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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-24
HAD TO ALLOW The PENSION
Statesmen Did Not Understand Ma.
ture Of Disease, So How Was Any
Other Course Possible?

Representative Murray of Oklahoma
and Col. C. c. Harris of Alabama, for.
merly an officer in the Confederate
army, sat discussing a bill pending in
the house committee on pensions.
Harris is strongly opposed to most Of
the pension bills and Murray, on the
other hand, is equally insistent that
most of the bills should be passed.
Some of Murray's arguments are un.
usual.
Here's a man who has a disease
that l can't even pronounce" said Har.
ris, running his finger along a dotted
line leading to the name of the all
ment. How am I to know he cor.
tracted such a disease as that in the
army? Or that it amounts to any.
thing" -- ... /.
"That's just the point" declared
Murray. tits a disease that you and
know nothing about. We can't even
pronounce it. Who are we to say
that it isn't a serious disease? The
man may ghave been incapacitated for
years" Ilsa ii3itsr
2 Il never thought Of it in that way"
admitted the ex.Confederate army off.
Ger. Il suppose we'll have to allow the
pension" Kansas City Star.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-24
SORROWS OF THE NEUTRAL
Small Nations, In the Present Conflict,
Seem to Be Caught Between
Two Fires.

The neutral is living in a world in
which vexatious and costly inroads are
constantly being made upon his means
of subsistence. Che responsibility for
his losses lies between two maraud.
ing powers. Each of them Indignantly
repudiates all imputations of misbe.
havior and Indignantly accuses the en-.
emy.J Each of them claims that the
way to prevent any further marauding
is to hand the keys Of the storehcuse
to him and to lock out his opponent.
Great Britain insists that Germany
cannot have it both ways. Germany
insists that Great Britain cannot have
it both ways. The insistence of each
that the other cannot have it both
ways does not prevent both from seek.
ing to have it both ways. The result
upon the fate of the belligerent OF this
reputation of all the rules remains to
be seen, but its results on the fortune
of the mere neutral is crystal clear.
When a number Of big belligerents are
insisting upon having it both ways, the
i%noffensive and thrifty neutral is .evi.
IDENTIFY doomed to get it both ways
The New Republic.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-24
PROTEST HAD MUCH WEIGHT
Woman's Speech Reached the Con,
science Of All People Who Had
q a Desire to Think.

We have now before US an account
in the Hereford Times Of the fine pro.
test made by Mrs. Davis in court at
the recent Herefordshire assizes. The
case was the trial of a domestic serv.
ant for causing the death of her new.
born child. She was found guilty and
sentenced by Mr.. Justice Avory to six
months Imprisonment, she having
been already imprisoned since Novem.
Der. On hearing the sentence, Mrs.
Davis, who with her husband, Rev. G..
H. Davis, assistant vicar choral Of
Hereford cathedral, has done SO much
for the protection of women against
injustice, rose in court and protested
against the proceedings as unfair. "If
the father of the child we're here" she
began, but Interruptions made her in.
audible, mo man would dare to pass
sentence" she continued; but the
Judge ordered her to be turned out Of
court. While. the police were carrying
out the order Mrs. Davis repeated, -
protest as a woman and a mother"
After she had been removed the judge
gave instruction that chat woman"
should not be admitted again; but her
point had been gained. Mrs. Davis, by
her action revealed not only to the
court, but to the whole surrounding
district, that, in all justice, the man
who is at least equally guilty with the
woman in these cases should not es!
cape scot-free while all punishment
falls on the woman. This might seem
an axiom of law, but it is not law at
all, and both judges and laymen ap.
pear surprised at it.-London Votes for
Women.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-24
MADE SELECTION Of NURSES
Clever Old German Surgeon Tried
Ruse That Proved Many Unfit
'' to Serve. l.i "H

A wise old surgeon in one of the big
garrison cities Of Germany was called
upon recently to select nurse to 60
to the front. A class of 20 had com.
pleted their training and were brought
before him.
II congratulate you," he began, ION
your willingness to serve the III
Of the fatherland. Previous expert.
ences, however, have shown me that
all does not 60 we'll with those serving
In the sanitary divisions, that the
work proved distasteful to them. Will
those who prefer to serve exclusively
in the officers ward please step for.
ward?"
Shyly and blushingly, Is of the 20
young women stepped out of the line,
whereupon the surgeon continued in
his amiable tones: II thank you,
ladies'. OF your service l shall-not
avail myself. Your decision indicates
to me that you have not yet attained
the necessary degree Of earnestness
required of those serving our wounded
soldiers"
Then he selected the five who had
remained in the original line.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-24
HOLY FLAG OF M~oHAMMEDANs
unfurlIne Of "sacrsd Banner" May
Have Dire Effect Upon the Ma.
tions Of the World.

In the Utmost precincts of the old
seraglio at STEAMBOAT (Constantinople)
the flag of the prophet is kept in
safety. Only on proclamation of a
holy war is it unfurled to the eyes of
q r%everential multitude Of believers,
though without being removed. It's
staff is closely set:swith golden nails
and covered with green velvet. The
flag Of green silk is richly embroidered
in gold with mystic scrolls and texts
from the Koran. According to tradi.
ton the silk material originally served
as curtain to the tent of Ajsha, Mo.
hammed's favorite wife. Thence 1t
was treasured by the Ommajades in
Bagdad, and broughtsto Cairo by the
Abassides. Iu4
In the year 1917, when Sultan Sc.
lin I conquered Egypt, he transferred
it to Damascus, where the throngs Of
pious pilgrims on their way to the sa.
cred shrine could dosit homage. MI.
rad III, invading Hungary, carried it
in the midst of his army to inspire
courage. The mosque of the seraglio
became its depository in 1895, in
charge of Sheik I'll Isam, the religious
head Of Mohammedanism. g( Cur!
It was last unrolled in 1926, when
Sultan Mahmud planned the destruc.
ton of the Janissaries. Neither the
Russo.Turkish nor the Balkan wars
of recent years gave cause sufficient to
the Moslem church elders to. assume
the responsibility of proclaiming a
"holy war" It's ~unfurlings arouses the
%fanaticism of all believers to frenzy.
Every Moslem then must 1ght-fght
a outrance. IS
Young or old, well OF i'll, rich or
poor, married OF single, busy or idle,
you must obey the call. You must
leave home, children, wife; all social
relations are set at naught, all obi.
cations ignored; you must follow
where you are led, 60 where you
sent, do what you are ordered. No
other consideration holds. It means
a life.and-death struggle engaged in
by nearly 200,000,O 900 men throughout
Asia, Africa, even in Europe.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-24
The Wicked Printer.

. - ., - "NSA'N--fH / ~ 49,. H
U%nobserved and unannounced the
president of a church society entered
The composing room of a newspaper
Just In time to hear these words is.
sue from the mouth of the boss
printer:
Billy, go to the devil, and tell him
to finish that murder he began this
morning. Then kill William j. Bry-
ans youngest grandchild, and dump
the Sweet Angel of Mercy into the
hellbox. Then make up''that Naughty
Partisan Actress and lock up The
Lady in Her Boudoir.'"
Mortified, the good woman fed and
now her children wonder why they
are not allowed to play with the print
er's youngster.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-24
London Stock Exchange Seats.

It costs considerably nor to become
q member Of the London stock ex.
change nowadays than in the days
when its headquarters were at "Old
Jonathan's," on Cornhill. Serving for
four years as a stockholders clerk
reduces the cost, but an outsider has
to pay an entrance fee Of 500 guineas
and to find three members who for the
ensuing four years will be responsible
for the sum Of $1,000 apiece, this be.
ing forfeitable in the event Of the new
member being Hammered" during
the period. In addition, the candidate
must buy three stock exchange shares,
the present price Of which is about
$3.50 per share, and he must purchase
from some retiring member a nomina-
ton. This can now be bought for
about $3.50, although when nominal
tons were first created the top price
was $500.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-24
A Rlnolno Repiv.

Jaunting in the Jungle has seeming.
~ added orchids to the speech with
which Mr. Roosevelt ornaments his So
cial repartee, as the following Incl.
dent will show:
A friend of the %colonel's is the IA.
Their Of six daughters, who have re-
Gently acquired a sailboat. One Of
the girls was showing the craft to the
former president a short time ago,
when he said, with a puzzled frown:
"But I can't,isee the fitness Of the
boats name:o Chimes. Why did you
call It that?"
"Oh," smiled the girl. "You see it's
named after us-Charlotte, H%ortense,
Isabel, Mildred, Elise and Sylvia. We
just used the first letters Of our six
names in order Of age, and it happened
that they spelled Chimes"
Eyes, yes see. Very appropriate"
was the %colonel's ready reply. I'm
fact, no name could be more SO, in
view Of you girls being such bellies"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-24
Disappearing Peach Trees.

Some Of the Colorado fruit growers
on the eastern slope of the Rocky
mountains have adopted an ingenious
method for protecting their peach or
chards during the winter season. The
plan, which has been found to be a
m%eritorious one, consists of bending
the trees down to the ground, cover
Ing their branches with hay or straw
and then burying them under about
two inches of soil, in much the same
way as blackberry and raspberry
bushes are cared for in cold climates.
Although in the past the peach trees
In this section suffered much damage
and frequently we're killed outright
during the winters, by this method of
culture they are surviving severe
weather without difficulty and bearing
good yields Of fruit.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-24

mitted to operate a daily mixed pas
senger and freight train.
90 The statute granting such re-
lief has particular application to
branch lines, and the revenues from
service and cost Of branch line serv-
ice only must be considered. The pc.
titioner cannot be compelled to oper-
ate a separate daily passenger serv.
ice on this branch line at a great loss
and be compelled to make up such
loss from it's main line revenues.
The intent of the statute is that the
revenues from branch lines shall just.
ify a daily passenger service indie.
pendent Of whether the railroad as II
whole within the state is returning
a fair dividend OH its investment.
co The proof discloses that the
G. N. Crosby-Berthold line furnishes
ample passenger service for four
fifths of. the length Of this 500 branch
line. A separate passenger service
should not be forced for the convent.
ence alone of the town Of Ambrose
and vicinity, when 10, do SO will u
an additional annual expenditure Of
$4,000, added to a loss already sus.
tanned under mixed train service, the
revenues being Inadequate to meet
even the expenses of a mixed train
srvic.
ca The order and judgment ep.
pealed from are reversed. Since tri-
al this line has been extended into
Montana and questions Of interstate
commerce may now be involved,
which conditions will be taken into
consideration in future proceedings
had herein.
An appeal from the district court
Of Burke county; Frank Fisk, j..
Reversed and remanded. Opinion
Of the Court by .Goss, J. Bruce, j.,
and Burr, District Judge, dissenting.
Christianson, j., disqualified, not par.
%ticipating, Hon. A.~G. Burr, Judge of
the District Court Of the Ninth Judi.
cial District, sitting in his sead.
Palda, Aaker & Greene of Mino.,
John l.. Erdall and Alfred H. Bright
Of Minneapolis, Of Counsel, Attorneys
for Appellant.
w. H. Stutsman of Mandan and
Henry J. Linde, Attorney General, At.
tcrneys for Respondents, the Com.
missioners of Railroad.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-24
RAILROADS Dl!l Have Right
TO APPEAL

Continued from Page One.)

NSOuLtuucu lIOLu rage Oue.)
Railroads Of this state ordered a sep:
arate daily passenger service to be
installed On the Ambrose-FlaXton
branch OF the appellant railway com
pany, which appealed to the district
court, where the boards decision 'wa9
affirmed, and it appeals to this court,
alleging that the findings are INSULT.
cient to support the Judgment of tile
district court. The findings are m.
sufficient to support the judgment OF
the district court. The boards order
was a denial of the railroads applica.
ton to be relieved under Chap. 2OO
ST.. 1907 from running a daily pas.
senger service, which had been order
ed by the board. The board denies
the right of the railroad to appeal,
asserting that its order is final and
that a statute granting a right of ap.
peal would be unconstitutional Da.
cause administrative, instead of judi.
cial, functions are concerned. Since
the decision below was made this
branch line has been extended into
Montana. Both parties request a dc.
cision on the merits and that the a S
not be treated as moot. Held:
o. Though Chap. 200 S. L. 1907
did not expressly grant an appeal ia
the courts, yet as it is in pari ma.
teri aWith similar earlier statutes in
themselves granting and contemplat.
ing generally a right of appeal from,
decisions of the board to the courts,
a right of appeal exists as to the mat
tiers embraced in the statute in cues,
ton.
~ That the subject matter is leg
islative or administrative does no;
render a statute unconstitutional gu.
thorizing a review of the action of the
board in the courts on an appeal ia
them.
~ That the right of the railroad
to apply to the commission to be re
lisved from maintaining a separate
daily passenger service (by installa
ton OF a daily mixed passenger arg
freight service on branch lines) Il
perlnissive in language. and not a nos
tive direction to the board and vests
in it a discretion, does not negative
a right of appeal.
A) In determining whether such
relief shall be granted the earnings
and cost of operation of branch linz
service must be determined as nea,
as possible, and where it plainly ap
pears that the cost Of operating the
branch line with separate daily pas
senger service installed greatly ex
cseds the railroads earnings and rev
enue derivable from the operation o
such branch line, the carrier is prjnl:
facie within the statutory exception
and prima facie is entitled to be per
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-24
Haxen One 81 ne Magic
IoMnS On Stanton Branch

plying any section OF the state witt
fuel at d reasonable price. If this
plan materializes, it will mean 4
Whole lot to Hazen and even m1ori
to the state at large; it goes viii,
out saying that large industries viii
find IIazen a natural and logical 10
cati' II. Fuel and water go hand ir
hand and HaZen seams to have been
blessed in these lines to al extraor.
binary extent. So
More Than 500.
What conduces to make Hazan
wonderfully large for the area it en-.
ccmpasses is it's population. Although
1t cannot at this writing boast OF q
population exceeding 500, yet it has
the big-heartedness and b~roadminded.
ness of it's men and women. The
women and men work hand in hand
to improve and beautify the village,
as well as to improve, it's civic and
economical conditions. The traveller
may roam far and wide, and perhaps
never find a community that can
equal thu F1~azenites. but any
community that eclipses them. Thu,
difference between HaZen and the or
binary run Of villages, when it comes
to doing things il this: Most places
will talk a matter to death. AS soon
as Hazen has laid the plans it goes
at it and does what has been plaza
ned. Hazen is up and doing all the
time. 1t not only means we'll, but it
actually does well. @
Financial Condition. u
One of the safest criterions to go
by in gauging the financial condition
of a community is the condition OF
the banking institutions. Hazen has
two banks and each one is the fore.
most in the county. 1t has fine and
f1ourishing mercantile establish.
ments, elevators, mills, wide-awake
business people and people following
the various professions. lHazsn il
abreast of the time and will erect
a brick public school structure. Its
creamery and ice eam plants are
not the least things to be reckonea
with. The village of Hazen will con.
tinue growing until it becomes a real
and it, by the way, reminds the
of the Irishman that gazed up
on the Niagara Falls for the first
time: But" he said to Pat, what
is there to prevent it," The writer
is firmly convinced there is nothing
going to prevent Hazen becoming g
city. ..' ~ '' ''..
Admirable Location.
Those who desire an admirable 10
for a home, among people who
are congenial, should go to Hazen;
those who are looking for good farm
lands should remember this fact:
There is no place upon this planet
the very best of land is selling
for as reasonable a figure as right
there. After the tillers of the soil,
who desire lettering their condition,
get their eye focused upon this terri
tory, they are bound to come Of their
own accord. 1t is stated without res
ervation that some of the settlers that
have lived here &c years raising crops
and stock, have had a very good crop
each and every year during that peri,
cd. The actual tiller Of the soil
and he is very rightfully en-.
titled to be, the greatest beneficiary
that Mercer county and
the country adjacent to Haxen partic;|
ularly, raises more cor than any 9th
er section or county in the state.
Think on it.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-24
Suspicious.

George w. Perkins said at a dinner:
There are some people who insist
on seeing an octopus in every trust.
These people cross.question you as
suspiciously as the young wife cross.
questioned her husband after the ban.
quet. a w
"A young husband attended his first
banquet, and a few days afterward his
wife said to him: Ella Z
"'Howard, is it true that you were
the only sober man at that banquet? 2"
"'No, of, course not!' Howard indig.
nantly answered. "a
Who was, Them said his wife.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-24

the mind of mankind instinctively
turns to a Power higher than itself.
This serves to recall the fact that the
late Queen Victoria was an earnest
student Of the Bible and deeply inter-
ested in personal religion. In the
British museum the visitor will find a
copy of the pocket Testament which
Queen Victoria gave to Lord Cover,
on the ayleaf Of which she wrote q
couple Of her favorite texts. The
verses are l Cor. 1894 and 8.-Leslie's.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-24
Queen Victoria,s Bible.

A revival Of interest in religion IS
n Of the features of the war. Sol.
diers going to the front have Been
supplied with Bibles and have been
given splendid advice by their gen.
erals. Churches have been filled by
those who have remained at home, for
in a time Of great catastrophe like this
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-24
Feeding the Poor.

The public kitchen is an experiment.
al New York institution backed by
women Of wealth and standing. The
project is directed by the social vel.
fare department Of the Association for
Improving the Condition of the Poor,
A profit Of 8 per cent is to be taken.
The first unit will be multiplied as oc.
casion warrants. Food will be served
the spot and at homes, carried in
containers Of several compartments
and heated by hot. water.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-24
ADD jones
BROUGHT TO PEN

Clarence Orion, confessed murder.
er, who "a sentenced to serve tila
rest Of his natural life in the peni-
Tertiary, and Elmer Jones, one of thu
Cando baby murderers, who was con
yicted of manslaughte- in the first de-
gree and sentenced to serve five years
the bars, were brought to the
state pnitentiary en- Thursday by
Sheriff Taylor of Towner county, and
commenced serving their time that
day. ~ Es
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-24
Soldiers Winter clothlno.

The soldiers Of Japan have learned
the value Of paper clothing for winter
wear. The paper, which is made from
mulberry bark, has little sizing in It,
and is soft and warm. Between two
sheets of the paper they place q thin
layer Of silk wadding, and then quilt
the whole. It is something Of a draw.
back that clothing SO made is not
washable, but in a winter campaign q
soldier has other things to think Of
than the dirt on his uniform.-Youth'a
Companion.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-24

Hazen, April 23.-The %concensus q
opinion places Hazel,, in lle county
OF Mercer and state OF North Dakota,
in the lead, not only on account Of
rapidity of growth, but equally as
Well fer size, permanency and sub.
stantiality. Let us examine a few q
the facts. 1t is readily observed b.
these who visit Hazen, whether there
is any Interior, motive in such visit
OF not, and they say it is the best
town along any OF the branch lines
of the Northern Pacific railroad, es-
pecially tile district west Of the Mis-.
sCu1'i river in North Dakota.
All you have to do, Mr.. Reader, is
to visit Hazen, and you Immediately
become imbued with the boosting
spirit for said village, whether you
intend making it your future home
or not; just try it once and see
whether you can resist the potent OPP
timistic influences with which you at
once become possessed. There is 4
reason. 1t is truly an embryo city N
the banks of the Knife river.
Biggest Little Town.
1t has truthfully been said by an
eminent contemporareOus writer that
"Hazen is the biggest little town in
the world" For the area Hazen COW
ers, it has more brick and concrete
structures built and under construc-
ton than any other town. This in it
self, Of course, goes a long way to.
ward making a f1ourishing town. Then
the ideal location it has, beside 2
pretty stream, where there are clus.
tiers and clunlps of trees Of great va.
riety. Nature itself has even been
lavishing beautiful scenery in it's
midst. Indeed, where the Creator in
His handiwork has planned and de.
vised natural parks, is it to be won
dered that man and industry should
prosper?
The material wealth of the COM
munity must necessarily play some
part in the wonderful growth Of Ha-
zen. 1t certainly has. The soil is
not to be surpassed anywhere in the
state, and any person that has visit
ed this section fully concurs in this
opinion; the entire territory, north,
south, east or west, for many miles
consists of this strictly high-class
land. If you arc at all interested in
the village of Hazen or the surround.
ing country you will take the map Of
the state, and you must necessarily
conclude that the village of Hazen
has q larger territory of tillable land
adjacent thereto than any other city
or village in the state. She is hold
ing this territory and will continue
holding it indefinitely; sch has and
is now grasping the opportunity by
the forelock; she is and ever will he
the commercial metropolis Of t.lis
section.
Wonderful Coal Mine.
Within a short distance of the vii
lage is one Of the most wonderful
coal mines in the state. BY uncover
ing six feet of dirt you encounter a
vein Of solid coal, which in thickness
varies from IS to rs feet. There is
a movement on foot at this time for
installing proper shipping facilities
Of this fuel into Hazen and of sup
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-24

NEW TELE PHONE DIRECTORY.
Those who wish a change made in
the Telephone directory will please
notify the local manager, F. w. Slaw-
son, by letter at once.