The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 15, 1917, Page 1

‘The Weather Generally Fair. THIRTY-SEVENTH THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO, 141 No, 141 LIBERTY LOAN I’ FOOD PRICES SMALL INTEREST SHOWN IN LEAGUE MEET AT MANDAN Bulk of Farmers Expected in on Trains From Branch Lines This Afternoon LANGER NOT INCLUDED ON SPEAKING PROGRAM Attorney General’s Lack of Pop- larity in Own Bailiwick Em. phasized by Omission Comparatively little interest was evident this morning in the league meeting'to be held here this afternoon. Few farmers were in town this morn- ing. The bulk of the crowd, if there is one, may be expected on afternoon branch line trains and No. 8 from the west. Langer Absent. Although this is the home town of. Attorney General Langer, that gentle- man during the preparations this morning and early afternoon was con- spicuous by his absence. He is not scheduled to speak. Langer’ stopped in Mandan briefly yesterday afternoon en route by car to one of the slope towns. At that time he denied any knowledge of or any special interest in today’s rally. League Losing Ground. The league never has had a great amount of strength in the slope. It now has less than ever before. The slope prides itself upon thorough-g6- ing Americanism. The sickly social- istic sentiments. of Townley and. his sychophants have been regarded by slope people as an insult to their in- telligence. Realizing this, each succeeding speech Townley and Frazier have made in the slope has shown the re- sults.of careful pruning. But, so thor- oughly saturated is Townley with his gospel of class ‘hatred, dissatisfaction and distrust that even:.the cool recep- tion he has received everywhere. west of the river, except at Beach, has not} sufficed to-purge him of the malady. Few Out; Apathy Genéral. > The comparatively: few: farmers'who turned out early today ‘to hear “Towns ley were apathetic. The old time’ sig- nals for applause—attacks. upon’ ev: ery individual and corporation which has been thrifty enough to’accumulate some property; “gtorification for’ the principles of Moyer, Haywoott ‘and Debs; self-adulation for Townley and censure for everyone who has dared oppose his wild schemes—are not hay- ing the desired effect. STATE FIREMEN WOULD SUBSCRIBE TO LIBERTY LOAN]: Committee Reports Favorably Up- on Patriotic Investment— Pictures of Fighters (Tribune Special Service.) Valley City, IN. D., June 15.—The North Dakota Volunteer Firemen's:as- sociation does not share Towntey’s antipathy to the Liberty Loan. A committee of five named after the re- port of the secretary to-consider his suggestion that the state association invest in the Liberty bonds reported favorably at the close of the meeting yesterday. The fire laddies. will invest as much of their funds as they can spare in the Liberty Loan, making application today, and in the support of the Amer- ican Red Cross. The firemen also. voted yesterday to contribute 1,000 pounds of flour to the children’s home at Fargo. The committee named to carry out these resolutions consists of H. L. Reade, Bismarck; J. M. Sutherland, chief of: the Fargo fire department and ex-president of the state associa- tion, and H. F. Strehlow of Casselton. ¥. Holmboe of the Publicity Film corporation of Bismarck was here throughout the convention and he took several hundred feet of moving pic- tures, which will be used by the as- sociation for educational publicity. Baseball Suit Is Dropped Philadelphia, June 15.—Convinced, according to counsel for the plaintin, that organized baseball had entered into no conspiracy to wreck its busi- ness, the Baltimore Federal league club dropped its $00,000 anti-trust damage suit against the American and National leagues, the National commission and other defendants. It was announced there was no settle- ment out of court. The suit has been on trial in federal court here for four days. | Townley’s secret caucus of a copy of THE BIS Butte Miners Want Wages Of $6 a Day Insist on Safer Conditions for Men Forced to Work Under- ground 3,000 FAIL TO REPORT FOR DUTY AS RESULT Butte, Mont., June 15.—A committee from the Metal Ming ‘Workers’ union, whose demands for higher wages and improved working conditions were re- fused yesterday, is expected to see the United States district attorney today and request him to ask President 'Wil- son to send a representative of the department of labor to Butte to inves- tigate conditions. The new union demands include rec- ognition of the union, $6.00 as the daily wage of underground workers, and that bulkheads be made with man- holes in them so that men can escape through them in time of accident. Several mines that were shut down because of the fire in the North Butte Mining company’s plant resumed work today. It was said today that at least 3,000 men are not working, some be- éause of the funerals being held, and others because of the strike. LEACUE FORCES SLOPE TO BOOST PRICE OF COAL More of the Beneficient Workings *of Townley’s Scheme to Be Felt Next Winter LIGNITE PROBABLY WILL GO TO $3.50 AS RESULT North: Dakota consumers will. pay. thousands: more for lignite cdal next] ‘wititer ‘because of the passage. by|_ the Cashman |(Minnesota) . distance tariff act; by the last. legislature, rail- road representatives announced yes- terday afternoon dt a conference with the state railway commission. The advance on ‘ignite rates to-comply with this’ act’ will be approximately eight'‘cents a ton from mines west of the river to points in Bismarck ter- ritory, it was stated, and proportion- ately greater to points further east. Will Hit Many. The use of native lignite coal has became common throughout North Da- kota, and it has been suggested that in view of eastern coal shortage and probable congestion of traffic that the state must depend almost altogether on this fuel next winter. There are a dozen producing mines in the west- ern territory whose output will be af- fected. Last winter this fuel advanced in. central ‘North Dakota from $3 to. 5 per ton. The effect of senate Dill No. 77 probably will be to make this coal cost the consumer $3.50 next win- ter. This, railroad representatives at yesterday's conference announced, will be the only important change result- ing from the operations of the North Dakota “Cashman” act. Leaves Gravel Alone. Probably the only present specially advantageous special rates which will remain untouched by North Dakota's adoption of the Minnesota distance tariff act July 1 will be the rates “on gravel. iepresentatives of the North-! ern Pacific yesterday advised the rail- way commission that through a dis- tance tariff they hope to retain the present favorable rate on gravel from Medina to Bismarck. This rate now is four cents. On the same basis, un- der. the new tariff act, the rate would be five, but by establishing a special gravel and sand distance tariff, the railroads hope to preserve the old| rate. I No Immediate Action. | (No action looking toward the in- crease of intrastate freight rates will be taken until the interstate com- merce commission has rendered its de-| cision on the companies’ petition for an ‘interstate increase of 15. per cent, representatives of the railways ad- vised the state rail board. No formal application for an increase was made at the hearing here. The railroads stated their reasons for regarding an increase just, and stated they would appreciate the board’s approval. If an increase is made in this state, it will be affected through the filing of tariffs showing the advanced rate with the commission. The board has no! power to approve such increase, and any shipper may protest the advance, no matter whether approved or not. REPORTS CONDITIONS GOOD AT GREAT LAKES NAVAL TRAINING STATION ‘Washington, June 15.—Admiral Ben- son, chief of naval operations, after a personal investigation of the Great Lakes training station at Chicago, has reported to Secretary Daniels that con- ditions are good and the morale, excel- lent. Reports were that men were badly cared for. SOAR DURING TWO MONTHS Nine Percent Net Increase Be- tween March 15 and April 15 FLOUR SHOOTS UP EIGHTEEN PER CENT For Year Ending April 1916 Raise in Cost Was Thirty-Two Per Cent ‘Washington, June 15.—Retall food prices in the United States jumped on an average of nine per cent between March 15 and April 15, as shown in | statistics compiled by the labor de- partment and announced today. It was thé largest advance in any one month since the beginning of the war. The heaviest increases were in flour, 18 per cent; bacon, 15 per cent, and potatoes, 14 per cent. Every article of food, except coffee, showed an ad- vance. Relative price increases for some of the principal foods follow: Sirloin. steak, 8 per cent; round steak, roasts, 9 per cent; pork chops, 12 per cent; ham, 9 per ‘cent; lard, 13 per cent; hens, 6 per cent; canned salmon, 7 per cent; fresh eggs, 10 per cent; creamery butter, 11 per cent; cheese, 3 per cent; milk, 2 per cent; bread, 5 per cent; corn meal, 13 per cent; rice, 4 per cent; onions, 13 per cent; beans, 12 per cent; sugar, 11 per cent, and tea, 1 per cent. In the year ending April, 1916, aver- age food prices advanced 32: per cent. Onions, during the 12 months, went up 179 per cent; potatoes, 146 per cent; ‘Deans, 79 per cent, and flour, 72 per cent. ‘BRANCH TOWNS WILL - GONTINUE TO ENIOY COMPETITIVE RATES Northern Pacific Given . Permis- sion by Railway Commission to Adjust Rates (Permission to the ‘Northern Pacific to meet short-haul competition at New Rockford and Carrington from ‘the Great \Northern and the Soo line, re- spectively, was granted by the North Dakota railway commission at a pub- lic hearing yesterday, attended by rep- resentatives of these three lines. The difference in mileage in each case is that between a diagonal and a straight line. The Great Northern serves New Rockford direct from Fargo, and the Soo reaches Carrington direct from Fairmount, while the Northern Pacific serves both points over a branch join- ing the main line at Jamestown. The same permission is extended to all lines operating in North Dakota to meet rates at competitive points. PUSHING. GERMANS. BACK AT YPRES The attack, which has surprised not only the Germans, but the world, and which resulted in pushing the enemy back ‘below’ Ypres, in Belgium, was made under the command of Gen. Plu- mer. The British general is stil] ham- mering at the Germans in the region where some’ of the bloodiest battles of the war have been fought. PERSHINE, TO VISIT FRONT IN FEW DAYS Staff Motors: to Aviation Fields and Sees Wonderful Air Feats SOCIAL, FUNCTIONS TAKE “UP. AMERICANS’ TIME Paris, June 15--Although General Pershing’s first day in Paris was na- turally filled to overflowing with s0- cial affairs, he managed nevertheless to utilize off moments for business. It is understood he will.Jeai4:-#oon for. an, extended, trip to the tront: Following his attendance at the chamber of deputies the general and his staff motored to an aviation field to. watch ‘the French experts. The airmen outdid thmselves in spirals, Joop-the-loops, that frankly astonished the Americatis, who admitted they had never seen such in aviation. After an hour with:the aviators, General Persh- ing returned to'Paris and: conferred with the minister of marines. He then rested briefly while the ever enthusi- astic crowd waited outside. After his rest he went to keep a dinner engage- ment with the minister of war. Eager for Service. {While both meetings with the min- isters were of a social order, it is understood they afforded the Ameri- can commander to at last broach the work into- which he and all his fol- lowers are so eager to plunge. General Pershing consented to be sketched from life by a young Paris- jan woman artist. He spoke almost enthusiastically of taking up his work. Ile never used the personal pronoun, but always re- ferred to “us.” Engagements of a ial character will take up tomorrow, but the Amer- icans look forward to setting down to work by Monday at the latest. CAMPAICN IN BELGIUM NETS ALLIES CAINS Gives Signs of Developing Into One -of Most Important Moves of War CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS OVER ENTIRE FRONT Correspondents Report Retire- ment of Big Guns East and South of Mesines (By Associated Press.) The British campaign in Belgium gives signs of developing into one of the most important in the war. The Germans are being forced back at a comparatively rapid rate. Today brings the announcement of another considerable advance: by the British in this area. They attacked last night, south and east of Messines and on both sides of the Ypres-Com- ines canal, gaining all their objectives. The front line in the British offen- sive movement extends seven miles ‘|from the village of Klein Villebeke south to the river Warnavek. Last night’s attack, the culmination of con- stant pressure, yielded the British troops the German front trenches be- tween the Warnavek and the Lys, be- sides additional ground more to the north. Signs of Retreat. Signs of probable further retreat of, Germans are not wanting. Correspond- ents have reported’ the withdrawal of the German big guns east and south of Messines, to the extreme limits of their range. The British artillery command of the situation seems to be almost whol- ly responsible for the yielding tend. encies of the Germans. The British ‘big guns secured their advance when Messines ridge, the only commanding, eminence in the region, was stormed at the opening of the offensive. General ‘Haig’s dispatches have tu- dicated that important developnients might ‘be expected to grow ‘out of the offensive in Belgium, and his predic- tions appear to be in the way of be- ing made good. Wilson Signs Three Billion War Budget ‘Washington, June 15. — [President Wilson today signed the $3,000,000,000 wart pudget bill, the largest single ap- propriation measure ever enacted by any government. DICKINSON DIDN'T LIKE TONE OF I. W. W. AUXILIARY POW WOW Dickinson, N. D., June 15—The Non- partisan league rally at the opera house was attended by about 300 peo- ple, half of jthe audience being farm- ers belonging to the league. .The speeches delivered were not as radi- cal as some of the talks made in other towns, but at that they were not what they could have been from the viewpoint of patriotism. Governor Frazier’ was one of the principal speakers: Local Committee Starts Auto Tour Of Burleigh County to Raise Portion Of $100,000,000 Red Cross War Fund Chairman Goddard and ee in Field Organizing Out- side Communities Do your bit toward the $100,00,000 Red Cross war relief fund. The campaign is now in full swing outside of Eismarck. H. P. Goddard, head of the finance committee, started out yesterday to tour the county with assistants, and will organize the communities for the main drive next week, which has been set aside by President Wilson as Red Cross week. He is accompanied by Rev. George Buzzelle, vice president of the Bismarck Red Cross chapter, and others. This party will spend two days arousing enthusiasm in the -various towns and. farming communities out- side the capital city. The need is pressing. Directly to the Front. Every dollar subscribed will go di- | rectly to the war front to alleviate suffering there and especially will the money be used to give aid and com- fort ‘to the army that will be drafted for foreign service within the next month or two. Starting ‘Monday, there will be a canvass of the business district by teams, lasting the entire week. Mrs. W. C. Taylor, president of Bismarck’s federation of women’s clubs, is at work interesting the members of that organization in a house to house cam- paign. .A meeting will be held ar the Commercial club rooms at 4:00 p. m. Your Red Cross ---What is it? The American Red Cross is the humanitarian arm of the United States government. ts members are citizens and residents of the United States or those residing in foreign countries. It cares for the sick and wound- ed of bur army and navy in time of war. It cares for the wives, families, and dependents of the soldiers arid sailors who are called to the front. It gives relief to sufferers from earthquake, fire, famine, disease, and other disasters. ES | tomorrow, to go over the detaits of this canvass. Bradley Marks, president of the Red Cross chapter; Mrs. F. L. Conk- lin,secretary; J. L. Bell, treasurer, and others, are bending every effort to make this campaign a success. It is hoped to make Burleigh the ban-) ner county in counties of its size in the state. Army to Help. The Salvation Army has promised to help. It is possible that the pots which are set out at Christmas time will be placed on the street corner, where people can leave their contribu- tions. House to House Canvass to Fea- ture Campaign in City— { All to Help Cause | Churches of the city have promised |to take up special offerings next Sun- {day, Bunker Hill day. Ministers of all denominations will make reference to Red Cross week .in their pulpits and do all they can to prepare their congregations for next week’s cam- paign. Cities all over the nation are pre- paring for this great war relief fund campaign. St. Paul, Minneapolis, Se- attle and other large cities of the west and middle west have pledged as high as $300,000 each. One friend of the Red Cross in New York city has offered a donation of one million, provided the city raises a certain amount. With the Liberty Loan campaign out of the way, the entire nation is to be given over to this worthy move- edt. If anyone is in doubt of the dire need, read Roosevelt's eloquent ap- peal, published in the Tribune of yes- terday. Don't let any be slackers in Bur- leigh. Get behind and push. ‘Remember your contribution will follow your boy to the trenches to give him aid when he most needs it. ; OVERSUBSCRIBED Burleigh Is $32,000 Over Bond Quota Subscriptions at Noon Today Were $82,350—Allotment Was $60,000 for County STATE'S CONTRIBUTION WILL EXCEED $2,000,000 TO REACH $66,000,c00. Unofficial estimates place the total Liberty loan subscriptions in the Ninth federal reserve district at $66,000,000 at the close of the campaign today. The Federal bank at Minneapolis, in charge of the campaign, was in an unpre- cedented condition of congestion today. More than 50 telegrams, telling of belated subscriptions, poured in. Of 3,500 banks in the district, 2,400 had sent in reports that were on record. That the closing in rush might run the total up to $70,000,000 was suggested, but as most of the late subscriptions were for small amounts, this-hope » did not seem warranted. ‘Burleigh county today reported a total subscription to the Liberty loan of $92,350, $32,350 in excess of its quota of $60,000. Subscriptions for $75,000 worth of. bonds were taken by Bismarck banks (Continued on Page Three) LEAGUE BOARD IGNORES CALL TO BUY BONDS 1{ Commission Made Up of Townley- ites Doesn’t Even Formally Consider Idea FRAZIER BATTING LOAN, COULDN'T ATTEND MEET On the eve of the close of the Lib-, erty Loan campaign, the board of uni- versity and school lands, all leaguers, which met late yesterday afternoon, declined to even consider former Gov- ernor Hanna’s proposal that the state reinvest in Liberty bonds $100,000 of the $50,000,000 estate which has been created for North Dakota by federal land grant. The specific reason given for not taking up the matter was the ab- sence of Governor Frazier, who spent yesterday in Mott with President A. C. Townley of the Nonpartisan league, addressing a league rally. Governor Frazier is said to have been favorable to investing the state’s surplus in the bonds when a previous meeting was held, but it seems ap- parent that his ten days’ campaigning with Townley has caused him to change his. mind. Illegal, Says Langer. Another reason given by the board for ignoring this opportunity to ox- press the state's gratitude to Uncle Sam for his gift of millions of acres of land was that Attorney General Langer has held that such an invest- ment would be illegal, in spite of the fact that the state heretofore has in- vested in bonds other than state, county and municipal. “There is only $225,000 surplus now in the fund,” said a member of the board today. “If the Red River valley carries out its big drainage projacts it will need a loan of at least a million; the farmers will need money this fall to buy twine, and if there should be a crop shortage, there will be a dire necessity for every pen- ny the state can loan the farmer.” Leissman Cared For. The board took care of Charles ‘Leissman, who has rondered the league good service, by appointing him to a clorkship in the land com- missioner's office, at $125 the month. “Charley” had run out of something to do in the secretary of state’s office. It is understood that his job with the land office is to be only temporary. Louis Hill Called As Venireman in Dunn Murder Case St. Paul, ‘Minn., June 15.—A com- plete venrie was exhausted in the Ramsey county district court today without adding any jurors to the two accepted yesterday for the trial of Frank J. Dunn, accused of instigating the murder of his wife. Court re- cessed until afternoon, when examina- tion of a new venrie, which includes Louis W. Hill, president of the Great ‘Northern railroad, is to begin. Julius F. Emme, recently socialist A candidate for mayor of St. Paul, de- clared conscientious scruples against serving, and was one of those ex- cused.- MERICA COINS SILVER BULLETS TO FIGHT KAISER Estimated Half Billion More Than Asked Will Be Tendered to Government NEALY EVERY DISTRICT PASSES LIMIT SET New York Probably Will Take - Up Half of the War Is- sue Washington, June 15.—The Liberty loan* has been oversubscribed by hundreds of millions - of dollars. Treasury officials estimated at 11 o'clock a. m. an hour before the books close, that the total would be at least two billion five hundred mil- lion dollars, an oversubscription of over 25 per cent. The Liberty loan has been tremend- ously over-subscribed. When the books closed at noon treasury officials esti- mated the total would reach $2,500 000,000 and might soar to $3,600, 000,000. Nearly every federal reserve district exceeded its allotment. Encouraging Reports. Indications based on telephone and telegraph reports from all sections were that every federal reserve dis- trict, with the possible exceptions of two, would subscribe its . minimum quota, and many would subscribe over their maximum. Encouraging reports’ came from (Minneapolis, where committees were conducting the final..drive to reach the $80,009,000° minimum set’ for. the Ninth district. The unofficial . estl- ‘| mates of the’ total up to close of bust- ness yesterday was $67,000,000. The Chicago district’ flashed pest its quota of $260,000,000.shortly after the accountants resumed work: this morning, The first’ figures’ were $26," 000,000, and it was predicted the loan in the Seventh district would be over- subscribed :$40, Baskets Filled. » Bushel baskets filledy with. applica- tions for the loan greeted tabulators for the Kansas. City district, with $65,000,000 actually. recorded. cials were confident the total at Kan- sas City would pass $75,000,000. Cleveland subscriptions reached $56,000,000, which means the city. Bas exceeded her maximum total of $45,- 000,000 by 25 per cent. Officials pre dicted that tHe allotment of $225,000,- 00 for the Fourth district would be oversubscribed. Spectacular Drive. r New England investors made a spectacular drive today to make up the 26,400,000 to fill the minimum quota of $240,000,000. Accountents were far behind their task and Bos- ton committee members were con- cerned not so much with whether . New England would come up to the mark as with how heavily it had over- subscribed. It was announced that the Dallas district has raised its quota of $40,- 000,000. ‘With tabulating clerks. far behind subscriptions, the New York district has reached an aggregate of 962,000,- 000. It appeared New York's share in the loan would exceed half of the two billion total. : Germans Have Poor Success on. Belgian Front (By Associated Press.) The French Front, June 15.—The Germans have not had so much suc- cess as. the Belgians farther north ijn using floods ay a barrier of defense along the line of the Oise. The river, when it passes northward of the dev- astated town of Chaune, now in the hands of the French, takes a sinuoys course through marshy low-lying lands, and the’ Germans after their forced retreat, endeavored by damming at several places, to put a wide streteh of water ‘between themselves and the pursuing French troops. Extending through the forest almost to St. Quentin they succeeded for a time in covering the intervening coun- try with water, and several cities stood out like islands. The nature of the soil and the dry weather of the spring disappointed their hopes of creating a permanent moat in front of their new positions, and a tour of the French front lines in this vicin- ity showed that scarcely a trace of the inundations remained. : The roar of thousands of canons coming from father south and east, told of the tense struggle in progress for the possession of Chemin des Dames, which the French have held firmly since it fell into their hands last April, and where they have f back every desperate attempt of Germans to recapture it by counter at- tacks.