The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 14, 1917, Page 8

Literary Digest Hails _ Debut of Baer as Advent of Third A new third party swings into na- tional prominence with the election of | Mr. John M. Baer to congress from the First district of North ‘Dakota, | and as the Boston Herald and other journals see it, “only a rash political prophet would venture to talk of its future.” Mr. Baer takes the seat in the house of representatives made va- cant by the death of Henry G. Helge-} sen, republican, the press inform us, | and some editorial observers are par- ticularly disquicted that he ran on a platform which contained the slogan, “This is no time to make an issue of Americanism.” It is recalled that he was elected by the Farmers’ Nonparti- | san league of North Dakota, whose} first great victory was won in the. election last year, when, as was relat-, ed in The Literary Digest for January 20, it captured every elective state office except one and elected three justices of the supreme court, who in- dorsed the program of state owned utilities. With such differences as 25 or 30 years may cause in political thinking, remarks the Springfield Re- publican, the Farmers’ Nonpartisan league is “the heir of the old Farm- ers’ Alliance that was the forerunner of the Populist party,” and this jour- nal adds: “Even the Farmers’ Alliance of Sen- ator Peffer and Congressman Jerry Simpson had socialistic projects on its program, as one may see by read-| ing the Ocala platform, celebrated in its day as an agrarian pronunciamen- to. Conditions transformed the Farm- ers’ Alliance and the Populist party; into a free silver propaganda, and the defeat of the free silver movement under Bryan killed populism in the West. ‘Evidently this new agrarian movement in the Northwest, which now has a governor and a congress- man to its credit, starts in where pop- ulism minus free silver left off. In view of the hostility of many of the members of the new league to the war in which the United States is now engaged, the speakers of the Na- tional Security league should be sent! in force to the Dakotas at the earli- est opportunity.” The Boston Transcript is grieved that North Dakota should become “the storm center for a sorry combi- nation of old time grangerism, social- ism, I. W. W.ism, and a form of pa- cifism with a distinctly Gorman ba- sis.” It is ‘not wholly surprised, for it says the farmers of that state, who are a majority of the population, have certainly suffered from that “pe- culiar organization of trade which gives the farmer a very small price for his. produce, while managing to collect’ a very large price from the: consumer.”. Failing to get redress for their grievances from either the republican or democratic party, they organized themselves, and while no one would blame them for trying to Tun their. own political affairs, their “singular accessibility to perilous so- cial and international ideas, entirely outside of their economic grievance, seems to indicate that they want to do @ good deal more than that,” and this Journal adds: “For one thing, they have, as we National Party (From the Literary Digest) in the wine press with the rest of us. They may come out of it with their | blood and their thoughts flowing in| the general and loyal stream.” Nevertheless we find the: highest commendation of Mr. Baer’s platform in Issues and Events (New York), a weekly whose sympathies before our entrance into the war were frankly pro-German, which credits him with making a “square fight, not against the war, but against the errors, con- fusion, and omissions which have so far involved the issues.” Mr. Baer’s victory, we are told, is one of “sane thinking over popular hysteria, but more than that, a rebuke to that re- curring federalism in our government which once upon a time threatened to establish a king within the inde- pendent colonies, and. fastened upon them for a time the infamous alien and sedition laws.” Issues and Events informs us further that the platform of the Nonpartisan league in the Baer campaign is “sharply at variance with the war aims of the administration on several points.” It declared -unequiv- ocally for “our country, right or wrong,” but with this “important qualifying clause”: “Still-.we -hold that when we believe our country wrong, we should endeavor to set It right.” Issues and Events quotes fur- ther from the platform, as follows: “We therefore demand that our gov- ernment, before proceeding further in support of our European allies, insist that they, in common with it, make immediate public declaracion of terms of peace without annexation of terri- tory, indemnities, contributions, or in- terference with the right of any na- tion to live and manage its own iu ternal affairs. “We demand the abolition of secret diplomacy. “To conscript men and exempt the , bloodstained wealth coined from the sufferings of humanity is repugnant to the spirit of America and con- trary to the ideals of democracy. “We declare freedom of speech to be the bulwark of human liberty, and we decry all attempts to muzzle the public press or individuals upon any pretext whatsoever. A declaration of war does not repeal the. constitu- tion of the United States, and the un- warranted interference of military and other authorities with the rights of individuals must cease.” Hot denial of any disloyalty in North Dakota as reflected in the plat- form of Iepresentative’ Baer (whose campaign is sketched on page,,40 of this issue) was made on the flour of the house by his republican-colleague, Mr. Patrick D. Norton, who,’ with ref- erence to an editorial in an lowa pa- per, said: “An attempt is made in this article to discredit my state because of the recent election of John M. E'aer. On account of this and of similer:slurring reflections appearing in Washington and New York papers, 1-am-impélled to say that his loyalty and’ patriot- ism need no defense. He comes from ‘a long line of fighting stock. . His fath- er was a Union soldier and his. broth- er was killed in the Spanish-American war. His election was not won on a have seen, sternly condemned ‘Am- ericanism.’ And they seem to have some ‘basis for this in their blood.! North Dakota, by the last national census, that of 1910, had a larger} Percentage of foreign born population than any other state. The two cle- ments of foreign born, chiefly Swedes, and of native whites with foreign- born parents, were four-fifths of the whole population of the state. It is well known that most of the Swedes of the Northwest, in those districts where they constitute the majority and have been but imperfectly Ameri- canized, are in sympathy with the Germans in this war. This poison has evidently entered into the veins of the Farmers’ Nonpartisan league. ‘We must therefore regard the newly elected congressman from the First must earnestly hope that the influ- ence of the struggles and sacrifices of the war, in which North Dakota can- hot help but take part, will have an inspiring and a nationalizing effect, and will tend to convince the non- pacifist platform or in opposition to the present war. In his campaign he favored conscription and the carrying on of the war to a successful conclu- ‘sions %) 2% * “If the rest of the people do as well as the farmers of ‘North Dakota there will be no occasion for anyone to fear that monarchy and autocracy will not receive a final death-blow in this war, and that a reign of real democ- racy will have new birth.” The Woman Hater. John, age five, has many times dis- Played remarkable traces of matured wisdom in more than one matter. The other day he stopped at the home of his aunt. She called for him to “come on in.” John stepped into the parlor, but behold, it was filled with woman guests—a suffrage tea. Johu surveyed the room for a minute, and then, with a long sigh, he turned to the door. eee partisan opponents of the war, that | there is something in Americanism, after all. The North Dakotans are Deputy Fire Marshal—William Ol- son of Valley City, deputy state fire marshal, is in the city. is not only a economical. whole of Dur it is also delicious, nutritious and KRUMBLES is all wheat—the satisfying food but ‘um wheat, cooked “krumbled” and delicately toasted. A dishful of KRUMBLES with g00d milk or cream is a squarc meal in itself—an admir- ably balanced food for young and old. Go easy with the sugar, the more you chew KRUMBLES the swecicr it tastes. SELECT SERVICE MEN MUST HOLD: SELVES READY Orders to Entrain for Des Moines May Come to North Dakotans At Any Time Select service men who have been finally accepted by their local board, who have passed the required physical examination, have no dependents and have not filed claims for exemption on other grounds, may hold them- selves ready to entrain on short notice for Fort Dodge, Des Moines, la., where the select service recruits of North Dakota will train. The district board adjourned after its preliminary meeting yesterday un- til next Monday. In the meantime 250 registrants who have filed claim for exemption on agricultural grounds will be notified of the course to pur- sue in proof of their claims. When the district board begins grinding it will mail out daily to local boards a certified list uf persons accepted for service. These lists will contain a notification to the persons named thereon that they have been selected for ‘military service, and a direction to them to hold themselves in readi- ness to report for military duty at a time and place to be thereafter spe- cified in a notice to be posted at the office of the local board. A copy of this list also goes to the adjutant general. It is the duty of the local board to notify men of their selection for service, either by a personally mailed notice or by the posting of the Call for Service. The call for service will come from Adjutant General Fraser, who will re- ceive notice fro mthe provost marshal general to furnish at a specified time the net quota of the state or any pro- portion thereof. The adjutant general will issue his instructions to the local board, calling upon it to assemble for transportation to the. mobilization camp at Des Moines a specified num- ber of selected men at a convenient point of entrainment upon a certain date. Specifications of the mobiliza- tion camp to which the local board is to furnish men, and detailed instruc- tions concerning routings and entrain- ment will be communicated to the gov- ernor from time to time. Short Notice. Men designated by the local board will be directed to report in Bismarck not more than 24 hours nor less than 12 hours in advance of the hour spe- cified by the adjutant general for en- trainment. From the time specified for reporting to the local board for military duty each man so notified shall be in the military service of the United States. It ig the duty of the local board to provide lodging and subsistence for the men called for service, meal and lodging tickets being furnished the lo- cal board for this purpose, and the ar- rangements including an agreement with hotels, restaurants or lodging houses to accept such tickets, redeem- able in cash at the office of the local disbursing officer of the war depart- ment. Men who live in town and de- sire to spend this time at home may do so, and no subsistence or lodging allowance will be made on their ac- count. For all others the local board must make provision. These sleeping and eating places must pass federal inspection; the food must be wholesome; the beds clean and sanitary. Duplicates of all records in connec- tion with each man summoned, show- ing every step taken with respect to his enlistment from the date of regis- tration, go with the men to mobiliza- tion camp as a passport. Five alter- nates are to ‘be held in reserve by the local board to supply the places of delinquents. ‘Board Members Generals. Military regulations prevail from the date upon which registrants re- port to the local board for service. The local board must require these men to report in person at 5:30 p. m. each day for retreat roll call. As- sistants to the local board placed in command ot the men summoned are given military authority. It is their duty to conduct the men in their charge to lodging houses assigned, see that they are properly fed and housed and otherwise look after their welfare. When the time comes for entrain- ment, group transportation is provided by the local board, and the assistant in charge of the party is made respon- sible for transportation and meals en route. It is his duty to deliver hig party intact to the adjutant in charge of the concentration camp and to re- ceive his receipt for the same. Ar- rived at mobilization camp, the lists are retained until physical examina- tions are completed, and a_ record made of the men accepted and reject- ed. A record of the quota furnished by each board is kept at the mobiliza- tion camp, and at state headquarters, and the local ‘board veceives credit only for men accepted at mobilization camp. GREAT NORTHERN COP CHARGED WITH ROBBING HOBOES Minot, N. D., Aug. 14—A warrant was issued today for the arrest of a Great (Northern policeman, charged with robbing transients. The com- plaining witnesses state that the offi- cer held them up in the Minot yards last night and took money from them by force. To two of party, wno were I. (W. W., he returned their money. Hardly. ‘The worst part of being a bachelor is that when I die my name dies with DISPITE SUFFERING FROM 0 By HARRY B. HUNT.‘ Washington, Di,C,, Aug. 14.—No matter how severely Holland suffers by our food embargo, the ‘little Dutch kingdom is not expected ‘by allied dip- lomats. here to,go'inte.the war on the side of Gormany. For the reaxon, Jook at a map of the East Indies The nioment lolland started anything. those magnificent is- tands would drop. into the allies’ bas- ket. It is the greater’ in the world, that supp with rice and tshaceo.and the rest of the world with, tin, indigo, cinchona and rubber. England and America have been content to leave’ Holland in undis- turbed possession of th, islands, but the Germans -have. always figured some day they would goblle up Hol- land and ‘ner. colonies and tne Japa have also cast.longing eyes at the rich pieces of land so comparatively near their empire. The Dutch East: Indies consist of Java (most highly cultivated, with four cities of over 100,000 population each), Sumatra, Celebes, the bigger part of Borneo (the rest being Bri- tish) about. one-half of New Guinea (the rest was formerly part British, nart German, but the German portion is now British), the, Moiucca archi- pelago and myriads of smaller islands. Holland probably has about 300,000 FAKED NAME OF SAMMIES SAY U5. SOLDIERS Nickname for Troops in Favor Here Never Heard Across The Pond MEN IN FIELD WANT MORE. EXPRESSIVE ONE West Pointeds Only Smile for “Sammy” Always Means Molasses to ‘Them, American Training Comp in France, Aug. 14.—Not until the recent arrival in the camp of certain newspapers did the soldiers of the;American expe- ditionary force ‘become aware that ef- forts were being made‘in.certain quar- ters to fix upon them the name of “Sammy.” That naméis never heard on this side. ‘Within the last few days the correspondent of the Asso- ciated Press has been approached by many officers, ‘and mpp asking that something be sent home telling the people there how “thei standard bear- ers of the American army really re- sent what they consider an inapt and undignified and irritating name.” Hit Propaganda. “Please hit the ‘Sammy’ propaganda as hard as you can,’ aid one officer today. “The men and officers would be proud to have.an appropriate nick- name, but there is not one among us who thinks ‘Sammy’ is in any way suitable and it certainly is not de- sired. “The name does not in any way suit a fighting man. We, recognize, of course, that it is an effort to play up- on the name of Uncle}Sam. We had a discussion coming over on the trans- Port as to a possible nickname. None of the names suggested~ seemed just right, but there was some concensus of opinion regarding that the nick- name be ‘Johnny Yarexs,’ which, of course, is a combination of ‘Johnny Reds’ and ‘Yanks’ from Civil war days. “It is possible that the French themselves may solve the problem and give us a name that will not only suit us, but will be distinctly reminiscent of our stay in France.”” ‘West Pointers, particularly, smile at “Sammy” for “sammy” has always been a nickname at the military acad- emy for molasses. eg a ‘The Eternal Feminine. Another renson why o woman fs 8 woman is because she would rather have the right kind of shoes than the right kind of feet—Dallas (Tex.) News. DAILY. TRIBUNE. HOLLAND WILL STAY NEUTRAS. TO KEEP HER ISEANDS SAFE UR FOOD EMBARGO, DUTCH COULD NOT JOI NGERMANY, OR ALLIES WOULD TAKE ee EAST INDIES well trained, tough fighting men. They could assist defending the Teuton line; in Flanders. Or they could put the German army ju Belgium in a danger- ous position, with the allied forces in front and the Dutch army in their rear. But the control of waterways as tases for submarines and aeroplanes would be even more important. The Scheldt, Maas and Rhine rivers empty into the North sea through Dutch ter- ritory. Further northeast is the Zuy- der Zee. If Holland joined Germany these waters and the ports on them would double’ the facilities of the Germans for submarine adven- tures. Jf Holland joined the allies these would be safe ports for al- lied destroyers to go on U-boat hunts. Furthermore, from the town of Arn- hem in Holland, allied aeroplanes would only have a 50-mile flight to }j Essen, where the great Krupp works are, and a little farther would take them to Crefeld, Elberfeld and Dus- seldorf, three of the kaiser’s. other great war industrial cities. In brief, the allies figure Holland against them would merely prolong the war; Holland with them would hasten the day-of allied victory. . At present they believe Holland will re- main neutral. YOUNG FARMER RUSHED UNDER WHEELS OF CAR (Continued from Page une) it was turned over and overt for the space of half a block before the en- gine could be stopped. The car was completely demolished, wheels and other parts being scatter- ed from the point where the machine was struck to the spot where the train finally stopped. It was necessary to use a derail to pull the flat car from the wreckage. ‘Remains at Morgue. The remains of the dead man were immediately removed to the Webb undertaking roms, while Mr. Peterson, after finding that his friend wag be- yond afd, repaired to the offices of Dr. F. B. Strauss, where his injuries, ex- ceedingly painful, although not seri- ous, were dressed. He broke down there while describing the accident to a representative of the press. (Errand For Sick Wife. Mr. Johnston had left his work in the fields to make a hasty trip to town for some medicine for his wife, who has been ill. He is survived by the widow and two small children, who reside with her parents, Mr. and ‘Mrs. O. B. Welch, on the farm on which the deceased was engaged. The parents of the deceased sur- vive, in Minnesota, whence Robert A. Johnston came about nine years ago, to take employment on the Welch farm. His marriage to a daughter of his former employer was celebrated several years ago, since which time the deceased had had the manage- ment of the ‘Welch place. He was a progressive, successful young farmer, with a wide acquaintanceship and many friends. S00 LINE READY TD SHIP HORSES FOR GOVERNMENT The Soo line is increasing its stock- yards at Bismarck to four.times their Present capacity in order to take care of consignments of horses shipped here for military inspection for gov- ernment service. The Soo line anti- cipates that Bismarck will be made a concentration and shipping point for the government for all of the central, northern, western and southern parts of North Dakota and possibly Mon- By MILTON BRONNER. Washington, Aug. 14.—Convicts and ex-convicts will not. be taken into the United States armies, despite Pleas of penologists that in war time criminals should be employed as well as other men. The war department has set its face sternly against any such expert- ment. Recently in New York, Dr. Katha- rine B. Davis, chairman of the pa- role committee, and Correction Com- missioner B. G. Lewis told the may- or’s committee on national defense they believed men convicted of cer- tain crimes should be permitted to enlist in the army. Lewis said war experience showed police supervision in warring coun- tries was. growing more difficult and it was cheaper to have the ex-convict in an organized force than running about the community. Dr. Davis ad- vocated these men be enlisted in sep- me.” “What is your name?” “Smith.” arate companies’ commanded by offi- tcers who understand them and can U. S. Will Not O Draft Convicts into Army--Allies, Too, Keeping Them Out handle them. War department officials feel the ar- my is not a reformatory and it is not the intention to have boys from all walks of life drafted into the ranks and forced to associate with men who have been felons. It is felt if any- thing is to be done to secure war work out of this class, they should be drafted for labor in factories and farms. Moreover, the war department says it has no information convicts and ex-convicts have heen drafted for ar- my service by any of our allies. It may be some of them, under guard, have been put to work constructing roads, building camps, etc. The only specific cases of drafting convicts, army officers here could re- call, were in Spain and Mexico. Spain, when it owned the Philippines, organ- ized felons into presidio battalions. In Mexico ,when Diaz was president, convicts were enlisted in the rurales, the mountéd semi-soldiers, semt-po- lice, who did so much to keep Diaz in power. Bismarck’s Fastest Growing Store. WEDNESDAY SPECIAL There are still in stock a few Spring and, Summer Garments) which have been so reduced in Price that, your purse strings will “pop” " open at the Price tags attached. SPRING. AND SUMMER COATS valued up to $35.00 again at.... $12.50 SPRING AND SUMMER COATS, valued up to $1650 — again BE cicke, hard eee ie tian sale iE Nee slelos eb er elee $7. RAIN COATS. 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