, by mati or carrier, Daily, by mail, one year in North Dakota wz 4.00 Daily, by mail o North Dakotas, one year ,.<05 6.00 Daily, by mail outside of North Dakota, three months. 1.50 Daily, by mail in North Dakota three months «.......seee0e 2. Weekly, by mail, per year ..... 1.50 Member Audit Bureau of Circulation @HE STATS OLDEST NOWSPAPER aTATIES OLDEST NT > WEATHER REPORT. For 24 hours ending at noon May 14: . Temperature at 7 a. m. 48 Temperature at noon i 4 72 Highest yesterday . ‘Lowest yesterday . Lowest last night . Precipitation .... Highest wind velocity . Forecast. For North Dakota: Fair tonight and Tuesday; somewhat cooler Tues day in northwest portion. Lowest Temperatures Fargo .... » 42 ‘Williston 46 Grand Forks 44 Pierre a St. Paul 50 Winnipeg “ Chicago .... 44 Swift Current . 48 Kansas City . e San Francisco..,. ORRIS.W, ,ROBERTS, HE Masta otagolist. SAFE FOR DEMOCRACY. The warning wich comes trom the United States minister ts Denmark that. the people of this country be not misled by the much advertised new peace proposal from Germany ig time- ly. He points out what is undoubtedly true, that the purpose behind this ‘mew peace offer is the same that has “inspired the.other peace offers Ger- many has made. ¢ a ‘ veh ifhidose is.'to inveigle the <Al-| lies intal peace parley before the fi 4 Hohgnzellerns: are driven from power and ithe Prassian military machine is crushed. No annexations and no indemni- ties” probably will be the German peace offer. ; It is. unthinkable that we and our allies ever will consent to negotiate Peace with Germany on such an in- definite and flimsy basis, “WO do so would ‘be to admit that the democratic nations have no alter- native put to continue to live under Bend ee§ ae shadow of German mili- uty! alt ‘Bey and be armed to thé Beth to’ protect’ ‘themselves. : Life would not be worth living un- der such conditions. There can be no assurance of peace in. this world while the Hohenzol- lerns rule Germany. s There can be no discussion of peace terms with Germany until the Ger- man people have given more evidence than they yet have giver of their de- sire to govern themselves. As the President said in his war ‘Message to Congress: ‘'The ‘world DEADLY DELAY. What our allies and our own inter- ests need most at this time is specd on the part of Congress. To have de-, layed select service and other vital plans for sake of a matter like Roose- yelt’s selecting ~himself to invade. Europe is simply idiotic. Then, too, dangerous delay is threatened in the matter of the ‘In- ancial part of the war program. Sec- retary McAdoo’s suggestion of special war revenue duties on imports is tak- en as an opening for horizontal in- crease of rates on all dutiables, an opening for one of our ever ting tari fffights, when what the world needs from us is,prompt action. No army until we see if Roasevelt can get what he wants! It is miser- able little situatjons like this that reconcile the people to use the White House’s “big stick. Germany's making sauer kraut Cut of turnips. Taste the same; odor new. ENGINEERS TO THE FRONT. Again they’re going to try to match Germany, and go her one better, and they’re going to employ Americans in doing it. Already the Allies hola the upper hand in navy, man power, money, artillery and aeroplane serv- ice. Germany’s mighty arm is her magni- ficent transportation system, built. throughout the years with this very war in view. The Allies ask for and we are g0- ing to send them nine regiments of enneers, as soon as possible, Germany has the most efficient sys-' tem of military highways and rail-' roads a nation ever possessed. has enabled her to strike quickly and powerfully at any point and ‘by it she has largely offset the numerical pre- ponderance of her foes. As she con- quered territory in France and in the east, she promptly extended her splendid system of transportation and this has given her holding power not only upon territory, but upon control of her allies. In no small degree has the morale of her armies rested upon her soldiers’ certain knowledge that they would be supplied. The Allies, on the other hand, have beep crippled from the start hv in- @ _ transportation facilities, Russia; ticular. France has learned much, done much in the wav of rail- road impfovement during the past two years, but as the bloody business of pushing her border northward’ pro- gresses, the ital necessity, of carry- ing perfect nsportation: facilities Wlong becomés- more and more appar- ent and urgent. It means not only holding what is won, but preventing destruction “of .property by the Ger- mans in their rétirement. So, a body of the best railroaders on earth—Americans, 10,000 or 12,000 strong—will go over and from Ger- nikiny will be taken her last point of /superiority barring her submarine ef- ficiency. It is said that American en- gineers have already bodily transport- ed a whole railroad line from Eng- land to France. Watch our new reg- iments do still bigger things! ‘Fewer buttons are to ‘be used on women’s clothes this season, they say. But, doggone 'em! They don’t say where at they’re going to be fewer. PURELY AGGRESSIVE. The Scientific American is of the “must be maté? sate Yor! dethocracy.” That is what We 'tind our'Allies are fighting to accomplish and..we must continue to fight until this has been achieved. The world can never be safe for democracy so long as one of the most Powerful nations in the world is ruled ‘by a military autocracy; a military autocracy which has no -respect for treaties, no conscience, no scruples, no regard for the laws of God or man. FRENCH FLAG, Millions of French flags are now flying in this country. ‘Millions more are soon to fly, for the manufacturers are far behind delivery on their or- ders, This prompt and widespread dis- Play indicates the depth and sincerity ofthe American affection for the ‘French republic, the ancient friend of America and the vanguard of democ- Tacy in Europe. The flags of most other nations rep- resent a whim or a fancy of some dead and gone ruler, or are comiposed of flags of similar origin that were the ensigns of combined provinces or states. The flag of France speaks some- thing far deeper and grander than that. It speaks magnificent ideas of the emancipation and progress of the whole human race. Blue, white and red are its colors in perpendicular bands—the immortal tri-color of the French revolution. The blue signifies Liberty, the white signifies Equality and the red signifies Fraternity. Liberty, Equality, Fraternity! It is the national motto of France, the in- spiration of its long and gallant fight to maintain democratic institutions, the ‘sign of its fire-tried loyalty to the democratic faith. Liberty, Equality, Fraternity— grander words never passed human opinion that if we make a purely dé- fensive war, we may eventually find ourselves face to face with the high seas fleet of Germany and the vet- eran armies, 10,000,000 strong, or the Central Powers, ‘We shouldn't give two: thoughts to such a possibility. First because, re- gardless of Germany, we should es- tablih and perpetuate such military and naval power of our own that we would be insured against attack by any nation or probable combination of nations. Secondly,, because we're in this war “that the world may be made safe for democracy.” . This means final elimination of Germany's high seas fleet and those veteran arm- jes as a standing menace to world democracy. Secretary of War Baker says that the war has only begun. Everything indicates that he is right. Talk of peace demands, want, political discon. tent and tsrikes in Germany comes and goes, but the fact remains that the German people are wedded to autocracy and that their autocrats, knowing that their own herds depend upon never surrendering, will make the German people fight until con- quered on German soil.» And it is still a long ,long way to Berlin. ‘We have got to be aggressive our very best. We have got to be so at the very earliest day that w can gt the motion on. A purely defensive war policy is so foolish as not to de- serve any consideration. - We must organize army, navy and industrially, not only for this war, b::t also for what the coming centuries may heve in store for us. Temporarily, Germany seems in- clined to boycott our part in the war and we seem to be on the defensive. But it is because we have long been a@ peaceful people a11 because Tust-have.time to learn 34 entific points of modera watt are ¥, y One of the great muscles in}: It}, we} a BISMAROE: DAILY TRIBUNE _ Sic im! a ‘al = aul 7p i Pan fj. Mt ‘il of huinanity we will nunt tne mad dog of Europe to the death and he will not have to hunt us up ta bite us, Knit woolen socks for the army, urges the Red Cross. And many a man will pay for needles and yarn for a blamed sweater whose very. life depends upon every stitch holding. a READERS’ COLUMN German Americans + Bismarck, N. D., May 4, 1917. Editor Tribune. . Dear Sir: , In, tonight's Bismarck Tribune, I see, the statement made by Count Tar-j noski, the unrecelved ambassador to the United States, advising ,his coun- trymen to “honor the land whose hos- pitality they enjoy and in which they earn their livelihood”. Good—Good. IT have had the honor to talk to farm- ers of North Dakota of German birth and German extraction and they are willing to fight for the good old U. S. A., for ‘the vindication of democracy, of the world, but not for a nation whose history teaches that “George Washington, the father of our cun- try” was a traitor. I have at my command eighty Cer-|TION; AMERICA, THE LAND man-Americans who are willing to fight for good “old U. S. A.”, for her institutions, for her liberal govern-! ment, the government that they sought when they left the land of their nativity, they are willing to take their side on the, or in the line of democ- racy, for France, “La Belle France”, but: not for England, whose history is black with crime. The country’ whose navy destroyed the Dannish fleet with- out.a declaration of war, These Ameri- cans of adoption will fight tq the last drop eee od, if .,Amérjca, for France, for, (the. egtjon of, democ- racy, ‘but ‘ndt. for sitieh Imperialism. Ireland 'sHust have ‘hér {ndependence, so must India and thefranseval. We cannot whip the Kaiser and his submarine commanders who are sink- ing 400,000 tons of shipping per week by waving the flag—by throwing our invectives from the editorial rooms, platform or pulpit—but we must do what Roosevelt advises, and that is, take our place in the ranks with our allies—not, with a thousand, but with millions» of men. We must awaken the Germans of America to the fact that this is their fight.. That it is not a case of changing names of streets from the German to the English, not a war of changing as the German- American farmers of North Dakota have been made to believe, that the By the time the slave had thought three times the tail was consumed. To think of this reminds me of the speeches now being made daily in both houses of congress. By the time the children we send there are through spouting the war will be at an end of Emperor Bill will be catling the roll of his army on Capitol Hill. When we read these talks the thought Bismarck Commercial Club is going!comes to us what good have been our to change the name of Bismarck to|colleges and schools to these poor be- New London—not throwing into their |nighted beings? The vast majority faces that German ffied potatoes onj}knows as much about history and bills of fare,have been changed to|what an army should be, or ‘how it {London fried. potatoes, but let us call|should be trained, as one of our home Bismarck New London or New Wash- | professors. ington, and German fried potatoes tojan army. Training camps to train What ridiculous foolish- Bunker Hill, Valley Forge or Lexing-jness. ton fried spuds. We tried two million German-Amer- ican in thig{fght for American: prin- ciples, for thg.institutions that we the land, of gur. birth for. America; ,we love her institutions; left|jtraining an army. We love} both in training schools and in active As an old soldier of twenty years both in the civil war and Indian wars, we should know something about We have seen it two service. Before we received we have renounced the Kaiser, king |™months training we were in battle, prime minister jand America, her: rocks and rills, her plains, her kind hospitalities, we love them: all, so let us not antagonize the Americans of, foreign birth, -but let us call them fo the colors, let us ask them to. do their,.duty as. gqod, loyal American citizens—not _ to, stand be- hind, “Wilson, our great president” but to go in, FRONT OF HIM FOR AMERICA, OUR.HOME OF ADOP- WE LOVE; AMERICA, THE LAND WE ARE WILLING TO. SACRIFICE OUR LIVES, OUR ALL; AMERICA, OUR NEW MOTHER, OUR HOME. — Such a nation CANNOT PERISH from the face of the earth, —F. M. KING MODERN WARFARE Medora, May11. Editor of The Tribune: When a small boy living in a slave state there was an old master living! he had. always told to think three times before he spoke. In those days living houses, in the country districts were heated by fireplaces; and ‘it’ was a favorite way for the master — to stand with his back to the fire. On ,one occasion sparks set fire to his) 4 coat tail. The slave, seeing the fire, said: “I think, I think, I think, and I think master your coat tail is on fire.” ENGLAND FLIES OLD GLORY FOR FIRST TINE , 3 {\. For the first time in history, ex the British how Sam : of pechamety, in re > ie war on the side of the allies. Old ‘h s board: pla ay from the house a The state board: plans A the Uni tes is n resogaition ofthe’ ent the potentate; | Where the man on each side of us was We did not run away. Yours truly, JAMES W. [IMPORTANT EDUCATIONAL MEETINGS AT THE FORKS Teachers’ Retirement Fund Trust- ees; State Board of Educa- tion; N. D. E. A. shot. FOLEY. There is a general stampede of state educators for Grand Forks this week, Wednesday the state board of education holds its first meeting of the ‘Cpnder « egonnel at: ark, im Raia fh Nedoniald, state j Rearby who had a@ favorite slave whom superintendent~et--public instruction, is. presidept_of.the board, by.xirtue of hig, office. * It’ .will be the initial bust- ness session for the members of the board newly appointed by Governor Frazier. Thursday morning the teachers’ re- rement fund committee, composed of P. S. Berg, Dickinson; John Haig, Devils Lake; State Treasurer John Steen, State Superintendent 'N. C. Macdonald and M., Beatrica John- stone, superintendent of schools for Grand Forks county, will meet to con- sider routine matters. Friday morning the executive com- mittee of the North Dakota Educa- tion association, composed of J. Nel- son Kelley of Grand Forks,: Miss Minnie Nielson of Valley City, su- Perintendent _ of Barnes county schools; M. Beatrice Johnstone of Grand Forks; BE. R. Edwards of Jamestown, state high. school. in- spector; P. S. Berg of Dickinson and N. C, Macdonald, will meet at the Hotel Dacotah to take up plans: for the annual convention to be held in Bismarck next fall. MODERN CAME ~FARW PLANNED. NEAR MANDAN Stato Commission Inspects Tract. Which May Be Purchased for Propagating Birds A modern game farm for the propa- gation of Chinese pheasants, grouse, quail, prairie chicken and other game dirds is contemplated by the ‘state game commission, which Saturday af- | An extra early start may be made |by transplanting twice and then into jand the ground is warm. ‘ness distriet.are being uitloaded in 5 By A GARDENER. The gardener who doesn’t have a few tomato plants is a rare specimen of back yard agriculturist. There jare .now a number of distinct types in cultivation three of which are the currant, the cherry and the common commercial type. i You will have the latter type in your garden. Because of, its tropical origin the tomato requires a long }season for its growth and develop- ment. i Tomatoes must be started in hot- beds very early, At this date they may be purchased from a_ neighbor who has a hotbed, if you didn’t start one. small pots, berry boxes, from which it is transferred to the open ground when every danger of frost is gone. For. earliest returns it is desirable to train plants to a single stem by tying them to a stake 4 or 5 feet in height. All side shoots should be kept pinched off and only the central leading stem allowed to develop. If the plants are to be trained in this way. they can be set from 18 inches to 2 feet apart in the row, the rows being from 3 to 4 feet apart. Another, way ‘is to train the plants in frames, about 18 inches square at the base and 24 inches at the top, which is placed over the plants be- fore they begin to spread. The frame may be made of narrow pieces of wood, old boxes, having four uprights, and three pieces upon each of the four sides one at bottom, middle and’ top. " The shoots, as they become heavy’ with fruit, fall over against the sides of: the rack ‘and are prevented from, coming in contact with the ground. If you use frames you can set the plants somewhat closer than if no sup- ports are provided. Early ripening sorts are frequently irregular in shape, have comparative- ly thin walls, large seed cavities, and numerous seeds. The’ fruit is likely to color and .ripen-unevenly, remain- ing green around the stem, or to con- tain a hard green core. Later-ripen- ing sorts have, as-a rule, thicker and firmer walls, smaller ‘cavities and few seeds. It is° highly ‘important :that the ground is kept absolutely free of weeds and well mulched, for the to- mato demands a lot of moisture, The average small garden can’t give the space for the sprawling to- mato, for that reason supports are necessary. This not only permits the sun to get at the fruit, but it keeps the fruit off the ground and from rotting. In southern latitudes ants will ,bear one crop along toward hot weath- er and then refuse to do any more, ‘bi orthern latitudes they will Wedting fruit until | frost . “Before! the first frost is due can pick off the green fruit, you wrap each in paper and lay on a shelf in the basement until the fruit ripens, or you can pull out bush and all and hang in the basement until the fruit is ready for the table. TIES ARE ON THE GROUND.— ‘Creosoted ‘ties for’ the relaying of the Capitol ‘street'railway'in the busi- the Northern ‘Pacific 'tyards today. They will-not‘be-laidjunowever, until something definite: issdearnea as to the ability of:the state:buard of ‘con- trol to. procure mew steal. The raiJs which the board, Had in view at Chat: tanooga, Tenn., seem to have: gone a-glimmering,,and there are no other immediate. progpects.. Until ‘the en- gineers know the length of the rails to be uged, the tirs cannot pe lid. * * OSTEOPATHS, RENAMED..— Governor: Frazier has reappointed as. members ,of..the state board of osteopathic examiners Farr, Lidgerwood, and,, . Grand. Forks both. for, terms ending May 6 1919, | nousta eo gordont | BUTTE WATER MAN.HERE.— Richard Hall, who for 25 years has ‘been connected with the Butte water- works, was in Bismarck on Saturday, a guest of his brother, Secretary of State.Thomas Hall. The big Butte camp, ‘Mr. Hall reports, is rolling in wealth, not only because copper is selling high, but because the long de- spised zinc is bringing fancy prices. eee NEW STATE BANK.— A. charter has been. issued by the secretary of state to the First State bank of Kast Westby capitalized at $15,000, The correspondents are: C. D, Fink, Grenora; Matt Ovron, Tay: | . The Day at the State House lor; Arthur Ovron, St. Paul; T,..M. Antony, St. Paul. ‘ #28 UNITY HALL.— The Unity ‘Hall association of Pow- ers Lake has obtained a charter au- thorizing it to ‘build a union halt for social. uses, The ‘incorporators: are? A. Wi. Youngquist, Peter Madson and George B.:Gee, and the capital stock His: $10,000. AT JAMESTOWN— Miss Millie Johnson, stenographer to Governor Frazier, spent Sunday with friends in Jj imestown. ak ae ‘ S WANTS A WY Er int The Rolletteicvillageigconncil mes- sages the state, railway¥sommission resolutions: adopted at»a<recent ses- sion calling for the. installation of a wye between the Great Northern and Soo tracks at ollette. WATERS’ MOTHER..DEAD— E. A. Thorberg, first deputy state examiner, this: morning received a letter from State Examiner J..R. Wat- ers advising of the death of the lat- ter’s mother -at' Montez#iva, Ia., last Thursday. Mr.''Watefi'was ‘called to his motier’s péeauitt'seVeral days ago. 189911) vad ot wo Nel WO te oil a BIG RYE "ACREAGE: “While it fs too early to promise any great increase in wbeat acreage for this year, there is no qu2stion that the acreage of rye will exceed that of any former year,” said, this: morning, R. H. Thistlethwaite, statistician with the state commissioner of agriculture and labor. “There is also an ynusual quantity of barley going in,” contin. ued Mr. ‘Thistlethwaite. “Both rye and ‘barley are highly valuable and digestible food products, and they have been successfully mixed in the manufacture of bread flour for cen- turies iri the old country. The late spring is resulting in br3.king vast freas’'of new land, waich will be sowed -to flax.” HO Rf ee CRAIGHEAD AT ELLENDALE.— Dr. E. B. Craighead, state commis- sioner of education, wh> kad been vis- ‘iting at his former home ir Missoula, Mont., went through Sunday evening, en route to Ellendale, where he will spend two weeks adjusting the course of the, Ellendale normal ta fit in with the state educational system. the:game refuge under lease six miles from Mandan. This refuge embraces six sections, and would make an ideal rangé for the young birds pending their maturity, A Scotch gamekeeper who has served some of the largest estates in Scotland probably will be placed in charge of the farm. Ban- tam hens will be used in hatching eggs of game fowl, which will be ob- tained from preserves in other states, and the birds, when they have reach- ed maturity, will be distributed about the state. Sinclair Reappointed, Malcolm Sinclair of Jamestown was reappointed state-wide game warden, and the Page Printery of Grand Forks, whose bid was the lowest of ten considered, was awarded the con- tract or the printing of licenses, Dis- trict deputies will be named at the June meeting of the commission. ternoon, following a business. session under condigeration. “| Safer “s_day’s supply. and dons | Failroad track, behii -&te stored in rows of small the trenches, in Erapge. The houges », in range. hold iy_being reflléd. = xe es HOW FRENGH STORE SHELLS AT FRONT wooden shacks, as here’ showr, ( | : §