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GEORGE DMANN-- - > G, LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY, ~ Special Foreign Representative wii) BOKTON, 9 Winter #1 DETROVT, Keesoge 5 BO! in 05 » Kresege .; MINNEAPOLIS, 810 Lumber Exchange. “MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ‘The Associated Press ix 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- Hshed herein. All rights of f publication of special dispatches herein also reserved. MEMBERS AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Dail; ri CBT oes $750 F yy mail yaar (In Bismarck -- 1.20 Daily by mail per year (In State outside of Bismarck) 5.00 Daily by mail outside of North Dakota.......-..--. 6.00 i THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER. Established 1873) Ci» ——_—== = Sa = “THE DIRECTOR HAD SOME 50 PIECES IN ACTION” Brethren of the honorable profession of journal- ism, there has been born to us, out in the little old town of San Diego, Cal., a new genius in the form of a musical critic whom we commend to any aesthetic publication of the effete east that needs scintillation on its staff. Having acquired as permanent residents such tin Adams and John D. Spreckels, San Diego felt that she had grown to the need of a municipal | exact face value, and have acted on the assump-/ band. ‘Then, too, there was the necessity Ofjtion that two different things were intended by; © the two very different forms of language. It was| othing like band music to soothe | with the idea of that difference distinctly in their | age by tourist hotel rates,’ minds, fortified by instructions and exhortations! and recommendations from their political com-} ting tourists while they we t cheering up the } in her midst. the breast made sa familiar real estate agents, etc., etc. band musicians are so thick in San Diego that i you step on them while doing your ordinary mar-/ independent and what not, went to the polls last] i keting. But, she buys no pig ina poke, or band) November. Nothing was heard of a contrary opin-| either, and, 40, the other day, San Diego's pro-| iy posed municipal band had to assemble and show sve of the seven proposed amendments submitted | what it could do, or was likely to do, to 4 com-| under the initiative had failed to receive “a ma-| rity of all the votes cast in the general election,” | mittee of business men and the common council- And, really, | handle. own country. | Discipline is a sort of drug habit and victims go wild without it, whether men or nations. THIS IS THE LAW The five proposed constitutional amendments | whose status has been for some time before the jstate supreme court for decision were legally " |adopted by the people at the November election when each of them received a majority of the} _ | votes cast on that separate proposition, accord- ling to a decision just rendered by the court. In lit is distinctly stated that amendments s0 sub- |mitted must receive a majority of all the votes cast at the election at which the propositions are |submitted. Another section of the constitution, | dealing with amendments submitted in another | manner, says that such amendments must be given 'a majority of the votes cast thereon. The lan- i | guage is entirely different. In neither case is it! celebritis as Schumann-Heink, Mme. Darsch, Aus-| obscure. The provisions are so clearly stated that | ithe people generally have taken both at their | mittees, that voters of all shades of belief, league, ion until after the election, when it developed that BISMARCK: DAILY TRIBUNE THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE) 00 the ratrond job before it got too hot to Eatered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class Matter. A dreamer is not without honor, save in hie Fg a a ER SET, 8 | WITH THE EDITORS _| ithe section of the constitution covering the case; i i i SATTERy ead NOTE.—Thirty-four women were elected to office t a recent election held in Germany men, all of whom are musical a8 parrots. And) the critic of the Daily Union reports: “The director had some 50 pieces in action.” cording to the universal interpretation of that! language. Then it was that a new interpretation | | was sought, and it was suddenly maintained that! All hail to the new style honorable critic! say | the people of the state had been entirely mistaken we. The ordinary critic would have said that the! in supposing that the constitution meant what noble 50 “performed,” “rendered,” “displayed” or | the average individual would naturally suppose it! STATE HOUSE NEWS FOR THE DAY LEGISLATIVE AND OFFICIAL GOSSIP AND DOINGS ACKER STATE’S ATTORNEY. !the army for the suppression of ven- Ivor A. Acker, formerly legislative erea] diseases. It treats spreaders ot “exhibited.” How mild, inappropriate, incompre-| tq mean, and that a majoriy of all the votes cast | reference librarian at the capital, ana Hensive such terms! When the A-trombonist| at the general election meant merely a majority | who was assistant to State's Attorney stands on one leg, like 4 crane over a pool of tad-| of the votes cast on each proposition, be they/ poles, and blows a yard of brass tubing down the} throat of the B-tuba then turns with sang froid and sweeps the eyeglasses off the director; when! piccolo whistles like a screech ow! with catarrh;| while E-flat cornet is like to. bust in reaching for that high note in“Star Spangled Banner ;” when} j the whole experimental band goes in for volume! of sound as an expression of tender sentiment, how tame, how unsatisfying such terms as “ren-| dition,” “performance” and the like! No, our Union critic hits the bullseyev The 50} pieces argc {in action.” By golly! its something! the fellow who wagn't there can grasp and believe in, which’ fs saying that its something new and solid and to be taken into the public bosom and cuddled for keeps, A precocious little Hun is one who is a good} free-hand liar at the age of six. HE TAUGHT HIMSELF 10 FLY | Major Albert D. Smith, who commanded the| army flyers on the first transcontinental air trip,| . was in the army aeronautics service before our! declaration of war. He has the unique record of | teaching himself to fly in a machine built entirely by himself. He first flew eight years ago, at Spokane, Wash, He had studied the available literature on aero- nautics, and had read of Glenn Curtiss’ planes. He himself constructed a plane on the same model, and flew with it. “T leayned more in the first thirty seconds in the air that time,” says the major, “than I have ever learned since. Luckily I didn’t get killed that , time, and was so fascinated with the flying game that I have stuck to it ever since.” After perfecting himself as a pilot, Smith gave a series of exhibition flights in various parts of the country. He received an offer from the Jap- anese government to go to Tokio and take charge of the development cf aeronautics for the Jap- anese army. While waiting at San Francisco for a steamer, he visited the United States army flying fleld at San Diego. Officers there persuad- ed him to give up the Japanese appointment and enter the United States service. He is regarded as one of the most efficient |by the leagu few'or many. The matter has been before the supreme court for some weeks, and the decision just: rendered is entirely in accord with the view that the English language is to ibe construed, not, according to its plain meaning and pbvious. intent, but that it is to be twisted, and tortured; and forced into con- formity with whatever meaning it is desired to place upon it. cialist boss of North Dakota, standing on the plat- form of the Fatyo.auditoriiin anddiscussing the candidates who had been secretly. named for the approaching primary, said in substance: stitutional the laws that we pass in the legisla- ture.” The candidates who had then been chosen leaders, and who were subsequently elected were Messrs. Birdzell, Grace and Robin- son, Last year the league added H. A. Bronson to the court. These four concur in the decision validating the five disputed amendments. The fifth member of the court, Judge Christianson, is ill, and did not participate in the determination of the case. The decision rendered by the court is the law, no matter haw contrary it may be to the common understanding, tol that: which is known to have been the intent of the framers of the constitution- al provision under which the amendments were submitted, and to the interpretation which would have been placed upon the language used by all but a negligible minority of those whose mother tongue is English. That decision is the law of the state regardless of the steps by which it was reached, and regardless of the fact that it oblit- erates most of what has been left of the safe- guards of our constitution. The practical effect of the decision is to validate all of the important economic measeures upon which the legislature has been at work. The legis- lature is now at liberty to incur, on behalf of the taxpayers of the state, any indebtedness what- ever. All limits have been removed. By the mere passage of a bill the state can be plunged up to the neck in business enterprises which may cost the people millions. No constitutional provisions re- pilots in the army. In 1914 he led the aerial search into Mexico for the two lost pilots, Lieut. Robertson and Major Bishop. When war was de- clared, Major Smith was made one of the test officers for the acceptance of machines under the new aircraft program. f While flying at Dayton, 0., testing a Nieuport machine, his machine crashed and he suffered se- vere injuries, which prevented him from securing overseas service. He was sent to San Diego to take charge of the instruction work at Rockwell ; saan: ith was born in Oklahoma, north of only 31 years old. When the Flat- reservation was opened, he hurried te North Dakota and took piece of land, and engaged in There is a growing belief that high mark of good judgment when he turned main to protect the state against this risk, or to require propositions of such far-reaching im- portance to be considered carefully and soberly, and to be submitted, each on its own merits, to the people for approval. Nothing now stands between the people of the state and the wildest kind of socialistic extrava- gance but the good sense and independence of members of the legislature. As evidence of what we have to expect along these lines we have the character of most of the legislation proposed by Three years ago A, C. Townley, the present so-; “We've! got to have a supreme court that will hold con-! LohdtRenpev mente pisleathion-annulty H. L. | porarily , succeeded | Hjort, who recently resigned ‘to: ta! {up private practice in Minneapoli lis probaole that Mr. Acker permanently appointed to the p state's attorney for Traill county. FRATERNAL CONGRESS BILL. The National Praternal Congress of America is back~ of House: Bill 385, drawn by Wellington W. Bryant of Kansas City, Mo; chairman of the con- gress legislative committee, and in- troduced by Kep. Yeater. This bill provides that any fraternal benefit s0- ciety authorized to do business in this state and operating on the lodge ‘plan may provide in its constitution and vydaws, in addition ‘to ofher benefits, | benefits upon the lives of children be- [tween the ages; of two and sixteen jyears. The total- benefits authorized range from $34 at the age of two to $609 at the age of sixteen. GOING AFTER PLAGUE. North Dakota entered the ca paign against the red plague in e est with the introduction in the ate by the committee on puvile health of Senate Bill 140, which designates venereal dixeases, prohibits infec persong from exposing others, requires reports to health officers, empowers health boards to regulate and make rules for the control of such diseases, and provides heavy penalties for vio- Jations, The bil follows Mnés laid down by the United States health de- partment and the surgeon general of the majority at this session, and the fact that most of the majority members have subordinated everything of their own that makes for human freedom and independent judgment to the de- part in the drawing|cisions of a secret caucus which moves solely in response to the will of one man. It must'be con- fessed that. the outlook is not encouraging, but there is‘an element of consolation in the fact that MéeAdoo attained a high fever sometimes has a short 'run.—Grand Forks Herald, such infection in the same manner Hjort of Traill county up toi that other menaces to public health the tine of his enlistment for officers’! and safety are treated, providing for training camp, has been discharged! quarantine and isolation when deem- ' from iederal'gervice and has returned | ¢d advisable. jto Traill county, where he has tem: {that e te's Attorney | houses without opposition. Some timepost matter reaches the governor's There is little question the measure will pass both ago a bill was introduced in It} house making an appropriation whica be} wi] enabje the. state-to cooperate with of! the tederal bhreay<; of veneraal dis- eases recently -yestablished in Bis- marck. ta ‘ ac THE SKY THE LIMIT. Appfopriations and bond issues au- thorized, by the 16th general assem- bly, which has been completely: dominat- jed by the Nonpartisans, promise to} since 1913. The bienniat?%ecretary of state to make the 1919 j,Blue Eook more comprehensive than aby of its. predecessors. aggregate $30,000,000. budget and the: league bond ‘issu: alone will amount to $26,000,000. i addition there. are a score of inde- pendent bills appropriating all the way from $10,000 to $200,000 for the use of various new departments and commisisons which the Tegislators plan to create. The total is $26,000, 000 greater than has ever been appro- priated by any previous legislative assembly, and is equivalent to the entire amount spent for state pur- poses since the beginning of the pres- ent century. OLD FACES SHOWN. Cuts of Major Charles L. Wheeler, who went over as captain of the New Rockford company in the ‘Second ‘North Dakota; Capt. John W. Rock, who was supply sergeant of the First ‘North Dakota before being commis- sioned captain in, the Segond; Jleut. soseph AW. Dwyer, fnotter Sia First North Dakotan who went over, with the Second; Lieut. Herbert G.'Mark- ‘Rv Conde NO, THANKS, GVERETT —- MY WIFE AND TWo OF THE KIDS ARE DOWN WITH THE "FLU AND rT HAVE TO @ET BACK To THEM, 30 ZL CAN STAY ONLY A fPoyle.” the first isession of. legisature ! ps Bo TUESDAY, FEB: 4, 1919.” Help Your Digestion When acid-distressed, relieve the indigestion with j KI-MOIDS Dissolve easily on tongue—ss pleasant to take as candy. Keep your stomach sweet, try Ki-molds MADE BY SCOTT & BOWNE MAKERS OF SCOTT'S EMULSION, rival in France won from the high aNralustl the sobriquet, “Our Million Dollar Band,” and it has enjoyed the honor of playing in Paris upon a num- ber of state occasions. ———_—————_ (LETTERS FRO “SOMEWHERE” | IN FRANCE >. o FROM SERGT. JOHN B. RHUD. Vandieres (Near Metz) Lorarine, 27 November, 1918. My Dear Mr. Marks: ‘At last the censor has repented his wrong doings, and lifted the censor- ship of letters a trifle to enable us to give our present whereabouts and what we are doing. If [ remember correctly, I last wrote you while we were stationed at El- bach, Alsace. We had a very excit- ing: stay in this little village, as ear- oplanes were wont to have daily spats avove us. The Boche just couldn't stay away from our village, and ac- cordingly we gave him many hot re- ceptions, compelling ‘him’ to come down and visit us a couple of times ing our stay. here we had our first taste of rre. 1l.was trying to amuse my- self in the only way in Elbach, 4. e.. writing letters,; when all" hell broke lose, I assure you it was mighty ex- ‘ citing and when after an. hour's dura- {tion, 1 was mighty glad ‘that they ‘were content with what they had giv- en Fritz. It was sothe bonjbardment. ley, chaplain of the Second, and the {famous second regiment band appear jin the history of the 116th engineers | printed at Angers, a copy of which thas been received by General Angus |Fraser. The booklet, in spite of its jqueer French typography, is an at- | tractive litle brochure which will soon form an interesting souvenir of the di- vision with which so many North Da- kota boys served. INCREASES CAPITAL. The Havana State bank has in- creased. its capital from $2,000 tc | $25,000. FOR GOVERNOR DO:LE. Every day or two mail of -parcels office addressed to “Governor S. J The league to enforce peace is one of the national organizations ‘which has not yet received the re- turns from:‘North Dakota. TO PUBLISH BLUE BOOK. - { Kelying upon the general assembly to make an appropriation for the’ Blue Book, Secretary. of State Hall is pre- paring copy. for the volume, which will be the first issued’ by the state It is the purpose of the ‘He is plan- ning to embody in it a brief but accur- ate history of the state. of its national parks, of the military posts. establish- jed here as early as 1800. and of the Indian tribes native to:Dakota, with a view to making it a valuable text | bok for the public schools. « BANDS TO TOUR STATE. The First North Dakota band, which |}is expected home in the near future from “Somewhere in Germany,” will make an. extensive tour of the state during the spring. The First. North Dakota was honored by being per- sonally selected by General Pershing to accompany the army of occupation. The band is one of the finest musical organizations of the Northwest, and lit is particularly well known in Bis- marck through having been quartered. the band’s principal soloists. It is ex- pected that the Second North Dakota, for several months at Fort Lincoln, Lloyd Harmon of: Bismarck is one of. We ‘leisurely madé our way. north ‘stopping a week at ‘Menon Court, and finally reached the vicinity of Metz, “where we were to participate in one of ithe big drives, in fact, we were ready ito move and while at Troussey-sur- (Meuse on November 11, 1918. we re- ceived the official notice of the sign- ing of the armistice, and accordingly our plans were changed. We then made a very interesting night hike to Pagny near Toul, and enjoyed a week resting, which means according to revised A. R., “drill ‘em like ‘ell.” It was at Pagny we were serenaded by a French band, and as was a very long time since any of us had heard a band, the strains of Star Spangled Banner, God Save the King, the Marseillaise, and other al- lied national hymns was a God send to .us..‘They also gave us’ some French rag, and came to a clos¢ with “When Madelon” the, very..popular French soldier's songsiis.3: 27! > I remember the first time I heard it sung. It was in a wine shop at Phaffans, where a dozen or more French aviators’ were “assembled around their Vin’ rouge. All of a sud- den a violinist appeared, and struck up ‘‘When ‘Madelon.” The rich, melo- dious voices’ of the. aviators in a Brand ensemble: just,-thrilled..us and we held our breath until the‘end. Another. feature: of: the:samé*even- ing was the Sabot dance’ by the bar- maid,'a tres - belle’ mademoiselle, so “petite” and ‘graceful, and her. lover. The clatter of the ctbots inj,strict rythm, and the. merry laugh of the dancers produced an effect that*would put Pavlowa or St. Denis to'shame. From Pagny we hiked to Norray, “beautiful little Norray, sparkling on the hill tops.” The sight of this little village when first I saw it will always be vividly remembered. i The Germans had shelled the vil- lage at the outbreak of the war, and had occupied it up to the Sunday be- fore our arrival when the American boys shelled ‘Hades out of Fritz. ‘Norray ‘is a pathetic ruin, every building home, and the pretty village church are like unto a calander for holes.. The Hun Kultur was well ex- emplitied in:the ruin and pillaging of ‘the church. An ugly shell hole thru 6 “chancel, and the bursting of a shell within was bad enough, but not ‘content with that they decapitated the ‘saints in’ statuary and in the base re- which vies with the First for popular~ jity, will also tour the state upon its Ss 4 \ OH, MY BACK! frequent calls to get out of bed at water, brick-dust deposit, tablets at drug stores), Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery, return. The Second soon after its.ar-|. “After Influenza-What Then? After this Spanish influenza has swept the country almost like the ‘ the in Bar e the “‘black death tury, after the storm has passed, confronted, by the cok nen. and women who ve n left weakened condition, with pale foot aa feelings of general lassitude and weak- neas. It is a fact to be'bo: » that the effort on the part of nature to ) throw off the poisons during the attack ¥ of Spanish influenza results sometimes in nephritis, or inflammation of the kidneys. In view of the seriousness of this dis. essential that treatment be wards prompt -clinvirlatiog e or some good herbal served the greatest usefulness for the without: alcohol, and sold in tablet Mef'and. scattering the contents of the 2 “(Continued on Page Six.) in the Fourteenth Cen- e wrecks of men and rne in mind as a result of toxemia, it is most directed to- of the toxins This means that { poisons, excretol na : a kad y oes the bowels, skin best efforts to excited to their throw off the’ poisons. to the drug store and get castor all; or a pleasant laxati i jerce’: oy i) ‘ t laxative such as Dr. Pierce’s made of May-apple, aloes and jalap, and take these This will excite efficient bowel action. At the same from backache, irritation of the bladder and the kidneys, ive Pellets, which are every other day. time, if you suffer shown by the sediment in the \ night, considerable perhaps headache in the morning, you should obtain at the drug store a simple i e uri acid and the toxic poisons from the eer Wee (anti-uric),-and was first put up by bladder, and kidneys, it expels these toxic Poisons. To build up the strength and improve influenza there are fewer of the white blood blood corpuscles—take an iron tonic such m. This is called “Anuric” - Pierce. ‘By its action on the the blood—because after the Corpuscles and too few red as “‘Irontic”” (to be had in - tonic such as one that has past fifty years, namely, Dr. » made from wild barks and r ta, or liquid form. sae a