The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 24, 1918, Page 4

i H H THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Class Matter GEORGE D. MANN = 5 =~ Wditor G, LOGAN PAY. 5 Special Foreign Representative 5 wWEW YO) Fifth Ave. Bldg.; CHICAGO, Bldg; BOSTON, 3 Winter St.; DETROIT, Kresege Bldg: MINNEAPOLIS, 810 Lumber Exchai EMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ‘The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news credited to it or not wise credited in this paper and also the local news pub- [abed herel “All rights cf publication of spectal dispatches herein ‘Iso reserve wre 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. eee $6.00 Daily by mail per year.. +. 4.00 Daily by ail per year ‘ pst) ee « 4.00 Daily ide 0! . , Dally by mall oS OBSCRIPTION RATES (In North Dakota) THE STATH'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER. (Established 1873) NITED GTATES nconditional ufrender §{ GERMANY’S LAST CHANCE. your last peace offer until our allies have had an opportunity to consider it. Then, if an armistice is granted, it will be on terms, dictated by OUR military advisors, and it4vtil be such an armistice as will leave YOU utterly unable to renew hostili-j one county of the country have been built in her i ties when the truce is concluded.” xo That is the substance of President Wilson’s latest reply to Germany’s newest note. It cannot them has served for one year as president of the be very consoling to the dignity of the imperial government nor to the hopes of the German peo- ple. As between an armistice or this type and unconditional surrender, there is little choice. If Germany accepts the terms of an armistice such as.Rresident Wilson believes—probably knows— the military advisors of the countries associated against Germany will propose, the central powers will’ be out of the game for good, and the allies will be in.a position to enforce the terms of any peace which may to them appear just. : ' * * * There will be found some good Americans who would rather have had the president reply more briefly or not at all to Germany; men who would have had the president flatly and completely reject Germany’s renewed peace offer, and who would hav had our chief executive once more throw in the teeth of Kaiser Wilhelm the only terms which will in the end be acceptable to America and her allies—UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER. The gréat majority of the American people, however, must feel with Thé Tribune that Germany’s reply placed President Wilson in a position where he| could do no less than he has done. ee * | Our allies have had four years of this war to our one. When the time finally comes for the actual dictation of peace terms it is right that our allies! shall outweigh us. It is equally right that the allies should bear some of the burden of rejecting or accepting Germany’s present peace tender. It is a great deal to ask one nation to assume sole-re- sponsibility for the prolongation of this great struggle. The reply which is made to the imperial German government now will be final. There probably will be no further negotiations until the time comes for the victorious allies to sit in judg- ment upon the monstrous criminals of this war. = * * We do not feel that in referring his'correspond: ence with Germany to our confederates and asking} their counsel, President Wilson is shirking or evading; he is entirely frank in his reply to Ger- many ; he speaks for his people when he says that he doubts the change of heart which Germany professes ; that so little can he trust Germany that the only armistice which he would approve would be one which would leave Germany helpless to re- new hostilities. | Germany has placed herself in a position where} she. must, so long as the memories of men now living survive, submit to insult and abuse. She is now receiving only a hint of that which is to come. Germany is not now in so humble a mood that she is prepared for this abasement, but the time is fast approaching when Germany must and will take that which is her due. ‘ President Wilson’s note, we believe, will hasten rather than defer the coming of that day, not Der Tag. of Prussian ‘barbarity, but the clear, white clean wholesome day .of universal democracy and freedom for all the peoples of the earth—even the ‘The real test for patriotism is not “signing up” for a Liberty Bond—it’s paying up. Wee “A layman at the front would wonder at the in- satiable ‘appetite of our army horses till closer in- spection revealed the “nose-bags” to be gas masks. ‘Speaking Of Garfield’s'plea to walk downstairs and save fuel that extra elevator operation re- | Quiretappppletanerary says, “the use of legs is o/2@ry powers of leadership, tremendous vitality, 00 | .00|“Miss Nielson is master of the fundamentals of| 1.00) learning, is broad and thorough in her scholarship, | s jour schools have progressed immeasurably.” “Her office force,” they say, “hasbeen organized “1 don’t trust you; | doubt the honesty of your for both general and specialized ability, and she intentions ; I'cannot believe that your peace aspit-| and the entire force have given untiring attention | ations are sincere, but I will not positively reject to the development of the schools.” | regime, and almost solely at her behest.” | i THE SHOT-AT-SUNRISE YARN. ;germs—that is the burden of the gossip. Some- almost taboo in New York.” We wonder if our contem has ever fathomed the reason for Gotham ladies’ inclination toward “brevity” in skirts! PROPHETS WITH HONOR. y Some prophets are not without honor, even in their own country. Diametrically opposed to re- ports which come from districts in North Dakota where State Superintendent of Public Instruction Neil C. Macdonald has lived and labored. is the memorial which was published in The Tribune yesterday. Ten rural school teachers over whom !Miss Minnie J. Nielson, Mr. Macdonald’s opponent ‘for the important position which he now holds, has had supervision at different periods covering a decade sign this testimonial to her “extraordin- jhardihood and capacity for work.” | These ten country school teachers assert that land up to the minute on ali school questions.” | These country pedagogiies. who have taken ‘their orders from Miss Nielson and who ought to know something about her, believe that “these; {ayalities, coupled with a teaching career in which at different times she came in contact with stu- dents of all ages and classes and taught all sub-| |jects from the most elemental up to those of col-| ‘lege grade, have made her a broad, compelling and |sympathetic leader.” \ ' Thy note that “during her incumbency in office One might divine that Miss Nielson is somewhat interested in better country schools, for this testi-, monial recites that “some ten rural cgnsolidated | schools that are probably the equal of any ten in| These pedagogs must count for something down/| in Barnes county, for we discover that each of Barnes County School Officers’ association, their terms running in unbroken sequence from 1907! to 1917. ’Tis rather unusual to find such unani- mity on any subject and more particularly as to the ability of a contemporary. If we were Miss Nielson, we would be rather proud of this testi- monial. If we were her,opponent, we would adopt a more convincing and possibly a more manly line of attack. Reiterated falsehood remains falsehood to the ond. It‘has never made a worthy convert ; it never has defeated a worth-while opponent; it never has won a victory forthe unworthy. , So well known is Miss Nielson’here in North} Dakota to whose betterment: she has: given the best part of a busy life that such testimonials as that given her by her. associates in the Barnes county schools are not needed, but, in view. of the type of campaign which has been waged against Miss Nielson, it is a nice thing to have. WITH THE EDITORS | | Local agents of the department of justice have spent several days in futile efforts to trace to their} source certain false stories that: have completely permeated th community. Thy have found an un- limited numter of thoughtless persons who have eagerly repeated these stories to others-as unques- tioned truth. Some have not scrupled to embroider the tales with new imaginative details. Few have taken the trouble to seek to verify them, before passing th hurtful gossip. P Doctors shot at sunrise for spreading influenza {times these wicked doctors, thus cut off in the ;midst of their nefarious pro-German work, are| alloeated by round-eyed narrators to Camp Dodge or some other of the cantonments, sometimes to Fort Snelling, sometimes to Minneapolis. . Usually, it is added as a final clincher’, that the newspapers’ are afraid to print the gory details, or are for- bidden to do so. This is relied on to.convince the! horrified listener that drumhead court martial have superseded the ordinary.courts and processes | of law, and that the freedom of the press has been! suspended. Gossip is harmful enough in times of peace, but’ in time of war it is positively poisonous. The chances are that these yarns were originated by German propagandists to undermine the morgle of the people. But they would have been quite harmless, if every loyal American had declined to repeat them until he had verified them,. And if they had beeri reported to the.authorities when first set afloat, it would have been possible to trace them to the agents who started them. As it is, the work of spreading them has been largely .done by thoughtless persons who didn’t stop to consider their wild improbability nor their effect on anxious parents whose boys are training in military camps. 3 The next time one of these gossipers tries to work off one of these tales on you, demand to know ANDREW H. SCHMIESSER, Wah- peton, iN. D.- Luppe Smook( Ellsworth, ‘Minn. WOUNDED SLIGHTLY, Adolph Olberg,’ Middle River, Minn. ‘MISSING IN ACTION, Privates: HANS EVENSON, Wahpeton, N. D. SECTION NO. 1. The following casualties are report- ed by the commanding general of the | American Expeditionary forses: Ki-| ed in action 36; died of wounds, 16; died of accident and other causes, 1; died of disease, 24; wounded severely, 60; wounded (degree undetermined), 116; wounded slightly, 53; missing in action, 21; prisoners, 2. Total, 329.. KILLED IN ACTION. Privates: Ruben Leroy Peck, Bellefourche, Dak. |) ¢1f ths Matson O} Rames, Olivet, S. D. William E."Berg, Duluth, Min. John Halverson; Calmas, Jowa. WOUNDED SEVERELY. ~ Sergeants: "> Wounded severely, previously re- ported missing in action, Private Cloll g. |. Conway, Williston; Lester E.:Howe, }Williston;.returnéd to duty, previous- lly reported missing in action, Private | Walter C. Glockner, Grand Forks, | ‘The. commander. in chief of the American’ Expeditionary’ Forces ‘has Bert: Bowell, Madison, S. D. ;awarded the distinguished: service Corporal: . &. ; jeross to. the following - officers: and FRANK: W...CARROLL, Lisbon, N.! soldiers for the acts*of extraordinary rae ~ ae | heroism, described after their names? First Lientenart A. B. | Esterbrook, | Air SeFvice, Observer, First Aero | Squadron—For extraordinary heroism in action near Saint Mihiel, France, Sept, 12, 1918. .Recause of \intense aerial activities on the opening. day of the.'Sain{ Mihiel offensive, Lieu- ‘tenant Esterbrook, observer, and See- yond Lieutenant R, -B. Decastro, pilot, | volunteered to fly -over the enemy’s Privates: — Clarence W. Salzman, Melvin, Iowa. WLUNDED, ‘Deggee, Undetermined. Corporals: * John A.: Ayres, Shenandoah, Iowa.’ Privates; Patriék E. Warner, Brainerd, ‘Minn. WOUNDED ‘SLIGHTLY. Private: Liston C. Grider, Rugby, N. Dak. MISSING: IN’ ACTION. pout the usual protection of accom- Tr “Hurt, “Browne Valley,:|apnying battle,planes. ., Notwithstand: , + ing the low hanging clouds, which ne . ‘cessitated operation at an altitude of SECTION NO. 2. ‘only four hundred metres, they pene- The following casualties are report-! trated four kilometers ‘beyond the ed by: the commanding general of the|German lines. Attacked by four en- American Expeditionary forces: Kill-!emy machines, they fought off their ed in action, 51; died of. wounds, 24; | foes, completed their photographic died of accident and other causes, 4; | fnission, nd returned safely. Home ad- died of disease, 21; wounded severe-| dress Major E. P. Esterbrook, father, ly, 135: wounded \(degree undeterm-|\ort Flagler, Washington. ined) 57; wounded slightly, 36; miss-} Sergeant Matthew Spautz, deceased, ing in action, 41; prisoners, 2. To-| Company A, One ‘Hundred Sixty: tal 3871. |Bighth Infantry—For extraordinary ‘heroism in action near the. River Ourcq, northeast of Chateau Thierry, France, during the advance of July 14, 1918. While in command ‘of ‘his | platoon, Sergeant Spautz- showed ex- | traordinary heroism leading his men | on in the advance, having three times | been knocked down by enemy shells. After beirig wounded by. machine gun | fire, he still continued to advance..He Privates: | was finally killed: while doing his ut- Frank V. Frame, Dayton, Mont. most to advance. Next of kin, Michael Clarence R, McCrady, Pierre, S. D. | Spautz, Davis Ave., Dubuque, Ia., Reet? ——_—_—_— —, THIS THING OF GIVING. I do not understand it, any more than do you,-but there is something about this thing of giving that blesses us. No man has ever impoverished himself by giving. It cannot'be done/ Those who give most, have most left. No man has ever died poor because of that which he gave away. No one has ever gone hungry after giving away. his bread ; some way, somewhere, bread has been provided fot-him. Misery is upon the war-torn world as it never was be- fore. Want is almost universal in the countries that have been ravishéd. , They call to us from every quarter of the earth for help. They cry aloud, or moan in tones subdued. The gaunt and famished, the lean and weary, the sick and wounded—they ‘Hold their outstretched, empty hands to- wards us, and beg for help. And_we, of all the people in the world are in a position to relieve them. i ‘ ‘E believe’ that every one who gives a penny will ‘get it _ back a hundredfold.. I.believe that every one who dries a tear with his assistance will be spared the shedding of a ~ thousand téars~ T’believe*that every sacrifice we make. will so €nrich.us.in the future that our regret will be we did not’ sacrifice the more. . : aS feria This thing of giving! A glorious privilege it is!’ How meaningless now is money that is hoarded. How hateful to himself and to his fellows is‘ he who does not answer. to the call for aid. ‘Give—and in the giving liye the life a human being is entitled to enjoy. Give—and let no thought of sor- row abide with, you. because you did not give. Give—and somewhere, from out the clouds, or from the sacred depths . of human hearts,.a melody divine will reach your ears, and” Private: “” Everett Minn. KILLED IN ‘ACTION, Privates: Samuel W. Keller. Jr., ‘Hurley S. D. DIED OF. WOUNDS. |. Corporal: 3 Alvin Schroeder, Bellevue. Ia.. WOUNDED SEVERELY. Corporal: Faw. Guenther, Parker, S. D. ‘J. D. Smith, Red Oak, Ia. where it came from, and warn the gossipér, on pain of being reported, to stop repeating it until he can furnish proofs.~No one is being shot at sun- rise in this country yet, and the newspapers are not in the least: “afraid” to print the news. The chnaces are overwhelmingly against a gossiper’s being able to “scoop” them on anything at all sen- er all — upon the earth, deiree Bartel * THE AMERICAN JEWISH RELIEF COMMITTEE FOR So ‘ SUFFERERS FROM THE WAR a East 4th Street, New York : i Arthur Lehman, Treasurer ; | lines-on a photographic .mission‘with: |: THURSDAY, OCT: 24, 1918. GERMAN PEACE PLEA REEFRRED’ ~ -. TO CO-BELLIGERENTS; ' WILSON DOUBTS HUN CHANGE OF HEART . rv YE (Continued From’ Page One.) 1 to,deal with them later in regafd'to the ifiternational obli- gations of the German empire’ it must demand not peace negotiations but surrender. if | “Accept, sir, the renewed assurance of my high.regard. ere Robert Lansing, Secretary of State. . \Mr. Frederick Oderlin, Charge d’ affaires, temporarily in | , charge of German interests. | ‘ AND IN THE MEANTIME. ; | Washington, D. C., October 24.—At the same time that | the president’s reply to Germany was made public, the | White House gave-out correspéndence between Secretary, Baker and President Wilson showing, that more than 2,000,- _000 American soldiers already have embarked to participate in the campaign overseas. ‘On Way to Berlin. «.* y No armistice except under conditions of surrender. No peace with the kaiser or his war lords now or later. President Wilsdén has given as his final. decision to the people of Germany that he take up with the allies their plea for ‘an armis- tice and peace negotiations. ’ The president’s reply to the latest German‘note has gone on its way to Berlin.’ .It was delivered to the Swiss charge here at 9 o’clock last night, and soon after was onthe cable-in plain Eng- lish, no time being lost to convert the president’s. uncompromising sentences into code. Apparently the conference which had been in progress terminated late Wednesday afternoon, enabling’ the presi- dent! te reply just eleven hours after the German note was re- ceive “7 Assurances from the German authorities that they accept the ternis of peace he has laid down, and that the German forces on land and sea will observe the rules of civilized’ warfare have been accepted by, the} president,;only as ehanging the. situation suffi- jciently that~he jis warranted in informally taking up with the inations with whom America, is associated the question of consid- jering these terms. \ | \ | Impossible to Renew Hostilities. é |“ Submission to terms of an armistice that will make it impossi- ible for Germany to renew hostilities: that the kaiser still holds power to control the empire, and that until he and his associate jautocrats are out, not peace negotiations but surrender must. be depended are some of the president’s important points. { First there is to be determined,.as the president asks, whether \the allies are willing to determine peace, on the conditions enunci- jated by him and accepted by Germany,. they do the question jof an armistice will be submitted to the military advisors, and ;when the necessary conditions to render the German military |machine powerless for harm have been formulated, the program will be forwarded to Germany. The president and the United: States government: now: are through with separate dealing with the German government. The whole matter is now béfore the co-belligerent govenments, and the entente will act in future peace negotiations as a ynit. President Wilson’s reply to Germany was sent broadcast to the up directly by the:German station at Nauen, it undoubtedly was world from the Arlington Wreless station last night. If not picked relayed from other points in-Europe in time to reach Berlin this morning. ° ee ey ‘ iO ~, . CAUSES PANIC, r¢ Basel, Switzerland, Oct. 24.—President Wilson’s reply to hie Austrian note has. had an overwhelming effect in Vienna. Not only was there‘a violent panic in-financial-circles, but the note was regarded in’financial circles as being extremely humiliating to the dual monarchy... > i : 3 “i ,TO APPLY DIRECTLY. Paris, -Qct. 24.—Hungary. intends to.. apply directly to the entente government: to determine'the terms upon which: they will grant’an armistice and peace to the Hungarian-government. Aus- tria-Hungary already. is reconciled to the’ idea’ of. unconditional capitulation, says a Vienna dispatch, because the nation {s threat- ened with’ famine... geriet i ae WANT REFORMS EXTENDED. 3 _ . Basel, Switzerland, Oct. 24.—After the speech:of Prince Max- imilian, Deputy Karl Herold, in the name of'the Centrist party, read a statement: in the reichstag asking that the:reform of the clared without the consent of the reichstag, ea He added that. if peace with the entente allies is not possible, the government will have to call on the last man for the defense of Germany. i F i Deputy: bert, majority socialist, declared-the German people would no longer permit themselves’ to be without the right to decide their own fate. Friedrich Maumann, radical, said he consid- ered peace impossible by military means and that Germany must use her diplomatic resources to)end the war. Count Westharp,, conservative, declared his party would. not vote for the constitu- tional reforms proposed by the chancellor because it considered then dangerous. GOOD DIPLOMACY, SAYS CHAMBERLAIN. Washington, D. C., Oct. 24.—Senator Chamberlain of Wash- ington, chairman of the senate military:committee, today said: “The president’s note may fairly be construed as a diplomatic demand for unconditional surrender, leaving to the military ad- visors of the allies entirely the matter of adjustment. I have, sometimes thought there should be an end to the, notes passing between the allied governments and Berlin. The effect is to with- draw attention! from the battlefronts.’. 4 OAKLAND SIX COUPE — _ We are now showing a full line of Oakland closed cars. . The coupe pictured above is a beautifully finished four passenger body, equipped with heater and all weather defying. fittings. A closed car is as necessary in our climate.as an overcoat. Why be uncomfort- able? we Corwin Motor Co. Bismarck, N. D. meh vane ave t? 3h bad constitution of the empire be extended so that war cannot betde- ;