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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-11
CENSUS LEO TO FOOL EUROPE,
KAISER HAS MORE TROOPS, But POOREF

D. . i - u -
Probably the German working classes
were slightly better fed than the Eng
lish, and better housed, but not much.
",since the war, the condition of
the people has gone downward while
the British physiqIe has improved.
"rhe war will prove the making Of
the British working class. 1t has high
or wages and better food. The re-
verse is true in Germany.
/ '"The British people also had great
advantage in moral stamina. Ger
many was becoming vicious and de.
praved.' immortality and illegitimacy
flourished. -.
''The machine-made life under strict
regulation caused this, land the low
estate In which women are held in
Germany, fostered 1t.
Immoral publications were allowed,
and the government seemed to think
that the prevalence Of vice would keep
the people from thinking about poll
tics, and allay discomfort. The Rus.
sian government followed the same
Unloading to II antiJewish agita,
ton. va -
"Degeneracy and peryersion were
on the increase id Germany and the
COUNTRY WAS THE MOST MINOR
AL IN EUROPE. There was little
sense Of individua responsibility. It
was impossible to keep up the older
codes of individualist morality, Re-
ligion had lost its hold.
while the birth rate among the
lower classes continues to be enorm-
Gus, race suicide among the weather.
and more sophisticated classes was as
prevalent as in Francesor America.
"All these things are beginning to
tell on the strength Of the race and
can be seen mirrored in the degener.
ate, greedy and underfed boys now
crowded into the German regiments
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-11
CLEAR THE AIR.

Nothing today is undergoing more
Of a change than our estimate OF inc
value of human life. We are coming
70 an entirely new view on that ques'
tion.
Good economists have told US for
years that our views and our actions
are shaped largely by. the necessities
OF our liyes--in other words, that our
lives, az whole, are shaped by the
conditions that surround US.
II we care for self-study we may
see ourselves undergoing the most
profound changes, in social way,
while the great war RACES.
we used to think human life was
sacred. We used to think, human life
was something to be held to at almost
any cost In one way we were right
but In a more fundamental way we
were wrong. We are coming to see
It now---we are being taught by new
conditions and new demands.
Perhaps a pretty clear definition OF
the new national view OF the sacred.
ness of human life is this: A human
life 10 valuable and sacred only ins0
far as 1t contributes something to the
good Of all.
Life has no individual value. 1t
has only social value.
Human life is too sacred to be
wasted; but no life is wasted which
IL contributed to the advance Of hu.
mainly.
The civilized world is waging a
great war 1t Is war for democracy.
This war Is the most powerful agency
for human advancement the world
has ever known 1t may never know
another SO potent.
Human life laid down In this war
Is humRn life devoted to the highest
purpose possible. 1t is life given in
tho supreme service OF mankind.
That is our estimate OF life today.
Those who see broadly know that in
the midst OF the greatest devastation
W have ever known we are making
the most rapid progress we have ever
known toward . higher type Of life, q
1ner, cleaner social life, a better, truer
civilization.
TO lay down life in the service of
humanity is the highest service to
which life can be given.
We sec today. as we could not have
seen without this great new test by
IRE, what Is the true value OF human
lite. And that what we see today is
better than what we saw yesterday
is clear indication Of the progress
We have already made, as we'll as a
signal of the progress we are yet to
make.
We are seeing better than we used
to. The smoke OF guns is clearing
; the air
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-11

Broadway such treat for the eye
While the average musical chorus can
be dismissed with a word, It would
take volumes to describe the youth
freshness and daintiness of the ED
die girls.
The show contains a wealth of mel.
ody which has already become popu.
lar from coast to coast, an abundance
of laugh making material and an end
less succession Of surprising novelties
that distinguish it from all other mu-
steal productions ever seen here. ;,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-11

The state exemption board already
has received 60 claims for exemption
on the g'aInd., that the reg;strant is
actively engaged in agricultural pur.
suits and that his labor is needed in
the production Of food for fighters,
Commissioner John N. Hagen, secre.
tary of the state board, announced
this afternoon. ~ Z
The board will hold its first meet
ing for actual business at 2 O'Clock
next Monday afternoon, by which date
It is anticipated the number of agri-
cultural and occupational claims will
have swelled to at. least 200. II, .&,
r Z. A.; 49,, Mclean Leads.
= Mclean county, leads in the number
of claims filed for agricultural exemp.
lions to date, partly because the Nc
Lean county local board was among
the first in the state to get on the job,
and largely because Mclean county
is almost exclusively rural, having a
very small percentage of population
not engaged in agricultural pursuits.
The number of claims for agricultural
exemptions from Burleigh county also
is relatively high, and number of
other counties already are repre-
scented. .,s- =
viii Work Fast.
Secretary Hagan this afternoon pre-
dicted that the state board, of which
Associate Justice Luther e. Birdzell
is chairman, will work rapidly, and
that decisions on claims will be an
nounced by the middle or latter part
OF next week. 1t probably will be
necessary, for the board to remain in
constant session until the results Of
the draft finally are determined. Some
counties have not even begun the ex-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-11

season, and in order to keep the COM
pany intact the management decided
to keep the performance going on a
summer trip to the coast and hack.
Very Good Eddie comes here
with such Broadway favorites as Den
man Maley, Georgei Mack, Harry N.Y.
ers, Florence Earle, Helen Raymond,
Theodore Warfleld, Harry Linkey,
Jean DeBriae, Elaine Ford: Ralph
O'Brien, Gladys Clifton, Bessie Multi
gan and Irma Chase, and with the
swagger fashion chorus which gave
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-11
Statesman Here,

}. N. kunkel Of Fessenden, one of
Wells county's two representatives,
and a live wire OF the last session,
Mrs. kunkel and son Billy and his
brother, L.. v Kunkel. were guests at
the Van Horn this week. having come
over to visit their brothers, William
and George kunkel, members OF Co.
X. and F. l.. Kunkel. a cousin, an.
other member Of Co. X, oil quarteder
at Fort Lincoln.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-11

produced by Elizabeth Marbury and
E. Ray COmstock These two pro-
ducers have evolved new style Of
musical entertainment that has made
the Princess theater the classy" play
house Of New York, The principal
eastern cities have always claimed
such long runs for their productions
that they have. never been able to
cover the entire country But Very
Good Eddie" ran SO long in New York
and Chicago that there are other large
eastern cities yet to be played next
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-11

Very Good Eddie" the biggest Of
all recent musical comedy successes,
fresh from a run of a solid year at
the Princess theater, New York, six
months in Chicago, and which is just
now on the return end of triumph
ant. tour of the western cities. will
appear at the Auditorium on Monday,
Aug. 20, # 80 - 50 =.
The engagement of Every Good Ed
die" in this section Of the country
marks the first visit here of one of
the famous Princess theater successes,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-11

draw the conclusion that II the reich.
stag has really got anything import
ant from that autocracy, changes Of
the highest import to the world are
incubating.
The German congress, as we would
call it, is composed of the bundesrath,
corresponding somewhat to our Uni
ted States senate, and the reichstag,
elected by popular vote, as is our
house.
At the head of the dozen-and-a-half
OF German states are some kings,
princes, grand dukes and dukes, and
this royalty chooses the bundesrath.
The king Of the greatest of these
states, Prussia, is also emperor Of
Germany, and he and the bundesrath
hold power over business and for
eign affairs and nfial decision as to
national action in war affairs. Call
this the nucleus of German autocracy.
The kaiser, his family and immedi-
ate friends, and the heads Of the
states and their families and friends
go into big business. They invest in
and control the Krupp concern, steam
ship lines, railroads, powerful fran
chises, even in institutions right in
our own country, and, under German
military organization, the banker and
manager OF big commercial concerns
is part of the military organization.
So that German autocracy is royalty
and big business combined. with abso-
lutte power to elect itself, power over
legislation and power over war mat
ters-all the legislative, financial and
commercial power certain and fixed.
1t is some autocracy, and, besides,
1t picks the ministers, all by itself.
These ministers are very useful to
autocracy When the popular wolf
pack gets to snarling and biting too
close to the autocratic sleigh, a min.
lister can be thrown overheard, to stay
the hungry pack. while autocracy con.
tinues its journey. 49,. ... w.. !
There's the reichstag. 1t Is a mere
tribute, or sop to democratic senti.
ment. 1t is elected by so-called uni
versal suffrage,S but such are the
franchise limitations upon the man in
overalls and such the recent shiftings
In population that it at present comes
about as near popular and national
representation as does our own meth
cd of making up a senate, wherein
Rhode Island is as powerful as New
York state, and sometimes more so.
Besides, the reichstag cannot drive a
nail in anywhere without consent of
the bundesrath.
In other words, the German people
have nothing to do with picking their
president, their senate, their cabinet,
their courts, or their commercial, f.
nancial or war policies, either directly
or by relegated authority. The only
body in. their government close to
them isa practically, limited to Offer
Ing suggestions. Their government is
divine rights" amalgamated with big
business" ..
How'd you like to have that forced
upon America? That's what our war
is about.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-11

Britain. ruler OF the waves. Will
helm. ruler Of the depths Uncle Sam
ruler Of the air. There being only
the earth left, you can't now help nd.
mirmg Mr. Rockefeller for beginning
to save his pennies early in life.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-11

a. y I: e {. = + T. 4 Z f Z = e !"
d Senator 'Gronna, when the food :"
q bill came to vote, cast MS oaI' :"
q lot. as usual, for Kaiser "Bill.' /"
8. :: ., . e + 4 + f = Z 4 e
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-11

Don't forget the benefit concert this
evening. 1t will be we'll worth tho
time and money and in aid Of an OK.
cellent cause.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-11

Bath house proprietors are raising
the rentals Of bathing suits 100 per
cent. It's on account OF the war.
Waters higher. Seven.foot tides most
every day.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-11

oils. The sole representative Of this
pioneer family remaining In Bismarck
is Earle, with the Wachter Transfer
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-11
STATE HOUSE NOTES !.
DICKINSON DotNGs- N

DICKINSON DOiNGS-s Y,5Sgsl
!, Battalion Adjutant Ernest A. Or
chard is home from Dickinson, with
er he went to represent the adjutant
generals Office at the big reception
and dance rendered the machine gun
company. 4" AtsS@,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-11
BUY COAL NOW.

You won't regret 1t. We handle
the celebrated Wilton Ignite coal and
Northern Wyoming Acme Coal Wash.
burn Ignite Coal Co. Phone 4o3.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-11
MAY SWEAR WITNESSES

The government representatives
named in each county to take appeals
from exemptions granted by local
boards to the state board has been au-
thorized in, an order transmitted by
Adjutant General raser from Provost
Marshal Ctowder to swear. in wit
nesses and administer Oaths. -.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-11
BEACH VISITORS

w. L. Zimmerman, manager. Of the.
Farmers Elevator at. Beach, and ]. NJ.
Still of Beach, a member of the state
efficiency commission. were capitol
callers this week, looking in on State
Examiner Waters, a former. fellow
citizen, D., ,.ss5,.ts ~: .f.t,s.s5l.sy r.:
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-11
Lowest
Temperatures

ORRIS w. ROBERTS,
MeteorogOlist.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-11

FOR TAXI SERVICE PHONE a4z.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-11
WEATHER REPORT

Forecast
for North Dakota: Showers tonight
cooler extreme northwest portion;
Sunday probably fair.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-11

FOR TAXI SERVICE PHONE s42,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-11
SEEING OF SHIPS
WILL BEGIN SOON

Washington, Aug 1l.-Commandeer-
ing of American tonnage now on the
sea win be begun by the shipping
board, it was learned. as soon as an
operating department can be organized
and a practical shipping man can be
found TO head it.
The board has the names of several
men under consideration and probably
will make an announcement In few
days.
The board deems IL unwise. il was
said, to take over for operation any
ships until definite plan is formed
and until it has an organization to
handle the vessels.
Two plans are before the board. One
calls for government operation of all
ships requisitioned and the other for a
system of Communicating charters.
Under the latter plan the vessels
would be turned back to their owners
for operation under direction OF the
boards operating department The
latter plan probably will be adopted.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-11
ARMY ASSEMBLIES SEPT.
Local Civilian Boards viii Call Men TO
Colors.

Washington, Aug II. - Regulations
under which men of the national army
win be called to the colors beginning
Sept ! were issued by Provost Mar
shal General CrOwder
They map out in detail the whole
program TO be followed until every
soldier of the selective draft has been
accepted by the adiutant general OF
the training cantonment to which he
is assigned
The whole business of assembling
the levies at entraining points. pro
viding them with shelter. food and
transportation and giving them their
actual induction into military life is
entrusted TO the civilian local boards
which selected them for service.
Until the men reach the camps they
viii not be in contact with uniformed
officers.
The civilian control is carried for.
ward through every stage of the draft
TO the very gates of the military
camps where the making OF soldiers
to be completed within sound of the
guns i'm France will begin.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-11
ENGLAND TAKES so Per
CENT or WAR PROFITS

London, Aug. 11-YOu cannot take
all the profit out of war without dis
aster to the normal business structure
This is the view ot the British gov
eminent
But YOU can commander that profit
for the use OF the state after it has
been made. This is what the govern.
ment is doing.
The present fiscal year will show
$1,000, 900, 900 commandeered one OF
the government financial authorities
declared.
The views of this financial author.
ity We're sought SO the British plan
might be outlined to Amcri ans now
facing the subject of excess profits as
one Of their big war problems
In the year ending March 81 the
British government claimed and re
eeived $7o0, 0,ooo,o o0o as its share of ex
cess business profits. or 60 per cent
of the total excess The Slo00, 600.
0U6 anticipation is based on the new
so per cent tax now i'm force
Earlier i'm the war the government
took so per cent of excess profits
The increase to the point where only
% per cent is left TO the business con
cern has been gradual.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-11
HILL ESTATE S52,888.51O
Executor Petitions Court for Examina-
ton OF Accounting

st Paul. Aug 1.-THE value of the
estate of James J. Hill. who died May
20. 1916, was even greater than it was
appraised.
Louis w. Hill, executor OF the es-
tate, in a petition for examination of
his accounting mp to July "a of this
wear filed in probate court, places the
aggregate gross value OF the estate
real and personal property and the in
come received in the interim, at S52,-
SIS, S,519.4S.
After the payment of the funeral
expenses and other charges there re-
NAMED s52,179, ,54935, and of this
amount sS9 already has been
distributed to the heirs and s92, 1888
paid as a further advance.
There also had been paid $685.
762.46 in Inheritance and income taxes
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-11
MICHAELIS REPLIES
TO PEACE MESSAGE

Copenhagen, Aug 1l.-Dr Micsaelis,
the German imperial chancellor, like
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg, has
taken to answering messages from
the Pan-German league. which is
conducting a mass meeting and tele-
gram campaign TO crystalize peace
conditions.
Replying to the latest pronounce
ment form Pan-German mass meet
ing in Hesse DR. Michaelis tele-
graphed
Il am firmly convinced that the
splendid military situation will help
us TO a peace which will guarantee
permanently the German empires con
dition of existence on the continent
and overseas
The message for which the chancel
lor thanked the senders had expressed
assurance that after the recent great
successes of the German armies and
the answer of entente statesmen
there would be a peace on sound
basis and that the ErZberger resolu
tion for peace without necessary eX
tensions OF territories and indemnities
was impossible.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-11
BOARD WILL ADJUST
WAR PLANT DISPUTES

Washington. Aug 1l.-Creation of
labor adjustment commission to have
final jurisdiction during the war over
labor disputes in plants having con
tracts with the gov rnment has been
determined on By the Council Of Ma
tional Defense.
II is proposed to give the commits
sion full powers by awarding con
tracts only to those who will agree to
i-bide by its findings and require
pledges of their employees TO do so
Members of the commission have
not yet been selected There viii be
nine of them, three representing the
government, three representing en-
ployers and three representing labor.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-11
LOYALTY AND PATRIOTISM
Minnesota Lawyers viii Speak All
Over State.

Minneapolis, Aug. 11.-Members OF
the Minnesota State Bar association,
citizens in the state, voted to aid the
government by going into every sec
tion of the state to speak on loyalty
and patriotism.
This action was taken to counteract
what was declared at the meeting to
be an organized effort to stir up un-
patriotic sentiment in the state.
George w. Burlington of Minneapo,
lis was selected president; l.. L.
Brown, Winona, vice president; Chss
ter l.. Caldwell, ST. Paul, secretary
John M. Bradford, st. Paul, treasurer
and Eliaa J. Lien, st. PAMl. uheaSlAn
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-11
FENG GIVEN RECOGNITION
Foreign ENJOYS Accept Him as Presl-
dent of China.

Peking, Aug 11.-All the foreign
ministers in Peking have recognized
the Peking government by calling on
Feng Kwo Chang In response to an
invitation issued by the foreign office
which designated Feng Kwo Chang as
president The official documents also
now call Feng president and not acting
president
Eighteen provisional governors have
approved a plan calling for a provi-
lament. which probably will be con-
vened Oct. /. Negotiations are pend
ing for a compromise with the dis
gruntled southern provinces.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-11
SHORT CROP SEEMS LIKELY
Bad Weather Forces Bread Cards in
France

Paris, Aug 1.-THE impending
bread cards which will be introduced
in Paris, probably in October, Will be
necessitated in part by the unprece-
dented bad weather prevailing during
the past several weeks.
According to an official announce
ment the deficit in the crop does not
permit France any more than any
other country to fail to take the most
minute precaution If the year 1918
Is TO be passed without a crisis
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-11
DUNNlNG FORCED TO LEAVE
Bemidji (Minn.) Citizens Again Deport
I. w. w. Secretary.

Bemidii. MINI, Aug 11.-Jess ].
Dunning, former secretary OF the 10.
cal l. W. w, accompanied by a man
who gave his name as William Sho
rcy. we're arrested on the outskirts of
the city and the citizens committee
which several weeks ago placed Dun
ming aboard an outgoing train with
the instructions never to return to
Bemidji, repeated their task and both
Dunning and Shorey have quit this
city, with a warning that should they
return the police will not take action,
but the citizens committee will.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-11
ALLIED Guns ARE
ACTIVE IN WEST
Artillery Still Hammering
Away in Flanders.
INFANTRY MAKING GAINS

British Drive Enemy From Westhoek
and Clear Them From Immediate
Vicinity-French Advance East and
North of Bxschoote.
London Aug 11.-While the entente
guns are still hammering the German
lines in Flanders the infantry has not
been entirely inactive. Important
gains by both the British and the
French on a seven-mile front taking in
Westhoek and BixschoOte are re-
ported.
British troops finished the task OF
driving the Germans from Westhoek
and likewise cleared them from the
lines they still were clinging to on the
ridge near the town. This forward
movement gives Field Marshal Haig
a better grip on the section of the line
Immediately east OF Ypres.
The French near Bixschoote ad-
vanced east and north of that place.
Not only in Belgium but along
stretches of the Arras battle front
there are evidences of activity by the
entente forces London reports eX-
tensiye raids by the British east OF
Monchv, in the Arras area, and day by
day reports come in Of the notable
work by the Canadians before Lens.
1t has seemed several times that
the fall of Lens was imminent, but
evidently the hour has not been con
sidered ripe to deliver the final stroke
Entente Warships have been BON
harding the Turkish batteries along
the coast of Asia Minor for twenty
four hours. according to a dispatch to
the Exchange Telegraph company
British monitors have successfully re
duced to silence one of the Turkish
batteries.