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~ }tonic. ‘That means-not only. keeping on -going at|in the shortest possible time, — Minneapolis THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE foatoitice, Bisma’ . Dy a8 X Class Matter GEORGE D. MANN - Sie 5 Editor % GT io R readin f special Foreign Represe NEW YORK, Fifth Ave. Bldg; CHICAGO, Marquette Vides BOSTON, 3 Winter’ Bt; DETROIT, Kresege + MINNEAPOLIS, 810 Lumber Exchan, [EMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS , ‘The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the: use|’ for biication of all news credited to it or not other- Mie credited inthis paper and also the local news pub- a Tights of publication of special dispatches herein erved. * ‘All rights of publication of special dispatches herein SS aEMBEE at F CIRCULATION MBER AUDIT BUREAU O! SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Daily by carrier per year......+++-008 36. Daily by mail per year.......- 101 01 das ‘SUBSCRIPTION RATES (In North Dakota) “One year by mail... 00 Bix months by mail 00 Three months bem 00 . 00 2.50 125 $6.00 3.00 1.50 One month ..... +50 Onsimene STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER. (Bstablished 1878) > THOSE BULGARS Bulgaria is an accursed uisciple of the Hun. The Bulgarians are making the occupied parts |. \ of Greece a second Belgium. The rules of war have been swept aside and they take a sort of beastly pride in imitating the vile style of the Teuton invader. Hundreds of Greek girls are the playthings of Bulgarian brutes in officer’s garb. They have deported thousands into a of slavery, underfed and under l4sh. Outrages the Dark Ages seldom saw are of daily occurrence. .Atrocities unspeakable are the sport. of their craven soldiery. The conduct of’ Huns and Bulgarians more read- ily associates itself with elaws, hair, fangs afd the roar of wild beast than with even the utter depravity of man! Ys thy ‘The lust‘ of savage and ‘demeanor’ of ‘gorilla seems to sum up the unleashed Bulgar or Teuton. When judginent is passed by the allied powers, Bulgaria will be meted the same severity as Ger- many, and anything’ Bulgarian will henceforth, be anathema to the civilized nations that today stand aghast: before the crimes of this nation of butch- living Hell ers: and beasts. : It’s always an open season for German officials in Russia. . ‘ : 4 THERE’S A DIFFERENCE In spite of the war and all the additional. bur- dens which it has imposed upon the- pubfishers, American ,hewspapers are retailing their~circu- ‘lation and advertising at a very small advance over ante-bellum rates. Those who have objected 3338 shortest cut to victory is to hit» your hardest, when you're winning. It’s all right to ward off blows, to be on the defensive when the othe? is driving at you, but when you’ve got the upper hand, strike out’as if your very existence depend- ed upon that one lick. Thus are “overwhelming victories” won, and thus’ are foes beaten soundly and roundly. Merely because we are forging ahead in the war is no reason why one single American should cut down on his war effort. Rather is that a sig-* nal for him to increase it, for by so doing he ar- rives more quickly and more surely upon the days when he’ can turn all attention to peaceful pur- suits. 5 Victory is not. won until the enemy is defeated. Half-way victory means partial peace, which will last only until Germany is ready to fight again. : Half-way ‘effort will bring the aforesaid half- way victory, which in our estimation is no -bet- ter than defeat. It is defeat! “ 5 > Therefore;.we Americans cannot now indulge in any half-way effort,’ in shop, home, field or in the trenches. i , Keep a-going, and quicken the pace wherever: possible. « 'y } Another drive'gone “on the Fritz.” \4 ——_—<—<___—_—_—— r Berlin “drive” has no connection with the pgris | “boulevard”—nor will it ever MAKE one! Americans tread on German heels in close pur- suit. Which is what Germany on democracy’s. toes. aes i § It is altogether fit and ‘proper that/the super-| ’ Huns who have reveled:in superguns: and super-' murder feats be given a gqod dose, of ‘ super- defeat. Germany used matrimonial agencies to get their female spies in touch with what they wanted. - If" information could-be had no other way, they mar- ried it! : Nite Having seen what America’s “second million” can do. Kaiser Bill hegs the Huns to stand by their guns. He now has an idea of what the third and fourth million will-do to him, , t THE NEW. DRAFT AGE é The decision of the war department. to recom- gets for stepping ‘5 SS SE Dear wahere, up “bear wtite ase mend to congress that the draft age limits be] man’ placed at 18 and 45, instead of the present limits of 21 and 80,:comes as something of a surprise, Expert military opinion has strongly’ favored including the lowef ages, but.congress has showed sentimental disinclination for, such action, appar. ently preferring’ to escape it, by extensioh to’ int clude the older men. Secretary Baker, however, meets the dilemma by grasping both its horns and recommending radical. extension in both direc: tions. git i ‘ to the very slight increases which have been made under the spur’ of absolute’ necessity will be in- terested in the following letter from The London Times, established in 1785, and one of the world’s wealthiest newspapers: / Bismarck ‘Tribune, Bismarck, N. D.—For.\ some months past we have been mailing you. |. a copy of The Times to the order of the Brit- “igh foreign office. We are now instructed by the foreign office to cancel this arrangement. It has occurred to ‘us, however, that ot might mpt wish to be taken off our mailin list, and in order to give you an opportunity of entering a:subscription, we will continue to mail The Times until we: hear from you one way.or the othtr. The RATH FOR ONE. YEAR IS $24.96, payable in advance, Short- ,er periods prorata. Yours faithfully, , ' . THE PUBLISHER. The London Times is a newspaper of 12 to'16 pages. It has a splendid advertising patronage, but in a news sense, from an American standpoint, it does not cover the day’s happenings one-half so well as the average American newspaper in a city of 100,000. Six dollars per annum, by carrier, is the usual subscription price for American news- papers, and readers who. object to this price should consider the London Times and learn con- tent. ‘ ue i ‘ Claud Kitchin, says congress isn’t going to kill|before, is’ yielding not less than 60 per cent of * rthe goose that lays the golden eggs. That's right, but \let’s see that Uncle Sam gets the eggs. } KEEP A-GOING Sofne weeks ago when the force of German There is:nd question that young men from 18 to:23 or'24 make. the best soldiers: Their recup- erative faculties are the best, their plasticity un- der training anf discipline is greatest, and their ardent spirit is a factor'of the greatest import- ance. arure he ; Senator Knuté Nelson, who began hid own serv- ice in the civil war at 18, never misses an oppor- tunity to, push the truth home. attention of the senate recently’ to the gallant exploits of the marines in France and to the fact that most/of tham are lads under 21, who, had volunteered because too young‘to be drafted. ‘ ~ The Civil war has sometimes been called a boys’ War because of the tender age of so many of.the combatants. ‘The ‘average age of the union’ sol- diers was certainly under 25. and probably near, er 28. t i There isanother hapéct of the question. Youths from 18 up can be better spared to fight.than old- er men. , They have finished their schooling, but have ties. ‘They are at the threshhold of mature life: They have not.yet been woven into the business and social fabric of their communities. - .' * \ Besides, the army program contemplates a year of training: for these youngsters, so that none of them would see actual fighting before teaching 19. The recent registration of those who had attained theit; majority since-the first registration a-year eligibles, and.in most: cages.a far higher! percent- 19*and 20, if ¢ongress adopts Secretary Baker's propos : ‘ als. tanta j daar On the other: hand, a much smaller percentage He called’ the} as yet taken on neither family ‘nor business|” age. The same will be the case with those of 18,) + our fighting backbone at home. drives was bending back the allied line in Picardy, of eligibles is to be expected from those between in Flanders, on the Marne, every American gritted|30 and 45. ' The intention is to retain the present) | his teeth and went at his war work more. deter- classifications, and to continue to make all drafts minedly than ever. The farmer stayed longer|from class one. Naturally there will be found -in his field. The shipbuilder broke the rivet driv-| comparatively few men oyer 30 who, dre without ing record. Railroad crews increased their’ mile-| dependents, who are not needed What seemed like reverses “over there” stiffened|. The,importance of securing, enough, eligibles 4from class one without going into other classes is Now, the German line is bending. _ | Jobvious. That is what makes the extension of “We've got the Huns on the run,” Yanks cry|draft: ages necessary. ‘Otherwise there would be} :: ag ‘they bayonet their way toward the Rhine. a serious. dislocation, economic and:social, to con-| That's fine! Nothing which could happen could|tend with at home.. .The extension wilt put at the ‘be bettet.- ca > |digposal.of the draft boards.a vast reservoir of But— 5 ‘American man, power, from which can be drawn Let’s take another, dose of our dete: all-the fighting Americans needed to win the war bnination g - in-egsential ‘indus-|" ' . age: All ate less meat and saved more wheat. |tries, and who are physically acceptable; ‘place. ings coming “with the: e've beét.in» many. id I have like the country from. wha: \ve Seen of it, , Say Pop, you: can’t bet who I met on the boat. It was Zack Slattery and Jim Rhud. They are both in the ./same company and are in- the engl: neer corps. They. tell me I ought to haye joined that br’. when you com- pare fhe marines with the engineers different ways. w s 5: We.saw.some of the’French rail- ines are-about: one half; as big>an {a standard engine:ahd: hasn’t-got.any ir.or- hand) brakes “on; the ,engine. The tank.-has:.a\hand’ brake. though. Tho; freight cars are about as, big as automobile truck and. has: two pair, of wheéls:about 45 inches: high. (They all‘got the! {ink and ‘for couplers 8 4 ‘ATM, You'll’ have to’ excuse’ this Mogtin broad} because I “lost- my,-tountain~pen,--im i night. A fla whtte movi the: tha’ with you’ ‘ fact. everything. 1 lost my tobacco I .|nought before I left, but you*can buy itchere.. Cigarettes ‘that’ were, 20c in the U. S.A. can be bought for: 10¢ here. We get. a New York paper “here every night for 4 cents. It {fs rinted in Paris and has only one sheet. There is a: big “Y” building here.but'no K. C.- I can't write much more because I can’t think’ of any fm}more. If you don’t get mail from.me regular don’t worry but keep on itt: ing. The ‘mail service here-is rotten so when you get mail from me you'll ‘once. Well I -hope to:receive>a let- tér‘in ‘three weeks. (That's how long it takes). I must close. ‘ Your loving:gon, , “ ROMAN CERVINSKI. - FROM WILL PARSONS. -+ ‘France, June, 16, 1918. Dear Folks: ene, <.No first class mail was received this week; but I recelyed the two pack: : (ages of newspapers and magazines ‘on last Wednesd; I wWa> very 6] get them as 1 A TOWN STEPRING: (Rest, ALL PVE Gor To Gt A NICE, FRETH SHINE 5 | siou bas ber, ‘we got: therm out-classed ‘one’ hundred | . ds while’ marching here. ‘Th®:-en-| probably get four or.‘five letters at} zd every day. means to receive a censored mail. It is very interesting. Isn’ “(Some of,the newspapers looks as if they had furnished material for a scrap book). Our. weather still is very favorable. To some extent’ like that of Texas. We are in perfect health, grub is ex- cellent, and ‘things look very favor- able so we are quite contented. I have another study of H. S. Adams “black and white.” Althopgh a ah but not, {8} good as 5 ertheless the, cHaracteris- tics are the same. He .will ‘put :on fig “green socks” just when you think he never will again. But they. handle, it ‘better in. the army. ay far I have not had much of: an’ oppor: unity to see. the cities of France when not’ an | At fonly in @ 1 \fer‘from our’ own cities.” Buf, there is a big difference in’ the ‘small onés, ut the“same™as’-we- woul expect’ to find: them in. the’ states. Yesterday. I,'wag tp a city where I had“ never jbeen before T could {that Ihave noticed in places I, have ‘been. This’ isa. very good place to travel in.. The people as as hospitable’ as: you would expect ‘to find on a ranch in the west, “Will close for this time, but. will write during. the. week. \ Love’ to‘all, ss ah «WILL. ‘.. {.-France, July 5, 1918. Dear’ Dad: Spee tea il It's about: time I was writing a few lines *to:you so here goes. }1 received Mofher’s letter that had Bill's three letters init, and must ‘say he has it aust: pea’ whole lot. ditferent i is, atid where I am, Anyway T- wouldn’t:use Mrs. “Moonty’s style of. English to describe it.. More apt to use’ yours. wesd is, Part of France’ is‘all little vil- lages,-the ‘nearest town is’ about, 20 to Kilometers, | The’ villages ‘are sinall. about the size of Fort Rice, No stores. The’ streets are so crooked that. y can't see que Pole trom another, (they use 400 ft? spans) The buildings are mostly made of mud and straw, and must have been built in the year} one. ‘The barn is next. to the street and hthe-house’ is about 50 ft. ‘These vil- lages are all farming! communities. .{ People live here and go: out to the *| figtds. Haven’t seen any houses on farms. gaat « I:suppose you put in a’dead Fourth. 4 so here. ‘The doughboys went over the top and did it up brown too. ‘Took a young army of prisoners, ma- - | chine guns and.trenches. ‘Three of us ‘went out to a little hill on the edge of camp to seé'the barrage tire.”. Take it from me. if is’some sight We could see the flashes from the, guns, and ;|they -made--more racket than nine thunderstorms. z T'We' have been having quite a little excitement. ~ Jerry:icame over five times in 7 days with’his air raid, He seems to be trying his level best to get us, but the allies havo got some aviators, and {here is more coming iz You know if I could only, let) thin pencil run wild over. this. paper 1 might be able'to make’an interesting letter. But living up. tothe gensor’s rules makes letter writing ‘a. very hard job. As'a general rule I have to copy a letter over two or. three times. I guess I will ring off before 1 get too much in. ~ } Love to all. >. My "4 Your Son,- c RED. Thay say that -“Somewhore in France is a Lily” but I haven't beeh jable to locate it yet: : - BUY W RB —— LOWERRATEON | -. AIRPLANE MAIL Charge May Be Reduced to 3 Cents an Ounce ” (By Newe Enterprise Ass'n). Washingto! ie ») ug 7—The air maj} service has passed from thé hands of: the’ War Department into complete postoffice control.and *a rapid expan- ark” Avia- 1 have hot had my. farlough yet. So : Wi n Koleated aM “tho new termi: wal th \vhenibatan *Motoreycte: de- livery vat ie made trom that, point plo Weehingtop | te Mone. HERE taht) under thin: ystems wae made Aug) 1/and it ts quite prov able, acoreine to authoritios, that an- other reduction dn servich, charges from alk conte per ounce ita three dents per ounce, with tho usual ten cente apeuian delivery: charge,’ will ye announcer, eR Tt le now. plennof to. ahortly. es- dadtish an Shook alr mail, route from Chicage to the east: iy) Captalt BB. Lipsner, Chicage, has yeaigned his! connitsston: to ome ¢ superintendent of the Atr Mail Ser- | vive, Paras Substantial Pensions | for American:Women I of AR. Cy and Y¥-McC. A A) THOMAS.) © \ in: people wnow | the important work | that’) ‘Qur’ Women’) \ are doing at home and abroad?) Miss Kaho Carlise, who is atthe front In France, in &recent letter to her parents, Colonel afd’ Mrs. Charles A, Cantlale, ‘of: nd, Ind., Drovght ‘out th value of-the:>w: dered. by the “American, Women” of the American Red Cross and the Y..M. - A) Td gpater te! ae “The spirit of the: Ai is wonderful... ‘Our Boys’ go into bat- tle with a ‘smile and a song of: cour- and yet with a’ resolute will’ that fear into the: hearts.of the: en- omy. When ‘Our Boys’ fall, it is‘fac- ing the enemy. I) wish everyone at home, particularly‘ the loved ones of our fighting men, could see ‘Our Boys’ as trey go into battle.’ ifs the’proud est moment of life gnd-the grandest: Every: one of these blessed) men feel that if he o get. therc..on time, and at the second when. called into action, the fight will. be ; lost. That's the spirit‘of ‘the American: sil- dier and’ that's the: colirage we-Amer- ican women gt the front applaud. “Here's a toast one of our’ brave officers left’ with us.’ * the dur ys’ 3 their protection for us, perhaps better than any word of mine: eS “°To our, women, who; sent ‘us forth with courage in their hearts and tears in’ their eyes; to our women at home who are sacrificing all that. we may win; to. our. women over here, who give their own lives that we may live —God- bless them,‘and damn ‘the man that does not respect them and the ward that. does not protect them.’ ur ‘Boys’ mean’ every ‘word ox- pressed, and°no woman was ever mofe htfully: Considered and “protected than, we of the American Red Cross who serve: ‘Our’ Boys’ at ‘the fron “After every battle: andy at. in vals, we see’ ‘Our Boys”. coming: from. the ‘tattle’ front, “blood-souked, weary, bayonet. al ‘shell’, wound he. the American soldier* ner reflected by the constructive a efficient. -serviee: of “American oman” ‘with the Ami and the Y. M. €. A. pains Mr. ‘Addison ©, Thomae of Chicago, for’ many’ years ‘with the Associt Press; who-first‘ read - Miss: Carli letters from the ‘roi ht. vision, and : inapiratton’® to: do’ thing - ‘substantial, something . quite worth while, for the’ Amepican:, Red Cross .nurse and. others’ ;who: serve: “Our Boys” at:home. and abroad. <. >> “After: conference -with Col, Carlisle . it:was decided to submit to the Anier- ican people through the press the fol- lowing suggestion/and peti } “In ‘behalf. of Women” at home‘\and. abroad who serve in the American’ Red Cross and the Y.’M. C. Al, and to the countless knumber who serve-elsewhere,, ajl with the same. hope: and desire, real value and service to ¥! can: Soldier,” this’ petition to the Am- erican people is, dedicated, and there- fore it ts i % Resolved, To invite: every American fering, for the express purpose of es- ~ tablishing.. the’ vaniel ican’ Women’s, War |,” out of which ‘shall, be paid a substantial’pension to every American. Woman who- gives up her life, or. who sacrifices opportunity at home, that, she may, better serve “Our Boys,’. or. in -other Ways. contribute to the welfare and'comfort of such: Every penny contributed shall: go to the. “Anterican| Women’s War Fund’ and shall be held: for distribution by. a “Finance Committee,” to be selécted by the*American Red Cross Y. M. C..AS and approved by retary of the treasury: of the A. ‘Every penny contributed Shall be held by the “Finance Committee,” sub- ject to'order and ‘distribution by an 4“Execative ‘Committee,”. who sifall be, selected and-directed by the Amefican Red Cros: id‘the Y, M. C. A. execu- tive “head: officers; and. if they jointly fail. to agree. the ~ secretary of. the treasury of, the United ‘States shall ‘have full authority’ to. take. over all funds and’ direct: how it’shall be dis- 5 posstble, and if t “fatids, ehall’ permit, the “Executive Committee” and fn its: shall ‘pay toa J to'the@amily .o.rdepend- such’ ‘American Womati,” who ‘gives’ up her’ life ‘in the service of an American ‘soldier, or’ who:-makes any spéciat sacrifice at-home or abroad she nay baie rve:Our Boys,” im: of money ino part aay, in the discketion’ of the Executive’ ¢ m- mittee, ‘show ‘an appreciation by. the American: people who contribute and make Eomble this find. as ‘0 *~person who . contributés. shall ‘be given’ a. Certificate of Mem- bership, acknowledging receipts of the. FE raed ot once each year, so far ag it is’ possible to go ‘so, the Ex- ecutive Conimittee, throdgh the preas or otherwise, shall. make a compre- hensive’ report. ‘+ x ‘ Every child in Sunday schools,jpub- lic\schools and elsewhere is invited to contajbute one penny or more, each month fora period of one year, mak- ing their. payments, directto' their school ‘teacher, who will’ deposit: the funds with+ any:;National or? State ‘bank, ‘for shipment’-to’ the ‘National Finance ~ Committee, ‘care American Red Cross, Washington, She Every man and: woman in America is invited to make a “free, will”: of-. fering—payable at one time of in’ in- stallments, within’ a period: of twelve months—aud thake'all peymoentestinect ‘to a National or State bask) cwhoiwill report the samie’'to’ the local® press, and remit the’ same to the National Finance _ Committee, care ::American. C ? Baa tndn int, Dt a citizen to contribute to a\freé will of- ’ ’ + | ayes