The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 12, 1917, Page 4

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Member Audit Bureau of Circulation 7H BTATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER | (Established 1878) LOCAL WEATHER BULLETIN. For the 24 hours ending at noon, March 12, 1917: ‘Temperature at 7 a. m. . Temperature at noon . Highest yesterday . Lowest last night . Precipitation Highest wind velocity . Forecast: | For North Dakota: Partly cloudy | tonight and Tuesday; warmer ex-) treme west portion tonight. | Temperature | . 10 | | | 32 Trace} . 10-E} Calgary ... Chicago . Kansas Ci Moorhead . Pierre ... ' St. Paul . oe | Winnipeg . no report St. Louis | | San Franc 44 | Helena 12 | Williston .. AT ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Meteorologist. OOSSS ESD IDE SIO OO ¢ Men talk of “mere morality, which is much as if one should # ¢ say, “Poor God, with nobody % help him!”—Emerson. SOSHHPSSOSCHOO ODE OD PARKER TO BRYAN, Former Judge Alton B, Parker has sent this telegram to William Jen-' nings Bryan at Miami, Fla.: “If you and your friends, Senator | La Follette, and your joint followers | and sympathizers had gone to heaven ; three years ago, Germany would not | have attempted to drive the United | States from the seas or to conspire with other nations or ‘to make war upon her, for we should now have been well prepared to defend our- selves; nor would you have had occa- sion to sneak out of Washington upon the discovery of the German plot. “While you can never undo the mischief you have planned, yet if you act quickly you may be able to per- suade those now ambitious to be- come the Benedict Arnolds of the Congress to end the shameful scene now being enacted.” Circus has offered Billy Sunday 2,000 a day. To lead the clowns, we suppose. PURE TREACHERY. County Treasurer Prater's treach- | ery to Bismarck's interests in sup- porting ‘the New Rockford measure to put all state institutions on wheels, his support of S. B. 77 to wipe out the lignite coal rates and his advocacy of H. B. 298, siding in comparison with Fargo, may be rewarded. It is understood that he has his hat in hand to catch the first plum that falls. But some league members are ask- ing how he happened to persuade a so-called “reactionary senate” into making him its secretary? Maybe this will militate against his getting that juicy plum. It is hard to carry water on both shoulders in these days of intensified “reform.” Those, Burleigh county representa- tives who voted for New Rockford’s capital removal measure and to wipe out the lignite rates might get W. J. ‘Prater,:who deserted an elective of- fice to act as league whip in the sen- ate, to explain. He worked for those measures also. Some people have a peculiar way of showing their grati- tude and loyalty to the community that honored them. to make Bismarck a} New York husband wouldn't let his wife in ‘the door till she gave him a bottle of whiskey. Well, wouldn't it; tbe better outside? OUR OWN SYSTEM. Since the war started we have heard much of the wonderful secret services maintained by the belliger- ent countries, particularly Germany. (Many American writers have thrown spasms over the danger con- fronting this country through the machiiations of German.-spies. While . 22) which is being | That the German government ex- {vent the 400 from reading Town Top- | crowned heads are good roller skat- | the reduction having been 25 per cent. |The Bismarck Tribune, sured that everything possible is be- ing done to control it. | The American secret service is the | best in the world. We say this with- '}out reserve or qualification. Its oper- jatives have ferreted out scores of plots against the government an& people of the United States, and many of the plofters are now behind | prison bars. | The latest exploits of the secret |service was the arrest at Hoboken, | IN, ., of a bomb plotter and at New York of two men who planned an up- rising in India. But the greatest feat of Uncle! m's “shadow men” was the inter: | ption of the Zimmermann note sug-} gesting an alliance of Germany, Japan| and Mexico against the United States “A secure way was chosen to sen {these instructions,” said Zimme: mann. But Uncle Sam got them just! |the same. And when you outwit the }German plotters you’re “going some.” | It is an open secret in Washington j Uhat the secret service has the names} of hundreds of German plotters in the} United States. Their activiti known and the plotters are under con- | stant surveillance. QS | are Undoubtedly there are many plot- jters who have up to now succeeded | in avoiding suspicion. If war comes some of the dev planned wi' prot be accomplished. pects these plotters to inaugurate reign of teror in the Uniied Stat there can be no doubt. But we have a bunch that some- thing entirely different going to happen, and that Uncle Sam's ser- vice men will be responsible for it. Most of tho: recollect, were advocates of the re-} call. ; nators, as we} ——— | Detroiter fined 50 for calling a wom- | an a witch. Can't he get it back by calling her an angel? DOINGS OF THE DUFFS ISN’T TOM THE THOUGHTFUL LITTLE DADDY? __—_ PLL GIVE HIM SoME OWN. DARL THI SAY, NURSE SHALL 1 CALL A Doctor FOR BASN ? HOLD ,WoMAN! Don’T You KNOW “THAT Nov’LL RUIN MN BABY O-THE LITTLE ING ONLY HAS JE WICCOUGKS | WHAT ARE You GoING To Do FoR HIM? 3 TEETH BY GIVING HIM SWEETS? HOW MANY “TEETH Do You THINK A FouR-DAY OLD BABY HAS? ALLRIGHT, GO AHEAD AND GIVE IT To HIM Perhaps there was a postscript in the German note suggesting a Ger- man-Mexican-Japanese ate. | | New York sassiety has a new maga- zine that sells for a dollar a copy, to subscribers only. Lut that won't pre- Understand some _ of Europe's ers, violinists and mimics. might get time in vaudeville here when their jobs are gone. They over — ee FOOD CROPS. The price of wheat has recently ad- vanced, owing to a foreign demand which led the British government to offer 90 cents a bushel for ocean trans- portation and to reports about farm reserves. These, a leading crop ex- pert says, are only 98,000,000 bushels, against 241,000,000 a year ago, and the quantity available for export before the new crop comes is, in his opinion, | less than 40,000,000 bushels. Secre- tary Houston says that 164,000,000 bu- shels was the exportable surplus at Ja the beginning of the crop year. All the estimates show that the quantity! which can be sold to foreign buyers will proba a next harv below the five years’ average, the| vield of corn was only slightly defi-! cient. But in recent months there} have been large exports of corn, and| the price is very high. Farm re: S | are reported to be 785,000,000 bushels, against 1,133,000,000 bushels at this date in 1916, shortage last year all over the world, In Argentina a failure of all the cer- eals has affectey] one of ‘Burope's sources of supply. We had only about two-thirds of a crop of potatoes. | w There were deficiencies elsewhere farmers’ elevator here was di by fire yesterday, with a loss of $15,- 000 on grain and $10,000 on the build- ing. The cause of the blaze had not i WITH THE EDITORS ei established today. said they may rebuild. LABORERS YILLED BY Eorlam | alliance that| also included the United States Sen-| OSE $30,00 I ELEIMTOR FRE (Associated Press) Wimbledon, N. D., March 12,—The troyed The elevator as owned by 40 farmers, and: it is MILWAUKEE TRAIN AT WARMARTH YESTERDAY March 12 enounce, ed while walking here yesterday, by Marmarth, 'N._ D. and Kirt borers, Milwauke ly be exhausted before the of wheat was about 90,000,000 bushels | ADDRESS MEETINGS AT BRADDOCK, N. D: There was wheat crop; Will Speak to Farmers Afternoon, March 14 and Business Men in Evening son the subject of ton of the Bismarck Comm at Eraddock on Wednesday of this week, On the afternoon, the secretary will address a gathering of farmers and in the evening will speak to the busi- [ness men. of. the cit: detail the steps which are necess: to bring the merchant and producer closer together in bringing about community. development. VILLA BANDITS *FIRE ON TRAIN, KILLING CUARD Juarez, March 12—Sualazar’s band of Villa bandits fired into a Mexican Central passenger train at Laguna station Saturday, killing 45 of the de facto escorts, and wounding three pas- sengers, according to employes of the Mexican Central, who arrived on trains today. They also said 20 of Salazar’s men were killed and 22 wounded by the Carranza escort during the engage- ment following the holding up of the passenger train.” y — LL | GIRL BEATS WAY 150 | b MILES—IS ARRESTED | (United Press) St. Paul, March 12.—After beating her way from Mason City, la., to St. Paul, a distance of’ 150 miles, in box cars; Miss Jennie Hambly, 18, of Kau Claire, Wis., was arrested here today and returned to her parents. Her summer. clothing, which’ she wore, was shattered from the journey and she was in the best of health. ganization of a community club ill be delivered by Secretary Kenis- The Hotel of Character and Com- fort.. Hote! Radisson, Minneapolis. and prices are without precedent. As the time for planting approach- es, our farmers should be moved by the prevailing price figures, last year’s deficit, and the persistent demand from abroad for American foodstuffs, to increase their food acreage. The area given to winter wheat has been slightly enlarged, but not all the re-! ports as to condition are favorable. | What will be done in. the spring wheat states remains to be seen. The financial argument for greater pota- to acreage should be convincing. Our farmers’ expenses are much higher than they were before the war, on ac- count. of the cost of what they must buy affd of the wages they are requir- ed to pay. And it is difficult to get the workmen who are needed. But there is good reason to expect that the pric- es of their products will continue to be high, even if peace should come. There will be profit in additional acre- age, and our farmers should strive to make large crops this year.—New} York Times. | “An UNNEUTRAL ACT.” March 8, 1917. | Bismarck, N. Dak., | Dear Sirs: | In a recent issue, you stated that United States factories have made 550 “wasps” for the English navy in 550 days. Was this not as much of an unneutral act as selling submarines to the Canadian government at the opening of the war, which I believe your paper quoted Wilson as object- ing te? ‘Would it not be legal for ow not minimizing the ‘possible: danger from: source, gt us not, forget manufacturers to furnish Austria “or torpedo | bune. a Se And of course you know Tom is WHAT SHALL TOW OUFF RARE RIS’ BABY? Of course you know Tom Duff, the funny little fellow in the famous omic strip “Doings of the Duffs,” ap pearing in The Tribune. the proud father of a baby boy. Tom is in the market for suggestions for a name for the little shaver. with .an unlimited fiumber of submar-|'What do you suggest? Send your 8 uggestion to the editor of The Tri- After the suggestions are considered, the baby will be given @ name and the name will be revealed in the Monday, March 19. * Duff strip appeating in The Tribute’ | cial loss of 1,000,000. NEWCASTLE IS DEVASTATED BY FURY (Continued from, page one) city today from many sides, Many cities offered relief... A local commit; tee has made an appeal for cash do- nations. Hundreds ‘of: families will; need money to get backion their feet. again, J. L, Watkins} mayor, lost everything except his clothes: His home was destroyed and his pocket- book, containing $205 was blown away. The loss will be exceptionally heavy because but few carried ey’ clone insurance. It was a typical Kansas cyclone, lasting from 20 sec- onds to one minute. Relief For Victii eel Relief for victims of, the. cyclone which struck. (pis city’ yesterday and kelled 20 persons was inder way to- day. Temporary’ lodging have been found , all, those, whgge homes wete destroyed. Work has, been started cleaning up the debris and the replac- ing of the one million dollars worth of property. which was demolished. Funds are being received to care for the destitute. According to a revised list of the dead, the total number was brought to 20. Russell McLean, aged 8, is the only additional death report- ed today. He died of injuries. Need $100,000. ie One hundred thousand dollars is needed for the relief of the cyclone sufferers at Newcastle, Ind., J. L. Wat- kins, mayor of Newcastle, informed the Indiana Red Cross society today. The Red Cross immediately formed a committee to start raising the fund by popular subscription. More will be needed ‘later, Mayor Watkins said. The Chicago Red Crosg society offer- ed assistance, but they were informed by Mayor Watkins that the Indiana society could take care of it. THRE KLED WN STORN THAT WREGIS CNCNNAT HOMES (Associated Press.) Cincinnati, ©,, March | 12.—The death list resulting from. the; cyclonic wind. storm that leveled. . numerous houses in Hyde Park, in the east end of this city, last night, had not in- creased today. Three people, two men and a boy, are dead, while hos- pital authorities are working to save the lives of four others, who are Known to be dangerously. -injured. \More than 30. houses were either completely leveled to. the ground or damaged to such an extent as to make them uninhabitable. The rescue work was efficient, however, and all the homeless were taken care of by neigh- bors. SEARCH FOR BODIES. Newcastle, Ind., March 12.—Search began today ‘for additional bodies of ‘persons supposed to havesbeen killed in the tornado which swept Newcas- tle, as well as the rest of southern Indiana and Ohio, yesterday, leaving 20 known dead in this city, damag- ing 2,000 homes, and causing finan- It was apparent today the complete list of dead and total number of injured, the latter al- ready a little Jess than 200, would not be known for days. . The wreckage of buildings in some cases was complete | and search for the missing. carried some” aie! “ ‘freight care loaded with irom. AR. Sliger. was in bed whee, the storm struck hér house and demolished it, but the bed was carried'out and Mrs. Sliger, carried with it, escaped . ceri- ous injury. tt 5 ——— TO HAVE MASTER NAMED. H. A. Bronson, assistant. attorney general, while in Grand Forks held a conference in. connection with the Da- kota-Minnesota drainage controversy, and he announced on his return that an effort is being made to have a mas- ter named to take evidence in the matter. ‘If a master is named, hear- ings will be held at Fargo, Grand Forks and other Red River valley towns, and in the Twin Cities. and. rescuers’ could hear moans of wounded and dying under the ruins. Unconfirmed reports were that the ‘storm had resulted in deaths in neigh- boring towns, Three persons were said to have been killed in Mt. Sum- mit, three in Moreland, and three in New Lisbon. No News From Country. Nothing. definite has ‘been heard from rural districts intervening. ‘Neighboring cities responded to ap- appeals for help. Ambulances were brought to Newcastle from Muncie by policemen of that city, who at once began to ajd in the work of rescue The storm broke during a warm af- ternoon, and lasted only a few min- utes. It cut a swath two dlocks wide in some places. Its strength was so great that it picked up. and a No, 2484 Report of the Condition of the First National Bank of North Dakota, at the close of business on March 5, 1917 RESOURCES At Bismarck, in the State .. $ 1,775,096.90 Loans and discounts Total loans . Overdrafts . U.S. Bonds: $ 1,775,096.90 "-'303.27 U. S. Bonds deposited to secure circulation $ 16,000.00 (par value) eae 000. U. S. Bonds’ pledged t ure U. S. 15,000.00 (par velue). cet Cel cae 000. U. S. Bonds pledged to secu deposits (par value) .....eerserrerere® 1,000.00 Total ate Bonde decent econ ene n ee eeeee 91,000.00 Bonds, Securities, ete.: Bonds other than U. S- bonds pledged to se- saan cure postal savings deposits ......+.e++* 3000.00 | : Securities. other than U. S. bonds (not in- hs aia cluding stocks) owned unpledged .. 72,48 . + 195,487.79 Total Bonds, securities, etc. ...+.++++++- “95, Stocks, other than Federal. Reserve bank stock 5,450.00 Stock of Federal Reserve Bank (50 per cent ecu of subscription) ...--.-+ nat ‘ 000. Value of banking house (if 75,000. re Equity in banking house ... ; : 3 pea Real estate owned other than ig house . °° 075. Net amount due from approved reserve agents. : ‘ (i in New York, Chicago and St. Louis*: s1, Davs 31,621.74 Rie Net amount due from approved reservi t st in other reserve cities 7,234.18 44 io, 85,612 Net amount due from banks and bankers *. bi) c ) 145,799.67 Other. checks on banks in the same city - 01 * town as reporting bank .. 2,832.76 Outside checks and, other cas! : 41,498.83 . Fractional currency, nickels and cents 521.58 42,020.41 Notes of other national banks i 6,245.00 Federal Reserve Bank notes .. ‘ 3,200.00 Lawful reserve in vault and net amount due from Federal Reserve Bank ....---+++++-++ 189,269.34 Redemption fund with U. S. treasurer and due from U. S. treasurer ... 3,750.00 . $ 2,543,764.32 Capital stock paid in .. $ 100,000.00 Surplus ‘fund .... a _ 100,000.00 Undivided profits . $63,536.87 ‘Less current expenses, interest and’ taxes paid 14,360.17 ° 49,176.70 Circulating notes otitstanding": ...: . 76,000.00 Net amount due to banks and bankers t¢ 1 691,089.86 Dividends “anne Pacha eeeeeeeee ar 400.00 Demand Deposits: 1 : ‘individual deposits subject to check .......+. 1,283,086 .60 Certificates of ‘deposit due in less than 30 days ». 51,321.69 Certified checks f ; . seen0 90 es osits . 16,530. United States ,dep 3090.02 Postal savings deposits. “Total démand’ deposit Time Deposits: , Certificates of deposit..... Total of time deposits Customers’: letters’ of credit drawn against 8 29s6.g64.2g eT oe ™ 172,920.11 gs eg20;us : 100.00" "$ 2,643,764.32 100.00 Total .....- se eee ee eee ‘State of North Dakota, County of Burleigh.—ss. I, Frank E. Shepard, ‘cashier of the above-named ‘bank, do:solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and ‘belief. , + © PRANK E. SHEPARD, Cashier. . Subscribed and sworn to before me-this 12th day of March, 1917. ‘ : ‘ F. L. CONKLIN, Notary Public. My commission expires August 18, 1917. ‘i Correct—Attest: J. L. BELL, Cc. B. LITTLE, JOSEPH HARE, Directors. NO, 9622 Report of the Condition of the City National Bank at Bismarck, in the State of North Dakota, at the close of business on March 5th, 1917 ar RESOURCES Loans and discounts « -$ 905,699.91 $905,699.91 State of North Dakota, County of Bu leigh_—-ss. t I, J. A. Graham, cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true, to the best of my knowledge and belief. ¢ J. A. GRAHAM, Subscribed and sworn to before me this 12th day of March, tri MELVIN G. HAGEN, Notary- lic My commission expires August 8, 1920. £ ry Eel Res ND. r Correct—Attest: ~ * Sate P. C. REMINGTON * Total loans ,. Overdrafts, unsecured | 1,128.80 U.S. Bonds: bots U. S. bonds deposited to secure ¢ : (par value) ....... bass 50,000.00 U. S. bonds pledged to secure U. . (par value) .......++ "Se efece.t, aise a eneseeee 10,000.00 Total U. S. Bonds ....--eeeeeereeeeeees 60,000.00 Bonds, Securities, ete.: : és Securities other than U. S. bonds (not includ- 2 ing stocks) owned unpledged . * 21,007.59 ° Total bonds, securities, etc. . 21,007.59 Stock of Federal Reserve Bank of subscription) 2,400.00 Furhiture and fixtures .. 5,000.00 Real estate owned other than banking house -. 29,343.94 Net amount due from approved reserve agents in New York, Chicago, and St. Louis ....... 27,862.91 Net amount due from approved reserve agents in other reserve cities on 32,194.39 60,057.30 Net amount due from banks and bankers 75,336.80 Outside checks and other cash items . 15,154.76 Fractional currency, nickels and cents . 208.36 16,363.11 Notes of other National banks . 1,500.00 Federal reserve notes . i 1,600.00 Lawful reserve in vault and net amount due from Federal Reserve Bank ...\..........-- 82,498.99 Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer and due ai from U. S. Treasurer .........sseeeeeeeeeee 2,500.00 $ 1,263,436.44 Capital stock paid in $ 50,000.00 Surplus fund. .... Ee 30,000.00 Undivided profits $ 19,997.36 Less current expenses, interest and taxes pal 10,703.40 9,293.96 Circulating’ notes: outstanding o 48,700.00 Net amount due to banks and bankers oe 307,189.66 Demand Deposits: . é “Individual deposits subject to check es 295,448.14 Certificates’ of deposit due in less tl 30 . days ......... . . a "1 ¢ “*eertified checks Betty Cashiers’ checks outstanding . 975.88 United States deposits .... 9,649.00 Total. demand deposits . +» $ 432,969.13 ee. Deposits: i ‘ertificates of deposit . 358,683. Other time deposits . acta ce Total of time deposi $ 385,283.69 Total .......-.0+sseereeee | $ 1,263,436.44