The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 5, 1917, Page 4

i i ‘ul £00R % ; BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE THE TRIBUNE Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class Matter. ISSUED BYERY DAY EXCE< J BUND. IBSCRIPTION RATES PAYAB ADVAN (CE by mail or carrier, er Dally, b 3.50 4.00 1.25 three months Daily, by mail outside of Nort! Dakota, -- 6.00 one year by mail outside of Daily, Dakota, three months . 1.50 ‘Weekly, by mail, per year. 1.50 G. LOGAN PAYNE C NY Special Foreign Repreesntetye oo YORK, Fifth Ave. Bldg.; CHI , Niarquette Bldg.; BOSTON, 8 Winter 8t.; DETROIT, Kresge Bldg.; MINNE- APOLIS, 810 Lumber Exc! ‘Merover Audit Bureau of ¢ WHE STATE'S OLDE: BEiBt (Established 1872) WEATHER REPORT for 24 hours ending at noon July 5: Temperature at 7 a. m ‘Temperature at noon Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday Lowest last night. 'Precipitation Highest wind velocity Forecast. For North Dakota: Generally fair tonight and Friday; slightly cooler in extreme southeast portion tonight. Lowest Temperatures Fargo .... . 64 Williston . Grard Forks . Pierre .. St. Paul.. ‘Winnipeg Helena Chicago . , > Swift. Current + "(Kansas City .. San Francisco ORRIS’ W. ROBERTS, ‘Meteorogolist. * COST P SESE OGHEOHOOO +e Did universal charity pre # @ vail, earth would be a heaven @ @ and hell a fable—Colton. ° SOSHTPOSHHSCOOOO OS GETTING ACQUAINTED, United States today is rubbing el- ows with the world more intimately than ever before in its history. The “aloofness bred of the Monroe doctrine has been more or less unbending, un- til it became necessary for America to join fiands with’ the’ Old World in * tnié fight! to ‘preserve democracy. “°-““OWé of ‘dur Most delicate tasks is to impress upon Japan that she, too, is accopted whole-heartedly as an ally. It has been recognized by many leaders and. publicists that our su- :\preme struggle would be against the Little Brown Brother, if not for the preservation of an open door | in China, ultimately for the control! of the Pacific itself. ‘The New York Evening Post ‘rec- ognizes the significance of the new ‘alliance with Japan. It commemor- ygiates the visit: of the first Japanese eommission’ to:our.shores by publish-' ing a Japanese supplement. A new éra in our relations with the Nipponese has dawned. The event is fittingly recorded by the Post, which has done probably more than any journal in the United States to stimulate a sympathetic treatment of our relations with Japan, too often strained by the jingoist and yellow press, twin brothers of destruction. Let us hope that history will con- firm the optimism of the Post in its treatment of our ally, Japan. War 80. spurred up‘: Englishmen that hereafter England will be tnde- pendent as “to Gernidny's potash. Watch Uncle Sam do that same trick! OUR FIGHTING FRIENDS FIRST. The agreement reached with the operators in bituminous coal, under which consumers will get coal at the mine: price, plus cost of transporta- tion and 25 cents per ton commission, naturally \makes prominent the ques- tion as to fuel conditions amongst our allies. Cold, rather than hunger, was the chief horror borne by thé people of France and Italy, last winter, and tremendous increase of suffering must come next winter unless some- thing is done at once. England can furnish France and Italy sufficient coal, but her difficulty is to ship it across the channel. She can make the passage safely, but she hasn’t the ships, and is losing ships every day; hence. it would seem that America must be, largely depended upon to re- move the deficiency. Here comes in our question of steel ships or wooden ships. To help in transporting fuel across the English channel, we have got to supply a lot of ships at the earliest possible moment, as Jack Frost waits for novody. It is certain that we can turn out wooden cargo ships much more rapidly than we can y Steel ships. Again, the European neutrals, now 80 anxious about President Wilson’s export plans, are importing American stuff in American ships, thus saving their own merchant fleets from U- Doat dangers and reserving them for competition with American trade ships, after the war. Compelling these neutrals to put their own fleets iuto transatlantic service would re- lease American ships for that trans- channel fuel service. Why should our ships ran the U-boat gauntlet ‘when they might be safely ‘supplying _France and Italy with the all-neces- {Ageptys world-wide democracy. IT IS FINE. And now the Red Cross fund has been over-subscribed by millions! In almost no time, the people came for- ward and subscribed a fund for relief of the world’s suffering unequaled in history. Children and grown-ups, rich and poor, white and black, people of all creeds and nativities have prompt- ly backed the cause of world-wide democracy with world-wide charity, and it is really the most tremendous thing among all the great events of the war. But it is not the final demonstra- tion of what's in the heart of the people. It by no means sizes up their willingness and determination. If the war continues for long, great popular sacrifices will be necessary. They will be m In the past your potatoes advaaced 149 per cent in price. Watch the home gardens knock the everlasting daylights out of such gougery! NO WHITEWASH FOR ENGLAND. One of the most interesting things about this war has been the manner in which England has faced the grim and bitter truth about her disasters. Every time there was evidence that someone had greatly blundered, re- sulting not only in the loss of a cam- paign, but in the useless throwing away of lives and treasure, there has been a searching investigation. In each case the responsibility was fixed, the men guilty were named, !/and the whole report published for the information of the people of the empire. There .has. been no white- wash bucket. After the disasters, ‘at Gallipoli, a! report was: issued which ‘fastened the responsibility upon people in very high places. So in the latest report on the first and futile Mesopotamian campaign, which resulted in the, ig- nominious surrender at Kut-el-Amara. The blame is placed not only upon certain generals, but also upon a for- mer viceroy of India -and a former member of the British war cabinet. That is one of the beauties about a real democracy. There is no one so sacred that he must be shielded; no one so powerful that his blunders must be shifted to some. scapegoat. Chicago's council has censured her mayor. If this doesn’t touch Bill Thompson’s stony heart, he's hope- less. RISE UP TO IT, RUSSIA! Ambassador Bakhmetieff has stir- red up our Senate and House with the declaration that his country will not make a separate ‘peace, “because Russia, wants the world to be safe for democracy,” \"'; Russia, then, is not for indemni- ties @ié} annexations, but: her war It is a glorious ideal, all right, but isn’t it one so abstract, so far-away that the Russign masses will not rise to it as is hoped? Are the ‘Russian people so far advanced that they, will en- thusiastically pay, fight and bleed without any selfish interest entering into the issue? Will Russian patriot; ism rise to the sacrificing, dying tem- perature unless the people are clear- ly convinced that, for them, not world-wide democracy, but their own democracy is the paramount issue? The Russians, with their almost un- limited natural resources, have geen held ‘back by commercial isolation and exclusion. A Teutonic empire extending from the Baltic to Persia, the evident ambition of Germany, would make Rvssia the commercial servant of Germany, with anything like democracy in Russia’s trade re- lations at the mercy of Germany. What would a victorious kaiser do to a subservient Russia, first thing? For pofical,’ commercial and war reasons, he would restore Russian autocracy, as the condition most easi- ly and economically managed. There’s no doubt of this. World-wide democracy is a star up- on which the Russian masses may well keep their eyes, but Russian democracy must, first, fight Germany for its own life. The pressing issue is right at every Russian democrat’s fireside. When the Russians become fully aroused to this fact, we believe that they'll do some heavy fighting. Of course, M. Bakhmetieff’s lauda- tion of our ideals at Washington is right enough. It flatters us, and hurts nobody. But it is to be hoped that when he returns to Russia he “gives ’em the real hell-fire and brim- stone,” as Rev. Billy Sunday puts it. HOW TO BE YOUNG AGAIN. Not for the United States mint could we bend our gracious pen in tribute to a grouch, but humanity's gratitude to the ringer of joy bells will not be denied. To the man who drives along, do- ing his work with the best that is in him, putting pep and gladness into it, there is coming a good measure of praise. And whether that man is Douglas Fairbanks or Theodore Roosevelt matters not. Just now it happens to be Doug Fairbanks. Faidbanks is a movie actor. Seme- how, when we speak of movie actors there js something about the phrase that carries, te idea they.don’t amount NORMAN, REMEMBER. WHAT USAID - | DON’T You LeAvVE THAT PoRCH YL The Great American Home! amount to as much as'one who trav- els under any other name. Fairbanks does. It is good for the system to see this man. in action. It is good for the disposition. There is‘in him the energy of a’ Roosevelt and it'is in action every minute. And along with this ‘boundless energy there is always a smile—a smile that is so infectious that it gets into your own system and you feel glad about everything. You feel as though you could do everything this remarkable actor— and he does some things that but few can do. And what is more, you feel as. though, you really: want to. You feel pbrimful of pep and zipp and fun. It is pleasant.to: pay a tribute tu a man who ‘does, his work. so well— even though he is. remarkably, well ‘paid for: it» in good, bard cash,’, No cash ‘payment inthe world, can: put into a man such pep and such joy a8 ig in this man. That was put there long before cash entered into: his young life. Some day when you are feeling blue and thinking the whole world Is going to smash, go and see Douglas Fairbanks. It will be good for what's the matter with you. WHAT WILL IT PROVE? Baer’s election or rejection in the First Congressional district next Tuesday will not necessarily be a test of: the Nonpartisan league’s strength in the state. It will prove only that the farmers of that district desire to take another step toward state so- cialism and endorse in principle at least federal socialism or government ownership of public utilities. The. league, fortunately for Gover- nor Frazier and, A. C., Townley, jg to have its first ordeal since election in a district always’ recognized as a stronghold. If Baer fails, it will indi- cate that the voters of the, -First: dis- trict are not prepared to ignore es- tablished: party lines in national polt- tics. \ ia Mr. Bangs, it is reasonable to sup- pose, will hold, the normal, democratic vote. “it) fa Must possible: that Mr. Baer will gather the stray followers of President Wilson, because the name Baer was once identified with democratic politics and further distin- guished by democratic patrondge. This leaves the republican vote to be split chiefly between Baer, and Burtness, with the odds decidedly in favor of Baer. Governor Frazier and the state ‘machinery are working for Baer. In addition is the league, with its battery of “tin lizzies,” each man- ned by stump speakers, trained in the arts of the hustings. , _ If the league cannot win an elec- tion in Governor Frazier’s own dis- trict with success of a state election |, still fresh in the minds of all, the de- feat naturally will lessen the pres- tige of the Nonpartisans, not neces- sarily a fatal blow, however. The election of Burtness, of course, is to be desired. Congress recog- nizes parties in its procedure. Baer’s status in Washington would be novel. He adheres to no organized national party. Deceptive as the label, Non- partisan, is, essentially the league represents party entity as much as the republican, democratic or social- ist parties do. Mr. Baer, if elected, will go to Washington as the embod- iment of the league’s first national victory. His election will make Town- ley’s task of nationalizing the league easier. Pca A congressman who is listed in the directory as a Nonpartisan will be a card to'draw to, a great psychological factor‘in Townley’s dream to place a \monpartisan:in the White House :and4:'' write his agrarian socialism into the! national policies-of the United States. A great vision, indeed. But Baer's election is one of Townley’s trumps in the bigger game, where the stakes are immense and the emoluments be- yond the dreams of avarice. There is more than a local interest in the election next Tuesday. It scin- tillates with possiblities. Populists have sont congressmen to Washington be‘cre. Baer’s elec: tion will ‘introduce. an old character under a néw title: The issue now is whether the: natis, Nonpartisan, has more magi¢ ‘thd: Populist. Will it hold the*imagine ion and loyalty of the voters. sufficlzitly to creat a na- tional party? Filure attended the attempt to nationalize Populism. Can. Townley prophets and failed? py aareh Baer's electic1 will be one straw to indicate: wiéther political —senti- ment is chanting in. North Dakota; whether. itis ..lipping, from its rock- ribbed repubcanism; whether. the old political:n..orings are unstable in these -days'!o economic’ unrest. Will it-be a Bear, a Bangs or a Buriness? 3 A Nonpar’'san, a Democrat or a Republican? Succeed where the les of Populism Cure for Gout. A cure for gout offered by a Ger- man physician is air impregnated with radium. SELF-SERVICE GARAGE PLAN Automobile Owner Can Make Repairs in Separate Compartment—Tools Also Furnished. The self-service idea has invaded the realm of the garage, says Popular Mechanics. Just as one can enter cer- tain restaurants or groceries and help himself and be charged with what he gets, so now a car owner can take his automobile into one of .the separate compartments provided in a Seattle garage, procure tools at the garage office, and do his own repairing. When he-has finished he returns the tools to the office and is charged according to the time he has occupied the room and for the tools he has used. These private repair spaces can be locked so that one can safely leave his work and return and finish it later. If.a helper is desired, one can be secured at a specified rate. GOOD ADVICE TO MOTORISTS Police Commissioner Woods of New York City Says Don’t Rely Too Much on Auto Horn. The precaution enjoined by Police Commissioner. Woods of New York city on owners of motor trucks, “Don't al- low your driver to rely too much on the horn,” might be accepted by motor-' car owners generally, to the advantage of all concerned, says Christian Science Monitor. A widespread observance of this direction would afford excellent discipline for the drivers, as well as in- creased safety for pedestrians, and would mitigate the noise on the city streets. & TENTH _> LESSON : bs * ‘ai wu le camp de line. fi have _seen bhe ay «vd luh- kan’ duh raveetty uhman® Shall we see the group of tanks today? - Verrons-nous le groupe d artillerie d'assant aujourd'hui ? Vaysron$ Noo lh groop dar-tee-yub-ree d&!sob oh rjohrd we Are we going to the , ; Parbirons-nous pour Je fronk demain? Parteeron$-noo poor luh front duh-man’ ? Where did you win your decoration ? Ob avez-vous gagné cette décoration ? Oo. avay voo _gantya set dicordéseeonS? In the pronunciation -key, straight lines the letters, A and U, denote the long sound, as in “nAte” and “dUde”; curved lines over these letters indicate the short sound, as in “cAt” and. “bUt"; two dots over the U- indicate a-,sound. somewhat similar to the German. “ue,”..which Americans may é z approach py trying: to: pronounce long ,U, and: long E at the same time. .(< F tye i Vie Arch man) Cut out these Jessons and paste them in your notebook. commissary: ravitaillemen’- fron tomorrow ?: In these ‘lessons the English phrase appears in the first line, the French enuivalent in the second line, and the pronunciation in the third over TRAINS BY TELEPHONE ; Displacing the telegraph, the telephone is to be used for dis- patching trains on the entire line of the Southern railway sys- tem between Washington and Atlanta, 649 miles, Between Washington and. Spencer, N, C., the telephone is . now In tse, and’ authority‘Hag just!been ‘given’ for the contrite; tion‘ of two ‘copper’ telephon: Gi cuits bétween Spencer’ ae At lanta, 314 mile ea ee Mt PRESS EEEES EEE EEEEETERETESES records is that praduced-py -a, native of Manchester, Eng, one George Brad- shaw, who. died in 1853. It. was indeed a “time-table de duge,” for, although it had but six pages ‘and wagnbound in green with gilt lettering, itimas.a: colr. by the ratlroad ‘compantes ‘doing busi-' mess in England.’ aA : Sliver Trumpets: The silver trumpets which Moses was charged‘to furnish the Israelites were to be used for the calling togeth- er of the assembly; for the journeying of camps, for sounding the alarm of war;-for celebrating the sacrifices on festivals, and new moons (Numbers 10: 1-10). DOINGS OF OH TOM, WHAT, HAVE Nou IN THE PACKAGE ? | mm alld a T WONDER WHAT HE] HE knows H -] WAS, OLIVIA - MAVBe. | WE BROUGHT Us Some THE DUFF S. A VERY NI VEIN) NEVER MIND - LT HAVE A LITTLE FTY LITTLE GARMENT By Allman LADIES, | Wine BE VERY GLAD To ACCOMPANY You To CHURCH NEXT SUNDAY MORNING ithe care they reguire,: lection of the ‘various notices issuéd |: MANY RAIL WRECKS Roads Badly Run Down Under Stress ef War. Service. TRACK IN POOR CONDITION Hd not ‘ash For Two Years It: Has Boon: Ithpoe- abtiage'dh _ Stock Necessary Care— = Labor Lacking. “andiRotling ia” Central Europe's food problems have been adversely ced by the that slowly the Yallroads are losing thetr efficiénéy and aré no longer able to do their share in the distribution of these’ necessities, The war has made heavy demands upon the lines, and it has been impos sible to'give trackage and rolling stock ono mf For ‘almost ‘two ‘years ‘ow the 'rail- ronds have beeti neglectud,"' This’ and the heavy traffic over many bf th'prin- cipal lines due to the war have made the railroad system a mere shadow of what it was formerly. Tracks in Poor Condition. Ballasting has been very indifferent- ly done by old men, boys, women and prisoners of war, with the result that the wear on the ties has been unusual- ly severe, a condition which in its turn has caused a rapid deterioration of the rails and rolling stock. Lack of skilled labor has prevented the state and private railroads from keeping the rolling stock in good re pair: This compelled a lessening in the'‘Speed' of triins.’ A‘ reduction of catrying capacity of the roads hds also resulted, Locomotives especially are in. poor condition. In their case neg- lect was added to more and heavier service, It is very doubtful whether in all of central Europe it would be possible to find an engine capable of performing a service within 60 per cent of its for- mer efficiency. This is especially no- -}ticeable in cold weather, when the steam Issuing from a hundred leaking Joints iNustrates what per cent of pow: er is derived from the coal. burned. Lines Tied Up by Wrecks. Hardly a week passes without some , wreck. Most of these have been to freight trains, since the sweeping re ductions in the speed of passenger trains were made last fall. The fact that the lines are then tied up for hours at a time increases the difficulty of the traffic situation. Last winter thousands of tons of po- tatoes and other vegetables were ruined in this manner, trains having to be sidetracked for days in order to clear lines of wrecks and then permit delayed military transports to pass, The outlook in railroad matters in central Europe is extremely gloomy. Many of the lines must‘be entirely re- laid with ties‘and rails before a normal traffic can be: conducted over them. While the war lasts’ this work cannot be done, and with. each day the de- Preciation increases in almost geometri- cal proportions, The yards of most railroad cen ters are clogged with rolling stock which is no longer serviceable. Should ihe war last another two years central ‘urope will be obliged to completely re-equip most of its lines i eet Will Damage Tire. ———~. ‘Most modern cars are equip, Sirmountable rims and carry ices nilated. on these ams .ag the 1 the car. This necenuftatia’ Meare soe Pension brackets. Care should: be taken that these tires are securely strapped to the irons. Each mounted tire welghs considerable, and if not securely fastened will chafe against the.Jrons and ji fe very eho ae Gamage the