The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 17, 1918, Page 4

i ‘ THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE © Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as : Class Matter GEORGE D. MANN - : : : itor G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY, Special Foreign Representative NEW YORK, Fifth Ave. Bldg.; CHICAGO, Marquette Bldg.; BOSTON, 3 Winter St.; DETROIT, Kresege Bldg.; MINNEAPOLIS, 0_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. A ; All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. : MEMBER AUDIT BURBAU OF CIRCULATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLB IN ADVANC! Daily by carrier per yea! Daily by mail per year.. ai mail outside of No akot ne. SUBSCRIPTION RATES (In North Dakota) One year by mail. Six months by mai Three months by mai Ji wesesseeces o (Outside of North Dakota) One year .. Six months Three months Six months Three months One month... THR STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER. (Established 1873) Sa a THE HUN OVER HERE Gustaf Hahn, a Chicago baker, was convicted of hanging a dirty rag, one he had used in wip- ing his ovens, outside his bakeshop and calling it “the American flag.” His employes testified of other things, un-American and pro-German, Hahn had said and done. He was sentenced to four months in jail. Hahn came over to this country and found a hospitable welcome here. He piled up wealth, more than he had ever dreamed of possessing in Germany. He enjoyed the rights and privileges accorded to all persons who dwell under the American flag. And this is how he repays America for all she has done for him! The flag he sought when he was a poor im- migrant, the flag which has protected him all these years, the flag under which he reaped a harvest of wealth, that flag HE NOW CALLS A DIRTY RAG! We have infinitely more respect for the Hun in.the kaiser’s army who wallows in bestial- ity and brutality than we have for this Hun with- in our gates who partakes of our bread at our table and then so despicably betrays us. -No de- cent person in all America can henceforth think of this Gustaf Hahn without.a feeling of disgust ; no honest person will hereafter pass this. Hun.up- ret pet oes 33 888 8282 gss2 & City Carrier Service Hot on our streets without drawing aside his clothing|” ~ §o that by no means will anything upon his per- gon come into contact with the clothing of this foul and: loathsome traitor, and no American’ in all the days to come should have any business or social relations with this Hun. Four months in jail is not the punishment such a traitorous act merits.. Why, the Hunnish Kaiser of Gustaf Hahn would-shoot on the spot any person in Germany who said the same thing about the German flag! Four months. in jail is not enough for this Hun nor for any other Hun within our gates who by word or deed does aught to aid the kaiser in his damnable war upon the world’s liberty. There is, however, another and a brighter angle from which to view this and similar cases of Hun treachery over here. The judge who cen- tenced this Hahn put it in this fashion: “The only effect of such remarks as you are accused of having made is to make real Ameri- cans work hardersto win this war.” AS THEY START OVERSEAS What’s the matter with old Noah? A man stood on the little stage of a Y. M. C. A. hut at one of the cantonments and asked the question. He was, to the careless eye, in the khaki shirt, trousers and puttees, no different from any one of the splendid, clear-eyed, up-standing American soldiers who faced him and roared the answer: “He's all right!” Then the song started with a will, but some way it did not go quite as well as the man on the little stage thought it should. Down he * Jeaped and fairly flew across the aisle with, “Sing, men, sing—what’s the matter with you, have you lost your pep?” As he came back the building shook with the last line, “It isn’t going to be such a hell of a rain after all.” The eyes of every man in the room held the form of the man as he sprang lightly again to the stage. Obediently every soldier sang all the songs he started, only one or twice did he again make excursions down among them, calling some of them by name as he did so, and when he did the noise from over a thousand throats was deafen- sacrifice; younger women walked hand in hand with their sweethearts or husbands—their men ; fathers did not disdain to look into the faces of their sons with tear-dimmed eyes. They were all saying wordless prayers for our safety. “Men, we are going to our duty—our whole duty. We are going to make those tears of sac- rifice tears of pride. We are going the whole way, even though it leads to the end of the long trail.” There was a moment's silence, and then the man on the stage said: “I want all the officers of this regiment up here beside me,” and up clam- bered a dozen or more splendid young chaps. Then with his head bowed he asked the chaplain to say a prayer. The solemn words evidently found echo in every heart, and a little later every man in the room sang with all his soul: “My country ‘tis of thee,” and he thought of his country, his home, the loved ones he was leaving behind. Up,.up ascended the great melody of mascu- line voices: ; : “Long may our land be bright With. freedom’s holy light Protect us with thy might, Great God, our King.” A moment’s silence and then “Dismissed” just the fraction of a second and a young voice from the back shouted the question: “What’s the matter with the colonel?” Like a cannon’s roar came back the answer: “Fle’s all right!” “Who's all right?” In still louder volume was shouted: “The colonel.” And the tramp of marching feet proclaimed the fact that America was sending another regi- ment of her fighting men on its way to oppose might with right. f Future fame will measure men by what they gave rather than by. what they made in this war. It is highly i important that while we spend lives “over there” we save them at home. There- fore swat the fly! % Let’s not wait for “history. to punish the boche.” Why not do it ourselves, and permit history to tell about it? Hun gas attacks are mighty. serious affairs, but. the home guard still has to do her’ horse- radish ‘grating without a mask What with’ necessity of ‘saving ‘sugar, the mounting price of lemons’and the scarcity of ‘ice, ing as the words of “Over There” and “Freedom, For All, Forever” came from them. A little joke from the man on the stage brought ready laughter, and then his face grew tense and he raised his hand.. “Men, we are up against the real thing now. We are. leaving, as you know, for where we will have to fight for all we hold dear and sacred. ' “Today the place in front of my window has been an altar. As I looked out my window I knew that prayers were continually ascending to ‘Heaven. A gray-haired woman would pass with her boy’s.arm thrown lightly across her shoulders, ‘qhile in hiéreyes wat°the light of the:supreme that delectable iced tea will soon be a mere mem- ory. . ; Bic abe Don’t spend all. your. time: -talking about swatting. the Huns “over there”—use up a por- tion‘each day battling with the-bugs in your war garden. Fees aan ay Wid . Personally we don’t care how much war they make on limburger cheese. Somehow its fra- grance reminds us of that'which attaches to Ger- man honor and German good faith. 5 When we read in French’ communiques lau- datory mention of the achievements of our boys, it should make us humble rather than proud. It is a wonderful nation which can sustain the shock of the Huns for four years and.then generously praise others who have just begun to fight. | WITH THE EDITORS | A DANGEROUS WEAPON It is curious that there should be people in this country who still believe that the boycott is a legitimate “persuader.” It isn’t. It was “con- ceived in sin and brought forth in iniquity.” It is un-American, unrighteous and unfair. What it inevitably leads to is just now being demon- strated at Fargo, where the Courier-News is un- der the ban. A railroad. man writes that paper to suggest that the catalog houses would be only too glad to use its advertising-columns, and to express the hope that when Manager Brinton shall}. have emerged triumphantly from the trial of a charge of sedition against him. that he will promptly launch a consumers’ united store in Fargo. Sixty farmers who trade in that city passed resolutions of protest against the alleged boycott and made threats of reprisal. That’s the kind of feeling of unity and brotherly love which the boycott engenders. But it is mighty important that all shall rec- ognize the fact that the boycott is not virtuous when used by leaders and members of the Non- partisan league and vicious only when brought into action by opponents of the league. The writer has been engaged in the newspaper busi- ness in North Dakota almost continuously. for 27 years, and has never known the spirit of the boy- cott to be invoked so brazenly and wantonly as it has been by ‘the leaders of the Nonpartisan league. Intimidation of the publishers of country newspapers appealing to prejudice and passion by constantly harping on the “kept press” string— these are part and parcel of the systematic propa- ganda of the “inner ring” which dominates the league—men who themselves have nothing to lose and no capital but a doubtful “gift of gab.” If the Courier-Néws, for which The Chron- icle has always entertained a good deal of respect, is really sincere, let it disavow the damnable boy- cott and uphold freedom of conscience and a free) press#LaMoure’Chronicle-Echo. ees a rang out in sharp command. The men hesitated | BISMARCK DAILY ‘TRIBUNE THE GREAT AMERICAN HOME AND | ANT HoLoIn’ EITHER » LAUT GIVING MorieRS A TreAr— NORMAN, Do Nouv NEAR ME? GET DOWN FROM There THIS MINUTE?! SATURDAY EVENING LETTER By Justice J. E. Robinson June 15, 1918.—Shaw is to be con-, written and it is signed by one of the gratulated and so is the Magic City.| three judges who had signed the first It has justly! résented the interference | opinion. So the first shall be last of outsiders in its local affairs. Shaw] and the last shall be first. As the has been elected president of the city|case may go to the United States su- commission. é And all the clouds ’that lowered o’er his head, Are buried; ‘neath the bosom, of the deep. é : In the Motor Vehicle Tax,case, Jus- tice Eirdzell: has just filed & majority|der on the. poor. deyil, The delays)" N; preme court, our decision is not of} st Breat consequence, but it ‘is to be hoped that no other case of import- ance will be held up in that way. It is said the devil-invented the delays of the law, but, that.is.a gross slan- decision of: some 27 large typewritten | were invented by judges atid lawyers pages. . Of ‘course, 1 have ‘not much time. to read it: ;]t looks like a mass of words dictated or thrown together in an off hand: manner. © Doubtless’ it would be very. different if the learned justice followed the example of: Lord Bacon and with his own. hand wrote hig deciatons {wo or three times ‘be- fore giving. the same to, his stenog: strange’, reasoning the statute imposing the tax and holds void the most vital section of ‘the act relating to ‘the col- lection ‘and ‘disbursement of the tax. The void section gives. the secretary of state-power to ‘expend every dollar of the tax’ ‘for ‘collecting it, and it gives the highway commission power to expend ‘as they please the ‘bulk of the tax :which “‘may come to their hands. And so for May 15, 1918, the expense was: ‘Engineering and highway draw- ings «+ $50,480.87 Road work .. : 335.21 It is not; competent, for the. legisla- ture, to levy a tax to be disposed of by any two or; three -persons or any number of ‘persons according to their good will and ‘pleasure. Every law imposing a tax must. state distinctly the precise object and purpose, of the tax to which only it may be applied. All property must be assessed for tax- ation according to its value in mon- ey, and the. owner of the property must have a fair opportunity to pe heard in,regard to its caluation. The motor vehicle statute is in direct con- flict with all ofthese «constitutional mandates. If such a tax may be lev- ‘1ed’on one kind of vehicle, of course a similar tax may ‘be levied on all ve- hicles and: on all classes of property. It think it certain that the long de- cision is clearly wrong, In'Soo Railway ‘Company’ vs. Wash- ‘burn Lignite Coal Company, one of the old chronic. cases, a decision was formulated and signed by three of the judges in November, 1917, and since then it has been held up for one judge to dissent. Just now the dissent is. who were looking for gifts, bribes or fees: In-former times it, was not un- common for, great, juriats “like Lord Bacon, to hold up Je ions until they received) a gift, to -balance ‘the scales of justice. \ is aes . Here is the gist and ’:reagoning of the opinion as‘ first, signed by’ a ma- jority: of the judges: a ‘This is an appeal from an order sus- taining a general demurrer to the com- Plaint.” The complaint shows that by force ‘of..Ct. 51, Laws. 1907, and. the court: decisions the plaiitift has been} 4, compelled to carry’ loads of coal for defendant at a Joss‘or without just compensation . and’’that~ such loss amounts ‘to ‘ov tq a good cause of Tha complaint fairly shows that the plaintiff performed “services for the |deefndant ‘at {ts request in the trans: portation of coal and that by compul- Sion the plaintiff accepted for such services $26,000, less than the reason: able value of the same and the defend- ant has refused to pay. such a reason: able amount.. ‘Now it is manifest that if one ‘party may compel another to perform services at less than the rea- snable value of the same, he may com- pel performance without any value at all. If a party may take the services or the property. of another without just compensation, he may take it iwthout any compensation and that is simple robbery. ‘Here, are some proposed rules sub- mitted to our judges: (RULES TO EXPEDITE COURT BUS- INESS AND TO PREVENT DOUB- NG: THE WORK BY DELAYING 1. To formulate an opinion assign to each judge, one or two or three cases on or before the day for argu- ing the same. $ 2. Do-not assign to any judge more than two or three cases at a time. 3. ‘Do not make a second assign- ment to any judge until any prior assignment has been written and dis- “PUTTING THE GRIN INTO THE FIGHT” as $26,000. Hence, the]. _— and don’t forget, if you ever fall into enemy, hands with dispatches, you've gotta eat ’em. ‘ 4 _| ' coud Do tr WITH ONE Lec - | BETCHA I Cou tributed, and until his'concurrerice or dissent be given on. any opinion dis- tributed. 4. When any Judge is absent with- AJSTRACT OF STATEMENT, aA fr lone oa (ieee fk Of the conditions au t Ing $73,961.61 Sites American Babkers: Insurance Co. of (ni cong ta Oe ei cago, Il., orgaulzed under the laws of the| neanet sonon og fana as State of is, made to the Commission- ive amionn re- er of Insurance of the State of North| ¢elved for salyag. pacts, in pursuance of the laws of salu a fe. President, E. W. Spicer. «Vice President, James P. Whedon. Gross amount, paid . Secretary: James.. P. Whedon. Principal Office, 43 @nd 45 E. Oblo 8t., cAtetbey for Service ef Process I orney for Service in the State of North Dakota: J jame, 8. A, Olsness. Fy Location, Bismarck, N. D. ‘| Organized or Incorporated April 30, 190, Commenced business July 25th, 1910, ‘ * CAPITAL. ws Amount of: Capital Raid up. ‘ in Casi 2se..8 825,000.00 : ASSETS, Value of Real Estate owned by Company ...... Léans secured by Deeds mace ore es gages on ate echred 90,700.80 Interest, due and accrued Net aeurt Deferred . all other. charges.’ ger attrac tee ae ng one day’ in“a ‘week, shall’ go: on. with the work’ of the eS oe court and aang: down decisions ‘with- out waiting: for his, concurrence; or dissent waich.may.'be given or. tiled during the me ior a Tenearing. eee : ~ ABSTRACT OF STATEMENT. For the Year nding December’ 8 Y ALD. WIT Of the condition and affaire of the Grats Deniers National Mutual. Fire -Ins. Co, ef Indianapolis, Indiana, organised :qnder ‘the laws of the State of Indiana, made to the Commissioner , of. Insurance, of the State of Noth, Dakota In pure of the lawe 1 ‘ said Btate. eas 4 President,, J, W. | MeCerd. ’ Secretary, . MeCotter, * Vice, President, A. 5. Reynolds. Principal Office. ‘Indianapolis, . Indiana, Attorney for Service ‘of “Process in the State of North Dakota: ‘Name, Commissioner of ‘Insurance; loca. tlon, Bismarck, N, D.. sy 2) Ea Organized. or. incerporated, » Decem! 24th, 1902. : eee business, December 24th, 1. BALANCE. SHEET. fe Amount of Net or Invested, P A Apsets Deceti 33 of $612,585 te , vious yéar . wee 5 Pi, INCOME YEAR 1017, Entire : : collected durii ‘ i the year 5.14, 762.08 Deduct ance, r abatement... and.:... «-» Pi return. premiums, 286,818.28 ‘ Net ‘amount actu- ally: eecelved face ne 4 for premiums. .$227,948.90, ° ¢227, 068 : * Received from. .as- > ’ sesements on de: . aS Poalt- - notes: “or 5 : ti contingent Jiabil!- ty. (without, de- duction for- com: missions or ex- 4 penses) 288, » Interest. .on patate Mortgage Loans $24,359,05% al loans §. Interest and other j ? viz: 47 all -sourees, (itemize Profit ‘and loss account) ‘Total income d ing the Saar 4 Total footin, III, DISBURSEMENTS DURING THE: ~ " é YEAR. es and discount, (on losses. of: the last ‘or previour years), $8,816.69., Commission or brokerage to agents ay Galnries, fees and 6 cera, ($8, .09 for. peor tise. of. ow: buildings) 6... Advertising, | print outstanding Premiuny 47,812.11] . Ing, and station. s monae of -all other adi our Leraiets Unadmitted 1: iepaeest 7 gent’s balances: c ‘ Bills receivable... 5,460.67 9): * Ul poet a] ~ ted: A : ss Total Assets ......+6 5 ‘LIABILITIES, aims ..to, 1,184, 378.44 | ; % ya ‘Total dixbutsements during : ‘due... ~$ 1,787.70 ‘ Polley (citi Fe the reer » alsted by Bi company ........ 5,000.00 ahoe Total policy. ctal | Interests Net valte. of ail oa 12,187.70.) 9527.00: accrued, ' {ng ‘policies—American Bx. $16,924.01 ......: 917,152.91 ‘ Pertence table, 8% per Market value of” : { ie 158,587.00 | bonds and stocks : t it. veoan | Cer conte ee 1800.98 a foas — 28,000.27 | rotat non-Invested | 852,833.97 t Gross assets New Premlunis...8 99,966.00 “¥, OLEDGER “ASSETS, Renewal Pr Mortgage loans, on Tums eee ecseee 2 real oxtate (ached- Extra “Premiums f ule B) frst: : for total and As $481,900 F Permanent aise... 7 ' (a) Book A ility benefits... bonds. -excinding + 4 Total .. 2 Unferonts 3 2s i Total, Pr n8. 898,008.12 | ne 3s: Pela ‘ Interest received 44,052.52 | Office, , xX Renta: recelved 7,855.00] Oral Income rom 4 . “3 sources ee. 120,838.76 Bisson. (name 2 ee “ it Total Income ...s....++-..8 560,146.40 | ‘ SMonnte): Fletch: ‘ 3 EXPENDITURES. tional Bank, £90,- ue Pala. fox. Losses cand Adel erie) 8942: Indians * Paid for surrendered poitcies — 17-190.60 | NUn'sg: ted By § Cash patd during the year States” National ~ for Commissl id Sal- Bank. $6,183.83: aa Rests’ paid’ during the years. MTBoo.O8 | -cettlflente nf: ex ie. Taxes paid during the vear. T.e62.54 | , Poult, $20.000.00. 118,060.68 Cash paid for Advertising. . 8.097.61 | Agents’ debit hal Amount of all other cash ex: ances, $23,181.97 23,181.07 penditures .......008 104,464.72 ‘Total 087,288.60 Total Expenditures ,.....8 389,045.50 Nt DAKOTA BUSINESS, 5 a NORTH DAKOTA BUSINES! Total risks .taken |: Whole number of policies . during the yenr.8584, 190.00 x written in North Da- Total preminme re- fa. kota during the rear. .295 ceived during the eS Total riske taken during the PRAT Fey conee ete) 5,708 year In North Dakota ....§ 408,500.00 | Total losses _Incur- f° Total Premiums - received red daring : the ‘ x during the year in North : FOAL ee cersecie, |, M782 resiota Saban eee ue 64.251.15 | Total “Amonnt’ ‘of ‘otal Losses pald during th Towses"paid daring= 9° ee yearn North Dakota-.,.. 8,000.00] ‘the year MT82 ‘ eS eae etal Losses Incurred during State of North Daketa, - 9 2 : OYOAT .ensccsceeseceeee 2,000.00 | Ofnce of Commissioner of Insurance. p STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, Office of Commissioner of Insurance.’ T, 8. A. Olsness, Commissioner of Insur- ance of the State of North Dal hereby certify that the abstract of the original Gle in this office. In Testimony Whereof. I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of this pence. at ‘Bismarck the First day of April,’ . D. (SEAL) 8."A. OLSNESS, | Commissioner of Insurance, STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, Office of Commissioner of Insorance. COMPANY'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY. belie rhe American Rankers Lie ‘company, corporation organized tnder the laws of Tilnois, has filed in! this office a sworn statement exhibiting tts condition and business for the year ending December $1, 1917, conformable to the roqnireacne of the laws of this state,, regulating the business of Insurance. and, hereas, The said Company) has fled In this office a duly certi copy of its, charter with certificate of ‘organization ta compliance with the requirements of the! Insurance laws aforesald. i Now, Therefore, I, 8. Olsness, Com- missioner of Insurance of the State of: North Dakota, pursuant to the provisions of said Inwe, do hereby certify that the thore named Company ts fully empowered, through its authorized agents, to transact Its appropriate business of Authorized In- surance In this state mecording to the pact HereOe, until the 81st day of March, ‘In ‘Testimony Whereof. I have hereunte ret my-haud and seal inten this First day of April, A. 5 (SEAL) 8. -A. OLSNESS, Commissioner of Insurance. ee. T. 8. Ay Ole Commissioner of Taran ance of the Mente oe North Dakota. do here- by certify that the foreroltig is a true ab- atract of the-original statement now en file In this office: - In. testimony , whereof, I have herennto , set’ my hand. and athzed'the seal of this office ae ig ‘the first ‘day of Aprit, ALY, (Seal) ¢.<8. A. OLSNESS. ., Commissioner of Insurance. State of ‘Nort’ Dakota; Office’ 6f Commissioner, of Tasurance. COMPANY'S’ CERTIFICATE OF -AU- THORITY. ‘Whereas, The Grain Dealers Nationa. Mutual Fire Insurance Co., a: corporation ereanized under the;lawe of. Indiana. has filed in Sworn statément ex- hibiting ite’ conditton and inéss for the year ending: December’ 31, 1917,, conform. able.to the, requirements of the laws of this state, regulating the business of In- surance, and, Whereas, The ‘sald Company bas filed in this office a duly: certified: of its charter with. certificate-of organisation in compliance with the réquirements of the Insurance laws aforesaid. < Now, therefore, I, 8. A. Orsness. Com. talssioner of Insuraice-ef the State of North Dakota; pursuant to. the provisions of sald lInws, do hereby certify that the above named Company. fs fully empowered, * through {ts authorized agente. to trans. act its appropriate business of authorized Insurance: in this state according to the hye: thereof, until the Sist day, of March, In testimony whereof, U' fave: Nereunto set my hand and:seal at''Risinitek, this first day of April, AaB: 1918, wont) 5 @, A. OLSNRBS, | _ ‘Comniisstoner of iesurasee.