The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 26, 1916, Page 4

’ FOUE BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE THE TRIBUN Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class Matter. @UBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Daily, by carrier, per month....+++.$ .50 ly, by mail, per year.. ‘Weekly, by mail, per year. THD STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) LOCAL WEATHER BULLETIN. | For the 24 hours ending at 12 noon, | December 26, 1916: | Temperature at 7 a. m. .. ‘Temperature at 12 noon . Highest yesterday . Lowest last night Precipitation ... Highest wind velocity Forecast | For North Dakota: Snow and cold- | er tonight; cold wave southeast por-| tion; Wednesday unsettled and cold-| er with snow east portion; strong northeast shifting to southwest winds. | ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Meteorologist. “ If thou wouldst not be known ¢ “ to do anything, never do it! | “ —Emerson. o | COCSH OHHH SEH HHS | WAR “PROSPERITY.” If you believe it is an idle fairy tale, | this talk about the unthinkable ex- travagance being indulged in in New| York, you may give pause by noting; the following items advertised in a| full-page announcement by a famous | New York store as being “suitable| for Christmas gifts..” The? cheapest item mentioned in this advertisement is priced at $600 | and from this modest figure, they | run up to $45,000! | The first article in the list is a set! of threo tapestries “woven in the | best period of Aubusson;" $51,500 be- | ing the price for the set. Next in mention is an entire room, to sell at $5,000! This is a “fine | Georgian paneled room of white pine | from a mansion in ‘Argyll, Re- gent street, London, with carved} wainscoting, cornices, doors and win- dows and window frames. Length, 20] feet; height, 12 feet; width, 18 feet.” (They will deliver it!) ‘A. pair of Aubusson tapestry chairs are priced at $4,500 and a .“William and Mary spinnet” will sell at $5,000. “A- Chinese crystal ball, 4 3-4 inch- es in diameter,” is yours in a small stocking in addition, if you want, for this ball will fit in the toe very com- fortably. There are laces for $1,150, and final- ly a Persian rug for $45,000. ‘Wall Street princes must find a way | to spend their easy money. Don't look too long before you leap. OUR LAWYER WAR LORD. Secretary of War Newton D, Baker never believes anything until an ar- my officer tells him. ‘When charges reached his ears that | a piece of mail had bzen taken from| the mails at a town in Kansas by| order of an army officer on the bor-| der, because it contained a round rob- in making complaints of conditions on! the border, Baker said be could not recognize such a “rumor.” It ‘vould have to come officially from the army Officer. in question befure h2 could take any action. This attitude is typ- ical ofthe present secretary. He Lever believes anything until it reach es hint oér thé red tap2, We wonadd: what would happen if an intercepted wireless me: fell futo the hands of som? newspaper man some day telling that the fleet of a foreign power had started with wc pvoy of transports to land a bos- ile “epedition on Ame No doubt Baker woud “discredit such an unfounded report,” and wai to mobilize the army until the com. mander of the hostile fleet notified! him “officially” of his intent to land. | ‘A long,steady plod is better than half a dozen spurts. i PRESIDENT’S PEACE MOVE. ‘Newspaper and individual comment | on tie action of President Wilson in asking the European nations to tell) the world what they are fighting for,| with a view to attempting to settle their differences at a peace confer- ence instead of on the battlefields, | ranges all the way from declaring the President to be the greatest states- man of all time to the other extreme} of having committed the . greatest blunder in the history of the world's statesmanship. A As for us, we pause before express: | ing our opinion until we know more, of the facts upon which the president | predicated his unexpected mave for 5 peace, and if it be permissible we sug- ? gest that our readers be not too hasty in forming their judgments. Whether events will show that the) president has acted wisely or unwise: | ly, the fact remains that he has acted, | 4 and that if every one of the hundred | million of his fellow citizens disap- Proved of what he has done (not be-/ cause they do not want peace, but be-} + cause they may believe that this !s/ | mot the time for America to speak) | what the president has done could not be undone. The very fact that the presidcnt » has taken the action he has at this a or not he thought it was the wise thing to do. | But the president is not a super- z = His judgment is not infallible. ID EVERY DAY EXCEPT SUNDAY| Let us hope that in this instance | his judgment has been based upon man. | knowledge of the European situation, :00/ which the rest of us have not the bata : be | means of obtaining and that what he “Member Audit Bureau of Circulation | has done will justify itself by point- ing the way to neace on the basis of | | | justice and righeousness. | Ep | Certainly a patched up peace based upon cowardly compromise, leaving the world an armed camp, with na- tions always ready to fly at each oth er’s throats, would not be such justi- fication. ; Will they call the half-nickel the “jitlet?” Better be ten minutes ahead of; time than one minute late. ‘ Success after failure is more to brag about than success without fail- | ure, Reparation, restitution and a guar- antee not to fight in the future are enough to give the German peace dove chilblains, German press pronounces the big French advance near Verdun to be “puta political “demonstration.” If they run the war into politics, they'll simply ruin it. Pulse of the Press THREE YEARS OLD. The federal reserve system entered upon its third year November 16. During the second year of its exist- ence, the ‘Minneapolis Reserve bank developed most remarkably. On No- vember 16, 1915, the bank’s expenses exceeded earnings by $60,000. One year later earnings exceeded expenses by $71,000 and in addition, all amort- ization and ‘depreciation had been charged off. The earnings during the second year of the bank’s life above the expense of the year were about $150,000. Early in the:third year the bank will have paid a dividend on. its Free and clear earn- capital stock. ings to date a on the $2,60" | bank, however, is now earning at the rate of approximately 6 per cent: per annum. ‘3 The bank’s rediscounts and invest- ments of all kinds, which constitute its earning power, are today four and three-quarter times the figure a year ago. Its reserves in November 16, 1915, amounted to $12,354,667. The gain since that date has been $16,400, 000, making resources today $28,750,- 000. One year ago the Minneapolis federal reserve notes outstanding to- taled $12,000,000, which compares with $17,723,425 on November 16, 1916. When the Minneapolis Federal Re serve'bank was organized, it possess- ed 699 member banks. When it be came one year old the membership | numbered 730. Today there are 761 members, with the prospect of con- siderable further increase before Jan- uary 1, when the Wisconsin divorce goes into effect. Governor Wold is to be congratu lated on the growth of his bank. The constant development of the north- west cannot fail to increase the num- ber of its banks, thereby strengthen- ing the Federal Reserve bank. State banks: will probably apply for mem- bership in the system when the spur of necessity impels the movement. The territory with vertical shadow shows the most Germany and her al jlies can expect to gain if peace comes —the independent kingdoms of Poland and Littuania, a Germanized Belgium and Luxemberg, Albania and Monte- negro, northern Serbia and western Wallachia, in Rumania. we! vinwek ,- AUSTRIA The territory with horizontal shaé ing shows the most the allies can hopé j furnished by the. German for in Europe—Alsace-Lorraine for France, Trentino and Triest for Italy, European Turkey and a stirp of Asia Minor along the Bosphorus and Darda- nells for Russia, and Transylvania for Rumania. What Both Sides Would Like To Get! aa meee eo | Further bones of contention will be colonies, which have been captured, for the most part, by soldiers of British de. pendencies, These dependencies would Oppose surrendering their conquests, even if England were willing. (Secrecy shrouds the happenings behind the wall of steel that sur- rounds Germany and her allies—sec- recy due both to the German and ally censorship. To give a view of life behind the battle lines as the dwellers there see it, the Daily Tribune is pub- lishing, frequently, extract from the leading German, Austrian and Hun- garian newspapers.) {LITTLE DAMAGE DONE | BY RUMANIAN INVASION An army officers interviewed by the Budapest Hirlap says: “First of all, I should like to impress on the Hun- garian public that the: people can re- turn to their homes, which have been left practically untouched in most cases. I went through almost all of the villages along the territory occu- pied and exacuated by the Rumanians an dfound the stories of ruin and dev- lastation are all without foundation. Here and there one may find where a house has been burned down, but in general everything is as the refu- WHAT 15 GOING ON I | ERMANY AND AUSTRIA-HUNGARY ‘As Told. by the Newspapers We Receive from the Central Empires’ | duty to produ | consent to forego all considerations of JS OSHS ISS SSS ESO D) Altogether, there is a splendid out- look for the ‘Minneapolis institution The past year has been fruitful for all the federal reserve banks. Com- bined, they held on November 18,! 1916, $4, 000 gold, against $315,-| 977,000 a year ago. Total earning as shown Saturday amounted to $186, 372,000, against $85,342,000 a year ago. Of this, bills discounted ‘by members ; $0 much complained of, no longer ex- represent about $21,000,000 and bills Whole rows of shops stand bought in the open market, $96,000,; empty of general dealers, hairdress- 000. Total earning assets last Satur- carpenter, locksmiths, etc. day represented 335 per cent of the ) ses shop fittings and paid in capital, against about 160 per | house furniture are deposited, through cent a year ago. Investments in fed-| the mediation of the communal war eral bonds and municipal warrants | bureau, in the municipal warehouses. gees left it.” EMPTY HOU ARE INCREASING IN VIE The Vienna Zeit “There has Ss: been an extraordinary -inerease in the number of empty houses and places | of business in Vienna. “The lack of small tenements, once Up to October 1, 542 Instances of this have occurred.”* COMING OF WINTER TO CALL FOR SACRIFICES “The war is becoming more. and more a war of /|materials,” says the Cologne Volkszcitung. “The final de- cisions depends more and more on the question whether we are able to equal the materjal of our enemies in guns, munitions and similat war factors. “Therefore, becomes our sacred every kind of mi terial ‘that: it is’ posstble’ to produc and that quickly, with the greatest, the very greatest speed. “The third war winter is upon us. It will be a hard and bitter period, of that there can be no doubt, but j Hindenburg and Ludendorff together cannot triumph unless those at home self and to obey any order that may be given by the authorities.” MAGDEBURG RIOTERS SENTENCED TO 8 YEARS “Thirty-one persons, mostly youths and young girls from 14 to 19 years of age, were charged before the provin- ctal court at ‘Magdeburg with disturb- ing the peace,” report sthe Munich Neueste Nachrichten. cmon “They marched through the streets singing and shouting, and on arriving at Halberstadt-st. they seized some stones lying in readiness for street repairs and hurled them at the win- dows of the labor bureau and the Pol- te cartridge factory, at both of which buildings hardly a single glass pane was left intact. “Proceeding on theit way, they opened a regular bombardment on the last week amounted to $68,800,000, | compared with $40,200,000 on Novem ber 19, 19 | Deposits on November 19, 1916, ag: | gregated $622,254,000, which included the $60,000,000 payment of reserves; by member banks on the 16th. One) year ago the total was $384,997,000. | Commercial West. SHSSS SSS HEECH OOS! % STORIES OF THE STATE. | No Remedy For Him. | A cowboy slightly “under the in-| fluence” boarded a Northern Pacific train at Sentinel Butte. Finding the smoking car well filled, he walked up to a salesman occupying a double seat and in a groggy voice asked him for a portion of it. Receiving| neither recognition nor response, he} Placed one hand on the othe oul: | der and repeated his reques Without looking up, the salesman remarked, quite emphatically: “You're drunk!” | Somewhat taken hack, the cowboy, | replies | “Yesh, pard, | guesh T am, but I'll) get over it. You're a hog, and you will never get over that.” Where Tempus Fidgits. The change from central to west-} ern time at Mandan frequently is/ found confusing. | An elderly lady on a westbound train stepped to the platform at ‘Man- dan recently and asked the train- man: ‘How long does this train stop here?” “Ten minutes,” was the reply. : “Bismarck or Mandan time?” she queried, anxious. PUBLIC DANCE AT COMMERCIAL CLUB HALL WEDNESDAY, DECEM. BER 27. FOUND—Bunch of 7 keys and one skate’ key.'\CoOme‘to Tribune office —— GEE! WERENT YOU GLAD WHEN--- VM NOT GOING” ASK You TO MAKE ANY NEW YEAR'S ~ RESOLUTIONS. To DEAR. Government.’ police station, where 32 windows were’ smashed and several policemen in- jured. “Each of the 31 accused, regardless of age or sex, was sentenced to im- prisonment for , eight’, years, six months, one week an ' “HANG THE CHANC CRY IN MUNICH: CAFE, “Two eighteen‘year-al arested,” says the ‘Munich':Post,'“be- cause they distributed printed invita- tions to a peace demonstration head+ ed with the words: ‘Down with the “If the authorities are really. in.ear: nest. in desiring. to stop real. invite- ments to riot and mutiny, why do they not’ take proceedings in such cases as that which occurred a few, days ago in the Cafe Luitpold where some of the guests audibly advised the ‘people ‘of, Munich to ‘hang the, chancellor to, the nearest lamppost’?” MUNITIONS CORPORATIONS’: * PROFITg ENORMOUS I A writer in the’ Frankfort Zeitung gives a Hst of the most important’ joint-stock companies engaged in war industries, with net profits and divi- dends for the last three years. “From these, it appears,” he says; “that the profits of munition factor- ies have more than doubled or treb- led. This enormous increase is not shown in the dividends, as the com- panies are hoarding up their profits, but even so the dividends run to 20, 30 and 35 per cent.” Grand Opera Climax. Little Isabelle is very fond of musig and never misses an opportunity te, sada concert or hear music in any, ‘Ohe|aftetnoon ‘somedays aga her mother took the litle girl to call on a friend who owns a music box. For the kidling’s benefit t¥e!music machine! was started and the hostess went through her list of records from “It's a Long Way to Tipperary” and “Take a. Little ‘Tip From Father,” to “The Jewel Song” from “Faust.” The last record was the “Miserere” from “Il Trovatore,”, and as everyone knows it fs.a tuneful selection in spite of the mournful name. The grand climax of the selection, with all the opera stars singing their best, appealed to little Isabelle especially and she sat witht wide-open eyes and ears until the last note died away. Then she cried: “Gee, mamma! That sounds just like a glorified cat-fight."—Brockton Enter prise. Work of Japanese Silkworms. An improvement in the manner of hatching silkworms has been recently perfected by Japanese growers. Egg cards are immersed in diluted hydro chloric acid for five to tem hours just: before they are hatched. In a fort- night or 12 days after the immersion the eggs are perfectly hatched, and worms that are stronger and more healthy than those hatched in any other way may be seen coming out of. the shells. The silk produced by the worms thus hatched is better and long- er than that produced in any other way. It has been stated that the silk produced by the worms bred in the newly invented way measured 1,200 feet, whereas the thread pro- duced by the worms hatched in the or dinary way measures only 700 feet at, the longest. . Arc Lamps Disappearing. With the advent of the gas-filled in- candescent electric lamp the future of the ordinary inclosed arc lamp as @ commercial product dwindled away, Ordinary tungsten lamps of the vac uum -type had been competing with the inclosed arc lamp, but not: with the degree of success that had attended the gas-filled unit. This new type of lamp has superseded the or dinary inclosed arc lamp for both street and factory lighting.—K lectrical Capito UNE BELEIE ~OPNON HOLDS Attorney eGneral Advises State Auditor ‘He Will Be Protected in Paying Judges Acting upon: the strength of a writ- ten! opinion given this morning by Attorney General Linde, State Audi- | tor’ Jorgenson, this afternoon or to- morrow will issue December salary warrants to’ rétiring Justices Fisk, Burké ‘and*' Goss. These warrants probably will not be presented for Payment until the return of State Treasurer Steen from Rugby. Wheth- ‘; er Mr.'Steén ‘will honor the warrants remains to ‘be ‘Seen. “Most assuredly we do not intend to apply for an injunction. If the state’s officers desire to dump the contents‘ of’ the ‘treasury into the hands of the ‘first applicant, it con- cerns us no mote’than any other cit- izens,” said Justice-elect James E. Robinson this morning. “We don’t know “what “Mr. Linde’s opinion means; we do know that we have his signature to our certificates of elec- tion, stating’that we shall serve from the first Monday in December. Cer- tainly’ he cannot ‘certify the election of one’ set of ‘officials for a certain period and prescribe the payment of another for: the same interval.” Certificates ‘Not Binding. This last'*point is covered by the attorney ‘géneral's opinion, as fol- lows: “The fact of the election cer. tificate having been issued reciting that the ‘term’ of office of the recently, elected judges commences on the first Monday in December is merely a re- cital by ‘a ‘thinisterial officer of the state and isnot conclusive in any event ,and ‘this ‘is especially true where the court’ has held that their term of office does not in fact com- mence until the first Monday in Jan- uary.” ‘Retiring Judges on Job. “Furthermore,” the opinion contin- ues, “the retiring judges are now act- ing and performing the duties of the court, ‘while the judges-elect, as I am informed, have not performed any of the services::for' which they are now claiming: ‘compensation. “So far as your duties are concern- ed, it is clear.to:me that you ‘have the right topay ithe December sal- aries to the retiring judges‘and that you would not be in any way assum- ing any liability in the event of liti- gation arising: subsequent to the first Monday, in January, irrespective of what, action may then be taken by the court.”. 7 Milt Be in, Litigation, That there will be Ittigation, and plenty of it, in the event they do not receive, their salaries. was indicated this. morning: by James E. Robinson, speaking. for the associate justices- elect. ‘His remarks may not apply, however, in the case of Luther E. Birdzell, who is already down on one State .payroll as a professor of law at .the University of North Dakota for the month of December. ee NUESSLE DENIES INJUNCTION AND ““DISSOLVES ORDER, After hearing the arguments in the case of Thoma’ Poole, ex rel the state of North Dakota, versus Carl O. Jor- genson,: state auditor, Judge Nuessle, sitting:in the Sixth district court, de- nied the plaintiff's application for a permanent injunction to prevent the "state auditor from paying the salaries of the accountants now engaged on the state books, and dissolved the tem- porary’ restraining order issued upon the filing af suit. ; Bias <Mri Poote alleged that’ thé:.contract ‘entered inté between Goverhor ‘Hanna ard the Minneapolis firm 6f account- ants which‘he engaged wag ‘illegal, in- asmuch as the accountants were not chartered’ under the laws of North Da- kota. : eee BOARD COMLETES JAUNT; ~ NOW PREPARING REPORTS The state budget board last week completed its tour of ‘North Dakotd Institutions. Today or tomorrow the members, will assemble here for the final grind on the reports which are tobe submitted to the legislature not more than ten days following the Gpening of the session, which in the Present instance will mean January 12. State Auditor Jorgenson, who ac- companied the junketers, returned to Bismarck on Sunday. | TO OPEN OFFICES HERE _FOR PRACTICE OF LAW Judge: &::T.’ Burke this morning announced definitely the opening of offices: for’ a»general law practice in the Tribune building, January 1 ‘Judge. (Burke practiced ten years at Valiey. City; served four years as states:'attorney for Barnes county; six years onthe district bench and six: yeats on the supreme bench. He is ‘an’ alumnus of the University of Minnesota. eee : HOME .FROM FARGO. Governor Hara returned last night from Fargo, where he spent Christ- mas with his family. Last week the governor met<with the budget board at Grand Forks. eee ‘SPENDS CHRISTMAS ‘HERE. -Miss. Dorethy Schnecker, formerly of the secretary of state’s office, and now: employed in the Grant county auditor's office at Carson, spent Christmas with her family in Bis- marck. ieee CAPITOL DESERTED. The capitol was practically desert- ed today. The car line was entirely out. of commission, and after an early hour this forenoon it was almost im- possible for.a taxi to get through the drifts. Two-cars were stalled jus before noon “at ‘Sixth street and the Boulevard, and the comparative few: who. didahaw-ep for.duty this mom kits bot Seal | News no mail from any source; many of the employes who had gone out of the city for Christmas were unable to get back, and the corridors were prac- ‘tically deserted. « IRRIGATION PRACTICABLE. Harris ‘Robinson of the state en- gineer's office is home from Mar- marth, a few miles above which point he made a survey for a new ‘irriga- tion project: which is to utilize the wa- ters‘of the Little Missouri. The echeme was found entirely feasible, and a pumping station wilf be in- stalled in the spring; a dam will be ‘built, and the water from the reser voir will be used to irrigate an alfal- fa ranch in the heart of the Bad Lands. i SEBRETARY OF STATE. SUPPLIES CREDENTUL Certificates Prepared for House and Senate Indicating Blec- tion of Members pu ees Secretary of State Hall-is preparing for the house and senate credentials of members -for the Nenstitng general assémbly. These ‘take ‘the form of certificates of ‘election, proving the selection of the men who are en- titled to seats in those august bod- jes. The secretary of state is also cer- tifying tothe hoyse and senate the approval at the recent election of the bootlegger ‘amendment, terminal ele- vator tax repeal, Ditkingon Normal and second hosppita)’ for*the’ insane, which will come’ béfore'the assembly tor final ratificwtidn:: fix: i 7 ¢ May .. July No. 1 Hard on trk Y No. 1 Northern on trk .. 1734%@174% No. 2 Northern on trk .. 164% @169%' No. 3 Northern on trk .. 1444%@164% No, 1 Northern to arr... 173%4@174% No. 2 Mont. Hard on trk 167%: No, 2 Mont. Hard to arr 167% No. 1 Spot Durum ..... 175%@177% No. 2 Spot Durum + 167% G17 No. 1 Spot Durum to arr 175144@177%¢ December 175% A1W: . IB Qats on trk and to arr.. 47% @ 47% Rye on-trk and to arr Me Barley on trk .. Flax on trk and December May .‘ July .. Close 1:52 p.m. MINNEAPOLIS , No. 1 Hard .... + LTA E179 No. 1 Northern + LTB &174% No. 1 Nor. Choice iat : No. 1 Nor. to arr ....... 120% @173% No. 1 Nor. Choice to arr 475% °, No. 2 Northern ... 116612817214 No. 3 Wheat ..... Ye @ 169% No. 2 Mont. Hard 166% @168%: No. 2 Mont. Hard to arr 16734 No. 1 Durum .... . 173% No. 1 Durum Choice . 180 No. 1 Durum to arr .... 172% No. - Dur. Choice to arr 180 ‘No. 2 Durum ........... 1674 @172% No. 3 Yellow Corn .... 86 @ 86% No. 3 Yellow Corn to arr 86 Other Grades Corn 7 @ 8 No. 4 Yellow Corn ...... 84 No. 2 Mont. White Oats 51%@ 53% No. 3 White Oats ...... 48% @ 19% No. 3 White Oats to arr 48% No. 4 White Oats + 47%4@ 48% Barley ...... 77 @101 Barley Choice » 101 @110 Rye,.-... 428, @129 Rye to.atT,.y vere @129 Flax ..... 282% @285% (Flax to. arr 282% @285% Degember. Wy 4 May 174% July + 168%0@ % Close P. f ST. PAUL, HOGS—Receipts 4,200; 10c higher; range $9.25@$9.85;"bolk $9.65@$9.75. CATTLE—Receipts 900; killers, steady; steers $4.25@$10.25; cows and heifers $4.75@$7.50; calves, 25c high- er, $4.25@$11.00; stockers and feed- ers, stronger, $3.50@$7.75. SHEEP—Receipts 2,000; lambs $7.00@$12.50; wethers $9.00; ewes $5.50@$8.50. CHICAGO. * HOGS—Receipts 46,000; strong, 5c to 10c above Saturday's average; bulk $10.00@$10-40; light $9.60@$10.30; mixed $9.90@$10.55; heavy $10.00@ $10.60; rough $10.00@$10.15; pigs $7.50@ $9.20. ? CATTLE—Receipts 11,000; strong; steady; $6.0@$ t{native beef steers $7.20@$11.75; ern steers: $7.25@$10.00; stockers and feeders $5.20@$8.15; cows and heif- ers $4.25@$10.00; calves $8.25@ $11.75. SHEEP—Receipts 15,000 steady; ia" $9.00@$10.00; lambs $11.25@ New York—Insuranee agents heav- ed a sigh of relief over today’s an- nouncement that ‘Mischa Elman’s $300,000 wrists and fingers were not- injured in the taxi accident that smashed the violinist up. DATES FOR COUNTY FAIR AT RUGBY JULY'3 AND 4 Mindy ae Dec. 26.—Dates for the lerce.county annual fair hav. Aged BrvMy SHA! “FAME who have. always: taen care of the Fourth ef- fair