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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-12
LEAGUE WAN is.
ENFORCEMENT . .
BUT NO DR0UTH
Favors Making 1t Difficult but
Not Impossible To Get Drink
800 ! in North Dakota
TO ASK AFFIDAVIT OF
IMPORTERS OF LIQUOR

The North Dakota Law Enforcement
league is strong on enforcement, but
it does not favor bill which is to be
introduced at the present session in
an effort to make North Dakota bone
dry The league. through one Of its
officials, stated today that it believes
North Dakota's temperance education
has not proceeded to a point where the
state will appreciate or tolerate COM
plete aridity.
Ask For Official.
The league is maintaining a strong
lobby at the capital in the hope of
putting through bill similar to one
introduced two years, ago. providing
for the appointment of law enforce
ment official, or detective at large,
who shall be salaried by the state and
whose acts will have the official sane
ton Of the attorney general. This
official would take the place of the pri-
vate sleuths now engaged by the
league. One OF these aforesaid Sher-
locks complained yesterday that more
than half his time is now occupied
with collecting sufficient money to
induce the ghost to walk regularly.
and that the idea of the leagues law
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enforcement bill is to make the state
the payElaster and do away with this
drain upon the leagues treasury.
"The law enforcement officer would
have a right to prosecute not only in
liquor violations but in any other mis-
demeanors which might came to his
attention" said an Enforcement lea
guer yesterday. Gle would be in Il
position to procure evidence and bring
charges against county officials who
might be lax in their duties. His work
could be made self-supporting by pro-
viding a special cost of $40 to 500
in each conviction, which amount
would be turned into the law enforce
ment fund.-
Everyone Must Register.
II clause of the general temper
ance bill for which the league is work.
ing goes through, every recipient of a
consignment of liquor will be required
to sign formal receipt for the same.
to register his name in a special book
to be kept by the railway companies
and to make a distinct affidavit in
every Instance that the goods are
for his own use. A heavy penalty will
be inflicted for the use of fictitious
names in connection with the importa-
ton of liquor. or the purloining of the
name of an acquaintance or fellow
citizens. "Thousands of consignments
Of liquor are now shipped into this
state in the names of innocent men
and women who have no idea that
they IRE being imposed upon in this
says the league.
Temperance Fri day.
The league is also working for a
special Temperance day" to be OBJ
served annually in the public schools.
In scanning over list of our great
men whose natal anniversaries occur
Turing the school year, the league
inds that MIR. Abraham Lincoln was
about the tee-tOta lest of the lot, and
t suggests that Temperance day
)e set in the. schools for that Friday
nearest the birthday anniversary OF
he Great En,ancipator. A bill pro-
'iding for such an observance, but
lot specifying the day. already is be-
ore the senate
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-12
NEW SALEM.
FINE. ARRIVE: !: :
FOR CONTEST.
Second Big Game Of Season in
High School Gymnasium
This Evening
VISITORS DEFEATED !,
MANDAN BY 25.17 SCORE
Confident of Winning Over Bis:
marck in Race for Champ.
ionship

Defeating Mandan by score of % to
II and Mandan in turn winning from
Bismarck IS to 16, the crack New Sal
EN- high school basketball, out for the
championship of the southwestern dis
trict Of the state and also the state
honors, arrived in the city this after
noon confident of winning tonight
contest from Bismarck high. The
game will be called at $3.50 o'clock.
Professor Bolt early this afternoon
announced that the team will be pick
ed from the following men: Keenan,,
Yegen, Couch, Spangler, Cook, Patten,
Kilmers and Watkins. Hard work
outs during the week have put the To-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-12

valuation,ipstead Of only on real prop
erty, this bill being referred to the
committee on tax, and taxes.
The time Of meeting of the board OF
highways Improvement would be
changed from the second Monday i'll
March to tie second Tuesday in Feb
ruary under the provisions of house
bill No. 80, introduced by George Refs
hus of MinOt.
Prevent Padding Valuation.
House bill No. "a. introduced by r.
A. Bowman of Kuhn, and referred to
the committee on tax and taxes, would
amend SECTION 2,ll5 of the compiled
laws of 1912, relating to. the assess.
ment of bank stock. The purpose OF
this amendment would provide that.
the assessor shall deduct only the
assessed valuation of real estate held
by a bank, its net investment, and
would prevent the bank from padding
the valuation on its real estate hold
ings in order 70 obtain lower valua-
ton on its bank stock. e
Make Road Overseers Eject.
Road overseer would be, made cleo
tive instead Of being appointed by the
county commissioners or township
supervisors in house bill No. IS, intro
duced by c. H. Ebel of Lidgerwood,
who would have section 4,0S7 Of the
compiled laws Of 1919, relating to the
election OF township officers and their
term Of office, amended to- this effect.
Representative Ebel alsoaintroduced
a measure to amend section 1,945 Of
the compiled laws of 1913 and to re-
peal section 1916 of the compiled laws
of 1913, all Of which relate to county
roads funds and expenditures thereof,
providiag that the Hcouhty roads funds
shall be apportioned to the districts
OF the different commissioners in the
same PROPORTION as paid in by them"
The present law gives the county COM
missioner power to spend the money
on such roads as in their discretion
House Transmits First Bill.
According to Clerk w. d. Austin,
the house Of the fifteenth legislative
assembly had the shcnor Of transmit
ting the first bills, the Walton emer-
gency appropriation :sfor the Office of
the acknowledgement Of the state, being
filed in the senate chamber yesterday
afternoon. The secretary of the bud
get board in resolution to the house
asked for additional time to prepare
its report, this being granted Under
the law, the budget board must report
within 10 days after the opening of the
session.
Bill 6 Is Recommended to Pass.
Chairman Divet of the judiciary, re- 1
ported, as favorable for passage, house
bill No. by r. l.. Fraser of Garrison.
The measure was amended to read
mot more than two changes shall be
granted, one to the plaintiff and one
to the defendant The bill relates to
the calling in of a trial judge. If
change of Judge is. requested, the clerk
OF the supreme court shall at once
notify the opposite party of the name
of the Judge to be called by registered
letter to his attorneys address and the
opposite party, if he desires a change
from such Judge. shall within three
days OF the receipt ofthe notice, notify
the supreme court by registered mail
and file affidavit of prejudice and they
shall make their orders calling in an
other Judge. otherwise such right of
change is waived"
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WAR, BRIDES FLOURISH.
(Unitcd Press,)

New York, jan. l2.-The Entente
Allies reply to President Wilson's
note was the basis of a general adj
vance of munition stocks on the Stock
Exchange today. The war bride group
advanced one to two points, on the
opening today. -
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advance dope devoid Of speculation as
to which will win. -.
Professor Robertson OF. the, Univer-
sity of North Dakota will referee the
contest, which will be the second
game of the season on the local floor
for Bismarck high.
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cal team in a better condition than it
was when it played Mandan several
weeks ago. With two victories to it's
credit. New Salem appears to have
the edge, yet this is offset by the fact
that the game will be played on the
local gymnasium q floor which makes
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substitutes be sure you get DR.. Cald.
wells Syrup Pepstn.$ See that a fac
smile of Dr.. sCaldwen's signature and
his portrait appear on the yellow car
ton in which the hottie is packed. A
trial bottle, free Of charge, can be OBJ
tanned by writing to DR.. w. B. Cald.
we'll, ~ EGshington sfontic cello,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-12

WANTE0-Two carpenters; good in
side tinishers. Apply to A. Sneberg
at Grand Pacific hotel. 1-12-1t
FOR RENT-Strictly modern, 'unfur.
nished apartment in the Rose apart
ments, ready for, !oecupancy Feb 1.
F. W. Murphy, 2Q4 Main St.. 1r12-Gt
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-23

exercise the power to regulate the
rates charged for this railroad service.
it should not also regulate the wages
which they pay as part of the ex-
pense of, operating it. But the labor
organizations are also opposed to this.
What they claim is the right to regu-
late this part Of the expense them
selves by debating wages and the
power to stop the whole service or
greatly interrupt it without any re-
straint or penalty. This is certainly
thing that should not be tolerated
any more than a stoppage Of train
service by the companies If they are
not allowed to fix their own charges.
There must be some way OF regulating
and directing this public service to
prevent its interruption by either en-
ployers or employees.
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AND THEY PAY NO HEED

A we'll known publication recently
printed a cartoon which depicts the
unpreparedness of this country
asainst the trade invasion after the
war. Uncle Sam is pictured senilely
crouched in his accumulation OF war
profits, holding forth depressing
hand toward a most lusty Europe, ad-
vanclng at rapid pace and exclaiming,
81 exhausted! Me-! Why. I'm moth
ing more than finely trained - But
hungry? Ooh! ~ Meanwhile this
free trade administration instead or
building up some protection Is somno-
lent to the real conditions that con-
front the country. What does that
shell contract let to an English firm
mean? Nothing more than that the
belligerent nations are even no"
ready to compete with Americans Tor
their own market. They are piling
I'm their manufactures to be let loose
in every available market. The peace
armor OF offensive and defensive trade
treaties has also been forged. 1t Is to
be all for themselves, with the Unit
ed States out of the running. And the
man will be strong, but, "Oh, so hun
sry," while Uncle Sam squats in MS
false and temporary prosperity, await
ing the inevitable. These are the pic
lures painted by thinking business
men in this country, made true to life
bv the preparations Of other nations,
and certified to as correct by free
trade Congress and administration.
The British war office has announc-
cd that the British Government Will
take over s150OOo,000 worth OF Aus
tralian and New Zealand wool. Under
free.trade the United States has come
to depend largely on foreign WOOL It's
own wool production having been sac
rificed to the free-trade theory. Com
menting on Great Britain's proposed
action, Prof. Paul T. Cherington' Oh
Harvard University, points out tnat
there can be no dependence upon such
supplies in future. He also shows that
the wool-growing industry in the Unit
cd States has not only failed to keep
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-23
WORST Is YET TO COME

In a few weeks President Wilson
will round out his first term and it
will find him and his party with a
large assortment Of repudiated
pledges, the molasses they applied to
catch the flies, otherwise known as
notes.-the votes Of the credulous., Co
ing back to 1912 we find the Demo
Gratis enthusiastically declaring that
"the high cost of living is serious
problem in every American home" y
That was true, but how much more
serious has it become. The platform
declared also that the Republican tar
if was responsible for the increased
cost Of living, and so We were given
free trade. The same platform uno-
tiously denounced "the profligate
waste of the money wrung from the
people by oppressive taxation through
the lavish appropriations of recent Re-
publican Congresses" and demanded
"a return to that simplicity and econ
omy which BELTS @ democratic gov
eminent, and reduction In the num-
Der of useless offices, the salaries or
which drain the substance Of the peo-
pie" In effect 1t gave a pledge for
the reform of all this. There is little
need Of calling attention to the way
this pledge has been kept.
The administration hides behind the
war for many of It's deficiencies, but
its excuses have been far from rela-
tive. Before the war was thought OF
provision had been made for decided
increase In the number Of offices.
with no reduction in those which
might be regarded as useless" There
was no effort to return to that sim
plicity and economy that BELTS dem
ocratic government. Appropriations
were increased and the changes made
in the tariff failed TO reduce the high
cost Of living" There has been a null
tiplication aud increase in Federal
taxes which has not by any means
been altogether an effect of the war in
Europe. A good deal Of the Increased
expense attributed to that conflict has
not been necessary, and there has
been no sign Of an effort to reduce
expenses for the internal administra-
ton Of the Government. Now, as this
term is drawing to its close, there are
new plans for adding not only TO The
burden of federal taxation, but 10 the
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-23
A MUDDLED SITUATION

The Senate Committee on Inter
state Commerce last week voted to
against the provision OF the Adam
son bill which prohibits strike dur
ing the investigation provided for in
case Of disputes between railroad cor
porations and their train employees
with a view to arbitration. This action
seems to have been somewhat influ-
enced by the dictum Of Mr.. Gompers.
who had declared that il any legisla-
ton was enacted to make railroad
strikes unlawful pending Investigation
he, for one, might be counted on to
violate such a law. Naturally. the
grave Senators had no desire to place
the head Of the Federation Of Labor in
such an unpleasant position, and their
consideration bordered on the pathet-
ic. But. alas. and alack! The Presi-
dent would not have it that way and
prevailed on the committee to reverse
itself, on at least recall the matter for
further consideration Just what the
outcome will be cannot be positively
foretold.
The railroad is different proposition
from other corporations in that it's
functions remove it from the ordi-
nary considerations of the public. Its
operation effects the public as no 9th
er enterprise does. The public. in 9TH
or words has certain rights that are
bound to be affected in case of a
strike, such as travelling and shipping.
Another thing to be considered is,
that railroad corporations cannot
1op their operations without losing
eir franchises and mourning penal
Is. Are labor combinations, form
ed by their employees and aided by 9TH
ers wholly outside OF their service, to
escape all regulation and restraint and
be allowed to interrupt this public
service to the serious loss Of those
for whom it is maintained:
1t Is a question whether, if the In
ter-state Commerce Commission is to
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-23

Lo. the poor Indian. of the popular
Imagination, has been transformed Of
late into Lo. the rich Indian: and con-
lectures, numerous and varied. have
been rife as TO his ultimate destiny
instead of what We used 10 call his
ultimate fate.
Now, the truth is that the Indian. IN
the main. is still poor. About two
thirds Of the nations wards either re-
main dependents upon the nation for
sustenance or are so far removed
from wealth that they are dependent
on their own eXertionS for their living.
The one-third remaining may properly
be classed as being above want by
and one-fourth Of the Indians In the
United States are, as communities but
not as individuals, really rich.
That % per cent. represents lO3,o0O
Indians-the five civilized tribes, the
Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws.
Creeks and Seminoes resident in Ok
lahoma, together with their neigh
bors in the State, the Osages, who
number only 1900 and. individually
might be called the magnates Of the
Indian communities.
The five tribes, including those of
the Seminoles who were .transplanted
by the Government from Florida's Ev.
erglades against their will, owned
pie. Four Of the tribes sold their
original holdings in Georgia, Alabama
and Mississippi and used the money
for purchase out right Of lands in
what was then Indian Territory and Is
now Oklahoma The Seminoles were
given their land by the Government.
Individual allotment. IN severalty. was
made Of the lands at the beginning Of
this century. Tribal land remaining
after all allotment was made was sold
off from time to time, the proceeds
being deposited to the credit OF the
several tribes and later distributed on
a per capita basis, The Choctaws and
Chickasaws still retain title TO several
million acres, located in Oklahoma
and containing, by Government esti-
mate, coal and asphalt deposits now
valued at S40,000,000. These deposits
have not thus far been exploited; but
they will come on the market shortly
for rental on royalties. Apart from
these reserve resources Of the Choc-
taws and Chickasaws, the five tribes
possess property, tribal and INDIVIDUAL
aggregating $160,O00,0Oo
On the face Of it, every man. woman
and child included in the five tribes
should be worth $1,000. But the action
of Congress in removing restrictions
upon the individual adult Indians
MANAGEMENT Of his affairs permitted
thousands Of the enfranchised wards
to become the prey of horde of graft
ers, swindlers. bootleggers and other
adventures who flock to every such
feast with avidity and despatch. The
worst and most revolving of the graft
ing by the whites lay in the unscrupu
ious robbery of Indian heirs, whenever
a member of one Of the tribes died
through the agency OF professional
Guardians, who fairly stole the pennies
or the dead mems eyes. In a word
10000 grown people. supplied with
ready money to the use of which many
of them were wholly unaccustomed
were permitted to become victims OF
the worst elements in the white race
It is estimated that now 60 per cent
of those whose fortunes were left ia
their own management have lost their
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-23
MILITARY PREPAREDNESS

With the Hay measure utterly dis
credited as effecting any substantial
reorganization of the army and rs
working towards the disorganization
OF the National Guard. it is time that
Congress was looking to the evolution
OF some practical scheme for the de.
tense Of the country. Universal train
ing is an acceptable plan. except with
those who affect to see in it the germ
OF militarism instead Of real efflcien-
cy. The Chamberlain bill provides in
general for a system Of universal mill
itary training. but Congress seems to
be timid about accepting it.
There is another proposal which has
been laid before the President, which
has some attractive features. 1t pro-
yides for compulsory military service
Of short duration Of all males on
reaching the age Of eighteen years,
supplemented previously by military
training during school days. The
term Of enlistment or service would
be limited to about six months or
whereabouts. Under such an arrange
ment, it has been estimated, the term
OF military service would come at
period of life when it would not serl-
ously interfere with the life work or
schooling Of the American citizen. AT
the same time it would come at time
when the man in the making would pc
most susceptible to instruction and
thereby build up a military reserve In
the United States which would give
this country and enviable position
among the military powers OF the
world.
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THE PRESIDENTS ADDRESS

Advocating the application Of the
Monroe doctrine to the acceptance or
all the nations Of the earth as safe
guard to any permanent peace sought
after the termination Of the present
hostilities in Europe, President VII
son wound up an unexpected address
he made to the United States Senate
yesterday, supplementing that pro-
posal with the suggestion that govern
ment by the consent Of the governed
would be the greatest security OF the
future anity Of the peoples OF the
world that could be devised. These
statements were preceded with an out
line of the position Of the United
States with regard to concert Of the
powers in guaranteeing stable peace
on the conclusion Of the war.
The President took not only the
country, but the Senate, by surprise
by his sudden determination to let the
world, and the .belligerents in partcu-
lar know where this government
stands in the reckoning and adjust
ments to be made in establishing guar
antees for the future against a pos
sible recurrence Of the holocaust OF
death and misery that now enyelops
Europe. The President decries any in
tention on his own part of leading the
United States into any changing al
lances, but firmly and properly insists
that mo covenant Of cooperative
peace that does not include the peo-
pies of the New World can suftl pee to
keep the future safe against war" =
The principles of the sort of peace
that can only be satisfying to the
American people must be in accord
with the principles upon which the
American government is founded.
This kind of peace is defined by the
President to be based upon the equali-
ty of rights, further illuminated by
this declaration:
THE equality OF nations upon which
-,,escG must be founded. il 1t Is TO last.
must~oe an equality Of rights; the guar
an,ec EXCHANGED must neither recognize
nor imply 4 difference between Dig ma
tions and small. between those that are
powerful and those that are weak.
Right must be based upon the common
strength. not upon the Individual
strength of the nations upon whose con-
sent peace will depend. Equality OF ter
cannot be: nor any other sort OF equall,
. ty not gained in the ordinary peaceful
and legitimate development Of the peo-
pies themselves. But no one asks or
expects anything more than an equality
az rights Mankind is looking now for
freedom for life. not for equipoises OF
power"
The President was cogent and
clear in the exposition OF his views
and admirably frank in his statements.
inst how the address will be received
by the parties for whose particular
consumption it was made is ques-
ton. But none can have any doubts
as to the position of the United States
government with reference to the
peace Of the world. The only reset-
walton that can arise is the propriety
Of the utterance at this juncture.
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mace with the manufacturing develop
ment, but has actually declined. Moth
ing but a protective tariff, he says, can
meet the e1igency. 1t would be def
mite assurance to American wool rails
ers that Great Britain could not resort
to the accustomed tactics Of releasing
a large quantity of wool at pleasure
for the purpose of breaking down the
American market The argument ad,
yanced and the remedy suggested ap-
ply with equal force and cogency to
every American industry.
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CHARLESTON, W. Va, Jan. 22.-
An advance of from fifteen to sixty
cents day in the wages OF men en-
ployed by The union trades CT Charles
ton will be demanded of the con-
tractors. This was decided at Il
meeting of the Building Trades
Council