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and fulfill his obligations in return fos
the privileges he has received.
Equal Distribution Of Obligation.

Equal Distribution Of Obligation.
1.-THE sixth point is equal distribution
Of effort and obligation. In other words.
we know that in some districts, which
shall not name, recruits have come In to
q tremendous extent, and they would
always come in from those places that
had been bombarded by Zeppelins, while
other districts would not send any re-
cruits at all. I imagine that you would
find the same condition in this country.
By bringing In this universal obligation,
1t means that you can have an equal dis
tribution of effort and obligation through
out the whole country, and would pc
meeting the situation fairly. 1 think that
that is really the feeling that forced the
democracy of England to claim this uni
versal obligations from the government
and is now working absolutely Wen.
While there were many people who were
very much against it at first. I think now
the people are overwhelmingly in favor
of it.
ENGLAND got 100000 men under the
volunteer system. They got IL per cent
of the population under the volunteer
system. The total force now would be.
roughly. 100000. and 100000 came IN
by volunteer effort.
The only point that was found 10
be Objectionable was that these men
were told off and a great many OF
them sent out to the line uneconomlcai-
ly, because afterward they were want
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ARMY DREDGE IN RIVER.
Atlas Digging Trench Between Ben
ming Bridge and Mass. Avenue.

To aid in the work of improving the
Anacostia river. the United States Army
engineer service bucket dredge Atlas
has been taken into the waterway and
is working between the Benning bridge
and Massachusetts avenue. She is en-
ployed in digging a trench for the
foundation of the seawalI and in the
construction Of the bank behind which
the material dug from the waterway
will be pumped. The army engineer
service hydraulic dredge Dalecarlia is
employed in dredging work and in dig
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Asks ice. to Suspend Rate Increase

Senator Smith Of Georgia today intro
duced resolution requesting the inter-
state commerce commission to suspend
and investigate the Is per cent general
freight rate increase asked by the rail-
roads. The resolution is to diaplace his
pending resolution to have the Senate
interstate commerce committee and not
the commission investigate the increaee.
The Senate took no action todays
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BuLGARs READY FOR PEACE.
But Insist on Union Of Nationali-
ties, SAYS Manifesto.

AMSTERDAM. via London. April "a
A semi-oficial Bulgarian statement
which has been received here. referring
to the manifesto Of the Russian provis-
ional government OF April 10 says:
THE Bulgarian government is always
ready to support steps calculated to Sc
cure peace. On the other hand, it is
firmly resolved. in union with Its allies
to continue the war to q termination
which shall guarantee to Bulgaria the
complete union Of all her nationalities !"
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ging and pumping ashore about $4,000
cubic yards of material a month.
The snag boat York, which recently
completed test borings for the founda-
ton of the Key bridge. is being made
week for the Mattaponi and Pamunkey
rivers. tributaries of the York river,
Va The York is to remove distractions
from these waterways in preparation.
for the summer navigation season.
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Fire Excites Apartment Dwellers.

Fire in the kitchen of the apartment
of David Watson. 162sta 18th street.
this morning about o'clock excited oc-
cupsnts of the building and caused
them to make preparations for a hasty
exit Firenen made a quick response
and extinguishsd the IRE. Damage to
building and contents amounted to $500.
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as officers we're killed." Mr.. Kahn

as officers were killed." Mr.. Kahn
again asked.
Undoubtedly. For instance-men of
that type went out in the Sportsmen's
Battalion. an organization composed of
1,02S men. Those men had the sport
ing spirit and wanted to go to the
front, and instead Of the government
saying: All are liable to serve, and
We will not let you go. but we will
take you into the officers training
corps for officers they went into the
army. There was wasted a tremendous
lot of valuable material for officers at
the beginning in that way
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PLANS Efficient
CORPS OF SURGEONS
Medical Board of National De-
tense Council Considers Prob
lens Created by War.
REVIEW OF CONDITIONS

Medical problems created by the war
have been taken up by the general
medical hoard OF the council of ma
tional defense. Under direction OF DR..
Franklin Martin, tho board is serving
as an advisory body to the councifs
medical section. Its membership COM
prises some of the country's foremost
physicians and surgeons.
Plans are being worked out to give
the country an efficient war time medi-
cal service not only in the military and
naval establishments, but in civic lines
as we'll.
Noted Physicians on Board.
Some of the noted men on the board
are Surgeon General Gorgas OF the
army. Surgeon General Braisted Of the
navy. Surgeon General Blue of the pub
lie health service. Col. Jefferson X.
Keene of the Red Cross. DR.. William H.
WEIGH of Johns Hopkins, DIS william
and Charles Mayo of Rochester. MINI
DR. Richard P. Strong OF Harvard, Ut.
Charles Peck of the University OF Ne"
York and DR.. F. F. Simpson, chief OF
the defense councils medical section.
Recommendations of the board that
medical schools of the country 90 NOT
an emergency measure, and It's sug.
gestions for continued observance OF
the armys regulations requiring tnat
medical recruits have years hospital
experience are strongly Endorsed IN a
statement made by DIR. John NJ. Badly
of Philadelphia.
What the Country Needs.
The country needs medical men for
the new army" said DR.. Badly, but 1t
needs medical men of proper education.
We had a recent experience in the
Spanish war of the disastrous results
of an incompetently conducted medical
service. Every care should be taken
that such an experience be not repeat
ed, that the policy of the council OF
national defense be supported ana that
the service of our home hospitals be
not ruined and that our civilian popu-
lations remaining in the shops and
fields be not neglected.
Method of Procedure Suggested.
with the political paciflsts relegated
to their proper places of innocuous
desuetude and with selective conscrip-
ton in force. by drawing on the medi-
cal graduates Of recent years and
without injuring our future supply.
there will be no lack of competently
educated medical men in the army and
navy"
DIR. Badly recommended that schools
that have speeded up graduation re-
scind their action, pointing out that
graduates in the normal course of
events will be needed within a few
months to take the places of internes
drawn from hospitals to do military
service.
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FOR OPENING
OF MOTHERS CONGRESS
Delegates Already Arriving for ses.
sions Which Are to Open
Tomorrow Night.

The board OF managers OF the Ma
tional Congress Of Mothers and Par
ent-Teacher Associations met this
morning and again this afternoon. in
the Raleigh Hotel. and will hold SEES
sions tomorrow morning and afternoon
to consider the program for the con-
ference on the welfare Of the child,
under the auspices Of the two organi-
cations, to begin tomorrow night. Ma
tional officers and state presidents are
taking part.
Already delegates to the conference
are arriving. The registers OF the
Raleigh Hotel. headquarters. and other
hotels indicate that full attendance
will be present.
Installing Welfare Exhibit.
The child welfare exhibit is being in
stalled in the auditorium of Woodward
& Lothrop's, and will be prepared for
visitors by noon tomorrow. The first
session in the auditorium will be held
Mrs. W. F. Andrews, president of the
Dispensary and Day Nursery Associa-
ton. as the principal speaker.
The committee in charge consists OF
Mrs Giles Scott Rafter, chairman; Miss
Julia C. Lathrop and Mrs. Philander p,
Claxton. During the week. the follow
ing hostesses will have charge of the
entertainment:
Hostesses for the Week.
Tuesday, Parent-Teacher Associations
Of the Central Northwest. Mrs. N. H.
Darton; Mrs. Joseph Randall, chair
man.
ednesday. Parent Teacher Asocia-
lions OF the Southwest, Mrs. Willard F.
Thompon; Mrs. Charles A. Bohannon,
chairman.
Thursday, Parent-Teacher Associa-
tions of the Fifth Division. DIR. Ella
Fales; Mrs. Scheer. chairman; Mrs. Will
Spaid.
Friday. Parent Teacher associations
of the northeast and southeast-Mrs
Henry Knoch, Mrs. ]. NJ. Norris, Mrs.
NJ L. Barrows,' Mrs. Foster Causey.
chairman: Mrs. Lloyd. Friendship
House.
Saturday. ParentTeacher associa-
tions Of the northwest-Mrs. B. F. May
berry, Mrs. Fulton Lewis. Mrs. John E.
Taylor. Mrs. G. w. Kernodle, chairman
Wednesday will be District of Column
bia Infant Welfare day at child well
fare exhibit.
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oMcers Easily Provided.

Under tho universal obligation sys-
tenn have you had any difficulty about
securing the necessary officers in your
organizations" asked Mr.. Kahn.
mo. sir; since the universal training
system came in officers training corps
were formed, and the men who were
recommended for promotion from the
ranks were placed in these officers
training corps. The promotions now
are entirely from the ranks, and a man
must be six weeks in the ranks before
he can become an officer. Then he
goes through the officers training
school. These officers training schools
also have at the head of them men
who have had experience in the trenches
all the time. There has not been any
shortage of officers since then"
In this country, it has been stated
that by reason of your volunteer sys-
tenn at the beginning many of your
best men who could have been utilized
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ed at homo, and q great many men
were lost who ought not to have gone
out at all: and also IL we had not been
obliged to raise the full number OF
men, as hope you will not have to
do in this country. we would not have
had SO much Of separation allowances
and pensions. In other words, 1t would
have saved us an enormous amount OF
money, because we would not have
taken married men. as we did under
the volunteer system"
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Fourth Reason.

1.-THE fourth thing which think drove
tho people to 1t was continuity of eff
fort, and that was a very important
thing. They have found during the
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ENGINEERS TO THE FRONT.

Again they're going to try to match
Germany, and go her one better, and
they're going to employ Americans
in doing it. Already the Allies hold
the upper hand in navy, man power,
money, artillery and aeroplane serv-
ice. One of the great muscles in
Germany's mighty arm is her magni-'
ficent transportation system, built
throughout the years with this very
war in view.
The Allies ask for and we are go
ing to send them nine regiments OF
enneers, as soon as possible. :,
Germany has the most efficient sys-'
tenn OF military highways and rail!
roads a nation ever possessed. 1t
has enabled her to strike quickly and
powerfully at any point and by it she
has largely offset the numerical pre-
ponderance of her foes. As she con-
quered territory in France and in the
east, she promptly extended her
splendid system of transportation and
this has given her holding power not
only upon territory, but upon control
Of her allies. In no small degree has
the morale of her armies rested upon
her soldiers certain knowledge that
they would be supplied.
The Allies, on the other hand, have
been crippled from the start Nv in
ferfQr. transportation facilities, Russia
in particular. France has learned
much, done much in the wav Of rail-
road Improvement during the pas.
two years, but as the bloody business
Of pushing her border northward pro-
crosses, the vital necessity Of carry
ing perfect transportation. facilities
along becomes more and more appar-
ent and urgent. 1t means not only
holding what is won, but preventing
destruction of property by the Ger
mans in their retirement.
. So, body of the best railroaders
on earth-Americans, 10000 or $4,000
strong-will 60 over and from Ger
many will be taken her last point of
superiority barring her submarine ef-
ficiency. 1t is said that American en-.
gineers have already bodily transport
ed a whole railroad line from Eng
land to France. Watch our new reg
iments do still bigger things!
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irregular in shape, have comparative
ly thin walls, large seed cavities, and
numerous seeds. The fruit is likely
to color and .ripen -unevenly, remain
ing green around the stem, or to con-
tain hard green core. Later-ripen-
ing sorts have, as rule, thicker and
firmer walls, smaller cavities and few
seeds. .ua Fl,
It is highly important that the
ground is kept absolutely free of
weeds and we'll mulched, for the to-
mato demands a lot of moisture,
The average small garden can't
give the space for the sprawling to-
mato, a1d for that reason supports
are necessary. This not only permits
the sun to get at the fruit, but it
keeps the fruit OF the ground and
from rotting.
In southern ATTITUDES Plants will
bear one crop along toward hot wealth
err and then refuse to do any more,
but in northern latitudes they will
Keep On 'bearing fruit until frost
comics. EEefdfe the first frost is due
you can pick off the green fruit.
wrap each in paper and lay on a shelf
in the basement until the fruit ripens,
or you can pull out bush and all and
hang in the basement until the fruit
is ready for the table.
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DEADLY DELAY.

What our allies and our own inter-
ests need most at this time Is speed
on the part of Congress. To have de.
layed select service and other vital
plans for sake of matter like Roose.
velt's selecting himself to invade
Europe is simply idiotic. ri
Then, too, dangerous delay IL
threatened in the matter of the In
ancial part of the war program. Sec
rotary McAdoo's suggestion of special
war revenue duties on imports is TAX
en- as an opening for horizontal in
crease Of rates on all dutiables. an
opening for one of our everlasting
tart flights, when what the world
needs from us is prompt action.
No army until we see if Roosevelt
can get what he wants! 1t is miscr-
able little situations like this that
reconcile the people to use the White
Houses "big stick"
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IMPORTANT EDUCATIONAL 7.
MEETINGS At THE FORKS
Teachers Retirement Fund Trust
ees; State Board Of Educa-
.rssa
ton; N. D. e. A.

There is general stampede of
state educators for Grand Forks this
week. Wednesday the state board OF
education holds it's first meeting of
The gNaas under &c t5heapew personnel a.s at
instruction,
is president Of the board, by. virtue of
his office. It will be the initial bust
ness session for the members of the
board newly appointed by Governor
Frazier.
Thursday morning the teachers re-
tirement fund committee, composed of
p. S. Berg, Dickinson; John Haig,
Devils Lake; State Treasurer John
Steen, State Superintendent ~ C.
Macdonald and M, Beatrice John
stone, superintendent of schools for
Grand Forks county, will meet to con-
slider routine matters.
Friday morning the executive COM
mittee of the North Dakota Educa-
ton association, composed of j. Mel
son Kelley of Grand Forks Miss
Minnie Nelson of Valley City, gu.
perintendent of Barnes county
schools; NJ. Beatrice tombstone of
Grand Forks; e. r.. Edwards of
jamestown, state high school in
spector; P. s. Berg of Dickinson and
N. c. Macdonald, will meet at the
Hotel Dacotah to take up plans for
the annual convention to be held in
Bismarck next fall.
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take our place in the ranks with our
allies-notY with thousand, but with
millions Of men. We must awaken
the Germans of America to the fact
that this is their fight. That it is not
a case of changing names of streets
from the German to the English, not
a war of changing as the German
American farmers Of North Dakota
have been made to believe, that the
Bismarck Commercial Club is going
to change the name of Bismarck to
New LOndOn-7not throwing into their
faces that German fried potatoes on
bills of fare, have been changed to
London fried potatoes, but let us call
Bismarck New London or New Wash
ington, and German fried potatoes to
Bunker Hill, Valley Forge or Lexing-
ton fried spuds. T. .,..... w..
We tried two million German Amer
lean in this fight for American prin-
ciples, for the institutions that we left
the land, Of our birth for. We love
America; we love her institutions;
we have renowned the Kaiser, king
prime minister and the pOtentate;
America, her rocks and rills, her
plains, her kind inequalities, we love
them all, so let us not antagonize the
Americans of, foreign birth, but let
us call them TO the colors, let us ask
them to do their duty as good, loyal
American citizens not to. stand be-
hind. Wilson, our great president"
but to go in FRONT OF HIM FOR
AMERICA, OUR HOME OF ADOP-
TON; AMERICA, THE LAND WE
LOVE; AMERICA, THE LAND WE
ARE WILLING TO. SACRIFICE. OUR
LIVES, OUR ALL; AMERICA, OUR
NEW MOTHER, OUR HOME. Such
nation CANNOT PERISH from the
face of the earth,
r....ra IF. M. KING
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Bismarck, N. D., May 4, 1917.
Editor Tribune. ~ s@,~ H...#a.a
Dear Sir: p, r9.s :. 1rj IA :, M
= In .tonight's Bismarck Tribune, / see
the statement made by Count Tar
noski, the unreceived ambassador to
the United States, advising his coun-
trymen to "hOnor the land whose hos
pitality they enjoy and in which they
earn their livelihood. Good-Good.
have had the honor to talk to farm
ers of North Dakota of German birth
and German extraction and they are
willing to fight for the good old L. s.
A., for the vindicati0n of democracy
of the world, but not for a nation
whose history teaches that George
Washington, the father of our cum
try" was traitor.
have at my command eighty Ger
man Americans who are willing to
fight for good "old U. s. A., for her
institutions, for her liberal govern
ment, the government that they
sought when they left the land of their
nativity, they are willing to take their
side on the, or in the line of democ-
racy, for France, LA Belle France"
but not for England, whose history is
black with crime. The country whose
navy destroyed the Danish fleet with
out a declaration of war. These Ameri-
cans of adoption will fight to the last
drop of, theiE, blood for America, for
France, tor the Xindicatjon Of hemoc-
racy, but not for British Imperialism.
Ireland must have her Independence,
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FRENCH FLAG,

Millions Of French flags are now
flying in this country. Millions more
are soon to fly, for the manufa cturers
are far behind delivery on their or
ders
This prompt and widespread dis
play indicates the depth and sincerity
of the American affection for the
French republic, the ancient friend OF
America and the vanguard of democ
racy in Europe.
The flags Of most other nations rep.
resent a within or fancy of some
dead and gone ruler, or are composed
Of flags of similar origin that were
the ensigns of combined provinces or
states.
The flag of France speaks some
thing far deeper and ,grander than
that. 1t speaks magnificent ideas OF
the emancipation and progress of the
whole human race.
Blue, white and red are its colors
In perpendicular bands-the immortal
tr'-color OF the French revolution.
The blue signifies Liberty, the white
signifies Equality and the red signifies
Fraternity. r
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity! It is
the national motto of France, the in.
SEPARATION Of its long and gallant fight
to maintain democratic institutions,
the sign of its fire.tried loyalty to
the democratic faith.
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
grander words never passed human
lips. - 81
fess-...Sss,r ssas.ss
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By the time the slave had thought
three times the tail was consumed.
To think of this reminds me Of the
speeches now being made daily in
both houses of congress. By the time
the children we send there are
through spouting the war will be at
an end of Emperor Bill will be calling
the roll of his army on Capitol Hill.
When we read these talks the thought
comes to US what good have been our
colleges and schools to these poor be-
nighted beings? The vast majority
knows as much about history and
what an army should be, or how it
should be trained, as one of our home
professors. Training camps to train
an army What ridiculous foolish
ness. ....' u -
As an old soldier of twenty years
both in the civil war and Indian wars,
we should know something about
training an army. We have seen it
both in training schools and in active
service. Before we received two
months training we were in battle,
where the man on each side of us was
shot. We did not run away. ;s@.- y
Yours truly,
JAMES w. FOLEY.
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PURELY AGGRESSIVE.

The Scientific American is of the
opinion that If we make a purely de:
fensive war, we may eventually find
ourselves face to face with the high
seas feet of Germany and the vet
eran armies, 10000, 900 strong, or the
Central Powers.
We shouldn't give two thoughts to
such a possibility. First because, re.
CARELESS of Germany. we should es.
tablih and perpetuate such military
and naval power of our own that We
would be insured against attack by
any nation or probable combination
of nations. Secondly, because we're
in this war that the world may be
made safe for democracy" This
means final elimination of Germany's
high seas feet and those veteran arm
les as standing menace to world
democracy.
Secretary of War Eaker says that
the war has only begun. Everything
indicates that he is right. Talk of
peace demands, want, political discon-
tent and tsrikes in Germany comes
and goes, but the fact remains that
the German people are welded to
autocracy and that their autocrats,
knowing that their own herds depend
upon never surrendering, will make
the German people fight until con-
quered on German soil. And 1t is still
a long long way to Berlin.
We have got to be aggressive our
very best. We have got to be so
at the very earliest day that W can
ct the motion on. A purely defensi, t
war policy is SO foolish as not to de-
serve any consideration. We must
organize army, navy and industrially
not only for this war, bit also for
what the coming centuries may have
in store for US.
Temporarily, Germany seems in.
clined to boycott our part in the war
and we seem to be on tho defensive.
But it is because we have long been
q peaceful people All because we
must have time to learn .he new sci
entiic Joints ot mo'1ern watfsrc We
are 10 deadly saEnes.. La tAs cause