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Evening star., 1918-10-06

CHIPLOADS Of supplies are daily
leaving American ports to pro-
~ vide men In battle with their
arms. with their engines of every
character and denomination for the
'reat operations. with their hand tools
Or the details OF construction and de-
truction, and with their physical needs
the way OF textiles and food As a
'atter Of actual calculation. 1t takes
lst six tons of shipping a year to
transport one man and his supplies to
'.hc other side.
TO provide these necessary supplies
means labor. and today every thinking
nan and woman has come to q realiza-
on OF the fact that the conversion of
lbor from peace-time standards to the
reduction Of war essentials is one of
he greatest factors in the current pro-
ram. 1t means that labor Is running
boulder to shoulder with the fighting
.iachine and cannot lag for q moment
Without causing untold loss on the bat
lcfield. 1t has been estimated that the
ordnance department will require be-
or&ers by February. How are these
.illed workers to be obtained?
tA
While means for speeding the war la
Dor engine have been many. one very
,ftectual and effective agency in inspir-
ng efficiency has been the training de-
,artments created throughout the coun-
,ry in connection with number Of the
Establishments producing war materials.
-he object Of these ''vestibule'' schools
J, to train skilled workers for the per-
ormance Of some definite task by
means OF short intensive courses. Their
mission is purely emergency. and in
heir very nature and character they are
ualff1ed to maintain the integrity Of la
or for the beneht Of the mechanics who
ave left their benches for the battle
me.
At the same time these training
schools stand for the opportunity for
he man too old, or the man physical
disqualified, to light; they give
,im q chance to adapt his line from
i. non-essential to an essential In
,ustry, as we'll as the boy under
Eighteen to do his war bit, also the
woman with the desire to put her
,and to the war machine at home
the place Of her man, whom she
'as sent to the front to fight in her
behalf.
Today, the lbo training depart
.nents, operating in connection with
one phase OF labor's adaptation to
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err satisfactorily by means Of their
training departments.
Never was Oslerian theory more
convincingly refuted than 1t is. to-
day. with the draft limit set at forty
five. and men by the hundreds past
the chloroforming period" are rem
dering as valuable service as any in
war production by means of training.
At vestibule school in New Haven,
Conn, painter, aged sixty, quickly
learned to be an adept. Said the su-
perintendent Of a factory in Worces-
ing departments in the country: IT
recently hired a man sixty-th three years
of age, who had been a pattern maker,
a millwright and a stone mason. He
game to me and said that he had "a
-hankering to learn the machinist
trade We put him to work in the
training department and he Is show
ing wonderful progress. His training
IN those other lines have given him a
good course in mechanical work, and
we believe that in a short period we
can make a flrst-class instructor out
of him."
4; X
Another man of about sixty eight.
formerly a farmer, who had had me-
chanical training in his youth, walked
into the training department of war
factory the other day and quickly
qualified for skilled production. A
Cincinnati flrm finding it difficult to
procure boys, has substituted old men
with great success They find the
mature men dependable and ready to
accept responsibility, never absent.
never late and glad, most Of them, to
have obtained steady employment at
good wages in a high-class institu-
tion. incidentally, a period of train
ing has made them the equal of
younger men in the performance of
their own particular task.
In Bridgeport laundry shirt ironer
over forty-hve years of age, after
three days of training. was running
a screw machine and producing 25
per cent faster than estimated by the
maker of the machine. At the end
an hour in regular production. An
enameler of the same age was doing
as well on a companion machine in
the same training room, but he stayed
month in training so as to qualify
as foreman in screw machine room.
draft age. The boys under eighteen
are also receiving their share of
training to do their part in the war
emergency. The Boardman apprentice
shops, under which name New Haven,
Conn.,. operates a trade school. is do
shortage of skilled and semi-skilled
help. This training school teaches
many trades under actual work con-
ditions. The machine trains fifty boys
in the day course, and under normal
conditions the boy graduates after
trade practice and 25 per cent being
academic study. At present many
boys leave before the completion of
their course to enter local munition
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the war need, their peculiar function
their pupils with one or two essen
tial processes, and the war machine
is BY that measure Of efficiency speed
ed to full production in quantity, the
permanent labor situation remains
mechanic is concerned. In peace the
skilled mechanic may acquire pro-
ficiency in many branches OF his own
trade; with wars necessity for in
tensified production has come the
manufacture of single parts. or for
skill in a single series of processes
in order to expedite quantity produc-
tion.
for unskflled labor for the war emer-
gency found its inception in the ad.
Visory commission Of the Council of
National Defense, in the national sub
committee on welfare work of Its
committee on labor. Samuel Gompers
is chairman of that committee. and
he early foresaw the need OF definite
training agencies for unskilied labor.
The section of his committee which
has been mainly responsible for the
development of the plan Is known
as the section on industrial training
for war emergency, with H. f. Miles
as chairman. The Department of La
bor has recently established train
ing and dilution service. with Charles
r. Clayton as director and Mr. Miles
as chief of training. This connects
the work started in the Council OF
National Defense. which from its ma
ture is mainly advisory. with gov
ernment department with executive
power.
4
Three types of training are given In
the schools Of industrial establish
ments. Many machine operations are
very simple, and can be taught an
intelligent person in a few minutes or
a few hours at machine or bench.
The value of the training department
in such a case of simple repetitional
work lies in the fact that it teaches
the new worker the best and quickest
ways OF doing his or her task,
instead Of letting them acquire by
imitation tho habits of the next work
er, which may be good. bad or indif-
ferent. may be wasteful of material or
conducive to the dissipation of the
employees time and strength. 1t also
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-04
"AMERICA FIRST"
OR" Twin THE WAR"
NEW PARTY NAME

Minot, N D., May 3.-"America
Eirst," or "Win the War;" have beer
,roopsed as names for the new party
ormed by merging various organiza
IONS represented at conference here
yesterday. An executive committee
las been selected to meet in James
own May Z, which will perfect one
,rganization to embrace all others
working to the same end, but under
eparate direction.
The jamestown Meeting will map
ut whirlwind campaign by which
'eaders hope to defeat Townley can
'dates at the primaries. Funds for
"ampaign will be raised by selling
emberships in the organization at
% each.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-04
'PIRATING CASE
FINISHES TODAY
Arguments in Hearst Service
Suit End This Afternoon

Washington, D. c., May 3.-Argu-
ments were resumed today in the SUI
preme court in proceedings brought
by the International News Service to
have set aside injunctiOns restraining
that organization from pirating the
Associated Press news. Samuel I'm
termeyer of New York, representing
the International News Service. who
began his opening statement yester-
day, concluded shortly after the court
reconvened and was followed by Fred
erick W. Lehman of St. Louis, rep
resenting the Associated Press, who
asked the court to sustain the lower
courts DEGREES. Senator Johnson OF
California was to make the closing
arguments for the International News
Service, t......
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-04
MARINE COUNCIL
MAKES DECISION
ON APPROPRIATIONS

Washington, D. c., May S.-lmport-
ant decisions relating to tonnage and
importations were reached at session
of the Inter-allied council OF marine
transportation just completed at Paris.
An official dispatch today says the
proceedings of the council once more
affirmed the complete accord OF the
allies.
In addition to general discussion
of the progress made toward full Ut
ilization of the allied merchant marine,
the council gave particular attention
to the problem of feeding the popula-
tons Of Belgium and the invaded re-
gions Of France.
Representatives of France, England,
Italy and the United States attended.
Lord Robert Cecil for England and
RAYMOND B. Stevens of the shipping
board for the United States.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-04
.BASHFUL BOY
BRINGS DOW N
GERMAN PLANE
Lieut.. James Meissner Tickled to
Death Over Success
Near TOul
GIVEN GREAT RECEPTION
Companions Tender Young Avia-
tor Ovation Upon Re-
turn to Hangar

With the American Army in France
May 3.-Lieutenant James Meissner
whose home is in Brooklyn, and who
brought down his first German aero
plane today on the American front
northwest Of Toul, returned today to
his hangar to receive the congratula
tons OF his comrades and to make
his report with a bashful grin on his
face. The lieutenant is young and
slight and "tickled to death" that he
has one enemy scalp hanging to his
belt.
The story of his exploit having
trickled in over the telephone wire,
the correspondent went to the lieu
tenants hangar. 1t had been report
ed that a wing of Meissner's machine
had been torn off by his opponents
airplane.
impossible" said one of the men,
bers of Meissner's squadron, before
the young aviator had returned to his
billet. IF the b0che really had
scraped Jimmy with his wing we
would have had to call on the Red
Cross to make inquiries through
Switzerland as to what had hap
pened to him."
Just at that time Lieutenant Meiss.
ner himself jumped out of an auto
mobile and walked toward the group
gathered about the hangar.
"Well, well, there's Jimmy now"
cried his companions as they all ran
out to meet him.
All tried to grasp his hand at the
same time and ask questions. The
lieutenant blushed and looked around
as if at loss as to how to begin.
Then he briefly told an American story
in an American way just as if bring
ing down a German was an everyday
trick.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-04
GOVERNMENT IN
EFFORT TO DIG
UP |. ". ". RIOT
Counsel Seeking to Show That
Program Opposing War Ac-
tivities Was Framed
North Dakota Sends 1890.

Chicago, Ill.,. May ,3.-Counsel for
the government in the trial of ia
members of the !. w. w. charged with
violating the espionage act today ques.
toned employees Of the organization in
an effort to prove that the alleged
conspiracy to disrupt the war pro.
gram entered into at general head.
quarters here shortly before America s
declaration of war
Miss Hilda Seary, private secretary
to William D. Haywood, appearing as
a government witness, testified that
meetings OF the general executive
board were frequent early in the
spring of 1917, but declared she had
no knowledge of any unusual proceed
ings at these conferences. The fol-
lowing telegram was sent to the chair.
men of tire judiciary committee Of
the United States senate today by
Haywood and secretaries Of the vari.
GUS branches of the |. w. W. through
out the country:
''rhe undersigned demand thor.
ough investigation of the |. w. W. be.
fore any ex -parte legislation, such as
that proposed in the King-Walsh bill
II passed by congress"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-04
NORTH 7. DA OAK: {.
WOULD AROUSE
!. S.~T0 ACTION
Declares Our First Year in the
War Has Been Filled
With Blunders
EXTRAVAGANCE CENSURED
Expenditures Have Been Made
With Spendthrift Disre-
gard for Economy
EXTRAVAGANCEC ENSURED

| Washington, D. c., May 3.-Fivs
million men must be sent to the bat
tie front by the United States within
a year, Senator McCumber Of NORTH
Dakota declared today in an address:
to the senate which revealed Amer
ica's work during the first year in the
war. The results of Am erica have
been almost negligible up to the pres.
cnt, he said. Six months have been
wasted by the shipping board and
$64O,000,O00 for aircraft "has been
worse than suuandered."
III we fail to put less than
100000 men on the fighting line
before the end of another year."
he continued, 1--WE will again have
grossly failed to measure up to
our moral duty. We will have
charged to our dscredit another
year of colossal bIunders."
CONTRASTS STATEMENTS
Senator McCumber contrasted the
statement Of President Schwao Of the
Emergency Fleet corporation, that the
United States would produce ship tom
mage Of only 100000 dead sight in
1918, with estimates Of the U.boat
losses Of 100000 gross tons in 1918,
and said:.
"A program which conten7pates but
ten million tonnage is trif!ing with the
most serious question that ever con.
fronted thi1 country. 1t is worse than
trifing. 1t is suicidal.
MUST KEEP ALLIES IN FIELD
"Our only hope of winning this
war is in being able to keep our
allies in the field another year.
That means that it is incumbent
on US to supply them with food.
If we can't get armies into the
field, let US at least send food
and murit ons to those who are
fighting our battles"
As preface to his conclusion, Sen
ator McCumber asserted that what we
had lacked most was the foresight
and determination to get UP and be
doing, "when the flying sparks Of that
great world war threatened to pro-
duce, a .confIagration that might force
US or the firing line"
1--WE seem to have gotten so bewiIcl.
cred in mass of little things that
we have lost sight Of the great re-
he said. "The failure
Of our shipping board is the aggravat
ing example of failure to grasp a big
t-
Unparalleled extravaganza along
every line Of national endeavor
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-04
TRENCH TAKE
INITIATIVE ON
AMIENS FRONT
Telling Blow Registered on Huns
Along Line of More
Than a Mile
POSITIONS ARE RETAINED
Continuity Of Defenses on High
Ground Preserved by
the Allies
POSITIONS ARE RETAINED
ASSOCIATED PRESS

The French have taken the niti
alive on the southern front and lie,
ivered a telling blow on the Alniens
front.
Attacking along front Of more
than a mile between Hailes and Cas-
tel, General Petain's troops yester-
day evening drove the Germans from
Hill 50, overlooking the Avre river,
and captured the wood to the east and
southeast.
This ground is probably more valu-
able than any other along the Somme
line 1t was at Hailles that tthe Ger
mans effected their greatest west
ward penetration in their Amiens
drive, and at Hill 50 they were less
than three miles from the Paris.Am-
lens railway.
With this new terrain, and excellent
line of defense appears to have been
taken up by the entente forces in this
region.
Continuity Preserved.
The positions of the French at Han
gard, and those Of the British on the
villes- Bretonneux ridge, preserve the
=, continuity Of the line on commanding
ground at virtually all the vital spots
north of the .Somme. ,',>
In the Villers BretonneuX region,
there has been further improvement
Of the entente positions, the French
gaining ground in local fighting last
night.
Flanders and Picardy, and the Arras
salient between, continue quiet, and
thte Germans have given no sign OF
where the next blow will be or when
It will come. The present lull in the
fighting no wexceeds three days and
here has been less minor activities
han during the previous break in the
heavy fighting in Flanders.
Offensive Not Ended.
The German offensive is not ended
in the view of military authority and
he enemy is expected to make
further attempts to reach the channel.
The supreme inter.alied war council
has completed a two days session
with a meeting at Abbeyville, north
west of Amiens. All military ques'
lions were discussed and decided on,
and the results obtained are reported
to have been most satisfactory.
Premier Clemenceau, who presided,
said that General Foch who as the re.
suit of the conference it is reported
IS commander in chief of the allied
forces in the west is very optimistic.
htrE No Artillery Activity.
In Flanders there has been no &C.
tivity by the artillery, while on the
British portion of the Picardy front.
German raid at Hebutere, north OF
Albert, has been repulsed.
French troops have driven back the
Germans in local attacks in Hangard
wood, and southwest Of Mailly-Rain-
aval, south Of Hangard, they have cap
tured Baune wood Berlin reports the
situation as unchanged and records
only, artillery duels on the various
fronts.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-04
F0CH MADE WAR
LORD OF GREAT
WESTERN FRONT
Authority of French General
Extended Through Adhe-
hesiOn of Italians

Paris, May 3.-The military author
ity of General Foch, result of the
Italian adhesion, has been extended to
all the western front, and the general
now becomes commander in chief OF
all the allied armies in the west says
Marcel Hutin, in the Echo de Paris
NJ liutin saw Premier Clemenceau
on his return from the meeting of the
supreme war council at Abbeyville.
The premier expressed satisfaction
with the results OF the conference.
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was another reason for failure, the
North Dakota senator contended.
We have been literally burning up
money which the taxpayers have
cheerfuIIy paid to support fight
ing army, he charged. "WhiIe we
can't win this war without buying
Liberty bonds, neither can we win
it by making bonfires of the money
received from Liberty bonds" 81
The bIuster of the public press;
which has grossly exaggerated every
thing in our favor, has been another
factor in our delay.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-04
6207 SKILLED
W0RKMEN ASKED
FOR OUR ARMY
Call for Tradesmen for National
Army Sent Out by Gen.
eral CrOWder

Washington, D. c.. May ga call
for 6.207 skilled men for the national
army was sent out today by Provost
Marshal General Crowder. All states
are included except New Jersey. II
directs the movement of the men on
May II.
The men represent about Is occupa,
tons. They include chauffers, car.
peaters, engineers, stenographers, tel.
egraphers, wireless operators and
welders. They will be attached to the
medical corps. the gas defense SER
vice, the quartermaster corps, the ord
nance department, the signal corps
and the corps of engineers
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-04
FIREMAN DROP
KNITTING ONLY
FOR REAL FIRE

Minneapolis, Mimi, May 3.-Forty
-, forty.seven, forty-eight. One
o.
sang-bang-bang!
The gong roared; the foreman drop
| his knitting and pair of socks
+ + soldier was left unfinished un,
| the Minneapolis fire fighter could
up distinguish another blaze.
The knitting idea proved contagious
rom the start but rivalry has grown
+, keen that eight machines in six de
nartments are kept busy during leis
re times.
Thus far Al firemen have knitted
: 80 pairs of socks and they are
ming them out at the rate OF 259
ra.rs week.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-04
NORTH DAKOTA
TO Sc ND 1890
MORE N AY rs
Cali Received Today Asks for
More Than Thousand
Flickertail Selects
DESTINATION NOT KNOWN

Washington, d. c., May 3.-State OF
ficials today received falls for men tc
fill the May draft quota. Officials
here did not make public the number
OF men to be called, but it is estimated
that 100000 will be indicted during
the month. The men will start ror
camps about May 25.
North Dakota Sends 1880.
!, North Dakotas gross quota in tlis
call is 1852 men; its net quota is e..
93S, and credits for men sent in four
recent calls, bring thtc actual number
OF men to be sent May Is down to / ;
go. Aqjutant General Fraser has a
preliminary telegram advising that
these men will be called, but he is not
informed as to where they will go.
There is first deducted from North
DakOta's gross quota of 6,952 men,
4,014 men for whom the state gains
credit through their having volun.
teered or enlisted in the national
guard, regular army, navy or marine
corps since June 80, 1917. From the
ne. quota of 1898 which results,
there are deducted 2J mechanics sent
to Kellyfield, Tex, under call No. 50;
35 blacksmiths sent to the same point
under call No. 81; 1887 men sent to
Camp Dodge under call No. 1877, and
the 5S1 men who will entrain next
week for Fort Logan, Colo, under
call No. 1873.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-04
BRITISH MAKE
GAINS IN THE
AMIENS SECTOR
'r.ay 'trE ST.. d So .
@ - y ~ ,~'
Advantage Rested With Allied
, Arms at Close of Nights.
'..-. Fighting

london. Eng, May 3.-ln the, neigh
borhood of Villers- Bretonneux on the
front before Amiens the British gain
ed the advantage in local lighting dur
ing the night, the war office an
nOunceS.
On the northern front there was ac
tive artillery fighting, especially near
Givenchy, the forest Of Nippe, and
Locre, south of Ypres.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-04
HUN BARBARISM
KINDLE'S H A T F
OF RUSSIANS {: S
People of Kiev District Resist
Conquerors for Three Days
With Machine Guns

Moscow, Thursday, April 25.-Ger-
many's barbarous treatment OF the in
habitants of occupied territory and
constant reQuisitioning Of food are
provoking great resentment and caus'
ing armed clashes. In a village in the
Kiev district the inhabitants resisted
the Germans for three days with ma
chine guns and rifles, and were only
subdued by the use of armed motor
cars. a5E.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-04
RAILROADS SHOW
$90,0O0,000 LOSS
UNDER u! CONTROL NJ
Net Operating Income for Last
Three Months Takes De-
cided Drop
GROSS INCOME WAS HIGHER

Washington, d. c., May 3.-During
the first three months Of government
regulation, IA railways showed a net
operating income OF $54 ,GGl,
against $l44,Ol1, 1899 for the same per-
iod under private direction in 1917
For the three months period, end
ing with March, interstate commerce
commission statistics issued today
show operating revenues were $780,
001 1929 against 1888, E3,S57.OO in 1917;
operating expenses $G37,7S4,GOS as
against $512775, 1863, and net revenue
from railway operations $S8,22G,721
against $175,39S, 4S80O.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-04
DISTINGUISHED
SERVICE WINS
/. SAMMY CROSS
Lieut.. w. D. Meyering Rewarded
for Bravery in Repulse
of Germans

With the American Army in France,
Thursday, May 2.-Lieutenant w. d.
Meyering, U. S. R., has been award
ed the distinguished service cross. lie
commanded a platoon which was at
tackled by the enemy on April 6. He
took measures to defeat the enemy
and handled his men we'll until he was
wounded.
In the official announcement it is
declared his brave example inspired
the men to drive of the enemy, who
did not reach the American trenches.
!Meyering's right hand had to be am
putated.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-04
PUBLICATION OF
FULL CASUALTY
LISTS RESUMED
President Wilson Directs That
Anxious People Here at
Home Have News

Washington, d. c., May 3.-Publica.
ton of the casualty lists from France
were resumed today in the old form,
giving the home addresses of the men.
The president decided that the ad.
dresses should be made public, and
the return to the old form is taken to
mean that any military advantage the
enemy might gain from the list would
not be of sufficient value to justify
the anxiety the relatives of the sol.
dicrs by suppression of this aid to
identification.