The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 18, 1917, Page 4

an tan HONE am RENEE Ae ACSIA AAA ie NETS Coe ere, enone THE TRIBUNE tered at the Pratoftice, Bismarck, N. Beoud Clase 880ED 1.26 G@ LOGAN PAYNE "Al Gpectal Foreign Representative ; CHICAGO, mpw YORK, Fitth Ave. Bldg = 5 LEBES a ‘a aeons. $10 ‘Lumber Exthange. “Member Audit Bureau of Circulation HH STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER iw Gietablished 1872) WEATHER REPORT for 24 hours ending at noon Aug. 18: | Temperature at 7:00 a. m 60 Temperature at noon ..... Wighest yesterday .. Lowest yesterday Lowest last night . Presipitation ...- fighest wind velocii Forecast. ; For North Dakota: Generally fair tonight; Sunday partly cloudy; not much change in temperature ‘Lowest in Temperatures Fargo se .cc0eee » 66 Wuiiistou . . 60 Grand Forks ot Pierre ..- 64 St. Paul 66 Winnipeg 54 Helena . 8 ‘Chicago . . 60 Swift Current . . 54 Kansas City . 70 San Francisco .........- 9% ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Meteorologist BOEEEEEEEEEUEUG @ There is no good in argu: # @ ment with the inevitable— + @ lowell ” GREER EEEEEEEe HOW LONG WILL HE RAVE? Under the nom de plume, “America,” the editor of the Dakota Herold, Dick- inson, publishes an effusion on the “German Press” which boldly states that Germans in this nation will do all they can “to protect Germanisin in the United States from harm.” Jt ds bigh time that the belligerent Ger map press was squelched and com- pelled to print the Dnglish equivalent of every word used in the enemy lan- guage. We are at war with Germany, but the Werold openly parades its admir- ation for the nation that today is kill- ing our boys in the trenches. Where is the’ federal department of justice? % : Bootlegging evidently ts a more seri- ous crime in the eyes of District At- torney Hildreth,than sedition. He can sense the fumes of illicit liquor sales for miles, but fails to see hostility to the government when it is shoved un- der his nose. Here is the reptilian comment on the German Press” appearing in the Dickinson Herold @f Aug. 17: “The German pftss has never in this country experienced such serious times as the present. It must be si- Jenced and suppressed. Apparently because it is disloyal, because it smothers the fires of war desire and because it criticizes the allies. “The criticisms which the Hnglish press occasionally practices towara the war creates no jolt and indeed are often answered with comments of ap- proval, “But when the German press claims the same right, there echoes from all ides the cry: ‘Behold, the German treitors!’ “Germanism in this coun- try must be rooted out, its speech uppressed, its schools closed and its mewspapers squelched.’ “Now in fact there is no disloyal German press, for in it all there is a complete understanding that we owe unquestioned fealty to the country whose citizens we are, and all will, how, as ever, take the position, as it fs their solemn duty, that they owe the United States unqualified loyalty end that (mirabile dictu) NHEY WILL DO EVERYTHING NECESSARY TO PROTECT GERMANISM IN ‘THE UNITED STATES FROM HARM.” - How long would an American paper fast in Berlin if it declared that Amer- icans residing at the German capital would do all in their power to protect Americanism in Germany? Surely it is high time that the de- Dartiment of justice put the lid on this rand of sedition. When a little more American blood is shed in the trenches, such statements will not be When the hearts begin to] tolerated ache, American citizens will be less amiable MERELY A SUGGESTION, “Joint resolution of the senate of the United States, the house of repre- sentatives concurring, to declare mur- der, pillage, arson, outrage of women and divers others ‘crimes,’ to be hence- forth legal and of good repute; to appropriate money for the payment of those performing said acts; and to provide the levy of taxes on American citizens to pay the German imperial epvernment for the devastation of Bel- gium, northern France, Poland, Serbia and Armenia.” Respectfully suggested to Senator LaPoliette. as the proper title for his e Clase Matter. | a ee f a ibill or resolution. BUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN| purposes 0 f ADVANCE $ 6) mon and women are to be taxed to | 4.00] pay for the damage wrought iby the | MIQRE ‘CONDONDM ENT. “peace resolution” now pending in the senate. ‘The senator knows that the proper function of a ‘title ‘is to describe the in other words, American working German assassins of Belgium. By paying these damages the United States, of course, recognizes the pro- priety and legality of their cause, anc sets the seal of our national approval upon the invasion of Belgium, tbe burning of Louvain, the outrage of Belgium andafrench women and young girls, the enslayment of Belgian -work- ingmen and the deportation of young wogien from their homes to be the concubines of the Prussian officer caste. The slaughter of babies and) the jstarvation of adults are alike rec- ognized as proper. | “SUCH JS ‘THE LAW. PAYMPNT) OF DAM AGS 1S RHCOGNITION OF | THE JUSTICE OF THE ADVER- SARY'S CLAIMS. IT ls NOT JEVIEN AN that the senator from Berlin— beg pardon, Wisconsin—has neglected is to provide for a congressional medal of honor for the German captain who myprdered the Americay women and babies op the Lusitania, or the equally chivalrous commander who a few days ago,.deliberately drowned four un- armed American sailormen taken from the unammed merchant steamer Bel- gian Prince, whom he placed on top of kis submarine, without life preserv ers, and then submerged Who wants to chip in to pay these taxes for Germany? Speak up! ges used by the mob against Wash- ington’s picketing suffragists were not used for egging them on. WAR'S GREATEST MORTALITY. A man startled his companions one day by saying: “Gentlemen, where in some primer class in the United States a future president of the country is learning his A. B. C's. And it was true, literaliy true, that at that time there lived in the country some little chap whom fate, ability and circumstances would mark out for the highest honor in tue worid. | And that leads to the solemn} thought that we can never estimate how much damage to the world the German kaiser has wrought ‘by bring- ing on this world war. .t is not mere- Jy the loss in men and money and material things. ‘The greatest loss is that of precious human brains. Rupert Brooks, a su-| perb young Huglish poet, died while on. duty af Gallipoli. Mrancis Led- widge, a born Irish singer, was killed in action in Flanders. So the known cases of great loss could ‘be cited. But there are thousands of cases that are not known and that, there- fore, cannot be cited. Among those now untimely dead there was prob- ably a youngster who had in him the seeds of an ability to make of him- self the greatest poet since Milton, or the greatest dramatist since (Shakespeare, or the greatest novelist since Balzac. Among those lying in an unmarked grave there was prob- ably a youth who had in him the pe- culiar bent which would have made of him a greater Edison or Marconi. There are among the dead young men who would have done service for the world in all the arts and sciences and industries which make this a bet- ter place in which to live and work and dream. All this potent youth, ali this undeveloped genius has been de- stroyed. There is a sheer and crim- inal waste to the world. Things have some- been lost that can never be replaced Why not a government badge on those exempted because of conscien- tious scruples? Fellows wira seru- ples strong enough to keep them out of this war ought to be honored in some way. STILL DEFIANT, Opinions about conditions in Ger- many are as various as their holders. One hears Germany has plenty of men and munitions, but is on the verge of starvation, The next day one hears it is impossible to starve Gremany, but she is coming to the end of her man-pover And so on, Perhaps the nearest thing to the truth is the saying of a Swiss merchant: “Germany is on her last legs, but her feet are firmly planted on the earth.” Jt stands to reason that Germany, must be greatly weakened. Financially she has been shut in, and her system of paying for the war has resulted in an inverted pyramid that must crash some day. Commercially she is bankrupt be- }cause her great sea-borne traffic, which had made her rich, was auto- matically stopped by Britain's navy. She is on short food rations, and has been, Soon things will be worse because of our embargo to neutrals. In man-power, there must be a per- ceptible shrinkage. The allies’ known losses are large. And German troops havd battled on all fronts, except the Italian. The German wastage in tre- mendous battles like those for Verdun, and in great campaigns like those on the Somme, is hound to be very large. Also the quality as well as the num- ithe early months, thy: veterans of the ned ‘troops of The magnificent ty ta first two years, m ust in considerable numbers either be \dead or incapici- tated. ‘Their places \:have been taken by older and young: ¥ anen, combings from those previousl; | deemed unfit. But as the Swiss wt it, Germany stands firmly on her. €t. She faces the foe as defiantly as @efore. Many will think of t er as in the same case with Japan in| the war with Russia. ‘The Japanese t ad won bat- tle after babtile—the gre atest in his- Russian power af peared detfi- We kic w now that tory. nitely shattered Japan: was war-wei V on ‘ber last legs, con” uci Ws ithe world | by an elaborate ‘blu that she was} war-depleted, |” A mance 67 RANDALL PARPISA SYNOPSIS. CHAPTER I—Robert Hollis, one-time mea captain, who telis the story, is a wuest on Gerald Carringion'’s yacht, Bs- meralda. It is supposed to beg “stag” invincible. So it may be with ‘‘erma py. All the; pompous speeches may be intended | not only to bolster ‘up wani mg courage ! at home, but to feed the enemy; abroad. \ . At this stage the most im portant jov falls to the United States. We come into the conflict fresh and wtrong. Lt becomes, therefore, our tasi: and our privilege to deliver the knockout blow; to the groxgy Teuton power s. As a ‘brave people we meist do our) own fighting. As a people bating mili- tarism, having girded up our loins and} armed ourselves, we must wall in boldly’ and smash this Tet‘ton mili- tary machine} for good and all. FOOD CONTROL. ‘Everyone nmst ibe impressed with the immensity pf the task that con- fronts the food adininistratio}. Mis- takes will be mace and some: contu- sion arise in the process of reconeil- ing business to federal control of the agencies of distribution. North Dakota here wuch of gov- ermnental control e© fo.d products and markets as a panucea before war broke out. ‘Now that ibe conflict is upon us, the necessity of fachlitating an orderly flow of products to market at a price not inflated ‘by cuvidity for excessive profits, forces the federa goverminent to take over food distri- ‘bution. Competition practically has been eliminated as far as prices of certain staples are concerned. INo one knows yet just what. the ef- fect will be on: prices. The \best sal government proposes to/do at the start is to stabilize them. | Speculation as to the outcome of the federal food reguladion is hardly profitable at this time. ‘Plans are not} made definitely and mmuny —precon- ceived ideas will need revision when applied to actual conditions: One of the most inrportant features of the entire situation is the patriot- ism shown by the grair and flourmen in co-operating with the government. They ‘have stilled the tongue of the demagogue who sought to foist his own economic foibles upon the goy- ernment under stress of war emerg- ency. Without their assistance sJoov- er would surely fail. Fortunately, Mr. Hoover for the most part has enlisted business men of known merit to assist in food con- trol, not zealots who have been devot- ing their lives to tearing down the organizations through which the gov- ernment must work if it hopes to avoid economic chao: The exposure of so many young men as physically unfit for service must be a great comfort to the eugen- ists, but ladies contemplating matri- mony need not become down hearted. ‘There are no perfect men. ‘with ithe woman, ; him ther name is Vera. jwise the manners of one. A single jparty and Hollis is surprised on discover- Ing & woman, who evidently wishes to re- amain unknown, aboard. CHAPTER —agonis, the next | night, succeeds in having an interview She merely tells CHAPTER 1I—Garrington tells ‘his ; guests of the coming war, and that! ae is engineering a copper per | CHAPTER IV—The yacht is sunk! in a collision amd Hollis saves Me-} Cann, millionaire, amd one of the flar-| ty. CHAPTER V——Hollis and McCann rescue Vera and Jeave the ship in a sinall ‘boat. CHAPTER Vi-aMfollis and Vera be- | come friendly, though he is unaware of her identity. ‘ CHAPTER Vil. 1 Enforce Authority. Searcely ‘had we taken this new ‘course when the sun, now well above the horizon, a red-bal! of fire, burst through a rift in the clouds, and the waters in our wake decame’2 trail of crimson. ‘The encineling mist med. rent asunder by somie invisible power, whirling away Ike “wreaths of smoke Ddlown by the wind,” 2nd yielding us ‘broad view to where sky and ocean amet. Our straining eyes caught mo- where a signal of life.or hope, no gleam wf distant soil, mo black shadow of smoke. We were alone in the drear waste of water, with not even.a speed- ‘ing seagull to break the dull vista of | warring seu and sky, ; I forced myself to turn away from the grim fascination, beck te the boat in which we floated, McCann had sunk down abaft the jury mast, and rested there hanging over the side, staring moodily down 4uto the green water. His heavy face exhibited no interest | and looked almost brutal in the garish } light. Lord, how the appearance of | the man had changed! ould this be the same fellow I jad played cards with on the quarterdeck of the Hsmer- alda only two days before? Why, then he had heen the life of the company, full of humor, a bit rough in speech to be sure, and d-inkiag more tun was necessary, yet. pparently a zood fel- Jow. But now-—why, he actually had ‘the aspect of a brute; aye, and like wight of danger and exposure had suf ificed to bring to the surface his true jcharacter, had stripped off the veneer, jand proven him a bullying coward, in- efficient, and unwilling. I felt my teeth close tightly as I looked at him, but relief came when I, turned toward the ‘girl, seated near me, She must have ‘felt the intentness, with which I re- garded her, for she turned suddenly, a flush sweeping her cheeks. “Isn't it wonderful, Mr. Hollis, the way those clouds and tvaves blend | yonder, such a marvelous massing of colors? Qh, there is no beauty like the, sea!” “But always a crpelty in its beauty, like that of a tiger cat,” I answered. | “Perhaps we had better breakfast, Miss Vera; let me see your bag of bis- euil{s by, dayligh tthe FOREST, ETC. She wrourm- them torm, together with the jug. -A little sea water had seeped into the bag, and the outer Jay- ers were more or less mildewed, yet enough remained sweet and wholessme to give me hope of their sustaining us until we should be picked up by ‘some passing vessel. The water §ug, how- ever, was only half-filled and ‘must be sparingly used, ; “We «will goon short rations,” I an- nounced, breaking a biscuit with my knife. “Just enough to keep.us from starving. Here, McCann, is your por- tion” He reached out and took what 1 handed him; then gave utterance te a curse. “ “My God! do you mean I am to brenkfast on this half biscuit?” he ex- claimed angrily. “On that, or on none at all,” I am- swered, eyeing him sternly. “You haven't done so much work es to earn double rations. I give you the same as I take myself. All we have is what is jin this bag, and beaven knows when we shull meet a ship.” “Ship, h——! We are not far from Long Island.” “Two hundred miles at Jeast, and with this jury rig we should have to muke some wide tacks on that course. Take what I give you, man, and be de- cent about it.” He grumbled something regarding his belief that I was keeping most of the food for myself, but_I broke in, de- termined to end the discussion: “That's talk enough. Hat your half biscuit the safne as we do, and be thankful you have got that; and when you come to the water, one swallow each will be all we are entitled to. You hear me?” “Yes, I hear you; but who in thun- der are you?” “The only seaman on board, McCann, and the life of this young lady, as well as your own, dgpends on my judgment, I aw not seeking trouble with you, but you will obey my orders while we are afloat here, or tuke the consequences. That half biseult is your ration; eat it, or leave it, as you. please, but you'll eut out the profanity, and I'll not warn you again.” He was too great a coward to force the issue, and fell to munching his bis- cuit, one hand gripping the gunwale, as though he wished my throat was be- tween his fingers. As I nibbled at my own -smajl portion, watchful of his movements, and thinking of how best to keep the fellow at a safe distance, the girl leaned toward me, and whis- pered a word in my ear. “He has a revolver. I saw the butt in his pocket, while the lay asleep in the bow. You will becareful, Mr. Hol- lis?” “You peed have no fear for me,” I answered reassuringly, and ventured | to touch her hand where it rested on the thwart between us. “I have been a bucko mate, my lady, and learned how to handle his kind. If he ever draws a gun on me out here, I'll teach him something he never learned yet in Wall street.” The hours of that day fairly dragged along, as we stared out dull-eyed on the same vista of sea and sky.: The girl and I talked, avoiding as much as possible all reference to our situation, and the fate of the yacht,,our conver- sation drifting here and’ there. We spoke of books, of art, of drama, and ber of men has woefully depreciated. Will It Hatch? | THINK] 'D. ABETTER CHANGE THE NEST EG. ,| the sleep. What ere you going to do?” “He Has a Revolver.” she exhibiled even a wider" rauge ‘of | knowledge on these subjects than I | Possessed, while her comments were} keen and original—not pedantic, nor bookish in avy way, but the outspoken frankness of young womanhood. In- deed, she was wholesome all through, | ber face a mirror of her nature, her | eves reflecting back each mood. Never before had I met one of her sex 80 ‘deeply interesting, so unconventional and plain«poken. However, our conversation lapsed at) last, through sheer weariness on my part. I had been at the steering oar so long, staring out into that drear ex- panse of ocean and sky, that every anuscle of my body ached, and my eyes could scarcely be forced to remain} open. In the silence she must have no- ticed this, for she exclaimed suddenly? “Why, I never thought! you must be| nearly dead with fatigue. Let me take) ‘the oar while you sleep.” “I am afraid I shall have to,” I ad- mitted, “for I must keep awake to night. You feel competent?” “Why, of course; you saw me steer. If anything goes wrong I can call you easily enough. Please lie down for a few hours.” I looked about, permitting her to | grasp the oar, and slip into my seat. “Really I feel as if I must,” I said | regretfully, “and there can be no dan-| ger while things keep as they are. Call me, though, if there is a change in the ‘weather, for that jury mast will never stand any weight of wind.” “I promise; but I am a better boat- man than you think.” I must have slept for several hours! undisturbed, for, when I finally opened my eyes once more the sky above us was beginning to turn purple with twi- light, and the breeze had failed, so that the sail flapped idly against its impro- vised mast. This, perhaps, was the noise which had aroused me. I sat up wide awake instantly, and stared about me in the boat. There was little change noticeable; Miss Vera still clung to the steering oar, showing no outward signs of weariness, and greet- ed me with a smile and nod of the head; but McCann had moved forward, and sat playing idly with an open jack- knife. “T bear testimony that you slept well, Mr. Hollis,” the girl said cheerfully. “I did not realize until I lay down how weary I was,” I replied, adopting her manner, “but really you had no right to let me lie so long. Why, I must have been sleeping three or four hours, and you will be tired out.” “Oh, no; it was no trick at all. The wind kept steady until just a few mo- ments ago, and I do not feel in the least fatigued.” “And you have seen nothing? no smoke, no sail?” She shook her head, her eyes grown grave, “Not a thing; we seem to be abso- lutely alone in the immensity of the sea—just one great wave after the other, It—it gets on my nerves.” “It certainly does; such a sight has driven more than one insane. But! what does this mean? Why is the bis- cuit bag out here?” | I pointed to the bottom of the boat, | beyond her feet. Her eyes anet mine, | her answer made in a whisper. “He—he crept back here while I was adjusting my oar, and took two.” “McCann?” “Yes, he had the bag before I no ticed, and I thought it best not to anger him then, for he held that open knife in his hand.” $ “You should have called me.” A “The mischief was dove before I had any time. Besides I knew y<u needed I smiled a bit grimly, glimpsing him beneath the sail. “Iam about to give Mr. Fergus Me- Fann, late of New York, a litile speci- men of sea discipline which I hope may last him for the remainder of this voy-| age,” I replied quietly. “Hold the boat stendy, Miss’ Vera, and leave me to at- tend to-this degenerate son of wealth.” | J erept forward, scarcely jarring the | frail craft, and was beyond the jury | mast before the fellow had aroused sufficiently from his knife play even to | note my approach, He stared at me in- solently, leaving the keen blade trem- | | bling in the plank, “McCann,” I began, wasting no time in preliminaries, lifting myself on one knee, and facing him, “the young lady says you took adgantage of my being sound asleep to help yourself to bis- cuits; is that 30?” “Well, what if I. did? I was hungry.” “So am I; 60 no doubt is the lady for the matter of that. Hunger is no justification for stealing. You were not starving; you received exactly the same share we did. More than that, I have assumed command of this boat, because I am the only one on board knowing’ the ways of the sea. I told you'plainty what you were to do, and T’propose“to enforce may arders, Not or tomorrow.” sy “Jg that so?’ he drawled, 2 wid anile revealing his teeth. *Yow-au mst think you me dealing with a fonemast hand, It takes something: dhesides, threats to run we; Mr. Robert Hallie?» He half arose to his feet, but I forced him back onto the thwart mope too gently. Hisface wasred with passion, ves malevolent. f ‘ es you! take your hands off me!” he snarled. “No blustering sea bully ds going to make me jump at the qrook of his finger. You touch me again, and I'll show you who I am, you big brute. Me take orders from you? Why, poob; I've got more money in New York than you ever Saw. ‘ “If you owned the Bank of England 4 | 4t would mean nothing tome. You will do what I say, or I'll make you.” “You wil? How?” “No matter how; I've trained more: men than you to obediemce in my time, and always found @ way:” “Hub the bucko-mate business, | hey?" he sneered. “Well, just try that on me, if you think it.eafe. J’ show you—” bey ae His hand darted back toward his hip pocket, but I was looking for the movre- went, and ready. His fingers had bare- ly gripped the butt of his weapon when my clinched fist crashed into his face. I have struck harder blows, for I was pot poised to put my whole weight be- hind it, yet the saan went over a8 though floored by an ax,-and lay hud- died in the bows quivering like a jelly fish. 1 jerked the revolver from the grip of his hand, dropped it into my pocket, wrenched the open knife from the wood in which it stuck, and: closed the. blade. ; “Get up now, you fool,” I ordered sharply. “Ob, yes, you will,” and I gripped him by the collar and lifted him roughly to his knees. “That is likely to be the last time you will ever attempt to pull a gun on me, Make an- other movementy McCann, and Ill throw you overboard. You take your ZZ “Say Sir, When You ‘Speak to Me”. orders from me, and you must jump when I speak, or I shall take pleasure in breaking every bone in your body. Do you understand that?” I doubt if he eould see out of one eye, but the other exhibited a terror almost pitiable. “Y—yes.” “Say sir, when you speak to me.” “Yes—yes, sir.” “You'll keep to this end of the boat hereafter; whether I am asleep or awake, you stay forward of the jury mast.” (To be continued.) OHIO LOAFERS MUST WORK Trampe, Panhandiers and ~Such Lites; to Be Herded in- Labor Colonies, : Columbus, © O.—The .vagrant....whe stops at the back door and.asks for.a “handout” soon will beonly e memory. in Ohio. Tramps, “panhandters’: and other loafers are fo be coralled, put in labor colonies and. made to become self-supporting at least. The plan is &@ war-efficiency measure, Details are being worked out. by Governor Cox ‘and’the ‘Ohio branch of the council of national defense. The ; camps will supplement workhouses, the ‘attem pot possessing sufficient factil- | Tribune want ads bring results. ’ How glorious and wonder: ‘ful is the advent of afother life. 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