The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 6, 1918, Page 4

+ 4 4 H my put ion ce he fo) Re h cit ee a ee aaa ‘ 4 1 4 i] 4 + 4 3 it "y PAGE 4. __ the United States—the loyalist. After the war, the old-parties or the creation of new ones. But 7until the war is won there is no place in enekied Ta, Sea THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE| Class Matter.’ ISSUED EVERY DAY GEORGE D. MANN G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY, Special Foreign Representative NEW YORK, Fifth Ave. Bldg.; CHICAGO, Marquette Bldg. ; BOSTON, 3 Winter St.; DETROIT, Kresege Bldg.;) MINNHAPOLIS, 816 Lumber Exchange. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use | for republication of all news credited to it or not other- | wise credited in this paper and also the local news pub-| lished ber All are also rer =. Joe Editor iblication of special dispatches herein t AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCUL. SUBS PrION RATES PAYABLE IN AD‘ | y, Morning and Sunday by Carrier, per month $ .70 Dafly, Morning, Evening and Sunday by Carrter, | er rnonth 2 + 90 | ning only, by Carrier, per month 60) vening and Sunday, per month ... 70 | “erning or Evening by Mail in North Dakota, on 1a 1g by mull outelde of North Dakota, “a suncay in Combination with Evening or Morning by A], OM@ YOAT oer sev cossnseteeenenceesanee THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER. (Established 1873) _ 6.00 MOTHERS OF MEN With such mothers as Mrs. Anna Gradin of | Bismarck, it is not to be wondered that the Amer- | ican soldiers facing the Hun on the west front are | giving an account of themselves. | “I DON’T KNOW OF ANY BETTER | WAY FOR MY BOY TO HAVE DIED.” | There spoke a true American mother. “He wanted to go very much. He told me he was no better than anyone else, and America needed him.” ‘ | Yes, America needed him, and it has demand- | ed of him the supreme sacrifice, the utmost that | a man can give, his life. It has demanded of Mrs. | Gradin her son, and she has given as freely and | as cheerfully as her boy gave. | When America has such mothers and such) sons to dedicate to the defense of democracy, well | may tyranny tremble. At the front we have) men; at home we have mothers of men, equally | brave, equally loyal, equally ready to sacrifice. | And because of this coordination, America will | emerge once more victorious from this greatest of all struggles for the preservation of the prin- ciples upon which our nation is founded. “AIN’T NO SUCH ANIMAL.” What is a Republican? What is a Democrat? | These pertinent questions are asked in a letter | from a Tribune reader who advises that he is not) looking for political thunder, but is an open-minded | seeker after the truth. | In reply, The Tribune will say in the language | of the street urchin, “There ain’t no such ani-| mal,” : | For the first-time in the history of America| party lines have been massaged away. In this respect, President Wilson has an easier task than General Washington had in the days of the revo-| lution, or than President Lincoln had-during the war of the rebellion, or than President McKinley | had in the Spanish war. In spite of the overwhelming sentiment for American independence, the tories, or loyalist} party, were active all through the heart breaking | American revolution and for some years there-! Washington, while combatting the Tories, | alter had the demands of the Whigs, or the American | purty » to contend with. oln had his copperheads and his northern! democrats to combat. Partisan politics within Lincoln’s own faction was played in a desperate and, sometimes, despicable way. Everyone of the present generation will readily recall what Hearst and other yellow journalists did to Mec- Kinley during the war of 1898. Republicans and Demecrats still existed in those days. They fid- dled away with their political bows though Rome did burn. But anyone who can differentiate between a re- publican and a democrat in the present period of national emergency must needs be a very wise man, Wilson has been criticized as little or less by republican members of congress than by representatives and senators of his own party. Griticism by either party has been discouraged. The partisan press has been wholly unpartisan in its comments upon the administration and its conduct of the war. Wise party leaders have recognized the fact that free trade or protection, the gold standard | or bi-metalism and other issues which have} stirred up political partisanship in times past are not involved in this great struggle, where the is- sue is the life of all parties concerned in a repub- lican form of government itself, and the very existence of that government itself. Perhaps out of this great war, as out of the war of the rebellion, will come an entirely new line-up of political parties, under new designa- tions and embracing new principles. The repub- lican party has had a great and glorious career. | The democratic party has a past upon which it may look back with pride, but the names “Repub- lican” and “Democrat” are only empty symbols. With each succeeding national campaign they have come to mean something different. The re- publican who sat under the oaks at Jackson, Mich., and assisted in the birth of a new party would recognize little of that party in the repub- licanism of today. The old-time fire-eating dem- ocrat of reconstruction days and later would find no shred left of the party which he knew and which he was willing to fight for and die for. _ The old type of politician who would vote for his Satanic Majesty himself, if the terror ap- peared on the ticket under the proper party heading, is as obsolete as is the brand of parti- sanship which produced such politicians. Until the war is over there will be but one party in it is entirely probable we will see a revival of for any partisanship except that brand which — to excel in patriotism, loyalty ‘and: sacri- H t are the directoratesef those Hog!isidnd | | expressed the true sentiment of our people.—Far- pa Sanne a ee ee ees | | __ WITH THE EDITORS._ | James J. Regesnary, a former Beulah boy, Sal “KILLED IN ACTION.” killed in battle Tuesday, somewhere in France. Thus does one of our noble men give his last full| | measure of devotion, that this government may | not perish, and that your hoine and my home may | be protected. He died that his country might live. May his death be avenged. He enlisted from Hal- liday and his home was in Oshkosh, Wis. His many friends here join with the Independent in expressions of sympathy and condolence to his be- —Beulah Independent. reaved relativ' ADVICE TO STEE It has been reported that State Treasurer, John Steen, is being urged to run for governor against Lynn J. Frazier. We know John Steen, and that means we Ike him. We believe him to be square and straight. Yet there ought to be enough politician about him to see that, if he lets the bunch run him against Frazier he is buck- ing up against the very stone wall that won him re-election when every chance was against him— and that is the second term idea. Frazier is due for a second term, just as Steen was, in 1916. Let Steen wait two years and we guarantee he will be governor for the asking.—Lidgerwood Broadaxe. JIM CRAMER LIKED IT. Having had the pleasure of attending the big war council held at Bisma the Mail man can only v that it might have been possible for every resident of our city to have attended also. A., the Four-Minute men, the Liberty Loan, the National Council of Defense, the Home Guard or- ganizations were all represented. Speakers of |National and World prominence addressed the huge crowds assembled in the auditorium and the | overflow meetings in the Grand Theatre. Charles Edward Russell, an author and war correspondent | of national reputation, O. A. Culbertson, with Mr. Hoover in the Food Conservation Department, Dr. Moran of Purdue University and Harry Grove Secretary to Ambassador Gerard during his four | years in Berlin, all brought messages of great in- terest and importance to the 2000 people assem-| bled to learn more about war conditions——Mar- marth Mail. TRUE AMERICANISM. | The resolutions passed by the state war con- ference at Bismarck are the most cheering mes- | sage that has been sent out from a great gather-| ling of state people for many along day. Straight! EDITED BY THE STUL to the mark of loyalty, undefiled by the dollar, mark, and without any “ifs” and “buts,” the reso- | lutions declare undying fealty to our country, its| government and all its war regulations. They are| a clarion call to the patriotism of our people: there is no allusion in them to class, to petty pre- judice, or any of the little issues which have been! polluting our state for the past two years and} clouding the vision of a naturally loyal people. These resolutions should be read by every man, woman and child in the state, for it is the first clear cut, real American expression of love of coun- try that has come out of a state-wide gathering | for many months, and the declarations therein made will go far to rehabilitate North Dakota inj the eyes of the country. We certainly owe a debt of gratitude to the committee that so completely go Post. CLACKING VS. CRITICISM. Collier’s Weekly—“The clackers” struck home. | The first letter congratulating us on having print- ed’ Mr. McNutt’s article reached us before the jclose of thre day on which the issue of Collier’s ; containing it appeared. The letters have been coming in by every mail since; hundreds of let- ters. Many of these letters furnish us with ad- ditional examples. They tell us of people, other- wise respectable and loyal citizens, who take a per- verse satisfaction in spredding utterly unsubstan- tiated rumors of disease, death, and disaster. A typical letter recorded that the writer had that day heard a most circumstantial story of how the whole Rainbow Division had been wiped out in France, and heard it from a friend and business associate who could with difficulty be persuaded that the story was a canard. The letter arrived on the day when the story that Colonel Roosevelt was in a hospital. There is no question that this country is full of people who love the thrill of bad news. and even more important matter. Many of them want to know how we can justify printing and exposure of clacking in the same issue with crit- cism of the Administration for so mismanaging the production and transportation of coal that it could do nothing better than shut down for five days the industries it had been trying to speed up. Many of our readers seem to think that crit- | icism of our war management is clacking! We should like to suggest to these readers that reporting the actual sinking of the Tuscania is one thing and spreading the false rumor that the Rainbow Division has been wiped out is anoth-| er. Complaining about calamities that haven’t! happened and aren’t likely to happen is silly if not actually seditious. Calling public attention to indubitable bad management is not only. the public duty of ail loval citizens, but a public duty which in the case of a newspaper is also a private duty and one which it is under an implied contract to perform for its readers. The press of this country for more than eight months after war was declared was peculiarly gentle with the administration at Washington. Almost without exception it did everything in its power to help, contributing its space—and space is money to a newspaper—its good will, and its best energies to the task before the Govern- ment. And in the meantime it withheld adverse criticism. We all hoped that the Administration was going to do us proud. And while we hoped | we made allowances, accepted explanations, be- lieved excuses. There never was an administra- tion which had so much praise, so little adverse criticism. It was probably a mistake. It was’ probably a disservice to the Administration. | It, was probably an unhealthy condition. of public opinion. ; The fact that the newspapers of this country are no longer shutting their eyes to disagreeable + | facts is a healthy 1 n—e pane ae When a newspaper tal it exactly | ” inquires, Enact. if private bas nesses. ssakereanne che 2 $: d. ind the.scenes and then Says nea leialagesnape yap lan- aseured*that «that Collier's in:th the. wid er take Eilat abe k the first of the week, | The Red Cross, the Y. M. C. | But these letters call our attention to another | + | 4 U OF Publiseh The King’s Herald's methodist church met at the home of Ruth Cordner, 422 First street iMon- day afternoon at four o’clock. A large representation of ‘the membership of twenty-five was present. of readings and music was given, and the memers spent the time in knit- ting for the Red Cross, under the di- rection of their new president, Ariel Anderson, and the leader, M son, War refreshments. were served. The school board has recently estab- lished its popularity with the high school students ‘by a new ruling pro- viding for student dances to be held in the High school gymnasium, This the first time the High school build- jing has been thrown open to the stu- — FROM LIEUTENANT CORDNER Dear Mother: ’ I haven’t written very regular. It there. I think the mail goes in bund- les. Will send one every time it goes. Will wire you once a month. Have | only received one letter from you | Mail in today; one letter from Bis- marck mailed Dec. 24; none from you. I am very comfortably located with a French family. Sleep onsa feather ‘bed about 4 feet high, another on top. A fire in fire place every night. The only trouble I have I can’t scatter things around, they are so neat and | orderly. J can talk enough French to | | Correspondence. GACKLE SOCIAL EVENT AT GACKLE. Mrs. A. H. Hout ‘Entertained in Hon: or of Mrs. G, M. ‘Noyes. Mrs. A, H. Haut gave a birthday party Thursday evening, Feb. 28, in honor of her friend, Mrs. G. M. Noyes, It was a social event yery much eén- joyed ‘by those attending. (Mr. and Mrs. Haut are royal entertainers, and parties attending are always assured of a good time. The party was whol- ly unexpected by Mrs. Noyes, who with (Mr. Noyes had been invited to spend the evening. When the crowd began to arrive in large numbers she realized that she had ‘been surprised as to the evening's entertainment. A handkerchief shower furnished Mrs Noyes many mementos of this happy occasion,. Progressive whist and mu- sic were the features of the evep- ing’s amusements. live tables were constantly engaged; the victor and vanquished each accepting his fate with mery laughter. Mrs, J“ Orlando and Mr. Ruh were declared the cham- pion players. p A delicious supper was ‘served. Three large tables were required to ‘eat the guests. These tables were eautifully decorated in pink and white and lighted by ‘candles “ with pink shades. Table number one was reserved for the guest of honor, A latya ard beautiful white ‘irthday cike rc orated with thirty Hghted dies ornamented the cente: guests at this table were G, M. Noyes, (Mr. and ‘Mrs, France, Mr, and Mrs. PB, Spint/ i's. Minnie Hoffman and “Mis: Haas, Pees tac}, At Table number ‘three? the ‘host, Mr, A. H. Haut, Mr. and Mrg, Frank ry Now and Then of the local) A program} s. John: |} RR eee ae seem much use it takes so long to get} RRR eee -|dred new men to the service. WS THE HIGH SCHOOL TRIBUNE} THE BISMARCK HIGH SCHOOL | nt dances. The affairs will be lim- ted strictly to students of the local | high, and arrangements will be under the supervision of Mr, Bolt, the prin- | cipal. p | The younger people of the city are’ | Jooking forward to an especially good |time this evening at the Red Cross ‘carnival to be held at the Presbyter- 1 church under the management of | thé Bluepird Sunday school’¢lass. In- |terest in this affair has increased lather than diminished by the post- | ponement from the date last week on | account of ‘the war council; and .every pone is expecting an uncommonly jolly | tim » with the fishpond, Bluebeard’s | wives, and the other attractions ad- | vertsed for this occasion. LETTERS FROM “SOMEWHERE” IN FRANCE! , get my meals. I start to make motions. I feel like !a deaf mute. I learn a word or two {every day. Maybe sometime I will get it all right. The weather has been fine, real warm when sun_ shines. Can't tell you where or what we are doing but are in a safe part of the | country. As for being well, 1 was hungry tonight for dinner, ate two pieces of beefsteak, three scrambled | eggs, fried potatoes, bread, etc. | am jnot always hungry. Best regards to | Bismarck friends. Love to you and Ruth, Your son, FERRIS CORDNER 164 Inf. Mrs. Joseph Frey, Mrs. Steve Ruh and Miss Schmidt assisted the host- ess in serving. “In the “wee sma’ hours” of morn- ling the guests left for their respéc- tive homes richer for the memories of a very happy evening. REAL SALT FINDS TIMES CHANGED Great Lakes, IL, March’ 6.—There Lakes but the king of them all has arrived in the person of Eugene R. Hess, storekeeper \first class. Hess/ first joined the navy. October 2, 1879, served four years, and returned for| the Spanish-American war. He is by; far the most interesting character that, has been seen here in many days. “It's not the navy it used to be,” ex-/ plained Hess, who is wearing a unni-| form he made for himself in 1879. “When I was on my first cruises/I was o1 the Saratoga, Portsmouth, Ga- lena and the Trenton, and was consid- ered a model sailor, by every skipper. | It was no cinch in those days, If we! wanted a uniform we had to make it| for ourselves. if we wanted it to fit.) It’s a new navy lads, but it will al- ways be the best.” The clothes worn by Hess. differ from the uniform worn’ today by a jackie although the design is practi-| cally the same, His flat hat is the; ‘same but has stars embroidered on/ the top. 7 Hoss re-enlisted Jan. 23 in Kansas City, where he was detailed to recruit- ing duty, and brought in three al He Soasts that he talked to every omeen! inthe world in his first service, and was given flowers by the 'a@ 9°221) Olga of Greece to atone for drannine his famous “star sn77gled bonnet” Stuhr, Miss Amelia ‘Herman, Mr. Steve Ruh and Miss Ania Schmidt. At table number twd’ ue a hone ne eee ir, and Mrs. ist Abel, Mrs. in ‘Thomas, 5 cipro dyerboard. He wants action aad claims; fe is wiling’ to go’ anywhere. jAl: r, dnd Mrs | thoughvhesi# 54, years! old she Ag casy lively as theimewestirecruit.s iui of ‘Th civilian life Hess was in the When I go in a store} have meen many salty “salts” at Great! that this season's crop be a record one WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1918 - - REDUCTION IN | BET MISTER {.\ | TROTZKY et WONT EVEN | \ | \ FARMERS MUST BE PREPARED TO CLEAN THE SEED While. it is evident that those whose duty it is to procure large volumes of grain for sowng the general crop to be supplied to farmers under the county bonding act, will have difficui- ty in finding a sufficient volume of high germinating quality, it is equally ficulty finding a supply of seed which is unmixed and as free from weed seeds as most farmers would wish. The chief source of supply is car-load lots and elevator lots, after the grain has been handled over many times. My advice is for all those who are able and’ have the farm machinery suitable for cleaning seed grain, to get it into shape and be -prepared to reclean any. seed which may: finally come to you. This office and that of the state commissioner ,of agriculture will do everything possible to have bulk seed stocks furnished to the counties of.as high purity as possible. All, however, should understand that while the grain selected will be the | cleanest that can be obtained in bulk If through storage houses the county in local recleaning facilities it would greatly aid in making ‘use of many fine stocks of seeds which are now in this state, and of many local country | supplies which might not otherwise be | available. I therefore highly recom- mend wherever possible, county clean- , ing stations at delivery. points.—H. L. | Bolley. 4/4 |PREPARING TO CARE ; FOR HOMESTEADERS St. Paul, Minn., March 6,—Railroad officials of the northwest, while busy preparing to care for ‘the annual | spring influx of homeseekers into Min- |nesota, Wisconsin, North and South | Dakota and (Montana, declare that the car shortage, which is the most acute in the history of the Northwest must be relieved soon or comparatively few settlers will be able to come into the northwest territory from the crowded , Sections further east, ‘The success of the 1918 crops in the northwest cannot be -assured until the transportation situation is ad- justed and an adequate supply of la- bor available, railroad officials de- clare. Government officials have made_it plain that there is an urgent need to insure tne success of allied arms an-prevent the disheartening of the surorean nations: which have taken up the cause of democracy. Railroad suca acer ude Lae government is. mak- ing every effort to aid the farmer and with favorable weather members of the northwest car service committee believe that the car shortage will ad- Just itself, but the immediaze furnish- ing of cars is essential to the move. ment of homeseekers, E. C.- Leedy, chief immigration agent of the Great Northern iailroad| said today: “I believe the mpvement of homeseekers this season will com- pare favorably with that of last year. but if the vitally needed increase in trop acreage is to result, the govern- ment must provide cars and labor. Government sufveys, now being made with a view of properly distributing | Ja-or will add greatly in the north.) west. MARCH Mothers Should see that the whole family take a. least 4 or 4 doses of a thoro, puri- fying, system cleaning medicine this spring. Now is the time. The family will be healthier, happier, and get along better if the plood is given a thoro purifying, the stomach and bow- els cleaned out, and the germs of Win- teriaccumulated in the system, driven away. Ho Mountain Tea pipne: h ures Sering ic} see the differe: evident that they wll have great dif-| commissioners are in position to put} PRICE OF COAL | 1S ANTICIPATED Fuel Administration Orders Will Eliminate the Middleman | From Game | PREPARE TO BURN LIGNITE Many Baseburners in North Da- kota Must Go Into Dis- card Next Winter Reduction in the prices of both an- thracite and bituminous coal is ex- pected by the United States fuel ad- ministration to result from its de- cision to make the prices to coal re- | tailers the same whether sold direct by the operators or through Jobbers. ‘at tne present time the jobber is per- mitted to add to the government price at the mine a commission of from 15 to 30 cents a ton. Under the new plan of the fuel administration that commission will be eliminated, but the price of coal at the mine will ‘be increased slightly, and the joober will be required to look to the opera- tor for his compensation. The pro- posed increase at the mine will not ejual the commisson now being charg- ed by the jobber, and the retailer will be able to sell cheaper than he is now doing. This is the practice that was | in use before the government assum- ed control of the coal industry, and there are several reasons for return- ing to the old methods. The Burning of Lignite. The federal fuel administration in North Dakota has done a large mount ‘of missionary work with a view to fa- miliarizing consumers generally with the value of our native fuel—lignite —upon which it is probable the state must rely to a greater extent than ever before during the coming fuel year. In this connection it was ‘ stated recently that among the many other good points of lignite might be noted the fact that it is an ideal mild weather coal. North Dakota has long | periods of mild weather at both ends |of the season when a certain amount Of artificial heat is necessary. At ;some length and with much asperity the editor of the Dunn Center Jour- nal takes to task the fuel administra- |tor, advising that he has given the |editor’ to understand that lignite | “would not prove very satisfactory j during a severe winter,” Anyone who has followed, even casually, news ar- a | ticles which have come from. the of- |fice of the fuel administrator will jagree that no basis exists for this ; impression, The fuel administration is indebted ;to the Dunn County Journal for its en- ;dorsement of lignite. “We have liv- fed in this grand old. state for 25 t | years and so far this winter we have yurned nothing but lignite in our of- fice, and if there is any place that must be kept warm it is a printing office, dnd yet we have not suffered.” { |The fuel administrator has lived in | North Dakota for 40 years and has | burned lienite for the greater part of | that period. Prepare for Lignite. | protests from the federal | fuel administration for North Dako- , jta have preserved to this state its share of dock coal now held to our jeredit and have resulted in the with- x | drawal of orders issued ten days ago ¢ | declaring an embargo on imports of | bitmuinous coal, it seems inevitable \that North Dakota's ‘nportations of eastern coal must be graatly reduced, if not almost entirely eliminated, dur- ing the coming fuel year. ‘The fuel administration, therefore, urges that consumers’ during the approaching summer have their furnaces and stoves equipped for the. burning of lignite, where this is possible, and |that if new furnaces or stoves are purchased, their adaptability to the use of native coal be considered, Any stove which will burn wood or bituminous coal will satisfactorily con- sume lignite, and will give Practical, the same results. A somewhate larg. res fire-pot “than necessary for the urning of the finer sizes of bitumin- ous coal is preferable, | res Dl ‘able, but not imper- i ‘ After the Profiteers. Point out to me the man who de- sires to reap exorbitant Profits wrung from the blood of our sailors and those of the allies, and | will make it my special care-to see that his path is a thorny one,” Says M. L. Requam, director of the oil division of the United States fuel administra- tion, in one of his first Public state- ments, He points out that while the \ Lever ‘Act does not authorize price-fix- i \ ing for oil, it does permit fixing prof. its, and its provisions contemplate : prevention of. waste, seizure for hoard- ing, punishment for conspiracy and combination and the right to comman- deer and seize products as well plants and factories. . HOW TO MAKE MAPLE SWEETENING St. Paul, Minn., Marea 6.— of maple sugar made yearly i Ane northwest may be increased _ fitt: times, thereby reducing the su, rete without injury to the trees, in the opinion of M te one ane Minnesota State For- Mr. Cox explained to producing trees of jaar repo! inches in diameter may be ta) ed without noticeable bad results, ani de clared that the haru sugar maple is Not the only tree'from which ga; can be reduced to sugar may be taken. The soft maple and ‘the box elder may also be tapped with good results i ~ ‘The trees‘ shold be tapped in March, before the snow leaves,” Mr. Cox explained. “Trees of less. than five inches in diameter. Should not be - tapped. A hole of one-half to three. fourth inche should be'bored in the trunk about t ro feet from, a perk aid there’ t8'no doubt th supply UE Sugar,trom this apunce H ould eae reese x i cbse west sl the other, sugars,