The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 16, 1917, Page 4

My sb uM i BISMARCK src DAILY TRIBUNE MONDAY, JULY 16, 1917. ‘THE TRIBUNE Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class Matter. ye fer, per arrier, proenreniiiees eer $50 Daily, alt mail month . Daily, by mail, one year in North 4.00 1.25 three Fnac Daily, by ict one . wooo 6.00 pay ey Tnail outside of North Dakota, three months 1.50 Weekly, by mail, per year. 1150 G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY Special Foreign Representative RK, Fifth Ave. Bldg.; C. 5 ET Or Bldg; BOSTON, 6 Winter St; DETROIT, Kresge Bidg.; MINNE- APOLIS, 810 Lumber Exchange. Member Audit Bureau of Circulation ATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER ee “Gistablished 1872) ce WEATHER REPORT. ‘ “+ for 24 hours ending at noon, July 16: ‘Temperature at 7:00 a. m. Temperature at noon . Highest yesterday . Lowest yesterday . Precipitation .... Highest wind velocity Forecast. For North Dakota: Fair tonight and Tuesday; warmer tonight and in east and central portions Tues- day. —_ Lowest Temperatures Fargo . 54 Williston Grand Forks Pierre .... St. Paul Winnipeg . Helena Chicago ) ,; Swift Current Kansas City Say Kyancisco ‘i : ,/ORRIS W. ROBERTS, “* “" Meteorologist. tui CHEETOS TOO ” If a man is worth knowing ¢ % at all he is worth knowing % ~well—Smith. ° SPER EEHEEEPOESD GERMAN CRISIS. Germany’s crisis may be real or feigned. The fact that the official censor lets the news percolate into neutral territory raises a presump; Ytion “of doubt. upbeayal, in Geriigny, if there is one, cannpt be , measured; Let us, hope that the German: people are becoming aroused to the situation and to the utter hopelessness of victory under the present autocratic regime. The reichstag is merely a hall of echoes. Cabinet members are respon- stble’ only to the crown and the bundesrath, membership in which is hereditary or by royal appointment, voices faithfully the will of the Prus- sian military machine. Franchise is not exercised directly, but through electors’ and the voting ‘clasaewiare:so divided as to keep the} “power wet! within ‘the nobility or rich. Germaiiy’s scheme’ of government is medieval in its structure. That is one reason why the Allies are not taking the stand of the reichstag seri- ously. Germany has made great strides in science and economics, but in politics the nation is far behind governments of other world powers. The univer- sities have taught a damnable philos- oph which has made it possible for the Prussian autocracy to build up a power that today is sapping the life- ‘Dlood of a great people. Not enough is known of the situa- “How TsNarmany: TAS WHSLBSE the people are aroused or whether Prus- sia is merely setting another peace trap. ——— WHERE THE CURSE LIES, The president asked to have the food bill become a law not later than July 1, The senate has been dawdling with it for weeks. It has finally agreed to come to a vote upon it July 21, When the Dill will get out of conference and become a law, no man knows. We hear much about the import- ance of arousing the country to the fact that it is at war. The country is awake. The calm and orderly way in which it registered for selective service, generously subscribed for Liberty bonds, and promptly furnish- ed money and service through the Red Cross, demonstrate that the great mass of our people are all right. Senators and representatives have 80 long been playing to the galleries, making speeches to send out to con- Stituents, imagining that their con- tinuance in office depended upon fur- nishing “pork” to their constituents, Joading bills up with administrative details that took the real executve and administrative functions out of the hands of the president and his subordinates, that when war came, congress continued to, and still is, playing the same old game. It fs ao ing more to disgust the average man with democracy and to reconcile him to autocratic methods than all other things together. The food bill affects every home in the land. Each day’s delay is enabling the food hogs to wring millions out of the pockets of the poor. Passage of it insures our ability to furnish nec- essary food to our allies. Failure to pass the bill deprives the producer of his just reward and increases the bur- den of the consumer. , The feeling against the senate is Particularly bitters Ifthe ‘well groom-? =|been in the president’s hands. In- At this writing the}: ed men in our upper house had work- ed with half the zeal and ‘devotion that our women are doing in the Red Cross, this bill long ago would have stead of that, we have a lot of sen- ators who seem to be thinking only of how this bill is going to affect their individual political fortunes. They may find vigilance commit- tees, instead of admiring delegations, to welcome their return home. FIGHTING WITH FEET. Walter Forse, a well named 19- year-old patriot, couldn't enter the U. S. marines at Binghamton, ‘N. Y. He had only nine fingers. Unconvinced that a finger more or less made much difference in smash- ing boches over the head with a rifle butt, and certain he could pulll a trig-|" ger with his toe if necessary, Forse took his case right to headquarters. He walked from Binghamton to Washington, thi ssign on his back: “Walking from Binghamton to Was- ington to join the U. S. marines. It’s worth it.” It was. Forse, the temptation to misspell whose name is almost irre- sistible, is now a marine. Have we not learned that the con- dition of his feet is the greatest phys- icul test of a land soldier? Forse’s |, feet are all right, and the marines fight on land, as well as at sea. | What's become of the old-fashioned war expert who said that Russia was out of the fight? 1. W. W. THREAT. The Industrial Workers of the World say that, if necessary, they'll see to it that there’s no wheat crop in this country this year. The rich can get food whatever happens. If it costs $10 a loaf for ‘bread, the rich will easily get their bread. So the threat of the I. W. W. is against the poor, against the com- ica. Evidently the Industrial Workers of the World are intent on helping Germany win. They are assisting the most autocratic government on earth to extend its rule over the world. 1,We. suggest that the Industrial Workers of the World migrate to Germany and do their fighting in the open, on thejr own side. \ After seeing 7,000 Austro-Germans on the run to thé ‘Russian rear as prisoners, Gen. Scott wires from Pe- trograd that “the’Russians will fight.” mon man, woman and child of Amer-| @ SYNOPSIS. CHAPTER I-—0On a trip through the Eng- Fill 4y E.DHILLIPS OPPENHEIM 3c sre vam renrox Here’s one more war cablegram that we ‘can swallow without a mouthful of salt. Co ————— Think of Emma Goldman and her Berkman lying in jail for two years, with opportunities for publicly raising the‘devil' on every bush! It is sure ‘real punishment for sincere anarch- ists. At San Francisco, John Lampas gave the Red Cross his touring car, his watch and his $521 bank deposits, and then enlisted in the United States army, saying, “That's all I have and I'm glad to give it.” Schumann-Heink says she’s proud- talent as a singer. ine! the cooking all the rest of the time. makers, are to quit business. knew of. er of her talent as a cook than of her wa All right, Ernest- Just give ‘us your talent us a singer for one season and you can do Chapin & Gore, the big whiskey It is one of the most favorable times to quit: the whiskey ‘jousiness we ever Editorial gents who think they have hot opinions will please note that “The Masses” has ‘been fired from the mails becauses its “general tone” was objectionable to the post- office department. Slackers are committing crimes to ‘be jailed and escape conscription. They’re fulfilling the formula for cow- ards. Why should the German crown Prince be so excited about a second- hand crown? They'll not be. wearing them next season. St A billion of ‘bushels increase in the food crop, with the home gardens not counted! Another notification to Ger- man autocracy that we're serious. | Gen. Chang has handed over Pe- king to Gen. Wang. We nominate Gen. Bang for president of today’s Chinese republic, if any. —_— | Two weeks is enough for it, and | the Austrian cabinet wants to resign. A job in the Austrian cabinet must be full of joy, we don’t think. The kaiser must take care of his dear son first—even if.they have, had isHitem sagain, Kerensky! wf family scraps pow and, then. \e 84 fae A et i s lish Cumberland country the breakdown of her, automobile forces Louise Maurel, a famous London actress, to spend the night at the farm home of John and Stephen , Strangewey. CHAPTER I1—At dinner Loutse discov- ers that the brothers are woman-hating recluses, CHAPTER ITI—Next morning she dis- covers that John, the younger brother, has recently come into a large fortune. Le company with him she explores the farm, CHAPTER IV—In a, talk with him she is disturbed by his rigid moral principles and finds that his wealth has created ne desire for any other life than the simple one he is leading. She tells him her name and that she is the friend of the prince of Seyre, a rich and disreputable neighbor, 2 * @HAPTER -V=Three “months later, un- able to rid himself of the memory of the actress and in spite of his brother's pro- tests, John goes to London, CHAPTER VI. The great French. dramatist, dark, pale-faced:.and:-corpulent, ‘stoed \ypon the extrenie ddge’ of:the: staié! ffran- dishtng:his(nanuseript in his hdtid’..Ae -| oaned tlie patin’ of ‘his: left hand) with the rélted-up minuscript and looked at! them all fatiously. “The only success I care for,” he thundered, “is an artistic success!” “With Miss Maurel playing your leading part, M. Graillot,’ the actor- manager declared, “not to speak of a company carefully selected to the best of my judgment, I think you may ven- ture to anticipate even that.” The dramatist bowed hurriedly to Louise. “You recall to me a fact,” he said gallantly, “which almost reconciles me to this diabolical travesty of some of my lines, Proceed, then—proceed! I will be as patient as possible.” The stage manager shouted out some directions from his box, A gentleman In faultless morning clothes, who seemed to have been thoroughly enjoy- ing the interlude, suddenly adopted the puppetlike walk of a footman, Other actors, who had been whispering to- gether in the wings, came back to thelr places. Louise advanced alone, a little languidly, to the front of the stage. At the first sound af her voice M. Grail- lot, nodding his head vigorously, was soothed. ; Her specch was a long one. It appeared that she had been arraigned before a company of her relatives, as: sembled to comment upon her mis- deeds. She wound up with 8 passion- ate appeal to her husband, Mr. Miles Faraday, who had made an unexpected ‘appearance. M. Graillot’s face, as she concluded, was wreathed in smiles, “Ah!” he cried. “You have lifted us all up! Now I feel once more the in- spiration. Mademoiselle, I kiss your hand,” he went on. “It is you who still redeem my play. You bring back the spirit of it to me. In you I see the em- bodiment of my Therese.” Louise made no movement. Her eyes were fixed upon a_ certain shadowy corner of the ‘wings. Over- wrought as she had seemed, with the otional excitement. of her long sech, theré was now, @ new and curi- | the midst of a curious little crowd of | LMAN existence of thé famous dramatist who hung upon ‘Hef swords. Her feet no longer trod dusty: boards of the theater. She was almost painfully conscious of th perfume of apple blos- som, “You!” she exclaimed, stretching out her hands, ; “Why,do you not come and speak tome? I anivhere!” John. cathe out upon the stage, The French-dramatist, withhis hands be- hind his back, made:swift mental notes of an interesting situation. He saw the coming of a man who stood like a giant amon; them, sunburnt, buoyant with health, his eyes bright with the wonder of his unexpected surround- ings; a man in whose presence every- one else seemed to represent an effete and pallid type of humanity. Those first few sentences, spoken in} strangers, seemed to John, when he thought of his long waiting, almost pit- eously inadequate, Louise, recogniz- ing the difficulty of the situation, swift- ly recovered her composure. She was both tactful and gracious. “Mr,.Strangewey comes.from. the cou try—he is, in fact, the most complete countryman Ihave ever met. in. my life. "He comes from Cumberland, and he .once—well,"\very nearly saved my life. He knows nothing about the- aters, and he hasn't the least idea of the importance of a rehearsal. You won't mind if we put him, somewhere out of the way till we have finished, will you?” | “After such ‘an introduction,” Fara: @ay said in a tone of resignation. “Ms Strangewey would be welcome at any, time,” “There’s a dear man!” Louise ex- claimed. “Let me introduce him quick- ly. Mr. John Strangewey—Mr. Miles Faraday, M. Graillot, Miss Sophy Ge- rard, my particular little friend. The prince of Seyre you already know, al- though you may not recognize him try- ing to balance himgelf on that absurd stool.” H John bowed in various directions, and Faraday, taking him good-natured- ly by the arm, led himMo a garden seat at the back of the stage. “There!” he said. “You are one of the most privileged persons in London. You shall heat the finish of our re- hearsal. There isn’t a press man in London I'd have near the place.” Twenty-fourhours away from his silent hills, John looked out with puz- zled eyes from his dusty seat améng ropes and pulleys. and leaning frag- ments of scenery. What he saw and heard seemed to him, for the most part, a meaningless.tangle of, gestures and phrases, “The men and women in fashionable clothes, moving about be- fore that gloomy-space of empty audi- torium, looked more: like: marionettes than creatures of flesh and_ blood, drawn this way and that at the bidding of the stout, masterful Frenchman, who was continually. muttering, excla- mations and banging ‘the manuscript upon his hand... It ‘seemed like a dream picture, with gnreal-men and women moving about-almlessly, saying strange words. a sx, ‘ Then there @ame a moment which brought a tingle into his blood, which ous expression upon her. face. She was lopking at a tall, hesitating figure that atood just off the stage, She fonsot the plunged his senses into hot confusion: aan f= “Mr. Faraday,” she sald appealinely, 1 the Carlton ‘aie! téid\ttie ‘mai which they were rehearsing, of course! It was a damnable thing to see Louise taken into that cold and obviously unreal embrace, but it was only a play. It was part of her work. John resumed his seat and folded his arms. With the embrace had fallen an imaginary curtain, and the rehear- sal was over. They were all crowded together, talking, in the center of the | stage. The prince, who had''stepped across the footlights, made his way to where John was sitting, “So you have deserted Cumberland for a time?” he courteously inquired. “I came up last night;” John replied. “London, at this seasan of the year,” the prince observed, “is scarcely at its best.” W John smiled. “I am afraid,” he said, “that I am not critical. It is eight years since } was here last. I hdvye not been out of Cumberland during the: whole of that time.” The prince, after a moment’s incred: ulous stare, laughed softly to him self. “You are a very wonderful person, Mr. Strangewey,” he declared. “I have heard of, your good fortune. If I.can be of any service to yon during your stay in town,” he added politely, “please command me.” “You are very kind,” John replied gratefully, Louise broke away from the little grpup and came across toward them. “Free at last!” she exclaimed, “Now let us go out and have some tea.” They made their way down the little passage and out into the sudden blaze of the sunlit streets. Louise led Joht to a small car which was waiting ir the rear, he arranged the rugs, added, turning to John, “why have you come to Landon? “How, long are you going to stdy?.- What are you going tc do? And—most important of all—in what spirit have you come?” John breathed a little sigh of con tentment. “I came to see you,” he con: fessed bluntly. “Dear me!” she exclaimed, looking at him with a little smile. “How down right you are!” “The truth—” he began. “Has to be handled very carefully,” she said, interrupting him. “The truth is either beautiful or crude, and the people who meddle with such a won. derful thing need a great deal of tact You have come to see me, you say, Very well, then, I will be just as frank. I have been hoping that. you would come!” “You can’t imagine how good it 1s to hear yeu say that,” he declared. “Mind,” she went on, “I have been hoping it for more reasons than one, You have come to realize, I hope, that it is your duty to try to see a little more of life than you possibly can, leading a patriarchal existence among your flocks and herds.” They were silent for several mo ments. “I thought you would come,” Louisé said at last; “and I am glad, but even in these first few minutes I want to say something to you. If you wish to really understand the people you meet here and the life they lead, don’t be ‘like your brother—too quick to judge. Do not hug your prejudices too tightly. You will come across many problems, many situations which will) ‘seem strange to you. Do not make up your mind about anything in a hurry.” “I will remember that,” he promised. ; “You must remember, though, that 1 don’t expect ever to become a convert. I believe Iam a countryman, bred and born. Still, there are some things. that I want to understand, if I can, and, more than anything else—I want to see you!” i Bhe faced his direct. spes more dpliberations«« ameé- ctly why.” ts , |vecause it is your world, for Myself the riddle which has kept me awake at night for weeks and than anything else in life has ever done.” “You really have thought of me, then?” “Didn't you always know’ that I ‘hould?” “Perhaps,” she admitted . “Anyhow, always felt that we should meet igain, that you would come to London. The problem is,” she added, smiling, ‘what to do with you now you are tere.” “I haven't come to. be a nuisance,” ie assured ‘her, “I just want a little 1elp from you. I want to understand ‘eel myself nearer to you. I want—” She gripped his arms suddenly. She “| mew well enough that she had delib- sately provoked his words, but there was a look in her face almost of fear. “Don’t let us: be too.serious all at mee,” she begged quickly. “If you aave one fault, my dear big friend ‘rom the country,” she went on, with 41 Want to Feel Myself Nearer to You. | Want" a swiftly assumed gayety, “It is that you are too serious for your years. Sophy and I between us must try to cure you of that! You zea we have arrived.” He handed her out, followed her across the ‘pavement, and’ fowitd) hitm- self plunged into What seethed to him to be an ‘absolute ‘vortex of huinan be- ings, all dressed {p very much ‘the same, fashion, all, Yqughing and talking together very;much in the same note, all criticizing every fresh group of ar- tivals with very much the. same eyes and manner. The ‘palm. ‘court was crowded with ‘little parties seated at languidly of the most indolent meal of the day. Even the broad passageway was'full of men’ and women, standing about and ‘talking or looking for tables. One could scarcely’ ‘hear the music’ of the orchestra for the babel of volces, The prince of Seyre beckoned to them been awaiting, their arrival there—a 2old, immaculate, ‘and, considering ‘his lack of height, a curiously distin- guished-looking figure. “I have a table.inside,” he told them as they approached. “It is better for conversation,. The rest of the place is \lke a bear garden. I am not sure if ‘they will dance here today, but if they do, they will come also into the restaurant.” « “Wise man!” Louise declared, “I, too, hate the babel outside.” “We are faced,” sald the prince, as ne took up the menu, “with our daily grobtent....What*can I order for yout’, “A cup of chocolate,” Louise replied: “And Miss Sophy?” j “Tea, please.” John, too, preferred tea; the prince ordered absinthe, “A polyglot meal, isn’t it, Mr. was executed; “not in the least what that wonderful old butler of yours would understand by tea., Sophy, put your hat on straight if you want to make;-a -good impression on Mr. Strangewey. I am hoping that you two will be great friends.” Sophy turned toward John with a little grimace. ~ “Louise is so tactless!” she said. “T am sure any idea you might have had of liking me will have gone already. @as_it, Mr. Strangewey?” “On the contrary,” he replied, a little stiffly, but without hesitation, “IT was thinking that. Miss. Maurel could scarcely have set-me-a more pleasant task.” 3 ‘ The girl looked reproachfully across at her friends: “You told. me he came from the wilds and was quite unsophisticated!” she exclaimed. “The truth,” John assured them, looking with dismay at his little china cup, “comes.very easily to us. We are brought up.on it in Cumberland.” “Don’t chatter too much, child,” Lon- Ise said benignly. “I want to hear some more of Mr. Strangewey’s im- pressions. This is—well, if not quite a fashionable crowd, yet very nearly 30, What doyou. think of it—the wom— en, for instance?” “Well, to me,” John eonfessed can- didly, “they. all look like dolls or man- (kins... Their dresses and their hats overshadow -their faces. They seem all the time to be wanting to show, not themselves, but what they have on.” They all laughed. Even the prince’s lips were parted by the flicker of a smile. Sophy leaned across the table with a sigh. “Louise,” she pleaded, “you will lend him to me sometimes, won’t you? You Bt keep him. altogether to yourself? : h'a lot of places to take ve ‘ months, which has puzzled me more|: I want to” the various .round' tables, partaking, from the.steps...He seemed.to.have | Strangewey?” said Louise, as the order | favorable impression upon him, 3 promise you your share.” “Tell us some. more of your impres- sions, Mr, Strangewey,” Sophy begged. , “You want to laugh et me,” John protested good-humoredly. “On the contrary,” the prince as: sured him, as he fitted a cigarette into a long amber tube, “they want to laugh with you. You ought to realize your value as a companion in these days, You are the only person who ean see the truth. Eyes and tastes blurred with custom perceive so little. You are quite right when you say that these women are like manikins; that their bodies and faces are lost; but one does not notice it until it is point- ed out.” “We will revert,” Louise decided, “to a more primitive life, You and I will inaugurate a missionary enterprise, Mr. Strangewey. We will judge the world afresh. We will reclothe and re- habilitate it.” The prince flicked the ash from the end of his cigarette, “Morally as well as sartorially?” he asked. There was a moment’s rather queer silence. The music rose above the hubbub of voices and died away again. Louise rose to her feet. The prince, with a skillful maneuver, made his way to her side as they left the res taurant. “Tomorrow afternoon, I think you said?” he repeated quietly. “You will be in town then?” “Yes, I think g0,” ! “You have changed your mind, then, about—” : a “M. Graillot will not listen to my leaving London,” she interrupted rap- idly. “He declares that it is too near the production of the play. My own) part may be perfect, but he needs me for the sake of the others. He puts] it like a Frenchman, of course.” vudhey, had reached the bles door, whilch Was being, held open for them by.:a, bowing commissjonpaire,, John and Sephy were waiting upon the pave- ment. The prince drew a little back. “I understand,” he murmured, (To be continued.) caesar alien Caserientmeeneey it U. C. T. NOTES | o————$ 9) HATS OFF TO OLSON— Knights of the grip doff their hats to William Olson of Valley City. 'Will- iam’s official job is that of deputy state fire marshal, He has, however, a side line, according to Oakes news- paper reports, which is a hummer. This is the sale of stock in the Fargo Equity packing plant,:which is under- stood to pay the salesman a ttédat com- mission. !0 Mir’: Olson's Ooffieial duties take him, intovéeverytowre im the state, vand he :igsaid' to: be doings well. —_— WANT BETTER SERVICE— Badger grip knights have petitioned the state secretary of the United Com- mercial Travelers to, use his best ef- forts to get them better train service to points in the Ashland territory. Ashland is a big center for contmer- cial travelers in northern Wisconsin, and its Commercial club is co-operat- ing with the salesmen ‘in an effort to get theri What'they ‘want?’ HONORARY MEMBERSHIP— A movement is on foot to vote B. B. Lenhart’ an hoporary membership in Bismarck council, U. C. T., for very special services rendered. HE WAS THERE— Chris Fossum slipped in a day ahead of time to attend some Thurs- day eevning doings not long ago. He laid low all afternoon to make certain of not meeting A. B., the boss, and then when he showed up at the party there was old Alphabetical, as big as life and twice as natural. —— he THAT NEW FLIVVER— E. Howard Light of the Minneapolis Paper contbany has a new flivver. He ifdde! his’ first “triy OVerthe Pin- 'grée-Wilton’ line this''week''énd took “Old Péte” Daily, the Grigé’Cooper man, with him. Z as BISMARCK GROWING— Bisnwrck council, U. C. T., is fast becoming one of the largest in this jurisdiction. Minneapolis leads with 1,377. Then in order named come St. Paul, 1083; Duluth, 543; Fargo, 344; Minot, 229; Grand Forks, 209; Owa- tonna, 192; Mankato, 184; Winona, 172; Crookston, 161, and Bismarck, 131. Bismarck leads Albert Lea, Red Wing, ‘St. Cloud, Pipestone, Stillwater, Bemidji, Devils Lake, Fergus Falls, Brainerd and Jamestown. GOOD DEVELOPMENT— In spite.of war and weather and high water, the national organization of the United Commercial Travelers continues to grow, showing a present jmembership of 77,120, as compared with 74,597 a year ago. HAIL, HAIL!— The Sixth Floor Gang is IN. ENE TO REOPEN BROWN— The Hotel Brown at Flasher, closed for repairs, is being renovated and soon will be reopened, much to the joy of the traveling fraternity making that city. —+— EVERETT TRUE— C. P. Ingmundson of Jamestown, the Everett True of the twisting trails, announces that all things considered horseshoes are about the cheapest commodity on the market today. He doesn’t recommend ’em as a steady diet, however. RUNS A HAY WIRE— : Proving that the truth is stranger than fiction, when his “rambler” broke down on the country road near La- Moure, J. F. McCann, well known knight of the grip, replaced with a section of barbwire appropriated from a convenient fence, one of the rods supporting his engine. The little old car rambled right along into town, and Mr. McGann discovered that the hammock support reduced’ the en- gine’s vibrations about 100 per cent. So much superior fs. the barbwire to the original support that the commer- cial traveler has ‘bought a bale, and ro ‘wherever: Henry goes; repairs are y