The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 21, 1918, Page 4

ae a THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE inte! at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as. Secon Class Matter GEORGE D. MANN - : : - Editor G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY, Special Foreign Representative NEW YORK, Fifth Ave. Bldg.; CHICAGO, Marquette Bldg.; BOSTON, 3 Winter St.; DETROIT, Kresege 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 other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news pub- lished herein. i All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. . ‘All’rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Daily by carrier per year... Daily by mail per year....... Daily by mail per year (in state).. Daily by mail outside of North Dakota. SUBSCRIPTION RATE: (In North Dakota) One year by mail. Six months by ma Three months b; an One year .. Six months Three month: THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER. (Bstablished 1878) <> —=— THE. LIMIT, AND THEN SOME The professional anarchists of Russia have to go'the Bolsheviki one better, in order to pre- serve their. own distinction and standing, and; in looking about them for new worlds to conquer, they’ve discovered that there’s too blamed little anarchy in marriage. The Russian soviet at Sara- tov declares that all the beautiful women have become the property of the wealthy men, thus impeding the correct continuation of the human race!.'So, the family is hereby abolished. The former husband must relinquish personal owner- ship of his wife. .He may visit her occasionally, but. all other men are to share,in her ownership. All women between the ages of 17 and 32 become the property of the whole community. Of course, this scheme of the Saratov soviet isn’t important. It is interesting only as show- ing what monstrosities can get into human heads when folks set up to reform everything in sight, regardless of.'the need thereof. . The Saratov soviet, having-resolved to make their wives and daughters:common property, may’ be.said to have surpassed:the dirtiest that even the Germans pro- pose: for. promotion: of ‘propagation... Maybe: it’s. only, the record along this line that these Rus- sians are after, ‘at heart. t ~Potatoes are so cheap that a Lakewood grocer threw one’at a dog yesterday. BARRING THE BEASTLY KULTURED . A western editor of some note has started a campaign to bar German’ and. Austrian immi- grants.from this country, after the war, “Doubtless there will be somewhat of a demand for this, when peace comes, and it may be a point to be considered in shaping up the peace “treaties. It does not look reasonable’ and con- sistent. to bar out the Chinese, our allies in this war, and let in Germans with their nefarious and bloody ideas of kultur, does it? ‘And, if we put up the bars against incoming Teutons, we surely ought to kick out the Teutons who ‘are so dangerous te our national. life that we've had to intern them. “What to do with our Teutons, is very likely to become a live question. We may even become so heated, before this war ends, as to be prac- tically unanimous for purging the country of Ger- mans and everything tainted with German. How- ever, it would be wise not to become excited over such propositions, at least until we have pre- vented the Germans from purging us. _ Look after the pennies. You c’n find’ plenty uv people t’ take care uv yer dollars. PLEASURE AND BUSINESS Some business pleasant for the kaiser seems to be in the making. According to the German genealogical sharps, war has wiped out 270 mem- bers:of families of counts, 633 of baronial fami- lies, 843 of “old noble” families and 836 of the “patent” nobility. With the Hohenzollern,. Hin- denburg, Von: Tirpitz, Ludendorf and. such fami- lies intact, owing to war’s inability to apply the absent treatment, it will be mere pleasant pastime for the kaiser to fill these hundreds of vacancies in the lower:families of divine rights, even if the stork refuses to get busier, or goes on a strike. . For Bill to make barons, counts and “patent” nobles is as easy as making doughnuts. Nay, really, it’s easier. You have to know what goes into a doughnut, and most any old sort of ingre- dient will make a good enough baron, count or “patent.” ‘ These vacancies must be a great convenience to. Wilhelm, too. There must be a lat of, Germans actually: fighting who:are expecting to be made barons, counts and such. Anyhow, there’s no danger of German nobility running short. The kaiser can grind ’em out as he does his money, and make-the folks take ’em at face value. THEY NEED NO AMUSEMENT Every evening, in a million American homes, a well-fed, amiable family group rises from cheer- ful dinner tables to vote on the questions, “(Where » shall we spend the evening? What shall we do for amusement?” The day’s work is done and we need relaxation.. So many things beckon— Bees iets, a war lecture, a motor ride, cards, dancing, or a peaceful loaf with papers and pipe and knitting. Which shall we choose? Life for us is so rich with interest, so full of comfort and beauty that daily we make many choices between pleasures, between one comfort and another. An American Y. M. C. A. secretary is back from France bringing a different picture. In a forest'just back of Verdun, is a French camp of 30,000 soldiers. They have. been there three years, under constant fire, living intermin- able days in cold and rain and in mud that sucks and clings and filthies them over like some vile beast that cannot be thrown off. built a crude hut in the camp and the American Y. M. C. A. has ‘loaned two secretaries for work there. The hut is rather bare of furniture. There are lights and a stove, chairs, tables and writing materials, and that is about all—no graphophone, no piano, no books. A visitor inquired pityingly, “But what do you do to keep these’ men enter- tained?” : Silence a minute and then the reply ringing across the world to us by our fires and at. the movies, and the restaurant tables: “The French soldier this fourth winter of war doesn’t need entertainment, All he. wants is a place a little dry, a place a little warm, a place with a little light so he can just rest, rest, rest!” What shall we do for amusement this evening? Well, for one thing lets write a check for the Red Cross, and another for the Y. M. C. A— gather up some of our books and write some let- ters to soldiers. And then let us go on our knees to ask forgiveness if we forget in our AMUSE- MENTS those who give their souls and bodies for us, asking—no, not even asking in return an hour a day in “a place a little warm, and dry, and bright.” Germany’s long range guns are out. of order. Once more the children of Paris can play in the streets. ; . If it isn’t one thing, it’s something else. Thi United States senate is wasting wind on the new draft Lill. Once more it is reported that the Germa: navy is getting ready to move. What’s the mat- ter? Has the rent been boosted? , ing: congress “a’ slum,” he “made,ja quick dnd thoughtless answer’that ilent itself’‘to ‘ exaggera- tion and distortion,”,,,.noygh! We're agin any public ‘information fellow» who:-confesses. WITH THE EDITORS . TRYING TO: DROP.'A HOT. POKER: “ Having picked up an exceedingly hot poker, the Nonpartisan league promoters and candidates are trying very hard to drop it: Candidate Lind- -|bergh, Boss Townley, and the-league’s subsidized newspapers are all insisting that) loyalty is not an issue in’ the present\priniary campaign, and ‘ : 3 a OT BYE t i * are vigorously scolding Governor Burnquist for “dragging it ims. orgigor os ivrot a Of course, Governor Buraquist has:done. noth- ing of the kind, and nobody knows it better than the Nonpartisan league leaders. These men have themselves repeatedly raised the question of loy- alty, and if the voters of Minnesota are paying more attention to it than to the league’s far- reaching program of state ownership, they invit- ed it. Loyalty became an issue just as soon as Boss Townley began talking about the war of the “rotten rich” last summer. It has been made the issue again and again since—and upon each occa- sion by Nonpartisan league leaders. La Follette’s immortal infamy under Nonpartisan league au- spices at‘St. Paul last autumn is a notable case in point. Others have since been furnished by the arrest, indictment and conviction of Nonpar- tisan league orators, organizers and editors, and by the publication of Candidate Lindbergh’s no- torious book on the war. And it will continue to be the issue just as long as the. Nonpartisan league refuses to repudiate the disloyalists. But has the league up to date given the pub- lic this evidence of the patriotism its leaders pro- fess? Has it denounced the anti-American book written by its candidate for governor. Has it de- posed Townley, now under indictment? Has it denounced Editor Wold, convicted of disloyal ut- terances? Has it dismissed General Manager Jo- seph Gilbert, twice convicted—once of illegal as- semblage, and once of disloyalty? Has Townley’s promise to “fire” any league organizer guilty of sedition been made good in the case of Organizer N. S. Randall, who has been convicted by a Minne- sota jury for unpatriotic remarks in a public address? : Everybody in Minnesota who is able to read knows that the damning answer is, in each case, in the negative. Not only have the copperheads not been repudiated by the league, but the league’s official publications continue to devote columns to attempts to prove that the convictions, in Min- nesota courts and by Minnesota juries, were “mis- carriages of justice.” ~ Candidate Lindbergh’s objection to the loyalty issue is easy to understand. Three times since \merica entered the war, American voters have had a chance to swat the buzzing insect of pro- Teutonism—in New York, in Wisconsin, and in our own city of St. Paul. And, upon each occas sion, they have swatted it. No wonder the preach- ers of class war regard with apprehension the prospects in Minnesota on June 17 next. No won- de rthey wish to change the subject to state own- ership!—St. Paul Dispatch... BISMARCK | In recent months, the French Red Cross has}: Ha! Geo. Creel confesses that, in publicly call-|: weeceeeresccereoons 0 PRAY, AND THOSE WHO PREY UNCLE! SAM’S TEN COMMANDMENTS. bad _, President Wilson is about to sign a bill which takes its place <i htapary as the most liberal legislation in protection of a nation’s fighters ever.known. “It is god enough, strong enough to be called the ate el yed premiums. ort, .. Thou shalt not, take, away a soldier's home on witch he’ has‘tmade paet payment, ‘"Phou shalt not settle a law suit against a soldier during hig absence. © ; sine ey If-@ soldier sue, the courts shall postpone action'until he . . can attend to tt. u ‘shalt not foreclose a mortgage on a soldier’ {onal Ten Commandments, and is, in efect, thus: ‘how shalt not evict, four non-payment of rent, a sol- f’8. dependents, under penalty of. $10,000 fine. “Thou shalt not cut off.a soldier's jlfe insurance because Ifa soldier havea mine, or timber or farm claim, assess- ments on which are overdue, it shall be held for him. for tl Houor thy’ soldier and thy e'{n,the Land of Liberty. : No fan hath greater love than he that offereth his life ‘World’s sake, and it: is’ commanded that neither sailor, ithet, thy days may be lawyers, nor the loan sharks, nor the gatherers of titles shall fatten on:him, ngréss je content. to call this bill the, Glydl Rights Bi, i, . Intelhictual, sloth}. Dickingson,\N. ‘May 15, 1918. Editor of the Bismarck Tribune, Bismarck, N / Dear Sit: A a Da \ Enclosed you will please find a clip: ping from your paper of a couple of months ago. Could you tell me if it was signed: bythe president. Or ‘any pet thereof. My reason for ask: ing is; My, hysband was called in the first draft from Stark Co.. last ‘Sep- tember. ‘At that ‘time we were run- ning a hotel here at Dickinson. We bought: the furniture on the install- ment plan. The manager of tho store only asked’ tie ‘to‘sign the contract, but the notes at the bank had to be signed by. both my husband and my- self. _Business-last.winter was pretty dull; 1 was unable to’ keep up the payments at the bank, So last week they foreclosed and took everything we had. I didn’t have a piece of fur: niture #left: As every thing in. our home was'included in -the mortgage. We hail, paid something over: $400.00. I am ‘crippled with. rheumatism and had gone to.the parties that was to look after soldiera®:dépendents here, and got permission through them to let my’ payments run for.a while and use my money: to doctor... And while 1 was doing that they notified me and moved everything out in:three days. ‘And my: little son-of-.six, and I. were left. homeless.” it get an allotment of $30 per month fromthe government: And my theck came the day I had to move. So I ‘said to myself. F will be alright. ‘I have one good friend, our Uncle Sam. This experience of mine has some of the women ‘wondering how it will be with them, if their hus- bands are calléd. . If tere is any sol- dier’s, exemptions..cor you. inform us. at ) ¥@0LDIER’S WIFE: EDITOR'§ NOTE: "2 > The North Dakotg legislature in. its special session last January, passed a moratorium «. act. ‘which ‘stands, as Chapter 10 of the session laws of 1918, to care for just such cases as this. Sec. 1 of this statute reads: “NO PROCEEDING BY ACTION OR OTHERWE SHALL BE IN. THIS OTHER LIEN 1 SONAL PROPERTY “OR FOR THE CANCELLATION “OF AN EXECUTORY. CONTRACT FOR THE SALE OF ‘LAND; OR FOR THE RECOVERY, .Of) ANY .IN: DEBTEDNESS \AGAINST _,ANY, i PERSON «AN THE, ACTIVE MIL- ITRAY ‘SERVICE. OF THE UNITED) STATES. “AS: HEREIN: - AFTER DEFINED, DURING THE TIME TH) UNITED STATFS IS ENGAGED IN ‘THE: PRESENT WAR AND FOR AN ADDITION: AL PERIOD OF ONE YEAR, AND DURING SUCH TIME NO FUR- THER:PROCEEDING SHALL BE TAKEN: IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING THAT IS_PEND- ING AT. THE TIME OF ‘THE TAKING EFFECT OF THIS ACT * AN WHICH SUCH A PERSON IS ‘A. PARTY, OVER THE OBJEC- o It’s the Divine Rights } ATTORNEY OR! \ANY:: PERSON INTERESTED ON ‘HIS*BHHALPF, NOR SHALL ANY JUDGMENT AGAINST: SUCH “PERSON “IN « THB | MILITARY © SERVICE BE ENFORCED AGAINST HIM OR HIS PxOPERTY DURING SAID PEROD.” ! Sec. 3 provides further that “Any proceeding taken against. any such person in the active military service of the United States. shall’ be. treated a sabsolutely void, at the election of such person, and upon proper applica- tion to vacate the same within the period mentioned in section 1 hereof, it shall be vacated and declared votd as a matter of course; provided, how- ever, if such proceedings were taken in good faith without knowledge of the fact ‘that the person proceeded, against was so in the service of the United States, then the person so proceeding shall not be liable to any damages: on account of taking such proceedings, and shall ‘be subject to no penalties on account thereof, EX- CEPT THAT HE SHALL BE LIABLE TO. ACCOUNT TO. THE PERSON SO ‘| men. PROCEEDED AGAINST. IN: SUCH WAY AS TO EQUITABLY RESTORE SUCH PERSON TO THE POSITION ae WOULD BE’ IN. IF SUCH PRu- "Phe same act” holds that “all taxes, whether on real or‘pergonal property, '}now: due or hereinafter to. become due, ‘/ on“ property: owned: by ‘any person it. the ‘active military service, shall: be held_in abeyance.’ i : The act wag’ passed January 29, 1918. “It carried an emer- gency’ clause; it’ was signed by the governor :on the date of its * passage and it became effective the same day.- eee The Tribune. immediatély laid the facts in her Case before the North Da- kota, Council of Defense, The Coun- tast night wired the Dickinson. sol- dier’s wife for. complete details, The Tribune has not an iota of re- spect for or patience at this time. when the flower. of our young man- hood is. making .the supreme sacrifice in the defense of ou country; when our ,casualty .lists daily are bringing sad tales of our own boys, stricken down out in there, with the Shylock who would exact his pound of flesh from the heroic wives and families of these It may be Business, but it is not American. It is damnably cheap, and The Tribune returns everlast- ing thanks to the legislators who last January passed an act which will pro- tect the boys in the. trenches over there from'a rear attack on their homes and. loved ones over here. God, knows the mothers and the wives and the children of these men are giving enough. In comparison the paltry dollars which. we can give are tawdry, and, when these patriots have given everything, our installment houses and: mortgage brokers can af- ford, AND THEY MUST, keep their hands off *--. the period of the war and for a sufficient time thereafter to enable these fighting men—THOSE WHO COME BACK—to get on their feet again. ‘i i Else we will find yellow paint no longer reserved for pro-Germans. “PUTTING THE GRIN INTO THE FIGHT” Elmer, who has missed five "TION OF SUCH RARTY, HIS..-/size bullets yu-usin’? _ : straight shots: Say, Herb, wot cil. of Defense executive: committee |, ‘No._Man’s Land over), POETS CORNER, | ° BILIOUS BILLIUM BILL. Hah: anybody here seen Billium? That blood-stained vicious Hun— The brute who has murdered a mil- Non And says that he is not done, His vassals call him “Der Kaiser” And ‘kneel before his throne— Then Billium just looks wiser And gloats while Belgium groans. The chine this Mars:Man will pull oft, While smoothly talking peace— Should make true Yankees khaki don And help to make this villlan cease. Again I say, have you seen Bill? If not I'm sure you will, For when our Yanks start pulling pranks They'll catch old’ Billium with our ‘tanks. And when he’s squelched, Autocracy, Will forever cease: to’ be— And in-its place Democracy, Will keep ‘us safe and free. . * —Ey W. 8. 8. THE NATIONAL GAME. Woodbridge, V. A. To Bismarck Tribune, May 16, 1918. Dear Sirs: é I am enclosing herewith a piece of poetry, namely “The National Game.” This was made up by a man in the 8th Engineers stationed at Wood- bridge, Virginia, and 1 think it is very good. ‘Would like to seé it put into the home paper and if not too’ much trou- ble would like to have a copy of same sent to me. Very truly yours. Private Roy Kunz, ie Co. D, 28th Engineers, Woodbridge, Va. THE NATIONAL GAME. The “Huns” had not. been challenged nor scheduled to appear, But theygame began four years, ago on the German-Belgian frontier; The ‘allied team’ was crippled, but had no time to stall, For thé voice of domination had plain- ly cried “play. ball.” In the early innings, of the game, the Germans took the lead Their forty years’ of practice had de- «veloped lots of: speed; i The allies’ southpaw, Belgium was pitching clever ball, . But \his comrades. and the Captain considered him too small. taking such: a. chance, They shifted him to second and sub- stituted “France,” ' The Germans thought. the time was . ripe-to:carry out their mission, And ‘figured. they could: win the game through: ‘‘France’s” poor : condition. ‘A’ “Boclie”. came: up :andstoed the plate,‘and ‘tripled over Arras!*:* He ‘decided he could stretch the hit and’ slide: right into: Paris, et But ‘the ‘ball ‘was’ neatly handled by ‘fielders that were..clever— In'the’ famous battle-of Marne he was tagged by ‘General Joffre. The “lucky seventh’ rolled ‘around— ;¢ the’ allies came; to Wats 2°’ Old Kaiser Bill’ was pitching and his arm was sore at that. i Canada singled o’er Vimy’ Ridge’ (he willingly’ paid the price) Then Edith Cavell walked up to the ‘ bate and came through with a sac- " tifice, . ! Ttaly slammed ‘an offensive, which rang with a sounding thud; = | His spikes: got tangled in‘German in- trigue, ‘and he tripped and fell in the mud, = Boas The next ball pitched was a beauty— knee high, and close to the shanks, And a clever drive for a double was made by the Britishers “tanks.” This splendid allied rally filled the “Huns” with doubt, With two. men on and no down the “Russian Bear” struck out; So Hindenburg,’ who's catching, has called for the Kaiser's “spitter,” And swinging his bats on the sideline is “SAMMY” the club’s pinch hitter. His eye is keen, his spikes are sharp —he’s filled with the courage of youth js Y " Democracy gleams in ‘his clear gray eye—his bat bears the trademark of : truth. 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