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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-04-20
BY {. c. LYON.

If a boy had any m%anliness IN him
at all, the United States navy will
bring it out.
Sooner or later ever recruit must
learn to stand sq~uarely on his own
feet. There's NO place in the service
for the halfway fellow.
The navy is not a reform school
and bad boys who are known to be
! such won't be accepted.
But once in a while a bad one gets
in.
For this fellow there are only two
avenues open: either he must bring
himself up to the level OF his fellows.
the vast majority of whom are clean,
w%ell-behaved chaps, or he must leave
the service.
"A few drops of sour milk will spoil
a gallon of good milk one of the in
structors at the Norfolk training sta.
ton used to say.
] talked with an old resident of Nor.
folk n day, when hundreds Of blue.
Jackets We're in town on a holiday.
II was particularly impressed, he
said. with the gentlemanly behavior
of the crowd.
1.-The personnel of the navy has
been wonderfully improved" he
said. ~ can remember back about
Is years ago when business men
would lock up their stores and the
police, force would 90 into hiding
when the fleet anchored down the
bay and the crew. had a hoii.
day." 81. .,.
There's an immense naval Y. NJ,
c. A. at Norfolk, and one night 507
b~luejackets were registered there and
the lobby and game rooms were
crowded to the doors.
The new federal law which permits
the appointment of 100 boys from the
navy to the Annapolis Naval academy
has done much toward bringing into
the navy fellows with good Quotations
The 100 appointments are determ'
ined by competitive examinations.
There was a boy in my company
named Theron ID. Wilson, a graduate
Of Knoxville (Tenn.) high school.
I'll bet a dollar to a doughnut young
Wilson gets into Annapolis.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-04-20
Mouycoddles Turned Into
Men by Navy Service,
Reporter Lyon Says

| He neither smokes, drinks, nor
| swears, yet he's full of red blood and
was as popular as any boy at the
training station.
II made a resolution when | en-.
listed that I'D. contract no bad habits,
and propose t to j$S5}jjc H. TO it, it" he told
At the outset Il ST. a. boys career in
the navy they .''soGnd| him as to his
ambitions. One Of the questions they
ask is:
do you want to attend school at
the station and better Your educa'
| tion?"
Two or three boys in my class an.
| swered they didn't want to go to
school, although it was evident their
educations had been neglected.
! 1--WE merely ask that question to
find out what kind of stuff you boys
have" smiled Captain Frazier when
he read the answers. EVERY boy here
has to go to school two hours a day"
The navy is No place for a molly
coddle. '"'1'''
Mollycoddles enlist. of course, but
they quickly develop into real men
One Of them vas bitterly complain
ing one day because boys in the navy
have to wash their own clothes.
IF my mamma and papa knew ]
was doing this they'd have a fit" he
said.
The next day, instead of having
one white suit to wash he had three;
somebody, during the night, had tax.
en- his clothes from his bag and had
wiped muddy shoes on them.
The same thing was kept up for
about a week, until the mollycoddle
announced he really liked to do his
own laundering!
A bunch of us were on shore leave
one day and crowded a Norfolk vau-
deville theatre.
One of the singers was somewhat
nettled that the boys should be so en-
thusiastic in their applause. She got
the idea they were kidding" her.
But she was a brave performer and,
as an encore, she sang a sweetly sen.
timental song about a little gray
mother"
You could have heard a pin drop in
the balcony where the bluejackets
were sitting, and when she finished,
half the boys were wiping their eyes
with their handkerchiefs and didn't
care who saw them do it.
Every boy in the navy must write
home once a week or he is denied
"liberty' to 60 ashore one afternoon
each week.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-04-20
NEWS

DR.. H. A. Brandes gave o very in.
teresting and instructive address to
the pupils of the seventh and eighth
grades and high school last Friday az
ternoon. His subject was public
Health" and he spoke especially of
the great strides taken in preventive
medicine In the past Is years. @
A baby girl arrived at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Cellerman last
Thursday, Il ..E1 @
Rem. Haas 11elit Monday for Re.
gent, where he IS attending the an.
nual convention 81 the Missouri Slope
Congregational Church association.
Paul Mann sold his house and lot to
Fred Hartmann, Sr., lately. 1t IL ru-
mored that he will build a large new
home this summer.
Adam Fechner, formerly Of Hebron,
bought the Roth dray line during the
past, week and will return with his
family to live in this city.
Charles Hoffman and family moved
into the house recently vacated and
still owned by Albert Rickert.
The Durham Lumber company OF.
fee was moved this week. It was
placed on the west side of the lot to
make room for a large new Office and
shed which will be built this summer.
Preliminary sketches Of the floor
plans for the new school building
have been prepared and are being in.
spected by the school authorities.
Theodore Bolke, president of the
board, and J. H. Watts, clerk, visited
Bismarck last week and conferred
with Architect Van Horn.
Assessor Frank Lechtleugner Is
making his yearly rounds.
F. D. Morford, who spent the win
ter in Spokane, returned to Hebron
last Friday.
Mrs. C. l.. Robertson entertained
the Civic club last Friday.
The Thursday club met last week
with Mrs. r. Thiering.
George Birkmaier returned this
week from Mankato where he has
been attending a business college.
Fred Hartmann, who spent the win
ter in Florida, returned to Hebron re
Gently.
Miss Bessie Varney returned to hel
home in Bismarck last Sunday after
visiting her sister, Miss Bertha Var
ney, for a week.
C. B. Mead has been painting the
interior of Mrs. E. Urban's residence
during the past week.
Christ Birkmaier is suffering from
a severe attack of erysipelas.
Sam Schierbaum left Sunday nigh
land Claude Stelter and John Bender
left Monday to enlist in the United
States navy. Gottlieb Sauter alst
wanted to enlist but was not accept
ed. Others have expressed their in
tention of joining the land or nava
forces OF the country.
The last meeting OF the Forum Lit
lerary society held Tuesday evenAnl
wss in the nature OF = contest be
tween two sids chosen shy n qpfa
" -L 49,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-04-20
Farm Heads
Are limited
To Capital
Food Situation Will BE Chief Top
ic for Discussion by Agri-
cultural Officials

Washington. April 20.-Secretary
Houston today invited the heads of
the principal farmers organizations
to come here next Monday on the
food situation and give suggestions
for increasing the supplies.
State agricultural officials were con
suited by Secretary Houston at St.
Louis last Tuesday. Those asked
here Monday are:
d. o. Mahoney, Of the American So.
ciety Of Equity.
H. f. Stockridge, Of the Farmers
National Congress.
C. s. barrett, OF the Farmers Edu'
cational and Cooperative union.
II. !. Zimmerman, of the Ancient
Order of Cleaners.
Oliver Wilson, Master of the Ma.
ti0nal Grange.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-04-20
|fARlERS OF NATION
START UNDER HANDICAP
Almost Everywhere Throughout
Country Temperature Un-
favorable to Grain

Washington, April 20.-American
farmers r starting under a handl'
cap in their efforts to carry out Pres
ident Wilson's appeal for increased
production of foodstuffs.
Almost everywhere throughout the
country during the last week tempera-
lures Were ~unfavOrable and the sea-
son is generally backward, according
to the weekly review of the national
weather and crop bulletin Of the
weather bureau. Pastures and ranges
started slowly, due to dry weather,
and v the upper Rockies snow still
remains over large areas. In the
northwestern states vegetation is still
nearly dormant.
Decided improvement was reported
in the condition of winter wheat in
Kansas and Oklahoma and small but
steady improvement in the crop in
the Ohio valley and in most other
e~ast-central districts. Not much i'm
provement was shown in Nebraska
and there was but little improvement
in Illinois. 80,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-04-20
MAKE .: .: Of : :;* ":.
NATION B0NEDRY|. T. :.
DURING CONFLICT

Washington, April 20.-A bill to
authorize the president during the
year to proclaim a prohibition against
the . sale, manufacture, gift, trans
portation, importation, or expectation
OF all alcoholic. spirits,-.-mal4t1n.. or vim.
Gus liquors, or any other intoxicating
drinks, was introduced today BY Rep.
resentative Howard OF Georgia.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-04-20
Business Visitor in Town.

NJ. NJ. Bobb Of Taylor was a bust
ness visitor in. the city Wednesday.
Mr.. Bobb is one of the Oldest resi-
dents of the Taylor country and al
ways entertains his friends with a
talk of the old frontier days in west.
ern North Dakota, d.. g.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-04-20
ORDER 5000 LEWIS
MACHINE GUNS FOR ARM

Washington, April 2O.-Emergency
orders for 5000 Lewis machine guns
for the army and navy have been
placed by the federal government, al.
though the American made weapon.
which has been the subject OF bitter
controversy, has not been adopted ~
the standard hight machine gun for
the army.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-04-20

gram committee. The first half Of
the program was a minstrel show, the
second was a farce entitled, "Too
Much Time Out" The decision by the
audience was in favor of the side
which presented the farce, by a small
margin. The losing side will enter
tain the winners at a feed" soon.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-04-20
AMERICAN NAVY RAPIDLY
TAKING OVER PATROLLING

Washington, April 2O.-It was
made known officially today that the
American navy is rapidly taking
over the patrol which the British and
French vessels established on the Am
erican coast. The cope of work
taken over by the American craft is
withheld for military reasons.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-04-20

LABOR SCARCE IN MINNESOTA.
St. Paul, Mimi, April 20.-But lit
tie winter wheat is grown in this sec.
ton. but the ground is in excellent
condition for sprng seeding. Potato
acreage will be increased. Labor is
scarce.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-04-20
GERMAN CHIEF
Of BELGIUM IS
REPORTED DEAD

Amsterdam, April 20.-A Brussels
telegram says that the death Of Gen
eral Won Kissing, German governor
in Belgium, reported last night, was
due to Inflammation of the Lungs.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-04-20
CITY NEWS

Licensed to Wed-A marriage IL
cense was issued Tuesday to Conner
D. Anderson OF Bismarck and Eme-
line Eurbage OF the same place.
Here From Great FaiIs-Mr. and
Mrs. E. NJ. Larson Of Great Falls,
Mont, have arrived in the city and
r making their headquarters at the
Mckenzie hotel. :& %5rH" 4
Il Hazen visitor-L. G. Eastman OF
Hazen is spending some time in the
Capital City, transacting business and
calling on friends. s>.2
Here From Glen Uliin-Dr. and
Mrs. o. T. Benson OF Glen Ullin are
in the city on business.
Napoleon Visitors-Mr. and Mrs
Henry Schwartz of Napoleon were ar
rivals in the Capital City Tuesday.
New Glass Front-Mrs. M. Eppin
ger is having a new plate glass from
installed in her store Oom in thu
Eppinger block in Main street.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-04-20
MCARAGUAJOINS WITH 1e
AMERICA IN GREAT WAR

Washington, April 20.-Nicaragua
has aligned herself. With the, Latin.
American nations endorsing the en-
try Of the United States into the
war with Germany ~ef' '
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-04-20

&c. c. Lyon, correspondent Of
the Tribune, has enlisted in the
United States navy and from time
to time, will write Of his expert
ences for this newspaper. He has
grne through the =. S. naval
training station at Norfolk, Va.
and is now under assignment
with the Alta ntic fleet
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-04-20
TO REpLANT HALF or uRC

TO REPLANT HALF OF UROP.
st. Louis, Mo-, April 20.-One-half
the winter wheat in Illinois will be
plowed and the %re-planting will be
in corn. The same is true Of north
ern Missouri. The Arkansas whea,
crop is all right. The potato crop
in these states will he but slightly
increased. a..
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-04-20

~old weather aehes follow
exposure. Soothe and re.
lieve them with Sloan's Lini.
ment, easy to apply. it quickly
penetrztes qvahouf rubbing. Cleaner
than mussy plasters or ointments.
does not stain the skin.
For rheumatic pains, neuralgia.
9out, Iumba&o, sprains, strains.
bruises and stiff sore muscles, have
Sloan's Liniment handy.
At oil drukfists, 25e. So. md$l.o0.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-04-20
|; S;C|1YCONTRACT
Will Care for the 6ou;evards in Resi-.
dent District Of city-eid ~ 'm
,-. Cent? Per Foot. Us ="

The city commission has awarded
tle contract to NJ. J. Wyles of Las.
marck, Tor the care of the boulevards
in the residence district OF the city
during the summer. Wyles will be
on the Job as soon as his services are
needed. His bid was IA cents a foot,
a slight increase over the price al.
lowed him by the commission last
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-04-20

CROP TWo-THlRbs GONE.
Springfield, Mass. April 2O.-The
wheat crop Of New York is two-thirds
gone. Potato crop yield will not be
materially increased except in New
Jersey. o."
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-04-20
KENNEDY OF NEW YORK
WINS AMERICAN CLASSIC

Boston, Mass, April 2a.-William
Kennedy Of New York today won the
American marathon. He finished we'll
ahead Of the field, after having led
most OF the last ten miles.
You will find the Orpheum pro-
gram for tonight on Page Three.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-04
NIGH SCHOOL WILL
USE THE MILLER GYM
Basketball Practice! For
School Squad Will Be-
gin Tomorrow.

Coaches Moore and Carpenter, Of
the Fairmont High school, have called
their first basketball practice. The
Opening try.out will take place at the
Miller school gymnasium tomorrow aft
ernoon beginning at four o'clock. The
high school team will do all its prac.
tice work in the Miller school gym
nasium for the coming season. The
Floor has been engaged from four until
six O'Clock.
In past years the high school team
has practiced and played all its genes
I'm the y. NJ. C. A. floor. Because of
the increased amount of work now be.
ling done by the gymnasium classes
at the y. M. C. A. the team will net get
to practice on the "Y" floo! this year.
There Is 9 possibility that the games
win not be played on the Y. M. G. a.
Eymnasium this year and that all tic
high school and Normal games will
either be played in the old Normal gym.
nnsium, the armory, or the Miller
school gymnasium.
There has been much interest In has.
ketball at Fairmout high ~ past years
In fact basketball has been tie ioml.
mating sport. The interest this year
~ not at all different from that which
has produced winning teams for Fair.
mont in the past. Although the team
has been greatly crippled by the loss
of almost every member of last years
squad q good team for 1913 is assured
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-04
Personals.

Louise Hall has returned to Mt. De
chantel where she is a student, at
ter spending the Thanksgiving yaca
ton with her parents Mr.. and Mrs. He
mer Hall of East Park avenue.
Ethel L. Hoult, a teacher in the
Lumberport High school returned Mon
day morning to that place after spend
ing the Thanksgiving vacation at her
home here. She also visited friends
at Morgantown.
Mrs. Lewis and daughter Of Shame
kin, Pa. have spent the past week
here with the formers brother John
Brown and family Of Columbia street
and left THE morning for visit with
relatives in Philadelphia before re
turning to their home.
The Misses Matilda and Myrtle Nc
Kinney spent Sunday at Clarksbure
the guests Of Miss Lena Parks.
Miss Anna Yost Of Ernshaw Is spend
ing few weeks with Mrs. F. H. Bru
mage Of Columbia street.
Mrs. Lydia Roberts Of Ernshaw Is
the guest Of her sister Mrs. ]. N. Gas
kins in Market street. Mrs. Roberts
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-04
BITS OF
STATE NEWS

There is a popular impression that
Boards Of Trade and similar bodies
are about as useful as a fifth wheel on
a wagon. Well, that's a great injus.
tice and here Is an item from the St.
Adams Herald to prove It: while
the Board of Trade was in session at
the Herald office, Tuesday night, Miss
Belle Steele, who was feeding the large
newspaper press, upon looking out the
window saw high leapiag flames cam.
ing out the rear of the o. N. Slate:
.house--andeo occupied by Homer, Grass
and family. She Immediately gave the
alarm and the entire Board Of Trade
and visitors made hasty exit for the
fire which was on the same block Ss
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-04
MONONGAH
Burial Here.

Frank AIlessander who was shot
and killed on Sunday evening will be
buried at the Italian cemetery here
tomorrow. His boIy was Brought to
his home today from the Cunningham
morgue in Fairmont. Allessander was
employed in Mine No. s of the Con-
solidation Coal company. He was well
known here and has many local friends.
He was known !cr his strength and his
qualities as workman.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-04
ATHLETIC MEET
|FDR GRADE SCHOOLS
Youngsters Of Both Sexes
Performing at Tenth
Street Today.

T. Pupils of the sixth, seventh and
Eighth grades will have an opportunity
IA win an athletic badge at the Tenth
street play grounds this afternoon. I'm.
Her the direction OF children's play.
'yfound supervisor, Herbert f. Moore,
In athletic badge meet will be given.
|rhe meet Is scheduled to begin prompt
rat 8 o'clock and fully 100 pupils arc
ected to be on hand to participate.
Moore has been working With
81 trade school children for some
Eid,e giving them exercises in physi.
|5Sl raining and preparing them fo-
Inc meet.
Each student must pass certain pre-.
';cfibed requirements to win an ath.
. efic badge. Three events must be
Kissed by both the girls and the boys.
h case any Of them fail, they will he
<iTen another chance to win their ath.
tetic badge later.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-04

From Parkersburg the other night
a report went out that the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad has purchased the
interests Of the Pennsylvania and the
New York Central in the Little Kama.
wha railroad. the Parkersburg Bridge
and Terminal company, and the Ohio
and Little Kanawha railroad. The
property purchased Is that which a
number Of years ago was secured by
the Gould interests about the time that
the Wabash road was built into Pitts
burgh and has been under the control
of the Baltimore and Ohio since pool.
ing Of the interests of the three roads
for that purpose. The original intcn.
ton was for the Wabash to come to
the Ohio river at Parkersburg, and go.
ing through to connect with the West.
ern Maryland at its terminal at Elkins.
Thirty thousand acres Of coal land are
also included in the deal, which was
owned by the Little Kanawha Syndi.
cate, Of which George ]. Gould and
Joseph E. Ramsey were the principa,
stockholders.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-04

among the local. visitors to -Fssrrunr
yesterday evening.
Miss Gail Grant, OF Fairmont, WIS
In Monongah calling on friends and at
teading to business.
Frank Graves was among the Monon.
gah visitors to Fairmont during the
week.
Mrs. William Jones and daughter, of
Boothsyille. we're in Monongah callira
on friends and attending to shopping
Mrs. G. Love, of Fairmont, was in
Monongah visiting Mrs. Rome Lawson.
Of Bcothsville.
Roy Adds was in Fairmont calling
on friends during the week end.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-04
Will Give Railroads
Chance to Clear Up

WASHINGTON, Dec. a-New prior.
lty orders to settle the precedence Of
shipments of coal. food, war mater.
ial and general freight are not con.
templated at this time and the gov.
eminent is disposed to wait the out.
come Of efforts now being made by
the railroads pooling committee to
clear the traffic congestion.
"Unless we have a snow storm In
the next ten days" said Walter F. Gif.
ford. director of the council Of Ma.
tional defense today. at now looks
as though the railroad men will clear
the tracks so that all essential freight
can be moved. Tho situation is show.
ing great improvement.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-04

DERRY, Pa, Dec. 3.-Twenty-sev.
en- persons, including a number Of
passengers. were injured here today
when Pennsylvania railroad train No.
80. Pittsburgh to New York, struck a
freight car In the yards. The car,
which had been put on side track
for repairs, was SO close to the main
track that 1t was side swiped by the
passenger train. Windows in eight
cars were>broken.
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will likely spend the winter here with

will likely spend the winter here with
relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Carpenter
left Monday evening for Brownsville
where they will reside.
Miss. Mable Richards Of Grafton
spent the Thanksgiving vacation with
her mother Mrs. John Richards in
Raymond street.
Earl Phillips is i'll at his home in
Diamond street.
Mrs. Anna swearengen is recover.
ing from q few days illness.
Mrs. Edward Gilhart who has been
i'll for some weeks is slowly recover.
ing.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-04
the Herald building"

In last weeks issue the Tyler Co.
Star.News said: Bob Hickman WIS
here last week on a short visit to his
mother. Mrs. Joe Warner and on Mon.
day returned to Charleston. He lately
returned from Borneo after an eigh.
teen months stay as a driiler for the
Standard Oil company. He is a son
Of the late Henry Hickman, who resid.
ed at Big Moses before his death which
occurred a few years ago. Bob has
some very interesting stories Of his ex.
perience in that faroff country"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-04
BIG SANK ENTERS RESERVE.

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 3.-Announce.
ment was made today that the Union
Trust company of Pittsburgh. the larg-
est financial institution in Pittsburgh,
had entered the Federal Reserve bank.
ing system. The Union Trust has a
capital of S1,5O0,000, surplus and undi
lyided profits of s36,0o0,O0o and total
resources of approximately S150.000,.
900. It's deposits are in the neighbcr.
hood of S100,000000.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-04

The new road which is being con.
structed from Mil Fall to Helen's run,
is nearing completion. The road has
been entirely completed out Camden
avenue and has almost reached the NJ.
E. church. The road is fourteen feet
wide, OF concrete foundation with q
brick covering.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-04
Wr;.es Home.

Buie Boydoh. one of the Monongah
boys at Camp Lee, has written to scy.
eral local friends. He tells that life
at Camp is fine and that Camp Lee IS
some place." He adds that the other
Monongah boys are all getting along
fine"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-04
Missionary Society Met,

The Young Woman's Eereign Mis-
sionary Society Of the Palatine Bap-
tist church held very interesting
meeting Monday evening at the home
Of the Misses Rebecca and Ethel Sum
mers in Diamond street.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-04

Eighteen bouts were held in Phila.
delphia the other night. Philadelphia
likes to sleep and there is nothing more
conducive 20 rest than the usual Phila
delphia six-round fight.