The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-08-13
TUESDAY NAVY
DAY BISMARCK
HAS REAL TIME
Jolly Jack Tars Train Guns on
Capital City and the Whole
Works Are Theirs
CHANGE WAR BROUGHT
Naval Force Changed From
Luxury-Loving Lounge Liz
ards to Genuine "He.Men"

blame it on the navy.
If the boy who is just turning into
a man says he is going to sea and
learn trade, blame the navy.
If you saw the baseball game yes
terday and wept, blame the navy.
If you saw the movies last night and
enjoyed the wholesome interesting in
structive pictures, blame the navy.
If you listened to that rattling speech
made by Lieut.. Daniel w. Sooy at the
Auditorium, blame the navy.
In fact if anything happened yester-
Gay, good or bad, blame the navy. For
1t was navy day in Bismarck and the
old town has not had such fun, amuse-
ment, entertainment, baseball, stirring,
jazzful music in many moon.
$4,000 Mile Cruise.
In their cars fitted up especially for
their inland cruise of some 10000
miles in the interests Of securing men
for the peace time navy, sixty men in
the recruiting party rolled into Bis
marck yesterday afternoon behind a
Northern Pacific engine.
1ucy Adu uU SOOucE Sct 4OOC Ou uIy
land when Acting Mayor John French
was there to hand them the pass key
that was to open all the locks in town.
including the hoosgow, ball park,
armory, auditorium, Main street,
Broadway, city hall and the hearts of
any of Bismarck's fairest-if they
could. ....
As was perfectly proper, the band
climbed out of its cramped quarters
from the forcasle Of the first tourist
car headed up Fourth street with
horns blaring, and drums drumming
and stopped right under the window Of
The Tribune. The serenade was great,
but when 1t comes to pounding type
writer's and linotype machines to the
tune of jazz band, it can't be done,
that's all 1t can't be done.
After playing number of popular
pieces marches both old and new and
lots of jazz, the band "pepped" its way
to Thayer street and reused the echoes
around the city hall !, and, !, the. court
house, much to the delight Of those
city and county officials whose numer-
GUS duties prevented them from leav-
ing their offices.
Band Delights Crowds.
Wherever the band went huge
crowd gathered around to hear it. In
fact the bluejacket musicians were
completely surrounded by pleased
and happy crowd that never seemed to
get enough of the lifting tunes. No
| casualties were reported to the police
Of young boys being annihilated by the
bass drummer, but they crowded the
drummer so closely that nobody seem
ed to understand how the youngsters
avoided being pounded on their curious
title heads. The closer to that big drum
they could crowd, the better they liked
it And so did the drummer if his
broad grin could be taken as evidence.
Then the ball game at the capitol.
The less said about that the better.
A complete account of the sad event
will be found in the mortuary column.
But the band in the grand stand helped
s0oth the ruffled and disappointed
feelings Of Bismarck's loyal fans.
Following the game, the band troop
ed and blared it's way to the Auditor
um where moving pictures Of activi-
ties in the navy were thrown on the
screen. Dreadnaughts, superdread-
naughts, destroyers, torpedo boats sub
marines, in fact every kind Of craft
hat the navy boosts of sailed up and
down, right and left on the screen.
Intimate views Of the interior of the
vessels, the kitchens, excuse us, we
meant galleys, the workshops, the
bjazing guns, the rifle range, every
thing that happens on board ship in
Guiding painting and teaching the
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