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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-01
AMERICAN SURVIVORS
OF ORONSA IN LONDON

London, May 1.-American surviv-
ros of the British steamer Oronsa,
which was torpedoed with a party of
81 Y. NJ. C. A. workers aboard, spent
the day sight seeing in London. Yes.
terday all visited the Bow st. police
court for registration and customary
formalities.
None of the Americans on the Oron.
sa suffered and ill effects from the ex-
perience.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-01
SERVICE MEN ADMITTED
TO GAMES WITHOUT CHARGE

Philadelphia, Pa, May ALI SER
vice men in uniform will be admitted
free, except the war tax to one game
in each series to be played this sea-
son at Shibe Park, the home of the
Philadelphia Athletics.
The war camp community service
announced today that the American
league club has made this offer and
that it has been accepted.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-01
(BY ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Stunned by the severe punishment inflicted by the
British and French the Germans in Flanders have given
up their efforts for the moment to gain further hill posi-
ions west of Mont KENNEL. Meanwhile, is presumed
that General Won Arnim reforming his battered forces
and bringing up to hur against the allied
Defense
Germanys occupation of Mont KENNEL has not en-.
abed the enemy to encroach further into the British and
French positions southwest of Ypres has it appar-
emily brought any the evacuation Of the fatened
Ypres salient. After the intense fighting of Monday in
which the Germans strove separately to enlarge their
gains on the high ground north of the Lys there has
hoou locolf fiuhf
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-01
LEADERS
CONDEMNED AT
MIN0T MEETING !!
Judge Wick Declares Self-Ap.
pointed Directors Are Not
With Government
700 DELEGATES ATTENDING
700 DELEGATES ATTENDING
Steen Unanimous
Choice of Lincoln
League at Min0t

Minot, N. D., May
John Steen was
endorsed for COVER
nor unanimously at
the Lincol!I' league
convention here this
afternoon. Cheering
lasted ten minutes
after his name was
mentioned.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-01
coNFERs WITH CHRISTIE.

New York, n. Y, May AFTER
a conference today with John X. Ten
er, president of the National league,
DR.. George J. Fisher, of the physical
department of the national war coun-
Gil of the Y. M. c. A. left for Cincin-
natl to talk again with Christopher
Mathewson regarding the call to
France to direct all the baseball ac,iv-
tiles among the men Of the fighting
forces.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-01
POPE BENEDICT
WILL MAKENEW
PEACE OFFER
Report From Hague That His
Holiness Plans to Issue
Proposal Whitsunday
MOVE is NOT UNEXPECTED
Rumors Current to This Effect
for Some Time-Emper-
Ors to Confer
MOVE is NOT UNEXPECTED

The Hague, May Pope benedict
Intends to issue new peace offer on
Whitsundy MAY 19) Cologne news
papers announce. The documents, it
Is said, will be of more pressing ma
ture than formerly and will contain
concrete offers OF mediation by the
pope with the possible cooperation Of
neutral sovereigns.
Similar intimations Of the pope's in
tentions, it is said, had reached Ber-
lin, where it has been received SYM
pathetically.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-01
FRENCH IMPROVE POSITION.

London. Eng, May 1.-French
troops last night improves their posi-
tions in the neighborhood of Locre, on
the Flanders front, the war office an
.nounces. The British rushed Ger.
man posts in the Meteren sector, and
took prisoners.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-01
NOT FIRST REPORT.

This Is not the first report emanat-
ing from Germany recently that the
pope is about to make another peace
move. The Neueste Nachrichten, of
Munich, Bavaria, according to Lon
don dispatch of April 23rd, said that
the pope would make peace offer as
soon as the western offensive had as
sumed new phase. The Bavarian
newspaper declared the move would
take the form of word Of warning
addressed to the universal con-
science" .. a.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-01

Washington, D. c. May 1Charges that leaders and mem:
bes the Farmers National Nonpartsan league dsoyal
today before the senate military committee by
c. Towney of St. Paul. the leagues president who is under
indictment for alleged violation of the espionage laws.
Townley given opportunity today to reply to the state
of Judge McGee of Minneapolis member of the Min
nesoa public safety commission the committees
Of the Chamberlain court martial bill. E
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-01

LEAGUE WITH INCOME OF
$800,000PER ANNUM, PUT
$4,000 IN LIBERTY LOAN

President Admits That His Organization Did Not
Invest Single Penny in First and Second Issues
of Bonds-Declares Charges of Disloyalty
Untrue and States They Have Been With
drawn-Ninety Percent of Farmers Members
of Association.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-01

GERMANS IN FLANDERS GIVE
UP EFFORT TO GAIN FURTHER
HILL POSITIONS TO THE WEST

Occupation of Mont KENNEL Has Not Enabled the
Enemy to Encroach Into British and French
Lines Southwest of Ypres-Desperate Repulse
Not Only Results in No Gain for Teutons But
Drives Them From Strongholds Formerly
Safely Occupied by Their Men.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-01
CHARLES AND WILHELM CONFER

London, Eng, May emperor
Charles. of Austria-Hungary, accom-
panied by Baron Burian, the foreign
minister ,and their staffs, according to
an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from,
Zurich, will.,proceed almost immed!
lately to German headquarters to con-
fer with the German emperor. Ukrain-
ian and Balkan affairs, 1t is added,
will ba discussed. ga .sz
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-01
THE WEATHER

Partly Cloudy.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-07-05
No Strike Should Be Inaugurated
Which Cannot Be Justified To
The Men In The Trench.

which has just been made effective by
executive order. In accord with this
plan, agencies will be established in
all war production of workers and at
the same time make possible continu-
Gus production. Workers, reserving
the right to strike, should submit all
differences to these agencies and in
every way seek to adjust difficulties
without cessation of work No strike
should be inaugurated which can not
be justified to the man risking his
life on the firing line in France.
"An equal responsibility and duty
devolves on employers to do every
thing within their power to maintain
continuous production AS the best
surety for this purpose, we urge all
employers to endeavor to adjust all
grievances of employees, to establish
and maintain equitable, humanitarian
conditions of work The workers of
America wish to cooperate in win
ming this war. They can do so with
unreserved ability and spirit if they
go to their work with the sense of
justice and rights respected. En-
ployers, inaugurate no industry pol
icy which can not be justified to the
man risking his life on the firing
line
Paying the Supreme Sacrifice.
THE American soldiers on the bat
tie line must pay in large numbers
the supreme sacrifice, which must ex-
ercise dominating and inspiring in
fluence upon the people of this nation.
Let it not be said that the organized
American workmen engaged in the
production of the necessary accoutre-
ments of war shall be found unwilling
to make the sacrifice demanded of
them in this hour Conscious that un-
fair and unjust criticism has been
leveled at our movement, we can not
escape the thought that unless we do
our fuli duty and make a sacrifice
commensurate with the exigencies of
the situation, these criticisms may be
pregnant with lesson of deepest i'm
port. We must either voluntarily
meet this great world need and crisis
with a full appreciation of the far
reaching consequences of every indus
trial decision and action, or else we
shall be deemed unworthy of the op-
portunities of free men, and strong
force will interpose to compel us to
render the necessary service. If we
voluntarily waive our rights to strike
in this hour of dire necessity, there
will be no opportunity to stigmatize
our movement as unresponsive in the
hour of need, and our appeal for jus
tice will take no redoubled force when
the terrific conflict shall have been
brought to a close.
"Unsparing industry and attention,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-07-05
In Union There
Is Strength.

The Press is pleased to announce
ce that three new locals have been
organized in this city in the past ten
days. Mr. Louis Nau member of
Carpenters Union No. 637 and Miss
Magadalene Hines popular mem
Der of the Textile Workers Union
wandered to Cincinnati last Thursday
and were united in marriage by
Father Louis Nau, of st. Lawrence
church Price Hill, relative of the
groom. They Immediately returned to
this city and went to their newly fur
nished and cozy little home at 1870
Walnut street.
Mr. George Merscher and Miss Rose
Clark a dashing member of the Tex
tile Workers Union were married
last week
Miss Frieda Illner also member
of the Textile Workers is now the
wife of Mr. Clarence E Stump and
were married last week
All three of the June brides lived
with in stones throw of each other
and were very popular among the
younger set of Lindenwald.
Mr. and Mrs. Nau were married on
Thursday, June 9th the first ami
yersary of the Woolen Mill strike
The Press joins in wishing the three
new unions all the prosperity and
good luck OH earth and hope that
their membership will increase.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-07-05

St. Paul.-As this was written the
convention of the American Federation
of Labor was swinging along at Won
derful speed toward the conclusion of
it's work-the work of legislation for
the trade union movement of America.
Never had the convention as whole
been surer of what it wanted to do.
Never had it gone about it's work
with such unanimity of mind and pur-
pose. There was such unity of pur-
pose and harmony of spirit that the
work of the gathering seemed almost
perfunctory, though it was far from
that. It was a case of wasting no
words over what men are sure they
want to do.
So settled is the federation's war
policy that nothing was done here
to do more than smoothe out wrinkle
here and there by action relating to
some special problems. The policy
has been laid down. It will remain
as it is.
AS to strikes in war time there is
this section from the report of the
executive council, a section that prob
ably expresses the thought of the
convention as thoroughly as anything
else in the record:
Crisis in Worlds Affairs.
"a crisis in world affairs has been
reached. The battle lines of our al
lies in France are menaced by the
forces that represent autocratic gov
ernment Each day and hour of the
coming months will hold in fateful
balance the destiny of the governments
and the peoples representing the ideals
which bring them into being and
maintain governments directed by the
peoples themselves.
america was drawn into this world
war by the challenge of those auto
cratic forces which enthrone might
as their chief aim. With the growth
of achievements of our Republic, this
nation has stood as beacon light to
all the oppressed peoples of the earth.
Our institutions have radiated to the
remotest parts of the globe concepts
of a government guided and main
tanned by the will of its people. It
is a staggering thought to contem-
plate world dominion of autocracy and
the destruction of opportunities we
now enjoy and for which we have SC
valiantly contended. As a people i'm
bued with the highest ideals of jus
tice, the fact that the allied armies
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-07-05
Plumbers Meet And
Flourish.

Plumbers Local Union met in reg
ular session last Monday night with
all of their members present. The
attendance of the members since the
strike shows the fourishing condi-
tion of that hustling organization.
The report of the financial condi-
ton of the union was received with
much encouragement.
All of the plumbing establishments
in the city except Carlos Gressle are
working under the agreement of the
Plumbers organization. Gressle is
the only one refusing to sign the
agreement and according to reports
from members who called on him for
the purpose of having him sign up,
stated that his excuse for not signing
was because he intended putting la
borers on as plumbers and he knew
that the plumbers would not stand for
this. How Gressle expects to give his
customers good plumbing with labor
ers is mystery to the local members
of the union and they are anxiously
waiting to see him perform the feat.
The majority of plumbing firms are
very busy and with the aid of the
union plumbers they are giving the
public the best work possible. Some
of them could put on more plumbers
if they could be had.
"a - r.
Wages of organized walters at Sc
attic, Wash, have been increased SO
a week.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-07-05
CARPENTERS

Carpenters Union Local 637, met on
Thursday night with large number
present. The usual routine business
was transacted. Business Agent
Swain Corson, reported that num-
Der of the local carpenters respond
ed to the call of the government for
carpenters to work at Harrisburg, Pa
and that they left for that city on
Wednesday afternoon of this week
He also reported that there is still a
heavy demand for carpenters in this
city and that there is also calls for
men from the other cities which he is
unable to supply at present.
Several new members were added to
the roster of the organization at this
meeting and new applications were
submitted The carpenters union is
growing fast.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-07-05

nary opportunity to determine those
principles This life and death strug-
gle between the nations of the world
is a laboratory which is disclosing the
strength or weakness Of every social
relationship and institution
War is forcing US back to the es-
sentials of life War IS fundamental
ly cooperative action of organic So
ciety The present war is on such a
gigantic scale that every part of ma
tional life is involved.
''The whole nation is in the war.
The spirit of war activity and organ
ization is essentially social-the ma
tional organism is at stake. As a
war necessity we are seeking the prin-
eiples which will assure most efficient
cooperation. This cooperation must
come from the two primary forces of
society possessors of creative la
Dor power and controllers of capital"
There was much that was distinc-
tive about this convention. There was
most of the old faces here, but in
addition an unusual number of new
ones. And old and new are working
together with a pretty solid viewpoint
on the big questions. There was none
of the batting of former years. There
was none of the pickering over alb
stractions.
E ~ -
Mobile, Ala, Central Trades Coun-
ell has SO affiliated unions.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-07-05

nHD@DD
BY EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF A. F. OF |. AT CONVENTION

answering and unselfsh fidelity is
the talisman for an immense capacity
for ceaseless progress, and we are
sure that in acting upon the sugges-
tions herein offered, the American la
Dor movement will embody prudence
and discernment that will meet the
appreciation of the people of our own
country, as well as the profound graft
tude of the workmen of other coun-
tries engaged in this terrific struggle.
1--WE urge that our movement re-
spond to the call Conscious that the
future is involved in profound uncer-
tainty), SO that when the history of
this great contest is written, the SER
vice performed by the workmen of
America will comprise it's most con
spicuous feature"
A 100 Per Cent Patriotism.
The patriotism of this convention
rates at exactly 100 per cent. Every
element in the gathering has by vote
demonstrated It's loyal position and
its determination that the war must
be won. And that is a fact not to be
passed by lightly. The war must be
won. We must stand with our gov
ernment for victory So say all! That
is big fact, an important fact, one
that the nation needs to understand
and rate at its full value.
Of course, were it to come down to
specific cases of subsidiary policy as
to methods and tactics there might be
trifing dissent on some points. But
it would be trihing and it would not
mean any dislocation of vertebrae on
the main issue. This convention is
a unit on winning the war
And as a unit of the high conscious
ness of its own position in the af-
fairs of the world, this brief extract
from the section on constructive de-
mands" from the report of the execu-
tive council is excellently illustrative:
Labor Looking Ahead.
''In looking toward the future, both
the immediate and after the war, we
feel keenly that the nature of social
development will depend largely upon
the principles which workers shall de-
mand as the basis for relationships.
eve are each day building Labor's
house Of tomorrow. If that struc-
ture is to endure the tests it must be
founded upon bed rock principles of
equity and democracy in relations be-
tween men.
"The present war is an extraordi-
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-01-26

the reason will be that some wage
Gamers are misled and don't know
democracy when they see 1t, or don't
support il when they know it.
A German victory is the only thing
that will set labor back permanently.
If Germany defeats Great Britain,
Germany will take over the British
navy She will then be far and away
the most powerful country in the
world, and we Americans will be com.
PEELED to have large permanent
standing army and a huge navy to
defend ourselves from sudden attack.
A permanent army and navy large
enough TO cope with Germany besides
taking our boys and our wOrkingmen
every year for military service, means
low wages. long hours of labor, sup
preston OF labor unions, repeal Of
labor Legislation on behalf OF women
and children, suppression of free
speech. and Gll the hardships that mil
lions of wOrkingmen have come to
America to escape
Those Socialists who want the
workingmen in this country TO give in
to Germany are blind and inconsistent
For when the Socialists of Germany, a
year before the war started, voted for
war taxes when other nations were
unPrepared. they violated their own
principles and forced the Socialists of
every other nation to fight.
The leading Socialist of the world,
Camille-Huysmans International sec
rotary of the Socialist Bureau, in Hol-
land, has said to the Chicago Daily
News that the war demands of Presi-
dent Wilson are Identical with the de-
mands of the International Socialists
Americas War Aims.
The American Alliance for Labor
and Democracy, composed of rade
unionists and socialists. al its meeting
in Minneapolis, endorsed and repeated
these demands. These are Americas
aims in the war: Equal rights Of all
nations. big and little; no people to
be forced under a government under
which il does not wish to live; free.
dom Of the seas; concert of nations
to guarantee peace and justice; limita.
ton Of ornaments on land and sea.
OF these aims the greatest is dis.
armament by limitation of ornaments
on land and sea, through international
agreement. Without this, labor cannot
BE- free in this or any other country.
Any socialist in America. however
honest. who tries to weaken the
morale of American labor in this great
crisis. is simply playing the game of
the German Socialists who have al.
ready sold themselves TO the Kaiser.
Rather than listen to such Socialists,
let American labor Join in the mag.
nltiCent patriotism of the American
Alliance for Labor and Democracy.
Lei them say. with the Alliance, that
labor will take its part in conducting
the war; and that the war shall be
fought 10 finish. for upon its success
depends the freedom and the wages OF
American labor.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-01-26
Why Workingmen Support the War
BY JOHN r. COMMONS, Professor of Political Economy,
University of Wisconsin.

Never before has democracy for
Wage-earners made so great progress
as it has in the nine months that we
have been at war. If this continues,
American labor will come out OF this
war with the universal eight-hour day
and with as much power TO fix its own
wages by its own represer :atiVes, as
employers have.
Anybody who says that this is a
'capitaltStic war simply does not see
"hat is going on. Capitalists are be-
ing controlled in their profits and in
the wages and hours of laborers with
the help of leaders whom the working
men themselves have put on the vari-
GUS war boards.
In no other war have the govern
ment and organized labor worked to-
gether as they are doing in the United
states today In every department Of
government that employs labor or
likes the price that manufacturers
snail charge, there Is leading official
OF the American Federation Of Labor
on the committee who has as much
power as the representative OF the
capitalists The president of the
United Mine Workers of America is
assistant to Garfield, the fuel admin
tstrator. The president of the Build
ing Trades Unions is on the Emergen-
cy Construction Board for building
ships leading organizer of the
/ American Federation of Labor is on
the great War Industries Board which
controls all kinds Of manufacture. A
J trade uniOntst is Secretary Of Labor
! These and many other trade union
officials were placed there by the trade
unions themselves, because these war
| boards have become the big employers
OF labor. or because they control the
wages that private employers pay.
The President Supports Labor.
All through these industries Presi-
dent Wilson is enforcing. as fast as
the boards can get 10 it. the eight
hour day. as well as time and one
half for overtime work. Moreover the
agreements with labor unions provide
that wages shall be revised upward
just as fast as the cost of living rises
Most important of all the agree.
ments with trade unions is that which
gives the same wages and hours to
union and non-uniOn wOrkingmen.
Never before have workingmen
taken part in the actual endorsement
OF a war. Never before. in war or in
peace. has the |oice of labor in govern
meni beeu 30 powerful as it is now in
America.
No wonder that the American Fede
ration of Labor. as is shown by the
vote at the recent Buffalo convention.
supports the war almost unanimously
and stands for fighting It out To the
limit.
Any workingman who refuses to stand
by the great majority OF his fellow
workers in their great work for labor.
Is injuring himself and his brothers.
democracy in which the wage-earner
has his share of influence is coming:
and If ii does not come as II should,
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-01-26
WORK THAT TELLS
The Kind Hurley Readers Appreciate.

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the evidence.
P H. Grimm. contractor. 900 Ninth
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ing felt just about as tired as when
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