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The Dickinson press., 1917-11-03
! SIGNAL | !! CORPS !
SCHOOL TO Be
IN DICKINSON
DRAFTED MEN ELIGIBLE FOR
GOOD JOBS IN GOVERN
MENT SERVICE
Twenty Weeks For Course Which Will
Finish Twenty-Five Students
For Service

The Dickinson U. S. Army Signal
Corps Training School is this city's
newest educational venture. 1t has
been organized under the auspices OF
the North Dakota Council of Defense,
under the direction of Prof. H. T..
Brush of the North Dakota Univer-
sity.
Mayor White is chairman Of this
district which is composed of Adams,
Hettinger, Bowman, Slope, Golden
Valley, Billings, Dunn and Stark. The
signal corps will accept applicants
from this district among drafted men
only for positions as telegraphers,
telephone men and linemen. But
twenty-five will be accepted for SER
vice in the corps from this district
but naturally there will be many more
applicants for this branch of the SER
vice. Those twenty-five men who
prove most efficient in the branches
they choose, will be selected and sworn
in as enlisted men. Their assign
ments will follows. The term of in
,structio1l will be for twenty weeks
and the theoretical instruction will be
given by local professors. Practica!
work will be under the supervision OF
O. A. Hoffman of the Western Union
and M. E. Hall of the telephone com.
pany. The school of instruction will
be held in a building later to be rent
ed and equipped with the necessary
instruments at the Governments ex'
pense. Other capable men are being
selected to assist in the instructor
classes.
Those drafted men who desire tc
serve in the signal corps should com;
municate with Mr.. White who will
furnish the required application
blanks.
The following have been appointed
a committee who will assist in start
ing and maintaining the school
Chairman A. White, Secretary M. E
Hall, L. H. Rudisellc, A. H. Deiters
J.-V. Jessen, o. A. Hoffman, J. w
Bowen and A. j. Osborn Of Dickinson
Marcus Jones, eBach; c. J. Phelan
Bowman; G. E. Burgess, Medora; T
G. Johnson, Killdeer; R. E. Truesdale
Mott; Fred White, Amidon; Car
Lewis, Hettinger.
The Dickinson press., 1917-11-03
COAL SHORTAGE AT
ASHLEY RELIEVED
BY LOCAL DEALER

Due to failure to get coal at the
lake heads around Duluth, Superior
and other places, there is decided
shortage, especially in the east. Lake
craft is being requisitioned to haul
steel and other munition supplies, thus
curtailing to a great extent the ship
ment of "black diamonds" AS an
evidence of the shortage, the Dakota
Ignite Mining Co. received an order
this week from the fuel administrator
at Bismarck directing that car load
of Ignite be shipped at once to the
town of Ashley. Soon after the car
had left here, came another order
asking that the car be traced and sent
through express. The local company
caught the car at Bismarck and dis
patched it through. The town Of
Ashley was entirely out Of coal. The
residents stoves are not constructed
for the burning Of Ignite but necessity
will enable them to utilize the substi-
tute until such time as hard coal
reaches them. The Dakota Lignite
Mining Co. say that they are behind
in their orders to the extent of 60
carloads. The situation would have
been much worse had not F. b. Deit.
ers, forseeing the shortage, induced
many local users to put in their sup
ply last summer
The Dickinson press., 1917-11-03
Do YOUR CHRISTMAS
SHIPPING EARLY,
SAYS UNCLE SAM

If you want to send a Christmas
remembrance to "Sammy" in Europe
and are desirous Of his receiving the
token by Christmas day, then be sure
to mail it not later than November
IS. The post office department says
that that date is the very last on
which they can receive parcels for
European delivery by Christmas.
Further advice is offered No pack
age intended for a soldier at the front
must weigh over seven pounds, must
be securely wrapped and tied and
must be plainly addressed. Too, it is
absolutely necessary that the sendcr's
name be on the outside of the pack
age. 1t must be remembered that all
packages sent to the soldiers are sub
ject to inspection by the postmaster
and therefore, no contra band articles
should be enclosed in the packages.
On some place on the package place
the words, "Christmas Mail" This
will greatly facilitate delivery.
The new postage rate will not apply
on these parcels.
The Dickinson press., 1917-11-03
OUR BOYS AT CAMP
GREENE ESTEEMED
BY ALL CHARLOTTE

A recent issue of the Charlotte
News, where the North Dakota boys
are in camp, is a eulogy Of our boys
Of the Northwest. Not only is edi-
torial opinion expressed forcibly in
front page spread but numerous COM
munications from the readers breathe
a warm spirit for our soldiers. "By
their conduct they have won the
hearts of our people," writes the city's
mayor. "Many high school and COL
lege men are among them-all are
enthusiastic Americans and will be
credit to their country-Somewhere
Over There" says a county commits
sioner. Another communication re-
cites, "It has been Charlotte's good
fortune to entertain many notable
and distinguished guests but no man
or set of men who ever gathered
around our hearthstone and freside
hearts than these officers and men,"
has been> arrested for any violation
Of the law. No soldier from Camp
Greene has committed the slightest
act that would cause criticism" The
Secretary of the Chamber Of Com
merce declares, "Charlotte has been
appreciative Of the wonderful man
hood of the West. They are each and
all gentlemen in instinct and act"
And many other screeds all compli-
mentary to the soldiers from this sec
tion Of the country. Is it any wonder
that we feel proud Of those who are
SO splendidly representing us at Camp
Greene and shall we fear that they
will courageously represent us in that
land over there-a land of conditions
that try mems souls and test mems
qualities to the full? :.z -
The Dickinson press., 1917-11-03
FOOD DEMONSTRATION
and CONFERENCE HELD
SATURDAY AFTERNOON

The first of a series Of monthly
food conferences and demonstrations,
under the auspices Of the extension
department of the Agricultural Col
lege, was held in the Congregational
church parlors Saturday afternoon,
following the regular monthly meet
ing Of the City Federation. 1t was a
great success in every way. The at
tendance literally filled the room to
overfiowing for the sliding doors were
opened and many found seats in the
audience room.
Miss Julia Newton, i'm charge of the
work, won the hearts of all present by
her winning personality and their en-
thusiastic support by the manner and
matter of the work and suggestions
presented. She first gave a general
talk on food values and the necessity
for food substitution, which, she said,
would not only help win the war but
prove conducive to the better health
Of our own people and she hoped the
things we learn to do because of war
necessity will become permanent
habit.
The especial demonstration Of the
afternoon was "Meat Substitutes" and
peanut roast, cheese puff and Adiron-
dac salad We're made and each lady
given a taste. These recipes, as we'll
as many others, were given the ladies
at the close of the session in typed
form, as well as leaflets on "Food
Principles.' Miss Newton was as
sisted by Mrs. H. G. Berry and Mrs.
provides the materials for the fem b
E. A. Lillibridge. The City Fedora
ton provides the materials for the
demonstrations so that there is no
charge or collection. The next meet
ing will be Saturday, December l.
Place to be announced later. The sub
ject will be Liberty Breads"
For the food conservation work the
state has been divided into eight dis
tricts, one worker giving her entire
time to district. To Miss Newton
has been assigned a circuit of ten of
the larger cities and Dickinson has
the honor Of having next to the larg-
est attendance at the initial meetings.
At an informal conference Monday,
Miss Newton outlined a tentative
course, including besides those sub
jects already mentioned, "Soups,' u
:sMeat Canning" "Vegetable Prepara-
tion," Gardening" Poultry Raising u
etc. If sufficient interest is manifest
ed, evening meetings for both men
and women may be arranged and Miss
Newton said it would be possible, ii
plans were made in advance, to have
for these meetings speakers from the
college, who are experts in their sew
eral lines.
The Dickinson press., 1917-11-03
Some osslyeler
Laundry Basket In CSsnt
Service for Six Years anu
. Covers Much Ground

Talk about your travellers! The
Dickinson Steam Laundry has bask-
ct that is by no means a barnacle on
at bottom or a birdlet in the home
nest. Mr.. Lee has a 12-bushel basket
which makes a round trip week. ~ to
Wibaux. Delivering $50 pounds OF
soiled linen to the laundry each week,
it makes the return trip with the
linen minus the "soil," making an
imperceptible difference in the weight
either way. We learn that the basket
has been in service for six years. 1t
is made of canvas, with wooden run
ners and bids fair to last several more
years.
Wrinkling our brows and pursuing
our lips and undergoing q few mental
throes, as we'll as considerable figuf-
ing, we discover that the basket
travels 120 miles per week. In its
six years of service, it has Travelled
81 ,44O miles. Carrying 300 pounds
each week, we find that that Identical
basket has sustained during its six
years of service $4,000 pounds. The
amount of money involved is none of
our business. Wonder if the basket
is member of the U. c. T.
The Dickinson press., 1917-11-03
TO CONSERVE
FOOD SUPPLY
FOR SOLDIERS
TUESDAY WILL BE MEATLESti
DAY AND 10 WHEAT PRO
DUCTS OK. WEDNESDAY
Local Rcs:aurateu1S Assert They
Will Abide BY Wishes Of
The Government

To r3, ,,r.,I a.. mot I, ont n,ca, ~,
Tursduy j.. rn rnn,r,,, :, m,n,;t ;nn ','' u,:,n ~,
loc;u c;,t,;.-r5. ~ the rr0urst of H..
(ioy, .!.!!!..,, 10 ;.a,,,.,p 1ryln meat On
'Iu,..;,y., hH :. and restaurants m
lAi.; ,:.y ace, t., Nul their mean vii,
Ii. ,1u,t,-pyrY,u on that dy,. Yh,;
saving ot u,uL uplgrr. he rrst,.uran.s
und !Iutrj., ;uu!.r in this city viii
aluo,.,., ~ :,pD;rx;rl;trIv 30 nounIs
c..rA vr /. If course, every ono n
til. si;.lr j., r>y "trl to forcro the
use o.! ncui GA that ,.v: therefore,
the. saving ~ iNa; particular dict viii
noltM. 10 .,tug.r!In-r promotions.
I.ry. !, ,ul,,..,ay viii be known as
whca1lrs, ,H}. On ,uai ,y;lv, the
..b.s nee Of ft,u ~. .,,,.ri from wheat
viii he 1,ut,y,.,f,i,. ,uclswhc3t, If i
can h,. ph,Iinrd nuI ne one Of the
..l},>,i,ut.., \, vrII =, ,rr;,bam and
!.yr bread. Corn will be 4 big factor
IN "lec,,lup the brute" ON Wednes-
davs, INC question or scrvinr corn
bread on Wr,Inos1,rs has rccniyrd
mich cn,yidnr.,Iinn s.vn,..L catorars
"s,,r, th:,, ,hn m.r nf rorn hnoaY
mo ~, y ca,r;1~r,,hi ;,,a,aoco ~, -,
buiinr con nc,n,nt;on I.'';'r, '''4' ''ei e''"' ="
Snvo,.,l 'Iu,i'V1U.. l,n,p ,o.,a., .,
nc T,va,.;., T ~ sspl N''''M ,r themselves
n,aatla'l. ,oi i'S ilaay OVER tuesday as d
.e9o honu, C,thSsi;p tt's' pllnclPa1iy OWING 10 the
t;or s,s aLiiDlic ;al @ PoPulatloh IN this Sec
sloa .n+ "'.ie'i M: ilas al"ays aostalned from
ne ~, VII llluays: ~ IS lhoughI ti1ae
,,t,, VI. nov.i ''i;ient lully considered thls
The Dickinson press., 1917-11-03
IF YOU LOVE QUIET
LIVE AT COUNTY JAIL
NO INMATES THERE NOW

The specia term in Judges Chamb-
ers was held Friday. Harry Geiters,
criminal information, was given six
months at hard labor in the county
Jail. The sentence was suspended
through the plea of NJ. l.. Mcbride.
Henry skinny" Brown, who was sent
enced to nine months in Jail and given
a 5000 fine, received a suspended
sentence, in order that he might pro-
ceed to Mandan to care for his family.
His failure to do this, will result in
his being brought back to Jail and
serving out his sentence. Brown is q
laborer. ,
These suspended sentences relieves
the Jail of occupants. This is the
first occasion that the Jail was unoc-
cupied in the memory Of Deputy
George Nolan.
The Dickinson press., 1917-11-03
NEXT DRAFT CALL
MORE PARTICULAR

President Wilson has approved the
new draft regulations which will be
promulgated to govern the selection
Of the remainder of registered men
for the national army. The new plan
aims to classify each Of the nine mil
lion not yet drafted in his place in
the national scheme of defense and to
postpone the drafting of men most
needed in war industries and those
having dependents.
To each registered man a question
naire will be sent for him to fill out
and return to his local board. Upon
perusal of the questionable, he will
be assigned to one of five classes. If
he is dissatisfied with the position as
signed him by the local board he has
the right to appeal to the district
board to change his status.
Class number one, the first from
which the armies will be drawn, will
include all physically fit men who
have nothing to keep them from serv-
ing. Class number two will include
those less fit or those engaged in an
industry necessary to the prosecution
of the war; class three, those still
less fit or highly skilled operators;
class four will contain men who should
be the last to be taken. Class num-
Der five will be known as the discard
class" and in it will be placed those,
wholly unfit for military service, either
on account of total physical disability
or indispensability to the government.
A statement issued by Provost Mar
shal General Crowder indicates that
the new methods will be greatly
simplified as compared to those used
in last summers draft. A further
statement as to ample time being pro-
vided for the study of the new system
by local draft boards is taken to indi-
cate that further call of men will
probably not be made before the first
IF tho 1,aos.
The Dickinson press., 1917-11-03
THE AMERICAN SWORD

"The American Sword"' is written
by Hon. Lewis F. Crawford of Sentinel
Butte, president of the State Board OF
Regents. It was suggested by the
article entitled "The Hymn of the
German Sword" which appeared re-
Gently in a German newspaper.
From literary standpoint this ar
ticle> is of high merit. From the
standpoint of American ideals it is a
fine expression Of what American De-
mocracy stands for.
I am the American sword.
I have never unsheathed except in
the cause of justice and humanity.
I punish only under solemn and
compelling obligation.
In my presence nationa! perhdy
and dishonor never go unchallemged.
l opened in generous trust to all ma
tions the portals of American oppor-
tunity and gave equal rights to all IN
the inheritance created by the toll and
blood of our ancestors.
In me everything that is good finds
approval, everything mean meets re-
buke.
My people are cnticed to love me by
The gentle persuasiveness OF my Lie
I am the visual enchantment Of the
downtrodden and the oppressed; the
emblem of national honor; the embodi-
,ment of the worlds hope.
In me is lent the command OF duty
and the love of Calvary; it is mine to
trace the hidden equities of divine re-
ward and connect. national wrong
doing with it's swift retribution; under
me fulfllment adds splendor to-, the
gorgeous Mosaic Of our dreams.
o Kaiser! obsessed with power
drunk with passion, enemy of peace
and right and freedom throughout the
world, slayer of age and infancy, raw
Usher of virginity, spreader i contag-
ion, fiend incarnate! }@
Against thee barren fields cry out
in protest; venerated works of art
and architecture, hallowed by the cen
,turies, thou hast crumbled under shells
of frenzy; thou art wasting the flower
of the worlds manhood in red ruin
suprred on by the grim reaper OF
Hate. ....
Thou international brigand; en-
SLAYER and robber Of Belgium, loote1
of Servia, betrayer Of neutrals; thou
art pirate running mad on the path.
less sweep Of oceans, plundering and
numbering on the worlds highway.
Diplomatic intriguer. Thou hast
faithlessly broken age-old treaties
torpedoed hospital ships, bombardec
defenseless cities and unleashed liquid
fire and poison gas outlaw demons Of
destruction. In this epilepsy Of the
worlds horror thou art not bowed
with sense Of unfathomable guilt
and sodden shame; thou-the arch
y gutter snipe Of civilization, art more
unsparing than Torqu.amada, more
The Dickinson press., 1917-11-03
Porter Blacks
White Man s Eye and
Pays TlDenty Bucks

B. G.. Whitlock, a travelling man,
whose home is in Terre Haute, Ind,
came in on No. 3 Tuesday evening
with bum lamp, the result of a con-
fict with His Senegambian Ludship,
N. J. Gill, now porter at Reece's
barber shop. And the story goes this
away: Whitlock and Gill were seat
ed opposite each other in the day
coach, their respective feet stretched
out upon the seats just across from
them. The jolting of the train
threw the colored mans feet against
Mr.. Whitlock. Blood boiled at this
juncture and temper swelled. "Take
your feet off that seat, you blankety
blank" This aroused the cullud
gem'n's ire and he sassed back. Then
Whitlock let drive at Gill's head. He
landed but what impression could be
made. Just enough to get the other
man started. The negro started in
and proceeded to partially demolish
the white mans face. A black eye
was the chef d'oeuvre of the occasion.
When the train reached Dickinson
Gill, who halls from Bismarck, pro-
ceeded to Reece's shop to take over
his new job. Whitlock sought the
barber shop of Ray Graf where the
eye was treated with hot towels;
Graf, who is special officer, offered
to arrest the negro, all of which was
cheerful news to the travelling man.
They found Gill busy on the new job
but when they attempted to arrest
him, were told by Reece that war
rant would be necessary. This infor-
nation was backed UP by J. W..
Sturgeon. Then Graf obtained the
warrant and led the porter before
Judge Folsom. After a plea Of guilty
the negro was fined $40 which was
paid by Mr.. Reece.
An alteration occurred in the bar
Der shop between Roy Shaw, one of
the BARRIERS, and Whitlock but this
was settled quickly without active ex-
hibition. Whitlock left on No. i,
Threatening to take up the matter
with the U. c. T.. Of which he is a
member And the BARRIERS kept on
shaving. Gill is still, very still, at
tire brber shop.
The Dickinson press., 1917-11-03
OLD ENGINEEI. DEAD

james Kilmartil, about seventy
years old, formerly IN engineer on IT,:
\. p, pulling trains No. / and No. 2,
died at Los Angeles Wednesday OF
last week. Local lodge Division 27J,
B. l.. f., Of which kilmartin was j..
member, received a wire notifying
them of his death. Nh kilmartin
came to. Dickinson in 1883, and left
here in 1898 for Alaska. He leaves :,
sister at Smithficld, Ncb.
The Dickinson press., 1917-11-03
INQUIRIES ABOUT DIVORCE

The Associated Charities Of La
Crosse, Wis, has written to County
Clerk Wanner making inquiries about
the alleged divorce between Mark
Smith and Sophia Smith which, the
letter states, happened some time be-
tween 1907 and 1910 in Belfeld. The
names of witnesses and the grounds
advanced for the divorce are requested.
Mr.. Wanner says that no record CT
this divorce is in existence. There is
q record of the divorce proceedings
in the case Of Raymond and Mabel
Smith which transpired in 1911. OBJ
viously, no divorce proceedings can be
held at Belfeld, so the clerk has writ
ten the association to this effect.
Mark and Sophia Smith are unknown
here,
The Dickinson press., 1917-11-03

us all. Only on the printed page
can they now be seen, yet the mem
ory of them will never die. The his
torian and the poet, the great thought
preserves that link the past with the
present, have done their work, and
the names, habits, customs and tradi-
ton of the dear old Frenchmen who
helped to conquer the wilderness of
America, will live forever. One of
the most celebrated of these men who
has helped to preserve the memory of
these pioneers is Mr.. Amsbarry. A
single admission ticket will cost only
so cents-but better yet, buy season
ticket, and grasp the opportunity to
hear every one Of the splendid num-
bers of the Lyceum program.
The Dickinson press., 1917-11-03
FIRST NUMBER OF
LYCEUM COURSE
MONDAY EVENING

Wallace Bruce Amsbarry, poet and
Creole French impersonator, will ap-
pear at the high school auditorium in
this city, next Monday evening, No
vember 5th, as the first number of
the Midland Lyceum course. This
course will be presented this year
under the auspices of the Dickinson
high school, and is one of the most
versatile ever attempted for this city.
Mr.. Amsbarry will recite the ad-
ventures Of the old-timc French
pioneers, their traditions, reaching be-
yond the seas, SO full Of interest to
The Dickinson press., 1917-11-03

cruel than Nero, more atrocious than
Caliqula, more crafty than Geronimo ;
thou hast loosed the hosts of i'll upon
a peaceful world and darkened the
heavens with blasphemy.
Thou art chased by the maddening
pillows, the deeps, in malice open TO
receive thee, 'ashen faces turned to-
ward fame-lit skies, appeal for veng-
eance.
My presence gives courage to en-
dure the appalling strain and on the
present peril of battle.
bestow superhuman nerve, sleep
less caution, capacity for sacrifice, and
the justice of my cause palsies the
hand of brutal might and lnsensate
ambition.
I pity the victim, not the violator;
the SORROWS bring were no weeds OF
mourning.
I open a new era in history; I fire
the human soul with new bearing and
new hope; I will survive this conflict
and pronounce it's sentence. .
When the name of Kaiser shall
have lost it's stencil and been covered
by the dust of remorseless centuries,
I shall still be glorifed as the main
stay of democracy-the peace-maker
of the world.
The Hymn of the German Sword
Following is the hymn, recently
printed in German paper, which in
spired Mr.. Crawford's article:
It is no duty of mine to be either
just or compassionate; it suffices that
+ am sanctifed by my exalted mission,
and that I blind the eyes of my enc
mics with such streams Of tears as
shall make the proudest of men
cringe in terror under the vault OF
heaven.
have slaughtered the old and the
sorrowful; II have struck off the
breasts of women; and. have run
through the body Of children who
gazed at me with the eyes of the
wounded lion.
Day after day I ride aloft on the
shadowy horses in the Valley OF
Expresses and as ride I draw forth
the life blood from every enemy's
son that dares to dispute my path.
It is meet and right that should
cry aloud my pride, for am I not the
flaming messenger of the Lord Al
mighty?
Germany is so tar above and pc
yond all the other nations that all the
rest of the earth, be they who they
may, should feel themselves well
done by when they are allowed to
fight with the dogs for the crumbs
that fall from her table.
When Germany the divine is happy,
then the rest Of the world basks in
smiles, but when Germany suffers,
God in person is rent with anguish
and, wrathful and avenging, He turns
all the waters into rivers Of blood.
The Dickinson press., 1917-11-03
FEATURE AT RAY THEATRE

Culligan & Hoclzwald will present at
the Ray theatre on Monday evening,
November 5th, their original company
of Hawaiian musicians, singers and
dancers in weird Hawaiian and Ameri-
can numbers This company consists OF
three men and two women musicians,
real Hawaiians, and their program
will be given in connection with the
regular picture show. The admission
price to this double program will be
25 and 35 cents.
The Dickinson press., 1917-11-03
WANTS TO BE AN OFFICER

A. J. Osborn is in receipt Of a let
ter from Corporal McGrath at Camp
Greene, N. c., who states that he is
making application for entrance into
the Officers Training Camp. AS refer
ences are one of the necessities for
this application, Major Osborn will
certify to the boys character and
ability. Corporal McGrath says the
Boys are doing well and are satisfied
with. the treatment which they are re-
ceiving.
The Dickinson press., 1917-11-03
ELKS TO MEET

Dickinson Lodge 3. P. o. Elks No.
1887 announces meeting for Tues
day evening, November 18th. A big
meeting is looked forward to, one de-
serving a big attendance. Secretary
M. M. Burnett urges every member to
be present.
The Dickinson press., 1917-11-03

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