The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 25, 1918, Page 4

sean fi i | THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE amtered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class Matter. ISSUED EVERY DAY GEORGB D. MANN eee ee @. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY, Special Foreign Representative. NEW YORK, Fifth Ave. Bldg.; CHICAGO, Marquette Bldg.; BOSTON, 8 Winter St.; DETROIT, Kresege Bldg.; MINNEAPOLIS, 810 Lumber Exchange. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associated Press is éxclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news credited to it or not other- wise cfedited in this paper and also the local news pub- shed herein. All rights of publication of special dispatches hereto are aleo reserved. be badehiatiit ti MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION. SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Daily, Morning and Sunday by Carrier, per month ..3 .70 Datly, Morning, Evening and Sunday by Carrier, Bditor month ... ww 90 Daily, Evening 60 Daily, Evening and Sunday, per month ... 10 Morning or Evening by Mail in North ne Morning or evening by mail ou Sunday in Combination with mail, one year ... THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER. (Established 1873) THE MAKINGS OF ANOTHER YELL There are murmurings that bid fair to develop into a loud yell over what is called the “slickers,” at Washington. There is a fair-sized army of young men in uniform doing clerical and other safe work in the departments, a great number of spurs worn to keep feet from slipping from desks, as Uncle Joe Cannon put it. Young men, in order to avoid the draft, have been slick enough to enlist and then, with some sort of pull, have got soft and safe jobs at Washington, some of them becoming officers. without ever having seen a camp or hav- ing drilled a minute. Congressmen have even hinted that some of the uniforms cover men of pro-German tendencies. Such is the scandal that’s brewing, and there are, undoubtedly, some grounds for it. : “It would be decidedly remarkable if there were not some “slickers” among the thousands of uni- formed employes necessary to departmental ser- vice, but they are, by long odds, the exception. Suddenly the departments were called upon to secure thousands of additional assistants, and they had to take them by the thousand without much inquiry. In a flock of thousands, clergymen, law- yers,*merchants, editors or any other folks, you cannot sepaarte the sheep from the goats, at first glance. “Horns, tails, hides, ears and hoofs are too much alike. ‘But, Uncle Sam can eliminate the “slicker” evil from his service. He can cancel the commissions of men of draft age in the departments who cannot show by: degrees from technical institutions that they are experts, discriminating, of course, be- tween the mere “slickers” and those who have actually.been specially selected and are working loyally and hard, perhaps, in many instances, at much, lower pay than they drew in previous occu- pations., i ce Very likely; anything the .war management may do will not ward off the yell first above men- tioned. We play politics a good deal and we don’t do much, if anything, without a yell of some sort. A Cleveland. judge has held a woman has a right to wear skirts as short as she wishes. Yes —but we'll bet she’s afraid to. “BY MY GRACE” Can you hearken back to the days of your childhood, to the days when you played “make be- lieve” games? If so, try this one: The United States and nations allied lose this war; the Germans win; the kaiser makes good his boast of settling accounts with America. Continue on with this game of make believe: Teuton helmets are on our streets, Teuton tax collectors at, our doors, and Teuton despots doing here what they now do in Serbia and Belgium, and'we have to submit, just as the Serbs and Belgians submit. The kaiser will appoint a ruler over us, one through whom “Wilhelm, Imperator Rex” will speak to us, will tell us what we may do and what is “verboten” to us. Maybe he will call this ruler a Grand Duke, or Prince, or he may even bestow upon this personage the exalted title of King, always, of course, keeping a firm grip on the reins. We wonder who this—our—ruler will be. Will it be one of the kaiser’s sons, or will it be Hinden- burg or some other of the brutalized generals now driving German common people through death of starvation and battle to satisfy junker greed for power?, Or will it be one of those pro-German Germans already in America, and who pleased the kaiser so well in yesteryears? : We don’t know, but we are filled with curiosity. We remember a few years ago, in 1908 to be exact, Kaiser Bill said of the then president of the German-American Alliance: _“If man ever was worthy of decoration at my hands, it was Herr Dr. Hexamer, the president of the league, who may justly be termed to be, by my grace, the acting ruler of all Germans in the United States.” So you see, even before this war was thought of by any outside the German junker bund, the kaiser was making rulers for millions of people living in the United States. “By my grace!” Get that? It may be that Herr Hexamer would refuse the kingly American crown if Kaiser Bill tried to thrust it upon the Hexamer head, but 10 years ago he didn’t resent the kaiser’s statement that he, | Hexamer, ruled 3,000,000 German-Americans by! the grace of Wilhelm, Imperator Rex. But it doesn’t really matter whether Herr Hex- amer would take the crown or not. There are others who would, and without a doubt plenty of | ihem are right here in the United States, if bomb-] ings, burnings, ground glass, and anti-American words are to be relied upon as evidence of the willingness of some pro-German German-Ameri- cans to serve the kaiser. It isn’t a question of what our king’s name will conditions in American camps, obstruct the draft and discourage enlistments. All those who favor Americans retaining con- _|trol of America WILL do everything these pro- Germans do not do, and will NOT do anything the pro-Germans do. It ought to be very easy to distinguish between those who want a King Hexamer or King Hinden- burg at Washington, and those who want a Presi- dent Smith or a President Jones. | WITH THE EDITORS | -MARK TWAIN’S PAPER PASSES The Hannibal Morning Journal, after a life of nearly three-fourths of a century, ceased publica- tion March 2. Its subscription list and good will were taken over by the Journal’s afternoon con- temporary, the Courier-Post. The printing plant was sold to a Moberly paper. This leaves Han- nibal with only one newspaper. For a great many years the Hannibal Morning Journal was one of the best known papers in Missouri for two reasons. It kept standing in a line over the first page the statement that “Mark Twain Worked as an Apprentice in This Office.” The other was that Col. John A. Knott was its editor and manager. Col. Knott enjoyed a wide acquaintance in the state politically, and was rec- ognized everywhere as one of the democratic “wheel horses”. He died about a year ago under tragic circumstances. With Col. Knott’s passing not even the prestige of Mark Twain’s early-day work in the shop could tide the Journal over the hard situation created for newspapers by the war. In its final issue the Journal said: “It is only fair to state that for sev- eral years past the Journal has been run on a de- cided financial loss, regardless of every effort made to produce, revenue.” The Journal was originally published on the second floor of a three-story building on Main street. The printing machine was a hand press, with the speed of about 300 copies an hour. Orion Clemens was editor and publisher and his younger brother, Sam, was “handy man’’—roller boy, type- setter, mailing clerk and carrier. Alex Lacey, who worked in the office for a while, said the thing he remembered most about Sam was that “he could get more ink and grease on him for the amount of work he did than any boy I ever saw.” Hannibal didn’t realize it at the time, but the ink-spattered boy was often getting in the little hand-press weekly gems of humor that would have made a hit in New York or London. ‘Once Orion had to go off on a business trip somewhere, and with some misgivings he left Sam in charge. The editor pro tem worked overtime in getting out his idea of a newspaper. A love-stricken local poet sent in some verse dedicated tu “Mary in H—I.” Of course he meant Mary in Hannibal, and Sam knew he did. But he put this in brackets under the poem: “We'll let this thing go this time, but the next time Mr. —— wishes to communicate with his friends in H—1 he’ll have to select some other medium than this paper.” A rumor swept about town that a certain phy- sician had tried to drown himself in Bear creek, but made a fizzle of it. Sam sharpened his jack knife and worked late at night whittling out a sketch of the would-be suicide on the back of a big wooden letter. The sketch showed the doctor hunting “easy water” with a cane. The local cemetery committee was ripped up the back in an ingenious way. An old inhabitant, recently buried, came back to life and as he pot- tered around the weed-grown graves and tottery tombstones he told what he thought about such neglect. About everybody worth mentioning got in the paper while Sam was at the throttle, and crowds stood around the doors on publication days wait- ing for the paper to come out. Several fellows with blood in their eyes rushed in to mop up the floor with the editor, but seeing only an innocent- looking boy there, contented themselves with say- ing things in high-keyed voices. But the farmers liked it. It was the town-folk getting the roasts. When Orion got back and found the uproar his little brother had created, he started to have a fit, but when Sam led him over to the corner of the office and showed him the big pile of potatoes, cabbage and turnips the farmers had brought in on subscriptions, and some real money for horse and sale bills, Orion decided it might be for the good of the office for him to make another trip. If about that time some friendly Hannibalite had laid an encouraging hand on Sam’s shoulder and told him to keep up the good work there’s no telling what effect it might have had. Sam might have decided to remain in town and brighten it with the humor he was forced to sell in another market. Hannibal didn’t know what a real booster a newspaper could be in those days, and it let its most valuable citizen get away, blissfully uncon- scious of the gold mine it was losing. It only thought of Sam as a practical joker who needed watching. While Sam Clemens was acting as everything from roller boy to sub-editor in the Journal office, writing his little local hits and having fun with everything and everybody, and while no one ever supposed the lad ever took time for a serious thought, he was gathering mentally the material for “Tom Sawyer,” “Huckleberry Finn” and work- ing out the great character of “Colonel Sellers,” so forcefully drawn in “Gilded Age.” And here’s a thing that ought to be set down right here: No matter how future generations will hold his other works, his stories of Missouri and characters will live! They are absolutely true, living, breathing personalities. They were burned into his mind when a grease-daubed imp on the old Hannibal Journal, when he probably never had a thought of ni ing them out and giving them life and immor- tality. days, did what he could to make amends for the the days of his restless youth. He put Mark Twain’s name at the head of the paper, and ener- memory. He had even considered the establish- ment of a magazine at Hannibal to be known as the Mark Twain, and had a panorama view of the river above Hannibal as a suggestion for the cover. be, for a King Hexamer would be as distasteful to Americaflism as a King Hindenburg, but it IS a@ question of who shall a) this ae as overs hohe 2 people e Unit tates int our rulers after perator Rex, or the Finn” have long since passed away. “Injun Joe” is dead—taken by pneumonia. “Colonel Sellers”. t the old paper, once t Ha , is with the silent majority. Only “Becky Thatchet” i iT Kartsas City. Star. a i SOLDIERS WHO | HAVE DIED || ‘| | | Today’s Expurgated Death Roll of Honor. ce ae Sy Washington, D. C. April 25.—The casualty list tcday contained forty- three names, divided as follows: Killed in action, 6; died of wounds, 8; died of disease, 11; wounded sev- erely, 10; wounded slightly, 13. oy WAR SUMMARY | ! (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.) | After three weeks of preparation in the Somme, during’ which timé they launched an offensive in Flanders, the Germans have resumed their hammer- ing at the front door of Amiens. For days there has been heavy. artillery fighting along the northern sectors of the Somme salient,.and.--finally the German infantry began their attempts to advance on the line passing Villers- Bretonneaux, Hangard ‘Hailles and Castel. | The first attack repulsed, but. subse: | quent attacks centered about Villers- Bretonneaux, have caused a_ British withdrawal from this village, accord: ing to a report from Field Marshal Haig. This marks a German gain of about a mile. Near Amiens. i Villers-Bretonneaux is about eleven | miles directly east of Amiens and is on the northern end of the latest fight- | ing front. It is situated between the Somme and Luce rivers, and, while it is flanked on the south by low lying ground, it is backed by rolling hills | to the west and northwest, The fighting of the rest of the front where the Germans have resumed | their drive toward, the allied base of supplies in northern France has not so far as known, resulted in any not- able retirements of, the part of the al lies. The German: official report is- sued on Wednesday was silent as to events in this sector of the front. An attack on this particular part of the line in the Somme region had been expected, and it.is probable’ that preparation tomeet'it had been made. The British lines held firm in this re- gion during the last days of the initial drive, while the Germans were able to forge ahead further south until thev reached the vilage of Castell, about three miles from the railroad running to Paris from Amiens, Recently 4 THAT French counter offensive at Castel Col. Knott, who ran the Journal in its latter’ indifference Hannibal had shown Sam Clemens in | getically supported every move to perpetuate his; The originals of “Joe Harper” and “Huck| Selected as z The Seventh Story of eck Dakota i HOTEL: M’KENZIE ~ quarters for vies THURSDAY. APRIL 25, 1918. y (lid “df \\iliiy, Ness “iy ¥ 4 ( couNr ZERAIN CT an Ss a FRANC E- was evident that unless the line furth- er north could be advanced materially the Germans had little chance to make important gains. in their operations to the south of Amiens, New Blow at. Ypres. This new drive has been made at the same time that another blow has been struck at the Briti8h and French lines northwest of Ypres. Savage fighting is reported at- various points along the lines from Bailleul to Mer- ville and Berlin claims that heights to the northeast of Bailleul have been stormed. Coincident with these at: tacks, there have ben assaults in the British forces near Bethune, along the Lawe river, but these have been re- pulsed. * Some of the uncertainty as to the success of the British exploit in at- tempting to seal up the harbors of Zeebrugge and Ostend has been clear. ad up by observations carried out by aviators. Grave damage was done tc the mole at Zeebrugge, while the hulk of sunken steamers are said to at least partially block the channel lead ing out'to sea from the port of Os tend, ‘On the front in France, with the ex- ception of the Somme salient, there has been little fighting of an unusual nature. Ultimatum to Holland? The situation between:Germany and Holland is still obscure. It has been reported that a virtual ultimatum was delivered to the Netherlands govern- ment by Berlin, but this is not as yet known to be a fact. Dispatches from | the Hague insit that Holland will not depart from her attitude of neutrality. An unofficial report says that the Dutch minister has left for The Hague and that the German minister has started for Berlin. Congress, which has been consider- ing a declaration of a state of war with Bulgaria and Turkey, probably will not take any action in the face of opposition on the part of President Wilson. It is said that the safety of Americans in both countries has caus- ed the president to indicate that hos- tilities should not be declared at the present time. ACTIVITY ON AMERICAN SECTOR INCREASING. With the American army in France. April 25.—By the As(sociated Press.) —There is slightly increased activity of the enemy artillery: in the region of Toul, but the number of shells fall- ing on the American lines is stilf be- low normal. Fifty enlisted men and noncommis- sioned officers are on their way to America to help the liberty loan. Paris, April 25.—The battre on the whole front south of the Sommee and won back considerable ground and it|on the Avre lasted all day and still riday and Saturday; April 26th fireproof in the state. LETTER 70° Ce itorial Meeting Called by the’ or ATT. Hips \ Cie NoTHER of TIMER GETS HIS OW, BOY! continues, according to the war offic? announcement tonight. The Germans gained a footing in the woods to the northward of Hangard-En-Santerre and also in the eastern outskirts of the village, which the French are despez- ately defending. Several enemy assaults were shat- tered near Haillies, and attacks at Senecat wood and Hitl 62 also afiled BIGGEST RIFLE _ RANGER READY AT GREAT LAKES Great Lakes, Ill. April 25.—The big- gest rifle range under control of the United States navy department is no wready for use. It is located at Camp Logan just north of Zion City, (ll, and is part of the Great Lakes iaval training station. The range will \ccommodate approximately 2,000 men’ result in interfering with’ the war's rwery ten days and is in charge of insign S. M. Abraham, who now is sompleting work on the range houses. Before the first of May shooting BERLIN CLAIMS -RIVE CRUISERS SUNK IN RAIDS Three Destroyers and a Number of Motor Boats Also De- clared Lost . London, ‘April 25.—Air obser- vation shows a clear break of twenty yards in width in the Zee brugge mole at the inner end and that a sunken object blocks the greater part of the channel in the harbor of Ostend, acording to an official bulletin issued by the admiralty. Berlin, April 24.—via London.—In the British naval raid Tuesday morn- ing on the German submarine bases on the Belgian coast, the German ad- miralty announces that in addition to the five British cruisers sunk near the coast three destroyers and a number of motor boats were sunk by the fire of the coast batteries. The statement reads: " “On Tuesday morning an enterprise of British naval forces against our Flanders coast, conceived on a large scale and planned regardless of sacri- fices, was frustrated. “After a violent bombardment by the enemy at sea small cruisers,, es- corted by numerous destroyers and motor boats, under cover of a thick veil of artificial fog, pushed forward near Ostend and Zeebrugge ‘with the intention of destroying the locks and harbor works. “According to prisoners four” com- panies of marines were to occupy the, mole at Zeebrugge ‘by a coup de main. in order to destroy all structures, guns and war materials thereon and the vessels lying in the harbor. More Prussian Brags. + “Only about forty of them got on the mole. These fell into our hands, some alive and some dead. On the narrow high wall of the mole both parties fought with utmost fierceness. “Of the naval forces which partici- pated in the attack the small cruisers Virginia, Enterprise and Sirius and two others of similar construction whose names are unknown were sunk close off the coast. More over three: destroyers and a considerable number of torpedo boats and motor boats were sunk by our-artillery fire. Only a few men of the crews could be saved by us. ‘ c ‘ “Beyond the damage caused to the. mole by atorpedo, our harbor works are quite undamaged. Of our naval forces only one torpedo boat suffered, damage of the lightest. character. Our. casualties. were small.’ . SABOTAGE ACT NOW IN FORCE Washington, D.C. April 25.—wWar ing: was given today by Attorney Gen- eral Gregory that acts of sabotage or destruction ‘of'property -which might conduct, now aré punishable under the new federal sabotage act and that the department of justice plans severe ac- tion against violators. The: act is vill be in ful swing. The range will, broad in-its application, said a state- 1ccommodate 1,600 men a day, forty ment, because “it includes every pos- shots for each man. The course will; sible kind of supplies of a nature ast from then to fourteen days and which could be used by the United rbout 54,00 Omen will get training this; States government or any of the allies summer, it is estimated. About 2,000,- 000 rounds of ammunition will be used every month. The shooting by the men will be done in three courses at distances varying from 200 yards to 1,000 yards. ARRESTED FOR SEDITION, Missoula, Mont., April 25.—At noon today Robert Van Landingham, ware- house man for the Farmers Equity Company of Missoula was arrested on a charge of making seditious utter- ances against the United States and its allies. SHIPMENTS OF SUGAR 36,000 TONS. BEHIND San Juan, Porto Rico, April 25.— Steamships and schooners with suf- ficient capacity for carrying, 130,000 bags of sugar have been dispatched from Porto Rico to the United States in ballast or else sent to Cuba for cargoes of sugar within a little more than one month when there have been ample sugar cargoes offered here, ac- cording to shipping men. ‘Sugar men who are not moving their crops as rapidly as they wish say that ships are not permitted to ob- tain cargo in Porto Rico because the allotment of spaces for sugar in the West Indies is largely controlled by representatives of steamship compan- ‘es doing business here. ‘Nineteen steamers took sugar from - orto ‘Rico to the United States dur- ing March carrying a total of approx- imately 400,000 bags. Shipments are approximately 36,000 tons behind the shipments for the same time last year. PIMPLY? 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