The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 12, 1918, Page 4

_| YOUR: BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Entered at the Postoiiice, Bamarck, ND, av Second red at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as on c 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 newa pub- lished herein. - All rights Gt publication of special dispatches herein Iso reserved. sa 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.. $6.00 Daily by mail per year... 4.00 Dail: mail outside of Noi akota.... . ad SUBSCRIPTION RATES (In North Dakota) One year by mail a -#4.00 Six months by m: 20 Three months by m: 1 (Out One year ... 00 Six months . 50 Three months ... 25 Six months 00 Three months 60 One month .... 50 THR STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER. (Established 1878) <> “KULTUR” DOES IT Take a good look at the face of this youth- ful German aviator. Study it well, and then fix this in your mind: He is Lieuten- ant Buckler, cham- pion Hun aviator, victor in 33 aerial battles, and admit- tedly the enemy air leader. This young man is the kaiser’s Von Hindenburg of the air. He hasn’t a mean looking face, has he? Nothing brutal nor vicious about it? And yet— This is a typi- cal specimen of the Hun ‘vulture which preys upon the little children, | women, defenseless’ homes, « LIEUT. BUCKLER > hospitals where ill and Red Cross establishments. You wouldn’t think, would you, that such a frank and honest. looking face could belong to the leader of Germany’s hospital raiders? That this boyish looking chap could be ‘the arch-murderer of hospital patients and nurses? That the Red Cross ‘would be his signal -to drop a bomb? But so it is! He is Germany’s champion. » Also, he is the product of kaiserism. He is the offspring of militarism which teaches that might makes right, and that frightfulness is a wartime plaything. The kaiser has made him so. The German military autocracy took that boy when he stepped from his cradle and by a process of systematic brutalization squeezed out of his body every drop of humanity and every thought of justice.. They, made of him a part, a mere cog even though a prominent one, of the Hun war machine. He will die—he may he dead when this is .written—for the allied airmen have him marked, and as the kaiser lays the iron cross upon his shattered body, the war lord will thank his “gott” that this boy carried the kaiser’s brand of brutality even to the hospital cots of wounded and dying men. Looks as if Western Union was laying its wires to be seized by Uncle Sam. MORE WHEATLESS THAN EVER The United States department of agriculture has announced its latest wheat crop statistics, tell- ing of a wheat yield far in excess of that of 1917 and better than the avertge yield of other years, 1915 alone excepted. All this is encouraging. But it should not encourtge any loyal Amer- ican to eat wheat. There are important reasons why we should consume less wheat now than at any time since Food Administrator Hoover first asked for wheat- less meals, wheatless bread and wheatless days. The biggest of these reasons is: Our wheat supply now is lower than it ever has been at this time of the year. Reserves of wheat in the United States are nearly exhausted. The visible supply is down to the unheard of level, only 1,146,000 bushels. A year ago at this time we had 28,296,- 000 bushels in American warehouses. The wheat now being cut in the middle west and the wheat that already has been harvested in Texas and Oklahoma has not been threshed. It still stands-in shocks in fields, awaiting the com- ing of the thresher. Then it must go to terminal markets and from there to flour mills. That will take weeks of time. In the meanwhile we have but a little over one million bushels of wheat, about one bushel to every 100 persons in this coun- try. And of our small store we MUST continue giving wheat to our allies! "Fe you want ‘to ‘help win this war—if ‘you b want to be a good American—don’t eat wheat in any form! Make your meals more wheatless than ever. Make every day a wheatless day. Preach the gos- pel of wheat saving to your friends, your neigh- bors, every person: you can reach. They don’t need our bullets “over there” half as badly as they need our bread. Only one million bushels of wheat left—and they who are fighting for our lives and our honor in the hell of battle in France are hungry for bread! a Won’t you be one American who refuses to eat any wheat at all at least until this year’s crop reaches the flour mills? —— June days persuade one to the opinion that while “love laughs at locksmith” it also giggles at everything else. T. R. has gotten himself in such a cantank- erous mood that doubtless his right hand argues nor _ blood - thirsty | « and wounded _lie,|. with his left. Pecwcerwererw ee corere see teseecessseenes | WITH THE EDITORS ee eel THE MAN’S THE THING The republican party in North Dakota is split. The Nonpartisan league is in power and depends on the republican voters to give it two years more in Bismarck. The present state offi- cials renominated are standing on their record and expect consideration at the polls. ‘The Lin- coln league republican candidates are making “loy- alty” their slogan. Win the war first, then take up state and local issues. It is hardly fair to accuse the majority of the farmers of the state of disloyalty because a few of the leaders are socialists. The great majority of the farmers are loyal to the government, and have subscribed lib- erally to Red Cross work, and ‘Liberty loans. It is coming down to the simple question as to who is the best qualified man for the office regardless of party politics. The voters are more and more beginning to observe, read and think and judge a candidate by his character and qualifications. —Crary Public Opinion. AS YE SOW, SO WILL YE REAP The Nonpartisan newspapers have been sow- ing the seed ‘of boycott ever since the league start- ed in the state three years agp. The advice to members was-to boycott the newspapers and the stores that oppose them. As a result some of the more radical members did stop their home news- paper and also stopped trading at the stores that had the courage to oppose them. The Nonpartisans did not see far enough— that the matter of boycott could. operate both ways. Now that the merchants of Fargo, have taken almost a united stand against the Nonpar- tisan daily, a terrible wail‘ goes: up. But the Times would remind the Courier-News as well as other league newspapers and league orators that the boycott seed had been sown by them- selves, and they are bound to reap their share of the harvest. Two years ago a boycott was threatened The Times if it did not lay off antagonizing the league. Only a subscriber here and there was foolish ‘enough to discontinue their subscription, but The Times kept on printing just as large an issue, for every order to discontinue would come a new one in its place. If no one came voluntarily The Times would go out and get one. Some of our farmer friends who came to criticize and condemn two years ago are now sending in words of encour- agement—and are lending a hand this year in opposing the program of the league. ‘ The boycott club is a mighty poor weapon. No independent: self-respecting newspaper man will be clubbed into line for anything he believes to be wrong no matter what may happen to him financially. The Times editor would any time, did occasion demand it, rather subsist on a half loaf than knuckle to any man or set of men with any kind of an old club, The boycott is the narrow, perverted way of looking at things. It is ‘used to turn a man against his own conscience and only comes from the autocratic, selfish mind. The Times is inclined to smile—beg pardon— ‘at the Courier-News, but can only point it to the seeds sown by the Nonpartisan organs in the past two ‘years—Oakes Times. . Those are our sentiments, Bro. Wright. We have been up against such an experience as you mention. It always takes two to put over a thing of this kind. When one stops somebody else with a little fairer mind and clearer judgment, comes along and subscribes. As you say, no self-respect- ing, honest newspaper man, with a mind of his own, will allow himself to have other people swing a club over his head and try and beat him into submission to support any socialistic, Bolsheviki program that some radicals approve of and he doesn’t. That’s the way we feel about it. We are so busy that no cobwebs will be allowed to grow on the front door of this office and we shall “keep the home fires burning” brightly just the same. The editor signed no protest to keep speak- ers out of the town, but if we did we would have no apology to offer. We generally stand back of our action without cringing the knee to anybody in order to gain a little business. Our opinions are wholly personal and not anyone else’s and as we said we do not apologize for them. Before some of these radicals get so worked up about things they should first find out where they are at and not blame those who are innocent. So far as we are concerned the incident is closed—Valley City Times-Record. ''""'"" . i ve THE NORTH DAKOTA POLITICAL GRIND. Developments in Flickertail Campaign as Viewed by Impartial Observer in Front Line Trenches + S. A. OLSNESS Candidate for ‘Réelection to the Of- fice of Commissioner of Insurance. | | Subject was born in Vinje, Tele- | mark, Norway, in 1866. ‘Came to Sheyenne, N. D., 32 years ago, at the age of 20. Has worked as farm laborer, ‘railroader, and, held positions of trust, such: as school clerk, town- ship clerk, legislative clerkships and secretary of a farm mutual ’| insurance company. . 3 Dealt in hardware and machin- ; ery four years. Owns a 44(acre farm, with about $9,000 improve-- ments, which he still operates un- der management of his brother. | Is an American by. choice, and will let his past record be judge as to his loyalty as,such. | Though a Republican, his polit- ical leanings have always been to- ward the progressive element, and having grown up under strenuous economic conditions, believes in rigid, systematic economy in ad- ministering state affairs. I He declares his. policy as fol- lows: “I stand upon evolutionary, not revolutionary methods; upon | a nicely balanced, common-sense program for eventual State Insur- , ance, as soon as practicable, and not a spectacular camouflage. “Tam on the ticket because en- dorsed by nearly half the voters of the state, who believe in this program.” | ‘On this he solicits your vote for |_a second term. { $F Two weeks from tonight it will be all over but the shouting. The Non- partisan league. which’ has dominated state affairs forthe last two years will have been: confirmed in power by the North Dakota electorate, or it will have been, rejected... In either event, the effects will be far-reaching. Another decisive victory for the league in North Dakota will be looked upon in other ‘states where the organization is striving for a foothold as an en- dorsement of the practical application of the league politics, Defeat for the league will mean that it has failed here: in North Dakota, where it has operated under the most favorable conditions, and nothing, is so fatal as a political failure. ' Next Monday. North - Dakota. will have its first opportunity to get a/ definite line on what the results may be two weeks from today. The Minn- esota primaries*will be held June 17. The Nonpartisans have a complete state, congressional” and _ legislative ticket in the. field. Minnesota is doing @ heap of working ‘about the league. The newspapers have just woke up, and their editorial and new columns indicate that they are badly scared. Should the league carry Minnesota, and there are, even among the. worst enemies of the league, many who ad- mit . the _ possibility, it ay mean victory in ‘North Dakota ten days later. Should the league suffer a decisive defeat in Minnesota, it. will cost the Nonpartisans at least 10,000' votes in this state, and 10,000 votes are very likely to decide: the .battle between Steen and Frazier. If the league loses the governorship, it. must acknowledge defeat, even though it elect every other man on it sticket- And if Frazier should go down, there is a very great probability that Kositzky, Olson, the’ league can- didate for state treasurer; Macdon- ald, and at least one of the league nominees for railway commissioner will go with him. Naturally, much interest in North Dakota will center in the Minnesota primaries. Minnesota has a much larger vote to swing, and its popula- tion is not so preponderantly rural as is North Dakota's. The league, however, has made a strong bid for the organized labor vote, and is ex- pected to show much strength on the iron ranges, where disaffection with :|the present form of government has ‘@!meen common for several years. When ‘Minneapolis will elect a socialist mayor, none can say with any cer- tainty that it will not give the leaguers a majority. Lindbergh, Non- partisan candidate for governor, is expected to pull heavily among. the Swedes. Minnesota unquestionably will not give the league the landslid it had in North Dakota two years ago, but it will bear watching. Arthur M. Evans, one of the Chicago: Tribune’s well-known correspondents, is writing some interesting and bare “PUTTING THE GRIN thoughtful articles on the Minnesota situation. The . following excerpts from one of his recent stories will be read with attention in North Da- kota: “Minnesota is a boiling caldron of politics. From the Dakota ranges a So- cialist movement is rolling down that bids fair.to dwarf the Populist party of ancient sockless and shaveless days. “In three years the Farmers’ Non- partisan league has enrolled 200,000 members in the states of the upper Mississippi valley. It has captured absolute control of North Dakota from the supreme bench down through the statehouse to the agricultural college, with the exception of a few holdover senators who are slated for the shelf next fall. ie ‘ “For the present Minnesota is the center of massed activities on the part of the ‘league, The state-wide. pri- maries are June 17, and the state is in the midst of the hottest campaign, perhaps, since the: old days of the Farmers’ alliance. The league is seeking to capture the govermental machinery of Minnesota as it did in North Dakota two years ago. Loyalty Issue Injected. The loyalty issue has been raised,, and the league is under attack from many quarters. It is difficult with the primary fight, at blazing heat to gather how far the anti-loyalty at- tacks upon the league are involved with politics. Here and there organ- izers and officials of the league have been arrested and indicted and in some cases convicted on charges or disloyalty and of spreading doctrines hostile to the mlitary and naval policy of the United States. Townley himself and Joseph Gilbert, state organizer, are under indictment in Martin and Jackson counties. The cases will not be finally disposed of until after the primaries. “The league officials declare that the league throughout has upheld the Wilson war policies. The opposition charges that such upholdings have al- ways had ‘weasel words’ attached. It is fair to state that despite all the uproar the federal government so far has not seen reason for federal jn- INTO THE FIGHT” The sheoting gallery. operator, who has been used to, popping clay pipes off the rack, couldn’t resist a temptation. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1918. dictment of leagne officials in Minne- sota. Lindbergh ‘a la La Follette. “Apart from this, however, is the case of the league's candidate for gov- ernor, Charles A. Lindbergh of Little Falls, a former congressman, whose views on the war after Uncle Sam got into the fighting give the ‘Minnesota primaries quite as pronounced an is- sue over loyalty as Wisconsin had this spring. ‘In Wisconsin ‘La’ Fol- letism’ was the issue in the Repub- lican primaries. In Minnesota, Lind- bergh, after war was declared, wrote a book. a perusal. of which would cause the La Follette pompadour to quiver with delight. The opposition dug this book up when the primary fight started. It is a most astonishing book. The reader instinctively jlooks to see of it beats a Germany copy- right. It doesn’t,” but it contains many choice morsels of thought that might be gobbled with relish in Potsdam. » Soclalists May Turn Tide, “What makes the Minnesota situa- tion’ all the more unfortunate, so far as the governorship fight is concern- ed, is the fact that Gov. J..A. A. Burn- quist, who has performed’ well as war governor, is up for renomination. Under ‘the Minnesota: law’ any voter may vote in the primaries of any party he selects, There are no restrictions such as the two year barrier in Illinois. ’ The Socialists have no. fight, which leaves them free to-enter the primar- . ies of any other party, and 25,000 of them are expected to vote for Lind- burgh. Gov. Burnquist is ‘in bad’ with some;of the unions, while the nonpartisan league and the unions have a cooperative understanding on candidates and platform.. Both sides claim ‘to,have a’ narrow edge on the situation, and meanwhile the Demo- crate are getting ready for a furious fight to put. over their nominees in case Lindburgh wins. at the Repub- Hcan_ primaries. /, Fred E. Wheaton and W. L, Comstock of Mankato are the Democratic primary. candidates.” Representative Allen of Stutsman county. takes the Tribune to task for stating in a late review that Stuts- man sent a solid Nonpartisan delega- tion to the last session. The Tribune is ready to make an exception in the case of Mr. Allen, but not in the in- stance of Major Dana Wright, now in France, whom Rep. Allen states was not a leaguer. Although possibly not elected with the endorsement of the league, and while Major Wright did not return from the Mexican border until the closing days of the session, the few times he was called upon to vote revealed his sympathies with the league, and following the adjournment of the session he very plainly demon- strated his Nonpartisanism in’ many ways. Mr. Allen .states that Stuts- man is not for. Frazier, and he is claiming «it<for ;Steen.. The Tribune is “glad td have opiniéns from: men who are on the ground, and who na- turally know more of conditfons than anyone writing, from ‘the ‘outside can know. Steen managers ‘are’'claiming ‘the First “district for’ ‘the Independent Voters’ candidate for governor. The Tribune recently awarded-the First district: to: Frazter, and: we ‘are: in- clined to stand pat-on this ‘gyess, al- though we will admit that Steen car- ried the'First in the last’general elec- tion, when he was ‘opposed by Casey, a leaguer, We believe that Frazier’s vote in the First will be at least as large as John Baer’swas a year ago. The Tribune récogyizell{ the fact that Frazier may poll, considerably fewer votes in’ Fargo’ and: Grgnd Forks than ‘Baer did, but we do not believe this falling off..will greatly. affect,the gen- eral. result, a “We have a.gdod fighting chance to win,” said ‘an Independent Voters’ as- sociation manager today. “One can never tell in a’ contest of this kind what passion’ will do on either side. The passions of the voters on each side are aroused just now ‘to an ex- Ntent never before known in this state. It creates a condition on which ‘itis difficult to hazard any careful estimate.” FAIR PLAY. KINDERGARTEN NOTICE. The starting class will open Monday June 17, at the North Ward school. Children. who have not before attended kindergarten may Start at this time. The advance class will continue as heretofore. The Kindergarden age is between. the fourth and sixth birth- days.. This, is a public school kinder- garden and there is no charge what- ever. . Parents of eligible children are urged to avail thethselves of the priv- iliges of the kindergarten. For parti- ticulars call the principal, Miss Matil- da Williams, Phone 38 any evening. J. M. MARTIN, City Superintendent. a NOTICE OF SCHOOL MEETING. School District-Special Meeting of ey Voters. Notice is hereby given, that on Wed- nesday, the 26th: day of June, A. D. 1918, a meeting of the voters of Bis- marck Special School District No, 1, will be held at Will School in Special School District ‘No. 1, in the County of Burleigh, State of North Dakota for the purpose of determining upon the question of issuing bonds of said school District in the sum’ of fifteen thousand dollars, ($15,000) said bonds to be made payable in 20 years from date of issue, and to bear interest at the rate of four (4) per cent per annum, payable semi-annually. Which proposed ‘bonds are to be {issued for the purpose of raising. money to bulid ing to be erected-on Block 4 of Cof- ons addition to the city: of Bismarck, This meeting will begin at 9 o’clock a. m. and close at 4 o'clock p. m., of said day. Dated at Bismarck, N. D., this 12th day of June, A. D., 1918, ; ‘By order of Board of Education. Richard Penwarden, Clerk. = MAN LOSES HOPE “For 10 years 1 suffered severely from stomach trouble. The doctors said I had cancer of the stomach and nothing would do but an operation. I took my last round of Mayr's Won- derful Remedy ‘2 1:2 years ago. Since then I sleep well, eat what I want and feel fine? It is a simple, harm- less preparation that removes the ca- tarrhal mucus from the intestinal tract and allays. the inflammation which causes practically all stom- ach, liver and intestinal ailments, in- cluding appendicitis, .One. does will convince. or money refunded, a four class room brick school build-, ' t ‘ ! 4 yy ae on