The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 12, 1919, Page 4

i 2 be RNase acaba “She did not. She still holds her job as usher in a THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Enters st the Postoffice, Bismarck, N, D., as Second z Class Matte GEORGE D. MANN _ - 2 or ~ G, LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY, WEW wolk, Fifth Ave. Bldg.; mag: BOSTON, 3 Wine St. DE : Rid»: MINNEAPOLIS %10 Lumber Exchange, eae MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ne associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use (or eyu-lication of all news credited to it or not other- wis ceetited in this paper ind also the tocal news pub- fished herein. nn rights vf publication uf special dispatches herein = Yan reserved, 2 MBERS AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION s BSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Dail. by carriel per zeny. . j 97-80 Daily by mail per year (In 3 : eee Daily by mail per year (In State outside of Bismarck) 5.00 Daily by-mail outside of North Dakota... - 6.00 THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER. Established 1873) SS SHE KNOWS—NOT ONLY Maybe the reader will recall our editorial of | some six weeks ago on the prospects of the new} republic of Brunswick, whereof Herr Metges, a tailor, was serving as president and Frau Fass hauer, a washerwoman, as minister of education. | We intimated that, whereas President Metges was | collecting his salary in advance and Minister Fass- | hauer putting social caste through her good old} clotheswringer, the odds were that the republic | would be a go. Weare p to be able to announce that God reigns and the republic of Brunswick still live! Other paris of central Europe are torn to shreds by rioters, assassins and other sorts of Bolsheviki, | but Metges, the tailor, still presides and the good! right arm of Mrs. Fasshauer still educates the ob-| tuse Brunswickian. 1 However, there’s a worm in our apple, as is fre: | quently the case, and, as conscientious chronicler: we féel bound to also announce that our odds on} the Brunswick status quo are weakening. We've heard from Mrs. Metges. | Will the reader kindly follow our line of rea-| soning for a moment? When Metges became pr‘ buy a necklace of mock pearls, a suit of brilliant) satin and a pair of No. 3 French-heeled shoes,| throw a fur cape over her broad shoulders andj rush down to the capitol to harvest the social crop that. was ripe for her as first lady of the Jand?/ sident, did his Mrs. | theater. Now, there is some gap between the presidency of a self-determined republic and the ushership at a movie, and the elite of, Brunswick recently prod- ded Frau Metges as to her lack of appreciation of her opportunity for social elevation. The lady| replied in the following words, which surely ought to have a place in the records of great sayings, in these troublous times: ra “None of my husband’s plans ever lasted very long, and it will-be the same with this one, so I am keeping my job.” . She knows her man, and keeps her anchor to windward fast in good holding ground. What splendid conservatism! What marital grandeur! What a philosophy for keeping butter on one’s} bread, though forms of government rise and fall on every hand! Indeed, if the reader is a fair man, he will charge us with no iota of cowardice for pulling down all our bets on the republic of Bruns- wick, Amidst all the turmoil of central Europe, Brunswick is radiant as an exception, thus far, but | the lady of President Metges sticks to her plebeian job. “Know thyself!” says a great philosopher. Mrs. Metges goes him one better by knowing both | herself and Metges. A wife to be greatly prized, eh, fellows? They tell us that chaos is threatening Ger- many, and we are inclined to hope that chaos isn’t bluffing. A) MISPLACED KINDNESS Every time we read scme touching appeal to be kind to the dear birdies, and beseeching us to scatter crumbs for them upon the encrusted win-} try wastes we think about the time we adopted an owl. : He first visited us one cold morning when the} air was full of snow. He stayed an hour or so and watcHed us chop wood, and then went on about his business. He appeared to have business to attend to, and/ tion. to be able to mind it in the daytime as well. Every once in a while he would drop into the woodshed and loaf, until we fixed up a box for him, scattered table scraps every once in a while, and held long monologues with him while he sat hunched up and solemn, and sionally snapped his sharp beak by way of polite assent. We were getting to have a real affection for the thing, and had about decided that their char- acter had been much maligned by the ignorant when one morning we heard a terrific flapping and squawking outside. We hurried forth and found a big excited hen *at about her last gasp in the deep snow, and clever Mr. Ow! firmly attached to her neck’and chewing away for dear life. We attended to his case first, and then we back-tracked and found where he had attacked the hen as he'left'the roost. That gave us a hunch as to where our fat hens had been going to. ‘ Our attentive friend had evidently called, chat- HERSELF BUT the major right in the Teschen coal fields if they HER HUSBAND may have the miner rights. |yeturn to the companies. The railroad administra- crumbs and our friendship, with greater discrimi: nation, not to say deliberation. is the fact that Russia has it. Russia is learning that when people loaf ard live on the fat of the land, the land soon gets lean. Bolshevism is making itself at home in Hun- land. It’s a wise child that knows its own father. Allen of Kansas insists that we botched the battle of the Argonne. At any rate we botched the boche. Having nailed the hide of militarism to the |barn door, it is unthinkable that America should refuse to clinch the nails. | The Czechs are willing that Poland should have Having abolished horrid atrocities, it is only | fair that we should liberate our own boys who! were given twenty years in prison for impudence. Much of this complaint that the league will spoil the Monroe doctrine comes from people who think the Monroe doctrine has something to do with theology. WITH THE EDITORS EARLY EXTRA SESSION VITALLY NEEDED TO PASS RAILROAD LEGISLATION “The failure of congress to pass the bill to create a new revolving fund of $750,000,000 for the railroad administration is adapted to cause disastrous ecnsequences,” says the Railway Age. “It leaves the railroad administration almost with- out money and without any source from which to get it. It cannot get it from railway earnings because the railways are not earning enough net! operating income to pay the guaranteed standard} tion may be forced to make the most drastic economies in the maintenance of the railways, re- gardless of future consequences. This would at once, directly and indirectly, throw hundreds of thousands of men out of employment at a time when. government bodies and officials are urging private industries to give all the employment they can. In spite of any retrenchments it may effect, the railroad. administration will continue to be un- able to provide the railways with funds with which to pay their bills to the:railway supply companies. It may become unable to pay the-railway com- panies enough of their ‘standard returns to meet their interest and normal ‘dividends. “There is but one remedy for the condition the non-action of. congress hag created. This is for President Wilson to call the:néw congress in extra session immediately. It ‘has been reported that congress will not be reconyened-until June. Condi- tions affecting the transportation and related in- dustries are such that to postpone providing a new revolving fund until June or later might be disas- trous, not only to these industries, but to the in- dustries and workers of the country as a whole. Ccngress is responsible for the failure to create a new revolving fund at the recent session. Presi- dent Wilson will be responsible if an extra session is not promptly convened at which the needed legislation can be enacted. “An extra session is needed at once, not only to provide the railroad administration with funds it is essential it should have for the welfare of the country, but also to enable congress to.proceed immediately with the framing of legislation under which the railways can be returned to private operation. “The Railway Age is nota political newspaper. lt is no part of its function to attempt to say whether the Republicans or the Democrats in con- gress should be blamed for the failure of the rail- road appropriation bill to pass and for the conse- quences to which this may lead. But it is our function as a journal devoted to transportation to call attention to the fact that this incident affords one of the most powerful of the many arguments the government has forged within the last fifteen months against government ownership and opera- “It always has been argued against govern- ;ment ownership and operation that under it the management of the railroads would become a foot- ball of politics, to the great detriment of industry and the people and with the effect of corrupting politics itself. The failure of congress to Pass this railroad appropriation bill, whose enactment s recognized on all hands as necessary for the welfare of the country, is the best evidence yet afforded of the soundness of the political argu- ment against government ownership. It is a peculiarly fine sample of the kind of thing which would occur over and over again under permanent eon { Across the sobbing Across the Atlantic As at Yorktown belched Peal forth, oh, Bell, Of Jackscn and his Ring, as at Appomattox To tell that Victory had That Peace has come, a And Democracy has (Continued From Yesterday.) Now to give you some idea of what the operation meant, I shall state that positions were operated entirely at night on account of the hazards of ex- posure by daylight. | Gasoline tractors were used and no Hghts whatever em- ployed, az to have any Light meant to have a lant projectile fall In .your path or e oa difect hit on your miniatul ruin which “was playing such an important role by wight. in-the transportation of necessities of wa fare, Or it might mean that an enemy aeroplane would swoop down upon you and drop # few/aeria] bombs, possibly striking a éig Of ammunition or polsonus gas. These were very common experiences with gis regiment. At the set hour when Che American drive was started upon Montsec, in the St. Miblel sullent, then did the 21st Regiment of Engiueers: render an effi- clent service which cunnot be other than creditably recorded in the anual government ownership and operation. The wel- fare of the nation, and especially of its laboring People, has been utterly disregatded, while the members of congress have engaged in a struggle which has been carried on largely from political motives. “If the record made by the government in handling the railways during the last fifteen ted with us until we went about our chores, then a ee And no bigger tt ‘ \ : two fists at that; the bloody blighter! oe ” As i months, including the failure to pass this vitally needed piece of legislation, is not sufficient to con- vince the American people that permanent owner- ship and operation is wholly undesirable, we cari- not conceive what kind of evidence could be re- of history. Ax fast. as the troops. adyanced, tract. was Iald’ behind the advancing Awericametroops.and’ sup- plies brought fotward under, shell fire. Likewise were thy wounded transport- ed back for medical attention, {tn a short time after Montsec, which had cost. France something ~ iké thirty thousand men to take and hold some few yearn before, for a very few min- utes, was taken, the construction com- panies, of this regiment had followed up with the truck and tee Avera? track was contected up to German track of same gauge which had been Jeft by the Germans’ jn their ‘retreat. In a very short time the,.operating. Safe yb del! railway. pment back fale wan Ring, as ‘at Santiago when Our Roosevelt saved the day, And the sceptre of power and cruelty From Spain was snatched away. Ring, ring, to tell the world that we Have helped to whip the ‘Hun, { LATEST BACKYARD SLOGAN ) The chief argument against self-determination | O LIBERTY BELL, RING ONCE AGAIN By Mrs. J. H. Sifert, Golva, N. D. O Liberty Bell, ring once again; _ Ring out so glad and free, Ring of our Sammies’ victories won sea, Yes, ring for the boys from the U. 8..A."! wave, Who gave such blows for France and right As once for us she gave. Whose guns played with a stirring sound On Prussia’s ranks of war And crushed them, as brave Lafayette Crushed the hireling Huns of yore. Yes, they aimed at the tyrant Hun As straight and swift a-blow with flame and smoke From the guns of Rochambeau. Yes, ring again, as at Yorktown, You rung so long ‘ago, To tell the Continentals of The downfall of their foe. Ring loudly, as at New Orleans; as when You told the news o’er land and sea men, - Ring, as you rang in “forty-seven” ; Yet your voice reach far and wide _As when our flag was raised above “Montezumas’ Halls” of pride. rung Your tones so clear and true, perched With our brave boys in blue. lasting Peace, won. “tand the roar of heavy artillery had BISMARCK BOY WRITES HISTORY OF REGIMENT THAT DID ITS BIT. hitch which effects the highest of ef- ficiency upon the regiment. This us you will understand was the initial success of the regiment from a military standpoint. Muny other achievements which reflect the greatest of credit upon the organization at the partica- Jar point could be enutierated but de- tails will be omitted. History will speak for itself. Again in the Argonne woods the regiment. distinguisted itself for effi- ciency for here the American troops encountered the stubbornest of reseist- ance. Every inch of the ground was bitterly contested and to-day this tion is doted with American gray heroes who had fallen for # cause so noble that posterity of Europe and Awerica will reap its benefits fo- ages to come. Here the light railway was conscruct- ed and operated under terrific artillery fire and aerial bombardment ‘but as fast as our‘troops pressed forward the narrow gauge was pushed forward und trains operated carrying rations for the advancing troops and munitions of war for the iron monster which played such a deadly fire upon the Germans. No one can appreciate what a hell or artiliery fire the Argonne woods had been subjected to until he hud gazed upon the ruins and devastation Shell craters from the size of » mere washtub to that of a giant cuvern all close together that one may step from. one to another for miles, Trees cut down to mere stumps which are filled with shrapnel as far as the eye might gaze, Trenches tarn inta ragged holes and dugouts caved in, possibly killing ‘and burying the inmates in # single Miles and of torn. ‘unex WEDNESDAY, MAR. 12,1919 aus > Sotrercieli { ploded_ shells by the hundreds mark (this field of carnage. From this an idea can be gained of what it meant to keep the supplies going forward under such hazardous conditions, This mission was performed by the 21st Regi- ment of Engineers in a manner that the American nation can justly feel proud = of. These accomplishments have not all been accomplished without a mortal toll, ti one instange a slieutenant paid his life as a result of artillery fire while attending bis duties in track construction. In other in- j Stances a giant shell made a direct hit upon the locomotive -of one of the trains tearing the legs from the engin- eer who died as a result of the wounds und ‘badly wounding the fireman.’ A numberof other instances could; be cited but. suffice it to suy, given us. - that terrible hazards the been quite fortunate. some have paid ‘the toll as a‘ result of the hazardous duties incidental to rail- way operation. Of course, thé equip- ment in France is far fromthe. stand- ard equipment of the states so far us safciy‘is concerned and -as°@ ‘matter of fact, accidents ure inevitable. The regiment operated under condi- tions where rest ‘was at a premium. : Thirty and foyrty hour periods of. ser- vice were common to the transporta- tion men in the critical hours. — Like- wjse mechanics and.trackmen willingly worked over hours to keep the wheels of transportation turning. The officers too were kept evtaemely busy with their official duties.- In fact every man bent that effort which is characteristic of the Atuericans when a real object is to be attained. Of course it is not to be supposed that the regiment feels that other regi- ments engaged in railway transporta- tion have not. given the some service, but the fact that this regiment had been organized and recruited for light railway) service ‘and in which ‘branch it so successfully served gives the mem- bers. just. cause of pride., The regi- ment has in nowise been found want- ing from a standpoint of efficient ser- vice in the particular branch it was recruited from throughout the’ entire United States. On the 12th of November, one day after the armistice had been ‘signed, }censed, I stood umidst tue ruins of Montfaucon, which are but -a short distance from the narrow gauge which was so successfully operated in’ the final days of the titantic struggle by this regiment. I gazed down Spto the miniature railway yard which but a day before had been operated under the hazards of warfare ‘and watched the various movements of trains and breathed a sigh of relief when T thot that those thains could go their way unmolested. That the only hazards those faithful souls would encounter were those incidental to railway ‘ser- vice as a vocation. The world was ugain in a state of peace. The sur- roundings were ideal for thoughts, for, on turning I found myself in front of a ruined church. Then suddenly I remembered that from the destroy y chureh the dep them in their terrible onslaught against Verdun in 1916. From somewhere in this ruined village the then crown prince directed the military movements which cast Germany such a toll of mortality. At this particular place, both. were at their zenith in their dream of conquest. | This day they ‘were both political refugees in Holland. Those,very walls seemed to speak out “We, in our ruins stand as a monument to the failure of the world’s most sel- fish despot. . America, you have been our Savior.” Silently I tread about the ruins and in their ghastliness,-I could not but imagine I ‘heard those same words ever and over again. At last I gazed into the depths of a ruined mausoleum and then beheld the exposed remains of one who had trod this earth one hundred and twenty eight years before. The eyeless sockets and: the lipless mouth seemed to express satisfaction that the world was again at peace and that he would again return to h's immortal sleep undisturbed. Again I turned my steps toward the. railway, yards where | F -was to engage th the duties of rail- way service In peuce.: Vastly different were my thoughts than a few days be- fore. The object for which we had crossed the ocean’ had been attained. The war had been ‘wou and America had played her part in the eleventh hour. I felt then, as never before, a pride in knowing that th regiment had nobly done its part. In silent thought thus I walked and once more T turned and gazed back at the ghastly ruins which were silhouetted against the sky. This time a picture was left upon my memory which never can be effaced during my mortal hours. ‘Then buck to the task of moving supplies and ammunition forward for the advancing. army of occupation did T return, Everyone worked with the same vigor to push things forward and clean up the miniature railway ar our one thought was to complete our task in narrow gauge service—the service for which we had been organ- ized and in whieh rvice the regiment had been so vividly pictured in the film world of America’ in the famous ‘pic- ture “Uncle Sams’ War Babies.” The abject was accomplished and: our ex- pedition was to return: home at un early date as we had done nearly a year of excellent foreign service. — In- stead we have been placed in standard lee, a2 branch for which we service and We are compelled to remain and perform a service that could be delegated, to others thereby relieving us and in no wise doing thi justice, whose time of se! less than ours and. whom we believe equally competent to discharge the duties of standard gauge railway ser- In fact, a branch they have .en- pd for, have. se the eme reflected a credit upon our- e s that entitles us that considera- tion which We. arercertain should be That the object: has been accomplished and! dur task fully per- formed. ; We hive borne our shufe of the burden of warfare and have left excellent. positions, many of us to vol- unteer. our services, which hav erously contributed to the success of our nation. Now we feel that the American public, should not impose on su skilled class ions awaiting whe her, sons by combpelli of labor who have pos them to remain in France who have never seen active undergone the hardsh of warfare, having been there but in some instances » fers months. are at the disposal of the Government for the performance vi the sae ciass of service, This would only be giving them an oppor- tunity of rendering eficient service for their country) and at the same time would-be giving us the relief that we are certain we are justly entitled to. We consider this matter food for thot for the general public of Ame others, jee nor the stan nt Our ce gracious- onseque: that we may be reli of foreign service and returned to the United States and mustered out for the purpose’ jot returning ‘to. gur various eivilian’ Capacities, i a, We fully fealize that our Govern- ment: is confronted with ‘some very serious problems possibly for the time | being, but*¢he one great task has"been performed—THE | WAR HAS, BEEN WON. .. ‘Man power is no more a pues- tion now the* problem of transporting men overseus for sedvice in a foreign campaign. * Instend -demobifization is duking -place duily.at howe and.men are leaving these foreign shores to bé-de- mobilized soon after their return, ‘We feel that we ure not.assuming a ‘el- fish attitude in asking to.be returned to our homes and be musteréd out. We, asa class, as you will fully ap- preciate nearly all have positions awaiting us. It is not u question of providing employment for us us a body when" the tlme ‘for mustering out ar- rives. Instead we shall immediately step into the productive walks of life and resume. our yarious occupations. This in itself is a strong argument in our behalf, Aside from this cach month that we are compelled to remain in the ive of our Government we are sacrificing much/from a financlal standpoint. Our dependents 1i se ure compel to suffer amount of) pr difference in income. There can” be no Jogicul argument, adva for keep- ing us overseas now that we have fully served our purpose, and we ask that the public thru: thi tional legish tors muke every effort to have us re- turned at an early date. Now that I, in behalf of the men of this regiment liaVe .giyei : volved the destiny of Nations, “I feel that we as a body are entitled.to petition the public. in general to give this matter immediate consideration for the sakes of those who are depen- dent upon us. 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