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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-07
BATTLEFIELD NOW
CITY Of DEAD
Place Where Marine Battle Was
Fought Now Filled With
Soldiers Graves.

Acy-En-Multein, Department of the
Disc, France, Aug. 5.-Since the four
teenth of july, in many of the smiI'
ing fields Of "The Isle of France"
fresh, tricolored flags have thrust
their standards proudly above the
browning stalks Of ripe wheat. On al
most every sunny hillside. in almost
every valley between the Marine and
the Aisne, in the growing barley, the
alfalfa, the clover; at the roadside;
in clusters under the fruit trees, the
red white and blue of France like a
more vital fl%uer-de-lys, pale the pop
pies and daises and corn-flowers that
sprinkle growing grain.
Battle of Marine.
For here, ten months gone, the bat
tie of the Marine was fought, and here,
today, the fields are sown with graves,
each with its four posts thrust solid
ly in the ground with wire stretched
between to mark the spot where some
soldier lies. No farmer ploughs above
them, though his field be patch-worked
with hundreds Of the tragic mounds,
as many fields are. More, he cuts the
weeds or the aggressive grain from
every one, even, those Of the invaders,
and every one is markd with its cross
or it's headboard.
Not. the French graves alone are
marked. The burial place Of every
German fallen in battle has its own
fence about it, is kept free of con-
cealing verdure and is marked with its
| cross. The only distinction is in the
color of the crosses. The French are
white, and the Germans are black.
And on each is printed a number, the
number of the regiment to which the
dead belonged. There is seldom any
thing else. Now and again, where the
name of the man was known, where
his being an officer served to identi
fly his body, the name is on the cross,
and a wreath from his comrades or
his family who have made a pilgrim
age to the spot where he lies. Other
wise, he is only a soldier of France,
and all soldiers of France are equal
in life as in death.
"IsIe of France"
On the fourteenth of July the coun
tryside of this part of the republic,
which since the days of the. Capets
has been known as the Isle OF
France was scattered with living
people, soldiers on leave from the
front, young widows in heavy black
leading little children, older people
bowed with age and sorrow, come a
long way, stumbling along the sunny
roads, peering into the fields, all
searching for their own.
Most of these searching groups car
ried new flags to replace the wind
washed and sun.bleached emblems
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-07
camps, the periodical and newspaper
agencies as the schools"
LAND SPECTATORS.

Settlement in North Dakota has
been retarded as much by the land
spectators as by any otter single
reason. They are an undesirable
class and requirement Of property
by them is inimicable to the best
progress Of the state.
The land policy of this nation has
been generous to a fault and NJ! un.
til recently has there been any at
tempt to conserve the natural re-
sources for the actual settlers. Large
grants of thr public domain TO com
mon carriers have proved a handi'
cap to the railroads in many IN.
stances. These as a rule have fallen
into the hands of spectators ana
non-residents and the development
problem of the railroad then becomes
a difficult one.
Population in this state has center.
ed in the free homestead areas fol
years past, but the trend now, with
these lands occupied, is toward the
Slope country, where much OF the
land is being held for Investment.
Despite this, however there is nc
better or cheaper land today than in
the territory tributary to Bismarck
The land market in this section has
been especially activ, recently anG
both along the 500 and Northern Pa
cifc many sales have been made tc
| actual settlers. This is reflected IN
the marked increase in the carloads
of immigrant movables.
The federal government is wise in
guarding against the speculative pro,
cess of acquiring land, which effectu
ally bars the man of small means
from acquiring land and in establish.
ing a home.
Timbercd land is now being with
held from homestead entry until the
timber is cut off. Experience has
Shown that where lands of this kind
are acquired, they are held, not by
homesteaders, but by lumber compan.
les.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-07

Stutsman county has decided to hold
a county fair this fall.
s.
A school census has just been com
pleted at Crosby and shows a total
attendance of 2,077.
Trainmaster J. II. Johnson of the
Yellowstone division Of tle Northern
Pacific, with headquarters at Dickin.
son, has been transferred to a SINH
lar position with the Fargo & South
western, and the Sanborn and Cassel-
ton branches, with headquarters at
Fargo. J.. NJ. Boyd of Fargo is the
new trainmaster Of this division.
After searching more than a week
for $500, stolen from a Turkish pris'
oner in the Grand Forks Jail, Sheriff
A. Y. Turner today located the miss
ing money on John Arnot, who is
serving a six months term for lar
ceny, and preferred charges against
lin and Andy Euhler, the latter
awaiting trial in the district court
for theft.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-07

that had marked the graves since the
battle of the Marine. Some of the
comrades carried many, one for the
grave Of each man of his regiment
who died on the hilltop, or who lies
buried in the valley. When he returns
to his regiment, "down there" in the
trenches, after his leave of absence,
the "poilu" tells those of the regiment
who remain that each grave he could
find Of theirs has a brand new flag on
it and that il. was thus he spent the
national holiday.
; Before the Entrance
2 Next before the entrance to the
cemetery of Acy-en.Multien is a tomb,
not unlike many others in the hills and
valleys that lie between the Marine
and the Aisne. 1t is perhaps GO or 70
feet long-so long that there was not
room for it within the cemetery walls.
Like the smaller graves, it, too, Is
surrounded by a wire fence, and new
flags and flowers, constantly renewed,
decorate it. At one is a temporary
cross of iron, upon which is this le-
gend: "Here repose Y soldiers of
France, fallen on the field of honor
in September, 1914. They recaptured
>Acy from the Germans; they con-
tributed to the victory of the Marine,
which saved France"
Here almost every day there comes
to this peaceful village, and to many
like it throughout the Isle of France"
slender figures muffled in heavy
black. They kneel beside such long,
common graves and pray for awhile.
The approaching visitor uncovers. The
kneeling figure at last looks up.
"Your husband, Madame"
Perhaps" she answers wistfdlly
1T was his regiment and he was killed
here-somewhere hereabouts, at
least" Still k~neeling, she runs her
hands lightly along the wire that sep
arates her from the mound, as if it
were the body of BIER beloved, covered
perchance with the glorious tricolor.
Her eyes, as they look out over the
radiant hills and beyond, CLEAN un-
shed tears.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-07
Press
n Letter To The Kaiser

If a cat may look at a king, it is
evident enough that a little girl may
write a letter to a Kaiser-even to
the Kaiser. The remarkable part
Of it was that her letter was an
swered. It cannot be that Emperor
William spends quite all his time
racing from the Russian to the
French front and back again in a
high-powered automobile, for If he
did the following missive from q
small Swiss girl-none too neutral
would never have overtaken him.
The New York Tribune prints it as
follows:
Dear German Kaiser:
When you visited Switzerland
some years ago I saw you. You
sat In a beautiful auto. Now I have
decided to write you q nice letter
and ask you to help me. We have
a little cousin in Mlhlhausen, Alsace,
who went there to spend her vaca-
ton. She is not allowed to return.
Her parents reside in LIE Rainey and
are much worried to know what has
become of their daughter. We are
anxious to have her come to Switz-
erland and remain with us until the
war is over. Now, I said to my
self, If you order that Gretchen
GoetS be sent to Winturhaus, Swift.
erland, she will be permitted to
leave. Please know that a cousin of
Gretchen is fighting for you on the
Russian front. II you grant my re-
quest ] shall be glad to do something
for you. You need only to write and
inform me what you would like.
Gretchen lives in zillisheimer
stEasse. u Mthlhagssaa. ayg,@,se 81
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-07

II cannot sing the old songs!"
Her voice rang swectly clear;
It filled my heart with happiness
1t Gained my every fear.
II cannot sing the old songs!"
Gadzooks! But that's all right!
For these arc those she used to sing
From early morn till night:
"Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly7'
School Days"
put on Your Old Gray Bonnet"
1--WE Got Rings On My Fingers"
Garden Of Roses" i.
by the Light Of the Silyery Moon"
"Yip-I-Addy-I-Ay."
THAT Mesmerizing Mendelssohn
Tune" =.
whats the Matter With Father"
Take Ne Out to the Ball Game"
She cannot sing the old songs
AS in thetdays Of yore- :.
I'm glad of.that; I've heard them all
Ten thousand times or more.
She cannot sing the old songs!
What rare, good luck, by geel
They may be dear to some folks. but
They are not dear to me!
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-07
OUR

Never before in the history Of the
world has it been brought home sc
vividly that all wealth comes from the
soil, either in the shape Of mineral
deposits or agricultural products
The war beats home this truth as
nothing else can do. No man is more
fortunate than he who possesses a
plot of cultivated ground these days
While there is an actual commercial
depression in industrial centers, agri
cultural communities are enjoying ex
ceptional prosperity, owing to the in
flated war prices and the rapid in
crease in the exports of breadstuffs
According to the monthly bulletin
just issued by the Department OF
Commerce, the total exports of bread
stuffs for the year ending juno, 1915
or comprising eleven months of the
war, amounted to sos, 662,57S, as
against $156,7S1,9S5 for the proceed.
ing year.
A large amount Of this wealth has
been created in North Dakota, as is
attested by the fact that more than
half of the $55S, 922,417 exported was
wheat. The wheat expectations fol
twelve months ending June, 1915
amounted to 25S,971,975 bushels, val
ued at 1892, 1868, 49S.
But the South, with it's one crop
cotton, is suffering the worst of al
sections. The value of it's produc
shipped to foreign ports from June |
1913, to June /, 1914, was $61O,446,
96S. as against S376.214,4S7 for tn,
twelve months ending June, 1915.
This, combined with low prices pait
in domestic centers, has created ;
desperate situation in, the Sout,I
which the administration finds it diff
1lCult TO relieve. 81.
But generally industrial life is slug
gish throughout the nation. TIL
plants engaged in the manufacture o
war materials are working overtime
but hundreds of other industries N,
in serious shape, owing to the wa,
and the Democratic tariff.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-07
STRONG WIND KILLS
NEW TRACK RECORDS

San Francisco, Aug. 6.-Sensationa!
performances marked the junior ma
tional championship Of the Amateur
Athletic union at the Panama-Pacific
stadium today, but owing to a strong
wind, one of the athletes will be
credited with the records made.
One worlds record was equaled and
another broken, while six national
junior A. A. Z. records went by the
board. n
The five leading point winners fin
ished in the following order:
Olympic Club. San Francisco, Is;
Chicago Athletic Association, 81;
Los Angeles Athletic Club, "a: Young
Mems Gymnasium, q; N. Y. A. G., "A
points.
Tomorrow the senior national
championship of the Amateur Ath-
letic union will be held.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-07

g." -..H.. -
Earnings of the Bethlehem Steel
Corporation were over $2,000,000 in
July. AS proof of the superiority of
American organization owe British, it
might be mentioned that the plant
employs 10000 men and has a capac.
ity for turning out more shells than
all the plants Of Great Britain com.
bined. The Bethlehem is only one of
several plants of almost equal capac-
ity.
Yet we are still as helpless as
babes before Eagland's control Of
this nation to match its domestic
commercial superiority with like su.
periority on the high seas.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-07

P. 81 send hearty greetings for
your birthday, that you may remain
in good health and that peace will
come.
We are told that not long after the
sending Of this letter a reply was re-
ceived, officially informing the Swiss
family that, owing to her little
friends plea, Gretchen would be al.
lowed to return. The incident
causes the Atlanta Constitution to
What different letters other chill.
dren whose lives have been blighted
by the world-war might write to all
the Markings! Probably many such
have burdened the Kafser's mail:
the plants of homeless children
the waits Of the war-roads!
Stories from the battlefront tell
OF these children, who cannot find
the way to human hearts and homes.
There is one Of q crippled Ger.
man soldier taking q little Belgian
girl home with him. II found her
wandering" he said. "She has lost
all her people, and I have no
children"
But the children-of the desolated
lands cannot plead their cause with
kings, to tell Of the want and woe
the misery Of millions of wars in
nocent victims. And these are the
children Of a kingdom greater than
that Of the kings Of earth-the
Kingdom of Love, and the Light
which does not shine upon the
thrones Of kings that "oflend even
the least Of thess little Ones.
Literary Qt0est.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-07
State News and Comment

The Valley City Normal school is
holding a big art exhibit this week.
%
U. S. Elmer of the Agricultural col.
lege is travelling through the state,
waging wal on the gophers.
At no time In the history OF Stark
county have there been available so
many high grade teachers. Superin-
tendent C. z. Ward says nearly all Of
the 100 teachers OF the county are
already supplied. He attributes the
number with high grade certificates
and the small number asking to teach
on permits to the benefits derived
from the summer school.
Girls lead boys I'm attendance at
the Fargo public schools by 233. ac-
cording to the school census, which
has been completed by e. l.. Smith,
An increase of 1913 pupils is shown
in the annual school census, compar-
ed vita that taken last year. The
total number Of students attending
the public schools Of this city is
4,439-boys, 2,103; and girls, 1886.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-07

SED

ell. ..Lee. H.Et--..# Wv .a.g-H- r{.sE.T &.
There are a lot Of knotty prob
lens In life. One Of them concerns
the wisdom of splitting q pair foR
the purpose of drawing a flush.
If suggestions for improving base.
ball are in order, why not let TIE
pitcher who is going to work in the
game pitch the first ball?
If a man is worthless, the fact
that he belongs to a fine family II
not important.
Buck Kilby says a married rlaa
has six months Of honeymoon, six
months of staying at home and q
year Of wheeling the baby busy,
after which his wife begins E!rti9s
with other men.
It is some compensation to know
that weather that is bad for the
cherry blossom also is bad for tho
worm that uses the cherry blossoa
as an apartment.
Only a few. men can do it by max.
ing a speech, but the man who is
going to set up the cigars always
draws q large audience.
There is q good deal Of talk a!ost
harmony, but it is my observation
that, while q man may occasionally
conceal his razor, he never throws il,
away.
If, after you have seen b. In q
kimono, you still love her, your vac.
cination took"
Every young man thinks he cs9
sing, which goes far toward expAaipa
ing the seeasEsTGleessl.A
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@9 -
a Galley O. Fun!
POSTAGE AND K

POSTAGE AND PACKING.
"When l was a gander-necked
YOUTH" pessimisti-reminiscently re-
marked the Old Codger, :! had .
habit OF answering Acknowledgements
wherein Wonder Books. Golden
Boxes of Goods, and other rare bar
gains were offered absolutely free;
all l had to do was to send a GER
tain number of cents to pay for post
age and packing: Somehow. when l
received my loot, the Golden Boxes
didn't glitter enough to injure my. eye
sight, the Wonder Books caused me
TO wonder why anybody wondered at
them, the art bargains were more or
less raw, and, of course, the postage
and packing cost more than the
goods were worth.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-07

LaFollette favCrS the removal OF
the state capital from Bismarck.
Now it is up to this state to organize
the North Dakota Germans to head
an invasion of Wisconsin for the pur.
pose of transferring the seat of gov
ernment from Madison to Milwauk ee
ga r - AZ. ~ I. at Gs5ai@
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-07
MlAUGHL|N WINS
TENNIS TITLE

Boston, Aug. 6.-Morris E. Nc
Laughlin Of San Francisco today de-
feated R.aaMorris Williams II, of this
city. the national lawn tennis cham
pion, in the challenge of the Long
wood singles; The Oldest tennis tour
narlent under club auspices in the
United States. The score was SO;
6-5; 2-6; 6-2.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-07
WyPEOPl2ES{ g llW
lEE;E|SSs!
His Car Was Damaged

r - IN 49,
y: Ay Uos te' ;" .,
lo.ocd It to remain there for to
neeks ana 0hen 1 0ent 70 0c W.
Jound nat u Wds t
ddmd0ed condst,on: can 4 20" 1>c
0d1d0e.Eeeper Hd0te!
A.. yes, II the damage was cauHu
oy tne garage-Keepers negiect
1auit or Dy Inc neglect or Iault ..
any OF MS agents or employees
m.-. D.s ~.I.
o'eanei Dseu olo'lo
Q. Some time ago I took q sxit u
clothes to q cleaning comparYs
establishment for the purpose u
hdving the suit tred up and cledncG.
] asked them Dhen they ecould knvS,
the 10ork done and they said: 10
teo0 days." I told them l W0nN cad
for the suit at that time. I diG 90,
and Was informed that they had 49,
Hvered 1t at my house. Upon ~
riVing home ! learned that TIC sGss
had been taken to a neighbours house
By mistake and Dhile there tDoS
company responsible? a.,
20 f.!
Work And Pay
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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-07

Men come and go; changes harass;
Old ocean rounds his seasons
surge;
New customs age. and pail. and
Still dost thou cut thine old-time
splurge.
Dainty, superb; Venus or elf:
Fair, fond or frigid, bold or coy;
Through time and fashions change,
myself,
Still dost thou work US crief-and
Joy.
A dryad laughing In the sea:
A mermaid musing on the shore;
A siren. Turing men to thee
Still art thou as thou vert Of
yore.
A narrowed skirt. an altered cap.
A freer reach of limb and arm.
A frill put of or, on, mayhap.
Still leave thee maid Of rutland
charm.
A siren, Diana, Venus. maid.
Temptress and angel, lure and
HAIL. As thy generations fade
Still dost thou bloom to meet OUT
: need.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-07
GUILTY. GETS is YEARS.

Chandler, Oklahoma, Aug. 6.-The
jury in the case against Claude Saw
yer, charged with being a member Of
the Henry Starr gang, which robbed
two Stroud; Okla, banks, returned a
verdict of guilty today. Judge Will
Q Immediately sentenced Sawyer
to five years in the state peniten.
tiary.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-07
Neither Meant What He Said

O.. A J6U 1peekS ago 1 mdde an
agreement, in q Joking 1oay, Uith q
friend of mine. I I'M convinced he
looked at the matter in the same
4oay / did and that neither one Of
Us really Intended to perform the
agreement. Since then l haze been
wondering phether it amounted to
a contract With him and as to
phether I ,oould be responsible in
case of failure to do as / agreed.
What is yoxr opinion?
A. II neither n of you, at the
time Of making agreement, intend
ed to carry out its terms, 1t can
not be considered as a contract. In
such event, there will be no liability
upon the part of either.
Let The Buyer Beware!
O.. / recently bought some real
estate and the stock in trade and
good-ViH of a business. The man
from 1ohom I purchased made Ger
tain claims concerning the Udlue OF
the property and I haze since found
th0t his statements Were untrue.
What can I do about IT.?
A. If you had an equal Oppor-
tunity to make your own investiga-
tions and learn whether his state.
ments at the time Of the sale were
true or false, and you preferred to
rely on his claims and to act on them
without investigation, you can do
nothing about it. Where one is
capable of taking ARE of his own
interest, he cannot complain Of a
bad or losing bargain unless deceit
or fraud has been practised against
which ordinary carr would not pro.
tect him.
Intoxicated -Injured-Who Is.
1' To Blame?
0. A man attempted to get on a
street car and, in doing so, fell and
pas injured The company's officials
say he 1Das intoxicated at the time.
IT this is true, aOiH it haze any effect
on his legal rights?
A. Everyone is required to OBJ
serve ordinary care for his own safe
ty-that is, such care as an ordi.
narily and reasonably prudent or
cautious person would observe. II
this man, in consequence Of his in
toxication, exposed himself to dan
ger and sustained injuries on &C.
count Of his failure to exercise such
care for his own safety as a reason
ably prudent person, when sober,
would exercise, he cannot recover
damages.
He Did Not Know
Q. A certain man pas injured In
q street railU0y accident. Later a
representative of the company gaze
him q small sam of money and had
him sign a paper at the same time.
The man cannot read or Urite and
had to sign by making his mark.
He did not seem to kn0W phdt 1Das
the object in requesting him to do
this and it nop turns out that he
Mds signing GDdy his rights to
damages. He is still IN a bad physi.
cal condition and WiH be so for
many years. Do you think he has
any right or any claims against the
company?
A. He probably signed a release Of
damages. If he was ignorant of the
nature and effect Of the paper, the
release will be void-that is, it
will not prevent him from recover.
ing damages.
Contract Controlling A Will
@. II "a property-owner should
make laNcontract obligating himself
to dispose Of his. property in a Ger.
tain manner by tOilI, aooxld such q
contract he vdlid and binding?
A. Yes, IL supported by q SUI
dcient consideration.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-07
LOCAL WEATHER BULLETIN.
st.

For North Dakota: Generally fair
tonight and Saturday; warmer Sat
urday and in the northwest portion
tonight. .
ORRIS w. ROBERTS,
Section Director.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-07
SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1915.

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Q BE BOUGHT. .
Fargo. N. ..
0aydnor Hotel.
Grand Forks, N. o.
Latsl Frederick.
Devils Lake, N. o..
j. j. Rosenberg, News agent.
G, J. B. Turner. News agent.
, Mlnot. N. D.
lkRnooD Bros.
, Dickinson, N. D.
: d, Charles Hotel.
a Minneapolis. MlnH.
. Kemp 4 Cohen. News agents.
Hotel Dyckman.
Hotol Radisson.
0t. Paul. MlaD.
Merchants Hotel.
q. Marie. Fifth st.. News agent
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-07
AIDS 10 THE MEMORY.

WHat una StrIHg Neu On YOU
finger. Bilby?"
That Ny wife put that there"
ITO remind your"
Eyes, to remind me toto
Bless my soul, what was it to re.
mind me of, now? Oh, yes, | know!
My wife tied that string on my fngei
60 that if anything worries me IN.
remember to forget it'll"