The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 29, 1918, Page 4

THE:BISMARCK TRIBUNE ee Batered at the Postoftiée, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class Matter. I8SUBD EVERY DAY GRORGE D. MANN aie Wen G@. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY, Spectal Foreign Representative. NEW YORK, risa Ave. Bldg. CHICAGO, Marquette BOSTON, 8t.; DETROLT, Kresege "i OUT OR POLIS. 810 Lumber Exchange. ‘MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS, ‘The Associated Press is éxclusively entitled to the use for of all news credited to it or not other- wine this paper and also the local newa pub- All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are alsd reserved. ujstben AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION. RIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Daily, ‘Morning and Sunday by Carrier, per month —9 .70 Daily, Morne. Evening and Sunday by rrier, Daily, ironing “only, by Carrier, per month aa Daily, Evening and Sunday, per month ... ga or Evening by:Mail in North orang & y or evening by mali outside of North Dakota, fontay in Tin Combination with Evening or Morning La mail, one year THE STATE’ (Bal 10 Dakota, one OLDEST NEWSPAPER. lished 1878) : <> - ADDITION TO KULTUR There's evidence that the Mormon church is preparing to make a drive for polygamy upon the nations, after the war, and it would not be sur- prising if the Hindenburg nation accepted the doc- trine. A government that sustains itself by sheer force has got to look upon women as mere breeders and men as mere cannon fodder. It cannot afford to be: particular about morality or social order. Forsooth, polygamy would fit in German kultur, appropriately. 2 SPARE THAT SNAKE! From along about the time that Adam and Eve moved: out of the Garden of Eden, human beings have held a grudge against the snake. They have sought to make this a snakeless world, and have not succeeded, excepting in Ire- land. . Because they have not succeeded, we may give thanks. We need snakes, more, apparently, than we have, for snakes are an invaluable asset as rodent destroyers. “Only 17 of the 111 varieties of snakes in Amreica are poisonous,” writes Glayne K. Norton in American Forestry. “None,” he asserts, “will attack:a human: being except.in self-defense. All of them: destroy rodents that injure crops and carry. Communicable diseases.” The U.S. department of agriculture places our annual crop logs due to rodents at over half a bil- lion dollars, or something like $5 a person. tust, how many more snakes we need in Amer- ica ‘to save this $500,000,000 of food no one claims). to know, but it may bea good idea for snake haters to. permit the wiggling reptiles a longer lease of life—a ‘reprieve, you might say, until all the. ro- dents are gone. Then, on with the snake slaughter! ’ AS TO THE WAR NEWS Last Saturday, evidently, considerable forces of Germans and Americans had a fierce battle, at Seicheprey, France. At once there came to America indefinite and unauthentic stories about a repulse of the Ger- mans with terrible losses ; also, some correspond- ents’ accounts of individual heroism, ete. The German official account claimed a victory and successful retirement as planned, and the capture of 5 American officers, 178 men and 25 machine guns. For days the American public was wholly at sea as to what had actually occurred and, the Ger- man reports being the more definite and particu- lar, a large part of the American public was in- clined to accredit them with reliability and, of course, to suspect the American sources of infor- mation of covering up a disaster to the American fighting forces. We present these conditions solely for the enlightenment of that part of the U. S. war man- agement which has, wisely or otherwise, under- taken to dictate what war news the American peo- ple shall have and when. American people are only human beings and, with them, confidence is a mat- ter of mentality. A BRAND NEW ONE Well, well; there is something new under the sun! Here it is from the office of information, U. S. postoffice department, and it lines up as perfectly new under two different classifications: First—It’s a new excuse. Second—It’s a new fish story. When your letter is a few days late, or your paper comes in a week or two behind time, it may be due to a shortage of cars, coal, labor—or fish. Get that? Fish! If it came via the Seward-Anchorage Alaskan line, the delay was caused by fish, or rather it was caused by the shortage of fish. Fish play an important role in postal affairs up there. Mail carriers drive wolf-dogs, and a wolf- dog won't dine on anything bu raw fish. No cooked, boiled, fried, or fricasseed food for the wolf-dog. As one mail carrier out of Anchorage explains to the department: “The delays are on account of the dogs. I can’t get fresh fish for them and they won't stand up under cooked food.” | But do ‘not: be discouraged. Your mail from Anchorage may. some day arrive on time. training: the dogs: to cooked food,” the sist oa carriet’ ‘adds. When thos wolf-hounds develop a taste for tarihed' salmon, the postoffice department will & newer excise, 90 | missions and places in the departments as a matter 60| of safety first. . 4.00; War management, as a matter of good war busi- BISMARCK EVENING TRIBUNE HE PREYS ON THE POOR FUNNY, PERHAPS, BUT SERIOUS Representative Kitchin, democratic floor lead- er of the house and candidate for the speakership, wants the “slickers’ at Washington to wear a white badge and long pants. The leather in their puttees should be saved for the boys at the front and their spurs could be converted into can-open- ers, thinks Kitchin. But the “slicker” evil is too serious to be passed off with a little “funny talk”, or funny ‘business’, A considerable number of men of draft age are eavorting in uniform at Washington and doing their fighting as clerks, messengers, sub-secre- taries, etc., whose labors might well be performed by Americans outside the draft age. The charge is that many of these men went into the service to avoid the draft and, through private pull, got com- If there is any such evil it should be and probably will be seriously hounded by the ness and as a matter of justice to the boys in the fighting ranks. KNOCKING OLD HIGH COST Before the war sauerkraut sold in New York for $45 to $50 the barel. It is now down to $14, with no buyers, because it’s German. Pause a moment, O Patriots! in the campaign to knock the German out of everything! Pause and consider! May we not knock the high cost out of bread, meat, gasoline, clothes and shoes by giv- ing them German names? If we could do this, would it not be licking the Germans with German? We make the suggestion to Food Director Hoover, for what it’s worth; and if the reader thinks it isn’t worth much, we'll advise Hoover to wire us his decision “collect.” Another of the 182 houses in which Ramona was born has been destroyed by that pournere California earthquake. dinners, say the managers. What’re they going to do? Listen to one another eat? There’s to be no political talk at democratic |- Kaiser Bill has given Czernin the Iron Cross. Czernin ought to wear it on the spot where both Bill and Emperor Kar! kicked him. And now they charge that Czernin patronized leg shows while talking peace at Bucharest. By George! he’d been minister of foreign relations long enough! t WITH THE EDITORS : WARMING. UP. ’ According to Senator Cahill if a league member is true to the principles of the Nonpartisan league they are compelled to vote for Leith-as the perma- nent county seat. What does the league member residing near Carson, Elgin, Brisbane or New Leipzig think of the senator’s views?—Shields Enterprise. BUSTING THE CONSTITUTION Efforts are being made by. the Nonpartisan league leaders to have the constitution amended and petitions have been circulated for signers for the past few months. The petitions must have 25 per cent of all the voters in at least one-half of the counties of the state and the Courier-News states that the required number will be secured. The initiative petition calls for this to be submitted to the people at the November election. There are ten amendments proposed to this new constitution, most of them being all right, but there are three or four of the proposed amendments that in our judg- ment should be turned down. Anyway between now and November the matter will have a chance to be thoroughly discussed and the people will have time to give the matter very careful consid- eraiton. Amending the constitution is a serious matter and in doing it hastily many discrepancies are likely to creep in. North Dakota has at the present time one of the best constitutions in the union, with all the safeguards necessary. If it is necessary to amend there is a way to do it through the people and the legislature. Our public school fund will be in danger if this is amended as de- sired by league leaders, and we can see where North Dakota can go into any kind of business unlimited. Let us give this matter serious con- sideration between now and November then if the people want a new constitution it is their right. A majority should rule, although in many cases a majority is wrong.—Valley City Times-Record. AMERICANS ARE ASSETS John Orchard is just in receipt of a letter from his nephew, Capt. Vin Orchard, who is in service at Boulogne, France. The letter was written to the young man’s father and was forwarded to Mr. Orchard. The letter contains muck of an optimistic nature. Capt. Orchard says: “Four years ago, things were not particularly cheery but the general opinion now is that we shall hold the Boche, in which case, the end of the war is appreciably near. It is unquestionable that this is his last chance on land. If he doesn’t win at this stage, he hasn’t a chance. I do not think that any- one realizes the immense weight the Americans are placing and will place on the scale. If we can hold the Germans through 1918, which we shall, they are done. Against their military success, we have supremacy of the air and on the sea and —America. I‘m not turning to America as a last hope but it seems to me people do not'realize what an immense asset they are. “Everyone from up the line will. tell you that the Boches are having a bad time behind the lines —the new warfare which is going on is so nerve- racking. -But the Hun is getting it two and three and four to one. He’s having hell. Many tons of our gas went into a certain territory last night and there were 4,000 casualties—Germans, too.” Captain Orchard has been in the service some- t,over eta and during that ‘period he has 4 4 WH, Ne TH NOT FIRST TIME NATION HA‘ HAS BEEN CALLED ON FOR VOTIVE OFFERING OF PRECIOUS METALS AND JEWELRY From time to time the somber pages of history have been adorned with illu- minated lette offering of prec |, jewels or other’ wealth has been heaped upon the alter of religion or patriotism hy a nation, 4 community. or an, individual. His, interest in avcause .onée awak- ened, the norinal human being loves:to give. The more he sacrifices the great- er is his: satisfaction. _From-this fact spring ‘many minor romances:of the: world war..." None. has more _pictur- esque, features than the story of the Treasure and Trinket Fund, for which the City Federation. of Women’s clubs will: niake .a. Bismarck drive, Satur- day, May 4. whose. very name rings. with ‘attraction. It calls upon Ameri- cans, to place: the hoarded. trinkets of childhood, the .cherished gifts of de- parted: loved: ones and. their most val- ued heirlooms. on an American shrine —that dedicated to those gallant cru- saders: of the sky,.the aviators. “To mect the needs of the aii ice, the welfare of dependents in of disaster and -the long list of wants' in so ‘tar as we are ab) purpose of this fund, which w: lished a few months ago by thevAvia. tion Committee of the National Spe- cial Aid society, whose headquarters; are at 259 Fifth avenue in the city of New Yo Mrs. Henry P. Davison, of ‘Red Cross fame is the honorary chair man of this committee, and to Mrs. William Allen Bartlett, its chairman, is due the evolution of thi smagic' money raising fund. For all treasures and trinkets from patriotic givers are speedily transmut- ed into money. After separating the gold and silver such articles'as are of no further value for their former use are sent to the United ‘States assay office; melted and paid for by the gov- ernment. The load is always an im- posing one. under the armed guard of the express company, for large pack- ing cases and barrels are needed to transport the quantities of platee ware. After the silver has beén sub-/ tracted the base metal also is sold. Every state in the Union, as well as Porto Rico, Hawaii, China, Corea and other far away lands, are pouring gifts into the Aviation committee's burglar proof room, which at first) glance resembles the treasure stored den of the Forty Thieves. Closer in- spection, however, . suggests more, strongly The Old Curiosity Shop, for shelves are stacked with candleabra, vases, ornaments and tableware. A bushel of, watches peer u pout of their half: open antique. hunting cases. These are sold'to watchmakers, - who réclaim a portion ‘of, the works. In this accumulation are many battered old Swiss watches that saw service through our country’s last;great wan. Then there are . the. daintier cases, worn thin by the hands of the grand- mothers of those who have Dow. part- tion. is a multitude of wedding jrings. Most of them show the wear of: long and faithful ice and. bring>-with them no su tion of Reno. -The-giv- ers are -usually. the children,: some- times the grandchildren; of those who wore them. Stiggestive, too, of many a heart in-; Here are grandfather's Ma- conic watch charm, father's college aternity pin and the giver’s own high thool society badge. There is also a Vast agglomeration of brooches. fpins, hatpins, etc, from fossilized rel to recent fads. Much of the jewelry is worn, brok- en and ou of style, though not yet val- uable as antiques. Each it, however, jadds somewhat to the fund and will provide comfort for flying men. Of a similar nature is most of the; | silverware. There are many tarnished | |examples of. Mid-Victorian ugliness and ‘bad taste. No wonder that the givers were cheerful in the giving, though much of it was, doubtless. part of the proudly displayed presents at grand- mother’s wedding. Many are the dent- ed cake baskets, tarnished castors, battered napkin rings, impossible ice | pitchers, cracked teapots and spoons, bearing the marks of great-uncle’s bady teeth. It is indeed well to crem- ate all this and redeem it as unadorn- ed, honest bullion. By no means all of the contribu- tions are discarded by their owners las useless, for many represent genu- ine pecuniary value and artistic worth. Such are carefully set aside by the committee to be placed on sale after appraisement by experts. Among these are some really beautiful silver arti ; jewelry of every sort, includ- in see! from the New York Criterion success Guar; a he Auditorium tonight. ” terest tale are the boxfuls of pins and, - | badges. America’s new! MONDAY,- APRIL 29, 1918. r I Lif) ing a diamon and platinum lavalliere, valued at $125; opera glasses; lace, and exquisite fans. There are all sorts and conditions of gold and silver thim- bles, bracelets, chains, -fobs, cigarette cases, matchboxes, cuflinoks, studs, umbrella and cane tops, toilet articles and coins—the last being ancient, modern, foreign and domestic. Other features are medals of-every description, and a colection of mili- tary buttons. which represented the personal ‘admiration of-many a bud- ding. hero for the fair donor. One young woman tennis champion* has contributed trophy. cups she has.won, while among the .Presentation cups is one inscribed, from Well-wishers, on the Eve of the War, Chickamauga, ‘April, 1898.” The uses of thé Fund have varied { from. time to’ time as the program of the .War Department has developen. At the outset, before the .$640,000,000 appropiration for:the Air Service was made by. congress, the committee's energies were directed toward. train- ing and equipping aviators, in co-oper- ation with the Aero: club. of America. Through these activities the first prac- tical impetus was given to our new flying force. and a working nucleus formed, which was. afterward taken over, by the government. When the volunteer naval aviators heran training at Bayshore, 1. I. they had no hospital, something which was la prime necessity, as the men were constantly suffering injuries and find- jing that their provision for first aid was most inadequate. | This need was reported to Mrs. ‘bartlett, chairman of ‘the Aviation Committee, and in less than .a week | work was begun on a hospital whose every dollar of cost was supplied ay the treasure and trinket fund. During the fist six months of its existence the fund has amounted tu nearly $40.000, most of it coming from unused or cast-off articles. This has been exnended according to txe call of the day, the hour or the mo- ment, as conditions change. There have been distributed thousands or knitted garments—scarfs, helmeis, socks, wristlets, sweaters—in acdi- tion to the costly equipment of the aerial soldier and sailor, which con:- prises leather flying coats and breech- es or one-piece leather. suits, g:oves, goggles and other provisions for his comfort and safety while .in tue air, where the thermometer falls as he rises. | Now that the government signar corps has undertaken to supply flying equipment, the present demands are | varied. Every man going across needs at least one heavy army blanket and a {Penn roll, the latter serving as a portable, waterproof bed, most com- forting on the ocean trip and, word comes from the other ‘side, also in «rance, where the nights are cold. An aviator, coming up from the Mexican border, finds that his trunk, contain- ing his wearing apparel, including um.- forms, has gone astray; his monthly pay is not yet due; he is a stranger in ‘New York, and—he sails tonight! Fortune directs him to the treasure and trinket stronghold, and he is sent forth with enough warm clothing to | prevent pneumonia on the voyage. The calls upon the officer-aviator’s pay are many—so many that it some- times seems to melt away, for the list inclades his personal equipment; uni- forms; food, no small item nowadays; wife or other dependents to provide for; insurance, and ofter a heavy toll for Liberty Bonds; subscribed to with youthful enthusiasm and a desire to aid his Uncle Samuel. The Aviation Committee has sarge and far-reaching plans for the imme- diate and the distant future, and how thoroughly they are carried. out must, of necessity, depend upon the Ameri- can_ public. High endorsement of the commit- tee’s work is contained in a letter from’ the Acting Secretary of War urging that “this useful and patriotic service should he generously helped by our people.” f MANDAN NEWS The enrollment committee of the Child’s "Welfare. council..held_a- meet- ing,at the home of the chairman, Mrs. F. W. McKenry, | and - made “To the Sixth Cavalry |.*. plans for the enrolling of the Mandan children under six years old. Jack McLear of Harmon, was in Mandan the latter part of last week looking after business. |. Dr. J. P. Miller returned home yes- terday from Fargo where,he hed been for a couple of days on a brief busi- ness mission. Mrs. Ernest Roderick returned home Saturday afternoon ‘from Stanton, where she had been the guest of Mr. and Mrs, Dean Helland.” Steve Tool of ‘ure, was in Mandan on Saturday and yesterday looking after. business matters and visiting friends, A very enjoyable dance was giv- en by the Home Guard .on Friday evening at the capacious gym. Music was furnished by the Mandan orches- tra and a good time was enjoyed by all present. Frank Snyder has accepted a po- sition with the International Harvester }Company at Bismarck and will. as- sume his new duties in about ten days, Frank has been in the insurance busi- ness for the past few. months, pre- vious to that time he was employed in the postoffice at Bismarck. BISMARCK WOMAN SUFFERS BAD FALL Mrs. Edward Erickson, wife of the state inspector of rural graded and consolidated. schools, is confined to her home as the result of a bad fall. Mrs. Erickson was descending to the basement of her home one day last week when she tripped on the top flight and fell: the full distance to the basement floor. .The ligaments were torn from her shoulder and col- lar-bone,.and she sustained ai bad cut in the head. -Mrs, Erickson was alone in the house at the time with her lit- Ue children, and it was with difficul- ty that she found her way up stairs where she could telephone for help. Inspector Erickson, who was out of the city on officia] business. was call- ed home Saturday. Today Mrs. Erick- ‘| son is on the road to recovery, but it will be some time before she can regain the use of her arms. FORMER WELL KNOWN BISMARCK | PRINTER IS DEAD AT ST..PAUL Word has been received in Bis- marck of the death in St. Paul of Frank Schauffman, a former well known capital city printer, employed for some time by The Tribune and later with the Dakota» Printing Co. Mr. Schauffman was a member of the Bismarck. Typographical : ‘union and of the Bismarck council, Knights of .Co- lumbus, and -his wife was a, capital city. wonian. 7 $ arr Tras bg 1. sy, OUR FLAG | z o Look at our el Our wonderful flag; . Whose banner is floating on’ high. | “I am. proud: of you-boys,” ‘ It’s folds seem to say? “Such” spirits’ can never die.” The white stripes mean_ peace, But how dear it was bought, The ‘red aoe meaning: blood only can: tell But the stars on the blue, Says to me and to you: “If we'll stand by the flag, all vis well.” Our beautiful flag; Our wonderful flag; « Is. leading. our boys over “there. It says, “On with the fight, Till wrong. is conquered by right,’ on The victory, O God; is our prayer, Our beautiful flag; Our pitiful flag; Floating over t! e fields of our dead. Each one, mother’s. boy; Her pride and. her. jo joys The deat, precious blood! that’s been shed. We feel so like weeping, For our dead, who are sleeping, Till we look at our flag floating. so proudly on high, Then we say, dear Old Glory We'll no longer be sorry, For our heroes, who'll never die. - Our beautiful flag; Our victorious. flag, Phat means freedom, for you and for: me, May it’s banner so bright, Lead in the victory of right; Till all, yes each country, is free. * MRS. M. R. GIVE THEM A PLACE TO PLAY. (By Denis A. McCarthy.) Plenty of room for dives and dens, (Glitter and glare and sin!) Plenty of: room for ‘prison pens, (Gather the criminals in!) Plenty of room for jails and courts,’ (Willing enough to pay) But never a place for the lads to race, : No, never a place to play! ~ Plenty of roo-mfor shops and stores, (Mammon must-have the best!) Plenty of room for shops and ‘stores, That rot in the city’s breast! Plenty of room for the lures that lead The hearts of our youth astray, But, never a cent on a playground spent, No, never a place to play! Plenty ot room for schools and halls, Plenty of room for art; Plenty of room for tea: and balls, Platform, stage, and mart. Proud is the city—she finds a place For many a fad today, But-she’s more than blind if she fails to'find . A place for the boys to play! Give them a chance for innocent sport Give them a chance for fun— Better a playground plot than a court And a jail when the harm is done! Give them a chance—if you stint them now, Tomorrow: you'll have to pay A larger bill for a darker ill, ef So give them a place to play! — Quinine that Does Not ‘Affect: Head. Because of its tonic anu laxative: ef- fect, LAXATIVE BROMO. QUININE (Tablets) can be’ taken by, anyone without: causing nervouaness or ring- # ing “in theshead.’ There is; only one. “Bromo Quinine.”” EW. GROVE'S signature is-on-box...:30¢.. Tribune Want Ads Bring Results. He