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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-20

!, sorry notes made by William Rettke to
Dittus Brothers for 5000 and interest
at - per cent, and $500 and interest
at II per cent 1t was made and dat
ed August II, 1911. It was made sub
ject to mortgages for $1,000, $500 and
$500 and interest, on NV quarter OF
34-143-8S. This was the, homestead
of appellant and her husband. The
mortgage contains a description of the
promiss0ry notes, and, in small five OF
six point letters, "a covenant ito pay
the sum of money above specified al
the time and in the manner above
specified" The covenant is one OF
twenty -one lines in the small type.
The defenses Of appellant are:
/. That, her signature to the COW
enant was obtained without her
knowledge by ,artifice and false rep
RESERVATIONS III @i.stg;#
~ 2. That she received no consider
alton for the covenant.
+ AS the record shows when appel
liant signed the mortgage she was
the wife of the maker of the notes,
who was bankrupt and was subse-
nue"tly discharged in bankruptcy pro-
ceedings. The quarter section was
the homestead OF the appellant and
her husband. She had been left a
widow with some property, which
she refused to mortgage or incumber.
che was p German woman, who could
not read English, and she signed the
mortgage u waive her homestead,
rights and did 50, relying on repre-
sensations that she incurred no per-
sonal liability OF course there is a
dispute on the point, but the itesti-
mony. Of the plaintiff her mother, and
her husband is entirely convincing.
The Dittus Brothers were, business
men and SO was the notary public
who represented them and prevailed
on the plaintiff to sign the mortgage.
Assuredly they would never have TAX
en- the mortgage to. secure such past
due paper, If they had thought it pos
sible to induce the appellant to sign
"a renewal note. It is entirely certain
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-20
SATURDAY EVENING LETTER
BY Justice J. E. Robinson

July 10, 1913. This week l feel IKE
Bulyan's Pilgrim when he fell. into
the Slough Of: Despair. The, reason is
that when i come to court at 8 a. M.
I look for my judicial brethren, and
they are nowhere to be found. Herce.
we make siitle progress in disposing
of the chrome, cases that were argueu
and should hase@ been decided year
AS Il think; NE, purpose to take a
vacation 3duTihg 5the first two, weeks
of August. We are going to work in
the harvest s1stflfAnd to return with
energy to cleSr. UP every case before
commenei the hearing of argu-
ments on Saple1nheE, lO,41918.. Then
we are going to adopt the Minnesota
system TO Aears shorter arguments in
two Or thf caseSta day, and after
argument to- meet In conference and
consider every case. while 1t is fresh
in our minds: I'VE begin to realize
that our Old system is radically wrong
and to- wonder very fmuch whye the
judges have mot tchanged.H long ago,
It does not pay to double the work
by procrastinating 1t. f,.,,.,.
Below>I givesQnesof my. own advance
opinions on q question of general in.
terest and Importance. Too many
people have: come to think it an easy
matter TO k6odwink the judges. BY
some sarti9cs;of, deception they obtain
the :sitpat6EesGfsAs Trusting or litter
ate person to a. deed, mortgage or
other document iGontA lining q mass of
smsirpeintsd matter. Then7they in
sist that the. signer. is bound by the
small print, thonEh; he may know
nothing 81 IT, Avalid contract cannot
be made BY any form Of artifice, de-
ceptipn or snhOo fitness.
s.i Mas, VS.. Rettkc.
ROBINSON, 1.-THE defendant, Jo-
hanna Rettke, appeals from judg-
ment madeIakainst her, on a covenant
in d mortgage which was made to
Dittus Bros. and by them assigned
to the plafhtiff. The mortgage was
made 10 secure two past due promis-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-20
MUST WORK

South Dakota youth was found to be the most
perfect for military service Figures in the war
department show that more than 80 per cent Of
the young men examined under the selective serv-
ice draft were found in good physical condition.
Now South Dakota isn't going to have the stay
at-homes loa6ng on the job. 1al sS < !. 81
A work or fight" law has been; passed which
will put an end to loafing effectually, the age
limits being 10 to 81. This law also definitely
determines between essential and unessential
work. the first results being that all pool rooms in
South Dakota will be forced to close their doors,
as sporting balls on green table is not regarded
as essential.
If there is anything less essential than pro-
fessional pool shark, we don't know what it is,
and South Dakota's action may be precedent for
other states in taking care of their lounge lizards
and other ornamental males. a. - =
When the Hun isn't executing military move
ments, he's busy executing Finnish women and
boys. ...-. .%s.s: Zzs*sf 81 u -
No nation talks of peace, uses explosive ma
chine gun bullets at the same time, and expects
to be taken seriously. .e@.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-20
MUST PAY. FOR FuRLoueH
Men at Camp Wads~orth Required q
Bring u 80 Dead
Flies, In. -

Camp Wadsworth, spartanburg, q.
C.-Fifty dead flies is the price that
enlisted men Of the camp quartermas.
ter's department now have to pay for
a pass to come into the city,. As re-.
suit, when a man wants to come into
town on pleasure he pufioins . few
grains Of sugar or some other deli.
cacy from the kitchen, seizes his trusty
swatter and sets to work.
There lisa suspicion that some Of the
men have a pooling agreement BY
which Jones will help Smith kill flies
one day and Smith will do as much for
Jones some other. day. It is said, too,
that flies sometimes have a CONNER.
cial value. the prices varying with
weather conditions and the keenness
Of the men to get into town.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-20
WEDDING IS STRICTLY "13"
Fateful Number Figures Prominent.
~ IN Affairs Of Kansas City
Couple. =,

Kansas City, Mot was IS months
ago that William A. Gibson met pretty
Anna B. Brown Of this city.
"This Is our luck day,"7he declared.
as he looked at the date the 18th.
She agreed. =.
Let's get married on the 18TH" he
said few months later. She also
agreed to this. =. il.
50 on the 18th Of the month they
secured a marriage license. Then .
happy thought struck them.
Lets make It IS all around" she
said. ''s' :,
They were then married On tie 18th
door Of the Commerce building, in
room 913, BY Justice 3. A. Settler.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-20
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

Notice is hereby given that all per.
sons and all property owners who
have outhouses, privies. vaults and
cess pools within the limits of the
City of Bismarck. North Dakota upon
property abutting any street contain
ing q public sewer must have Ill such
outhouses. privies, vaults and cess
pools removed and pre- 1cr Sewer cen
nections made on or before the LIST
day Of September 1918.
All persons failing to comply with
this notice will be prosecuted at once
after September LIST, 1918. in accord
ance with the ordinance now in effect.
Dated this 18th day Of July, 1918.
DIR. F. B. STRAUSS,
City Health Officer.
Z 20 81 lot
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-20
new EXCUSE FOR SPEEDING
Novelty o. Plea Secures Tor Atlanta
. s'iGA veuno Mag Cut Priee
@lhfT' Ptna

Atlanta, Ga.-Young Clifford Ogden
vas before a police judge to answer
for fast driving in an automobile and
around the wrong side Of a trolley car.
II had as a passenger a man trying
to catch up with a street car in which
was his wife, from whom he Is trying
to get divorce. He was seeking evi-
dence and told: me be just had to
catch that trolley car" 49,
The novel excuse caused the r.
corder to- give young Ogden . cut
price Of only ~ and costs. !,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-20
Eo,efathera Had M Luxurie,.

People who complain because they
cannot get some of the little luxuries
they used to enjoy before the war
might do well to remember that their
forefathers lived without sugar till the
fourteenth century, without coal till
the fourteenth. without butter on their
bread till the fifteenth, without to-
bacco and potatoes till the sixteenth,
without tea, coffee and soap till the
seventeenth, without umbrellas and
'le fanps till the eighteenth, and without
'1fhins. kilograms, telephones. gas and
machines till the nineteenth.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-20
THE DOCTORS

Every physician today is potential army doc
Every physician today should give thought to
what; that changed life would demand Of him.
In daily existence, Of all professions the medi-
cal should be the most intellectually unselfsh.
In the military medical corps, this altruism
must be carried beyond the point of ~selfshness.
Sacrifice, there, sweeps aside ethics, precedents,
customs and practices of the profession.
None of the luxuries and conveniences of priv
ate office attend upon the physician who attends
upon the soldier in the dressing station just be-
hind the lines. =. b, MI. u
Gone is the grandeur of limousine gaepalace.
In it's place the danger and horror of enemy gas
attack. ':-t .&:s>t,fs.F
No; pandering to the fancied ills Of smoneyed
folks. Instead, the army doctor dresses wounds
Of such terrible nature as to call for his utmost
stamina, self-control and his highest powers Of
surgical skill in medicine. :54
It ista glorious thing to save a life. But it is
possible for sOne life to be more precious than
another, then the life of soldier stands sacredly
supreme /.
Only one American doctor has thus far. been
fund directly responsible for q soldiers death
,qthrsughndut This man isanow serving
a12.months jail sentence We're It q hundred
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years, his Incarceration could never blot out the
crime or restore the life it cost.se.; III III.
Humanity summons every doctor. to resolve
now before Uncle Sam calls, to place the soldiers
recovery, the restoration Of health and strength
to the fighting man, in the gallery Of his soul
as the picture of his highest and most sacred
service to mankind and posterity. Il
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--bUI W. ;. s. < ~ !
AUTO GLASS ,

Auto glass shields cut and set on
short notice. Also window plate and
ground glass, fancy door glass of all
kinds. Call and see Faunce, Fourth
street. for prices. ! am closing out
ny, ps,gts END Rs e, for Or
~ = +'--s1 AsuY W. S. s- 60. -
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-20

= New. name for "a cat-Hindy. After that re
markable Hun commander With nine lives. + !.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-20
THE WEATHER
Forecast,

Forecast.
For North Dakota. Fair tonighs
and Sunday; cooler Sunday and ives:
and north portions tonight.
Lowest
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-20
. NO COMPROMISE FOR KAIsERIsA

Tf
s Nothing can be gained now by discussing peace
terms. Germany is still arrogant and insolent
Her rulers have not grasped the spirit OF the war
On autocracy. They won't see it. They will have
10 feel it, It will have to be shot into them by
allied guns. 100 -: :.
The allies have accepted Americas unse6sh war
aims as announced by President Wilson: His
Fourth Of July address to the world Washing
toms tomb expresses the spirit Of America.
There can be no compromise between that spirit
and Prussianism They are as far apart as the
poles Diplomats can't sit around table and
shake diplomatic dice for world stakes
All the world knows what we are fighting for.
The war must go on until we have won ALL that
we are fighting for-which, in essence IS the right
Of all the people everywhere on earth to the right
Of life, liberty and the pursuit Of happiness I'M
molested by any two-legged men who claim to rule
their fellows by divine right IT., cAsa,..a.
Until the German kaiser understands that-un-
til it is pounded into him and all his family and
all his associates and all other autocrats> every
where, nothing can be gained by discussing terms
of peace
On with the war. Kaisersm must be eternally
and everlastingly licked.
Won Hindenburg couldn't agree with the kaiser.
Satan doesn't seem to like him either, Judging by
the number of times he's come back. s ).
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EVERETT TRUE

fHeTI r4esRS! ACC vov
ElHyitG 70 empty Tt+AT<
,s1hG .rooD Apr1,vlSTHAJloN
:NAS ASKED evERr9oDY 70 !,
60, easy. ON 1AG SUGAR..
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-20

Won Hndenburg couldn't agree with the kaiser.
Satan doesn't seem to like him either, judging by
the number of times he's come back. VI :.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26
THE MARKETS
Observation-Disclosures
East BuffaIo, N. v, July o.

East Buffalo, N. ", July o.
Cattle-Steers, 81 25017 so; heifers.
$10d13; COWS, S6 50611 so; bulls, 81 500
II so; stoc<ers and feeders, 81 50Q1O sc:
calves, $7@1S %.
Hogs-Heavy, $19 50019 80: mixed,
Workers $40 S5119 90; light Workers and
pigs, $40 $500; roughs, $17017 25; stays,
$1OG13 50.
Sheep and Iambs--Yearlings 500
IS so; wethers. S1S 5OQ IA; mixed sheep,
S13T13 80; lambs, $14@17 80
Receipts-Cattle, 1000; hogs, 2,400;
sheep and lambs. 700; calves, 400
Chicago, July "a.
Cattle-Beef cattle, $11@1S 80: butcher
stock, cows and heifers, 81 75914 so,
stoclers and feeders, So 25@13; calves.
$16@16 rs.
Hogs - Rutcher hogs, SIS 4561s 30;
light. SIG S5G19; rough, s17 1907 40:
pigs, SIT 25G1S.
Sheep and Iambs-Native lambs
$1S 25 Idaho lambs, S1S go
Receipts-Cattle, II 600; hogs, $4,000;
sheep and lambs 5000.
Cleveland, o., July 2I.
Cattle-Steers, SS 5Oa14 so; heifers. 81
d1O 90; bulls. SO @1O 50; cows, $5@1O;
calves S16Q17.
Hegs-Yorkers, heavies. mediums and
pigs, $15 50. roughs, $16 50: stays, $12 80.
Sheep and Misunderstanding 500
il 80: culls, $6m7: lambs, s1fd1G so.
Receirts-Cattle, ESQ; hogs, 1000; sheen
and lambs, 500; calves, POO.
Cincinnati, O., July "a
Cattle-Steers, S8m1G 50; heifers, 81 So
MI3; COWS. Sc 5OM11 50: calves. s701G
Hogs-Packers and butchers, S1S 256
is So; common to choice, S13m16 Is
pigs and lights. Sl7G18 90; stags, $t2@14
Sheep and Lambs - Sheep, Sfm12
lambs SfOG17 so
Receipts-Cattle, 100; hogs, 1900; sheer
and lambs, 1900.
Baltimore, Md, July q.
Butter-F,ancy creamery 46047c; OhloI
rolls, 33c; store packed, ?3c.
Eggs-Nearby and western firsts, 39c
Poultry - Spring chickens, Csc: Old
hens, 35c; old roosters, 93G24c.
Boston, July a.
Wool--Ohin and Pennsylvana feeces. |
lOelaine washed, sS@9Oc; one-talf blool
comhing. 75a76c; three eiRhths blond
combing, 75076c; delaine unwashed Tic. |
Toledo, O., July "a.
Corn, 81 75; oats. 7S1ac; clover seed.
SIS so.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26
EXPENSES KEPT DOWN
Cost Of Keeping Wards of State In
creases 10 Per Cent.

Columbus, July 22.-Although the
cost of food increased IA per cent
fuel 26 per cent and the institutions
housed per cent more persons, with
an advance in cost Of labor, the oper-
ating expenses of the state board OF
administration and the 20 institutions
under its care advanced only 10 per
cent last year over the previous one,
it is shown in a preliminary fiscal re-
port for the ~ months ended June 30.
The board says it kept operating eX-
penses down by using strict business
methods. sacrificing various upkeep
and equipment items and confning
purchases to necessities.
The average daily population of in
stitutions was 23,325, an increase Of
eli over 1917. The greatest price in
crease was on fuel, for which the
board spent $6O1 .OS2, compared with
$476,O72 in 1917. Compared with
1915, the cost of fuel increased $685.
600, or 112 per cent. The amount
paid for food supplies was ,521,9S7,
against 1882 9S3 in 1917.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26
CITIES ARE GROWING
Secondary Municipalities and Towns
Are Gaining Rapidly by I'M
migration.

Paris.-The statistics for the popula
tions Of the secondary cities and towns
of France, completed before the exc
dus from Paris began, show an extraor
binary increase owing chiefly to the
immigration of foreign and colonial
workmen employed in munition and
other factories.
Marseilles, with about 100000 inhab
itants when the war began, has now a
population of more than 100000
With the many refugees from the
towns about Paris, evacuated because
of the German advance, and with some
Of the population Of Paris which flew
from the big cannon, that figure may
be said to be even higher. Lyons has
increased its population from $4,000
to 100000, without including additional
thousands in the suburbs. BOrdeaux's
population has risen from 261,678 tG
325,0O0, and the suburban parishes
have grown from $500 to 120,855
Havre has increased from 136,159 tc
$4,000 without including the garrison
Of 10000 foreigners and $4,000 ref
ugees, mostly Belgians.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26
SAILORS EAT SEAWEED
Victims of Hun Submarine Drift
Eleven Days.
Crew Of Norwegian Vessel Picked Up
In Midoeean In Pltiful
Condition.

An Atlantic Port.-The Norwegian
steamer Augvald, 2,09S tons, bound
from a French port for Baltimore, has
fallen q victim to a German subma-
rine. A transatlantic liner brought the
news Of the sinking of the Augvald In
midOcean and also landed IL members
of the crew Of % men. Three of the
crew were drowned and the remaining
13 are unaccOunted for.
The rescued men were picked up by
the liner after having drifted help
lessly for II days, subsistlng most Of
that time on seaweed and rainwater
wrung from their clothing or caught
in their caps. They were in an ex-
hausted condition when picked up, but
by careful nursing on board the liner
they had fairly recovered when they
reached here.
According to the crew the steamer
was stopped by shell fire, the crew or
dered into two boats and the ship was
sunk with bombs.
Captain Egge of the Augvald left
the ship with - men in his boat and
it became separated from the other
lifeboat containing IA of the crew. For
two days the latter boat drifted about
and was then upset in a storm. Three
of the men were swept away and the
others managed to right the boat and
bale it out. They lost all their food
and fresh water and even their oars
were gone.
Drifting helplessly, the men began
to suffer for want of food and water,
Seaweed was eagerly snatched up and
chewed and every device they could
think of was resorted to to catch rain
water. There was a succession of rain
storms and the men were almost con-
tlnually drenched. Day after day went
by and finally the rescue ship came
over the horizon and the exhausted
and starving men were soon safely OF
the deck of the liner and given every
comfort.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26
.FAVORS A LEVY
OF 1S Per CENT
Committee to Boost Tax on
Corporations Incomes,
KITCHIN ANNOUNCES THE PLAN

Lower Tax on Earnings Distributed,
the Chairman Says, Would Have
Tendency to Break Up Surpluses OF
Large Corporations and Force
Money out Where II Can Be
Reached by Income Tax.
Washington, July 24.-An IS per
cent normal tax on the net income Of
corporations, with provision, how
ever, that only 12 per cent shall be
levied on the income distributed to
shareholders, has been tentatively
agreed upon by the house ways and
means committee.
Members Of the committee believe
that the lower rate on earnings dis.
tributed will have a tendency to
break up large corporate surpluses
and force the money out, where 1t
can be reached by tn esurtaX on in
dividual incomes. The present nor.
nal income tax on corporations is i
FER cent.
Chairman Kitchin Of the commit
tee made this statement:
THE committee had under discus
sion the income tax on corporations,
discussing rates. The following
rates were suggested and discussed:
First 20 per cent on the net in
come Of corporations, with a pro
vision that on the amount distributed
should be levied; second, IS per cent
shoud be levied; second, IS per cent
on the net income Of corporations,
with a provision that on the amount
distributed to shareholders only y
per cent should be levied.
"The following rates we're also
suggested: First, a rate Of Is per
cent on the net income; and second,
o fiat rate of - per cent on the net
income.
while no definite decision was
reached. it seemed that a majority
of the committee favored the prop.
osition of the IS per cent rate on net
income, with the reduction to II per
cent on the amount distributed to
shareholders"
The proposed arrangement Of the
normal income tax on corporations
is in line with treasury department
views and is q new plan in federal
taxation.
The proposal resulted from testi-
mony at committee hearings that
many corporations keep a certain
portion of their annual profits in the
instead of distributing the
entire profits to stockholders, who
would have to pay a surtax on it
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26
The Willis Bid for
the Pro- German Vote

Leading editorial nWapakoneta
Daily News, eX-Congressman
Cookies paper
Frank b. Willis sure isn't
gaining anything by his contro-
versy with Prof. William II.
Johnson of GranvilleUniversity.
Willis takes a German position
by asserting that the United
States should not have helped
either side in the European war
by sending munitions to prolong
the conflict, despite the fact that
such action was correct accord
ing to international law, and in
previous wars no nation ever
objected to such a procedure
until that self-same law militat-
ed against Germany-then there
was a roar. Germany sent mu-
nitions to Spain when that coun-
try was at war with America.
Germany sent munitions to Eng,
land when Great Britain Warred
against the Beers. Germany
sold munitions to both Russia
and Japan in the Jap-Russ war.
But when the United States sold
munitions to the allies and would
have sold to Germany if Germa
ny could have delivered the sup
plies to her own shores, Ger
many kicked, as was expected
of a nation such as she has
proven herself to be-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26
Great Casualty Lists
May Soon Be Coming

We must brace ourselves for
great casualty lists. We have
had $500 men engaged in the
furious and victorious tighing Of
the last few days. They have
killed and wounded the enemy
by the thousands. Their own
losses have been reported as
light, but that means only rela
lively light. They have inhict-
ed tremendous damage on the
enemy, and it is inevitable that
they have suffered great damage
themselves. The staggering
lists will begin to come in as
soon as they can be made up in
France. They will be honor
lists in the highest sense, but
they will be fraught with infinite
sadness for thousands of Amer
ican homes. 1t will be a proud
sadness, but it will be hard to
bear. But it will be borne with
resignation and grim determin
alton to see the thing through |
at whatever sacrifice, for such,
praise God, is the spirit of the
American people.-Ohio State
Journal.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26
A. A. Season Cut Short.

Chicago, July 22.-The Kansas City
baseball team was awarded the pen
nant in the American Association at
the close of Sundays game, which
marked the end Of the 1918 season,
by Thomas J. Hickey, president Of
the league. This action follow ed the
decision Of the club owners tc close
the parks Immediately in response to
Secretary of War Bakers interpTeta-
tion Of the work or fight" order for
baseball players of draft age.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26
GRANDDAD IS STILL YOUNG
Readily Accepted for Place In EngL
neers' Corps in United States
Army.

Spokane, Wash.-When James A
House of Clinton, Mont, bade his
friends goodby and started to war af'
ter he enlisted, he had to kiss round
Of grandchildren, along with the other
relatives he left behind. Mr.. House
has a son in service and three daugh'
ters in their own homes, and yet Is
possessed of the youth and physical
qualifications that made him eligible
for a place in Uncle Sans army and
was readily accepted for the engineers
replacement company when he offered
himself to the Missoula recruiting Of
fee.