The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 15, 1917, Page 4

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ROBERTS, Meteorologist. — A TREMENDOUS MOVE. The most tremendous news coming from Washington in months is that to tthe effect that there is to be an or ganized attempt, headed by the weli known constitutional attorney, Hannis Taylor, to block the sending of the militia and conscripts into Europe, in alleged violation of constitutional! in- hibition. It does not appear that this move- ment is to be engineered by pro-Ger- mans, but the effect will be decidedly pro-German. If we can send only the regulars to the front, our contribution to:the allied strength in the field will ‘be comparatively small. The matter will be taken to the United States supreme court, which is another as- surance that our raw troops will not see Europe in many months. There has been great doubt about our hav- ing the ships and now there's doubt as to our having the legal night: to send ‘them over. Undoubtedly, the administration rec- ognized this doubt as to constitution- ality and, in the act of last May “fed- eralizing” the militia sought to meet it. But there is strength in the claim that congress could not, by such an act, confer upon the president power which the constitution forvids. Certain it is that none save our regulars and volunteers, Including the aviators, will go to foreign territory -until the supreme court passes on this question. How every move we at- stempt for progress, including our et- fort to preserve our own democracy, Bnally gets up to that court! When our constitution-makers lim- ited our militia operations to execu- tion of law, suppression of insurrec- , lion and repulsion of invasion, their ; vision of world-wide democracy didn’t glow much. They were mighty busy about making themselves safe for democracy. Germany is issuing more paper money stamped “Gott strafe England und Amerika.” One drawback about German bills is that there isn’t room enough on them for the autocracy to do all the cussing or folks it would like to, and that’s a cause of much sorrow to Teuton kultur. —_—Se AS TO AUTOCRATS. Passage of the food control bill tem- Porarily makes President Wilson about the greatest autocrat on earth. Give us control of food, fuel and fer- tilizer, and we care not who makes your laws, would be a fine paraphrase of a trite saying that fits Woodrow ‘Wilson's case. And his present autoc- Tracy will probably be increased by autocratic control of transportation. The biggest autocrat is engaged in @ war to make democracy safe. It is clearly American autocracy against German autocracy. But there are two sorts of autocracy. One sort comes from “divine right” of birth; the other from great emergency. One goes on forever; the other is pulled down as soon as the necessity for it ceases to exist. In one case, accident of birth fixes the power for promotion of self- ish or any other ends; in the other case, democracy fixes the power solely. ‘that the common weal can be con- served. Woodrow Wilson is an autocrat of necessity. But we can surely pull ;_ him down, if he does not behave him- self. :" See the difference between Autocrat Wilson and Autocrat Wilhelm? As a matter of sympathy for a poor ‘little crown prince, the kaiser ought ‘to lift his son out of that Verdun ‘sector. It is no place for a young man who wants to go ahead in this cruel world. ' HIGH TIDE OF SENTIMENT. 1, “Nation-wide prohibition coula never be enacted by the votes of the American people themselves.” 2, “A prohibition amendment to the constitution will become a deaa letter in all the states in which public opinion is against it.” 3. “An amendment that has never won a victory at the polls in any na- tional election, that no great party has ever adopted, to which no successful candidate for the presidency was ever pledged in the whole history of the country.” The above are excerpts from the New York World and pretty well ex- press the arguments of those people of the “wet” states who oppose the amendment just passed by the United States senate by a vote exceeding the n ry two-thirds. And that opposition, in our humble opinion, will have to show up something stronger, when the test comes, as it will. 1. Of course the (New York World doesn’t know what the votes of the American people would do. No longer ago than November last, it had to flop from what it said those votes haa done, and a fizzle as a recorder ot facts must expect derision when as- suming the role of prophet. But the voters of America have never had a fair chance at nation-wide prohibition as the dominant issue. There has long been a prohibition party, but, al- ways, the leaders of the greater par- ties have. made other issues domin- ant. This may be impossible, how- ever, in the next national campaign. The old parties may be out of import- ant issues, and 25 of the states have become “dry.” 2. It is a pretty serious matter, not to say a vicious and fatal attack upon our theory of national democ- racy, to confess that the people of any state can and will nullify the constitution, and be permitted to do it by the federal government. At any rate, it is not good argument against amendment of our plan of national government at behest of the governed. If we are not governed with the consent of and in accord with the will of the governed, our form of government is a failure. It a state can nullify the constitution, we are not a republic but an anarchy. So, we had better go ahead on the basis that fundamental national law is law for everybody in the nation, and enforce that law. 3. All true. Prohibition has never won a national victory, no great party has ever adopted it as its issue, no successful candidate for the presi- dency has ever pledged himself to it. The great parties and their nom- ‘fives have’ been able, heretofore, to dodge, and dodge they have, collec- tively and individually. Will they be able to continue dodging in safety is the question. The present state of sentiment to- ward intoxicating drink has never be- fore been approached in all the his- tory ‘of man. All over the world, Mars has got John Baileycorn down and is conscientiously punching the hypocrisy, brutality and other stufling out of him. War has poured a flood of objection upon the traffic that sweeps clear around the world. Over half of the American states are “dry.” To the American yote have been add- ed new millions—women, “dry,” dead- ly “dry.” Hundreds of thousands of young men are to ve in the camps, with almost every one of their fami- lies praying that they cannot get at liquor, and the government is openly doing its best to grant those prayers. There are thousands of voters who never helped vole a community “dry” but who do see a cure in a constitu- tional amendment. This is the condition, and no reader, “wet” or “dry,” can blind himself to it. With what other issue, what other broom will any party, great or small, sweep back this ocean of sentiment? ‘No, unless there be mighty and won- derful changes, John Barleycorn is going into thé dock as the greatest of national malefactors, stripped of his disguise as a rather sociable, rather excusable, rather profitable fellow, who, at worst, merely picks a pocket here and there. PEACE TERMS. There can be no peace unless the Hohenzollerns be displaced in Ger- many anf a democratic form of gov- ernment be established upon the ruins of Prussianism. Pope Benedict's status quo ante bel- lum is impossible. True, all belliger- ents have suffered, put upon Ger- many’s hands is the blood of the na- tions she has wrecked and of those she seeks to wreck. There can be no peace until the Hapsburgs and Hohenzollerns are eliminated. They belong to a medi- evalism no longer to be tolerated and can have no part in the regeneratea democracy which must inevitably fol- low the consummation of peace. The many ‘friends of Chris Bertsc Jr, are rejoicing over his recovery. Mr. Bertsch ri: formance of his duties. His adminis- tration’ of the police and fire depart- ments has cient. been energetic and effi- Chas. Grismer, new president of the Master Butchers of America,.. says we'll soon be eating our horses. rt Hollis, one-time the story, is a ion’s yacht, Es- to be a “bta; ed on discov ily wishes to re- meraida. PL party and Hollis is sure Ing &@ woman, who evid main unknown, abvard, CHAPTER II—Hullis, the next night, succeeds in having an interview with the woman. him her name is Vera. CHAPTER III, * War, and a Copper Pool. “Vera,” I echoed, in some way vaguely conscious of a strange famil- larity with the word, yet utterly un- able to immediately recall the associa- tion, “that must be your given, not your family name?” “And you are not even satisfied at this evidence of my trust?” she ques- tioned lightly. “Usually it is consid- ered quite a compliment to be permit- ted to call a lady by her given name we iege.” “To which I am not insensible; yours is not a common appellative, yet I have known someone so named be- fore.” “Indeed! A friend?” “Well, really, I cannot say; I haven't quite figured it out yet; only the mem- ory haunts me oddly, as something I ought to remember.” “Or else forget,” she interrupted quickly. “What do you say if we blot out all this mystery, and just be natu- ral for a while? Have you the slight est knowledge of where we are, Mr. Hollis? Waut is that Light flashing out yonder?” “Montauk point,” I answered, in- stantly recognizing the peculiar flash, “The eastern extremity of Long island. We shall be breasting the Atlantic by daylight if all is well, I have good reason to remember Montauk.” “Yes? You were there?” “Once; why, it was sixteen years ago at the close of our war with Spain. I erved on the St. Paul, and we came face, fhe soft intoxication of her prés- ence beside me, She was natural, wholesome, the very sort of woman I had dreumed about, as being some- where in the world, yet had never met before. Her very presence was inspl- ration, but beyond this vague impres- sion my dream did not go. Then 1 looked aside at her and laughed, realiz- ing suddenly how loquacious Z had been. “Really, I must have nearly ae you to sleep,” I said regretfully. “I do not know when I have before been guilty of such egotism,” “Do not say that. -It was most. in- teresting. It is nice to be spoken to as though one was an intelligent hu- man being—it is quite an experience.” “Perhaps I do not understand.” “Doubtless not, for you ure not a girl, and you tell me you never sought society, The very nature of your life has left you frank and straightforward, You talk to me just as you would to a man.” “If my frankness has interested you,” I ventured, “can you not realize how much I desire te learn more—who She merely tells yet I grant you, a stranger, this privi-) ‘CONTRABAND’ A Romance of the North MMantic 67 RANDALL PARPRISA | LX * of NY LADY of the NORTH," MAID -| ing it out into a star-gleam, which re-! | tell; we may be far enough at sea by COPYRIGHT AC He flURG b CO the FOREST,” ETC. | you are, why youvare here?” “Of course; but I cunnot tell you, Mr. Hollis—not yet,” She looked ath wrist watch, hold’ vealed the white shupeliness of her arm, “{ dare not even remain here with zou longer.” “But you will ‘come again? This is not to be our last meeting?” She hesitated, “her eyes meeting mine almost kindly; then she held out her hand. “The last—yes, in this way. You will meet me again, but not as we are tonight. I havé truly enjoyed being with you, of hearing your story, but this meeting here alone was not my choice, You understand I could not avoid it, and after I was discovered, T had to remain and win your pledge to secrecy. You will not forget that?” “Assuredly not, You will not retura to the deck tomorrow night?” She laughed ‘softly, and withdrew her hand, which I sttil held. “Tomorrow -night! Ob, I cannot i then so I need no longer seek fresh atr by night. I told you my concealment was only temporary. Good night, Mr. Hollis.” The gray dress she wore left upon me the impression that she faded from sight, her dim outline vanished so suddenly amid the shadows. I took a swift step forward, impelled by an irresistible desire to ascertain In what Portion of the yacht she found conceal- ment, yet paused almost as quickly, Who she was, and why she had chosen so unconventional, a manner of joining us, was beyond my guessing. I essayed many a theory, yet one after the other, all broke down, and left me groping in darkness, Orly one fact remained steadfast, to whieh I could elfag with confidence—the girl was no mere ad- venturess, no criminal; she was doing nothing of which.ghe was in the least ashamed, nor ‘had she the slightest fear the consequences. ' I slept so soundly as to be the last guest at the breakfast table the next morning, although as I sat there alone Fosdick returned from the deck to the cabin, seeking a raincoat, and report- ing a heavy fog,..through which the yacht was proceeding slowly. The ves- sel was still withia easy view of Mon- tauk, or had been béfore the mist shut down, but the ‘really important news had come to Cuz:ipgton by wireless: positive. inform:tion of, the outbreak} of war, Russia atid France were pit- ted against. Germany and Austria in the death grapple. The German troops had already. begun“an Invasion of Bel-| gium on their drive toward Paris. It] was still unknown what course Eng- land would take. ‘The nature of this news obscured all else, and left me ‘unable to complete, my meal, Glher messages were mo-/ mentarily expected, and I dressed has- tily, and joined the little group on the deck, Just as a cabin boy handed Car-|° rington a-new mes@age. He read it, crashing his clenched’ hand. down on the rail, “It’s all over with - now,” he ex- claimed, holding the paper. aloft, and | able to control the. market?” Fosdick “Bngland declares war, gentlemen. She will stand by her treaty with Belgium. Here is our opportunity; listen to me, This is going to be the greatest war in history; every nation in Europe may be involved before it is ended, Do you realize the commodity most in, de- mand? the one metal those armies can- not get along without? It is copper. They must have it, and they. must buy it of us. This morning, as soon as ] received that first dispatch, I wired my agents to buy, buy. Now, with Eng: Jand in, the result is certain.” He paused, and studied the faces in; the group. “Gentlemen, there is wealth enough here on this yacht to control the entire copper output, if we work swiftly. The Breathless With Interest, She Ques tioned Me. pion Win ve enormois. I have the campaign all mapped out; I know where to buy, and my agents are ready to execute my orders. I am going to suy to you frankly that I had the thought in mind when I first organized this cruise. I believed this crisis was approaching, and prepared for it. By wireless we can operate surely and se- cretly, with no possible fear of be trayal, The only question is, are you ready to back me up?” ‘The expression on the faces of those| ~ gathered about him reflected the va- ried character of the men. They were alike startled by the unexpected turn} of affairs, yet financial greed evidently predominated. - Even the one German in the group had seemingly forgotten his nationality in view of the golden bait dangling so temptingly before his eyes. Fosdick, actuated by his lawyer instincts, and still cool and calculating, was first to.question the proposition. “You are perfectly assured of being asked. “I alyeady: practically control,” re- furned Carritigtén tonfideitly Hdewien |! a little more capital the game is cer- tain. In twelve hours, gentlemen, we can have the copper situation ‘entirely in our hands, Tere are my holdings individually. I need your help to close the deal.” They bent over the papers, eager to grasp the truth, but abundantly satis- fied with a quick glance at the magic figures. It was evidently enough a master stroke, a business deal easy to comprehend, and all that remained for them to do was to take their profits. “You—you return immediately to New York?” questioned McCann, his lps trembling. “Certainly not; our game at present is to keep out of sight; permit no one to discover who is behind the’ move- gazing about into dur eager faces, ment, Your personal checks will. sat- UNLESS ToM GETS ON THE OMER END OF THIS ROPE DOINGS OF THE DUFF’. WILBUR HAD NO CHOICE IN THE MATTER FAST, Tom! By Allman GO BACK NOTHING APTER TAKING ALL THs TIME To GET OUT HERE WHY Go BACK? | you can draw your checks while the : = = isfy. mes 1 ‘propose holding the yacht, say hundred miles from shore, and conducting the entire business by wire- less, That, makes it safe and gure.” ‘The group of financiers stared at cach other, one waiting for the next AVIATION MAKES GREAT PROGRESS Keen Competition in War Is Re: sponsible for Remarks to voice decision, Fosdick, as usual, took the Initiative, “Pm heartily with you, Carrington,” he sald frankly, “you can count on my check for a hundred thousand dollars wight now.” pees “and 1,” “and 1,” echoed trom itp to| > able Advance.’ jeaj4 Mp. eA Carrington, smiling _ pleasantly, turned toward me. “And how about you, Hollis? Com- Ing in with us? We ought to have one Chicago representative, you know.” I shook my head, doubting my abil- ity to produce the amount required off- band. % “Not today; give me a few hours to think it over. I should like to talk with you privately first.” “All right; we shall have: enough without you, but Tl hold the chance open until you do decide. Let’s ad- journ to the cabin, gentlemen, where HOPE TUNRS TO AMERICA This Country. Expected to Help Win the War With Germany by Con- struction of Great Fleet of Airplanes. New York.—Aviation has made vast progress in the third year of the war. The keen competition in the great struggle has been respousible for this remarkable advance. Various types of airplanes-have supplanted each other in quick succession. No sooner has a new type been designed than a fast- er plane has been built. , The progress of aviation has‘empha- sized more sharply the absolute need of planes and dirigibles for the army and navy. Time after time battles have been won and lost, concerted drives ‘held back or pushed ahead; ‘be- cause of the airplanes, Battles have been fought in alti tudes ever rising to the present rec- ord of some 16,000 feet above the level of the sea, and there has developed a dexterity in manipulating the ma- chines in the air such as but few men dreamed of a few years back, Early in the fall of 1916 the race between the allies ‘and Germany in the air fight becone keener than ever. Experts speeded up their efforts to’ improve existing types. of planes, with the result that old machines were either sent back to the training camps or to the junk-pile; more and more men were garnered in for training, as aviators, and factories were ‘told to hustle as they never did before. So fast has been the race between the contesting powers that neither can get a commanding position in the air. Superiority in numbers has but little connection with actual su- premicy, because quality counts for so much and the standard is raised -8o rapidly. ‘ FIGHT HOOKWORM IN BRAZIL] Look to United states. This boom in aviation was further American Physicians Given’Free Hand} *vemented: by the etry of the United for Campaign in the Interior States in the war. Factories capable of Republic, of producing airplanes, but keeping — aloof becanse’ the United States was Rio de Janeiro.—Through the efforts | ot involved, changed their position, of Dr. Charles Seldle, director of the,| #8 might have been expected, and pre- public health department, and Drs}| pared to turn-out planes by the hun- Lewis Wendell Hackett and George| dred to aid in the defeat of Geimany. Stone of the Rockefeller foundation,| It was the virtually unanimous opin- the government has given the Ameri-| {on among military authorities that )@en. Institutien. free, hand, to;, wage -a|.en-.! of. .thousnnds,. of American campaign on the hookworm in the in; airp ‘with trained aviators aléng terior of Brazil, _{the western front would beat Get- The percentage of inhabitants of the| many without question. It was: ‘ex-, ‘outlying districts affilcted with this dis-| plained that they could raid the Ger. ease is high, according to health de:| tan depots and munitioa centers and partment officials, cause such damage as to force Ger, Creditable work: has already been| many to sue for peace. ‘done by the American physicians and| ».Hope was.entertained when Amer ‘it 1s believed the proposed campaign| tea first entered the wur that aerial willbe of inestimable value in: the| did from this country would suffice stimulation of agricultural enterprise | to place such a large number of. TED EASTERLY IN TROUBLE planes on the front as to enable the long thought of raids on interior Ger-; President Comiskey Goes to Ald of many to take place, Steps were taken to rush an appro- Former Big Catcher Who Passed Worthless Check. priation through congress fer miore steward opens a few bottlés, This is an occasion to be celebrated.” We were upon our feet, not unwilling to escape from the raw air, when the voice of the lookout sounded mufiled, but distinct, far forward. “Sail ho!” “Where away?” echoed the bridge, “Off the starboard bow, sir—a big one.” We. gathered at the rail staring out blankly into the smother. Then sud- denly the mist seemed to roll asunder as though cut by a knife, and there in the rift, as if the fog were a frame, appeared one of the finest sea pictures TI ever remember seeing. A huge fron warship, her funnels belching smoke at full speed, the white spray racing along her sides, swept into view. We had a glimpse of the black muzzles of gung protruding from forward and after turrets, of groups of sailors'on deck, and in the fighting tops; a white- clad officer leaned over the bridge rail. There was no flag, nor did we need one to know for what she stood. Carring- ton pointed out into the blank mist. “There goes one of your bulldogs now,” he said. “That fellow has his orders already. In five hours more not a German liner will dare leave New York.” (Continued tomorrow) than $600,000,000, Factories were sur- veyed for-their ability to turn out fiy- Ted Easterly, formerly catcher with] ing machines and other somewhat hur- the Chicago White Sox, who joined the] ried preparations were made. But th Teds and then went from bad to worse] work seemed distressingly slow. until he was caught passing a worth-| The situation now appears gradu- less check in Bakersfield, Cal., has been| ally changing, and with aeronautical! released on probation by the judge who] experts assisting the government and| sentenced him to jail. Easterly,| with all the money necessary to de- when in trouble, appealed to President} velop our air resources for a year at Charley Comiskey of the Chicago | least, most observers believe the White Sox, who interested himself in| United States will ia a few month bis former catcher’s behalf. or a year be a big factor in air wa fare. Zeppelin raids on England con{ tinued for part of the last year; then the Germans seem to have si denly given them op an acount ‘of are for the use of men who may fall hz toca Aeration the Germans, ill in the training camps, and vho are began to use against London’ and othe able to leave the hospital but not yet 4 ag able for duty. 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