The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-03-25
TRIBUNE WAR
DISPATCHES,
READ THR0NG
Rev. Withers Applauded by
Packed Auditorium When He
Curses German Emperor
MARQUIS MUSICAL ADlEU
Enthusiastic Audience Sings and
Cheers Itself to Exhaustion
Through Long Program
MARQUIS MUSICAL ADlEU

blue bloOd, as the moves character.
ize twas manifested at the com
muniy sing. held in the auditorium,
yesterday afternoon. The men and
women who sang and cheered from
their hearts, loudly and almost un-
ceasingly, were not the same men
and women who sang and cheered on
previous occasions there. The great
German drive, and possible victories,
stimulated and animated the grea,
thrOng. They are no longer liberty
fed, satisfied Americans. but fighting
mad. earnest Yankees, transformed
by the iron heel and mailed fist which
meant to crush their spirits.
Tribune Dispatches Read.
"And the line holds!" read George
mercial club, chairman, from an Asso-
ciated Press dispatch furnished by
The Tribune. Wave upon wave Of ap-
plause swept the house. The great
god of Liberty might have been per-
sOnified by this thousands-unit mass
Again, when Mr.. Remission read a
later dispatch, he said, The Tribune
has kindly furnished us with news
from the place where our hearts all
are and started to read the dispatch
telling Of the bombarding of Paris,
on Palm Sunday, but the audience
bade him wait a few moments until
they had ratified his statement about
the location Of their hearts. When
the message was read, and the thou
sands of patriots learned how the
most lovable city in the world was
being destroyed by an incention of
the minds Of blood-lusting savages,
then, the house was silent for mo-
ment. The proverbial pin, if dropped
would have sounded like a shell eX-
plosion. Suddenly while the speaker,
platform as song leaders, looked into
q sea of earnest, angry eyes-a tu-
mutt, not Of cheering, but of hate,
arose. Bismarck is awaking. The
German drive has caused the great
deep love of America, Our Country, to
he intensely felt by the people CT this
city.
No Voice Slackcrs.
Everybody arose when The Star
Spangled Banner" was proposed. And
everybody sang. The very roof throb-
bed with song. There were no voice
slackers at yesterdays sing. The ma
tiOnal anthem was hOnored from the
threats of many, to whom song has
been a stranger.
Rev. H. c. Postlethwaite delivered
the Invocation, asking the aid of the
creator OF liberty in this great strug
gle for its salvation
Mrs. N. J. 0'connor III.
NJ. J. OCOnnOr. customary leader OF
the orchestra was not present. Mr..
Remission caused solemn hush when
he told the audience Mrs. O'Connor,
wife of the popular director, was seri-
ously i'll. The overtures and accom-
paniments, however. were played by
the remainder Of the regular orches-
ira.
"Old Folks at Home" three part
chorus. directed by Miss Mary Boy,
sen, was then sung. "All de world
am sad and dreary. eb'ry where
roam" A song distinctly American,
and containing the undercurrent OF
sadness that is Americas today.
A War Song Of Other Days.
Julia Ward 'Howe's "Battle Hymn
of the Republic" sung by all present,
followed. There is in that song, also
lines which make for heart throbs to-
day. "He is sitting out the hearts Of
men" and the last lines: LAS He
died to make men holy. let us die to
make men free, while God is marching
on" A song of previous American
wars =E
Miss Margaret Smith and Miss Mary
Atkinson then sang the overture from
"Fingars Cave and an encore.
Mr.. Remission appeared upon the
stage and read another war dispatch,
from the American Army in France,
by the Associated Press, sent over by
The Tribune. The packed house ex-
pressed its interest noisomely.
1--WE must set aside all social and
political differences. and concentrate
our hearts and minds on winning this
war" said Mr.. Remission, after read
ing The Tribune's dispatch. Aneri-
cans showed that was "their senti-
ments, too"
And they endorsed the statement
more Enthusiastically when Rev. Mr..
Withers, of the Bismarck Baptist
cnuTCl Was announced.
1--WE Can't Suffer Defeat"
Rev. Withers is an Afro-American.
But the hyphen was dropped yester-
day Let us say here, there is no rea-
son for the use of the hyphen, except
for Identification. Rev. Withers is an
American, as sincere and loyal and
true-blue as may be found anywhere.
He told of the progress of the war,
making his remarks clear throughil-
lustrations from often-read passages
OF the Bible. And we can't suffer
to see the kaiser lick us at this time
quite" he said, with a tinge of humor,
summing up the causes of the war,
and reviewing thte principles which
Hunnism seeks to destroy. The tone
Of the mighty cheer which shook the
house indicated the declaration
touched responsive chords.
3ss7 Condemns Kaiser.
Down with the kaiser, and-TO
HELL WITH THE KAISER!" ended
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