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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-09-27
FORT LINCOLN
VICTIM Of VILE
ENEMY ISLANDER
TX. M. G. A. Building Filled With
Women" Pro-German Writes
Ill.,. Chicago Paper
DRINK FREELY SOLD TO
SOLDIERS. HE ASSERTS

1Rey II. C. Cunningham, pastor O.
the First Presbyterian church, is ir
receipt Of letter from The Advance
Congregational journel published al
Chicago, which states:
ave are in receipt OF letter which
affirms at Fort Lincoln, near Bis.
marck, the Y. NJ. c. A. building is
filled with women and that at least
50 girls in the neighborhood Of the
camp are in trouble because of assO
citation with the soldiers there en-
camped. 1t is further asserted that
drink is freely sold to the men in
camp. The writer says the conduct
of Fort Lincoln is disgrace to the
government, etc.
Il need only say that the letter,
which was mailed from Cleveland, n.
d., is badly written and grossly illit-
crate, and of course, unsigned. But
if you have a federal detective in
Bismarck he might like to run this
person to earth and see that he re-
ceiyes the treatment he merits.
LAS ! must report at meeting OF
the Chicago ministers soon upon the
pAOl al ColuAllOAo VI Jul
it. seemed best to pay some attention
to this letter, unbelievable as it's
charges are"
The allegations are, of course, alb
solutely, vilely false, undoubtedly the
product Of pro-German brain or OF
one filled with the mouthings of La
Toilette and other Townley consum.
ers and producers. Fort Lincoln is
in command of Major Dana Wright,
a veteran Of the Philippine war, for
many years sheriff of Stutsmal c0un-
ty. member of the present 1egisla-
ture, strict disciplinarian and man
of high principles. He has endeavor-
ed to make Fort Lincoln a model
camp and has succeeded. The only
difficulty ever encountered with wom-
en- was with camp followers of the
professional type, and they have not
bothered since Major Wright turned
Martineson of the city police force in
cleaning them out.
There are now about 700 troops at
Fort Lincoln. They are members of
the same First North Dakota which
prior to it's departure for the Next
can border in July, 1916, was encamp-
ed there for several months during
which time not single instance of
obscene or ungentlemanly conduct
was charged. If there is anything to
drink in Bismarck or within so miles
thereof, there are scores of old topers
who would be glad to know it. They
have been unable to find it, and they
have resources denied to soldier boys.
An effort will be made to trace the
falsehood to it's source.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-09-27
SUPREME COURT
!. RULES AGAINST
~ n g.
: CITY o. LISBON
Finds Certain Legal Requirements
in Connection With Improve:
ment Not Observed. ~.

where contract is. let for the
erection of standpipe, and & special
assessment levied therefor without a
preliminary creation OF a waterworks
district, or a preliminary finding of
necessity by the city council, a rcas-
sessme1t can be made under the pro
visions of Sec. 3713, C. teal3, and
in such case the municipality is
given power by the statute togo back
and pick up the threat gifts proceed
ings where it has been: broken off, to
establish a MISUNDERSTANDING to
pass resolution Of necess they
in fact find tho ilnprov4tKSyffo be
necessary, publish such d restitution.
allow the statutory period fDHsncaring
objections, make the proper Mlers. ii
objections are not; made al, AFe over
ruled, and proceed to the mitigate and
Of the collection of the assessment,
and this although the improvement
may already have been completed
This is the ruling of ethe ,ssupreme
court in reversing the Judgment OF
Frank P. Allen, judge OF thf district
court OF Ransom county, who found
for the defendant in q suit brought
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-09-27
Dwight Hills Pictures
Atrocities of the Germans

ing they preferred death to the indig.
mites they were suffering And so
these Frenchmen turned their guns,
and in blowing those machine guns
out Of the belfry killed 20 of their own
wives and children"
Dr. Hills asserted that further in
disputable proof of the heartlessness
of the Germans was found in the let.
tiers and diaries taken from the bodies
of dead German soldiers. He con-
tinued: -
"Out of the large number note
these: Hundreds Of photographs sof
the dead bodies of aged priests, some
of whom had been 'staked down. Here
is the German efficiency for you. Here
is the diary on Aug. 20 Of Private Max
Thomas: Our soldiers are so excited
we are like wild beasts. destroyed
eight houses, with their inmates Bay.
onetted two men with their wives and
a girl of IS. The little girl almost un.
nerved me, so innocent was her ex-
preston. .,ss: ~. .asl3
DR.. Hills read what had been cop.
led from the diary Of Eitel Anders, an
other German. soldier. It read, I'm.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-09-27
SCENE FROM -==-======--
POTASH & PERLMUTTER, IN SOCIETY"
i
Auditorium, Thursday, October 18th.

by Alfred M. Kvello ct al against the
city of Lisbon to restrain further pro.
ceedings in the levying of an assess
ment for the improvement.
The supreme court holds that "a
finding and declaration by the city
council which is based upon and. re-
fers intelligently to the plans, spcci-
fications and estimates is, prereIuis-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-09-27
CHAR7ER.Rk7E Of
..$5.75 Per TON TO
Be PAID SHIPPERS

Washington, Sept. GA charter
rate of $5.75 ton month has been
decided on by the shipping board as
the basis the government will pay for
requisitioned ocean-going vessels.
Within a short time the board will
take over for government use every
American vessel available for over
seas service.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-09-27
MORAN GOES BACK.

Governor Frazier today recognized
requisition papers by Governor Stew.
art of Montana for the return to Great
Falls for Frank Moran, alias Frank
Moore, recently arrested in Fargo,
and who is wanted in Montana for
grand larceny.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-09-27
SCENE FROM

tie to the levying of a special assess
ment for the erection OF a standpipe
under the provisions of article 20 of
chapter "A of the C. l.. 1913; that such
requirements is held to be mandatorv.
and not to have been complied with
in this case. "
The court, however, points a way
through which Lisbon may solve its
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-09-27

redskins
bat
the selectve
Mans cutting baroed five
Indian Uncle
Tex Qef to right irivates Peter Lena lchoctaw Harry
Corporal
August Choueau Creek They
between by R. Dorman staff
training
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-10
IT'S COMING TO BULGARIA

NTE ARE not a. tar with Austria. Hul.
w gara and Turkey. but our troops in
Franc can release mon who are Thee
are soon. tn he about I2IO O0O Allied
troops tn the Balkan theatre. including
the cohorts Of Greece the belligerency Of
which country the United States has
officially recogni2ed. This international
ann could not be 50 large were Ameri.
cans not re.euforcing the Allies i'm the
WaSt
The q ..a' are said to n' eager t. join
the Se H nt IN paying of some old
SEQ .e- tu /: ''tanIa. That I."ue car
state has eat deal coming" to her
lier ruftiau rule has only recAutly been
dema ndiag aHneya tions and indemnlties
The Allied answer is plan for drive
through BULGARIA. from two directions,
with Cuustaatiucule as the final objective,
and with the freeing Of Greece'S energies
for fun cooperation the men are avail
able tn give the enemy stiff campaign.
There is pIeuiN Of reason for the no.
annexation program which the HeichStas :
n aior ~ Is u"ging ami Rrl"aria cannot
get on the la rd, a -uu too fast
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-10
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Free Rides for Men in Uniform.
Hospital Treatment-FOr-
gotten Veterans
FREE RIDES FOR SOLDIERS

TO me Edtor Of the Er'nhJ LCdGcE
Sir take much pleasure in readms the
many suggestions aud appeals on many
subjects that have been made through your
uaper feel sure that YOU also will ac-
cept the following suggestion;
| am aliuding to the nations soldiers
"a ilors and all uniformed men in the GOV
ernment's service our policemen aud fire.
uef do not have to pay any cartare IN the
trolley cars. while our soldiers and sailors,
the defenders of our nation, are compelled
TO nav the fare Many of these men receive
a very small salary and have to support
their mothers. fathers or wives and faml-
lies, while the policemen and hremen re-
reiye salaries two aud three times as large
As the soldiers 10 you not think TINS
is very unjust for the many boys who gave
mn their homes and friends to defend the
uatiou2 / think our soldiers ana sailors
should be entitled to free transportation as
we'll as the city uniformed emploNe
The men Of the National Army stationed
at the different camps throughout the coun-
trv when they receive leave oi apSthce
for short period have I" spend almost
a weeks salary to come home I" see their
friends aud families.
10 YOU not think there should be reduced
rates on trains and no fare on the trolley
cars in the cities for all the sailors ahd
soIdiers the men who have given up theli
homes families and friends to answer iht
call of their country? ,.,
FRANCIS J. BATEMAN.
philadelphia october s.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-10

Rev. John Gordon's little boy, Irwin
L.. is up i'm the State of Maine gathering
material for the making of a book about
ii. Before he left here we gave him
letter TO that sterling son Of Ogunquit
John Kendrick Bangs, who knows much
about Maine that is true and much more
that isn't. But Irwin missed John Ken.
drick. A letter received yesterday from
Ogunquit says in part:
Your friel arrived safely at my house
and found me 1853 miles from home. phe
only welcom, he received was from sew
era bales of beans put out TO dry on my
front PizaTo. and belonging to the
Dgunuuit Municipal Gardenias to which
aud 10 whom Mrs Bangs had granted
the Freedom Of our Preserves.
Next time il | am not here break in
through the kitchen window or slide in
through the coal hole and help yourself
to anything you can find in the way of
entertainment for man or beast. There's
a full cocktail out. in the mdrff of the
baby.grand piano a dozen pints Of Beyo
lined up behind my ten volume de luxe
edition of FoXs Book Of Martyrs, and a
! hox Of cloves in the needle-b!n Of the
ViCtro.a.
Cordially yours,
JOHN kENDRlCK BANGS.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-10
'OlulallN yours,
JOHN KENDRICK BANGS.

Listen. my children. and you shall hear
how the needles clicked in another year:
click, click. click! hoU the needles 40
Through the basV fingers. to and fro
Wth 40 bright coiOrS Of Berlin icooI,
Delicate hands today are tuIE
only a ydrH Of deep. dun blue,
Socks for the feet Of the brGre aud true.
Yet click. click, hoio the needles 90.
IT'S potter tCithi' that nerues them So
In the suH"y hours Of the bright spring
dGV,
And shH IN me ni0ht-time far array,
Moideh. mother aud 0r0ndame SIT
Earnest aud thoughtful lehHe they Knit.
And there's lot mere OF H. lis from
the Boston Transcript Of November a,
1881.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-10
DEFENSE OF LA TOILETTE

10 the Editor Of The EreHtng Ledger
: Sir-Your> editorial, Let the Line BE
t,ra,vn-' Is not only questionable in its as
sertions but weak in logic. You make a
Jistinction between La Toilette and his sup
norters i'm the Northwest. You say he is
King political capital out Of his opposi-
tiar to the Administration, but that his sup
porters are "deiuded'
what right have you TO call him insincere
~, 1abel him traitor? No other public
Azure in America can show a more consist
snt record OF fighting for the public good
When Theodore Roosevelt and other dema-
gogues and opportunists were Ignoring the
nrsst issue of wealth against the Common
wealth. La toilette stood almost alone in
the United states Senate hEhting for the
people.
c.ongressman Butler. OF Illinois, stated that
fron the cloakToom talk an overwhelming
n,,nber OF the Congressman We're opposed to
soing 10 war. But most of these moral
couards we're driven TO vote for IL by their
fear of the President and the fact that he
rad not yet distributed patronage But Rob-
81 "A Foliette before the war ana since "a
declaration has not hesltated 10 aaht fhe
nolicles ol The strongest pfesi6enf W. ha<l
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-10
FORGOTTEN VETERANS

TO ne EduOr Of ne EreHiHg Lcdgcr
Sir request small space for the fol-
lowing letter. the object of which is twOfold
First, if possible through your medium. to
get in touch with any of my old comrades
who served ia the Fifth United States Cav
airy during the years between 1867 and
1872. Second. during these years, under
the guidance Of the celebrated Buffalo Bill
as scout, we We're engaged in severe wars
with the Sioux Indians we suffered great
hardships, such as lack of water, sometimes
for forty-eight hours sleeping on the desc
late prairie with hardly any covering amid
rattlesnakes. etc. We witnessed fearful
atrocities. mutiations, scalping and ether
matters beyond description. NOtwithstand-
ing. the Government appears to have for
gotten us now in the" Sere and yellow leaf
while the Civil War and Spanish-American
War veterans are protected. We do not
receive even a small pension Is it just or
fair? We are no longer spring chickens
ID. NJ. Ht,NNESSY.
Cos. NJ. and II. Fifth L. :. Cavalry
Philadelphia, october s.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-10

mad since Lincoln. No candid observer
watching this spectacle can help seeing thai
he is one of the braVest men in public life
in America. Little men have gone along
with the Administration. But he fought
whenever he deemed it necessary. lie has
gone his way despite Misrepresentation,
calumny, insult and lies. Never in his
career mas he hesitatcd to speak his mind
without counting the political cost. The
gentemen who attended the dinner of the
publishers of American newspapers in this
city when LA Toilette was presidential
probability have reason TO know this.
when this hysterical intolerance, famed
by SOdden editorial intellectS and vocal pa
UiOts, passes away and calm judgment re-
turns the American people will be ashamed
of their emotional eXCesSes in this period.
You do not believe in free speech. You
believe i'm speech free to your side of the
case and closed to others The assert ions in
lnsur editorial following the reference to this
"slimy, reptiliOus movement are undoubt-
edly written to nhame hatred and preiu-
dice and make it impossible for the minority
to get fair hearing. Your case must be on
its last legs when you employ false state
ments to turn your readers away from at
tentiOn to your opponents, j. +,
Philadelphia, october I.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-10

amusement places There Is as much
reason FOR citizens to buy bread tickets
from scalpers as to buy theatre tickets
from them.
II "a theatre is TO be crowded to ca
pacity. 1t viii be crowded. and that Is all
there is to it. There need be no penalty
theatre at the last moment. Those win"
buy from scalpers are encuu aging them
to lay i'm stocks Of tickets, to the detri'
neat of those who apply In good time ana
who a,e told the house is all sold out.
They also encourage a number "t indi-
viduals to remain at an utterly useless
trivial aud NEAR employment when they
ought to be cav ng theh. living ike men.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-10
THE COURSE IN CIVICS
Its Extension to Seventh and Eighth
Grades an Educational Milepost

FINHE announced extension of the public
l. school course in civics, established, laa
year in the first six grades, 10 the seyenIh
and eighth grades on November / mar@
one of the mileposts in the progress OF
education in this city. The enlargement
of its scope establishes the course upon
a sound basis and testifes to the enthusiasm
OF teachers children and parents for rs
Informal method Of instruction.
such a step is particularly approprae
at the present time. The course Is
accord with the patriotic work being don'
in and by the schools for the Red Cfos
and Liberty Loan. Its aim and object
the making of good citizens; its metnuu
is in line with the most advanced pll..
cples of modern education. 1t begins VIZ
subjects close to the hearts and nNes
the young pupils, and by informal dsou
sion leads slowly up through the grades
comprehensive study of our goNerhu'''
and the duties of each citizen.
The importance of the public school ~
tenn i'm the life of the city, state and nsuy. .,1
cannot be exaggerated, Every emu
compelled to devote at least six year
attendance at school Each viii carry ~ ~
his future life the ideas and ideals aeaul'
during this period. The mature citizen
nothing more than the blossoming op'
the child.
AIodern educational ideals are bSssu
this principle. The object OF the seroS, est.6r
no longer the mechanical crammlng u ~,
knowledge into the head Of the s'rh s1 M
Play has assumed an important pHee y
| educational system. Not merely pay .,nas
| detached and isolated activity pIsys s,aot
and facilities are now an important suys,,f
ia the school, but, beyond this tue ssslf
Of play has invaded the classroom w..
All courses are made interesting ana '. ~. !.
ant, are made to bring a vital ines'rs u.
to each child, and yet partake OF lns r
| ture of a game, "a
The civics course combines woiA
play. In it inhexible discipline
pered, almost displaced, by the intefssss n,
spirit of the class as individuals h.
| a whole. Each child is brought NV ~
| innate contact with the subject, ana
child has his function 10 perform, hs n.
/ TO hll in the GLASS The diseiplhe .I
willing compliance of the intelligen' a.
zen actusted by the highest mot',es N.
| IDEAL Is the ideal Of the individual ias I
for the welfare OF the community n
method 70 the method OF the disin.s,.
4 humanitarian striving for the up,in
Identification OF the world ln N.
iifss No one Is more responsive
"eAnAapi f1Rn child
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-10
FILE THREE

I"Geueral PershlnE stopped IN his walk.
turned sharply aud faced File Three. -. .on.
don Dispatch
File Three stood motonless and pale,
OF nameless pedigree;
one of a hundred on detail
But would had been he!
In years a youth, but worn and old
With face of iVory;.
Upon his sleeve two strands Of gold
oh, would 1 had been he
The General passed down the line,
And walked right rapidly.
But saw those threads and knew the sign
All, had been File Three
Twice wounded? Tell nIe where YOU were -
The man Of stars asked he
"GiVenchy and l.avenze, sir"-
OH, where was File Three
Then crlsply quoth the General
You are a man, File Three"
And Tommys heart held. carnival
God Would / had been he
~f' s. IN The ChIcaNo Tribune
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-10
READING ALOUD A LOST ART

The art Of reading aloud is being forgot
teu--which may be just as well al this dty
and age. When there were many persons
who could not read, and 1t was therefore
necessary for those who could TO read aloud
the art prOspered People became adept
at reading aloud. But now that every one
can re I'd for himself, and does read for
himself, we have forgotten how to read
aloud: there isn't one man in a hundred
who can read an ordinary newspaper article
aloud so his fellows will understand or ap-
preCiate it,
A public speaker makes a big mistake
when he undert lkes to read anything OF
length 90 an audience He may be ever so
interesting when he is talking, but the mo-
ment he pulls paper out OF his pocket and
begins reading his audience fails TO follow
him. He grows tresOme at once And the
speech that has to be read-well it isn't a
speech at all il is as dun and prosy. as
sleep-producing as the sermon that has to
be read--Columbus Dispatch
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-10
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

I. CamOunage IL the painting or screening Of
defenses or roads 81 that enemy observers
will be prevented from directing fire upOu
them,
2, Valparaiso is the chief seaport Of Chill
3. kinetic theory Of heat: that heat Is due 10
the motion OF particles.
4. The Pre-RaDhaelites were an English arts
tic brotherhood of id-VictOrlan days.
They rejected the artistic tendencies Of ths
Renaissance and sought to draw 10 The
manner, OF painters who lived before
Raphael.
). The night Of the big wind: January 4.
1899. A violent storm swept over ireland
and the west OF England, and caused the
loss Of many lives and much property
Many Irish folk sneak Of something A
having hanDencd "befOre the biz wibd'
ns we speak Of before the war;"
q. Christian il King OF Denmark.
:. Nearly 10 per cent OF the people Of ths
United states are negroes.
=. The Channel Islands are Jersey. GUERNSEY
Alderney and SaTk.
y. The eight-hOur day has been recognized b.
many states, which have laws presere
ing eight hours for n days work on pub
lie roads, etc.
10. Duluth IN in Minnesota.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-10
HOSPITAL TREATMENT

TO The Editor Of me EreHnG Led0eE
Sir-m your paper | saw statement L"
The effect that men with durable his nave
no excuse for not entering the service, as
to,nitaIs of the city and state are willing
Tn ,sn.edy su physical defects that can be
r.medied have tried to enlist IN ihree
branches Of the service but was turned
down oa account Of slight case of hernia.
Now. where are these hospitals located
49,. ,ha services free? +. w. +,
philadelphia, October 3.
Hospitals in Philadelphia VIII treat such
natients. ira patient can AFFORD it, "A nomi-
noI charge will be made If not, many
bospitals will take the case without charge.
Consult the superintendent Of any general
hosnitaI Editor of the EVENING LEDGER
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-10
At SANTA BARBARA HiSSiON,
CALIFORNIA

SuHtd Bdrbdrd, martyr, rUUiH,
Hedrt- remembered CrermCrC.
Hedr our prayers mat rise and merge ia
The jar mUrD,Hr Of your shore.
Santa BdrGurd. martyr, rir0iH
mere ,rhcre reri0D rOiceS ccdSc.
Hcic tcherc p,acc doIh WhitcIU burOeon
To0cb p0 spirits rim Vo'r peocc.
SdHtd B0rbdru. martyr. rHUiU,
SO IOHu doHC wib cuyth's Old strife,
-HuSh these hcuris mat Sirirc ard surge in
ThiS nara baUctiUp Of We.
MRS EDWIN HARhH4N.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-10
MARCHING THROUGH BELGIUM

NEW expected Marsha Hag to follow
l. mp his great blow of last Thul sday
with another one five days later. 1t
takes time to organize newly won posi-
tions, recuperate from strain carry for
ward guns aud bring up re-enforcements,
as a rule That the British have been
able to do all this and drive forward
another mile proves tnat the victory of
last week was all that was claimed for ii
Not for year have the British struck
heavily at the same point twice within
one week Haig has been content to wait
for weeks after each thrust. But Ger
man morale is not what it was in 1916.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-10
Tom Days Column

II. C. NEwCOMB, consul in this .own
for his Majesty King Alfonso OF SPAIN
looked from his office window at the rain
yesterday and said, Too bad Senor
McGraw cannot have his bonan'
~ today" But" said the visitor, the
bonanza is only postponed" Yes said
the consul. postponed until the arrival
Of the nest bonanza. You see baseball
cannot achieve its bonanza without the
assistance Of bonanza. Oh, thought YOU
knew bonanza means fair weather