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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-07

The splendid audience which assembled at the
auditorium last evening made it very evident that
our brave boys of Companys and I, who are in the
thick of it over there have not been forgotten, and
that the loyal efforts of the Bismarck Woman s
Auxiliary to supply these soldiers with material com
forts being appreciated here at home as we'll as
abroad.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-07

afford for the sake of our manhood to do less. We
must 90 on and on ever on until the world has been
freed from the sinister forces which made this war
The murder Of Lewis Ousley is another
crime which we must lay at the feet of the kaiser,
and whose expiration humanity must demand from
him in It's own good time
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-07

When Governor Stewart offers Governor Frazier
the hospitality of Montana he pledges one or two
thing; which Governor Frazier cannot repay with
the hospitality of North Dakota. But tbs not for
long. Montana soon will join in the northwest
choral symphony, How Dry AM
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-07

Tho Attorney General LANCER soon is to be Of
fered up blushing sacrifice at the altar of Hymen.
but State Treasurer John Stcen and Commissioner Of
Insurance A. S. Olsncss remain two perfectly good
and eligible bachelors
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-07

Now, isn't it about time to stop this everlasting
jangng at Washington; weed out the nefflc.ents,
if any there be in Uncle Sam s machine, and
proceed with as little further loss of life and time
as possible, with the task of winning this war?
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-07

Now will Senator LaFollettc dare rise up and
say that those Michigan and Wisconsin soldier boys
had no right to be on the kaiscr's ocean?
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-07

Even our strenuous attorney general must lay up
once in awhile for repairs.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-04

tria should be made to understand
that we have no quarrel with them,
hut that we sympathize with them
in their efforts to rid themselves of
the incubus of militarism under
which they are being dragged to
ruin.
We must not pause for a moment.
however, in our war preparations
because of the possibility of break
up of the German empire. The
power of the ruling classes is at
present too. strong for very early
demonstration in that direction.
Rather, these signs of internal dis
turbance should lead us on to new
efforts. An army of several million
Americans on the West Front Will
be one of the best arguments the
German advocates of democracy
could have as a reason for conclud-
ing that all hope of German victory
in the field is at an end. We must
prepare to wage a wiRning campaign
against Germany from without and
then we can hope, with the aid of
a wisely framed diplomatic program,
TO blow the spark of revolution in
the Central Empires into a flame
that shall consume the Kaiser and
his hosts.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-04
"HQLt the Hun"

n NE of the strongest posters
which has made its appear
anee in the Third Liberty Loan
campaign is undoubtedly the one en-
titled Halt the Hun" by Raleigh. 1t
calls to mind wildly the many re-
ports brought by the daily press and
in books written by eyewitnesses of
the devastation wrought in Belgium,
France and Poland by the Germans,
of the wanton destruction of property
and of the atrocities-cruel almost
beyond description-commi on
the legions of the Kaiser, now almost
universally referred to as Huns,
whose relentless onslaught for a
time apparently nothing could with
stand.
1t seems a strange coincidence
that, when finally stopped by the
French soldiers under the able lead
ership of the great Joffre, they
should have been halted in a battle
fought on the Marne,. for it was also
on the Marne, to be exact at Chal-
ons-sur- Marine that the original
Huns were brought to halt, though
that was quite few centuries ago.
About 375 A. d. the original Huns,
an ugly warlike race of nomadiC
tendencies and of Mongolian or Tar
tar origin, left the steppes of Middle
Asia, where they had been roaming
for six or seven centuries and cross
ed the Ural mountains, then the
| Volga and also the Don. They sub
dued first the Alani, forced what re.
mained of their tribe into their owr
ranks, next defeated the East Goths
and finally settled in Hungaria al
I -. 4 Il, 4,
middle of the following century At
! tila, then their king gathered his
! hordes, said to have been over hall
million, most of them excellent
| horsemen and well mounted, an6
| swept on through Austria, Bavaria
/ Burgundia and across the Rhine
until reaching the Marne.
Attila Defeated
Here in the year 451, at Chalons-
sur Marne, they were met by the
united forces of the Romans, Franks
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-04

Burgundians and the West Goths
who under the able General Aetius
not only succeeded in stemming the
tide, but in one of the bloodiest bat
ties in history, Attila and his savages
We're defeated and obliged to retire
beyond the Rhine and finally back
to Pamonia. So fierce was the con-
flict that, as tradition has it, over
10000 fighters were left dead on
the field, and this at a time when
powder and guns were unknown and
the battle was practically throughout
a and-to-hand combat. Thus ended
the first attempt of the Huns to in
wade Europe.
However, just as the modern Huns,
after having been halted on the
Marne, turned to the south and are
endeavoring to subdue Italy, so did
the original Huns likewise, after
their defeat at Chalons-sur-Marn
start out to conquer Italy, for in the
following year; viz, in 452, Attila
again sailed forth with his hordes,
crossed the Alps, and with Hun
thoroughness destroyed Milan, Pavia,
Verona and Padua and laid waste the
fertile lands traversed by the river
Pc. Terror stricken. the helpless in
habitants sought refuge on the other
wise uninviting and barren islands in
the lagoons of the Adriatic, thus
laying the foundation of what later
developed into the city of Venice. II
was only due to the entreaties oi
the then Bishop Lee l that Attila
was persuaded to desist from con
tinuing his march on Rome, and tC
enter a peace with the Roman EN-
peror Falentinian III. He died the
following year, his empire soon wen
to pieces and the Huns betook them
selves back to the steppes of South
ern Russia and Middle Asia from
whence they had come, finally dis
appearing entirely as a nation anC
existing to-day only in history.
Let us hope that the power of th'
| modern Huns will likewise be 81
thoroughly broken that never agair
will they be able to constitute a men
ace to peace and civilization.
Halt the Hun by buying Libert!
! Bond"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-04
DRAMA IN FRANCE

t[From the Cincinnati Times Sta:.
We must not play Germany's game
by overindulsence in pessimism con-
cerning the situation on the West
ern front. The English army is u
magnificent lighting organization.
And it is particularly important in
the present situation to remember
that the Britisher's particular genius
in war lies in his capacity for stub
born defense. No thinking Ameri-
can can look unmoved upon the tre-
mendous drama that is being unfold
ed in France. The British and
French armies, and our own brave
boys at the front, will not be carried
off their feet by German warfare
and German bluster. If they are abIe
to play their part on the field of
battle. surely we should not become
panic-stricken, four thousand miles
behind the line
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-04
GLIMPSING THE FUTURE

lTHERE appears to be as grea'
danger that we will come TO the
end of the war unprepared fol
peace as we came to the war unpre-
pared for fighting. The signing oil
the new peace pact will find the
world facing conditions as dlfereh'
from those of the old armed truce
as dav differs from night. The world
will have been made safe for de-
mocracy and there then must tol-
low the greatest effort to make de-
mocracy safe for the world
Labor and capital will be alike
intensely interested in the process
and labor in particular will be ac-
lively engaged in a campaign for
the betterment of living and work
ing conditions for the masses.
Senator Sproul. in his platform as
candidate for the governorship of
Pennsylvania, takes note of this
prospect when he says: Industrial
changes of the most sweeping char
acter have accompanied the present
war. breaking down the standards
of other days and opeDing up a new
era for labor" and he adds: 1T
must be plain to all that it is of
the greatest Importance to so shape
official and other affairs that the
highest possible results will follow
this great industrial effort"
old plans, practices and condi-
tions no longer prevail, - observes
the Senator. The ushering in of
the new industrial day has realized
to the fullest extent many of the
cherished hopes and aspirations of
the workers. and it is the first duty
OF those in official place here to so
surround the situation with legisla-
tive and other aids as to render
labor so effective in this war work
that the efforts of Pennsylvania S
sons will ever stand forth among
the greatest and best in our ma
tional life. Every legislative pro-
gram calculated to advance the in
terests of our army of workers now
and in the times of readjustment
which must follow the war, should
and will receive the appreciation and
support of all patriotic men in Off
cial station"
Here is a leaf for the notebook of
other aspirants for office. The next
four years are going to be noted in
Pennsylvania for the humanitarian
legislation to be presented and it is
highly important that our executive
chairs and our legislative seats be
filled by men keen TO the issues of
the hour and in sympathy with pop
ular interests. Just as in time OF
peace we should have prepared for
war, so in time of war We should be
preparing for peace.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-04
A Patriotic Mother
BRIGGS

All slackers should take to heart
the story of deserted wife in Kens-
ington, with 10 children, who earns
$12 a week and has subscribed for
$50 Liberty Bond on payments of
S1.00 a week. With children all the
way from a few weeks old to IA
years, this mother goes to work ev-
cry day, and not only cares for her
brood, but is ready to help the gov
ernment. After such an exhibition
of patriotism the evident thing for
all the rest of us to do is to sub
scribe for more housekeeping on
until it's hurts badly. If the people
of this city will do relatively one
tenth as much as this poor woman
the government will never lack for
mOney.-From Phila. Bulletin.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-04
When Trickery Is Crime
[PhiladeIphia Public Ledger ]

philadelphia Public Ledger.l
When trickery in the manipulation
of the ballot laws results, as it is
plainly intended, in confusing voters
as to the identity of candidates and
in defeating the purpose of the laws
to guarantee to the voters a free and
untrammeled choice at the polls, it
becomes a crime that ought to be
punished without mercy. A favorite
trick of politicians of a certain low
unknown person whose name hap
pens to be identical with or which
closely resembles that of a genuine
candidate possessing a real back
ing. Within the last few days one
such attempt to foist upon the pri-
mary ballot such a fake nomination
has been frustrated by q court rul-
ing, and still another similar case is
awaiting judication before the courts
in Philadelphia.
In both cases the appeal to the
court was made possible only
through the violation of some tech.
nical requirement of the election law
on the part of the perpetrators Of
the trick. This is unfortunate, FOL
the question was not raised upon its
merits at all, but upon a narrow in
depreciation of details which left a
loophole q escape for the tricksters
and their trick. 1t is a pity that the
courts do not take a broader view OF
their duty and responsibility in such
cases and treat those guilty of this
sort of fraud as they deserve.
1t is not without significance that
the habitual resort to these fake
nominations is characteristic of GER
tain faction leaders in this state and
is a measure of their low standar Is
of political morality. their u .er fail
ure to play the game fairly aad
openly. If politics" in this conn
try has fallen from its high estate
and too often describes that which
is dishonorable and discreditable. II
is not far to seek the cause. A boss
who countenances the substitution
of candidates upon the ballot is quite
as guilty of fraud as the heeler who
at his bidding tampers with the bal
lot or falsifies the count at an cleo
tion Even If the law does not reach
such offenses at present the courts
could II they would make the prac-
tice 50 unpopular that 1t would soon
be stnnped
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-04
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
SCHOOL TAX ADVANCE
r of the Telegraph

Io the Editor of the Telegraph:
Kindly publish the following in
your paper:
Does the public know. that the in
crease in the school tax will be used
partly to pay off a thousand dol
lar debt instead of all for increase in
salaries as is generally supposed2
Does the public also know that
the senior training girls have been
substituting all year without pay?
The absent teacher gets no pay or If
any only half. How about the money
thus saved?
If the money which was spent
sometime within the last year or so
for concrete work around Camp
Curtin schooIbuilding had been put
toward n bonus for the teachers,
perhaps a few of the best teachers
would remain instead of leaving as
they are doing. AS it is the concrete
was torn up shortly after it was put
down. 1t was known at the time OF
construction that the building would
have to be enlarged.
Was it absolutely necessary at this
time that the Hamilton school build
ing should have its playground en-
larged? Could not the money thus
spent be used to help pay off the
ffty-thousand dollar debt instead of
| increasing the tax?
Do the people realize that some
of the teachers who have taught
four. five and six years are getting
an average monthly salary of less
! than $45?
You may say there is to be sub
stantial increase in salaries for the
coming year but by that time the
cost of living will not have ceased its
| soaring so what good will it do? AT
! any rate it will not benefit any one
! this year.
| How can you trust your children
| to people whom you rate lower than
your ashman?
A Friend of the Teachers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-04
NO COAL CARS YET

[From the New York SUM-
1t was good news some days ago
to hear that the Railroad Admins
tration in Washington was alive to
the fact that the only solution for
the coal shortage was to get plenty
of cars and locomotives to haul the
coal, there being plenty of coal if
only there was some way to move
it,. And yet. to the best of our in
formation not a single order has
been placed for a locomotive or a
car up to O'Clock on Thursday
afternoon. 1t takes months, after
orders are placed. to build locomo-
tives and cars in any quantity. Are
we to wait for those necessary loco
motives and cars until the snow
fies, the rivers freeze and the fur
naces inside thousands, of dreary
homes are as chill as the icy streets
outside?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-04
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

w. T. Colburn, Philadelphia
councilman, would bat German at
all public meetings in that city.
Stacy B. Lloyd. Philadelphia.
well known here, will spend the
summer in Rhode Island.
A. c. Bigelow. active in the
movement for more wool in Penn
sylvania, is naming committees of
wool men to help the government
in its plans.
John G. McClain, prominent
Lancaster Liberty Loan worker, has
protested against the government
buying land for a post office from
a man who will not buy Liberty
bonds or Thrift Stamps.
"A. M. Taylor, direetor of pas
senger transportation for the big
Delaware river shipyards is demand
ing better facilities from railroads
and trolleys.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-04
A STUPID PRACTICE

[From the Chicago Evening Post.
The practice of compelling per-
sons charged with disloyalty to kiss
the Stars and Stripes is a silly dis
play of patriotism insulting to the
flag. The kiss is the salute of affec-
ton. II is a travesty to enforce ii
from those who have no real love for
Old Glory in their hearts and whose
lips have spoken words that awak-
ened the anger of loyal men. If the
kiss is required as a penalty. then The
use TO which the flag Is put is Who'll
ly wrong. You would not punish q
man who has insulted your wife by
compelling him to kiss her. Let
the offender be made to apologize
publicly and humbly in the presence
of the flag, but reserve the salute of
affection for those who really love
ii and whose love has been proven
by service.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-04
ENFORCE THE LAW

NJ OW that the drastic Chamber
IN lain bill providing for the
court martial of alleged spies is
as good as dead by reason of the
President having announced that he
would not sign it should it go through
Congress, a more comprehensive and
stringent civil law should be en-
acted without delay and rigidly en-
forced. No good American would
enforce military govepment unnec-
essarily upon the country and the
President has taken broad minded
view of the situation in opposing a
measure that would have permitted
the military courts to supercede civil
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-04
A WORTHY CAUSE

n EFORE you go home to-day be
X sure to see one of the boys OF
girls who are we'll supplied with
Red Cross tags. Wear a tag before
you retire tonight. 1t is a badge of
honor and by so doing-ard making
the necessary contribution-you will
help the members of the Junior Red
Cross raise funds with which to
purchase material for the work they
are doing in knitting apparel Tor
the soldiers.
The Junior Red Cross is very
sbusiness-like organization of the
boys and girls of Harrisburg. They
raise money and they invest what
they raise in yarn and other sup
plies which, under proper direction,
are changed into thousands of use
full articles for the men at the front.
Those at Red Cross headquarters
say the handiwork of the young knit
ters is simply wonderful and that
hundreds upon hundreds of we'll
Knitted. comfortable garments have
been turned in there by the Juniors
which would not have beer made
but for the enthusiasm, skill and
patriotic devotion of the boys and
girls.
But these young folks must have
funds. They earn much for them
selves. but not enough. They must
have more. Therefore the tag day,
and your part of the ceremony is to
be properly tagged. You should con-
slider it patriotic duty.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-04
INTERNATIONAL

Confidently 1 struck safety match
made in Japan, on an '1mpregna-
ted box
made by special process in Swed-
en-
and the match ignited,
and | lighted with it
tobacco blended in England,
in pipe from Italy,
thereby kindling an entente cor
dale
Ended in smoke ? The idea
The spirit of the thing lives;
the pipe is the pipe of peace,
and the spirit of the red man
presides at the council.
While the Anti-tobacco League
throws conniption fit
in the middle distance,
adding to the joy of the occasion,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-04
MORE GERMAN LIES

To the EdH0T OF fHe cIegfdPH.
Here are three absurd things 1
have heard this week. First, That the
government planned to take all our
canned fruit, etc, (this from an old
scrub-lady). This is a pro-German
lie. Second, That the government
sent to France from Camp Hancock,
man with a wooden leg and a man
with only one eye. Can you imagine
the degree of commonsense the per-
son has who actually passed that on
as Official stuff" Third, That next
month the government intends TAX
ing TO France the wives of all the
American soldiers to see their hus-
bandc who are fighting there. Com
nonsense here, (and the wife of a
soldier in France told this as abso-
lutte truth and is preparing to go
across is absolutely lacking. When
our government is making super
human efforts to build and obtain
ships to rush our men to the assist
ance of our allies and to even cut
our wheat shipment to France
which shows that we actually mean
business-can you, by the greatest
stretch of a most vivid imagination,
picture our government sending
thousands of women to France for a
visit TO their husbands in the trench
es. No doubt they expect the Ger
mans to cease fighting till these
wives can have a chat with friend
husband, and where. oh, where, will
the food come from to feed these
thousands of wives?
These three stories were told by
three different people who actually
/ believe them.
Please print this letter that these
wives ssmaV not be eadisappointed and
that there is no need to dig caves for
ones supply of fruit and vegetables
and that one-legged and one-eyed
men may rest easily for awhile yet.
Yours for America,
"A SUBSCRIBER"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-04
COMING PEACE DRIVE

"HE cIearest evidence that the
German high command has lost
faith in the success of the west
ern offensive as decisive contest
is that another peace drive" is
about to be inaugurated
Every Teutonic effort toward
peace has been dictated by an in
+ ternal crisis-hunger. discomfort or
divided belief as to the ultimate
superiority of German arms. Dis
content and a growing revolutionary
movement unquestionably caused
the German military party to risk all
supon the great drive which now ap-
pears to be slowing up in Picardy
and Flanders. I'VE will take Paris
by April /. destroy the British Army
as a fighting force and then will
como peace" Hindenburg told the
Socialist leaders who approached
him previous to the opening of the
-.offensive, and none of those objec-
tives appears within the possibility
of realization by the German COM
mander.
What will be the result when the
drive settles down again to trench
warfare? Nobody at this time can
guess with anything like certainty,
hut that the German military party
is greatly disturbed over possibilities
is indicated by the effort toward
peace which is intended. if it does
not produce a cessation of hostilities
on terms favorable to the Central
Empires. shall place the burden of
continuing the war upon the should
ers of the allies. This in times past
has been effective in quieting public
clamor for peace and reform within
ihe empire. but it cannot be ex-
pected to produce results indefi-
nitely. The liberal element of Ger
many has had its eyes opened by
the Russian peace negotiations No
body in Germany any longer believes
that Germany is waging a war of de-
fense. The Socialists and other lib
erals now know full well that this
is a war of conquest and that their
sacrifices have all been and will con
tinue to be for the benefit of the
ruling classes and the aggrandize-
ment of the Hohenzollern dynasty.
This has stirred them nightly and
greatly strengthened their steadily
growing forces.
These being the conditions, allied
diplomacy must move carefully in
the peace proposals about to be in
augurated. There must be no fool
ish talk of crushing Germany" but
a firm and positive repetition OF
President Wilson's well-known peace
program. The liberals and the revo.
lutionaries of Germany and Aus.