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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-03-25
WOMEN AS WAR AIDES

Womens sphere in all kinds of war activities
is constantly broadening. There is not drive OF
Importance but they are found on the firing line
doing fine and courageous duty. Their service
is no popular hysteria Of all the stay-at-homes,
there is nothing hysteric about the patriotic devo
ton of the women whether her energies are adj
dressed to Red Cross work, Liberty Loan drives or
Thrift Stamp sales.
Battles could not be fought or won without
them The spirit of France has been sustained by
their cool vaor and quiet devotion. AS some one
has said:
"Thcy teach men how to fight and how to die
making it easy to fight and sweet to die
Those promoting the sale of the Third Liberty
Loan have recognized the Importance of organic
ing the women Under the leadership of Mrs
McAdoo, the women of America are going to play
large part in making the loan success. Mrs
c. l.. Young is taking hold of the work vigorously
for this county and after the inspiration of the
addresses given in the state by Mrs. c. A. Sever
ance the women Of North Dakota are thoroughly
aroused to the grave Importance of the task before
them.
The spirit of woman arises readily alike to
peril and duty; the greater the crisis, the more
sublime the sacrifice America is emerging today
from the first shock Of the great drive more de-
termined than ever. The pressure of the Hun may
force back for period the stawart lines of democ-
racy, but these legons enlisted against the forces
Of autocracy must and will triumph.
In these dark hours of the titanic struggle the
responsibilities settle more firmly upon the women
of the nation and their participation in the various
activities deserves the heartiest commentator.
Women, real, true and good, needing not the
pers of the field are taking some of the brutality
)ut of war, just at home they are deserving time
wasting and vainglorious propaganda for sincere
md effective service.
The financial problems of the war are as vital
IS the purely humanitarian aspects which long
since have enlisted the sympathies and energies
If the American women. An important task con-
ronts the women of Burleigh county in the Third
Liberty Loan.
Mrs. Severance's trip through North Dakota
Nas done much to inspire the women to fresh en-
cavor in this highly important field of war
| nance.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-03-25
REAL NEWS SERVICE


The Tribune again has demonstrated its ability give
the Slope REAL LIVE NEWS The Trbunes leased Asso-
ciaed Press leased and its corps special writer's have
brought to the Slope country the three days authentic
and detailed IL to Ia hours advance any other
newspaper serving this territory The Trbunes Saturday
afternoon edition bringing the first authoritative advice
that the big drive had covered Bismarck and the
entire Slope region many hours before any other
paper carrying line of these developments could reach
this section. .. 8
The Trbunes leased wire busy clicked off new devel-
opments from the west front all Sunday night bringing
ing the to Bismarck readers early this morning and
going out east west north and south the Bismarck
aarck territory No newspaper which does not command
the full leased wire service of the Associated Pess-and
such newspapers usually confined to cities of 10000
morecoud possibly meet the present situation when,
with Kaleidoscope rapdity the is constantly chang
ing and when moment change the fate of the world
The Associated Press great corps of trained correspond
ents actually at the 'front.' in the thick the fight Their
wires there connected directly by transatlantic cable
leased wires stretching straight the American CONT
nent with the press operators ticker in The Tribune office
There is delay in transmission Before movement is
completed the west 'front.' of is flashed into The
Tribune office and through the medium Of The Trbunes
three regular editions and special editions when the stua
ton demands this win direct to Trbunes readers
giving them the service which the most vital moment in
worlds history demands.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-03-25
NO TIME FOR PESSIMISM
Germany has thrown a million pic

Germany has thrown million picked troops
upon the British forces guarding the highways to
Paris. Compicgne the gateway to the French
capital is threatened, and the German occupancy
Of certain vantage points indicates the terrific
pressure upon the Allies lines The Hun has
asaeo che British chiefly and the line has yielded
only as military strategy dictated.
The Allies are brAccd for an offensive, but will
choo~. their own time and place. it is prematur,
at this tine to sly that anything decisive hao
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-03-25

base camps and at the front, where u
center may be a hay loft or in some
part OF ruined chateau or even in
a tent. Troops going into and COM
Ing out OF the trenches are being sup
piled free with hot drinks.
The scope Of the work at the front
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fsntryzs sent forxs
fhe British to fall back deliberately without confusion


FEAR COUNTER ATTACKS
This army it declared has conserved and up to the present
very attacks have been made against the
positions they have driven them back But each mile Of advance
makes the up Of Supplies to the M Rh
strategy demonstrated the beginning of the great
to let the so far he may wear himself out against
Both British and French where their lines meet south
Of St. Quentin watching events with optimistic eyes
SITUATION MORE OPTIMISTIC
The British and French who at the junction the
armies viewing the trend the German offensive with
the latest reports showed little no change in the
Of ha af while on the Gff e hanS
and holding strongly along the whole front which they
Fighting of most desperate nature has been continuous
since the initial but far the British have used few
the the British army they have enabled
confusion and positions which had been long be-
the the prince have been hurting hodes
into with disregard life followed
the abandoned positions getting farther and farther away from
their supplies and finding their communications increasingly d
More than fifty German divisions already have been identified
o a mdn e o e
made by the allied artillery machine and rifles
nation over the open has been appalling '"'
The British losses have been within the bounds expected due
able number men and certain number guns
since the day. In fact the whole withdrawal has been
cuted in mastery showing how thoroughly the British
had planned for the very events which have occurred
permitted to what have known for long
time namely that the British intended try hold the
positions this region the Germans attacked in the
force expected.
HARDER FIGHTING TO COME
There believe that harder fighting than
yet taken place will develop shortly The Germans the British
cannot hesitate in carrying their attack and it is
of break through admit defeat In this circumstance it
interesting note statement made yesterday by German off,
prisoner who declared that the German offensive
Of desperation brought by the fact that the fatheand
have peace. "" g.. %. r:~>,
However, the British take such assertions their value
and are proceeding accordingly. ... '
The hardest fighting yesterday occurred east of and
in the Boise De Gen The most important phase the battle
occurred the latter neighbohood During the morning the Ger
pushed southwark toward Ham
getting foohod at points in the deencs which the
British had fallen back. -. ,.n 49, -.
The British organized counter attack and hurled themselves
against the Germans with such ferocy that the enemy forced
to give and the situation restored This the
very few counter attacks yet ATTEMPTED by the British
Last night fairly quiet along the battle 'front.' but this
morning the British again urged forward against the Germans
the southeast of Ham, while the enemy continued his assaults
the neghborhood of Mory, southwest of Crosees
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necessarily is limited. but in the
larger camps behind the lines. where
conditions permit Of more elaborate
entertainment, there is being main
tanned regular schedule OF moving
picture shows. theatrical entertain
mentS and sports.
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Lowest
Temperatures

ORRlS w. ROBERTS.
Meteorological.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-08
CHAPTER VI.
The Great Stranger,

Some strangers came along the
road those days-hunters, peddlers
and the like-and their coming
filled me with a Joy which mostly
went away with them, l regret to
say. None of these. however. ap
Pealed to my imagination as did
old Kate But there was one
stranger greater than she-greater,
indeed, than any other who came
Into Rattleroad. He came rarely
and would not be long detained
How curiously we looked at him
knowing his fame and power, This
great stranger was Money.
| shall never forget the day that
my uncle showed me a dollar bill
and little shiny, gold coin and
three pieces of silver, nor can l for
get how carefully he watched them
while they lay in my hands and
presently put them back into his
wallet. That was long before the
time of which l am writing. | re-
member hearing him say, one day
of that year. when l asked him to
take us to the Caravan of Wild
Beats which was coming to the vii
iage:
I'm sorry. but it's been a hun
dred Sundays since l had a dolla.
in my wallet for more than ten
minutes.
have his old account book for
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-08
THE SECLUDED HOUSE.
By Mildred White.

Mariana rustled the paper impa-
tiently as the singer practiced over
head. From an adjacent apartment
came the hum of a monograph.
ITO try to do any brain work in
this hubbub would be impossible, "
muttered Mariana, then her eyes
fell upon a printed paragraph:
Cynthia Woodruff" she read,
will accommodate in her country
home, man or woman desiring un-
interrupted quiet. Location suit
able for student or artist"
THE very thing" said Mariana
to herself, and taking up the teIe-
phone she called Miss Woodruff S
number.
A thin voice came back over the
wire. Yes, this was Miss Woodruff.
She would have to have reference,
OF course
Mariana felt like a child start
ing upon some joyous adventure, as
she hurried about, selecting frocks
suitable for country wear. And
when at shutdown she reached the
pretty village of>the advertisement
she felt that her quest had been a
wise one.
High at the top of a peaceful hill,
half hidden behind its grand old
trees, was the house of her desti-
nation. Marianna's eyes, accus-
toned to orderly city gardens,
opened wide in admiration at this
tangle of prodigal bloom, the paths
grown over in places with frag-
rant bushes and vines. And at
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-08
Correspondents Under Fire.

Wounding OF an American correspondent indi-
Gates a new policy with reference to publicity in
army circles. Newspaper men, it is evident
permitted to be with troops when they in
battle in order to be able to wildly describe the
things that take place. English and French news
papers never have been given such privileges Per-
country the public has had different training Over
here want to know what it going on. We feel
that it is right. long the information is
of such nature that it will be of value the
enemy, to be given the news about through
the medium of the daily press
The fact that correspondents close up to the
fighting lines indicates a disposition in military
circles to improve the news service.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-08
T[HI[E DAILY SHORT STORY

once she selected her secret writ
ing place-an iron-railed balcony
twisting about a tower rom upon
the second floor.
Miss March would be welcome
to that ROOM her hostess agreed.
Full OF enthusiasm and sure of in
spiratiOn, Mariana started to work
upon her serial.
SO days passed in successful ac-
complishment, but her nights were
torments of fear. Lying there in
dark isolation, she could fancy
ghostly footsteps passing down the
corridor. Nearer they would come
then cease Often Mariana
would waken suddenly trembling.
at the sound of the same measured
tread overhead
Once Mariana had dared to men
ton her fears TO the woman.
'Nothip' to be scared of around
here" Miss Cynthia assured her;
never had robbery or nothin' like
1t in these parts. Sometimes the
house goes creaking of itself" And
then came the real night of terror.
Miss Cynthia had gone out upon one
In the tower room, with its cleo
trio light shining far across the
garden, Mariana had written until
the rumbling, of a comiRg storm at
tracted her attention. Then she
had gone TO close a window, when
suddenly she was left in darkness.
Not a gllmmer of light came from
below, while the sky was inky
black. There had been one sharp
fash OF lightning. the girl remem-
had put the electricity out Of order.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-08
Call for Volunteers.

President Wilson has issued call for voun-
teers
He is not asking for fighters America has the
men to put into the field just as fast as they can be
trained, armed and equipped and ships found to
transport them across the sea 1t is not fighters he
has to ask for
It is for volunteers in the home line that he asks
Everyone, from the oldest man to the youngest
child is eligible There is no physical test and there
no class or class for those he doesn't want now
Everyone should volunteer.
June % is the day set for the completion of the
recruiting all the United States. 1t is the army
Of thrift, of war savers, that is being recruited.
Appealing to every man, and child to
pledge themselves before June IS to save con-
stantIy and buy savings stamps as regularly
possible" the president asks that there be
unenlisted that day"
Illinois has had its pledge week. Thousands
yes hundreds of thousands, have enlisted. Some who
pledged to do little should have pledged to do
a great deal more. Millions, however, have not
pledged at all. They may not have been asked do
so. The recruiting agents may not have called on
them. But this is excuse.
The president now calls for volunteers Don't
wait until someone calls on you to ask you to invest
in savings stamps 1t is your plain duty, and
everyone's to go and hunt up the stamps if the
stamps have not hunted you up. They will not be
hard to find They be purchased at every post
office and from every mail carrier in the state There
is scarcely bank which does not handle them Thou
sands thousands of retail stores have them for
sale The stamps will be harder to dodge than they
will be to find
Only % counties out of 102 in Illinois went "over
the top" in the recent pledge week score or more
Of the counties did nothing at all. This may have
been due to lack of organization or to plans for
drive in some other way, but the remains that
there many counties in the state which are so
behind that unless the people heed the presidents
call for volunteers in this month of June it looks as
though Illinois must down the list of Stacker
states in the savings campaign.
Organization of a complete canvass of the 6 OOO-
900 and people in Illinois is an immense task
and the funds of the savings committee have
been limited. Now comes the call TO the volun-
teers If pledge has been presented to you, sign
in your mind and keep it If you have signed
formal pledge, double it if possible
Illinois must continue TO get pledges and es-
pecially to sell savings stamps in June Invest
all you can now in this, the worlds best govern
ment security. On June 2s every resident of Illinois
is called upon purchase at least SIS war
savings stamps AS many possible are asked 10
buy TO- 90 a hundred 200 that day. Don't
buy. Volunteer in answer to the presidents call.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-08

But who are ,you?" Mariana in
sisted, suddenly courageous.
II am staying out here" the man
aswered grudgingly, while / write
book. l come every year; the Sc
clusion is perfect. Miss Cynthia
assured me there would be no
other occupants; and you
Mariana laughed. In reaction.
ON | am just a small writer.
she told him. Miss Cynthja's ad-
vertisement suggesting uuinter-
rupted quiet tempted me and | &C
cepted. Probably she thought
that two so absorbed might not dis
cover each other, and so hoped TO
earn extra dollars. l forgive the
deception, for If you had not been
here tonight now 90
If you will overlook the fact q
my arm about you" the man inter-
rupted. Il think we can make the
stair"
And as they crept out into the
garden, about them from the tower
rooms came a sudden blaze Of
light. Electricity on again" said
the man. and they turned to look
at each other.
Across the authors fine face
flashed a sudden radiant smile.
Il too, forgive Miss Cynthia's de-
ception," he said
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-08

bered. 1t was this. probably, which
But she, could not wait here. her
heart humping painfully in its
strange, nameless fear. To grope
her way around the unfamiliar cor
ridor seemed difficult the stairway
branched off so unexpectedly; if
she should miss her footing.
Mariana found the door opening
into the fall, and moved carefully
along beside the wall. Near by she
fancied she heard that same
stealthy sound. then pair of hands
caught hers. Before she could pro-
lest or cry out, two arms closed
about her, snatching her up in the
darkness. Mariana had time 10
realize that the arms were a mans
strong arms then she tainted.
When she opened her eyes again.
peering vainly for light, close TO her
race dep voice muttered an i'm
precation.
Who are YOU" she murmured.
trembling. What does all this
mean"
The intruder loosened his hold.
THAT is what | would like to
know he said Il was writing IN
there on the third floor, when the
light went out. Coming down
stairs 10 investigate. l caught at
you-whoever you may be lust as
you were about 10 slip headlong
over the stair. II your hand had
not met mine feeling along the wall,
you would have gone. Then your
dead weight told me that you had
tainted: and in the COMPOUNDED
darkness of this eerie place"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-08
CHAPTER V.
(Continued.)

NV aunt rose and went INTO lhS
but'ry while / sat staring AT tHe
ragged old woman. Her hair waS
white now and partly covered by Il
worn and faded bonnet ForbiddlnG
as she was / did not miss me
sweetness in her smile and her blue
ewes when she looked at me. Aunt
Deel came with plate of dough-
nuts and bread and butter and mead
cheese and said in a voice full OF
pity: ~,
somethin' for ye-ayes!
She turned to my uncle and said:
peabody Baynes, what'll we 90
I'd like to know-ayes! She can
rove all night"
"IIl git some blankets an make
:. bed for her, good 'nough for any
body, out in the hired man room
over the she'd" said my uncle.
He brought the lantern-a little
tower OF perforated tin-and put a
lighted candle inside of it. Then
he beckoned to the stranger, who
followed him out of the front door
with the plate of food in her hands.
Well l declare. It's long time
since she went up the road-ayes! -
said Aunt Deel, yawning as she re-
sumed her chair.
Who is o. Kate?" l asked.
"Oh, Just poor oil crazy woman
-wanders all 'round-ayes!"
What made her crazy?"
"Oh, | guess somebody missused
and deceived her when she was
young-ayes! It's an awful wicked
thing to do. Come, Bart-go right
up to bed now. It's high time
eyes!"
II want to wait til Uncle Pea
body comes back" said l..
"Why?"
Tin afraid she'll do some
thin to him"
Nonsense, OF Kate is just as
harmless as a kitten. You take
your candle and go right up to bed
this minute-ayeSi"
l went upstairs with the candle
and undressed very slowly and
thoughtfuIly while l listened for
the footsteps of my uncle. l did
not get into bed until l heard him
come in and blow out his lantern
and start up the stairway. AS he
undressed he told me how for many
years the strange woman had been
rowing in the dale "up hill and
down dale, thousands an thousands
o miles" and never reaching the
cid of her journey.
In a moment we heard low wall
above the sound of the breeze that
shook the leaves of the old pop
pie" tree above our roof.
What's that?" l whispered.
81 guess it's oil Kate ravin," said
Uncle Peabody.
1t touched my heart and I lay
listening for time but heard only
the loud whisper of the poppla
leaves.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-08

equipment and physical strength and endurance. It
goes back to the causes of this and is in fact
a justification of part in it.
The American soldier is a product of the freedom
for which he is fighting and such we expect him
justify his He is not a machine, nodded by
discipline and operated at the will of another, but
living thinking human being with conscience of his
and with full knowledge of what he is fighting
for Our troops stand in of nobody They have
fear of Kaiser Wilhelm and all his cohorts
Never, firmly convinced, has nation put
into the field such army sending against
autocracy the battlefelds of Europe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-08
Selecting DoctOrs.-

Seicctlng DoCiOEs.
Letter from thoughtful reader.
Il was much interested in what
you had to say on the subject OF
cardio-vascular degeneration, and
it struck me that there may be
two sides of it. You deplored the
fact that most victims of this in
sidious kind of breakdown which
is now the most common serious
disease neglect themselves or in
lure themselves by self-medica-
ton and experimenting with all
sorts of treatments purporting u
be good for stomach" trouble,
nervousness" etc, until the dis
ease has progressed so far unrec-
ognized that little can be done to
stave off the final collapse.
Il have had the opposite expert
ence. That is, l have done a great
deal of doctoring for stomach"
troubles, nervousness" and the
like, and only after years of it did
| learn that my i'll health was real
ly due to arterial disease all along.
1t seems to me that the doctors
take no interest in a case until 1t
is critical. They size a man up,
and if he looks fairly good they
pooh-pooh and dismiss him with
some trivial advice or prescription,
never even suggesting the general
physical examination you SO con-
stantly urge"
| fear there is more truth than
poetry in our correspondent let
ter. But he must have been IN
fortunate in his selection of doc
tors.
The old timers were justified in
sizing a patient up" and conclud-
ing that no general examination
was required. They did and still
do make light of the seemingly
trivial conditions which manifest
themselves in incipient cardio-vas-
cular degeneration. They are to-
day very much in the position of
the doctor of generation ago who
told patients they had weak
lungs" or "a slight catarrhal state"
in one lung-phrases which were
the veriest evasions, because the
doctors were not skilled enough
to determine definitely whether the
patients did or did not have tuber-
culosis or they were not courag-
eous enough to explain that they
could not make a positive dag
nosis.
Your modern, we'll trained ply
stefan does no pooh-poohing until
his examination has been made. He
prides himself, not on his wonder
full skill in snatching life from the
brink, but in his ability to ward
life away from proximity to the
brink. He is eager to make COM
plete examinations, provided he
feels that the patient will not COM
plain of the fees. There's the rub.
We want 1918 medical services,
but we hate to pay 1918 fees-we
like to get the 1918 service at the
1888 price.