The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 23, 1918, Page 4

i THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ice, Bismal ; DD, as Class Matter GEORGE D. MANN 5 - 5 S Editor a Se 1a] ore); resent ive NEW Prifth ‘Ave. Bldg CHICAGO, Marquette Bidg.; BOSTON, 3 Winter St. DETROIT, Kresege Bldg.; MINNEAPOLIS, 810 Lumber Exchange. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use fer republication of all news credited to it or not other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news pub- Mashed herein. All rights of publication of 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..... + $6.00 Daily by mail per year....... Daily by mail per year (in state).... Daily by mail outside of North Dakota. SUBSCRIPTION RATES (In North Dakota) special dispatches herein One year . Six months . One month ......... : THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER. (Established 1878) F WHY WE WIN We got a letter today in an envelope bearing in its lefthand corner the bit of red, white and blue printing that has come'to mean so much to the many who wait—a triangle with the letters Y. M. C. A. spread across. it and beneath it the words: “With the Colors.” ‘ And the letter said: “The fellows who left home when I did, two months ago, have been transferred to another camp for immediate transportation to France. An opportunity was offered me to remain -here at an officers’ training school and I jumped at the chance. My case seems different. You know, I am nearer 30 than 25 and this war has called me away from a good job on which I was sure to succeed in a big way. I was earning good money. Most of the fellows called when I was are young- er. They hadn’t got very far in the world and entering the army didn’t mean much. of a sacri- fice'to them. As an officer I’ll get fairly decent pay.” aes If the letter had read that way—well, it would have been a. point of view to’ which doubtless a select has a right, but it didn’t so read. Here’s the real letter, written, true enough, by. a man nearer 30:than 25, who left. success in private life to become a plain buck private: . . VE --“T am writing this aboard train. I expect to sail for France in about a week. I was offered the choice of remaining at camp to attend an offi- cers’ training school, but I decided to go while the going was good. Think of it, man!. Some action, eh’ what!” Rin That’s the sort of pep that’s making the blood of.the German war lords run cold, as it is sure in the end to make it run\ warm, though’ not in the courses nature provided. = TAKING OVER THE WIRES Now that the government has taken over the ’ telegraph and telephone wires, the obvious thing to, do is to do what heretofore the government would not permit private owners to do—that is, organize competing systems into one system. “There is but one telegraph system; in fact, ONE wite system of communication for both telegraph and telephone messages. ~ Two wire systems of communication in a city are as absurd as two postoffices. Under private ownership there was’ public objection: to consoli- dation because in too many places competing tele- phone companies wanted to include in new capit- alization all the water in. both stocks, and make the public pay the interest on it. 4 Now there is the chance to consolidate on actual value, without robbing anybody. With one wire system the expense of making a show of competition can be eliminated. Phone and telegraph messages can use the same wire at the same.time. There is the possibility also of substituting the scientific automatic phone for the. obsolete manual phone. We may yet see a phone in every home with service at a penny a call. But very likely the first change the public will appreciate in towns having two phone systems will be the connection of the two switchboards so that a person having one phone can call up anybody else having either phone. “s Once the people try out the new’plan, they will never again stand for the old. ’TWON’T FRIGHTEN US In the early days of the war the Hun’ machine drove itself against British colonials in the hope of destroying the morale of the men at the front and the population at home. The early Hun drives against the Canadians and Australians were conceived and carried out with all the frightfulness Hun ingenuity could in- vent. . Gas attacks were first directed against Ca- _ nadians; of the early Australian and Canadian units sent to the front:only a small proportion - remained after the offensive of 1915. The results, however, were retroactive. In- stead of destroying the colonial morale and caus- ing the‘colonials.to quit the struggle, it spurred =, them to greater efforts and resulted in greatly = augmented armies being sent to the front. . Now. the Hun is trying these methods on|resources of Pembina county and the state gener- *“Ameriean’ troops. The terrific: bombard- EPL aE 00 head. ment of the war occurred at Vaux, where Amer- ican troops are stationed. Hun troops are’ fed up with lies about what will happen to them if they ‘are captured by Americans,:as an incentive for them to “take no prisoners.” Americans at home must expect enormous casualty lists from this offensive. « And the Hun is due to find that the effect on America will be the same as it was on the British colonies. He will. find that America will not be terrorized by frightfulness, and that’ the Ameri- can effort of 1918 will react against him as the colonial effort did three years ago. A BIT ABOUT THOUGHT What is thought? Its source? Its “substance?” A man concerns himself about a specific prob- lem. We say he concentrates,, Something happens—presumably within his It is assumed that he somehow animates his mind and directs its processes. His mental objective is g solution to the prob- lem which confronts him. A force as mysterious and intangible as elec- tricity is at work—thought. With an unfathomed power he. conducts an un- chartered cranial cruise of exploration and dis- covery. There exists a theory that all knowledge is in the air. That the brain isa sieve through which it filters. The amount and kind of knowledge gained and retained is determined by the mesh of the mind. ‘ So the big ideas slip, into wide-meshed brains, but it is readily seen thatthe finer screen’ limits and lessens a man’s mental consequence. Another hypothesis has it that knowledge to the mind is like sound to,the ear. Your brain, if attuned and properly pitched, will figuratively harmonize with a distinct scale of knowledge. Just-as the tympanum of the ear registers only certain sounds, the brain exclusively records . BISMARCK: DAILY TRIBUNE hye BRINTON CASE thought that vibrates its .naturally adjusted, highly sensitive receiving surface. It is assumed that knowledge thus absorbed is filed away for future reference. ; At a call, Memory, the Librarian. of the Mind, searches through its archives for the desired in- formation. he ; te The origin, of thought is undeterminable. The Life generates thought,. but what is life? What THOUGHT: is.we find equally vague. That a world without thought. would. be a vegetable kingdom seems: apparent: : The uses of thought’ are e scarcely ‘better. under- stood than: whence it. emianates and what it is. Its expressions daily multiply. : A UAE: Thought itself.is teaching men to think.: The offspring of a constructive mind: is often instruc- tive, seldom destructive. » -. wes To. the chaotic thinker, the world is a: mael- strom of contradiction. , To the thoughtless, life is largély.a blank! * Having nominated Hearst for.governor of New York, Arthur Brisbane is the guy:.wha. ought to unnominate him, The loud calls for Hearst don’t sound even as loud.as.a whisper.) ) ox... ~ Having spoken his little piece, Burian can now take his seat. , : pececccccccccocseececcoccoccoreeoooocea' WITH THE EDITORS eccccccchncccccceceeocccsecccescoecsoos VOLUME XXXX Under the above caption the last issue of the Pembina Pioneer Express mentions a few reminis- cences which reflect the changes that have taken place in the northeastern part of Dakota. Editor Wardwell was Sheriff George Laney’s first school teacher and was one of the first county school su- perintendents of the nofthern part of the terri- tory. We hope the following will be of as great interest to some of our Homestead readers as to ye editor: Eas S : The Pioneer Express passed another milestone last week and began volume XXXX. The incident has become so common that we' really forgot. to make mention of it. ~Like a person in his ad- vanced age, birthdays. seem to get closer, so it is with us. For 40 years the Pioneer Express has been issued every week without one intermittance, and during that time there has only been one change in the management. This is a record that we question if it has a parallel: in the northwest and but few in.the whole country. The present: proprietors have -been in charge since. April»7, 1887, and one of the firm was connected with the During that period we have seen many changes among the newspaper brethren as well as other- wise. Politically the Pioneer Express“has always been republican, and supported the candidates on that ticket, excepting on rare occasions when our judgment decided differently. Political issues, like the free silver, Townleyism, etc., never received consideration from us, although «pressures were brought to bear that would, for. the time being, have been more remunerative ‘than. the | stand taken. - The development of the Red Rriver Valley in 40 years is wonderful.when we stop to look over the files of the office. -Wild prairie land and Indian tepees were as common‘when the publication was started as are the magnificent stretches of culti- vated lands and elegant farm residences now. And we say now as We did then, the.development of the brain transmits thought, but is. not: its’ source. d office as foreman: three'years before-that time. '- i RECALLS KATE’ O'HARE TRIAL (Continued: Page One.) van as recently. as two weeks ago, and .Mr.-Priést; she said, had :taxen out Sutlivan’s’ ‘office “fixtures. arid be woulda't hare ent because “tending. scnool, Hibbing, | Minn.,.., and ‘had :; served three.’ -years a8 a. nurse.at the Minneapolis |. city.’ - had married: Dut} oa to-be'34* She e' departure of employed he: bai 1 Gar- nursin~ T.. Bolstad, newspaper, publish: er: ‘ulm who: testified this morn- ing: as. tovan- address. delivered’ by. J- W. Brinton at.Kalm:6n May 2. Bol- stad “was in -Brinton’s. employ when rinton ran'a newspaper at Beach. al- though: the-government-did' not. bring out; this: ‘ff -@he:stand., He. de- clafed~ that:“Brinton, in addressing |. consumer store certificate-holders at Kulm, : de {that the: war had boosted’ the DuPont.” Powder Co.'s profits $78,000,000.-in-one year and that was why‘ ave to buy so ‘many more bondg and saving stamps.” Bolstad is 28 years.and is. a regis- trant. = Emil ‘Anderson- of the mercantile tirm.of Anderson: Bros. ‘of, Kulm also htestified as‘to* the Brinton. meeting there, when: Brinton. described .the “Townley”: brands of ;sdup, canned corn’ ;and,, other : products: which ‘the Consumers’ United Stores Co. intend- ed to ‘put_on: the:market.”" He -test{- fied’ that Brinton. Jold--his «audience that. the DuPont Powder Co. in 1913 made $4,000,000 and in 1914 $82,000,- EVERETT TRUE CISHENS InN THISH t-she ‘had lived’ iv: ; itfed that: since | husband’ stie has! (II—POVERTY WILL NEVER BE ABOLISHED wealthy and the working class. today: “ving else. else. * . other’ things. had:'to choose. between give composed. of one member. 000, and that the. $78,000,000 increase in profits represented the reason “we have to buy so-many more Liberty bonds .and- War Savings. Stemps.” James Foley, a farmer residing five miles from Garrison, told of Brintov’s alleged statement. there that we ha‘ to buy Liberty- bonds‘ because “the gov ernment ‘is paying ALL its money to the Steel trust;” which Brinton stated had boosted’*the price of steel affer the beginning of the war from $29 to $92. Foley had made né notes of the meeting, but he was quite positive that Brinton had said “all the money,’ and he refused to be shaken on cross examination. Judge Amidon asked Foley whether -he-had participated in By Conde <B CAN LICK ANYGoDY ly: ‘has: just: begun.— Napoleon ‘ Homestead. ° BY WHOLESALE By the REV. CHARLES STELZZLE Poverty ‘is an individual matter. particular class. Some people tell us that our country is divided into two great classes,.the capitalistic and. the proletariat; the It does not belong to any There are really four kinds of people in the world ‘he poor poor—those who have.no money and noth- .. ‘The rich poor—those who have no money, but who _have the other things that make life worth while. : ; The poor rich—those who have money, but nothing The’rich rich—those who have money as well as the The last class, as a rule, ought to be the happiest people, being a “RICH.,poor”: man:or a : 200R. rich” man, I would rather be a “RICH POOR” man—and i-| anybody: may be a “RICH POOR” man... Poverty cannot be abolished by wholesale, for the reason just iven..: Scores: of schemes planned for the abolition of poverty have ‘been‘tried,. but have all failed. No matter how they may have. been ‘advocated in good faith, and no matter how earnest and:sincere. wereithe men who promoted these schemes, yet selfish- ness and laziness, the lack of individual effort, dependence: upon the community—these are the reasons given for’ their failure. No society can do for a man what he will not do for himself. The best kind of ‘an anti-poverty society is an organization the recent primaries, and the witness replied that he had not. . He stated he just chanced to be in Garrison on the day of the meeting and he drop- ped into the hall when he saw a crowa gathered there. The audience gener- allyxapplauded, said the witness, but he did not: The one statement which impressed itself on his mind was in connection with the purchase of Lib- erty bonds. Witness Jensen corroborated | the testimony of those who had gone be- fore him: H® stated he had made notes of what was said in relation to Liberty bonds and War _ Savings Stamps during the course of the ad dress and had ascertained Brinton’s name later from J. E. Sullivan. He haa, stated Jensen, no further conver- sation with Sullivan or any other per- son until called upon by a special [gern of the department of justice. | According to J. E. Sullivan, Gar- risn reat estate man and farmer, J. W. Erinton, general manager of tne Con- sumers’ United Stores Co., ono of the enterprises conceived by President A. C. Townley of the Natioval.Nonparti- san league, intimated in a public ad- dress, poor old Bill Hohenzollern of Potsdam is being made a goat in this world’s war by the Steel trust and other “profiteering corporations,” which are staging this terrific slaugh- ter in Europe in order that the atten- tion of the common people may be dis- tracted from needed econdmic reforms at home. This in substance, said) Mr. Sullivan, witness for the government in the prosecution of Mr. Brinton un- der an. indictment charging sedition. was one of numerous statements made in the course of a Consumers’ United Stores Co. address at Garrison on Ap- ril 4, 1918. which did not appeal tq Mr. Sullivan's sense of patriotism Invited to Meeting. Mr. Sullivan said that he attended the meeting on invitation of a Mr Cole of Ray, a canvasser for the store - {plan. After he had gotten inside, said the witness, Mr. Brinton spied him out, and, announcing that it was cus jtomary at such meetings to have a | Boat, he invited'the witness to take a seat on the stage and officiate in that capacity. Mr. Sullivan. testified that he did accept a chair on the stage with the understanding that Mr. Brinton would answer some questions. ‘Mr. Brinton, said the witness, reneged, and answered but one of a series of questions | concerning the _ stote scheme. This was in connection with the number of shareholders in tne lo- {cal store, which Brinton stated, said {the witness, were ten. Asked who they were, testified Sullivan. Brinton replied: “I am.” Brinton, said Sulli- van, then asked the audience whether they preferred to hear him or Sullivan, and the audience voted for Brinton, Attorney Simpson. on cross examina- tion, asked Sullivan if it was not true thet he was hooted from the hall. The witness replied that he tetired in good order, stepped outside the bu‘ld- ; 1918. ing, and immediately, reentered, and tcok a seat well up; front.. Had Not Opposed eLagus. Sullivan testified he had; not op: posed the league. prior to this meet- ing, although he did oppose certain league candidates. He denied gn cross examination saying to Brinton or ‘19 anyone else that he would ‘“Get_him,” {. e: Brinton: He admittel that he might have said: “F have your num- beg,” when Brinton accosted him “in a very peculiar manner.” Loydfty of Garrison. Sullivan did not think the.people of Garrison compared favorably with those of some other: communities in point of loyalty. He stated that the people applauded Brinton’s remarks, .and that if Brinton gave utterance to disloyal expressions, certain. people of Garrison. or vicinity, did applaud dis- loyal utterances. Asked whether re- sponsible and substantial people were not in the audience, witness replied: “There were several there who had appreciated and applauded - Kate u'Hare while she was under, bond facing trial for sedition.” The answer was stricken: from the record on objection by the defense. Asked whether Rep. R. L. Fraser of Garrison, league candidate for the senate, applauded Brinton, Sullivan answered: " “He seemed to be the official clap- master.” “Do you mean. that Mr. Fraser is disloyal”. asked, counsel for the de- fense. \Not Frying Garrison. “I object to this. line of cross-ex- amination,” interposed -District. Attor- ney Hildreth. “We are not here to discover whether or not Rep. Fraser is disloyal. ‘We have one man on trial here now. If the defense wants to try the remainder:of the: people in Garrison we will try to accommodate them when we can get:around-to it.'” |. Witness did not believe he had: been ‘venomous in his criticism of Brinton following the Garrison meeting. His attention was called to a letter of his published in the Bismarck Tribune of April 11, 1918. Sullivan hesitated to recognize the lege until’ he had read it through. It wa quite a long letter, and the court grew impatient before it was finished, and insisted upon an answer. The witness admitted that in substance, at least, it was a letter which he had written for publication in The Tribune. q Not Hostile to Brinton. 7 Witness on cross examination ac- knowledged no ‘hostile feeling against Brinton at the time’ the letter was written. He denied “trying to find a back way out” during the meeting; denied having accepted $5 for the part he played in the Garrison meeting, prior to taking. the platform; admitted that he bad been active in securing witnegses for the government, but said he had received no remuneration for ‘nis services‘and that he acted only in the capacity of a loyal citizen, . Skunks in Congress... : On redirect examination, Sulliva' \estified that Brinton had stated that the’league had one man. in. congress, ‘John M. Baer, and that it soon would have: a:number of others, but that the rest ‘were a bunch, of skunks.” He said that Brinton referred to Kaiser Wilhelm: as ‘the goat in speaking of the. steel ;trust profits and- of ‘the: ne- cessity for robbing babies’ banks :in order that these profits might be real- ized. \ Brinton urged, said. the witness, not so.much attention to naiser Wil- helm that necessary economic reforms would be lost. sight of. He heard Brinton praise the president, said the witness, but. he was apparently: in doubt as:to whether .:the. Consumers’ Store manager referred to Wilson or to Townley. aa a3 The jurors in whose hands Brinton’s fate will rest are Thomas Egan, James Duncan, J. R. Stewart, W. S. Shirk, James Kneeshaw, Albert Ball, Wallace Kyes, John F. ‘Halfstrom, Kenneth Wishauk and John More. Only two: of a considerable list of government’ witnesses. had been dis- posed of when court adjourned for the evening. Judge Samuel L. Nuchols of \Mandan, law partner of Attorney Gen- ‘eral William Langer, and former sen- ator Leslie A. Simpson of Dickinson are .defending Brinton. So far, Dis- trict Attorney Hildreth has handled ‘the prosecution unaided. BUY W. 5. 5. o furs. PUBLIC SERVICE RESERVE | - NORTH DAKOTA DIVISION ee The civil service commission is now planning a drive to make up a marked deficiency in stenographers, both male and female, in the government depart- ments, and they have asked the pub- lic service reserve to’ cooperate with them so far as the male stenograph- ers are concerned. They will have examiners in all states and have ask- ed permission to have these examin- ers call upon the. state director, with a view to perfecting arrangements for getting these.men. They hope to get papers: through in.-forty-eight hours after examination.; This will do away with: one of the. greatest defects of hte system, and-one which has kept a large number of good men from ap- plying for these positions, i. e., the de- Wey, in putting the papers through the orks.; LONSE St ‘Applications will be received from men. not liable to call under the draft. and the undersigned will deem it a great favor if men who are able-and willing to enter into the employ of the government as stenographers, would please file. their applications with the undersigned at his office in the First National Bank Bldg., : Bis- marck. H. F. O'HARE, Burleigh County- Enrollment agent U. 8. Public-Service Reserve, Bis- marck, North Dakota. as BUY W. 5, 8. ¢—__________» AUTOMOBILISTS ASKED TO AID Automobile owners who can_spare a couple of hours to assist in entertaining the | Burleigh county select: serv- ice. men who mobilize here this evening preparatory. to entraining tomorrow for Camp Custer, Mich.,‘are ask- ed to report with their cars at the federal building at 8 o'clock this evening to assist in giving the'boys a ride ‘about thescitys: ¢< E. G. WANNER, Chairman of Entertainment -Committeests:. » : —$——$_|___—_____ + mn ——— H \