The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 30, 1918, Page 3

oe When he confesses to his comrades TUES! »_ SHIPS CANTEEN Britisher Tired Qut by Americans Who Purchase Everything g we, in Sighten. 6. gs WAVE WEAKNESS FOR CANBY One Soldier Spends $15 for Sweets and Ginger Ale and Is Only Stopped ,, by Seasickness—Discover Gralish. Money. — Fi London.—“Next. for candy,” cried the keeper of the ship's canteen. In front of his booth is a long queue of American soldiers, patiently awaiting thelr turn. to buy the sweets and sou- ventts displayed‘on'the counter and in the showcases., It jis an incident of life of Amercan soldiers on a trans- Port bound for France, ’ The canteen-keeper Js tired.. ‘Never in his experience on British vessels has he encountered” such a rush of business. He has sold his wares in all the seven seas to people of many nationalities, and If he were awarding a prize to the best cystomer ‘it would be bestowed promptly on the American soldier. “I say,” he exclaimed to the chief steward after he had closed shop the firet day. out, “what a sweet tooth they have! At the rate they're buying e+ me there won't be a gumdrop left by 7 the time we get halfway across.” Haye Sweet Tooth. On some of the British transports that are taking Uncle Sam's trogps to France are as many. as five canteens. The demand. for chocolates 1s 30 Great. that the supply, Inrge though It may hive heen, is quickly’ exhausted. American chewing gum ts next in pop- wlarity. After the home variety of confections have been sold out, the soldiers begin.to experiment with Brit- ish sweets, of which toffee wins per- haps the most favor. If American “pop” coud be had, it would be con- sumed in targe quantities. Fatling that, the troops drink Spanish ginger ale. One soldier, 1s known to have spent $15 for candy and ginger ale. He. prob- ably would have spent more before the ship reached port, but one day, greatly to his, astonishment, he became ‘sea- sick, The canteen curios, such as:shells on which are painted the American flag, attract many buyers, and before the trip is ended almost every soldier's kit contains one or more of these treas- ures, On the British transports the barber. shop is advertised ‘on the. door “as “Hairdresser.” As le; this sign ts not unde: by thes. ing for a reut ora shave.: “He thinks it is a place for women to have thelr hair dressed, and he passes it by. that he can’t find the barber: shop, he is made the victim of a good deal of Joshing from those who have fathomed the secret. : The soldiers who patronize the hair- dresser find the experience rather novel. It seems queer to be:shayed In an- immovable upright chair, and queerer still, but extremely..satisfac- tory, to be charged ‘half the price one pays in‘a first-class American shop. “Discover” English Money. It,js on the ship that many. Ameri- cans become acquainted. for the first time with English money. Aside from a stray Canadian dime..they usually. have neger seen British coins, and when in-exchange for. an American bill they. aré given strange-looking pieces of silver and big disks of copper, they register, ir the. language of the movies, wide-esced interest. “What. are these stove lids for?” asks an Iowan of a Texan, puzzled.and showing some disdain for the big Eng- lish: pennies, “You put ‘em in a sock to .becn a Hun with, I reckon,” replies the South- erner, hefting the coins. “Or, maybe,” he adds, “we can use ’em to throw at submarines.” A serjeant steps up .with informg- tion. “You use those things for tips,” he volunteers. “They're worth two cents apiece. That's a good-sized tip in Londo “You fellows,” the sergeant gocs on, reaching for the Iowan’s. coins, “bet- ter ‘get. wise to this English dough.” Te holds up asilver coin. “You know what that is?” A crewd has gathered to hear the lecture. “That's .9 shilling.” says a voice, “Shilling. your grandmother, That's a halfcrown. It’s equal to two shillings anda sixpence. You want to be care- ful not to get it mixed up with one of these tivo-shilling pieces that's nearly the sume size.” “How. much is a shilling?” queries the Texan. “About two bits,” says the sergeant, who hails from California. “It’s equal to tyyo of these sixpences.” He gives the coins back to their owner and stalks off, followed by ad- miring eyes. “Say,” observes the Iowan, “we got a lot.to learn. And when we get. to France, I guess we'll run into some other kind of. foolish money.” : “War certainly is hell,” says the Texan. th Twins Near in Drawing. Kokomo, Ind.—Ned E. Albright was drawn as the ninety-sixth registrant on the war department records, while his twin brother was but four numbers dewn the list from him. i “Ambricant look-:| atte: es rece * BISMARCK DAILY ‘TRIBUNE TRUCKS TO MOVE BIG, WHEAT CROP e as Egsential in Transporting Food “Over Here” as Sup- plies “Over There” Ar (By Newspaper ‘Enterprise Ass'n.) » Cleveluand, July 380.—Motor trucks helped save Verdun. Just as they are showing their unequaled efficiency “over there’ they are going to help win the war “over here.” Threshing season is at hand and within a few days threshing machines are going to start the summer drive on the wheat fields of this country. Today the farmer is the “man of the hour,” for it is right up to him to fur- nish the food not only for the allies | but for the United States. Threshermen of this country are determined to minimize waste in the 1918 wheat crop. Through County Ag- ricultural Agent Jordan the word is being passed all over the county tc thresher hands that 100 per cent effi- ciency in operating machines will be expected. They are also advocating the extensive use of trucks in mov- ing the grain. This food must be moved. The mil- lions of bushels of wheat to be har- yested must be gotten to the e.evators and mills’ as quickly as’ possible ana this transportation problem must be, solved to'a great extent by trucks. The days of the horse for such work is passing fast from the standpoint of efficiency and food waste for it is stat- ed by authorities on the subject that a horse consumes more than th? pro- duction power of five acres of land a year. The motor truck has brought the farmer in closer touch with the city in that he can get his products to the market quicker and easire. If he is shipping by rail it means that his gar- den stuff, hogs, sheep, grain or what- ever he may be shipping must ke handled four times at least. It is first loaded to.a wagon, taken to the freight house, unlaoded and then loaded on the car. When it reaches the city it is unloaded ‘from the car into a wa: gon and again unloaded at the whole sale house or wherever it might go. With the motor truck the product {s is loaded, reaches its destination, ir: most cases. sooner than when ship- ped by rail, and.unloaded. In this way it is handled twice and is in bet- ter condition. The farmer, stock man, merchant and manufacturer is now realizing the necessity of trucks. They are reliey- ing the railroads of much of their burden on. hauls up to and in many case over 100 miles. food is going to be a big factor in winning this war against the HUN and the motor truck is going to be a ‘real factor’ in getting the food to its destination. BUY W. S. $.——— SINKING OF LUSITANIA | HUMANE ACT (Continued From Page One.) German, but is an American. He had nded. Rey,.Fontgna's churgh yeyer- al times’ after June 15, 1917: > °° District Attorney Hildreth at this point asked whether the bible in this church was not a gift,from the Ger- man emperor. Judge Knauff of James- town, chief of counsel for the defense, objected, and the court sustained him. Podall was allowed to testify that the bible had been received some time, Salem, and an argument as to the ad- missability of this line of evidence then began. Sinking of Lusit “The sinking of the Lusitania was a humane act, because the Lusitania carried ammunition which would have been used in killing Germans, and the sinking of these Germans.” This, said J. L. Kling, cashier of the First National bank of New Salem, and one of the first witnesses for. the government, was a statement made to.him by Rev. Fontana last October, when Kling, as a member of the New Salem Liberty Loan committee, called upon the rector for a sub-| scription. “Fontana told me.that Wilson was elected to keep us out of! war and that he-had then ex- posed us to war and finally forced us into it. Wilson could do this, he said, because he had ‘something on’ every member of congress. He told me he did not want to buy Liberty bonds or to use his influence in any way to prolong the war. I noticed a picture of the kaiser hanging in his room, and I asked him if he knew the kaiser. He said he knew the kaiser to. be a man of peace, that he had kept peace in} Germany for 40 years, and that the world could have peace now if it would accept his terms. ‘He has offered peace, why don’t they accept his terms?’ Fontana asked. “In defending the sinking of the Lusitania, Fontana said the United States would have done|| the same thing under the cir- cumstances.” g The defense objected to this testimony, contending that it was irrelevant, inasmuch as the Lusitania was sunk before Amer- ica declared war on Germany.;| The ‘prosecution retorted that this conversation was had in Oc- |] tober, 1917, months after war had been declared, and the court sustained the government. « “Rey. Fontana told me he couldn’t help but be proud of the} fight the Germans were mak- ing,” continued the witness. “He told me he wouldn’t sign for any Liberty bonds or War Savings Stamps; that if he ever changed his mind he would buy, but that he was convinced the - United States was wrong. He declined TS cd PHL. Stbley of the Red Cfoss, formerly BELGIUM FACES cael Draft Treaties ‘and. Canada were exchanged today ‘at London it was officially stated at the to hear an address by Dr. Koe- nig when he learned that he was to speak in German. He said he would listen to an English speak- er, but declared that ‘any man educated, in Germany who.holds that the present administration is right is not sincere.” German System Better. The witness, on cross examination, admitted that the defendant may have | praised conscription “as it approached nearer the German system of govern ment.” Mr. Kling said that Rev. Foa- tana had expressed approval of all things German, including the German, government, which he thought super- ior to the American form. Under redirect examination, - the court would not permit the witness ts state whether he knew that Rev. Fon- tana had purchased German bonds, unless the date of purchase be shown to be subsequent to the entrance of Germany into the war. The witness brought in the subject of German bonds when he denied that Rev. Fon- tana’s straightened circumstances had been useds ds a plea for not buying Liberty bonds. He said he thought the clergyman could invest in Liberty bonds if he bought German bonds. Prayed for Germany. day school class. in Rev. Fontana’s church testified that the pastor had linked the fatherland and America in his prayers, and that he had frequent- ly prayed “for an honorable peace.” 5 be BUY W. 5. S. " FINE ESTATE AWAITS YANKS IN “BLIGHTY” Witness Podall, who taught a Syn-| 0° president of the Chamber of Com- merce of Rochester,,N. Y., is super- vising the construction work. Capt. Sibley has been in charge of the Am- erican Red Cross work at Southamp- ton ‘since his arrival, in England last April. , Phe i By mid-August the hospital should be opened to the extent that there will be accommodation for about 400 beds. Some of these will be located tempor- arily in tents of the Bossoneau type, with windows set in the walls to make During the pleasant English sum- mer, these tent wards will be very comfortable and agreeable, and long before the first chilly weather of au- tumn comes, the’ frame hut wards, steam-heated, will be ready. It is pos- sible that some of the tents will be retained for the use of convalescents or for overflow purposes in the event of a big offensive on the northern part of the western front. . The hospital wfll have its own elec- tric lighting plant and ‘water supply. There probably will be’a double sys- tem of water supply water from the river being used for ordinary purposes while special distilled or spring water will be used for drinking purposes and in the kitchens’ and operating ms. The Manor, House is a large and handsome building of what English- men call modern construction, ‘inas» much ag it dates back only thirty-five years. It is in the Tudor style, stand- ng on a level plateau’on the highest point of the estate. tI is built of brick with Portland-stone dressings and-has a slated roof with artistic red-ridged tiles, while the chimneys of brick and stone are made a prominent architect- ural feature. The most notable parts lo fthe exterior are the magnificent Belgians. ies. Charleroi. tion, (Continued From Page One.) carved main entrance and the stone WORST WINTER WITHOUT COAL Germans Seize All Fuel and Leave the Civilians to Freeze \ (By Newspaper Enterprise Ass'n.) closed, so ‘even them light and airy and a double roof)” Havre, France, July 30.—Coal, with air-chamber® between to insulate! which before the war was the basis of them trom the heat of the sun. Belgiim’s prosperity, is now the scarcest article in Belgium—for the The year’s production of coal was 23,000,000 tons, and 150,000 nen were employed in the mines be- fore the German. invasion. Now Germany is'taking all the coal, and the Belgian government is won- dering how the will keep warm next winter. In the last two winters the Ger- mans have shipped 85 per cent of the coal taken fram Belgian mines to Ger- many for use in the munitions tactor- The resultant shortage caused great hardship to the Belgian people, especially in the cities. The deportations’ of Belgian men and boys which are still going on will still further. decrease the number of men available for gathering céal for the population next winter. people are looking forward with dread to another winter under German oc- cupation. \Last autumn the council ‘sqcured a number of barges in which to bring coal by canal from The Germans commandeered them. , One of the sub- urban councils secured same tractors. The small amount of coal thus secur- ed is not enough for privte distribu- All the state schools had to be civilian Between Nations Effective Now Washington, D. July 31.—Ratifi. cations of the draft treaties between the United States and Great, Britain: ANNO fective from today. population . So the Brussels’ town promptly in my new stand. UNCEMENT I wish to announce to my patrons that; I am how located in my new stand at 120! Sixth St., and have a full line of groceries. I also wish to thank my patrons for past favors, and ask the public to pay me a call Btate department, making them ef- education is at a JOS. SCHNEIDER, . prior to 1916, when he came to New! nia was Humane Act. |, of the Lusitania saved’ the lives |: structure one may have an unob- | balustrade. structed view for twenty miles. The central corridor of the hospital will be 1,000 feet long, ‘and wards on either side will accommodate from 60 to 100 patients each. Here, and in neigh- boring hutments which will / cayer nearly ten acres, will be room for 3,000 wounded to be cared for com- fortably. Theer will be separate build- ings for the medical staff and nursing staffs and other employes, and for | kitchens and operating rooms. At some distance from the main build- ings will be a large isolation hospital, with its own kitchens and equipment. This estate, located at some’ dis- tance from the main roads so that the ambulance traffic will not be: inter- fered with by the regular business of the central highways, was purchased by the Red’ Cross. ~ Capt.-F. Harper with a ceiling thirty féet high. It make themselves useful in the worl number. BUY W. S..S.——— | Transportation in Hankow. 67 public carriages and’ 83 private m tor cars. . ‘ BUY W ‘Tribune Wani- Adé ‘Bring Results. Thousands of men have chewed Real Gravely Chewing Plug for twenty-five yearg and more. : And every time they. have tried some other brand it made them think _ more of Gravely than ever. | 2 * Peyton ‘Bragd i Real Gravely Chewing Plug ‘20c'a pouch—and worth ¢ P.'B. Gravely Tobacco Company Danville, Virginia Police Bulletin Bismarck, N. D. * FOUND—Bicycle, owner may have same by identifying property and paying for this adv. * ’ . FOUND—On bottoms south of town, suitcase filled with man’s clothing and clas- sification’ card bearing name of Thomas Walsh. Owner may have property by jiden- tifying same and paying for this adv. * AUTOMOBILISTS—Attention is again called to the fact that speeding, the cutting of corners, driving or parking on the wrong side of the street or driving with muffler cut out is absolutely prohibited, and viola- tors will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. p * i TEAMSTERS— Attention is hereby call- ed to the ordinance prohibiting teaming of gravel, sand and similar material over paved streets in wagon boxes which permit . contents.to leak out. Teamsters are urged to take immediate precautions to avoid arrest and prosecution. C. MARTINESON Chief of Police, Bismarck, N. An American housewife would per- haps be the most impressed by the kitchen, a room large enough to be used as a ballroom, white tiled and said that the builder of the house planned to use it as a home for/por boys, where they could be trained to and the kitchen would undoubtedly be able to provide adequately for a large Within foreign concessions of Han- kow there are 2,357 licensed jinrikshas, standstill, During the winter stringent regu- lations were in force for econe:y of | Ughts in shops and public buildings. Street lighting was reduced. The museums and public buildings were crowded with poor people taking shelter from the bitter cold of their cHeerless homes. This year even this refuge is denied, as the museums are “closed for lack of fue” To supply this want the town council plans to open “warming rooms.” Homely people had another way of saving coal and appearances. They eld little evening parties, called “vigils.” One fire warmed the party. The jnvitation was made in turn, and the same little circle met in different houses.. Last winter 90 out of 100 households had nothing to cook with. All kinds of expedients were tried to secure coal. Anyone who was pos- is d, 1" carts, set out for the mines and brought back what they -could. A long procession could be seen along dogs and oxen. The traders made a good profit. In the country the fuel shortage led to a great deal of thieving of posts, fences and gates. The Belgians do not dare lay in winter. They have had too much ex- perience; of German requisitions and seizures. Under these ‘circumstances they have ‘to depend solely on the energy of their local governing bod- ies, whose efforts last winter were scarcely able to provide for municipal works. BUY W. 8,5 ——— TURKISH MINISTER DEAD. “*Amsterdam.: July 30.—Haafwy Pa sha, Turkish ambassador to Germany, died last night in Berlin, after a short illness, a Berlin dispatch announces today. sessed of a vehicle, especially hand |) the roads, carts pushed by donkeys or, |’ coal this summer in preparation for |, Formerly Yegen & Schneider, 810 Main St. ——— I have just received a large shipment’ of Holstad’s Coffee. I guarantee every pound of this coffee to be absolutely as I recommended it or I will cheerfully refund the purchase price. Premium Coffee, per Ib...... BaAtebeit ee a Sas cBOGMey With every two pounds of this coffee you receive a handsome China dish. . In time you will receive a full dinner set of first class Chinaware. Money Saver Blend Coffee, per,Ib.........25¢ Lion Shield Coffee, per Ib..... Mie Yate 38 FF Campus Coffee, per Ib........... seneeees AOC Holstad’s Bulk Coffee, in 5 Ib pails, very high / | * grade coffee, at per pail only..... a .. $1.50 Once you start to drink Holstad Brand Coffee you i} will never drink any other brand. Let us ‘prove this to you. | Jos Schneider Phone Si 120 6th St. Clerk Making Sale . ‘Name of Food NGUASUAGOEOEDOUEDODOONOQUOEOOUOEOONOGOUOUOUOUOGOGAONGDOOGUUOOOUOQONGOSUASCQNONUAOGUUEQUAUaOOUOcOROOeOaeOoOOOUaNaNS Warning to Grocers FEDERAL FOOD ADMINISTRATION Name of Purchaser ... Firm Name of Dealer ... |Date Last | Am’t Last | Date | Purchase | Purchase | Purchase | Purchase | Family me ————<$<_<—_—_—, CUSTOMER'S CARD No. 1 ‘ Address.... «+. Address. ...... Last |Am’t This | No. in Wheat Flour | | . Substitutes Sugar | | | | | a and see that each c' PER THOUSAND 'in It-is especially without thm. card are purchased: T I certify that the above information is true and that I have not bought nor hold in my possession wheat flour, sugar or other foods contrary to the rules of the Federal Administrator. Cards to be mailed to Federal Food Administrator at end of each month, - The Federal Food Administration requires that each and every Grocer or Dealer of Flour and substitutes as well as Sugar, must have on hand ‘ : pears in this advertisement. ° In order to cooperate with the Food Administration The Tribune is supplying the Grocers with these cards at the rate of TWO DOLLARS ($2) - mentioned place their orders for these cards at once. Every customer must sign one of these cards and there should be no excuse for the Grocer being Under penalty of the federal food laws every Grocer must have the personal signature of the customer when foods mentioned on the MAIL IN YOUR ORDER TODAY. GIVE NUMBER OF CARDS NEEDED. ONE OR TWO THOUSAND OR MORE—BUT ORDER ~e Bismarck Tribune - | a | | | | {— | | ddevenvaneesasezcgdutonsgnansaasnesuaveddarautausnuedtanuvdiitiandaeeraiunstany Consumer Agricultural College, N. D. ustomer signs the food card facsimilie of which ap- sbnanauveusanedsivia lots of one thousand or more. requested that all Grocers or Dealers in the foods ENOUGH FOR FUTURE USE. ‘BISMARCK, N. D. c.