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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-02-08
CRONNA ONE
Of FIVE TO
!. OPPOSE ACT
Associated Press.)

Washington, Feb. S.-By. a vote or
7S to 5, the senate expressed conf
dence in the presidents course, adopt
ing resolution submitted by Chair
man Stone, of the foreign relations
committee, endorsing the withdrawal
of American Ambassador Gerard from
Berlin and the giving of Ambassador
Bernstorff his passports. The sena-
tors who voted against the resolution
we're:
Democrats: Kirby of Arkansas and
Vardaman of Mississippi.
Republicans: Gronna, North Dako-
ia; Works, California, and LaFollette
of Wisconsin.
Five hours of debate preceded the
vote, but the only active opposition
came from the five senators who
stood out against the resolution when
the roll was called. The ranking Re-
publican leaders joined the Demo
Gratis in declaring their whole-heart-
ed support of the president.
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ENLIST ENOUGH
| RECRUITS TO PUT
FLEET IN SHAPE:
Secretary Daniels Declares There
Will Be No Lack Of Young
Men When Country Calls
NAVY TAKING ON MEN AT
RATE OF 1000 PER MONTH
Atmosphere Of Quiet and Deter
mined Seriousness About
Naval Headquarters
By gibson GARDNER.

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE navy de
partment is preparing to recruit 475o(
additional men, .,,, ..s,..
Plans have been worked out ltc
handle the rush Of applications which
will come when it is known through
out the country that men are actually
wanted for the navy.
Secretary Daniels admitted, when
saw him at his residence today, that
the service is preparing enough men
to put the reserve fleet in commission
"There will be no lack of men," said
the secretary, "when the young men
of the country hear that the country
needs them. -
"The chance to be of service on one
of our magnificent fighting ships is a
chance that thousands of patriotic
boys will jump at. "7'' .t fl,'n'S !, ~, ~. :
"Of course, we cannot take, all who
apply.
Seven Out Of Eight Rejected.
"Last January seven out of eight ap'
plicants had to be rejected, g but the
strength of the enlisted force was in.
creased during that month thousand
men, after allowing for retirements
and the termination of enlistments."
Under the law recently enacted the
president has authority in time OF war
or threatened war to increase the en-
listed force in the navy by an addi'
tional 5000 men. The present time
is such an emergency.
Before beginning on these enlist
ments, however, there are 1880 men
to be enlisted as part of the peace
strength authorized by congress last
session.
A total strength of 74,50O was auth
orized a year ago, of which only $4,000
have been enlisted.
Ten thousand have been enlisted
since the law was passed.
Adding 10000, which the president
NAV authorize without additional con-
gressional action to the 1880 already
authorized, makes 47,50O chances for
new men in the navy.
A Wonderful Opportunity.
"It is wonderful opportunity said
the secretary" for a young fellow
who has the right stuff in him and
wants to do his part in a big way.
"There is no place in war where In
dividual man counts SO much as on
board one of our battleships.
"In a gun crew the work of every
man is essential to success, and there
is no place in the world where team
work counts for so much.
"The success of the gun crew may
be due to the skill and faithfulness
of one man on it, just as its failure
might be caused by the failure of one
man.
"And the success of the ship might
be due to the success OF that one gun
crew, and the winning of battle
might be due to the success of that
ship.
"When the shot goes home and
touches the vital spot it is not chance
that has brought it about, but the
team-w work and the earnest unf1agging
practice by each individual enlisted
man who has any part in handling a
gun or any mechanical equipment on
board the ship.
Service of this sort is such as to
CONTINUED on Page Three.)
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M'CUMBER SEEKS TO AVOID WAR
Alliance
of Germans
Pledge Aid

Philadelphia, Pa, Feb. S.---II'ile reso-
luton endorsing the action of Presi-
dent Wilson in severing relations with
Germany and pledging its loyalty to
the United States was adopted by the
German-American National alliance.
It was also decided in case Of hostili-
ties to form regiments of German
Americans and to turn over to the
American Red Cross funds which the
alliance has been collecting for Ger
man war relief.
The meeting was attended by dele
gates from % states. The alliance is
said to have a membership of 3,O00,-
600. a
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Associated Press.)

Washington. Feb. S.-The latest re-
port on the destruction Of the Cali
fornia received today at the state de-
partment from Consul Frost, at
Queenstown, puts the number of sur
vivors at 1862, and the missing at Al.
1t says the ship apparentlyfWas tor
pedoed about 10 o'clock "Wednesday
morning. a@, nat # Hii ~
Other reports today from Consul
Frost on the sinking of the British
ship. Evestone, say that she also was
destroyed without warning. This
point had not been cleared up in pre-
vious dispatches.
200 on Board. ..
The consups first report said there
was "'one death and, 80 hospital cases
among the more than 200 people on
board the liner, California. r-.r. -
The second added no information
concerning casualties except that the
survivors were landed at Queenstown
last night among them being John
A. Lee Of Montgomery, Ala, the only
American known 10 have been aboard
and that some still were missing, in
Guiding two. women and several chill
dren. .....-
Member of Crew.
Lee is supposed to have been a
member of the crew, as his name does
not appear on the passenger list
made public at New York.
The fact that the American escaped
lessened in a degree the excitement
created by the news, but only in a de-
gree.
The California, which was bound
from New York to Glasgow, is the
first big passenger steamer to be de-
stroyed since the Arabia was sunk in
the Mediterranean months ago.
All II Missing.
The ships at sea, several of them
the largest now in transatlantic SER
vice and loaded with rich cargoes, in
clude: American liners New York,
from Liverpool, February 8, and
Kroonland from Liverpool January
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41 MISSING
ON Ill FATED !.
CAL|FORN|
Sevral Women and Children Are
/. Among Those Not Account
ed for
AMERICAN MEMBER
OF CREW SAVED
Two Hundred Survivors Are Safe
ly Landed Today at
Queenstown a
SIX IN DANGER ZONE,

SIX TN UNNGER ZUNE.
Nine passenger liners flying
flags Of the Entente Allies two
ships Of the American line, and
one Of Holland, are today on the
high seas between New York and
European ports. All save three,
the American and Dutch ships,
bound east, are within possible
danger of submarines or mines.
In addition, three British pas.
senger ships from New York are
due to arrive, but have not been
reported. 1t is possible word Of
their arrival has been withheld in
accordance with recent orders
from the British authorities.
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STARTS RECRUITING
MOTOR TRUCK BRIGADE

Chicago, Feb. S.-Lieutenant Malon-
ey, just returned from the border at
San Antonio, Texas, where he served
in motor truck detachment to Gener-
al Pershing's army, today started re-
cruiting motor truck brigade made
up of chauffeurs and drivers which he
will offer as unit in case war is de-
c1ared between this country and Ger
many.
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SAFE CONDUCT.
(United preSS)

Washington. Feb. S.-A safe con-
duct home has been granted German
Ambassador Won Bernstorff by this
government, the state department an
nOunced today. It does not specify the
route the German ambassador should
take. The British safe conduct is ex-
pected today.
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SPAIN PROTESTS.
limited PreSs.l

Madrid, Feb. S.-Characterizing Ger.
many's new submarine methods @
outside her legal principles, Spain to-
day forwarded her note to Berlin, in
reply to Germany's announcement uf
her barred submarine zone The note
was concluded with the evrressiOa
that she does not donbts tAAts tAesin>
perial government will not find useAns
of giving complete satisfaction -
Spain's claims. 1 :.
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This Is Sentiment Expressed at Wash.
ington. Sinking of California Not
Considered Violation of Pledge
Given United States
NO HOPE THAT IEuTOhS . qs.ss4
WILL MODIFY PROGRAM
ASSOCIATED Press)

Washington Feb SOn the basis Of reports received
destruction of the California and other ships far it is
stated authoratvely that of the constitute
which will lead to with Germany. officials
openly express belief however, that the merely
question of time lta
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Sank II. Seven Minutes.
United Press.)

London, Feb. S.-Two German sub
marines attacked the British steamer
California, nccording to officers of
that vessel today. They said the Cal
ifornia sank in seven minutes, and re-
ceived no warning from the sub
marine whatever.
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NO AMERICANS LEAVE.
ASSOCIATED Press\

ASSOCIATED Press)
Copenhagen, Feb. 8.-Not a
single American has arrived In
Copenhagen from Germany, and
and the United States.
Reginald Foster, agent in Ger
many Of the Rockefeller fund, was
expected to arrive here Monday
night, having reserved accommo'
dations here by telegraph. He had
not reached Copenhagen late last
night, and no further word had
been received from him.
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GERMAN DEMANDS.
Associated PreSs)

London, Feb. S.-The German gov.
ernment will require guarantees that
Count Won Bernstorff, former German
ambassador at Washington, and the
men on German ships in American
ports be permitted to leave the United
States before allowing Ambassador
Gerard and other Americans in Ger
many to depart from that country, ac-
:cording to the Copenhagen Politiken
las quoted in Reuters dispatch from
that CITY,
This information, the Politiken says,
is contained in "a telegram sent by
Ambassador Gerard to the American
legation at Copenhagen All Ameri-
cans in Germany, including those cap
tured by the German raider, in the
South Atlantic and taken to Germany
on the Yarrowdale, are said to have
been detained as hostages.
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch
from Copenhagen gives the same re-
port regarding the detention of Amer
leans in Germany, and adds that Am
bassador Gerard is not permitted to
send kilograms in code.
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Bulletins
TO DEMAND BOATS.
UNITED Press)

New York, Feb. "a special
cable to the New York Times from
Copenhagen said:
~ am authorized by the AmerI.
can legation to say that Minister
Eagen today received several sen.
sationaI dispatches from Ambas-
sador Gerard. The latter dis
patches say the German govern
ment will not permit Americans to
leave Germany at present, and
says that he and his staff Of Amer
ican consul officers will be detain-
ed until Count Won Bernstorff and
the crew Of the German interned
vessels in the United States har-
bors are released"
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limited ,PreSsl

Berlin, Feb: S.-The German govern
ment will not permit American Am
bassador Gerard, other officials, news.
paper correspondents or other Ameri
can citizens in Germany to leave the
country until the imperial government
has received information from the
United States that a safe conduct has
been granted German Ambassador Won
Bernstorff. Most Of the newspaper
correspondents here desire to leave
with Ambassador Gerard, but list
of these submitted to the foreign Of
flee has not yet been approved despite
the fact that other correspondents
have been officially granted permis.
sion to remain.
Ambassador Gerard announced to.
day that he would not leave Germany
unless the correspondents and other
citizens also leave. Berlin continues
quiet today. There have been no de-
mOnstrations. *.
Notice that Great Britain also has
granted safe passage for Count Won
Bernstorff and his staff was received
later at the state department.
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II SAILORS KILLED.

Copenhagen, Feb. 8-Seventeen
Danish sailors were killed when
the British steamer Lars kruse
was torpedoed and sunk by Ger
man submarine, February s. Word
received here said the captain en-
tered his shio in the barred zone,
ignorant of the fact that it had
been established by Germany.
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WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

WOMEN AND CHILOREN.
.+H,. Omitted Press) 4Ms
New York, Feb. 8.-Six women
and five children are among tho
missing on the British steamer
California, sunk yesterday, accord
ing to cabIegram from Glasgow
today.
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GERARD STILL
HELD At BERLIN;
NO DISTURBANCE
German Government to Hold Him
Until Bernstorff Is Given
Safe Conduct
NEWSPAPERMEN WANT TO
LEAVE WITH DIPLOMAT

ASSOCIATED Press1
FRANCE GRANTS FAVOR.
Washington, Feb. 8.-France
has formally granted safe passage
through the Allied blockade for
Count Won 6ernstorff and his
suite. Similar action is being
awaited from Great Britain.
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WITHOUT WARNING.

UNITED Press
London, Feb. 8.-Consul Frost
at Queenstown today officially re-
ported that the British vessel
Evestone was sunk without warm
inq February 6, in message to
Ambassador Page here. One Am.
erican life was sost when the
Evestone was sunk.
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OFF WITH SUPPLIES.
(United PreSs.)

90 Norfolk, Va, Feb. 8.-Loaded TO
the eunwaIes with war munitions.
cotton and general supplies 70" the
Entente nations, rs British and
Italian vessels left Virginia ports
today.
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Italian vessels left Virginia ports
today.
NOTIFIES ENGLAND.
UNITED Press.)
Washington. Feb. 8.-Ambassa-
dor Walter Hines Page today for
mally notified the state depart
ment that he had turned over the
German interests in England to
Switzerland. -.
TWO LIVES LOST.
Omitted Press.)
Washington, Feb. s.-Two lives
were lost in the sinking Of the
British steamship, Dauntless, re-
ported today. Six were brought
ashore and placed in a hospital.
Two later died.
TURING SUNK.
Omitted Press.)
London, Feb. 9.-The British
steamer, Turino, has been sunk
by a German submarine, it was
announced today.
BRITISH LINER ToRPEDOED.
Omitted Press.)
London. Feb. 8-The British
liner, Hollinside, has been sunk.
The captain was safely landed
ashore. The crew took TO b. ats.
.
Al ARE MISSING.
Omitted Press)
Washington, Feb. "a second
message from Consul Frost at
Queenstown to the state depart
Continued on Page Three)
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-19
AN AUToCRAT AND AN EGoIsT

The country is growing weary of the childish quarrel
between General Goethas and Chairman Denman of the
Shipping Board the shpbuildng plans The trouble
is that Goethals is military with experience as
the main boss at Panama that has made him thorough
autocrat While Denman has allowed his head to become
swollen out Of all proportion to the mentality of the
owner thereof Each wants to be the whole thing and
is worrying about his Importance instead Of the two
getting together and attending to the business before
them which is the building of a merchant marine and
building it speedily. The country does not care two
which of them has the honor Of being at the head
of the affair." and is about ready to say: "a plague on
both your houses If they cannot attend to the business
for which they selected the president will do well
to eegate both of them to private life and appoint others
who will do the things the country wants them to do that
is get busy and build ships Build steel ships, wooden
ships either both to the full capacity of all the yards
That what the country demands and what it must have
1t afford to wait for the settlement of the question
of precedence between two egsts neither of whom are
of any Importance other than they do the things they
are appointed to do We suggest as slogan to each Of
them: "Shoot or give up the gun"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-19
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the appointment of generals for any
other reason than their capacity for
generalship. More battles have been
lost by the appointment of commanders
for political or personal reasons than
from any other single cause.
The knowledge of war comes only in
the third place because this can be sup
plemented for the commander by otn-
ers, while character cannot. The knowl-
edge of war acquired by the method
laid down by Napoleon must be pos,
sessed by the commanders princiral as
sistant, whose title in European armies
IS either guartermaster general or chief
of the general staff.
This officers function is to relieve
the commander of the burden of in
finite details, which, if they absorb
him, are apt to weaken his grip on the
while.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-19
/. w. WIS IN THE SENATE

The l. w. w. is considered of Importance be-
cause it is brought close home However it is trfe in
the way of awenes and of real danger to the country
compared to the United States senate whose members
great sckers for their rights senators while they
ignore the rights of the American people The W. Ws.
local menace their prototypes in the United States
senate national danger Each and every senator has
the right and is his duty to vote his honest convictions
upon all subjects before the senate His rights end when
he is accorded this privilege He has right to inter-
pose objections amendments and technicaties for the
sole purpose of preventing the majority actinga
attending to the countrys business The majority should
rule That is the American principle Any attempt to
defeat this rule especially in matters of so grave interest
to the country the airshp food control and similar
bills is treachery Of the most reprehensble type, and
traitorous to such extent would Benedict
Arnold and Judas Iscariot to refuse to associate with
those guilty of it.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-19
Some Things for
America to Consider
Some
By Spencer wilkinson
professor of Military History, Oxford
University
(Written for the United Press)

University
(Written for the United Press)
ARTICLE ONE
London, july 5-(By maiD-In my
Judgment the important matters for q
nation going into war are these:
First of all, the statesmen and the
people should have true conception of
the nature of war and of the character
of the particular war they are taking
up. Otherwise the leading cannot be
right. The supreme leader is always the
statesmen and in a democratic country
the people must understand and sympa-
thize with the statesman. If he sees too
FAR ahead they won t follow and if
the popular ideas on the subject of war
are not true the greatest leader may be
crippled
In the military sphere the first thing
is the choice of a commander and his
assistants. When raising an army the
vital matter is the choice and educa-
tion of the officers. In the training of
troops all soldiers will say the thing
to aim at is discipline and the best
means of giving it. providing the Off
GERS have been well chosen and rightly
taught is TO teach the soldiers to shoot
and to march.
In war, said Napoleon, writing to
his brother Joseph, "the men are moth
ing. One man is everything
At the end of his career Napoleon
dictated pamphlet which he called
Notes on the Art of War, the purpose
of which was to explain to governments
and nations about to go to war how to
set about it. He said the principles
of the art of war are those which guild
cd the great captains of the past-Alex-
ander, Hannibal, Caesar, Gustavus,
Adolphus, Turenne, Prince Eugene and
Frederick the Great" Reviewing the
of these commanders Napo-
leon pointed out that on all the vital
points the practice of all of them was
the same He then reviewed his own
and concluded by saying
that "'you should make your war as
they made it and model yourself upon
them, for there is no other way of
the secrets of war. In other
words "a knowledge of the high parts
of war can be obtained only by study
ing the history of great campaigns and
by experience. -
In.an army that has passed through a
long period of peace, experience is
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-19

necessarily lacking; a knowledge of wag
is possessed only by those who have
studied it in the way Napoleon recon-
mcndcd. Such a student was the late
Admiral Mahan of the United States
navy No writer in any country has
shown a stronger grasp of war or bet
ter Illuminated by his writings its larg-
er aspects, especially in all that con
Germs maritime warfare.
My first point is Warfare cannot be
conducted without knowledge, but in
the choice of commander the first re-
quisite is not knowledge, but character.
If l were looking for commander in
CHER L should search above all for a
man of high purpose, who, could be
sure, would think only of his duty, only
of his country and never of himself.
In war more than in any other Of the
affairs OF life, the saying holds good,
If thine eye be single tiny whole body
shall be full of light.
| think that Grant as general and
as commander of the armies in the Civ
il war had the single eye nd he had
remarkably strong character. Sherman
before setting off for Atlanta spent an
evening in conversation with an inti-
mate friend, one of his best cavalry
generals, who reports that late at night
they talked a little about Grant. After
a pause, sherman, looking in the fire,
said:
Il know lot more about history and
law and war than Grant does but II
tell you where he beats me and where
he beats the lot of us. He doesn t care
a damn for what he can t see the enemy
doing and it scares me like hell. -
Sherman was good judge Of the
kind of character that a commander in
chief requires.
In the second place your commander
must have that grip of affairs and
breadth of view which are generally as
sociated with a liberal education and
which give to those who know him the
impression of a man of larger than
the common mold.
Nothing is more fatal in war than
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-19
CHAPTER G.

Several times in the next few days
Carol Blackjack called me on the tele
phone, and twice he sent me lovely
Flowers. | was, as always, flattered
by this fascinating mans attentions
and while thinking no wrong, L en-.
couraged him. 1t was so pleasant to
have as appreciative a friend. Then
too, Tom was out a great deal, and
often was very lonely. At such
times if Carol called me and chatted
q few moments on the telephone il
made a welcome break in the long
evening.
l had promised him I would call
him when alone, and often did He
seldom came up, but after l had hung
up he would call me and we would
sometimes chat Tor half an hour. ]
think he did this to save my tele-
phone bills. He had a private wire
and didn t seem to mind about the
length of the calls.
1 missed little Tom dreadfully. Vera
was a very good baby, and took but
little of my time. And the house
seemed so quiet, Norah complained
that there was nothing to do Tom
too, declared he would send for his
hoy, that he missed him more than he
had dreamed possible. Yet We continued
to allow him to stay with mother She
wrote of his joy in the outdoor life
he led, his delight in the chickens, and
his love for the dogs.
A Contretemps.
= Ii
to do the shopping which really was
necessary. I telephoned Carol about
10 O'Clock that I was coming down
town, and promised to meet him at
Grery 5 for luncheon.
dressed very carefully, as I knew
the place was most fashionable, and
I did not care to have Carol compare
me to other women te my disadvant-
age. 1 were the collar and cuff set
he brought me from Europe, and they