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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-04-18

The bolshevlki government Of Russia
was concerned mostly last week with
the landing of japanese troops in
| Vladivostok. The press expressed the
fear that this was the first step in the
occupation of Siberia, and the commits
sioners demanded that the japanese
depart, threatening otherwise to de-
clare war IF the japanese really are
on conquest bent, they would ask moth
ing better than that, but America and
Great Britain probably stand in the
way for they do not wish to have Rus
STA throw herself utterly into the hands
of the Germans. Indeed, the foreign
consuls at Vladivostok promised the To-
cal authorities the troops would be
withdrawn soon.
Delayed dispatches from Hardin said
American marines also had been land
ed at Vladivostok and were In control
of the docks, while the japanese were
guarding the railway and ammunition
depots.
The diet OF Bessarabla, the Russian
province which borders Roumania on
the east. is reported to have voted In
favor Of union with Roumania. Uk-
raine has signed an agreement to fur
nish to the central powers about g..
100000 pounds of foodstuffs and deliv-
cries of grain already have begun.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-04-18

Submarine sinkings AS reported by
the British admiralty showed great
falling Off in number, only six vessels
being listed as lost, but both here and
abroad there is a feeling that this
presages n concerted movement of the
U-boat against the transports that are
now carrying American troops to
France in great numbers However,
the convoy system has been so per-
fected and so many warships are avail
able for It that no grave apprehension
Is felt for the safety OF those trans
ports.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-04-18

George Creel, chairman Of the com
mittee on public information brought
a storm about his head by saying, In
a public address, that he would thank
God to his dying day that the United
States was unprepared when II went to
war, because otherwise 1t would have
been false to It's traditions and policy.
In both houses of congress he was de
nounced bitterly. the senate seemingly
overlooking the fact that only few
days preyl> usly II had voted 10 make
that state of unpreparedness perman.
ent by refusing 10 vote for universal
Military service. Creel made his out.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-04-18

The senate had another exciting de-
bate over the conference report on the
bill for Furnishing sabotage and wilful
destruction of war material. As re-
ported, the measure provided that 1t
should not be construed as making 1t
unlawful for employees TO agree to-
gether to strike or refuse to work for
the purpose of securing better wages
or working conditions. Senator I'm
derwood and Others strongly criticised
any such government Endorsements Of
strikes during wartime. Next day the
senate rejected the conference report
by a vote of "a to %. AT the same
time Samuel Gompers was warning
congressman not to commit the devil
try and folly" of passing the proposed
law to prohibit strikes and lockouts.
Too many of the laboring men of the
country fail to recognize the fact that
when they are working for the gov
eminent on war tasks they are doubly
working for themselves.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-04-18

rageOuS statement when acting as
spokesman of the administration at a
meeting Of Liberty loan lecturers, and
his dismissal from government employ
was demanded by the indignant con-
greSSmeu.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-04-18

On Wednesday the senate passed the
amendment 10 the espionage bill, maxi
ing IT The most drastic anti-sedton
measure ever proposed in this country.
1t is designed to expedite punishment
for disloyal acts and utterances, but
was changed to permit of just critic
ism with good motives. Fear OF antsg-
onizing loyal citizens of German de-
scent caused the elimination of q clause
barring from the mails publications in
the German language.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-31

many must lie outside until the men
who were taken in first could be evac-
uated. You heard groans, but amid
the groans you heard CHEEKY, gritty
words. Cow, that damn leg *,*
How's Charlie maxim it? Anybody
know? l seen him git it y
Dow ~ w.
"They just took Charlie in. He
wasn't sayin much"
"Say, them stretcher bearers ought
to git the Croy de Gerr, them birds
ought to. See em fetch me back
with them shells Dustin like it was
rainin'? And would they hurry? Not
damn bit. hollers to them to git
move on or they'd git busted one
on the dome, but that little shrimp
says for me to mind my own bust
ness, he was carryin' that stretcher
" Afraid if he hustled he'd
shake me up and hurt me some. Can
you beat that? Govt"
1.-TWO Of them stretcher bearers
were Y. M. c. A. guys. What they
dom in that gamer
., v Men Aid.
volunteered, one of them told me,
l asked him. He's been workin' up in
that dressin' station right where she's
happenin' ever since this busted out.
l seen. him there. Hain't had his
clothes off for a week. Looks to me
like he's about ready to crack But
he's always there with cigarette or
cupful of coffee, or a cake of choco-
late. Now he's totin' stretcher
Needs stretcher himself, seems as
though"
you're next, son. said lieuten-
ant doctor. "Where'd you get it,?
Leg and chunk somewhere in the
chest a. is
"Out of luck
"Out of luck nothin'. Didn't bay
onet three Of them Germans before
they got me? Eli? - Luck. "
The story goes that this division
was called upon to stop the rush of
five times its number. The storyg oes
farther and says they not only stopped
the rush but caused a movement in
the other direction. 1t was not an
affair of hours but of days, days of
constant, bitter, hand-to-hand fighting
with horrors added by the Hun that no
American soldier has ever been called
upon to face. But they had damned
the flood; had even swept it back for
a little, and they were proud.
Sp>ft OF Altruism
But their achievement on the field
was not the great thing that came
into view in those days, 1t was the
spirit that famed up in their hearts
not merel va spirit of courage, of
daring. Of heroism against odds, but a
spirit o faltruism, Of love for the
other fellow. Somewhere in that holo-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-31

caust those hard-boiled boys had got
ten it, and the manifestations of it
that night in the little courtyard be-
fore the dressing station made he spot
one never to be forgotten by those
who witnessed it,
A hurry call was sent to the dis
tant Y. NJ. C. A.
Cant you do something for these
boys that are being brought in here?"
the officer in charge demanded.
What can we do?'
Something to eat and smokes Cof-
fee. A bite and smoke do a wounded
man more good than anything else.
Do you know, some of those boys
have been out there in that for two
days with nothing to eat but hard
tack!" ': ..r
So the Y sent it's men and it's trucks
and made coffee; it brought such
fruit as it could; it carried chocolate
bars ~
Here you are sport said one of
them. coming into the courtyard.
Here's cup ofSchocolate'
The boy raised himself painfully on
his elbow and reached for the cup
then he motiOned it away.
Il hain't hurt much-and there's a
lot Of guys here that's messed bad.
You haint' got enough to go around.
Git busy"
i've got smokes and hot chocolate
for every man. Go ahead"
-~~ Honest? l won't be Robin none
Of them birds?"
Honest"
Boy Is Transformed
The boy drank-and was trans
formed. He lay back with cigarette
between his lips with his eyes closed,
and the expression on his dirty face
was such a reward as few men ever
earn.
That's livin'," he said softly.
One boy was brought in with a
broken leg. 1t had been an accident
and not wound won in battle. He
had gotten in the way of motor
truck. ..-.,-.
Jest fix me up out here what YOU
can" he said. a..
you get to the hospital. son."
nix. Hispital's for those fellows
that's hurt. l just got a busted pin.
You fix me here and leave me here
When you get a chance"
Somewhere, some time, they had all
gotten this thing. 1t had come to them
out Of the flame and crash of battle;
it had been carried to them on clouds
Of soaring, noxious gas; it had awak-
ened in them through suffering and
through the sight OF suffering. They
were the same, yet they were not the
same. They were not gentle, yet one
fancied he could detect gentleness.
in their voices. But out of the battle
and the suffering, something better
than they had ever known came to
them. There was utter ignoring of
self, and it was thing wonderful to
Sal. AL
More Than Came i
We've got have ia new word in,
he language said u captain surgeon.
Game won't do. These boys are
more than game. I've new.
lFssse9s sny sAiAE esitssI don't Mows
That Ever he: Rshf- ]
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-31
BY CLARENCE BURLINGTON KEEL.

BY CLARENCE BURLINGTON KEEL
- ,..b LAND. 80 81 ss%&%rSSss.
q They were coming, back out of tn.
hot blast of the great battle-thost
boys of certain division now famou:
throughout France and one day to bt
famous throughout the world. The,
were not coming back because they
had had enough Of it; they were be-
ing brought on stretchers, wounded
gassed, shell-shocked, to an advanced
dressing station. Some seemed just
boys. One could see them grit theil
teeth to holdvback the moan of pain
Hard luck, pal?" said doctor in
terrogatively, as the bearers set dowr
stretcher in the courtyard. y
The boy shrugged his shoulders, ac.
tually shrugged them as we'll as he
could, bundled up. in that stretcher
and grinned wanly.
Comm fine if l can get you fellers
to save that foot She's smashed
plenty. If you cant-all the same
Well run you right in"
mix, DO, not me. I'm gettin' past
all right, nothin' but my foot. You
jest lemme be here and git busy with
them guys that's hurt I'M on the
waitin' list" IA +.
Here Are Men.
That was, one boy, He belonged to
an outfit that bears a name far and
wide for being boiled hard, Tough
birds, you, hear them called, rough
talking boys with the crust outermost
If you had seen them a month before
or two months before, when they had
not had their purifying in blood and
fire, you would not have prophesied
that they would hold back in suffering
to wait for one in greater suffering
to be cared for first. It. was, an at
tribute that was not apparent to the
casual eye. Hard boiled, you would
have agreed, and you might have felt
a trife sorry. for the enem ythat had
to encounter them. But you would
not have sootd by with tears in your
eyes-not in your eyes, but rolling
down your cheeks-ahd have muttered
again and again, Here are men!"
But now they had felt the scorching
breath of war. Suddenly they had
been dropped into the furnace and
had come out with dross burned away.
Something had happened They were
still hard-boiled. Their language was
made up of the same words, but the
words had taken on a new meaning,
their very faces had taken on a new
aspect. In spite of blood and CRIME,
and the discoloration and burn of gas,
you could see that something was
present there which had been absent
before-until you could not see at all
for the flooding Of your eyes.
Il got mine No use-spOrt
Can't do-nothin, for-me
= Git--busy with, some of them
boys-you kin--help., 4
Think Of the Other.
That was the spirit, That was. the
thing that had been Burned INTO their
souls by the hot breath of war. They
had forgotten themselves. Jim was
not thinking of Jim, abut of Mike, Mike
was not thinking of Mike, but of Jack.
Each passed it on. .8 Il
The dressing station was small &nd
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-31

fering and the scenes of bloodshed.
wiped his eyes. They damn
it all, they're something! Nobody was
ever like them!" 49,
One man lay inside on a mattress
on the floor. His chest was rising and
falling as he struggled for breath.
He's on his way" said the doctor
to Y man who was acting as orderly.
nurse, assistant, anything.
The Y man went over and touched
the boys forehead.
How about it, old man, he said.
Kind Of-lOnesome = Nav
be you-could sit-vhere till"
The man sat down and a hand
struggled toward him. He took it and
theld it in his own, and he whispered
to the boy moment. Maybe it was
prayer. Whatever the words, it was
prayer. The wounded man lay still,
MS hand in the hand of the friend
who had come to him in his last dark
moment-his last glorious moment.
He was giving his utmost for his coun-
try. The Y man sat still until the
hand grew limp and lifeless in his
own. and then he moved away to 9TH
er errands, for it was night demand
ing much of men.
| The courage of the battlefield seems
to be common commodity; but the
courage to bear pain without finch
ing; to realize the approach CT death
without crying out; to reach mo-
ment when you, know you must face
life manned, without arm, leg, eye
and not to. curse with blank rage or
cry out with despair-that it another
kind of courage. But it was there.
Not one man had it, but it seemed
as if al Those wounded had tit
was not the gameness of the bulldog.
1t was something that had to do with
the soul. 1t was, greatness, it was
fineness. it was a thing that compell-
ed the watcher to uncover his head
and stand barred in its presence.
They were Americans. Perhaps il
was their birthright More likely it
was new thing; newly born of the
day and the business of the day
Whatever it was, whenever and how
ever it came, it was present. This
has been written with repression, with
striving for understatement, with a
wish to tell the truth. The thing was
there. They brought it back with
them.
How are. you making it, sport?
Here's a cup of Coffee"
"You come around to me aftetr Won
have given some to the boys over
there. They need it,"
That is what was there. It has read
something new into the meaning of
the words American soldier. As the
doctor said, some new word must be
coined to designate it. 1t was born
of battle and agony. ~-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-31
A HEALTH PROBLEM.

The "diphtheria carrier is one of the hardest
problems with which health authorities have to
cope.
Many people feel that they are unjustly quaran-
tined because Of the fact that they "fee entirely
WE'LL"
But as long as the archaeological laboratory
finds the germs of the disease in the secretion of
their nose and throat the quarantine must remain
in order that the public be protected.
Knowing that the germs Of diphtheria may be
lurking in the saliva of perfectly well' person
we can easily see how in the course Of our every
day life the germs are possed on to other folk.
The street car conductor moistens his fingers
the more easily to pass our transfers
The girl on her way to the matinee touches the
tip of her finger to her tongue the better to smooth
on the fingers Of her gloves.
The nostened fingers of the peddler arrange
his displays of fruit, the bookworm with moisten-
ed finger turns the pages of book in. the public
library.
> Everybody is busily engaged in this distribution
of saliva so that the end of each day finds this
secretion freely distributed to the doors, window
stills, furniture and playthings in the home, the
straps of trolley cars, the rails and counters and
desks of shop and offices.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-31
STORY ABOUT A HIRED GIRL.

Some years ago, when the German chemists
cooked up their monopoly in dyes, and other chem
icals necessary to human happiness, and applied
for foreign patents, they doubted the honesty of
America, after the German habit, and, to prevent
dishonest Americans from stealing their recipes,
they filed fake specifications, with their applica-
lions for patents, with Uncle Sam.
Sure enough war came on, Uncle refused to
recognize the patents and his chemists went to
trying out the recipes. Behold! in almost every
case, it was found that some essential ingredient
or indispensable step had been omitted from the
recipes or formulate. The specifications were
frauds, and the recipes wouldn't work. Fine Teu-
tonic cunning
But our American chemists did not lie down and
weep! they went to work to discover why the
blamed recipes wouldn't work. and discovered why.
Fine American grit! And then they took the
HUN by the short hair by taking out domestic
patents, the HUN having invadated his patents
by fraud, and, hereafter, if the HUN gets his
dyes and such into this country he'll pay nice
royalty to American brains. It's mighty fine in
stance of boomerang, and although reminds US Of
Story About Hired Girl.
Many years ago, but it seems and feels like last
weeks trust was formed in certain suburban
community, back in Ohio Tommy Wilson and
Bobbie Smith were two-thirds of the trust and we
the remainder. There were no Thrift Stamps in
those days and so the trust put its first accumula
ton of capital from moving lawns, running err
rands and swilling pigs into large two-wheeled
cart.
Contemporaneously with the trusts possession
of that cart, mother possessed hired girl, bux-
ON Swede named Katura Jansen. You might
forget your first wife, or grandmother, or pay
day, but never Katura, having once met her. Ka-
tura was the embodiment of emotion. She'd laugh
at anything, or cry at nothing, easily, and, as
when in her flood of tears she was a composite
picture of the Horse Shoe Falls and the emptying
of a tub of wash suds, the trust preferred Katura
at flood tide.
Well, in the cleaning, one day, the trust found
Katura resting on the kitchen steps and coaxed
her into taking ride in that cart She laughed
like horse with oat straws in its nostrils, called
us boys her "deer leedle ponies" and enjoyed her.
self greatly until we-no, the trust-reached the
top Of the hill and let go the cart handles. Then
Katura scooted. ~
Halfway down you could fairly hear Katura's
tears fall, ana the trust dahced on it's six legs,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-31

swung it's hats and ,cheered her on from the top
of the hill. 5.W
Gosh but that was live trust for the pro-
motion of fun!
But, gancing two-thirds way down the narrow
hillside roadway, the trust perceived that father
was returning from his daily office toll. On one
side father bore groceries, meat and vegetables,
worsted and hairpains for mother, rolls of music
for Sister Ella etc. etc., the other side of these
long handled wooden garden rakes. (The trust
found four eggplants and two pounds of tomatoes
in the adjoining bushes, next day. Darned if
the fun didn't ooze out of our third of that trust
right then.
For brief second father and Katura COM
mingled, all miscellaneous and sudden, and for the
rest Of the way down the hill their best friends
couldn't tell which part was father, which hired
girl, which cart or which rake. There was, to be
sure, one brief flash of joy when father got upon
his feet, with the aid Of undiluted blasphemy, but
the rake handle swiped him at the ankles and he
continued g,
Boys will be boys" said mother, later on and
she liked both father and Katura, too. But "fath-
ers will be fathers" replied father, and after his
of it, in the wood-shed, where some
blamed fool had just delivered load of lath we
never saw any good in trusts. I'd -
We hope we will not grieve those smart Aleck
Hun chemists by adding this moral:
A boomerang tastes a lot better when outward
bound than when coming back
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-31

HUN submarines are not sinking much, but
HUN hopes are sinking great deal.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-31

A scarcity in English clergymen necessitaties
fewer Sunday sermons. A lot of male perons will
miss their customary Sabbath morning snooze.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-31

Packers and millers are biggest profiters, says
treasury report, which is how they are helping
the HUNS!
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-15

DR.. Paul C. Verne's number is not in
the telephone directory. 1t is 2420-W.
-Advt. ...
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-15

President Hansel Of late, imploring
him to take mp Z. ii. G. A. work In
the war camps.
The resignation OF DR.. Wallace ~.
Stearns was not formally presented
to the executive COMMITTEES. DIR.
Stearns expects to leave Fargo COLI
lege as soon as a man is obtained
to take his place. He, too, viii be-
come active in Il" war work.
Not TO Jeopardixe School.
Following the first requests for
his services in the "Y" war camps,
DR.. Hansel has labored making ar
rangements and getting the business
affairs OF the college I'm such condi-
ton that the school would not be
ieopardized by his departure.
1t was the old call and desire to
get back into the work in which he
was trained in his early DAYS that
prompted DIR. Hansel to tender his
resignation. For % years he has been
associated with Young Mems Chris
tian association work, and for lis
years he was president of Young
Mems Christian college OF Chicago.
According to DIR. Hansel most Of
the men with whom he was asso-
ciated during his college presidency
in Chicago, and many of the young
men that were under his tutelage,
have answered the call Of the colors,
some serving in the national army
and others in the war camps.
DR.. Paul C. Verne's number is not in
the telephone directory. 1t is 2420-W.
-AdVt. .
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-15
Spring WOOlens
Stuck in Snow

Somewhere between Fargo and
Chicago there is a shipment of spring
woolens stuck in the snow. For sew
eral days Ted has been waiting their
arrival to make formal announcement
of an early spring drive"
Everyone knows that when Ted
announces something of special bene-
fit for his patrons, they will get
more than they expected. That's why
it's wise for everyone in the market
for first class spring suit or over
coat, at rock bottom prices, to ar
range to see this great line, which
should reach Fargo in a very short
time.-Adv.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-15
RESIGNATION OF
FARGO COLLEGE
Head ACCEPTED
Case of DR.. Stearns Not
Formally Presented to
Executive Body

The resignation of DIR. John w.
Hansel, president of Fargo college,
was accepted at a meeting of the
executive committee of the board Of
trustees at 4 O'Clock Monday after
noon.
His services as head Of the college
will close on Feb. 1, the date on
which he asked that his resignation
take effect. He became president on
Oct. /. 1913.
The executive committee OF the
board of trustees did not name a
committee to consider a successor.
This probably will be done at
meeting Of the full board of trus-
tees later.
Urgent calls have been coming to
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-15

OBSERVE TEMPERANCE DAY.
In Cass county schools on Friday,
Temperance day win be observed.
County Supt. J.. w. Riley has prepar-
ed a set of questions for the students,
the quiz dealing with the effects Of
liquor drinking. Temperance day
viii be observed throughout the ma
ton.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-15

Nearly everything in the store in
cluded at Blacks big semi-annual
clearing sale. Don't miss this event,
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1918-01-16

airfelamfuno, og oerfor ogiaa imoo,
at bi / en- 9iO iom 6enre bol0er
ct oanif &irfemb0e / en- ltOfant
of 0%fationen, iom tillige er j ell
al 4irfelanrflnOets llOfanter. Oct
b6r og fan hi unogaa. Com 4riit.
ne ber bi life blot u1ogaa oct
on6e, men ogioa ifp alt otot
.Sfin" q Gbesi. 5, 22). 9erfor
bar ieg i~frepet Oenne SenitilIing til
Ooeroeielie. Seq er biz poa, at
BORT 9irfeiamfiuo er lopalt, men
6erfor bsr oct ogion oiie BET bl. a.
i0erDeo, at QGobningsprGOifen oeo
oct fommenoe @arsf6Oe 6ol0es paa
oct Sprog, iom tales og ~foritaaes
Of Den 3ation, iom ri bar baGot
at lebe | og lepe og IiOe meo.
@1air, Nebr., 12. San. 1918.