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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-23
us. PUBLIC SERVICE RESERVE
NORTH DAKOTA DIVISION

The civil service commission is now
planning drive to make up a marked
deficiency in stenographers, both male
and female in the government depart
ments. and they have asked the pub
lie service reserve to- cooperate with
them so far as the male stenOgraph-
ers are concerned. They will have
examiners in all states and have ask
ed permission to have these examin-
ers call upon the state director with
a view to perfecting arrangements for
getting these men. They hope to get
papers through in forty eight hours
after examination, This will do away
with one OF the greatest defects of
hte system, and ~0ne which has kept
a large number of good men from ap-
plying for these positions, i. e.. the de-
ilay in putting the papers through the
works. 'N: ~. Is e
Applications will be received from
men not liable to call under the draft.
and the undersigned will deem It a
great favor II men who are able and
willing to enter into the employ Of
the government as stenographers,
would please file their applications
with the undersigned at his office in
the First National Bank Bldg, Bis.
marck. -,, s..
H. F.. O'HARE,
Burleigh County Enrolment agent
u. 8. Public Service Reserve, Bis
marck, North Dakota.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-23
WHY WE WIN

We cot letter today in an envelope bearing lr
its lefthand corner the bit of red, white and blue
printing that has come to mean so much to the
manv who wat-a triangle with the letters Y. M
c. A. spread across it and beneath it the words
with the Colors." ---
And the letter said:
1.-THE fellows who left home when | did, two
months ago, have been transferred to another
camp for immediate transportation to France An
opportunity was offered me to remain here at
an officers training school and jumped at the
chance. My case seems different. You know,
am nearer 30 than Is and this war has called me
away from good job on which | was sure to
succeed in a big way. was earning good money
Most of the fellows called when | was are young
r. They hadn't got very far in the world and
entering the army didn't mean much OF sacrl'
flee to them As an officer III get fairly decent
pay" -st. ,.-.- ....'. -, a.. .',',, - .,...
If the letter had read that way-well, it would
have been point of view to which doubtless a
select has a right, but it didn't SO read. Here's
the real letter, written, true enough, by man
nearer 3Othan 25 who left success in private life
to become plain buck private: .. Nj = s2,s1 F
~ am writing this aboard train. | expect to
sail for France in about week. l was offered
the choice Of remaining at camp to attend an off:
GERS training school, but decided to go while
the going was good. Think of it, mani Some
action, Ell what" ,:- 49, ~.
That's the sort of pep that's making the blood
of the German war lords run cold, as it is sure
in the end to make it rum warm, though not in
the courses nature provided.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-23

ment of the war occurred at Vaux, where Amer
lean troops are stationed. Hun troops are fed
up with hes about what will happen to them if
they are captured by Americans. as an incentive
for them to take no prisoners" Americans at
home must expect enormous casualty lists from
this offensive.
And the Hun is due to find that the effect on
America will be the same as it was on the British
colonies He will find that America will not be
terrorized by frightfulness, and that the Ameri-
can effort of 1918 will react against him as the
colonial effort did three years ago. ''.". wv,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-23
WILL NEVER BE ABOLISHED
BY WHOLESALE
BY the REV. CHARLES STELZZLl

BY the REV CHARLES STELZZLE
Poverty is individual matter It does not belong any
particular class Some people tell that country divided
into two great classes the captasc and the poearat the
wealthy and the working class. -
There really four kinds of people in the world
& today: 4 .-a. ~. ~.
The poor-those who have money and moth
ing else. - >5-e
The rich poor-those who have money, but who
s. have the other things that make life worth while
The poor rich-those who have money, but nothing
else III ..#.,
The rich rch-those who have money as we'll as the
t5ss other things.
The last class rule ought to be the happies people,
but had to choose between being RICH poor
POOR rich man, would rather be RICH POOR"
anybody may be ERICH POOR" man.,
be abolished by Wholesale for the just
Scores Of schemes planned for the abolition of poverty
have been but have all failed No matter how they may
have been advocated good faith and matter how
sincere werethe who promoted these schemes selfish
and aznes the lack Of individual effort dependence upon
the comunitythese the given for their failure
1 sIc Sa ~ u man mat ne M Hot 40 lor himself
composed of member.
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BUY ". S. s.
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'TWON'T BRIGHTEN US

In the early days of the war the Hun machine
drove itself against British colonials in the hope
Of destroying the morale of the men at the front
and the population at home.
The early Hun drives against the Canadians
and Australians were conceived and carried out
with all the frightfulness Hun ingenuity could in
vent Gas attacks were first directed against Ca
nadians; Of the early Australian and Canadian
units sent to the front only a small proportion
remained after the offensive of 1915.
The results, however, were retroactive In
stead of destroying the colonial morale and caus-
ing the colonals to quit the struggle, it spurred
them to greater efforts and resulted in greatly
augmented armies being sent to the front
Now the Hun is trying these methods on
American, troops. The most terrific lombard.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-23
TAKING OVER THE WIRES

Now that the government has taken over the
telegraph and telephone wires the obvious thing
to do is to do what heretofore the government
would not permit private owners to do that is,
organize competing systems into one system.
There is but one telegraph system; in fact ONE
wire system of communication for both telegraph
and telephone messages. a.
Two wire systems of communication in city
are as absurd as two postoffces. Under private
ownership there was public objection to consoli-
dation because in too many places competing tee-
phone companies wanted to include in new capt.
alzation all the water in both stocks, and make
the public pay the interest on it.
Now there is the chance to consolidate on actual
value, without robbing anybody.
With one wire system the expense of making a
show Of competition can be eliminated. Phone and
telegraph messages can use the same wire at
the same time. There is the possibility also of
substituting the scientific automatic phone for
the obsolete manual phone. We may yet see a
phone in every home with service at penny a
call
But very likely the first change the public will
appreciate in towns having two phone systems
will be the connection of the two switchboards
so that person having one phone can call up
anybody else having either phone.
Once the people try out the new plan, they will
never again stand for the old.
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.
900, and that the s7S,OO0,OOO increase
in profits represented the reason I'VE
have to buy SO many more Liberty
bonds and War Savings, Stamps"
James Foley, a farmer residing five
miles from Garrison, told of Brtnt0u's
alleged statement there that we had to
buy Liberty bonds because ''the gov
eminent is paying ALL its money to
the Steel trust" which Brinton stated
had boosted the price Of steel after
the beginning of the war from 500 tt
$92. Foley had made nd notes Of the
meeting, but he was quite positive
that &Brinton had said "all the money, Z
and he refused to be shaken on cross
examination. Judge Amidon asked
Foley whether he had participated in
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-23
BRINT0N. CASE
RECALLS KATE
O'HARE TRIAL
Continued From: Page d I. One.

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t.Soontanuoo :le rom rage sone)
van as recently as two weeks ago,
and Mr.. Priest, she said, had taken
out Suilivan's office fixtures and
stored them IN the basement because
Az wouldn't have Mr.. Sullivan In his
building. .:..5yys5 81
The government encountered some
difficulty In. obtaining the early; his
tory Of Mrs: sDnffy.t who stated she
was born In South Dakota, had spent
several wears in TRAVELLING I. between
South Dakota and Missouri while at
tending: scnool, that she had lived II
Hibbing, MINI, and had served
three years las a nurse at the
Minneapolis city" hospital; Il had
married Mr.. Duffy there and
moved with: him 4 III Int Fargo
and later ITO GArrtl0ps Mrs. Duffy
hesftated several 3Miptlte s when the
district attorney uI9 1lantly demand
ed her age, which she finally conced'
ed to be 34.A Shes testified that since
the departure Of her husbande she has
employed her: time In, nursip~. "a 4, Gar.
rison. - n. .I|,.ss..:s II.
The defense declined TO cross exam.
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the recent primaries, and the witness
replied that he had not. He stated
he just CHANGED to be in Garrison on
the day of the meeting and he drop
ped into the hall when he saw a CROWD
gathered there. The audience gener-
ally>applauded, said the witness. but
he did not The one statement which
impressed itself on his mind was in
connection with the purchase of Lib
erty bonds. .
Witness Jensen corroborated the
testimony of those who had gone be-
fore him: H8 stated he had made
notes of what was said in relation to
Liberty bonds and War Savings
Stamps during the course of the ad,
dress and had ascertained Brint0n's
name later from j. E. Sullivan. He
had. stated Jensen, no further CONVEX.
sation with Sullivan or any other per-
son until called upon by special
agcnt Of the department of justice.
According to j. Z. Sullivan, Gar
risn real estate man and farmer, J. w.
Erint0n, general manager Of tine Con.
sumers' United Stores Co., one of the
enterprises conceived by Presiden: A.
C.. Townley of the National Nonparti-
san league, intimated in a public ad-
dress, poor old Bill Hohenzollern
of Potsdam is being made Il goat in
this worlds war by the Steel trust
and other 'profiteering corporations
which are staging this terrific slaugh-
ter in Europe in order that the atten-
ton of the common people may be dis
kwoo NJ nj v,0n1oI n10nhnNfp rofnrSrNc
at home. This in substance, said Mr.
Sullivan. witness for the government
in the prosecution OF Mr.. Brinton un-
der an, indictment charging seditiOn.
was one of numerous statements made
in the course of Consumers United
Stores Co. address at Garrison on Ap-
ril 4, 1915 which did not appeal to
Mr.. Sullivan's sense of patriotism
Invited to Meeting.
Mr. Sullivan said that he attended
the meeting on invitation of Mr.
Cole Of Ray, q canvasser for the store
plan. After he had gotten inside. said
the witness, Mr.. Brinton spied him
out, and, announcing that it was Gus
tomary at such meetings to have a
,, goat, he invited the witness to take
seat on the stage and officiate in
that capacity. Mr.. Sullivan testified
that he did accept chair on the
stage with the understanding that Mr..
Brinton would answer some questions
Mr.. Brinton, said the witness, reneged.
and answered but one of a series Of
questions concerning the store
scheme. This was in connection with
the number of shareholders in the To-
cal store, which Brinton stated, said
the witness, were ten. Asked who
they were. testified Sullivan. Brinton
replied: Il am" Brinton, said Sulli-
van,r then asked the audience whether
they preferred to hear him or Sullivan.
and the audience voted for BrintOn.
ATTORNEY Simpson on cross examfna-
ton, asked Sullivan If 1t was not true
that he was hooted from the hail.
The witness replied that he retired IN
good order, stepped outside the build
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-23
WITH THE EDITORS
VOLUME xxx

Under the above caption the last issue OF the
Pembina Pioneer Express mentions few remlnls-
cences which reflect the changes that have taken
place in the northeastern part Of Dakota. Editor
Wardwe was Sheriff George Laney's first school
teacher and was one of the first county school su-
perintendents of the northern part Of the terri
tory. We hope the following will be of as great
interest to some of our Homestead readers as to
We editor:
The Pioneer Express passed another milestone
last week and began volume XXXX. The incident
has become so common that we really forgot to
make mention of it. Like person in his ad-
vanced age, birthdays seem to get closer, so it
is with us. For 40 years the Pioneer Express has
been issued every week without one intermittance
and during that time there has only been one
change in the management. This is a record that
we question if it has parallel in the northwest
and but few in the whole country. The present
proprietors have been in charge since April s.,
1887, and one of the firm was connected with the
office as foreman three years before that time.
During that period we have seen many changes
among the newspaper brethren as well as other
wise Politically the Pioneer Express has always
been republican, and supported the candidates on
that ticket, excepting on rare occasions when our
Judgment decided differently Political issues, like
the free silver, Towneyism, ETC., never received
consideration from us, although pressures were
brought to bear that would, for the time being.
have been more remunerative than the stand
taken. sst>5
The development of the Red Rriver Valley in 40
years is wonderful when we stop to look over the
files of the office. Wild prairie land and Indian
tepees were as common when the publication was
started as are the magnificent stretches Of culti-
waited lands and elegant farm residences now. And
we say now as We did then, the development of the
resources of Pembina county and the state gener-
tally has just begun Napoleon Homestead. a
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-23
A BIT ABOUT THOUGHT

] What is thought? It's source? It's Substance?
A man concerns himself about specific prob.
lem We say he concentrates
Something happens presumably within his
head 1t is assumed that he somehow animates
his mind and directs it's processes.
His mental objective is 9 solution to the prob
lem which confronts him. p 'S#
A force as mysterious and intangible as elec-
tricity is at work-thought.
With an unfathomed power he conducts an un-
chartered cranial cruise of exploration and dis
covery. --.. .. .... ~
There exists theory that all knowledge is in
the air. That the brain is a sieve through which
it filters The amount and kind of knowledge
gained and retained is determined by the mesh of
the mind. &>s.l@,. r. : is.
So the big ideas slip into wide-meshed brains,
but it is readily seen that the finer screen limits
and lessons a mans mental consequence.
Another hypothesis has it that knowledge to
the mind is like sound to the ear.
Your brain, if attuned and properly pitched, will
fgurativey harmonze with distinct scale Of
knowledge ...-l- d
Justas the tympanum Of the ear registers only
certain sounds, the brain exclusively records
highly sensitive receiving surface.
It is assumed that knowledge thus absorbed is
filed away for future reference.
At call, Memory, the Librarian Of the Mind,
searches through it's archives for the desired in
formation s $.:}# VI. n 81. MI u
The origin of thought is undeterminable The
brain transmits thought, but is not its source.
Life generates thought, but what is life I
What THOUGHT is we find equally vague. That
a world without thought would be a vegetable
kingdom seems apparent: i rs. ! ~ sN
The uses of thought are scarcely better under
stood than whence it ernanates and what it is.
It's expressions daily multip|y. .,,s-.. s-a.....,
Thought itself is teaching men to think. The
offspring of constructive mind is often nstruc-
tive, seldom destructive y. H%s
To the chaotic thinker, the world is q mael-
strom Of contradiction. To the ,thoughtless, life
is largely a blank! i, s.%
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-23
AUTOMOBILISTS
ASKED TO AID.

Automobile owners who
can spare a couple of hours
to assist in entertaining the
Burleigh county select serv--
ice men who mobilize here
this evening preparatory to
entraining tomorrow for
Camp Custer, Mich, are ask
ed to report with their cars
at the federal building at 8
o'clock this evening to assist
in giving the boys a ride
about the city, i W
E. G.. WANNER, m
Chairman of Entertainment
Committee:ssfst
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~oo@oon.n.1.>.. 3
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Having nominated Hearst for governor Of New
York, Arthur Brisbane is the guy who ought TO
unnominate him.. The loud calls for Hearst don't
sound even as loud as a whisper. 81 ssssS ..sI sgl
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-23

Having spoken his little piece, Burian can now
take his seat. az. rs
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-16
THE GREATNESS OF "DR." ELLIOTT

pr H w. Elliott who spends his time about washington boosting for Wckersham objects to being reierred to as "Wickersham messenger boy" To prove that he is such thing he has written a long letter to the Dispatch in which he says he is a rrea man-greater, in fact, than Dr. David Starr Jordan and twenty other scientists, whom he names com. bined It must all be true because "Dr" Elliott says himself
 "Dr" Elliott is of those men who contend that to permit the Interior people to eat all the game killed north of the 62nd parallel during the open season would result in the destruction of game animals in Alaska, notwithstanding that the proposed law would shorten the open season in which game may be killed and not increase the number of animals that may he killed That may be accepted as further evidence of "Dr.' Elliotts greatness
 When 'Dr." Elliott asked to testify and uti lized the time to endorse in all that Dr Horna day and Bemore Brown had said notwithstanding that these witnesses had wholly agreed he was asked as to his experience Alaska and he said thai he had been back of Stka" and "at the headwaters of the Stickne and Yukon rivers" This statement did not get in the record but was heard by several persons. However. the fact that it did not get in the record, and is denied may be accented as withdrawal of the statement and. therefore we are permitted to assume that "Dr." Elliott had not even been back of Ska." at the head of the stickine and Yukon rivers"
 "Dr." Elliott says Judge Wickersham 'keeps good company" in Washington Presumably the good com. pany' is "Dr" Elliott. They seem to have kep, com pany with each other and there many reasons
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-16

Maoney, Wckersham-Strong candidate for the Democratic nomination for Delegate to Congress- calls high officials and prominent who are serv ing Alaska in places of trust, "cattle;" Mrs Hatcher the Wickersham Strong preacherpolitican calls them Huns" and "crooks' and "pirates;" Frank Aldrich writes back to Washington calling them "Prussian Stool Pidgeons' and Roman Papists," the Dispatch refers to the Judge of the United States District Court and other prominent citizens ward heelers and none of them offer offer anything better than inuendo upon which to base their epithets Yet when the plain unvarnished facts which prove that the Governor of Alaska who is using his high office as power with which to turn the Territory over to these traducers, is foreigner masqueradng as an American they howl Outrageous abuse!" Do they think the people of Alaska fools?
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-16
Inke McI,nke SaYS

The reason why so many old malds are featuring on how to raise chll- dren is because the mothers of fam lilies arc too haey to devote any time to featuring.
 Isn't it funny that the man who has nerve enough to whip eight men his own size hasn't. nerve enough to tell the truth to his wire who :sn't half h'; sizc9
 A woman caters as much to her Figure and Coma M,>a as a man does to his Apret.>. And that is catering some.
 When Daughter orders hammock for the porch she doesn't use the phone. She goes to the store and sees to it that the hammock Is built so it will carry double.
 A homely young woman shouldn't get discouraged. If she takes good care of herself she may live to be a pretty old one.
 Some people are kept busy dodg- ing trouble and others act as if they were afraid there wouldn't be enough trouble to go round.
 We do not know much. But We do know that the only husbands who are not henpecked are the ones who admit that they are henpecked.
 Everyone else in the house gets lot of care and attention when an ache or pain comes along. But Mother never gets any attention until she is too sick to appreciate it.
 About two months from now the big league teams at the bottom Of the list will he overworking the
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-16
ABOUT TORTURING IRONS

Speaking of Gov. Strong, the Dispatch says he has grown big enough and strong enough to say mo-, to those who would hold the torturing iron of ory and threat of exposure him, to gain their diabocal ends"
 We do not know what sort of "torturing iron Wickersham, Marshall the Dispatch might have held over the head of Gov. Strong nor have we any evidence except the Dispatch's word that he ever said mo-" but do know that he never threat. ened directly indirectly, by The Empire, Delegate Sulzer or the Democratic organization. He given an opportunity to say mo" even to request, let alone threat, after it discovered that he would be candidate for reappointment
 On the other hand sGov. Strong has sought out chances make promises of faithful cooperation with the organization and The Empire if they would ald him to stay in office yet little while longer
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-16
UP TO THE PEOPLE

If the Governor of Alaska and one who has heId that high office for five years, foreigner masuuer- ading as an American the people of Alaska are en. titled to know it. If it is all right for the people of Alaska to have foreigner the head of their gov. ernment. if no outrage has been committed on Ameri. can cltzenship by this masquerading, then no harm mas been done Gov. Strong The Empire would have been less than newspaper if it had not given it's readers the facts It has given only the facts If 1ov Strong has not wronged the people of Alaska ne has not been wronged by the publication of the truth It is up to the people of the Territory If they think it all right for a foreigner to come into the United States, pretend to be an American citi. zen ana to accept high office as such. and then. to try, through personal candidate to steal the Democratic party and deliver it bound and gapeed over to Judge Wickersham. that is their business The Empire has done its part. It has told the people the truth so that they might judge with their eyes open