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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-04
DEATH PENALTY
FOR STRIK BRS
GERMAN THREAT
Capital Punishment Promised
Berlin Workmen Who Do
Not Return to Tasks
AMERICANS SHELL TEUTONS
Artillery Duel Results in Much
Destruction on Western
Front Lines
(AssOciatcd Press)

Deatl by execution is the
threat held over Berlin work
men who do not return to
their tasks today. Repres.
sive measures instituted by
the German government have
taken the form of orders to
the strikers to resume work
on pain Of trial by court mar
tial which will have power to
impose the death sentence.
Berlin has been one Of the
main centcrs of the strike
movement and it has been ad-
mitted officially that 10000
workers were idle there, while
unofficial estimates have run
as high as 100000. The Ger
man capital was quiet Satur-
day, according to semi-offl-
cial statements received; in
Holland, virtually. the. only
form in which news / of. the
strike has been permitted to
" leaye Germany. a.. 49,.
Another strike is, reported
to have broken out at Jena,
in the Grand Duchy Of Sax
Weimar: 80. 80, .,..~ ........-...
~. 5'<|Americans in Duel. ,.s At
American troops on the front in Lol
aine have engaged the Germans !
heavy artillery duel. The enem
objected the American trenches t
; heavy fire. In replying, the Amer
an gunners did considerable damag
J barbed wire entanglements, an
rst line trenches. Little damage wa
one by the German fire. Two Amer
ans were killed, nine wounded, an
no suffered from shell shot durin
ne bombardments.
Raids at isolated points ana artl
Dry bombardments in various sector
lark the operations on the othe
ronts in France and Italy. Fourtee
nemy airplanes and one captive ba
,on were brought down by entent
viators on the Italian front, while /
,orthern France. British airmen a.
ountel for ten German machines.
On With the War.
Vigorous prosecution OF the war III
il peace can be obtained "based o
he principles of freedom, justice, an
for international law" ha
cen decided upon by the suprem
var council which has just complete
IS meeting. The council found tn
peeches of Count Czernin and Chal
ellor Won Hertling unfavora5le.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-04
WAR BOARDS OF
CENTRAL EMPIRES
MEET IN BERLIN
Semi Official Conference on To
day to Discuss Economic
Conditions

Amsterdam, Feb. 4.-Mr. Kuehl,
mann, German foreign minister, Count
Czernin, the Austro- Hungarian foreign
minister, and General Won Lueden'
dorff. the German CHER quartermaster
general, semi-official announcement
from Eerlin says, will arrive Ia Berlin
today to participate in political and
economic conditions affecting the COM
mon interests and territories OF Ger
many and Austria Hungary. Count
Botho Won Wsdsf ths, German anbas-
sador to Vienta, .als0 II expected 20
attend. i..sai i'a'' ~ 81.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-04
ASKS CULPRIT'S RETURN
Governor Frazier Makes Requisl'
tion on Gopher Executive

Governor Frazier has made requis-
ition on Governor Burnquist of Mime
sofa for the return to Grand Forks
county of Thomas LaBelle, wanted on
charge of grand larceny Sheriff
O. F. Turner came to" the capital TO
obtain the requisition papers.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-04
RAILROADS ORDERED
TO TURN PIERS OVER
TO BLOCKADED SHIPS

Washington, D. c., Feb. 4.-To re-
lieve lighterage conditions in New
York harbor and promote speeding the
loading Of ships. Director-G General Nc.
Adoo today ordered six railroads 10
assign about 20 piers on the New Jer.
sey side for the coaling and loading
of vessels.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-04
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
CONSIDERING BAER'S BILL TO LOAN
NORTHWEST FARMERS FIFTY MILLION

Washington d. G., Feb. 4Ehe ,,use agriculture committee
today began considering bill to appropriate $50 100000 for relief
farmers mostly in the northw unable finance this year
wheat crop. #t5#4-. #F@s l&
Rep of North Dakota, author Of the said Sere
McAdoo and Houston comforting amendments
substitute perfecting it. Sts #asf%
Rep had told of heat crop prospects the committee
considered requesting Food Adm nstraor Hoover tell the out
look. No decision reached.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-04
: FARM LABOR SURVEY
Commissioner Hagan Hopes to An
= ticipate States Needs

"A shortage Of farm labor for the
seeding, cultivation and harvesting of
North Dakota's 1918 crop is feared by
Commissioner Of Agriculture and La
Dor John H. Hagan, who already has
laid plans for a careful labor survey
OF the state, to commence in the near
future. Alter the states needs are
revealed, the commissioner will coop
crate with the United States bureau
OF labor in supplying the labor neces-
SarV s ae s5tx a@- /. E&.-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-04
BRITISH LOSSES
SHOW LOWEST EBB
FOR MANY MONTHS
Casualties Reported for Week
Ending Totaled Only
1854
DROP OF MORE THAN 1000
FROM PRECEDING PERIOD

London, Feb. 4.-The British casual
ties reported during the week ended
today totaled 1854, divided as til
lows -.."
Killed or died of wounds, officers
81; men 1925.
Wounded or missing: officers l73;
men 4,S05.
The lowest mark for many months
past is reached by last weeks casual
ties. They compare with S5SS of the
previous week, with 1903 the week
Immediately preceding that and with
9,951 for the week ending December
81, the previous low figure for any
week in recent months.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-04
RANSOM MAN HONORED
Charles A. Ulmer Named Member
Soldiers Home Trustees

The governor has commissioned
Charles A. Timer of Ransom county
to be member OF the board OF trns-
tees of the soldiers home for the term
ending July 1. 1880.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-04
SENATOR RECOVERING

Senator F. T. Gronvold of Rugby,
who remained at the close Of the sre
cial session to undergo a minor oper-
alton. is recovering nicely in local
hospital.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-18
HAYTrS AcTIcN

It isn't to be supposed that Ger many is going to be frightened or brought to it's knees by the declara- ton of war which has been made by the republic of Hayti Not even Hay ii expected that but It was realized in the island republic that it was inn possible longer to coUntenance the conduct of the imperial German gov srnment against humanity and it sim ply shows that Germany is steadily getting the whole of the, western hem sphere lined up against it,
 Hayti Tnquestionably sympathizes with tho position which has been taken ny the United States In the world war but it is not solely that sympathy which actuates it in it's dec laration. Hayti resents the manner in which Germany has conducted and still continues to conduct its subma- rine warfare. It was months ago that Hayti had it's own little experience. 4 number of it's subjects lost their lives on French vessel which was sent to the bottom by a U-boat. Hayti pro- tested. It may or may not have ex- pected that it would receive any sat
 
 isfaction. but if it did 1t was doomed to disappointment for the answer which was given by Berlin was curt and significant. The Haytian repre- sentative was immediately handed his passports and diplomatic relations were severed. Great big, noble Ger many wasn't going to be dictated to by insignificant Hayti and Hayti was 'ls much as told that if it wanted to protect it's citizens it should keep them at home for Germany had made it's decision and was going to continue it's ruthless submarine policy whether Eayti liked it or not It has taken plenty Of time but Hayti has at last acted and it is but natural that il should join with the nations which are fighting common enemy of mankind
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-18

iii the trenches. Dick Cheeser, one of IS when he enlisted. and not yet 19 when he went on his first sentry go" in the fro1t line.
 It was quiet night. and dawn was only an hour or so distant when Cheeser took his post. The Corporal told him where to stand, warned him to keep good lockout, and left him.
 There was Dick Cheeser, alone in the dark. with an army in front of him, eighty yards away, a resource ful, crafty and desperate enemy. The stiffness of the night only added to Chee6er's feeling of responsibility. The stiffness awed him. There had not been a shell all night He put his head over the parapet gingerly and waited. Nobody fired at him. He felt somehow that the night was wait ing for him, that something uncanny and unexpected would happen soon. He heard voices in d communication trench somewhere behind him: there were few sentences of gruff un- lntelHgIb.e conversation: the voices died away. There was a long silence. Cheeser fell to wondering whether the night was black or grey; he stared hard a the night to study it's exact color; the night stared back at him, and seemed to be threatening him; it was gray, gray and artful, like a cat or fox.
 It was uncanny, thought Cheeser. If shells would come, or Germans or anything q all, you would know how to take it; but this deathly quiet, like a mist over huge valleysl Anything nIISht happen. Cheeser waited and waited and the night waited too. He felt that they were watching each other, the night and he, both crouch ing, both ready to spring.
 His mind grew so active that his head throbbed with the physical eX- ertion Of thinking. He was watching with eyes and ears and imagination, hoping to anticipate by a second or two the dread Something that he felt was sure to happen soon in the orni- nous mist of No-Man's Land He thought of throwing a stone out into the blackness, just to see what would happen. Then he began to wish for his boyhood's slingshot. so that he could catapault a nice round stone right across the blackness into the German line
 A little wind blew in the night too cold for the time of year. It made for moment lane in the mist over -No-hdn $ Lana. CneeSer peered into it, but the mist closed round again No Night seemed to say, You cant guess my secret And the awesome hush intensified. What are they UT to now? thought the sentry. What are those crafty enemies planning j1 all those miles of silence?
 Even the VERY lights were few ] and far between. When one went up far hills of shadow seemed to si and brood over the valley: black shapes grew up and vanished in the
 shadow. The rocket faded and thu hills went back into mystery again l and Cheeser still peered over the orni. nous valley.
 All the dangers and sinister shape.
 and evil destinies that the sentr,
 faced that night cannot be pictured oi | described in mere words It was onlI
 two hours that he stood there, and no
 shell fell in all that time, not a Ger
 man stirred.
 Tt is a weird and awful experience
 that first night in the trenches, Tn,
 next time it is an easy matter"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-18
THE sATrLE IN FRANCE.

From all indications. if it is possible : to judge correctly from the reports being received from the battlefronts, the allies are holding their own and in most instances giving the Germans as good as they send in spite of the fact that they are not sparing men in their determination to advance their lines for the capture of important supply points and the surrounding of Rheims.
 With the same disregard for the lives of their men the German ger- rerals are urging them forward in the face of terrific opposition Ire price i-which is being paid is enormous and the loss is being inflicted upon some of the hest troops of which the kali ser boasts. It is quite evident that 2 General Foch had carefully distributed his forces in the regions where the . attacks are being made with the idea of holding the enemy from his obiec- :. tives and when it is announced that he considers satisfactory results are being secured there are good reasons for believing that he knows what he is talking about.
 The reception which the invaders received at the opening of the offen- sive served to seriously upset their plans. They are nowhere near where they expected to be on the first day and troops which were not calculated to get into the fighting until Wednes- day were called upon to participate right at the start. That was striking at the enemys reserves in a serious manner. Since then others have been thrown into the battle but they have encountered the same sturdy resist ance and where gains have been made they have been slight and in many cases they were quickly reversed. Ger tainly from the progress which has been made Germany cannot get much comfort. The increased strength be- ing displayed by the allies bodes ill 70 the Huns henceforth.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-18

the remnants of autocracy. After each charge each uprising, the Frenchman has held new ground, maintained new rights for humanity.
 The Bastille fell, freedom was won Napoleon followed. That seemed the overthrow of new born democracy in France. It was but the mcmentary pause before the new advance. With half the world arrayed against her, France reformed the legions of her ideals behind the war legions of Ma poleon.
 It is amazing to note how through centuries France has pressed forward steadily against regimes autocrats, customs and systems, protecting hey national life while winning the right of man. Ideals are ragged affairs sending out tentacles Of value and of error alike; when France has paused it has been to consolidate the trenches she has gained making permanent all that was of value, discarding the er- TOT
 Who can call France lacking in steadfastness when a glance shows her the foremost among free nations on 8 continent where autocracy still lives in blood and iron? To be steadfast to such an ideal as France set herself means to advance to the realization of that ideal. This France has done. France is a free nation of free men.
 God grant that the fight France is making today may be the last fight against autocracy and retrogression the brave nation nay De called upon to make. In such fight, side by side with such a people, America may well be proud to give her last drop of blood, her last ounce of strength. And, if need be- will give!
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-18
Views of the Vigilantes
FRANCE
By Ellis Parker Butler of The Vigil.
 antes.

By Ellis Parker Butler of The Vigil.
 antes.
 I always think of France as going forth; of England as standing firm. Through the centuries the men of England have seemed to say: These are our rights; we will not give them up," while France has said: Man kind deserves new rights and liberties; we will go forth and win them!"
 The Frenchman's ideal of liberty, as of fraternity and equality, has always been at least few steps in advance of the fact, so that he has had to fight to make it a reality.
 The Eng,ishman in nearly every case. acquired rights by growth as a youth grows into mans estate. Hav- ing grown, the Englishman fought to maintain. The F'renchman foresaw his rights while they were still ideal and fought to make them real. The Eng lishman, never yielding the rights he had acquired, pushed his foot forward inch by inch to cover new rights. The Frenchman pictured new rights and leaped forward to create them. It was this readiness of his to de- mand-and die fOr-an ideal that gave us the erroneous theory that the F'renchman was too emotional to be steadfast.
 Wars, battles and human rights are won in various ways the F'renchman has won his rights by long series of brilliant charges against autoeraey and
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-18
QUENTIN RoosEvELrs DEATH.

The whole country will sympathize with ex-President Roosevelt and fam fly in the loss which has been sus- tained by the death of Quentin Roose- welt while fighting in France. the 'ane as it does with every household where the supreme sacrifice has been made by one of it's members But nothing shows more plainly how thor oughly the whole country is united in the opposition to the common enemy than by this instance where the son of former president has given his life in the struggle to bring about bet ter conditions for humanity.
 Young Roosevelt came of a fight ing family and it is therefore bound to be a source of great pride that he should have lost his life while act- ually engaged in combat, while he was doing the best he could 10 beat back ,the enemy. Without any previous special qualifications for such service Quentin Roosevelt entered the most dangerous branch of the service ear ly in the war. He displayed ability and rapidly became an air fighter with all the daring and courage possessed by the best of them. He was eager for combat and he had been doing his part not like a member of the royal family far at the rear where there would be no danger. but right in the forefront. He fully understood the hazard as did his family but there wa no disposition to seek something cas- fer or safer. The Roosevelt fighting spirit was charaeteristieally displayed o even as it is being shown by his brothers in other branches of the ser vice and there can be no question bu; what the end came as he would have e preferred, in harness.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-18

interned not only did the crews man age to escape but one submarine act ually got away without being captured. And during it all Spanish shipping has suffered the same as that of other neutral countries although not as ex- tehsiEely as in the case of some of the northern neutrals,
 Word now comes to the effect that the serious damage which was done to a French transport. the Provence, actually took place in the harbor at Palamos with the submarine attacking the ship from the shore side. for which Spanish lieutenant is now under ar rest
 This is of course only one of many instances where Spain appears to be fully justified in doing more than making a protest to Berlin. It indi- cates hcw thoroughly the German agents have carried on their work in neutral nation and the danger which is threatened as long as no serious attention is paid to it. Spain is being made tool by Germany in a way it cannot afford to condone.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-18
pIscREpyrABLETo SPAIN

z. For long time there has been rea- son to believe that advantage was be- ing taken of the pro-German senti-
 nent in Spain to advance the inter-
 tsts of Germany. It has been known
 that that country was overrun with
 German agents. that they were con-
 niving with the anarchists or in fact sanyona who would accept German nav ofor any services which they might be
 called upon to render and that there
 were those among the authorities and
 in the military circles of Spain who
 were inclined to favor Germany. Sub s-TnarineS were allowed to get supplies. -llo make use of Spanish waters for re- ' pairs and to operate within the terri esorial limits of that country. Even in
 SeS case of U-boats which had beea
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-18

Connery focused his attention on his plate as his wife entered the room. The silence became oppressive
 Good afternoon" she ventured
 Good evening" Connery growled suggestively.
 Now, dear, I'm only half an hour late-don't be cross.'
 I've nearly finished my dinner" vonnery accused. You've all day in which to amuse yourself, and I think the least you can do is to be at lirne by 6 o'clock"
 Mrs. Connery said nothing.
 And continued her husband warming to his subject, didn't those other women nave any responsibilities didn't they have any husbands or homes to go ta?''
 q didn't inquire about the inner working of their family circles" Mrs. Connerv returned. They were prac- tically all strangers to me. and l shouldn't like being so personal"
 Ring the bell for Bedelia-she's keeping your dinner hot" interrupted Connery, ignoring the sarcasm T don't want any dinner---I---''
 "So I've got to eat alone! Eliza, you know I'd rather not eat at all than to have to eat alone"
 Mrs. Connery glanced suggestively at his almost empty plate. Her hus- band caught the glance and grinned reluctantly After a mans worked hard all day" he defended. Mrs. Connery smiled. Sure dear I know--it's a hard life. It must tire you dreadfully to smoke 'steen cigars a day, sit in a swivel chair. and re- | fleet upon the immense amount oi business you used to do before the war. I seldom fail to greet you with kiss, dear one" she continued light 1 ly, and your old grouch can't spoi my happy day"
 Don't see anything about a card l party to make you so happy-just gab- | ble gabble and eat"
 Why don't you say gabble and geb' | ble?" Mrs Connery inquired sweetly But you wait until I've told you my story--we all got new ideas on con servation.
 These days nearly everybody has some dear one in service. And nc matter how brave those left behin( try to be, they have their weepy days Mrs. Jenkins (she gave the party, yoi know) has one son on his way over. anC another one who'll soon be called Every woman there, with the ex ception of myself. wore a service pin
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-18
First Ninht In The Trenches.

(Correspondence of The Associated Press1:
 What will the first night in the trenches be. is question that thou sands Of American soldiers have faced perhaps with some misgivings, cer- tainly with lively anticipation. The experience of many of them must be Ike that of British piough~hoy SOL dfer described by Lord Dunsany, Cap tain of the Inniskilling Fusiliers.
 "A mans first night in the front line is an epoch making experience" he writes. 'it is like 8 mans first vote, or his twenty first birthday it is q milestone in his life, marking the change from the mimic warfare behind the lines to the grim realities of actual conflict.
 Perhaps I can best explain how this experience affects A soldier by telling you the story of q recruits first night
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-18
PRODUCING MORE PORK.

It was not so long ago that demands were made for the increased produc- ton of hogs. The appeal went throughout the country and the re- ports which are being made even now show that it has been needed and that results in keeping with the needs are being secured The demand for hogs was large at the time the government asked the devotion of greater atten- ton to their production and 1t con- tinues to be so. There is nothing which indicates let up because the governments purchases are bound to prices which hogs are bringing today are much higher than they were q year ago and almost twice as high as they were two years ago.
 It was estimated by the department of agriculture the first of the year that there would be an increase of B. S71.000 hogs. How much better the people of the country have gone into the business is now indicated by the Itports to the effect that the number will be far exceeded. People who never thought of it before are going into the raising of pork while those who have previously engaged in it are increasing their activity in that di- rection. The south is fully alive to the advantages as is shown by the re- port that Mississippi claims an in- crease of 100 per cent. in hog produc ton while Alabama's increase is still greater Right here in Connecticut the demand for little pigs was never so brisk or the price so high. People are seeing the importance of meeting the nations needs and they are doing it in a magnificent manner. The re- suit of it all, however. ought not to mean steady advance in the prices
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-18
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
An injustice Done.

MT. Editor: In your issue of July 12 an item was printed anonymously which in yelled language assailed the honesty of a well known and respect ed woman here, an old resident of Canterbury and a member Of the First Congregational church. in good and regular standing.
 Of course you as editor did net re- alize probably that in the immediate vicinity of the Green, indeed in all Canterbury, there is but one person who has had connection with the Philippines who employs housekeep- CT, so that to anyone familiar with the neighborhood the defaming state ments in the anonymous communica- ton carry as definitely their inten-