The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 24, 1918, Page 4

| THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ‘:. Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class Matter. ISSUED EVERY DAY ‘ PEREIRA rcs een Se EE GEORGE D. MANN, : PUBLISHER G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY—Special Foreign Representative NEW YORK, Fifth Ave. Bldg.; CHICAGO, Marquette Bldg.; BOSTON, :! Winter St.; DETROIT, Kresge Bldg.; MINNEAPOLIS, 810 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 otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Daily, Morning and Sunday by Carrier, per month .. Daily, Morning, Evening and Sunday, by Carrier, per mont! Daily, Evening only, by Carrier, per month . Daily, Evening and Sunday, per month .. Morning or Evening by Mail in North Dakota, one year .. Morping or Evening by Mail outside of North Dakota, one year Sunday, in Combination with Evening or Morning, by Mail, one year... . THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) Sa oad . A BIG THING FOR THE STATE The North Dakota Council of Defense in calling the newspapermen of North Dakota into the capital city for a war conference is doing a big thing for the state. North Dakota has no more loyal, patriotic or self-sacrificing class of citizens than the newspapermen, and especially the publishers of country newspapers. They give more to the cause, do it more willingly and render their service more efficiently than any other division of our civil population. Our country newspapers in the Third Liberty loan have done a truly wonderful work. The Third Liberty loan editions published by prac- tically every country newspaper in the state are a credit to North Dakota. Tie spirit shown by these country newspapernfen, many of whom, because the war has taken their help, are doing several men’s work, has been a splendid thing to see. “When all of these men come into Bismarck the end of the week and meet with the state council of defense and confer with such distinguished leaders as Dr. Willard G. Bleyer of the University of Wisconsin school of journalism, and Dr. Thomas F. Moran of Purdue and Burr Williams McIntosh of New York, and when they get their heads together and work out a win the war publicity campaign for North Dakota they are going to do some- thing, which will go further than anything else possibly could do toward stamping out the last vestige of sedition in North Dakota, “The North Dakota Council of Defense is to be.congratulated upon having conceived this idea, and the newspapermen of North Dakota are to be com- ‘ ‘plithented upon ‘the readiness with which they have agreed to come into this * epnference at their own expense, burning midnight oil to get the paper to bed on time, gladly undertaking, many of them, long and tiresome journeys, that they may further contribute their bit to the glorious cause of democracy. MARTIN KUPPER, HERO Martin Kupper was _a 15-year-old farmer lad. At his age he should Wave-been in school. He was hardly past the marble stage of boyhood, but ear hand of war is on the country, and Master Martini was called from class, room to assist in seeding a crop which is to help Uncle Sam win the war. r Martin’s short legs didn’t reach ‘from his seat to the foot-rests of: the:dikc he was:driving, and when the machine struck a stone yesterday §fernoon, ‘the youngster was jolted off, under the keen blades of the disc, and hid tight leg was’ severed near th body. -A few hours later this little boy died:at the-hospital-in. Mandan. a Martin Kupper is just as much a hero as though he had met his fate storming the Hun trenches facing the American sector in France. He was ddifig his‘bit. He was an important unit in the ranks of the great army of loyal sons of democracy who, here‘and abroad, are backing Uncle Sam to win this war, When North. Dakota’s roll of honor is finally enshrined in the archives of the state historical society, the name of “MARTIN KUPPER, HARMON::N. D.,, DIED IN ACTION, APRIL 23, 19918,” should appear there in:letters“bold and clear. Hea ; LETS HAVE THE: NEWS Either there’s too much censoring or not enough of the war news which is coming from the Controle Americaine in France. When an Associated Press report advises us that the Americans have sustained 200 casualties, that report should be followed up promptly by a list of those casualties, in order that a million American mothers and fathers and wives and sweethearts and several million friends may not be left in needless suspense. Bismarck and Burleigh county have frem 300 to 500 boys over there in the trenches, and we have a right to know what is happening to them. Any silly, senseless red tape which deprives the mothers and fathers and sisters and brothers and wives and sweetharts of thse boys of prompt information as to their condition is most unwholesome. We are partners with Uncle Sam in this war business, and, as partners, we have a perfect right to know what is going on. THAT JULY FOURTH SHOW At last accounts, the Willard-Fulton show is arranged to come off in the country between St. Paul and Minneapolis. ‘The arena will have seating capacity for over 35,000 chumps who may be willing to put up their money to see a 1-round boxing contest. Willard is to get $75,000, Fulton $20,000, but, as we have already sug- gested, the government ought to get a 50 per cent war tax on the total receipts. "Of course, Willard and. Fulton can pocket the $100,000 on July Fourth, without striking a serious blow but there are, undoubtedly, 35,000 fellows in this country who are “easy picking.” For that blue feeling over the war news take another Liberty bond, * «1 gm not interested in the presidency,” says T. Roosevelt. No, not this presideney—but the next. 1 Save food and buy bonds as if the war will begin for us where it leaves off for the British and French! An idea of German preparation can be found in their killing of the ‘Paris children. They may be preparing for another war. A financial paper estimates John D. Rockefeller’s wealth at $1,200,000,- 000, That isn’t any too much to keep such a reckless spendthrift going. Dan.O’Leary, the once famous pedestrian, is planning to walk 1190 miles in 28°days, eating bran muffins and sour milk on the way. The glutton! “About two million dollars a day is reaching the U. S. treasury from gales of War Savings Stamps. And the children are raising most of it, bless their hearts! i “A girl in our neighborhood is conserving with a vengéance,” writes €.M. ‘“Shé has made a veil out of a pair of silk stockings and made a pair of silk stockings out of her old veils.” -We hear that baseball managers have raised the price of peanuts to 10 ‘Gents. Not that they want the money, but this will:save the fans the trouble ve looking after the 5 cents change. ©. “The commander of the company. in charge of the long range Hun guns Mytood at his post. =” % : oe * ‘Sflas it been carefully aimed upon Paris?” he asked a lieutenant. tipon’a fesiderice section,”. was the reply. children fifst. “Fire!” ° pon BISMARCK EVENING TRIBUNE THE LONG RANGE HUNTER -2— Sarrer tie b NO CLOSED SEASON FOR INNOCENTS WITH THE EDITORS DISCIPLES. OF BROTHERHOOD Nothing more bitterly ironic can be imagined than the Bolshevik appeal to Germany on behalf of the Armenians. Having abandoned the Armenians of Erzerum, Erzingan, Batum, and Kars to Turkish fury, the Bolshevik now beg their great.and good German friends please to interfere and see that these survivors of the first persecution be given the promised right of self- determination. Trotzky and Lenine insist on keeping their verbal record sacredly clean. The Bolsheviki protest, asking that the Germans live up to the terms of the Brest-Litovsk treaty; and having protested, imagine that they have done their duty by the thousands’ of women and children and old| men perishing in eastern Asia Minor. While they are. palavering, the deed will Have been done. Germany’s was the guilt for the first 800,000 Armenian vietims. The blood of the last’ remnant will cry out equally against the disciples of force and the disciples of brothérhood.—New York Evening Post. FOCH AT THE MARNE Ferdinand Foch is such a man and general as not only to command con- fidence but to get it and with it the most loyal support. During the battle of the Marne—and to him is now given the credit of winning this battle—he sent this bristling and epigrammatic message to Joffre: “My right has been rolled up. My left has been driven.back:. My center has been’ smashed. ‘I have ordered an advance from all directions.” ~ Foch and Manoury were both engaged in the battle of. the Marne in carrying out Joffre’s orders, but it was at the crisis he thus described that Foch began to act on his own initiative. He ordered his “smashed” left and his “rolled up” right to attack, moving his famous forty-second division from left to right to strike in the center. This strategy forced the Germans to retreat from the Marne and won the day for France. - Then, as commander of French, British and Belgian troops, in the.race to the sea which followed, Foch stopped the Germans on the way to Calais. These French victories in 19914, the Marne, Nancy and the Yser, saved France that year, and they were directly brought about by the man who is now in supreme command of the allie darmies on the west front.—The Daily Huronite. SQUELCHING THE PROPAGANDIST Hidden somewhere behind the barrage of pro-German propaganda, the artful oviginators of lies designed to embarrass the government, hamper the Red Cross, and create discontent among the families of soldiérs have maintained their position in the community through the authorities being unable to lay their finger directly on the sore spot. The propagandists have shrewdly circulated their falsehoods among the worknig people, the loyal and | disloyal, and they have done it in such a way as apparently to block the trail followed by those who would apprehend them. These propagandists want publicity, not printed publicity for them- selves, but “by word of mouth” publicity for their falsehoods. » For them- selves they desire secrecy. This is their protection. As long as the origin of the lie cannot be definitely determined, its creator is reasonably safe. Therefore, it would seem the duty of all loyal citizens promptly to furnish information concerning any disloyal propaganda that comes to their notice. The’ person retailing the falsehood, whether it concern food, the Red Cross, or government work in the war, should at once notify someone in a position to make public the true facts. The columns of this newspaper are open for just the brand of publicity the pro-German propagandist does not want. Publication of the lie paralleled with the truth means taking the sting from the falsehood. When by telephone or neighborhood gossip any reader becomes informed of what may appear to be propaganda or some- thing that reflects on the government or the loyalty of the war workers, that information relayed to the Harvey Journal may hayethe effect of preventing or undoing a great amount of harm.—Harvey Journal. THE DIGNITY OF THE SENATE The parliamentary rules of the most august assembly on earth—the United States senate—had a fine airing one day last week. Senator Williams asked to have a lot of newspaper extracts inserted in the Record, but objec- tion was made. Thereupon the senator from Mississippi said: “Very well, I will stand here in my place and read it all. It will take about three ’hours.” Then there was a call for the “regular order,” to deprive Senator Williams of the floor. But he remarked: ea I do not know of any rule of this body—I have tried to find a rule very many times—that could shut a senator off from talking < | when he wanted to talk. I think it would be very valuable if the chair could find a rule of that sort, but I have never discovered it, and I do not think there is any rule of that sort; and if I/am,ito be made a martyr in order that a rule of that sort may be established Ishall be very glad of it. , ; However, the chair decided that the Mississippi senator was notin order. Mr. Williams professed both his astonishment and his pleasure. “I have been waiting for years for some assertion that at some time, somewhere, somehow, a senator might be cut short from talking indefinitely.” But the senate, he warned it, bad won only a temporary respite. : Later on, when we got out of the morning hour, I shall assume the floor once more, and then I do not believe that even the senator ftom Utah can cut me off from talking indefinitely, indescribably, foolishly, or otherwise, just as'I please, as other senators hgye done from time immemorial. oe Meg heis tee Pe ‘ ~ Moreover, he carried out: his: t reading and enting: upon his spaper Clippings with much eed Great is, the dieinity ‘and still y of the senate'in war time—New York Evening Post. WAR SUMMARY (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.) The British have not permitted the Walt in the fighting along the western battle front to keep them inactive. No less ‘objective was sought than the blotting out by one sweeping blow of Germany’s submarine menace from the bases at Zeebrugge and Ostend by the sinking across the exits from | the harbors of large old time cruisers, {laden with -cargoes of: concrete.” to make them more difficult of removel. While full details of . the’ attack have not yet been received, the. in- formation at hand is that two of the cruisers were blown up at the ‘en- trance to the Bruges canal at Zee- | brugge and another was sunk. while passing in the canal. At Ostend two additional warships were run ashore and destroyed by bombs, but-it is be- believed they failed fully to choke the channel. : ‘ Warship Guns Damaged. In addition considerable damage was done by the guns of;the warships to works’ on shore at ‘both places. « Volunteers chosen by the ‘British admiral in command for the’ danger- ~ * | + | i %. of men than could be used in. ‘the enterprise ‘willingly came forward and _ offered their services for a man- euver which might be successful in ridding the waters of menaces which had remained impregnable under the shore batteries, the guns of warships and the treacherous shoal water out- side. | Torpedo Boat Sunk. One British torpedo boat destroyer was sunk by the German guns and ‘four smaller craft are missing, while a consid le number of casualties ‘on hoard the attacking vessels was suffered. Along the entire battle front the ; State of comparative quietude that has j existed since last Thursday continues. 'The only activity, except for small at- !tacks here and there, is being carried |out by the artillery. The German guns {have been paying particular attention and the Nieppe forest, upon which to the sectors around Ypres, Kemmel, ‘large numbers of high’ explosive and gas shells have been thrown. British Improve Position. North of Albert the British in a lo- cal attack improved their position and took prisoners and additional cap- | tives were made by them near Robecq jand Wytschaete. Attempts by the Germans to raid French trenches be- tween Lassigny and Noyon were re- pulsed, ‘i Notwithstanding the lull there is expectancy in the allied camps of the near approach of another great at- tempt: by the Germans to break their lines, -All precautions have been tak- en by the various commanders and everywhere the fronts have been strengthened in anticipation of furth- er onslaughts. In both the British and the French armies the soldiers are waiting patiently, contident that they will be able to give a good accounting of themselves against any attacks the Germans may make. : | Holiand-German Strain, Rumor has it that relations between Holland and Germany are strained; that Germany has delivered an ulti- matum to Holland demanding the right to transmit civilian supplies, ‘sand and gravel and war materials ‘on the Dutch canals and railways. In Holland, it is said, the feeling is that acquiescence would be equivalent to Holland’s abandonment of neutrality. Advices coming out of Germany are that the German newspapers are pre- paring the people for a declaration of war by Uraguay and Argentine against Germany at an early date. London, April 24—The British gained ground today east of Robecq according to Field Marshal Haig’s re- port tonight, and improved their posi- tion around Meteren. Numerous pris- oners were captured. April showers wosb\and clean old ' Mother Earth of Winters germs and impurities. Hollister's Rocky Moun: tain Tea does the same thing for your stomach, bowels, »lood — purifies, cleans\ you: thtough and -through, a {horough Spring remedy, she. T Tablets. . Breslow's. ous task, and a/far greater number ; WEDNESDAY; APRIL 24, 1918 Every American believes he can do anything any other man has done— and maybe do it a little better. Every community expects to be a New York or a Chicago some day. It is natural. We are born that way. And, because we believe we:can do anything, and heeause we hack up our confidence with an abundance of hard work— | why, we usually succeed in doing it! All of which is by way of saying that individuals. communities throughout the country faced farm labor shortages last year—and solved their problems. Various methods were used—emergency volunteer workers from towns and cities, high school boys, country labor bureaus. ‘The labor question is a pressing and perplexing one now. Government agencies are doing everything they can. But, after all, individual initia- tive and action must be relied upon largely. YOU-—your town—your coun- ty—can do what other people, other towns, other counties did last year. And here are some of the things they and idly: In Hood River county, Oregon, which is a fruit country, the schools were closed during apple picking time, so both pupils and teachers could go to the orchards. Practically all the stores closed one-half of each day and all the employees worked at apple picking and packing. Through- out the county owners of automobiles and trucks gave the use of their ma- chines to carry the workers to and from the fields. These measures en- abled the apple growers o save a croy much of which would have been lost otherwise. or ae oe. In “Maine the labor shortage that | threatened potato loss was relieved to quite an extent boys, or “Junior Volunteers.” These boys, from 16 to 21 years of age, wore mobilized at a state training camp, given a short course in prac- tical farm .work and were sent to the potato fields, and other farms, where help was needed. They were under military discipline and were uniform- ed and carefully supervised at all times. by training-camp se 6 A boy’s camp was conducted near Phoenixville, Pa., where a two-weeks training Course was planned. Accord- ing to reports fromt that section these boys went at their work so earnestly and were so anxious to give satisfac- tion that it beaame difficult to keep them at the camp for the full period of training—farmers wanted them be- fore they had completed the prescrib- ed course. s+ # . Wasco County, Oregon, foresaw a shortage of labor for cherry picking, and the Chamber of Commerce: ot.‘The Dalles arranged,.in advance of the har- vest, for the cooperation of the Port- land Free Employment bureau in get: ting .workers . to the, county. when needed., About 200 pickers. were se- cured and 2,000 {ons of cherries were harvested, a ¢rop loss being averted anticipated and‘arranged for. . ar ia ae) In Adams county, Pennsylvania, the apple, crop of the South: Mountain Belt needed pickers, and no labor was available. From two of the manual training high schools of .Philadelphia forty-eight boys went to this’ section and worked in. the orchards, living in camps which were in charge of su- pervisors from-the school or Y. M. C. A,- moving from orchard to or- chard as they were needed. ao 8 In two boys: camps in Arizona last ton and cultivated 85 acres of melons and 25.acres of potatoes. sok 8 -In an. Indiana county the head of a big cannery saw that the local truck supply, upon which he depended, would be greatly curtailed unless the labor shortage was relieved. He did- n’t want to have td shut down his canning factory. So he financed a boys\training camp and the forty boys who weer trainel there supplied the truckers with enough labor to carry the gardens through in good shape. 8 8 Cherries were harvested in Door county, Wisconsin, by 150‘boys in a Y. M. C. A. camp and by a smaller number of boys in a boy-scout camp, the first outfit from ‘Milwaukee and the second from Chicago. The boys converting them. into temporary bar- racls. They were under semi-military discipline, as was the case in practic: ally all boy. camps throughout the country. sae The Secretary of the Y. M..C. A. at La Grande, Ore., last year was made labor agent of that county and all the operated with the farmers in securing labor. Transient laborers were . re- quired to register with the labor agent and either go to work or move on. * In Wallowa county, Oregon, ten farmers in one locality, being unable to get any outside help, joined forces and by all-working upon first one place and then another, as conditions demanded, succeeded in saving the crops on each of the ten farms—prin- cipally hay and grain—thus avoiding the loss that would have been inevit- able if they had not pooled their ef- forts or secured outside help. * In Boulder county, Colorado, a coun: ty labor exchange was established with six branches in as many towns in various parts of the county, each exchange conducted by the commer. cial secretary of the town, or by some business man who volunteered or agreed to do the work. The farmers constantly informed the exchange of their labor needs and the exc'\1ge secured the supply locally if possible, and if not tried to get men from an- other ‘section. Abuot 583 laborers were placed on farms in the county by this organiaztion and as a result there was little if any crop loss due to lack of labor, .: * ‘ent In one Wisconsin county where po- tataes are raised extensively and farm help scarce, the county agent ar- ranged for and conducted seven pota- to-digging excursions. Business men and high school boys volunteered fot the work, and persons owning automo- biles allowed their cars to be usea to cary the “excursionists” to and from: the fields, Local authorities es- timated that about 7,000 bushels of potatoes-were-dug--by these. voluntecr workers, and since no other help was .}available at the time..it..is.prohable HOW TYPICAL AMERICAN:FARMING COMMUNITIES FOUN: by the local labor needs. having been; year 129 boys hoed 2,000 acres of cot-; lived in buildings at the fair grounds, | - business men and city authorities co-' FARM LABOR that this ‘amount of foodstuff would have been Jost unless emergency measures had -been adopted. so 6 The county agent in Burlington county, lowa, sent to every farmer in the county a card requesting a state- ment of his probable labor needs With this information in hand the county agent located all the experi- enced farm help that could be made available anywhere in the county, or- ganized the older high school boys |and secured some outside labor, these supplies succeeding in meeting the local situation fairly well. es 8 8 A labor agent was appointed for each community in Douglas county, 'Wis., and exact advance’ information of the farmers’ labor needs secured. Town volunteers and high school boys supplied a good deal of the seasonal help, and the county agent’ reported that he was able to supplement the lo- cal supply with enongh ¢o0d men, se- cured from the labor oc.ces. in Mil- waukee and other centers, to meet the requirements. / * * Three hoys'’ training camps were established in Suffolk county, New York, from thirty to fifty boys in each camp being available as farm help for the farmers in that community. Also the camps -formed a. “flying squadron” of eight or ten boys, equip- ped with an automobile and tents. The “flying squadron” went all over the county to farms where lafvor needs were especially urgent, work- ing there until the crisis had passed or a steady supply of help had been secured, and then shooting to another section where emergency help* was needed. The autharities in Vilas county, Wis- consin, according to a peport of the county agent, “passed a resolution that every man must go to work or go to jail. This had the good effect ot causing to go to work people who only ; been loafers before that time.” ota Te In Colorado, Maine, Wisconsin and all the potato-growing states there were many instances of clerks and of- fice workers taking a leave of ab- seince and going to the fields to dig potatoes. One man, describing his experience, said he took part of his pay in potataoes and as a result had plenty of that food for his family this winter( at much less cost than if he had bought the supply from his city salary; that the outdoor work improv- ed his health and, which he said gave him more satisfaction than anything else, he has the consciousnéss of hav- ing helped his country: just a-little by his own: physical effort—evén. though in an humble and unpicturesque way to ee ; The Pittsburgh Y. M. C. A: carried over 200: boys to Pennsylvania ‘farm camps where with high-school’ boys and other’ volunteers. they helped in harvests ‘as well as general farm work, : * ¢ The Denver’ Commercial clu) em- ployed .a secretary who spent his en- tire ‘time placing: Denver bigh school boys on farms. At Glenwood Springs, Colo., the -schools closed, the .shons spared a’ many men‘ag possible, busi- ness houses allowed employees ‘to, go to farms temporarily and. owners of automobiles gave the use of, their cars to carry the town.people to.the afrms:and. back. _ Through county agents, ‘thé State Farm Help Special- ists, and federal and state labor repre- | sentatives,. various séctions . of . Colo- rado exchanged labor, as it. were--that is, the. “ landers” and’ the: “irrigat- ed farmers” reached their respective busy season at different times. More or less labor was switched from one cortion to. arother-—-from the dry lands where the farmers were not busy to the irrigated sections where the harvest was on, and vice yersa. Coming t Bismarck Dr.Mellenthin SPECIALIST For His Sixth Year in North Da- kota DOES NOT USE SURGERY Will be at M’KENZIE HOTEL Wednesday and Thursday, May 1-2. Office hours 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. Two Days Only No Charge for Examination Dr. Mellenthin is.a regular gradu- ate in Medicine and Surgery and is licensed by the state of North Da- kota. He visits professtonally. the more important towns and cities and offers to all who call on this trip consultation and examination free, except the expense of treatment when desired. According to his method of’ treat- ment he does not operate for chronic appendicitis, gall stones, ulcers. of stomach, tonsils or adenoids. 4 He has to his credit many wonder- ful results’ in diseases of the stomach, liver, bowels, blood, skit, nerves, heart, kidney, bladder, bed-wetting, catarrh, weak lungs, rheumatism, sciatica, leg ulcers and rectal ail- mit you h ; you havé been .ailing for fength of time. and do Ha ca any better, do not fail to call, as improper heist ed Father than disease are very often the cause of you z a ity your long-standing Remember above date, that exam- Ination on this trip will’ be tree and Lae an be eh is different. ress: ston Block, Minne- Spclis,, Minn. Adxertisement, as !