The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 27, 1917, Page 4

» Swift Current mae SU aaa 2 OR appre BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE THE TRIBUNE ntered at oe —— Bismarck, N. Class Matter. gEUEDE SUBSCRIPTION ATES PAYABLE IN Dakot acai Daily, | by” mati in North Dakota, months Port Datiy” by mall “outside ‘ot’ Dakot on ear .- Deux. ey Thail” outside Dakota, three months . Weekly, by mail, per year....- G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY Special Foreign Representative NEW YORK, Fifth Ave. Bldg; CHICAGO, Marquette’ Bidg.; BOST ‘Winter Be DETROIT, Kresge Bla. *MINNE APOLIS, 810 Lumber Exchange. ‘Member Audit Bureau of Circulation H STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER pial @stablished 1872) WEATHER REPORT For 24 hours ending at noon July ar Temperature at 7 a. m. 7 Temperature at noon . Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday Lowest last night . Precipitation ..... Highest wind velocity . Forecast For North Dakota: Partly cloudy and somewhat unsettled tonight and Saturday; warmer tonight extreme east portion and cooler extreme west portion; cooler Saturday Lowest Temperatures 6; Fargo . Williston Grand Forks .. Pierre St. Pau) . ‘Winnipeg Helena \. Chicago . Kansas City . San Branelsco iis ¥7 SUBMARINE LOSSES Everybody was frightened when a correspondent recently cabled from London that German submarines were destroying 1,600,000 tons of allied shipping a month, a rate of destruc- tion with which the shipbuilding of all the allies can not keep pace. It was difficult to reconcile the sinking of 9,600,000 tons in six months with England’s published figures of in- creased imports during the alt year, ‘but there was a great scare uniil it ‘was learned that there had been a cable error adding a million to the correspondent’ But e ihe atratio€ ath qu00 wel month is a very grave matter, involv- ing threatening possibilities unless our plans, delayed by dissension in the Shipping Board, are carried through with the greatest possible speed. The scare was wholesome and should have good results, one of which ought to be an accurate state- ment of the British Amiralty not only of the number of ships destroyed but of the amount of tonnage. Without real standing of the damage and nelther “tn this country nor in England ‘cat j blood from the built. Squabbles in high places tied a nations hands. This war will be won if we have business management in high places and if we build ships to enable Amer- ican men, supplies and food to reach our allies. But we are not gettinf the ships. Evidence of keen business management at Washington is woe- fully lacking. We are drifting along aimlessly while congress debates lo- quaciously. An insistent demand is going up over the length and breadth of the land to know the facts and also the reasons why America is not moving swifter against the enemy. The new First Lord of the Butish Admiralty is “to concentrate on the submarines.” To be original he ought also to sink a few. HOUSE OF WINDSOR King George has changed the name of Great Britain’s royal house from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to Windsor. This will not eliminate any Norman veins of England’s royal family, but it may prove a wel- come concession to the Britishers who have been agitating against “hyphenated royalty” and in favor of marriages of their kings within Brit- ain’s own limits. The “House of Windsor’ will be truly Euglish in name at least, for Windsor has been a famed seat of English kings since the days of William the Conqueror, and even before the Norman,conquest England’s monarchs had a residence at Old Windsor two miles away. In- deed, the site of the present Windsor Castle, which was selected by Ec- ward III, is said to be the spot where- on King Arthur chose to sit surround- ed by his knights of the Round Table in a far and time-dimmed age. Kerensky, new Russia’s strong man, proposes that his country become a “federated republic” modelled on that of the United States of America. Such a union of free States and free men would be a happy solution of lib- erated Russia’s problem. The extinction of afternoon tea was a great privation in England, but in this country, outside the narrow realm of ‘the ultra-fashionable, there is no afternoon tea to extinguish,’and Hoover'g {recommendation | will Tiles very fowvitears of regret. Michaelis ,the, Ren German Chancel- lor, evidently bash’ its hopes of’ vic- toray on his country’s submarines and America’s lack of tonnage. All the more reason for putting ayn end to the dissension in our Shipping Board and proceeding with the work of ac: quiring tonnage at topmost speed. The ‘Berliner 'Tageblatt’s parting kick at Bethman-Hollweg includes the echangellor “regarded every warning ‘about avoid- ring a ‘breach with America as a sym- ' {he public be properly informed. THé! tét’ of’ inctirable philo-Yankeeism or complete record is of the greatest im- portance to us not only because of the need of conveying food to Eng: land, our most important ally but be- cause we should know precisely the amount of risk involved in transport- ing our soldiers to France. In propor- tion as the danger is known the ef- fort to meet it will be the more com- plete. The British authorities have pursued a misguided course in this matter. iu FACE THE FAC \}A stupid military Tp gop! ish optimism and deliterfte gnistépre- séntation in some instances are some evidences of the indecision and pro- crastination at Washington. Before we entered the war, the pacifists blocked preparedness and now that we have declared war, their influence is all on the side of the Pro-German party. ‘Americans demand only the facts. ‘They entered the war reluctantly, but they are as eager now as they were hesitant before to give all that this war may be won and won speedily and with as little bloodshed as, + sible. Germany is far from defeat today, despite the assurances of England. Economically her condition is not as bad as Americans have been made to believe. As a rule under normal conditions, the Central Powers produce more wheat than the United States, Can- ada and Argentine. In the possession of cattle they exceed England, France and Italy combined. All business but that of war and conquest has been suspended. These then are some of the ele- ments of strength. which permit Ger- many to carry on the struggle and must be taken into consideration in the war plans of this nation. In addition to these resources is the piracy practiced on the high seas. Subjection of captured territory and confiscation of property belonging to the vanquished, furnish additional sinews of war. other reasons, United States must help to win this war as much for our own peace and safety as for that of Europe. But the nation must know the truth. It must not be buoyed up by false hopes and official optimism. We have been at war for months fut no additional ships have been ee z For these and many} of shameful weakness.” It remains to be see wheth¢ Michaelis is any less stupid. A man has been sentenced to a year's imprisonment for circulating a rumor that there had been a disaster to the American navy, another has ben punished for cursing the Ameri- can flag, and still others have been sent to jail for talking against the United States. If the disloyal have not learned to keep their mouths shut, it is not because they have not been duly warned. General von Stein, German Minis- ter of War, having called attention to “an excessive anxiety and faint- heartedness that is troubling many persons,” the Kaiser, who had noticed the same thing, sought consolation in a sermon from his court chaplain on the text, “The Lord on high is might- ier than the noise of many waters.” But the Kaiser's perch is not as aigh as he thinks it is and the waters of ““nlation are steaily rising. ‘Health Officer Strauss should be jaiven the heartiest co-operation in The in-! cleaning up local abbatoirs. spection of meat is an important mat- ter especi¥lly at this season of the year. It will be worth while to inves- tigate the matter of a central abba- toir. Grand Forks and other cities find such enterprises self sustaining and an efficient means of protecting the city’s meat suppl According to Senator Townsend of Michigan ,it is not the advisory com- mission of the Council of National De- fense that the public has to fear, as alleged, but “the horde of vultures who have swooped down on Washing- ton looking for fat contracts, and who, disappointed at not getting them, have become scandalmongers villitying those w" from getting the clutches on the government's mor ~.” This is strong language, but it yoints straight to- ward the origin of the attack on put- lic officials whose offense consists in backbone. On the Other Hand. Mike (during dinner hour discus- sion)—“The foreman, be jabbers! An’ phat is he? He's a dirty scoundrel. an’ that's all that can be said in his favor !”"—Passing Show. have kept them} SYNOPSIS. CaAPTER I—On ° ‘rip through the en; a Gaal country the; cre eux or attomobile forces "0 @ 2D ‘wal tairous London ac- uv te -» 4) night at the farm Pa aif * tephen Strang’ wey ‘CHAPTER II—At dinner Louise di covers that the brothers are woman-; hating recluses. CHAPTER III—Next morning she discovers that John, .the younger) brother, has recently come into a} large fortune. In company with him | she explores the farm. The Hillman By E, PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM j are the most bored man in London. There is something behind all this ef- | STINE Avemivente reply. Iné stead, he walked to the window of his sitting room. and stood looking across the Thames witha discontented frown upon his face. Between him and the Frenchman~a curious friendship had sprung up during the last few months, | “I gather,” Graillot continued, “that, to put it concisely and truthfully, you fort of yours, my friend, to fit your- self, the round human being, into the square place, Speak the truth, now! Treat me 2s a father confessor.” CHAPTER IV—in a talk with him she-is disturbed by his rigid moral principles and finds that his wealth has-created no 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. CHAPTER V—Three months later, ; unable to rid himself of the memory| of the actress and in spite of his brother's protests, John goes to Lon- don. CHAPTER VI—He finds Louise en- gaged in the rehearsal of a new play, | meets her friends and is entertained | at luncheon with her by the prince. ‘CHAPTER Vi[—John drives Sophy | home and gives him friendly advice about love and life ‘n London. The; prince and I. x one a little; journey the rarges for. CHAPTIs 4+ che ‘nee takes John 0.tr - wal care. Graillot, the pla+" . Wi rs tz vise that both the privce Jar e her and that aangerous enemy to his ri CHAPTER ¥. duces a roiative hinting thi+ in his “« orem nee .intro-; i filda, to John, av he of use: te him CHAP .5R John is ntroduced to a celebrated dancer, ‘‘alavera, who at once starts a violent firtation with him. At sup- per ‘%e **ince tells Calavera that en-| mity ‘or ‘ohn has caused him to em- ploy hsr .o ruin 3, CHAPTER =f -{"tIkve7 1 dances for the :uppes 48°", gant afterward entices JeG: to ., “** “+ seaves her and the ho..x¢ CHAPTLR that he ca:ae tu for her alone. "Ou. '—Jonu tells Louise ondon for her and 2 pleads for time. CHAPTER AV. “Henri Graillot had made himself thoroughiy comfortable." He was en- sconced in the largest of John's easy chairs, his pipe in-his mouth, 0 recent: ly refilled teacup—Graillot was English in nothing except his predilection for tea--on the small table by his side. Through a little cloud of tobacco smoke he was studying his host. “So you call. yourself a Loadoner now,:my young friend, 1 suppose,” he remarked, taking pensive note of John’s fashionable clothes. “It is a transformation, beyond a doubt! Is ft, I wonder, upon the surf: 'y, or haye you indeed become heart and soul A spn of this corrupt city? » {Whatever I may have become,” John grumbled, 'S meant thre months of the hardest work I've ever done!” Traillot held out his pipe in front of him and blew away a dense eloud of smoke, “Explain yourself,” he insisted. John stood on the hearth-rug. with his hands in his pockets. His morning clothes were gxceedingly well cut. his: tie and collar unexceptionable, his hair; closely cropped according to the fash- ion of the moment. He had an ex- tremely civilized air, “Look here, Graillot.” he said, “Tl tell you what I've done, although 1 don’t suppose you would: understand what itumeans to me. Fve visited practically ¢ or nester inj London,” “Alone?” . 59 { “Sometimes with MissAfaurel, some- times with her little friend. Sophy Ge- rard, and sometime® alone,” John re- plied. “T ve bought a Baedeker. taken a taxicab by the day, and done all the sights. I've spent weeks in the National gallery, picture gazing, and I've done all those more modern shows up round Bond street. Ihave bought 2 racing car and learned to drive it. I have been to dinner parties that have bored me stiff. Ihave been introduced | to crowds of people whom I never wish to see again, and made one or two friends.” he added, smiling at his guest. “for whom T hope T am properly grate ful.” “The prince has been showing you round a bit, hasn't be?” Graijlot grunt ed. “The prince has been extraordinarily kind to me,” John admitted slowly, “for what reason I don't know. He has introduced me to a great many pleasant and interesting people, and a great many whom I suppose a young man in my position should be glad to know. He has shown me one side ef London lite pretty thoroughly.” “And what about ft all?” Grailiot demanded. “You find yourself some- thing more of a citizen of the world, eh?” “Not a bit,” John answered simply. “The more I see of the lfe up here, the smaller it seems to me. I mean, of | course, the ordinary life of pleasure, the life to be lived by a young man like myself, who hasn’t any profession or work upon which he can Soncene trate his thoughts.” xou stay?” = John swung-round upon his heel. In | the clear light {t was obvious that he was a little thinner in the face and that some of the tan had gone from his complexion, “I am staying up here, and going on, with jt,” he, announced doggedly, “be- cause of a woman.” Graillot stopped eating, placed the remains of his cake in the saucer of his teacup, and lald it down, Then he opened his Hps.to speak and abruptly closed them. His face suddenly under- went an extraordinary change. A few seconds ago his.attitude had been that of a professor examining some favorite object of study; now a more personal note had humanized hi: expression. Whatever thought or reflection it was that had come ‘into his mind, it had plainly startled “him. “Who is the woman?” breathlessly. “There is no secret about it, so far as I am concerned,” John answered. “It.is Louise-Maurel. I thought ‘you must have guessed.” The two men looked at each other in silence for some moments. Out on he asked the river a little tug was hooting vig- | ter Si ( aie ae | | It Is “There Is No Secret About It. Louise Maurel.” orously. The rogr ofthe Strand came faintly into-the room. On the mantel- piece avery ornate Brench. clack was ticking lightly... All these, sounds eemed suddenly accentuated. They Dent time to « silence almost tragical in its intensity. Graillot took out his handkerchlef and dabbed his forehead. He had writ- ten many plays, and the dramatie in- stinct was strongly developed in him. “Louise!” he muttered under his breath. “She is very different, I know,” John went on, after a moment's hesitation. “She is very clever and a great artist, and she lives in an atmosphere of which, a few months ago, I knew noth- ing. I have come up here to try to understand, to try to get a little nearer ta*her?” almost an awkward one. lot rose suddenly to his feet. © “I will respect) your confidence,” he promised, holding out his hand, “Have no fear of that. Iam due now at ‘the theater, - Your tea is excellent, and such little cakes I never tasted be- fore.” “You will wish,me good luck?” “Nol” “Why not?” John demanded, a little startled. “Because,” Graillot pronounced, “from what I have seen and know of you both, there are no two people in this world less suitable for each other.” “Look here,” John expostulated, “1 don't want you to go away’ thinking so. You don’t understand what this means to me.” ¢ “Perhaps not, my friend,” Graillot replied; “but remember that it is at; least my trade to understand men andj women, I have known Louise Mau-! rel since she was a-child.” “Then it is I whom you don’t un derstand.” “That may be so,” Graillot confessed. “One makes mistakes. Let us leave it at that. You are a. young man of} undeveloped temperament. You may be capable of much which at present I do not find in you.” “Tell me the one quality in which you consider me most lacking,” John begged. “I want you on my side, Grail- lot.” “and I,” Graillot replied, as he shook his friend’s hand and hurried off,| “want only to be on the side that will mean happiness for you both.” He left the room a little abruptly. John walked back to the window op- pressed with a sense of something To visit in Minnesota ‘ Mrs. John Eortell and two sons of Thayer street have left for a several j weeks’ visit with relatives and friends | in Minneapolis and Albert Lea, Minn. Visit Former Home Mrs. C..C. Putnam and children are ; week-end to her home. ~ Visiting Sister—Miss Dorothy Boel- ke of Dickinson has been the guest,o! | her sister, Miss Lillian Boelke for a number of days ‘and will return tie Home fi Kansas. pats her former home at Armour, . D. They expect to remain about a! oath: : | Mrs. L. L. Folsém-and.two: children have returned from a visit with rela- tives and friends in Kansas. __ jing. fe ‘There was another silence, this time Then Grail-| see | aTost ofTOUs Mm Ge Proicliiuis manner, something which he could not fathom, against which he struggled in vain. Side by side with it, there surged into his memory the disquie- tude which his present relations with | Louise had developed. She-was always {charming when she had any time to | pare—sometimes almost affectionate, On the other hand, he was profoundly }conscious of her desire to keep him at arm’s length for the present. He had accepted her decision with- out a murmur. He made‘ but'téw ef- forts to sce her alone, sind wheir ‘they |met he made no special ‘claim upon her notice. He was serving his appren- ticeship doggedly and faithfully. Yet there were times like the present when he found his tas both hateful and ait- ficult, He walked aimlessly backward and forward, chafing against the restraint of the narrow walls and.the low cell- A sudden desire; had seized him to fly back to the hills, wreathed in mist though they might be; to struggle * on his. way through the blind rain, to drink down long gulps of May own purer, less civilized atmosphere. The telephone bell rang. He placed the receiver to his ear almost me chanleally. “Who is it?” he asked. “Lady Hilda Mulloch is asking for you, sir,” the hall porter announced. Lady Hilda peered around John’s room through her lorgnette, and did not hesitate to express her dissatisfac- ton. “My. dear man,” she exclaimed, “what makes you live in a hotel? Why don’t you take rooms of your own and furnish them? Surroundings like these are destructive to one’s individuality.” “Well, you see,” John explained, as tor ht air’up to the fire ‘tay in London. ts. ree ye, and it hasp’t pee iwiitie to settle any- where,” ‘J She stfotched out her graceful body in front of the fire and raised her veil. She was very smartly dressed, as usual. Her white silk stockings, which she seemed to have no objection to dis- playing, were of the latest vogue. The chinchilla. around her neck.and in her little toque was most becoming. She seemed to bring with her an atmos- phere indefinable, in its way, but dis- tinetly attractive. Brisk in-her speech, a little commanding inher manner, she was still essentially feminine. John, at her direct invitation, had | , called upon her once or. twice since their meeting at the opera, and he had found her, from the first, more at- tractive than any other society woman of his acquaintance. None the less, he was a little taken aback at her pres- ent visit. “Exactly why are you here, any- how?" she demanded. “I feel sure that Eugene told me the reason which had brought you from your wilds, but I have forgotten it.” “For. one thing,” John replied, “I have come because I don’t want to ap- pear prejudiced, and the fact that I never spent a month in London, or even a week, seemed a little narrow-mind- ed.” “What's the real attraction?” Lady Hilda asked. “It is a womnn, fsn’t {t?" “I am very fond of a woman who is in London,” John, admitted. “Per- haps it is true that I am here on her account.” Lady Hilda withdrew from her muff a gold clgarette case and a little box of matches. “Order some mixed vermouth with lemon for me, please,” she begged. “I have been shopping, and I hate tea. I don’t know why I came to see you. I suddenly thought of it when I was in Bond street.” “It was véry kind of you,” John said. “If I had known that you cared about} seeing me, I would have come to y with pleasure.” houtathis - Samun. wai CVI itre etintitnig, perhaps, ae I risk my reputation in coming to a young man's rooms? Those things do not count for me. was a child I have done exactly as I | Ever since I, liked, and people have shrugged their: shoulders and said, ‘Ah, well, it is only Lady Hilda!’ I am quite con- vinced that if I chose to take you off! to Monte Carlo with me oh week | ia erg, let | Invitation to the; inest cout, pall, any and ‘spend ‘a’ month With, ost should’ get’ my piss to the ost Sure at Ascot when, T returp “Ad a in, this, era afestarehy, Nou see, they: would say, ‘It.ig-enly Lady sHilda!’ ” The waitortbnéught the: vermouth, which-his visitor? sipped contentedly. “So there is/a woman, 'Is‘there?” she Went! on, Todking across the réom at her companion? . “Ive “ybu _ conitiiltted yourself /alves member whi we met afien well, to, waits { in “Yos, T remember,’ Joba admitted. “T meant it.” t 'y, then?” Don’t you re- T told you the first night he opera--that it is (Hei laughed govddtinmoredhy yet = without some ‘trace ‘of -seH-ootBel ness. fie A “The misehief | was 5 done then,” (he said. “Couldn’t it be undone?” she asked lazily. “Or are you one of those tedi- ous people who are faithful forever? Fidelity,” she continued, knocking the ash from her cigarette, “is really, to my mind, the most bourgeois of vices. It comes from a want-of elasticity in the emotional fibers. Nothing in life has bored, me so much as the faith- fulness of my lovers.’ “You ought to put all this into one of your books,” John suggested, “T probably shall, when I write my reminiscences,” she replied. “Tell me And don't stand about’ theft Pestless way at the other | nd af the room... ‘Bring! a chair close Oo me—there, close te my side!” John obeyed, and his visitor contem- lated him thoughtfully through a ittle cloud ef tobacco smoke, she decided, “there is no use it, You are/hatefully good- nd somehow or other I think ‘our clones have improved you. You uve a litte more air than when you irst cume fo town, Are‘you quite sure hat you haven't made up your mind vorman ina hurry?” sure.” John Jaughed. “I sup- Lrather an idiot, but Tam iddicted (o the vice of which you were gine,” she said, “that udept in the art of true that ‘the woman rou were 1 lirtation. Juite true. John replied, “But don't you know—” She broke off abruptly. She saw the of the man by her side suddenly and her instinct warned her er into which she was rush- beens Bed 9 of the rT ng. ‘ “You Surprise me. very nich,” she id. “Louise Mrurel isa very won- fel woman, but she seems to spend he whole of her tine with my cousin, he prince.” without | doubt, very John assented, “They: have 1 good many infert in common, and he prince is cepnected with the liente which ffinneos the theater, I 4o uot imaine, however, that the ‘e Wishes to marry her, or she Lady Tada" yen to laugh. softly, spas tfgenttinely smused. John sat wad watched in ominous silence. @ fiicker of 1 smile parted his liowever, was undis- aned over and patted lips. furbed, She ic pie Simon!” she murmured, fenuing 2 little toward him. “If you éielépking. TWke that, I shall pat “What -does it At. matter?” she_an- s, too, You are redily much looking to wear such thun- ia See 4 j | j often. been offered in vain. \“Poiiaps ifwe-chose some other subject of conversation—” John said stiffly. “Oh, dear me!” she interrupted. “Very well! You really are a most trying person, you know. I put up with a great deal-from you.” John was silent. Her face darkened little, and an angry light flashed ‘in her eyes. “Weil, I'll leave yo) f you like,” she, dec be cet id Hi te Minto the grate. yf wtf ag aelepiabie isn’ t worth having, let, Ata; -Tt);hasn’t There are more men in London than I could count who would go down on their knees for such a visitas I'am paying.you. And rrataswitt 1 oO. A “You Really Are. an Egregioud” Thick. Headed, Obstinate Country Man.” you—you,” she added, with a little tremble of real anger in her tone, “you're too hatefully polite and prig- gish! Come and ring the bell for the lift. Tam going!” She slid gracefully to her feet, shook the cigarette ash from her clothes, and picked up her muff. “You are really an egregious, thick- headed, obstinate countryman,” she de- clared, as she moved toward the door. “You haven't either manners or sensi- bility. my time upon you. I wouldn't have done it,” she added, as he followed her dumbly down the corridor, “if I hadn’t rather liked you!” “I am very sorry,” he declared. “I don’t know quite what I have done. I do appreciate your friendship. You have been very kind to me indeed.” She hesitated as his finger touched the bell of the lift, and glanced at the watch on her wrist. She sighed, and watched the top of the lift as it came. up. Then..sbodropped her veil. (To be continued.) TO RUSH VOTE DRY AMENDMENT TO GONSTITUTION Washington, D. C., July 27.—Prohi- bition leaders in the senate today un- dertook the task of lining up their forces for the vote next Wednesday on Senator Shepard's resolution for a national prohibition amendment to the constitution. Under an agreement reached last night the senate will be- gin consideration of the resolution today dnd Gispése of it riot later than ‘Wednesday night. Its adoption by a narrow margin ia looked for. £ I am a perfect idiot to waste,