The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 11, 1918, Page 4

t MARCK TRIBUNE toffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Secon THE BIS 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 < cra ited in this paper and also the local news pub- rein, - All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are algo reserved. : ’ All rights i ublication of special dispatches herein ad are. . “MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Daily by carrier per year........+ $6.00 Daily: by mail per year........ Del Oy ee ened North Dakota mail outside 0! jor AKOTA... +s a de SUBSCRIPTION RATES rs é (In North Dakota) BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE and thereby capitalize the dearness of food into votes for ourselves. Of course that would be no way to get more abundant and cheaper food. . Whatever effect it had would be in the opposite direction. But it would be exactly the way of the demagogue. There are plenty of them among us. War, with all the questionings, doubtings, and group- ings toward a better social order which it naturally |provokes, gives them an unusual opportunity. They are the worst enemies the people of the United States have to deal with inside their own borders, not excluding German spies. Generally you can tell them by their violence, their appeals to hatred, their consant effort to set one part of the people against another part indiscriminately. Whoever makes a business of; blackguarding a particular section of the country or a particular category of citizens is a dema- 00} gogue. 00|than ordinarily. Because the social mind is deeply stirred, be- cause we are retrying many old propositions, searching for new values and relationships on a broad scale, the demagogue is much worse poison Look out for him.—Saturday STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER. hk (Katablished 1878) Ss > —————————— CLAUDE Claude Kitchin says Postmaster General Bur- leson told him weeks ago that the president had given up the idea of a new tax bill. Then the £8 Evening Post. THE RAILROAD RATE INCREASE Mr. McAdoo has approved a very substantial increase in freight and passenger rates. The in- crease is as a matter of fact, considerably larger} than was ever asked by the railroads when they operated under private direction. They were for- tunate in those days to get any relief whatever, and it was our policy to deny them practically president comes along and urges one—and a good one—on congress. Now the question is, not who's a liar, but diplomatically, who was in error? P. S—Wonder if it isn’t Burleson who has been telling Claude about that “insiduous news- paper lobby” that wants the postal rates changed and so proposes to keep poor old congress work- ing all summer? N. B.—No need for Claude to be so worried about it all that we can see. Conservation of both wool and cotton cloth is urged upon the-coun- try asa war policy. Let Claude put ina few good hard licks during the hot months and he ought to be able to conserve quite a bit around the mid- dle himself. Then he’ll be a hero, to say nothing can gave,on hisinext winter's ‘suit. ee THE, GREATEST CAREER °°". ¢ Misa. Vivienne-Segal is a‘ prominent actress and‘a'beaiitiful:young woman. @ everything they asked. Now that we have government management it has at last becorne evident to our officials that the railroads cannot give service at less than cost. But we must not be deceived into thinking the new rates became necessary merely because of so-called war conditions. situation is that higher rates should have been granted several years ago. If we had dealt with the railroads on an equitable basis in the past we; should not now have to give them an increase of the proportions approved by Mr. McAdoo. The railroads now have to go into the mar- ket and buy equipment which they should have had before we entered the war. They have to pay two or three times’ the prices they would haye had to’ pay then. The use of manufactur- ing plants to’ make’ this new equipment is obvi- ously a:diversion of labor and effort which could otherwise be devoted to the manufacture of war was reportéd that she would leave the stage he+matrimonial route. -~.. S it no, that,-it seems, is not to,be. The young’ lady’s mother, says so, and this is why: #MePogitively there is nothing to it. My daugh- ter. will not permit matrimony to interfere with ‘Now, we have come to know. many actresses and many: mothers and some who were both ac- tréss and: mother.’ We have seen’ theatrical ca- reers come. and go;.we have observed them from the moment they began twinkling in minor speak- ing..parts unto past the days when they blaz- oned brightly in the stage firmament.. - We, too, have observed matrimonial careers, even from the day the bride baked her first hatch of biscuits through all’ the cradle days of heartaches and heart joys. And, we are convinced that— No stage career begins to compare with the _matrimonial career, which includes home, hus- ‘hand, happiness—and BABIES! Help win the war by paying your income tax NOW. The food waster and the food"profiteer are twin traitors. sae Lill “There is nothing to report from sectors oc- cupied by our troops” is the 1918 way of saying, “All’s quiet along the Potomac.” The kaiser admits Germany is paying heav- ily for her war successes. And this price of kai- serism she will go on paying for years and years after she has been defeated in this war. WITH THE EDITORS eeeeeccccccccccceccccocscoocococoeooned THE I. W. W. At the trial of I. W. W. leaders in Chicago evidence has been produced that the order was working in harmony with German agents in Amer- ica; that “ringing cheers” were given by the order for the kaiser when his name was mentioned at an I. W. W. meeting, and that members drafted into the army have been instructed to shoot their American officers instead of shooting German sol- diers. The only weakness of the government’s case against the I. W. W. seems to be that only 112 of them are on trial_—Kansas City Star. OUR WORST ENEMIES Farmers produce food. Food is scarce and dear. So let us denounce farmers in a lump. Without gathering and weighing the facts in the case, without trying to study out detailed ways of improving production and lessening cost of dis- tribution—all of which requires intelligence, pa- tience and integrity—let us go among city wage earners,:who are often not much informed about farming, and tell them their food is dear because farmers are rapacious pirates, with no thought but to, rob them of the last penny. Let us stir up hatred of farmers, clamor for laws against them, ‘set workmen as a class against farmers as a class; materials... z _* Presumably the railroads will be restored to private operation after the war. In that case we ought not to forget that it'is just as important ‘to -have an efficient transportation system as it is to have a strong army.’ Our unpreparedness when we entered this. war was not confined to lack of military foresight; it.also included the failure to pursue’ a constructive policy with respect. to the railroads.—Chicago Tribune. PUNISHING DOUBLE CITIZENSHIP . Germany's characteristic scheme of double citizenship, whereby her emigrants swear alleg- iance to the governments under which they live and yet retain a superior and secret allegiance to the kaiser, was conceived with the idea of build- ing up foci of German influence and strength all over the globe. It was the expectation of the military masters of Germany that these expatri- ated Germans could be relied on in peace and war to do their bidding. BS To some extent the plan has succeeded, and the marvelous German spy system covering the world has derived support from such Germen set- tlers in many countries as were willing to be sec- retly or openly false to the countries that had welcomed and prospered them. Such treachery is easily justified by the Prussian tenet that any crime committed for the state is no crime. But those who have practised double citizen- ship in this country perjured themselves when they took the oath of allegiance. Every applicant for “first papers” must under the law take oath that it is in good faith his “intention to become a citizen of the United States and to renounce foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty, and particularly by name to the prince, potentate, state or sovereignty of which the alien may be at the time a citizen or subject.” And when the applicant becomes a citizen he repeats in substance this oath abjuring the old allegiance forever, and pledging to support the constitution of the United States. Thus the in- tention of renouncing the old tie expressed in his first application is followed:by the actual solemn and sworn renunciation. No one with any regard for the sanctity of an oath could practice double citizenship after making such vows. But there are Germans who have done it. Is there any remedy at law for such per- jury? A New Jersey judge thinks there is. He has revoked the citizenship of a German who had lived 35 years in this country, on the ground that by declaring that he would do nothing to injure the country of his birth, and did not wish this country to win the present war because of the ties that bound him to Germany, he had violated his oath of allegiance. The fact that so many years had passed since it was taken, did not alter the case. If this is not the law, it ought to be. And more than that, there should be provided a greater punishment than mere revocation of citizenship fo rthose who violate the sdlémn oaths they have taken.—Minneapolis Journal. The truth about the), PROSIT! SATURDAY EVENING LETTER By Justice J. E. Robinson June 8,.1918. An editor writing me desires to know. the charge for mailing his paper copies of my weekly letter. The letter isgiven free as sunshine. It was sent to all the big dailies as long as they eared to use it. Now I think it is‘pubdlished: only by two pro- gressivé newspapers, The Lismarck Tribune: and Jamestown Daily Alert. The main purpose of the letter is ¢o advocate and advance the cause of judicial, reform....Jt.has.always a re- form to advocate;and it is never neu- \tral on questions of right and wrong. The prompt and due administration ot Justice without al or delay is of interest to every, citizen tho. he may never have-a law suit, and it is of special, interest to those who appeal to-the courts for a‘ legal redress of 'their wrongs. Hence, it is that every Judge is well paid and is sworn to observe the consttitution and to do his duty faithfully. Indeed, he is sworn to administer justice without delay. And yet, as the judges work without any supervision or control and with: out any publicity, they have fallen in- to the habit “of : disregarding their sworn duty and oblifiation to admin- ister justice without delay. ‘No judge would think of putting his hand into the pocket of another and stealing $100, and yet, most judges see no wrong in stealing from the state sev- eral hundreds of dollars for the doing of work which is purposely left un- done.. They lay yff hours and days and weeks, making no attempt to give all their time to the duties of their of- fice. No man can lay off in that way and hold ‘a place in any business house. The system would end quickly in the wreck and ruin of any business enterprise... It is radically. dishonest and it is a betrayal of trust and con- fidence. It is to remedy such gross and chronis evils by pointing to them the finger of publicity that these letters are given to the press. In truth no Judge cares to have it known that): he goes off and leaves his work un- done while receiving good pay for do- ing it. One Judge has said to me: You are bringing the Court into dis- grace by publishing that we are so far behind with our work. My answer was. ‘No, Judge, I am trying to remove the cause of disgrace. 1 know that we judges are competent, to do the work and to decide every. case within thirty days after it has been submitted. My letter of June 1, contains this report: Our Supreme Court has now on its calendar ninety-five cases not yet argued or submitted and 37 of the vd cases submitted prior to the first of May. Several of these are old’ chronic appeals that should have been decided six or 10 months ago. At present there remains only 31 of the old chronic cases. We hope to dis- pose of them before Jéne 20th. Then we commence the hearing of’ argu- do ‘ourselves’ the honor and credit of deciding every case within thirty days after the argument. I may say of our judges that each one is in good health and is ready to resent as an insult any charge that he skulks off and leaves his work un- done. The custom has so long pre- vailed that the judges ahd the people seem to give it no thought. Yet, facts are facts, and, as our court records do conclusively show,. for years there must have ‘been some judicial skulk- ing or incompetence. This we. must all confess and in the future ‘hope to show our faith; by. our works. -We must come to realize that the skulk- ing of a judge is radically dishonest. It were. better if the pay of a judge and of every state officer were limit- ed to the time actually given to his work. Last winter at the extra ses- sion of the legislative‘assembly, I had the honor to address the senate in fa-| vor of 2 bill: providing that the state auditor should: give to no judge a voucher for his -monthly® salary until he filed an - affidavit showing the number of hours ‘given to work on each day of the month. And, would you believe it;-one senator ,a ‘lawyer, gravely and innocently asked the question: Why don’t you get all the other judges to endorse the bill? Most lawyers, good people never have any reforms judges and other to advocate. I -recall no exception, either in the court reports or in the rules of court. It is amazing to note the number of cases that:come before our court where one party—by. a dis- tinguished lawyer—gravely.. and per- sistently entreats the court to aid him in robbing another party. And yer we never censure the practice. How- ever, we have just now allowed a mo. tion (with $15 costs) to strike from a printed brief two pages given’ to the unwarranted abuse of a witness. It is time for! lawyers to:show more re- spect for themselves and.the judges ‘by refusing to appeal petty and dis- honest cases and by making better and shorter briefs. There is no long- er any use in. trying to hood-wink the judges, or to induce them to reverse a cause on technical points having no merit.. Sheer foly it is to, assign er- rors without merit to the number of 47 or 87, or any number exceeding fou ror five. ; 3 An appeal presents for considera- ;tion only a few questions relating to the law and justice of the case. The old system of deciding cases on quibbles is a thing of the past. We. must live in the progressive present and let the dead past bury its deac with all its obsolete customs and de- cisions. MARTINESON AND WELCH ARE HOME Chief of Police Chris Martineson and Deputy heriff Rollin Welch are home from Minneapolis, where they deliv- ered seven deserters to Fort Snell- ing. The select service men’s deser- tion was largely technical, and they made no objection to, going. Tribune Want Ads Bring Results. PROGRAM FOR INSTALLATION OF DR. KANE Tentative ‘Arrangement of Exer- cises Announced by Secre- “tary Liessman Today Grand Forks, N. D., June 10.—A ten- tative program for the installation of Dr. Thomas F, Kane as president of the university, announced this morn- ing by ‘Charles Liessmann, secretary of the state board of regents, is as follows: A. M.—Greeting and congratulations. The State—Hon, Lynn J. Frazier, governor, $ : Department of Education — N. C. MacDonald, state superintendent of public instruction. Agricultural College — Dr. E. F. Ladd, president. Normal Schools — Dr. Thomas A. Hillyer, president of Mayville. Jamestown College—Dr. E. P. Rob- ertson, president, 5 Responses also will be made, on behalf of the high schools, the alumni, the faculty, the student body and nei- ghboring institutions by speakers yet to be selected. The formal exercises will be held in the afternoon; beginning at 3 o'clock with an academic procession. Lewis F. Crawford, president of the State board of regents, then will pre- sent Dr. Kane, whose installation ad- dress will immediately follow. At 6 p. m. a dinner will be served at the commons, and at 8:30 Dr. and Mrs. Kane will hold a public reception at'the president's mansion. Strictly Up to Date. The children were playing. with their toy animals. | Ruth brought her hobby horse to her sister, asking’ what to feed him. Big sister said: “Oh, corn, oats and hay.” Ruth, not quite satisfied with the answer, asked: “Shall I pasteurize him any?” Were lookin, |Toddie b tk * ey What iv the matser, {Why should your peepenr be srloppily sad? Is it somethi you havn't, or something you've had?” xO % S “Ie the supper inside you asleep on its back? Has your conscience sat down on a ticklesome tack? Or why ‘is your rainbow so blushing) black?" Tk a are A Taddie looked» up where the skies were unrolled And stats by the thousands were shimmered and shoaled In Spangles and tandles ofglorified Bold. » Why am T cryinaf! sobbed Téddie,* Wha’ far?” There isn't a one—not a si All of the angels aye kill aloft at the star-ri-fled sky, an a whim-wham- erous awe * -loo-gi -some lad Fal 4 + le blue star! in the war! ” é Di TUESDAY; JUNE 11,1918. - FLYER SPENDS 80 HOURS ON WRECK Rescued Man "Gives Thriling Story of His Perils. ALMOST GONE. WHEN SAVED Wrecked Seaplane for 80 Hours in English Channel “Without Food or Water—One of Most Remarkable In- cidents of Seaplane Patrol Co-oper- ating. With Convoys. eae ‘A fall: report of the reacue of En- sign B. A. Stone, U. S. naval reserve trawler, was recetved by the commit- tee on pt information from its rep- resentative in London. Rneign Stone-‘was given up for drowned keyeral: weeks ago, but after five weeleIn-a hospital he has re- turned to. in. ‘The perils through whieh. the two men passed safely con- stitute one of the theilling incidents of ‘the seaplane patrol co-operating with the fleet convoys, “I left our station in a British seas plane as pilot,” sald. Ensign Stone, “with Sub-Lieut. Eric Moore of the Roy- al naval air service, as observer, at 9 a.m. Our duty was to convoy pa- trol. When two hours out, having met our ship coming from the westward, we thought we sighted a periscope ahead: and turned off in pursuit. We lost our course. Our engine ‘dropped dead’ and at half-past eleven o'clock ‘| forced us to land on the surface in @ Tough sea, Released Carrier Pigeons. “We had no kite or radio aero to call for assistance, 80 we released our two carrier pigeons. We tied a mes- sage with our position and the word ‘sinking’ on each. The first, the blue- barred one, flew straight off and reached home. But the other, which was white-checked, lit on our machine and would not budge until Moore threw our navigation clock at him, which probably upset him:so that he falled us, | Pa “Heavy. seas smashed ovr . tail planes, which kept settling. I saw that they were pulling the machines down by the rear, turning her over.’ At half- past ‘two p. m. we capsized, climbing up the nose and ‘over-the-top’ to the underside of.the pontoons. — “Our emergency ration had been in the observer's ‘seat at the back; but we had been so busy trying to repair the motor and save ourselves from tura- ing over that'we did not remember this until too late. From now on for: near ly four days, until picked up by a trawler, we were continually soaked and lashed by seas, and’ with nothing to eat or drink. We had nothing to cling to,.and. so to, keep from being washed overboard we got the same pontoon and hugged our ‘arms about one another's ‘bodies for, the whole time. “We suffered from thirst. I had @ craving for canned peaches. Twice a drizzle came. on, wetting the’ pontoon. ‘We turned on our stomachs and tapped up the moisture, but the paint came off with salt and nauseated us. Tins of Biecult Float By. “Our limbs grew numb. ‘From time to time the wreckage from torpedoed ships would pass. Once two full bis- cult tins came close enough to swim for, but then, in our weakened state, we knew that we would drown if we tried to get them.: We did haul in a third tin and broke it open. It was filled with tobacco, “We sighted a trawler about six o'clock on Tuesday. evening. We waved at her for half an hour before she changed her course. We were both too weak to.stand up and signal. We could only: rise on our knees. Moore's hands were too swollen to hold a handkerchief, but I had kept my gloves on and was able to do so. The but finally threw life preservers at the end of a line. I yelled that we, were to weak to grasp it. She finally hove to, lowered a boat and lifted us on board. “Moore lost six toes from gangrene in hospital., My feet turned black, but decay didn’t set in.” Every machine from the seaplane base and those from a station on the French coast.had searched continuous- ly for the aviators after the blue Pigeon arrived, as did all the patrols and destroyers in the area, Ensign Stone is a native of Norfolk, Va., born July 10, 1891, His mother, Mrs. Clara Stone, lives at the Red Gate apartments, Norfolk. National Acre Plan. Fere is the “National acre” plan, the newest plan for farmers to hel the Huns: ae ot Set aside one acre of your farm to be planted and cultivated:as the “Na- tional acre,” the proceeds.of-whtch are we. be) sed ‘In buying thrift. stamps. @ idea is spreading over G and South Carolina. sonikes Cows Drunk on Apple Pulp. Apple pulp shipped from a‘ cider mill at Yakima, Wash., and fed as an exper- iment to dairy cows on a Tieton ranch a few days ago made the animals is bas that me of them were able nd up and many of them at gered about iike Intoxteated oa Bless the Child!” Bessie went with her mother to the meat market the other day, and, see ing sawdust on the floor,’ ste” whis- Pered: “Mamma, does he butcher dolls?”—Boston Transcript. Ensign Storie and Companion Cling to The trawler moved warily around us,” ? \ . 1 My fe a4 4 ” ‘ 5 4 i?)