The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 22, 1919, Page 4

~PAGE4 ~ THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE (SoS adh aca a ai a le Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class Matter. GEORGE D. MANN - -_ = > = Editor G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY, Special Foreign Representative. YOFK, Fifth Ave. Bldg.; CHICAGO, Marquette Bldg.; BOSTON, 3 Winter St.; DETROIT, Kresege .; MINNEAPOLIS, 810 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- Ushed herein. i ? All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. MEMBERS AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Daily by carrier per year .......-+-++ $7.50 Daily by mail per year (In Bismarck +. 7.20 Daily by mail per year (In State outside of Bismarck) 5.00 Daily by mail outside of North Dakota......-- eee. 6.00 THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER. Established 1873) <i> — —— = HAMMER CONGRESS The congress of the United States was asked, six months before the war ended, to put through legislation providing homes, farms and work for American soldiers upon their return from the bat- tlefields where they licked the Huns. Congress—your congress—dilly-dallied a while and then gave the father of the movement, Sec- retary of the Interior Lane, $200,000 with which to investigate. He had asked for a million or two. Think of investigating such a huge project, spreading all over the ccuntry, hundreds of mill- ions of swamp, arid and cut-over lands, with $20€,000! However, Lane’s highly efficient reclamation service did the investigating. They worked hard and fast on it.. And reported to congress. Congress—your congress—shoved the report into a pigeon hole and went on playing politics. Lane called the attention of congress to the necessity for speed, for immediate action. He cap, how we “itch” to ask him a hundred ques- told them that the war was over and thousands of soldiers are coming back every day, and that they are looking for work. He also told them that these thousands of new farms would be needed for food within a few years—to fight the wolf of world hunger. Lane has talked to congress; preached to con- gress; appeared before committee and even at an informal sessicn of the house, with this result: Nothing done! This congress has less than six weeks in which to,act. If this legislation is not passed before March 4 it: miay“not be enacted within the next year.. Congress knows that. And still does nothing but talk about it. — + Hundreds of thousands of our soldier boys are hunting fcr civilian jobs. Four million, of them will soon be, back home. If you want to help-them} if you want to ‘in- crease the food supply: of this: country for your children, if you want to do away with bread lines: and with armies of unemployed war veterans, ‘tel it to your repregentatives in congress, ‘thé) mem: ber from this district and the senators, from this state. ‘ Prod them! Tell them to do something. about this or tell you why. they don’t. See; just for curiosity, if for no other reason, what your representatives say when yuo ask them if they are going to do something with this Lane project for our soldiers at this session. And if they don’t do something with it, if they don’t do this for the nation and our returned sol- diers, why, you know full well what to do with —and to—the men who represent you in congress —your congress! Quick action is needed. FUR COATS VS. BABIES’ MILK A mother shot herself in New York. the other day because she could not buy milk for her ¢hil- dren. At a cost of $75,000 a.fur.coat is being made for the woman whom a Pittsburgh millionaire di- vorced his first wife to marry. . Put those two paragraphs together, and the | comfortably fixed business man will say, ‘You are stirring up class hatred.” No, you are not! You are cnly explaining class hatred. Bert Leston Taylor, the brilliant colyumist of the Chicago Tribune, a writer as prejudiced on such social matters as he is clever in most things, voices perfectly the smug bourbon opinion when he says that there aren’t enough palatial homes to go around, and that everybody can’t live in luxury. The sane answer is that there should not be any palaces, there should be no such thing as extravagant luxury, while babies are cold and starving. There is only a certain amount of raw material and of human energy in the world. If part of it is applied to the production of luxuries, and if there is not enough left over for the distri- bution of necessities among the poor, the most miserable of the latter cannot but hate those who enjoy the former. The seeds of class hatred are only made more fertile by such complacent re- marks as that about there not being enough lux- uries to go around. If American society arouses itself to honest, intelligent effort to better the distribution. of wealth, so that the abject human misery. of the slums may be abolished before the luxury-crav- ings of the millionaire are satisfied, we need have tno doubts of orderly, peaceful progress in this country. : “peace conference opened: No Germans. pres-| trousers legs turned up two inches. That is merely _ WHY, THE CRIME WAVE?, Crime is on the increase. ty list, and adversity ?: so they justify depradation and degradation? as they would victimize you”? the real reason and find fair means for its remedy. UNIVERSAL MILITARY SERVICE Russian soviet republic says: “For the.purpose of defending the victory of the great peasants’ and workers’ revolu- tion, the Russiar socialist federated soviet republic recognizes the duty of all citizens of the republic to come to the defense of their socialist fatherland and it, therefore, intro- duces universal military training.” which means that under universal military train- ing, she will be xble to raise an army of nearly 40,000,000 men of military’ age—between 19 and 31 years. Such a trained army would be pretty nearly able to Russianize the eastern hemisphere if not the entire world. . We cannot forget that the Germans were told at the beginning of the great war that they were only defending their fatherland. And the whole nation believed it. THE REASON IS PLAIN We're all hero worshippers. When we pags or sit beside a uniformed chap in jaunty overseas tions! That lad with a limp, or the one with empty sleeve—couldn’t he chill us and thrill us if we dared to quiz him enough to start his story? There are stripes on this fellow’s arm near the shoulder and ones like them, only reversed, above the cuff of his sleeve. Chevrons, he calls them. What do they. signify? Gold means this, red that, blue something else, and Is war-wrought des- titution responsible? Profiteer prices, the casual- Have the hardships of war affected the weak Do incidents like the airplane scandal, meat packer, steel and Hog Island swindles make them revamp the golden rule to read “victimize others It is the duty of those in whose handg rest the immediate destinies of this nation to ferret forth Article 2, section 19, of the constitution of the Russia has a populatioji of 180,000,000 souls, BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE ! we ‘FLY FOR FLU. Amang the legislators who have flu are Speaker Stair and Represent- atives Hoare, Paterson, Hall, Eckert and Prater of the house, and Senators ‘Mortenson and Liederbach of the sen- ate. silver, too, has a different tale to tell. Look at that one—ye gods! What’s that on his hat? See the red and purple triangle on his shoul- der with letters in it. And what’s the green and red.cord for? The star above those V’s on—-which arm? Does that make a difference, too?; Is he a sergeant or just a colonel? ‘ “IT 1S DONE.” The league's seven amendments were formally: filed with the secretary of state yesterday, thus completing the amendment of the state constitution along league, lines, barring unfavor- able action from the supreme ,court on an action ‘testing. the legality of the action of the * state canvassing board in declaring these amendments passed, which the supreme court has The marks‘and ingignia of the service are, al- most as much mystery to the men in,it as to the civilian. Even the commissioned officers of lesser rank are often unable to identify branches of the service foreign to their own. -The divisions could be marked plainly in num- erals, but‘instead, weird trade marks are designed to*éonfuse us. ‘There can be. no other reason! People to.be pitied—Compilers of 1919 atlasses and. geographies, editor of the statesman’s year book. “The Dearborn Independent.” You named it right, Henry. We knew all along it wouldn’t be cheaply born. Announcement that the United States censor also finds his salary entirely inadequate is now hopefully awaited. Anybody doubting the power of the press is re- minded of how the Berlin factions are fighting for newspaper offices. ; “The ex-kaiser's friends are deserting him, von by von,” says a New York paper. Also Hun by Hun,: and son by son. Removal of U-boat nets from allied harbors reminds/us that they produced a considerable net loss to the Hun submarine fleet. “One thousand inriocent bystanders killed | in Berlin.” That’s rank exaggeration. - There aren’t a thousand innocent persons in all Germany. Those who argue that it is unfair to make fu- had under, consideration for a week. OUR BOYS. DELAYED, (Major J. M. ‘Hanley of Mandan, judge of the 12th judicial district, yesterday cabled‘: Governor Frazier from Selles Surcher that his sailing, with the remnant. of. the First and Second ‘North. Daketa, ;, originally scheduled for January 12, had been delayed ‘two weeks. "It! is. presumed AS ENGLISH... .. WOMEN VOTE London, England,.— British women did not. permit babies, to keep them from the polls. « At Paddington .a mother appeared with her brood of four and was indig- nant bectuse she cotld not take them into the polling booth with her. She left them with a policeman while she voted. I many of the precincts women can- didates provided nursesies where the babies could be cared.for while their mothers voted, but despite this fore- sight, none of the women candidates in ‘England were voted into parliment. In one of these precincts 60 babies LEGISLATIVE AND OFFICIAL GOSSIP AND DOINGS ' DOSE OF HER: OWN‘ MEDICINE STATE HOUSE NEWS FOR THE DAY |. ne that by “remnants” Major Hanley re- fers to those portions of the two North | Dakota regiments which yet remain| individual units. A majority of. the! Flickertail troops were: used in re-{ placement divisions and are widely, scatered. The two regiments num-j bered about 4,000 men when they went across. TALK IS CHEAPER. Bismarck ‘can talk’ with /Mandan, five miles distant, at considerably less expense, as a result of the Burle- son ’phone schedule which ‘took ef- fect yesterday.. The former rate, was 15 gents for two minutes, 20 cents for three and 30 cents for five. The new schedule as.a flat five-cent rate for a five-minute conyersation, which is the minimum time. for which a charge is made-on. toll distances un- der 12 miles.. Bismarck folk who haven’t talked ‘to..Mandan people for years are planning to call them: up. On distances over 12 miles, the, stave over, there is an, average. increase of 26 per. cent’:on.-station to. station calls, and the boost,for special service goes 80 per cent over. A were in charge of a woman at one time while their. mothers were in the voting ‘place. Humerous incidents were many. » A Hull woman insisted on occupy- ing the same compartment with her husband and copying his voting paper. The oldest waman voter was Gran-; ny Lambert of Edmonton, 105, but in one precinct four women, 94, 90, 86 and 85, respectively, were taken to; the polling place in motor cars and cast their ballots. . “I have waited 85 years for, this experience,” said one aged woman at Acton. In that precinct one woman came to the polls with seven of her eight hoys, of whom five are in the service. A Camberwell woman asked where surprised to find that she wa not id: for exerciing the franchise. ‘Stil another woman sent her servant with instructions to vote for Bowels clogged, sick headache, no fun is it? Why not have that happy face, red cheeks that come with good digestion? Hollister’s Rocky Moun- tain Tea makes the bowels work reg- ular, natural—makes you feel like new. Take it tonight. J. Breslow. NOTICE TO PARENTS. Children who are 6 or will be 6 by July 1 may enter school: as beginners on. February 19 or any time within three weeks thereafter. This applies to children who ‘have never before gone to school. Beginning classes will start in all first grades: on February 10. 1.16 12t ‘Dance at K. C. Hall by the ‘Liberty. Club to- night. Everybody invit- ed. ‘-O’Connor’s:Orches- tra. C. AsoFinéh: LumberCo. for Mon: arch coal. Phone’ 17. GRIP, INFLUENZA |Hamlln’s Wizard Ol! a Rellable, Antiseptic Preventive During influenza epidemics spray the nose and.throat, several times a day with one part Wizard Oil and two parts water, using an atomizer. lf you haven't an atomizer, gargle the throat and snuff the mixture up the nose. This treatment sets up an antiseptic wall of defense against “Flu” germs. Chest colds and sore throat lead to grip. Stop them at once with Wizard Oil before they can develop into dangerous influenza, Get it from druggists for 30c. If not satisfied, return the bottle and get your money back. Ever constipated or have sick head- ache? Just try Wizard Liver: Whips, pleasant little pink pills, 30c at druge she drew her money after voting, and gists. Guaranteed. RRR Oat ture German generations pay the war’s cost must believe it is fair for future generations of France to pay it. Jim Mann, Washington—Sir: Don’t be ashamed of it. It’s a distinction. You're probably the only man in the country who ever got something for nothing from the Swifts. 6 N. ¥. brute whipped his year-old son with a 12-inch strap. An inch of leather for every month of life! When the lad is 20, the scarcity or high cost of animal hide will save his own from forcible contact with it! ‘ A whole army corps of American: newspaper men in Paris to cover the peace conference. . And all they have to cover it with is one little blanket announcement officially, handed out after each day’s meeting. ' President Wilson’s democracy is said by « Bri ish paper to be evidence that he had his picture taken with the king and queen with one of his pins Pes Riel, ee ; Here you set the U-155, a German old London bridge. Only a few months ago its commander would have been delighted to enter the Thames, to spread destruction and misery in London. The U-boat is there now surrendered, interned, harmless, THIS GERMAN SUBMARINE REACHED LONDON BRIDGE—BUT AS A PRISONER i submarine, rest; ing in the shadow of famous HOW SUBS WERE FOILED NOW TOLD Camouflage and Big Convoys Used to Make Our Ship- ping Safe. DETAILS ARE MADE PUBLIC Official of United States Shipping Board Describes Convoy’s Activity From Time It Left, New York. New York.—With the need of se- erecy ended by the cessation of fight- ing “on land, on sea and in the air” the methods used to baffle the Hun submarines have been revealed by of- ficers. of the United States shipping board. They made public the details of convoy management and the proper camouflaging of grouped ships to make their destruction by undersea craft difficult, One of the officers “begins his de- scription of a convoy’s activity from the time it left the port of New York. “Once we were out in the stream,” he says, “we headed down the chan- nel for the liglitship, beyond which our convoy and escorts were waiting for us, All were slowly under way when we reached them. The ships of different. columns took their places, and after a few. minutes’ confusion, and lively work on the signal halyards the other ships of the convoy got into place. “Guarded above by dirlgibles, hydro- planes jand anchored balloons, and on the surface by a fleet of patrol boats as well ‘as our ocean escort, we pro- ceeded, and America soon dropped be- Jow the, western horizon. At sunset Wwe were well out to sea. Back to Primitive Methods. “As in the ‘army ‘we have turned back to medieval helmets and armor, so or. the water we have turned to medieval naval tactics; but instead of conveys of Spanish galleons and fri- gates of the seventeenth century from the new world to the old, our convoys were American transports and de- stroyers. “Even the old sailmaker aboard our ship, who had been on the ocean ever since he shipped as cabin boy on board a down East blue neser 50 years ago, ndmitted the convoy game was a new one on him, and hung over the: rail watching our many war-colored nelgh- bors. “It is not hard to see why the con- voy system ‘was effective. Tuke the case of a convoy of 25 ships (72 is the largest number: I’ve heard of in one convoy; our mate’ told me of: being caught {n a 72-ship convoy in a’ sail- ing ship in the Bay of Biscay). When these ships went in Conyoy Instead of there being 25 different units ‘scattered all over the ‘zone’ for, the U-boats to find, there was only, one... That is, the Hun had. only one chance, of meeting a ship where he had/25 before. And if he did meet the convoy he found {t_usually with a naval escort, whose’ sole business’ was sinking’ submarines. Fig; found, | too, ;25| lookouts' on. watch for hini, 25 sets of guns feady for him, where there were but one each before. If: ti.e Hun: showed: himeelf: to-a con- voy and its escort, the odds were that he was due for a quick trip to the bot- tom. “The usual convoy formation was in columns in a rough square. This was the most compact, and the inside ships were practically immune from attack. The escorts circled the convoy, if necessary, and the outside ships con- centrated their fire on any submarine that appeared. “Convoys were made up at different. speeds, and even the rustiest old tramps were provided for in a six-knot class. “In. spite of this, ‘some ‘captains’ im- agination always tacked a couple of knots to, their’ ship'’s:‘speed. There seemed to be a nautical version of ‘Home, Sweet Home’—'be it ever so | humble, there's no ship like. mine,’ and vessels making nine knots on Broad- way make a bare seven off Fire island. “It was remarkable what a snappy escort commander ‘could do with his charges. After a day or two together he had thein maneuvering in position like a second grand fleet; zigzagging ‘dark’ through a black night, aot a ray of light showing anywhere if they were in the danger. zone ora tin fish was repo:ted near. Color Schemes Are Bizarre, “The war _brought.no stranger spec- tacle than that of a convoy of steam- ships plowing along through the mid- die of the ocean streaked and bespot- ted indiscriminately with every. color of the rainbow in a way more bizarre thap the wildest dreams of a sailor's first night ashore. « “The effect: of good camouflage was” remarkable. Ihave often looked at a fellow ship in the convoy on. our quarter on exactly the same courses we were, but on account of her camou- flage she appeared to be making right for us on.a course at legst forty-five degrees different from the one she was actually steering. “The deception was remarkable even under such conditions as these, and of course a U-beat;:with its hasty limited observativn, was much more likely ‘to be fooled. ‘ _ “Each nation seemed to have a chai acteristic type of camouflage, and aft- er a little practice, you could usually spot a ship’s ustionality by her style of. camoufluge long before you could make out her ensign.” ROYAL ARCH MASONS, A special convocation of Bismarck Chapter No. 10, Royal Arch Masons, will be held at the Masonic Temple on Wednesday, January 22. Work in the degree of R. A. M., followed by ban- quet and smoker. Hour, 7:30 sharp.