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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-01-01
TO HOLD
GERMANS IN WEST
While Russians Develop Their
Campaign and Kitchener His
IL, 3#3&t * 'a@
Army. .

London, Dec. 31.-Military. critics
are beginning to doubt whether any
determined effort to turn the Germans
out of France and Belgium will be
made before spring. Recently many
observers jumped to the conclusion,
because OF isolated thrusts by, Gen.
eral Jotfre, that the French and their
allies we're beginning a grand rove.
ment forward. The best Informed
students in London rejected this view.
They held that the liveliness in the
west is merely to remind the Germans
that immediate advantage would be
taken of any heavy withdrawal Of
their troops to the east.
In competent quarters the fact ap-
pears to he accepted that the Ger
man position in France and Belgium
is too strong to yield to a frontal at
tack, however dogged, The Germans
themselves are regarded as having
taught this lesson by their ,fruitless
sacrifices in the movement toward
Calais. =.
What, then, is the outlook: Prac-
tically what it has been from the
start. The policy is to hold great Ger
man forces in the west while the
Russians develop their campaign and
while lord Kitchener trains and. aug.
ments his large army ~
With the advent of spring this army
will take the field and even then a
frontal attack is not likely to be a
characteristic feature Of the Allies
plan. A frontal attack there will be,
but only coincidentally with a turn.
ing movement along the Belgian coast.
made possible by the cooperation OF
British warshlps. If Germany con-
trolled the sea...lit would undoubtedly
have adopted such tactics long before
this in the, attempt. to seize the south
ern littoral of the. straits of Dover.
: In the existing circumstances all pos
| sibility Of Germany's executing a sue
cessful flank action is believed to
have disappeared. .@
Lacking this power, such effective
frontal attacks as Germany. delivers
are considered here of little value,
| since the part Of the front thrown for
ward is at once threatened On both
TANKS by those parts Of the Allies
lines which hold firm.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-01-01
MASONIC SIGN SAVED HIM
Potent Signal Ussds by English Enok
nesr on Blockade Runner Dur.
lnq the Civil War.

A story published recently describ.
ing how q Belgian, saved himself and Z
number of his countrymen from execu.
ton, by showing a Masonic sign to
the officer in charge Of tho German
firing party, recalls an incident in
the American Civil war which was re:
lated to our parliamentary correspond!
ent by the late Or William Allan, the
giant engineer who sat fqr some years
in parliament for Gateshead. :
Allan as a young man was adven:
turous, and early in the Civil wal he
engaged in the hazardous business Of
q blockade runner. His steamer was
in due time captured by a Federal
gunboat of Charleston, and boarded. {,
As the boarding oflcer came up the
side, Allan went below to reduce the
steam, which had been fosced up be.
yond safety point during the pursuit.
He was Immediately followed by the
ohlcer, who put a pistol to Allan's
head, and said: you're going to
blow up the ship" "Oh, no, I'm not"
replied Allan; II am going to prevent
her blowing up" you're a liar"
snarled the Federal, and he raised his
pistol arm again.
At the same moment, Allan, by q
sudden inspiration, made q Masonic
sign. The officers arm dropped at
once, and he said, taking Allan's hand:
That's all right. Now you take the
ship into port" j.,
And, there was no more trouble
except that Allan was sent a prisoner
to Washington and had some thrilling
adventures before he; regained his
freedom through the fundamentally
Of Lord Lyon3.-Pall Mall Gazette.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-01-01

the necessary hazards are great, and
a strikingly large proportion OF con
Germs in some lines constantly tOtter
on the brink of bankruptcy. To all
such marginal enterprises the prop
erty tax is rem~orseless. 1t falls on
property as much whether 1t Is pro-
ductive or unproductive, whether 1t Is
owned free or heavily encountered,
whether it is part of a trustworthy
but desperate, new business venture
or part of the salvage Of a dying con-
Germ. The property tax d~iscouragea
experiment, penalties industrial pio-
neering, retards production, reduces
supply and increases prices. In short,
it is partly shifted to consumers, re-
duces the amount of wealth to be d.
vided and adversely affects the dis
tribution of what Is produced. In COM
parison the income tax Wrests httle
or nothing from the new, the expert
mental or the unfortunate business
enterprise; it helps net olly the small
business man, but large concerns, in
new and hazardous undertakings. 1t
helps-or abstains from bufdening-
every business enterprise in a bad
year. :
The Property Tax.
''The property tax puts the state II
the position of a preferred creditor,
and a harsh one. Its dues must be
paid by the business MAI in the de-
period Of the business, be-
fore profits are earned, and later,
whether profits are earned or not. The
income tax, however, presents the
state in the attitude of a partner or
proft-sharer. The first attitude is not
i1%defensihle, nor altogether
unfortunate. But with respect to bus
mess enterprise it needs to be soften
ed by increasing emphasis upon aoil-
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-01-01
Persistence Of Early Habits.

frOI. ernest Haeckel, whose life
has been an almost continuous series
Of great achievements, attributes his
activity to his early training. my
mother" he says, would never per.
nit me to be idle for a moment. II
l stood at the window d~ay-dreaming,
she would always urge me to be up
and doing. Work or play che would
urge, but do not stand idle Through
this reiterated admonition, physical
activity became a lifelong habit with
me, and work almost a necessity Of
my being. II l have been able to &C.
complish my full share Of labors, this
Is the reason. l am never idle, and
I scarcely know the meaning Of
snnui."
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-01-01
Turpinite 10 EnaUsh Invention,

- @SVOVVST V"vVT'SUVVs T
It was an English chemist who first
achieved the discovery that made the
deadly gas. turpinite, possible. A gen.
Grafton ago he told the British asso.
citation how he had produced an ar.
senious gas so fatal in it's effects that
the liberation Of an infinitesimal por.
ton of it meant instant death to the
person who inhaled it. M. Turpin has
converted it, after years of expert.
ment, into the most terrible engine Of
war known to science. It 10 said.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-01-01
New Years

Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty light;
The year is dying in the night;
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.
Ring out the old, ring in the new;
Ring, happy bells, across the snow;
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Ring out the grief that saps the mind,
For those that here we see no more;
Ring out the feud of rich and poor,
Ring in redress to all mankind.
Ring out a slowly dying cause,
And ancient forms Of party strife;
Ring in the noble modes of life,
With sweeter manners, purer laws.
Ring cut false pride in place and blood,
The civic SANDER and the spite;
Ring in the love of truth and right,
Ring in the common love of good. h..
Ring out the shapes of foul disease.
. Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;
Ring out the thousand wars of old,
Ring in the thousand years of peace.
Ring in the valiant man and free
The larger heart, the kindlier hand;
Ring out the darkness of the land,
ring in the Christ that is to be.
-Tennyso1.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-01-01

Falcnor township has a mysterious
woman who is burning barns chop.
ping down telephone poles and, defy
ing the sheriff of Grand, Forks county.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-01-01

The Christmas rush now being over,
the people of the state will now have
IN opportunity to think about those
New Year resolutions.
Arizona republican., 1915-12-18

sRuv and of endless pleasure and delight Put away from sBa the of trying decide at the last lE Make your unfinished srome in and and let
 pleasing. and ansCakn9 sales help
 kdccide the and pIzing question only your
 Rcltlc satisfaction. but d a saving
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-26
KANSAS P. 0. NEWS.
Money Order Blanks Stolen-New
Postmasters Appointed.

Washington, d. c., April 26.-The
postoffice department announces that
one hundred blank money-order forms
for the use of the postoffice at Louis
vile, Pottawatomie county, Kansas,
were stolen within the past several
days from that office. The numbers
of the blanks are 14201 to 1440O, in
elusive.
The postmaster-genera has accept
ed a proposal of c. H. Hackney, presi-
dent of the First National bank, to
release the present quarters of the
postoffice at La Harpe, Kan, for a
term of ten years from the first of
this month. The contract includes
heat, light, water, safe and equipment.
with parcel post, postal savings, city
and rural delivery furniture is neces-
sary.
Kansas poStmaSterS appointed:
Miles M. Smith at Chautauqua; Mar
tina r. Kingman, Delavan; Elizabeth
McCabe. Dunkirk.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-26
HE HUNG HIMSELF.
Topekan, Dcspondent Over Ill Health,
Took Own Life.

Despondent over ill health, Marshall
r. White, a clerk in the T. d. Joseph
shoe store of North Topeka, took his
own life by hanging himself in the
barn at his residence, 1922 North
Quincy street, Saturday night about
z o'clock.
Saturday afternoon White shaved
and put on freshly pressed clothes and
in the evening was seen by a neighbor
entering the barn. Later his body was
found swinging by a rope to a railing
in the loft. The body was discovered
by Mrs. White. She ran back to the
house and then to the home of w. V.
Casebier of the State journal circula-
ton department. Casebier ran to the
barn and cut the rope. The body was
carried to the house and the pulmotor
sent for. Firemen worked over White
for nearly two hours but failed to re-
vive him.
Prior to committing the act White
left a note to his wife. saying that she
would find his body in the barn and
that the money left beside it was all he
had A small amount of change was
lying beside the note. White is sur
vived by his wife, two daughters,
Elizabeth, age IL. and Mary, age 8,
and one son, Robert, age 3.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-26
FOR VOTING MACHINES
Petitions Presented to City Commits
TONERS Today.

The voters Of Topeka will have an
opportunity to decide whether or not
voting machines shall be adopted. Pc
titions asking that a special election
be held to decide the question were
filed with the mayor and city COM
mission today. To be certain that the
petitions Dor ethe requisite number of
signatures they were checked over in
the office o fthe city commissioner
of elections unofficially. After the re-
quired number of valid signers had
been checked up, the checkers discov-
cred that a comforta Bile margin of
names were left over.
TIE official checking by the city clerk
began today with an extra force of
help. By employing extra help and
making the official check in time for
a report to the city commission soon
enough for holding the election at the
same time the "open gate" proposition
for the state fair is voted on, a saving
of electio nexpenses of several hum
dred dollars will be made for the city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-26
SHE Died OF GRIEF.
Mrs. WiIheImina Kruger Laid to Rest
by Lost Son.

The death of Mrs. Wilhelmina Krue-
ger, which occurred here Saturday,
was caused by grief over the death of
her son on March 4. Sunday the fun
eral of Mrs. Kruger was held and the
body of her boy was disinterred and
placed with that of his mother.
Mrs. Kruger was the wife of the
pastor of the German Evangelical
church. She formerly worked with
her husband in foreign missionary
work at Canton, China. They came to
the United States last fall with the in
tention of going back to their home in
Switzerland but their return to that
country was impossible on account of
the war. They came to Topeka where
DIR. Kruger accepted the pastorship
of the German church.
Every effort vas made to save the
life of Mrs. Kruger. TRANSMISSION of
blood was tried, but all efforts failed
and the mother finally went to join
her little son in their last resting
place.
Theodore Brammst, a veteran of the
Spanish American war, several times
gave blood in the attempt to save Mrs
Kruger.
Mrs. c. E. Guenther of Eldora,
Iowa, a sister of Mrs. Kruger, and
DR.. T. H. Mueller of Buffalo, N. Y,
were here to attend the funeral yester-
daV.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-26
HE WENT AFTER ONE.
But Undersheriff Larimer Returned
With Three From Kansas City.

There was a look of much concern
on the face of Johanna Adams, for
merly prominent in local police court
circles when Hugh Larimer, under
sheriff, appeared at her place in
Kansas City Sunday looking for Archie
Williamson, wanted here on a charge
of assault with intent to murder Will
Schrout. The co1ored woman ap-
peared much relieved when Larimer
informed her that he was after Will
hanson. The man wanted was ar
rested next door to the Adams house.
Sunday evening Larimer returned to
Topeka with Williamson, Cleveland
Murphy. wanted for false pretenses,
and Melvin Miller, wanted for child
desertion. Larimer went to Kansas
City after WiIHaH7Son.s While there
he received a, telephone message from
Sheriff Kiene to the7effect that Miller
and Murphy were also in Kansas City
and would be easy to locate.
Murphy faces a complaint in the
court of Topeka charging him with
obtaining $40 from l.. Biscoe by rep
resenting that he owned piano in a
house at 724 Lime street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-26
PARADE II MILES LONG
Great Preparations for Change OF City
Government in Chicago.

Chicago, ILL.,. April 26.-Chicago was
decorated with miles of flags ana
bunting today for the inaugural cere-
monies of Mayor-elect William Hale
Thompson The celebration included
parade this afternoon in which TO-
600 persons were expected to take part.
Preparations had been made to place
six thousand automobiles and $50
floats in. the parade which it was
planned would be IL miles long and
four. hours in passing the reviewing
stand.
Thompson enters into his duties
with several radical and unique poll
cies in regard to alienation of the I'M
employment problem, conduct of the
city's affairs, and police warfare on
crime and criminals.
Chicago, April -26.-Carter H. Har-
rison, five times mayor of Chicago,
told political advisers, who suggested
him as a prospective Democratic can
didate for governor, that he never
would again accept public office.
II can say most positively and sin
cerely," he said. that my days as a
candidate for public office are at an
end -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-26
INDIANS DRIVE AUTOS.
Southern Commercial Congress Opens
With a Big Parade.

Muskogee, April 26.-Five hundred
mounted cowboys and Indians driving
motor cars lent picturesque touches to
a parade welcoming delegates to the
sixth annual convention of the South
ern Commercial congress, which be-
gan a five-day session here today. In
his opening address, Senator Duncan
L. Fletcher of Florida, president of
the congress, asserted that the con-
vention marks the esteem which the
older states of the southland hold for
their youngest sister, Oklahoma.
Delegates from every state and i'm
portant city in the south and from
numbers of northern and western
states were in attendance today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-26
GROUND YELLOW
FROM EXPLOSIVE
rcontinued from, page One.l

lCOnI1nueO from Page 'Iuc.l
powder: Although the allied soldiers
were affected for an area of half a
mile behind their trenches, the Ger
man soldiers rushed into the fumes
unhurt. This was explained when
prisoners were found with their nos
trils plugged with cotton after the
gases had been fired.
Standing on a hill, five miles from
Ypres today, I saw reflected along a
15-mile panorama filled with smoke,
the gigantic opposition which General
French'S army is making against the
weight of the reinforced German war
machine
British still hold all of their positions
in the vicinity of Hill Co. over the
hill itself dense smoke cloud hangs,
placed there by the enormous shells
from the German guns, which con-
stantly burst over every portion of the
British position.
Six Burning Villages.
Six miles northeast of Ypres, the
position where the Canadians still are
the line can just be distinguished
through the whitish smoke. Ypres
itself is being subjected to almost
continuous bonn bardme tent from the
German heavy artillery and has been
set on fire in many places. The great
tower of the beautiful Cloth Hall glis-
tens in the sun just above the sea of
smoke which fills the city, Offering a
grand target to the hostile guns
Smoke from six burning Belgian
villages is easily observable on the
horizon, while above it can be picked
up the British aerop1anes reconnoiter-
ing the enemy's position and watching
as the ''eyes of the army for the new
massing of troops to Illustrate another
attempted advance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-26
TWO ROBBERIES.
Burglars Procured Small Loot in To-
peka Last Night.

Two robberies were pulled off by
unknown burglars in Topeka some
time between dark Sunday night and
daylight this morning. A shoe shop
owned by A. A. Paisley on West Tenth
street between Topeka avenue and Ty-
Ter street was entered and two pairs
of shoes stolen. The burglar
shop.
A report that knife case contain
ing knives valued at from Is cents to
81 each had been solen from the news
stand at the Santa F'e depot was ma de
this morning to the police. The Santa
Fe robbery was discovered about 4
o'clock this morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-26
TAKE YOUR CHOICE.

decided that July 10 should be kan
sas Day They are arranging for
special trains, bands, and a regular
hoorah time. OF course, it is sup
posed that the governor will deliver
the address of the day.
Who has the power of setting a
Kansas day-the administration I'M
der which the plans were made or the
present official staff? And what is
this Kansas Panama-Pacific EXPOSE
ton for?
Albert T. Reid, of Topeka, chair
man of the K PIP. z. commission
was asked to solve the problem today.
Our commission meets in Topeka
tomorrow" he said. "Originally we
set June L as Kansas Day. We an
ticipated having General Funston
there 1 don't know what what will
be done. Well talk it over at the
conference tomorrow
When Hodges was governor he was
asked by the San Francisco people to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-26

set a Kansas Day" He conferred
with his state commission AMI decid-
ed that, considering the weather and
all, June would be an ideal day. He
toId the San Francisco commission.
Ihey replied that June 1 was the day.
Hodges then was asked to make the
big speech of the occasion. He ac-
cepted- Probably he has his speech
prepared.
The state commission may settle
the squabble by declaring an open
season on Kansas Days and let visit
ing Kansans to the exposition choose
their own celehra lions
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-26
BIG THING FOR US.
United States the Only Country to
Profit by the War.

Rome, April 26.-The opinion pre-
wallis in parliamentary circles that if
no definite decision as to Italy's par
ticipation in the war is reached pre-
vious to May IL, the date on which
the chamber of deputies reconvenes,
parliament will be prorogued. Inter
national questions could not be dis
cussed in parliament while they were
under negotiation. it is argued. and it
would be absurd and almost undigni-
fled for parliament to discuss trifling
matters when such highly important
questions were before the country,
Furthermore, the chamber has given
full powers to the cabinet, and moth
ing has occurred to destroy this con-
fidence. Referring to the information
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-26
Topeka BRAVES WIN.
Defeat Santa Fe Athletics Sunday
Afternoon by 8 to 2 Score.

Pitching a two-hit game, johnson,
of the Topeka Braves. defeated the
Santa F'e Athletic team at the Santa
Fe park Sunday afternoon by the
score of to 9.
hard at times and this was responsible
for the big score. The Topeka Braves
are anxious to schedule out-of-town
games, and teams that wish to take
them on should address Manager NJ.
Charlson, 301 Taylor street, or call
2O47 Red. The score of Sundays
game: r H r
Topeka Braves .......... $40 2
santa E'e Athletics
Batteries - Braves, Johnson and
Poulson; Athletics, Oberer and Mel
Hnger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-26
CHANGE IN ORPHEUM,
New Corporation Takes Charge of To-
peka Corporation Today.

The Orpheum company, $4,000
corporation, assumed charge Of the
Orpheum theater today. There will
be no change of policy for the remain
der of the season. The house will be
remodeled this summer for a larger
seating capacity.
The Orpheum company, q St. JOS
eph concern, succeeds the Electric
Amusement company. The directors
are Carl Lieberman, Joseph Goldman
and J. H. Cooper. Interest in the new
concern is also held by Grubel Bro
theirs, of Kansas City, and Gordon
Brothers, of Topeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-26
TODAY'S MARKET REPORT

Chicago, April e.-.HoGs-Reports of ex-
Irene apprenension IN 1uerp6oi regar1Iiing
effect today on the price of wheat. Need
crop belt east of illinois tended also to
lift the market. On the bulge, however,
heavy realizing by large holders, especially
Nc to IL: higher, July fell back sharply.
norfs t tba ftalv
Greece were again near to entering the war
gave a decided advantage to the bears.
The close was unsettled at 2asc off to 1sc
up, compared with Saturday night.
CORN-Prospects for larger receipts
made the corn market weaker. The open
ing, which varied from Nc off to Nc up,
was followed by a decline all around.
Slowness of eastern call led afterward to
a further down turn. The close was heavy,
1850 to 15sc net lower.
OATS-Oats at first seemed inclined to
harden with wheat. The market receded
when corn underwent sag.
PROVISIONS-Lower prices for hogs
carried down provisions. Commission
house demand, however, sprang up on the
break.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-26
Kansas City Produce Market.

Kansas City, April 26.-WHEAT@oC
MaEhet L to No ds sigseF No no ha aeG
81 81 @1l5 Ad15s; No. 3. $156@1 :5e14;
CORN. Market rs to 1c lower; Nc No; ?
No. 3. roc: No. yellow, 761ac;. No. 3, 75!2c.
OATAMarket NC lower. No. white,
551b65 sec: No 2 mixed, SIC.
RYES1. 1O@L11.
HAY-Market lower. Choice timothy,
S155O616.5O; choice prairie, $11.OOM125O ;
Choice alfalfa, S15.5O@16.50.
WHEAT-Recepts 293 cars.
RITTTER-Creamery, 2Sc; firsts, &c I;
seconds. 24c; packing, 171ac.
EGGSLFirsts. 1719c seconds. 11c-
POULTRY-Hens, lie; ROSTERS, 1Oc I;
CLOSE: wHEAT-May, S1.555s July,
81 TM1.30; September, $1-19AM1-20.
CORN-May. 15Ac; July, 7712M77asc;
Sontamher. IIAc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-26

al financial situation created by the
war the GironaIe D'Italian says the
United States, at the end of HOSTILE
ties, will be the only country to have
secured large economic profit This
paper then gives statistics to show the
increase in American exports, and says
further:
This war, which is devouring Eu-
rope, is a magnificent thing financial
ly for the United States King Victor
Emmanuel met the members of the
cabinet in conference yesterday.