The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 18, 1917, Page 4

i | } ‘ i THE TRIBUNE Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class Matter. ISSUED EVERY DAY EXCE! BUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYAB ADVANCE per Paily, by mail or carrier, month .. +e Dakota, ‘Weekly, by mail, per_year. G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY Special Foreign FOOTE ae AO YORK, Fifth Ave. Bldg.; CHICAGO, NEM rcuetie’ Bide; BOSTON, & Winter 8t.; DETROIT, Kresge Bldg.; MINNE- LIS, 810 ‘Lumber Exchange. Member Audit Bureau of Circulation — fis STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER Tee (Established 1872) > edge and what's even better, wisdom. The world of upstanding men and women is coming to know that trag- edy is after all only comedy in the making, that somehow thiings will shape themselves happily, that they must, that they do. Euripides could have let out a ter- rific roar of tragedy over the death of the hero, tempted to slake his thirst at the forbidden fountain, drinks— and dies. But somehow it's difficult for a modern to tear his hair and cry to the gods when typhoid fever springs from a polluted well. Fate and tragedy go by the boards and the well is filled up before heroes have time to be tempted. Insist, folk, on a happy ending. -— = = —— WEATHER REPORT for 24 hours ending at noon June 18: ‘Temperature at 7 a. m.. . 58 Temperature at noon 63 Highest yesterday .. 93 ‘Lowest yesterday 56 Lowest last night . oT ‘Precipitation ... - Ol Highest wind velocity .30NW Forecast. For (North Dakota: Fair tonight and Tuesday; cooler tonight; warmer Tuesday; fresh northwest winds; Wednesday fair. Lowest Temperatures Fargo . 62 Williston 52 Grand Forks . 53 iPerre ... 62 St. Paul . ou ‘Winnipeg 52 (Helena o. Chicago: : 62 ‘Swift Current 46 Kansas City - 64 San. Francisco . a (54 ORRIS W. ROBERTS, j \Meteorogolist. NOTHING DEFINITE. There are many rumors afloat as to the part Fort Lincoln will play in the mobilization of the troops. That the government has some plans for the use of the post seems certain. In the absence of official notice, how- ever, the Tribune has refrained from giving too much prominence to mere reports. ; As yet no training camp has been authorized at Fort Lincoln. There are 300 soldiers quartered there uow and’ preparations are being made to care for more. Tribune readers can rest assured as ‘soon as there is any- thing tangible and the information ‘is properly authorized by the war de partment, ‘complete ‘ announcement will be made in, these: columas. — TOWNLEY CHALLENGED. | Justice Robinson, Nonpartisan league candidate for the supreme bench,” the ‘man who received more votes than any league candidate with the exception of Frazier, takes issue with Townley in his Saturday night letter. On financing the ‘war; Justice Rob-| inson says: a ‘ “In financing this war there Is no reason to confiscate the property of the rich:or to do anything sin Viola- tion of the spirit or the letter of the constitution. Congress has ample power to declare war and to provide for carrying on the war and, to issue treasury notes, good for duties on imports and all debts, public and private, and in that way to save in- terest on bonds. And still the issue of bonds is a just and proper means of financing the war, and in time the Liberty bonds will sell at a premium.” Of«: course Robison ig right and Towaley ‘wrong. IMPORTANT .NEWS. Those who study prisons ‘and try to find out why’ men getsthere will be interested in ‘this news from New York city. Out of 1,600 men of military age registered on June 5 ‘in penal ‘institu- tions ‘of that city ‘less than five per cent were physically fit for service. Jn: Blackwell's Island prsion not one was fit for the army. Everyone was a physical discard, A great many persons who have studied such things much will say that perhaps the physical condition of these young men.may be the chief reason for their presence in prison. And most of us feel quite sure that fine, healthy bodies and normal minds are most likely to keep their owners out of prison. It is with some satisfaction that we reflect upon the fact that this war will do a great deal to make human bodies stronger and healthier—and to that extent make prisons useless. A HAPPY ENDING. Every so often some sad-eyed theatri- cal critic lets out a wail over the fact that the public has lost its taste for tragedy. “"Tis a decadent age,” writes his weeping pen, “an age of blatant busi- ness men and pampered women who refuse to look life in the face. ‘Be- cause for the nonce they are well fed and well clothed and reasonably con- tent, they fancy the tragic has dis- appeared from earth. Those few of us by whom artistic values are ap- preciated can but hope for a future that will not demand invariably a happy ending.” 0, poor benighted theatrical critic, that future will never coma! Your public is wiser than you. NO PEACE BEFORE VICTORY. In his Flag Day address at Wash- ington, last Thursday, President ‘Wil- son stated the American case against Germany more forcefully and more logically than he or anyone else has stated it before. It is to be hoped that everyone who even to himself has questioned the righteousness of our cause and the necessity which compelled us to enter the world war, read the president's masterly presentation of the facts. More than any utterance which the President has made concerning the war, either before or since we got into it, this Flag Day speech dealt with facts. The facts cannot be repeated too often, in view of the subtle 2fforts which the German agents in this country, renegade congressmen, and pacifist dreamers are making to poi- son public sentimént against the war and handicap the government in its fndustrial.and military preparations, By renegade congressmen we refer to those men who are abusing their ing broadcast throughout the country copies of the proGerman speeches they made in Congress before the war was declared, or in their at- tempts to defeat the compulsory mili- tary service law. The President's words ring out clear and true above the fog of all these pro-German sophistries and pac- ifist. fallacies. “The military masters, of; Germany denied us the right to be neutral.”| ‘Phat ‘id the ‘President’? major pre- mise, and no ‘firttier ‘foundation could have been laid for the térrible indict- ment of’ the’ German militaty agtoc- racy which followed.’ \: : It is well that all of us, especially those of us, who are faint-hearted or inclined to doubt, the ‘wisdom of, the policies which culminated in our des laration of war against Germany, be reminded from time to time that our war with Germany, was not of: our choosing, but was forced upon; us; that it could not have been avoided xcept with dishonor and the loss. of self-respect. forced igto’ the war, said the Presi- aggressions of the imperial German government left us no self-respecting choice but to take up arms in defense of our rights as a free people and of our honor as a sovereign government The military masters of Germany de- nied us the right to be neutral ‘'hey filled our unsuspecting communities with vicious spies and conspirators, and sought to corrupt the opinion of our people in their own behalf. Wien they found that they could not do that, their agents diligently spread sedition amongst us and sought to, draw our own citizens from their a}- Jegiance; and,'#omb. of these ager were men cdhpected with th. Gor, man government itself here in .our capitol. They sought by violence to destroy cur irdustries and arrest our commerce. They tried to incite Mex- ico to take up arms against us and to draw Japan into a hostile alliance with her, and that, not by indirection, but by direct suggestion from the foreign office in Berlin. “They impudently denied us the use of the high seas, and repeatedly executed their threat that they would send to their death any of our people who ventured to approach the coasts of Europe. . “And many of our own people were corrupted. Men began to look upon their own neighbors with suspicion and to wonder in their hot resentment and surprise whether there was any community in which hostile intrigue did not lurk. What great nation in such circumstances would not have taken up arms? “Much as we had desired peace, it was denied us, and not of our own choice. This flag under which we serve would have been dishonored had we withheld our hand.” That is our moral justification for now being at war with Germany; but, as the President said, it is only part of the story. The other part is concerned with Germany’s ambition for world domi- nation, the first step toward which was to be the welding of all the cen- tral European states into a great em- pire controlled by German militarism, which would hang like the sword of Damocles over the free democracies of the world. The President points out in words what will probably be a great shock While you have been fussing over to those who are hypnotizing them- your public has been getting knowl- postal franking privilege by spread-|= ' “It is plain enough how we were}. dent. “the, extraordinary insulis anc |: is all but defeated, that the Germans have actually carried the greater part of that plan into execution: “From Hamburg to the Persian gulf the net is spread.” And now, having accomplished practically the purpose for which they set the world on fire, the Germans want peace. The President says in effect that there can be no peace until the Ger- mans are defeated and their dream of world, damjnation, based upon what they have already won, is shattered. There -is no suggestion. of “peace without victory” in ‘the President’s address; ‘and there canbe no such thought ‘in the mind” of any other Amerfcan:'who appreciates the ‘full meaning of the German ambition and menace. + THE RIGHT: SPIRIT. Courage is: found not-only on: bat- tlefields. Courage ‘is found wherever there’ is"need for courage. ‘Always ‘human nature seems *to respond to the demands made upon it. Hearken:.to. the courage of this lit- tle town—Mattoon, : III. ‘Mattoon was in the’ recent tornado area. Une side of the little place was swept as clean as the deck of a warship stripped for action. ‘Scores of houses were wiped away. Sixty- four have died. Ruin and death, desolation and ‘broken hopes—all in the path of a swift, lashing blast of twisting wind. But Mattoon is not mourning. Mat- toon is not ‘downhearted. Mattoon is not moaning for help. ‘Mattoon is not ‘doihg anything you would’ expect a town so sorely stricken to do. Mattoon is just going along, caring for its stricken families, helping them to their feet, clearing its wreckage and getting a new start. Here is courage, fine, upstanding courage in, this little town in middle Illinois. There's no bewailing fate—just looking ahead, fighting the way out of a bad /jolt. Human nature is. about the most wonderful thing in the world. And it is a mighty inspiring thing to con- template in the midst of a torn-up world. ——— Burleigh county oversubscribed its quota of the Liberty Bonds. Special praise is due to the bankers of this can move their flying base, but the British cannot move London. If Great (Britain should decide to retaliate by dropping bombs on some important German city, she has two choices: To start her planes from British territory and strike some of Germany's great industrial cities, such as Duesseldorf and Essen, or to start from flying. basas back of the French front and hit one of the two nearest German. cities of any conse- quence, Cologne;and Frankfort. From.,, Dover, ; England's . neurest point, to, Duesseldorf and Essen, how- ever, is more than 230 miles, nearly half over German territory, where the fleet of raiding, planes would .be con- tinually attacked by German fighting machines and anti-aircraft guns. Similarly, whilée“it is only 160’miles from Verdun ‘to. Frankfort, which is well within ‘the’ flying range of ‘the British machines} ell this distance is over German” territory and the ‘Ger- man planes’ ate continually on watch: What makes’the: German aid raids serious is not the damage and loss of life they cause, for; more, people, are killed at the frortt: every hour than German air raiders have succeeded.in killing in-all: their! attempts. 1 The idanger,.tonthe,British lies in the possibility that so. great:.a panic will be created among the ,people at home that they. will make an over- whelming demand on: the government that enough British-airplanes be with- drawn from the front to protect Brit- ish cities. Even the withdrawal of 100 air- planes from the French front would be serious, and any larger number would almost certainly end the Al- lies’ supremacy in the air. In the opinion of military authori- ties this would be almost fatal to the Allies, for it would mean: that the Germans would have all the advan- tage of knowing by aerial observation the exact _ location of the allied trenches and batteries ang the move- ments of troops. Germany, supreme in the air, would be able to renew the offensive and seriously threaten the weak spots: in the allied front. tive | The only. effective, answer. to. the German aif raids over England. is for the Allies to keep every airplane they havé on the western front and make itso ‘hot for the Germans they” will not even be able to spare 15 machines for raiding’ purposes. . The complete success’ ofthis‘ plan requires .more’-planes than the {Al lies now: have. And that is‘why the Allies are anxious’ 'to see the United States ‘get a big airplane:bullding pre | gram under’ way as soonias’posbiblé.:}attémpt ‘at somethii MECHANICS TO BOOST WAGES IN: BOTTINEAU, Omemee, N. D., June 18.—The high cost .pf..living. has inspired..thep, chanics ofBottineau: county to organ ize and name a committee consis ting’ Ming’ Whedtea Coniplexion, ‘a tragic man- ' peramhw “strong. inclination “to-fall-f— of ‘Carl Boose of Gardena,” “August Frykman of' Souris and ‘George Man- gold of Omemee, which’ wiil' present a new: schedule of rates. : Brown & Jones’ “The Satisfaction Store,” will contribute 2 per cent. of all the cash taken in at our store be- tween 7;00 a: m. Tuesday, the 19th, and 6:30 p. m.. ‘Monday, the 26th, to the Red Cross society. UNPLEASANT THINGS THAT DIONT Tart ME ABovT U BMLISTED ably. ———_—=s= Three million, North, Dakota's prod- able subscription to the Liberty Loan, is an excellent showing, when it is considered that the farmers have been heavy borrowers this spring, in crder to put in as big crops as possible. North Dakota, despite the socialist crators, is patriotic and ready to sup- ort the government in this crisis “Fight, Farm or Fork Over’ i: one of the slogans in the East. Red Cross week will give those a chance to “tork over” who are not farming or will not be called upoa to tight. WAY GERMAN ARNE AMD LONDON (Continued from Fage Une) Suppose the British airplanes con- centrate on Ostend, what would hap- pen? Nothing, except that the flying ‘base would be moved to some other Ake .viewpoint of an outgrown past,| selyes into the belief that Germany| polai-slong. the coast. The Germans county, who handled the campa‘gu so] (waar: Te ENuist Bur 4 DOINGS OF THE DUFFS. WILBUR FEELS HE’S PICKED ON I'M GOING OVER AND see ° THAT RECRUITING SERGEANT — (VE HAD To Do A LoT OF We WHEN WELL THERES THs NAVY, THE INFANTRY, THE ARTILLERY, The [ope aitS | ewatey = TAKE Nove Pick ‘tricks’ for the ‘| good taste erected by the, jerry-bulld- me*i|‘called To Trenches It“ts.over!.My. first visit to Jack after his marriage. My first visit, and, if Iv iaye diy’ way, the last.. Dear! Dear! Could,one wonder if my dazed state as ‘I! left, “Dove's Nest” aroused the suspicions of the policeman at the corner? ‘Could one wonder if Imade nearest hotel and gulpéd down'a,large brandy and soda? “You: must come and ‘see us, old man, directly we get settled,” Jack had said. “Pussy—I mean Florrie—says you're the first-of my pals to be in- vited. She's always had a fancy for you.” . The contrariness of women! At Jack's wedding I had been in a par- ticuarly bad humor, For one’ thing, I detest ,;weddings ; for another, Swiper, thescratch player at St. Bede’s, had invited ‘me to’.have a round on his course, AS everyone knows, St. Bede's is one of the swagger: links, and it isn’t everyone that Swiper will play with. ‘To make matters more annoy- ing, it turned out just one of those per- fect September days that seem sent on purpose for golf. And to be com- pelled to decline such an outing for a wedding. Ugh! And’ so—in spite of my scowls— Pussy (Pussy, indeed!) had taken to me. By-thé-by, Tabby—I mean Pussy —had ‘sister. ‘She played the'part of bridesmaid at the ceremony+one of those bunny-brained, bird-eyed crea-" tures who babble] and babble until their victims are reduced. to a state. bordering on idiocy. . -; The love -birds had nested’ in one of’ those’ ‘offensive outrages against | er, and advertised .as “desirable resl- dences.” It formed one of # pair of doll-like boxes, bespattered ‘with’ col- red: ‘pebbles’ ‘stuck’ in’ cément, ‘while ‘the. tenants had’ the. advantage | of peeping at. the. outside world through narrow ‘slits that served as windows, Jack’ himself opened the door. His greeting was of the overdone, effusive king, common to the man who receives a friend .in his own house for the first time. “Awf'ly jolly glad to see you, old chap. Come in. Let me take your hat and coat. Fluffie’s in the kitchen giv- ing the girl.a lift with the dinner. Yon've..no..iden what a job it is get- Thid td’ the “thifd*ig. elx Se. he, was beginning. to find. It out:|, already I could: seartely bide. a end. cigarettes; \> Of :course, glanée ‘of “pity: Plofiie! “The last time! we iniet “It! was Pus ( would it be next? “70 82 From.the smell;of bunning that-came from the kitchen ‘I: foresaw: that Iwas Aet:-In: for a young -w: flary line’ that was beyond her powers. This surmise proved painfully, correct. 4s Jack..and, I were;:smoking a cigarptte: inva small box of a’ room:he is 'den,** the \‘Puséy-Flumé crétiré Wkdd" ih abrupt’éntry, show. in Jack’s arms and weep on his shoul. der. ; “Why: what’s the matter, wee one?” he asked, throwing away his cigarette (one of my best brand, too) and has tening to meet her. “It's—rit’s the omelette,” the “wee BETTER Stu, TAKE MN Pick ANO FINISH “MY “TRENCH + “There, there, chil 7 don't trouble! Bob here won't: mind, wil) you, Bob, old spot?” 4! ,.-- The idiot was patting her back and stroking her‘hand. I had: 2 tense of helng absorbed i graph of the “chickabiddy” that had ® prominent place on the mantelshelf, You know the’ type of photo? It is that particular one they all have taken when they have secured: the ‘captive. It is not ‘until then that the’eager ex- pression of the unsatisfied: huntress is replaced’ by the offensive smirk of triumph, ~ F : I suppose I sald ‘the right thing. 1 don't-know. She was gushing and bub- bling in a. way that beat Tennyson’s brook into fits..“Was.I sure I shouldn’t mind {f the dinner wasn't’ qiite ‘what It should be2” “So good of me to give up my club for them.” “Afraid I must find it.very..dull”—and. lots more of that kind of poppycock.::) .°: The dinner showed me that it was @ distinct misfortune to be the first friend they hed entertained. in this manner, Of the dishes it will be kind- er to say nothing. Jack made a dis- mal attempt to carry the affair off with a string of idiotic jokes, causing his “chickabiddy .wee one” to appeal to me if I didn’t think him a silly boy? In the interludes between the acts she manufactured bread pellets to throw at him. He retaliated in like fashion. The, exhibition, showed me to. what depths of -folly.the newly,mar- ried can:sink! necingihs With every dish came profuse’ apolo- gles from the amateur cook, ' Certainly these apologies were necessary. .. Most of the food was: simply uneatable, and I-found the ‘bigcuitsandcheese the most wholesome fares {°° The nauseous’ repast® being over, we made,a move-to the “den” for coffee i lousie (this Was another name that. out lover dinner) had to light Jack's for ‘him. She sat on the arm of his chair, and struck the match on the sole of her slipper. Also she had just @ ttle puff—a puff and a giggle. Also lshe asked me if I didn’t think her @ “naughty girl?” Tut, tut? She called Jack “Yum-yum;” and then, evidently forgetful of my: pres- ‘ence, she commenced to play with his ‘hair, and once—yes, I was not mis- taken—she Kissedithe'top of his:head. 1 had’ noticed ‘sonie ¢ o‘ that he was going ‘prematurely, bald. Now T know the cause-of it. His features, by.:the way, : showed: the ‘smug, self- ‘satisfied expression. of' the man who Tecelves'a' dally surfelt ‘of kisses’ and adulation. |” : atanl 6 . Just, as 1, was, guessing, what, the ‘thonghtfal; look :on jher: infantielike ‘face:meant, she’ guve'me die cte: * “Thad a‘letter from my ‘sister’ Poppy ‘yesterday, Mr. Green,” she babbled. “She was asking after, you. Don't you feel, complimented?” ,., - A cold shiver ran.down my ‘spine, ‘but I managed to ‘mumble’ a ‘word or two, ss mitenM. Ott a. remember—her?"--she~ persist: , with all a woman's tactlessness in pursuing a subject distasteful to the Person addressed. “Of course he does,” Jack chimed fn, grinning clownishly. “I had my eye on him at the wedding.” “She’s coming to stay with me,” the “chickabiddy” went on: “I hope you'll come over and see'us.then. You must come on a- Sunday to‘tea.” Good heavens! What a request. Tea ona Sunday! The day I like to reserve for a. four-ball match on my favorite course. The creature little knew what she was asking! Having started on Poppy, she found the. theme inexhaustible. Apparent- ly.,the: world did. not: hold another treasure like Poppy... Poppy was 80 good-tempered. Poppy was such a cook: Poppy was—oh dear, my brain reeled. with Poppy. ; A fortnight later I found the follow- ing note on my breakfast table: “Dove's Nest, 23d' January, 1916, “Dear Mr. Green: My'sister Poppy has arrived and we would be delight- ed if you would come to tea next Sun- day. Be sure to come early. Yours Sincerely, Florrie Bell.” “Pp. S—Poppy hopes you haven't forgotten her.” That settled it. I. may as well ad- mit that this note carried more weight with me than all the recruiting posters ‘| U had ever read.. At any rate, one is safe from this sort of thing in the trenches.—J. W. Mayall in Grit. . f Perfection Salad. ~~~ One envelope of gelatin, one pint of boiling water, one cupful of finely shredded cabbage, the juice of one lemon, one-half cupful sugar, two cup- fuls celery cut into small pieces, two sweet red peppers cut up finely, one teaspoonful of salt and one-half cup- ful each of cold water and mild vine- gar. The method of making fs as fol- lows: The gelatin is soaked in the cold water for five minutes, then the vinegar, boiling water, salt, sugar and legon juice is brought to a boll, poured over the soaked gelatin and the whole strained. When beginning to set the other ingredients are added and the entire mixture put into a mold to chill. When ready to serve the salad (s topped with mayonnaise. / Easily Explained. _ “How do you account: for his fail- pr aree¥s ote On the theory. that people had to buy goods