The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 13, 1917, Page 1

~ AECISTRATION _ Numbered Slips May Be Enclosed “ CLouby THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. 164 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1917, FIVE CENTS TO BE DELAYED. UNTIL WLY 23 One Thousand Exemption Boards Have Not Yet Been Organ. ized NORTH DAKOTA MUST DRAFT 5,606 FOR SERVICE in Capsules and Drawn by , War Secretary Washington, D. C., July 18.—Formal announcement was made by the war department today that 687,000 men will be selected from those registcred on June 5 for the first national war army and to fill up vacancies in the national gtiard and the regular army. The quota of men which the different states will be required to furnish in- cludes 5,606 from North Dakota. Many Not Organized. With a thousand exemption boards not yet organized, and only 24 states having completed the work of num- bering serially the registration cards, indications are that the first drawing will be deferred until the week of July 23. To Give Insignia. It \is ‘believed that the numbered slips. will \be enclosed. in capsules and drawn‘ on.a'large glass vessel in Sec- retary Baker's offices. The secretary has expressed willingness to do the drawing himself, but that point is not yet decided. To prevent embarrassment to those exempted the war department, it is announced, will give with each ex- emption certificate a bronze button bearing the inscription: “Exempted—v. |S.” This is intend- ed to remove from the exempted men any suspicion of being slack: Minnesota is to provide 17, Montana 7,872. Praparations for the final act in the organization of the national war army went forward rapidly today, indicat- ing that despite deiays it might ve possible to: holdvearly, next week the drawing which is: ta‘establish the or- der in which each ‘ofthe nearly ten million registrants are to appear be- fore his exemption board. Probably 4,000 of the 4,559 local ex- emption boards have now completed their organization, and it was stated authoritatively -that as soon asthe last board had reported the federal government would begin the drawing. Won't Give Details. Officials still decline to give exact details ‘of the plan of the drawing, further than Secrétay Baker's an- nouncement that each man of the ten million would khdW ‘*hiter 4é Was over his plade #hiong: the 'tegisiered men of his distiet’amt? order fo ability for service. It may be necessary to draw approximately 700,000 to accomplish | this purpose. The fact that officials are withholding information as to the actual number necessary to draw, however, indicates that some plan for simplifying the drawing and reducing the mechanical task has been evolved. 467,000 Men Under Arms. The table from which the net quo- tas were computed shows that all enlistments in the national guard and the regular army up to June 30 have been allowed as credit. The instruc- tions to governors from the secretary of war accompanying the table di- rects the. governors of the: various states to allot the state quota as given among the @xemption: board ais< tricts sathat each board in each dis-! trict will know the exact number of| men to be furnished by the districts in filing the state quota. Contrary to expectations, the gov- ernment has allowed credits for the total strength of the national guard, including all those men who were in the service prior to April 1 and who had been retained. The figures are given, as follows: . «* Total strength of the national guard on April 1, 1917, 164,292. Enlisted in the national guard be- tween April 1 and June 30, 183,719. Enlisted in the regular army be- tween April | and June 30, 170,974. This means that the United States now has enrolled under arms approx- imately 467,000 men, classed as war volunteers and therefore constitute credits to be allowed to the states from which they enlisted. THREE FOUND DEAD IN CHICAGO HOME Mauston, Wis., July 13.—With the selection of a coroner's jury to inves- tigate the tragedy at the home of Louis Alsbacher, 46, city treasurer, were the bodies of Al Alsbacher, his mother, Mary, aged 70, and David Gray, 62 years old, were found yester- } day by Chief of Potice Bentley dead | from bullet wounds. The inquest, called for today, was postponed until July 19. Authorities togay expressed the opinion, that Gray, who had recently purchased the Alsbacher home, was mentally unsound. Chief of Police Bentley advanced the theory that Gray shot Alsbacher and his mother, and killed himself following a dispute over financial affairs. 4 and Return From Outing. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Falconer, 202 Av. ue. accompanied by their daughter, Helen, have returned from a ten days’ sojourn at Detroit Lake, Minn. Another daughter, Harriet, has gone to the twin cities for a short time. |was elected president of the organ-| IF YOURE GOING TO FRANCE GET SOLID American Y. M. C. A. to Send Five Secretarics With Each Brigade; Special Funds Raised for Good Work. fa pe . By REV. CHAS. STELZLE. The army and navy department of the Young Men's Christian association is mobilizing its forces rapidly for the war with Germany. For every brigade of about men it will have a staff of five trained secretaries. Even before war was de- clared 150 men of experience were giving their entire time to the army and navy work of the Young Men's Christian association. In addition to these specialists, it may call upon the staffs of practically every association in the United States for special serv- ice, and there are over 2,000 such as- sociations in this country having over 4,000. employed officers. Under normat conditions the an- nual budget of the army and navy department amounts to,..$350,000, A special war budgét has “been rdiséd f for our war with Germany.’ ‘Te de- partment spent $300,000in its work on the Mexican border, while , the American soljfers were there. The pel pation “plans include be- sides the,pelsonnel ‘of the headquar- prs organization, an equipment for each brigade of a building with a big ‘aesemly room, a series of small- er Too! a motion picture layout, or- gan, chairs and other features to make the building a great social cen- ter. The department will set up thes equipments in recruiting camps, train- ing camps, permanen rrisons and stations, and in mobilization centers. It will also be organized to accom pany expeditionary forces across the water if necessary. Wounded men and men on furlough will be looked after by a highly organized group. In general, the program of the army and navy department will include b sides the headquarters and amuse: ment plac already referred to, con- siderable plans for the ‘soldiers and sailors’ recreational life, and muc will be done in the field of instruc-| tion. This instruction will deal with the intellectual, physical, hygienic and re- ligious welfare of the men. It is prob- able that when the soldiers are st tioned at any particular point for considerable period of time indust and general educational classes will be organized. But chief among the elements of education will be the physical andj moral training for military prepared- ness. The association believes in this kind of preparation and it has the} hearty endorsement of this phase of | its work from the chief officials in the army and na It is believed by the} association that only as a‘ soldier is morally and physically fit can he be ready for the most effective service. UNKENHOLZ HEADS MORTON COUNTY'S NEW FARM BUREAU The Morton county farm bureau was organized at the Mandan Com- mercial club rooms Wednesday af- ternoon, for the purpose of develop- ing the agricultural resources of Mor- ton county, to foster all interests,, commercial and social, having a bear- ing on the develepment and imp.cve- ment of agriculture and of life on the farm. Over 20 farmers were present! and the organization was perfected} amidst marked enthusiasm. Unkenholz President. J. H. Kling of ‘New Salem was elected temporary chairman, and W. A. Peterson of Mandan, temporary secretary. Later, S. W. Unkenholz) Christiansen of} ization, and John New Salem, vice president, and E. uv Lidstrom of Glen Ullin, secretary and treasurer. The board of directors elected were: W. J. Smith, Hebron; | YW. G. A; ITS FOOD ENARCO TCHTENS CRP ABOUT CERNANY Wilson's Control of Exports to Decreases Teutons’ Supply of Food ITS IMPERIAL EMPIRE IN BREAD BASKET By H. N. RICKEY. Washington, July 13.—Uncle Sam's grip is tightening around the throat. Your urcle is about to demonstrate that there is more than one kin of kind ‘of ruthlessn ith which’h ‘goihg to answer the kaiser's bloody kind is' expressed by the rather harmless sounding word, “embargo.” President Wilson has proclaimed to the world that after July 15 no com- modity that is essential to the mak- ing of war may be shipped from this country to any other country without license. This means that no licens will be granted for the export of a ton of food or material that can by any pos- sibility find its way to Germany. First the necessities of the people) of the United States will .be consid- ered, next the requirements of our allies. If there anything left, the neutral nations will be allowed to purchase it, but only in such quanti- ties are absolutely necessary for their own use. It will be up to the neutrals to prove what their necessities are and to give such guarantees as will satis- fy the president that there will be no transhipment to Germany. The president's embargo proclama- lion is by far the most important ac- tion this government, has taken since it declared war against Germany. Our miitary preparations are, of course, vifal, but they cannot pos bly be effective for many months. The embargo hits Germany now, and hits her in her most vulnerable spot—her stomach. There is not- the slightest doubt that millions upon millions of tons of food and other materials have been leaking into Germany from the Unit- ed States through the neutral coun- tries contiguous to Germany. So long this continued the ef- fort to bring Germany to her knees by economic pressure was bound to fail. Yet the embargo policy involved such a violent change in our attitude as cto the rights of neutrals that we have adopted i: only as a last re- sort That we have been forced to adopt it and virtually say to the neutral nations, “fight with us or eat with Germany,” is due in great measure to the cowardice and cupidity of the) George Ormiston, Judson; August Nickel, Judson; P. J. Gwyther, Fore’ Rice; J. A. Wiley, Solén; G. F. Rhoré, | Timmer; J. E. Sawtell of Flasher. PH@litrals themselves: eb@ermany has stood and is standing | work is the Y. M. C WITH SOLDIERS DELIGHT eect Everything From Cigarets to Sociability Served Up in ‘‘Y. M.”’ Huts, Even Right in Front Trenches, London, July 13.—Ilere's a tip for you fellows who are coming over to France in Uncle Sam's fir: rmy: Make yourselves solid with the Y. M.C. A. The magnificent: service of the Y. M. ¢. A. to the men al the front is al- most an unknown story in America, and yet it is of prime importance to the soldiers over /here in their few leisure moments. Whatever they want, from tea or coffee and cigarets to entertainment and iability, they can find it at a Y. M. C, A. hut. And therd are 429 Y. M. C. A. huts'in France alone. AY. M. C./A. hut is normally ‘a frame structure of one or two rooms, which serves for almost anything from cafeteria to dormitory. But in its vay iations the Y. M. ( A. hut takes strange. forms. Sometimes it is a ruined barn. Sometinues it is an old movie theater, or.assection of the town hall of a half destroyed. village. Getting closer to the firing line, you find the Y. M. C. A. established in cellars and dug-outs. There are 37 of the latter variety of underground rec- reation places situated in the bom- barded areas or actually in the trenches! Ohe of thesc dug-out “Y. M. distributed: 26,CCO cups of hot co- coa in a single week to the men in the neighboring trenches, .An- other runs a littic moving picture performance, and a third, by means of a phonograph and the fietd telephone service has been giving a concert jor men at vari- ous posts for miles up and down the front! There are nearly 800 workers ing on this social service for the Bri- tish army in France alone. About 390 of the workers are women, who serve behind the counters. There are other important Y. M. C. A. centers at Sa- lonika, Malta an in Wgypt and Meso- potamia, The Y. M. C. A. was ab- lished in Bapaume the first day fol- Jowing its occupation, and during the ¢qurse of the Arras push-over $20,000 was spent giving soldiers free refresh- ments, More than 50,1" books, have been sent out to the front in 10 weeks past, so that Tommy can find a fair-sized ibrary at almost any “Y.'M.” hut he drops into. The writing rooms are among the most useful branches of the work. The quantity of free sta- tionery supplied the men by the ¥. M. C A. has risen now to 15,000,000 per month! Indicative of the of men who are helped by the A.’s war roll, a terse statement of faith, which now bears ever 250,000 names. COUNTER DRIVE IN GALICIA 1S EXPECTED SOON —Now that Hali- Petrograd, July |: cez is in Russian possession, the eyes of General Korniloll’s cossacks are Coates Says League Isn’t Using CONTRACT UP TO LEACUERS ON ITS MERITS Coercion to Put Through Contract With A. W. U. MANAGER SAYS THERE IS SOME OPPOSITION Proposition New to Farmers— Believes Union Haz Cleaned House and Can Deliver League members are not unanimous in their approval of the proposed contract with the Agricultural Work- ers’ union to supply farm laborers for North Dakota, D. C. Coates, gen- eral manager of the Nonpartisan league, announced this afternoon, pri- or to the second of a series of rati- fication meetings, which opened in the county building at 2 o'clock. “It is quite natural that there should be some opposition,” said Mr. Coates to the interviewer. “The prop- osition is new. ,, No,,effort is, being made to persuade the farmers cept, it. The agreement’ is: ted, on its merits. If it doe: ¢ with, favor from .a analority. of the delegates at these ratification meet- ings it will be dropped. If it is rati- fied by these delegate conventions, a referendum vote of the entire league membership will be taken, and only when we find that a great majority of the league members want it will we enter into a contract.” Terms of Agreement. “The terms of the agreement,” said Mr. Coates, “are much more lib- eral than the press has represented. In a general way, the union asks a minimum wage of $4 for a 10-hour day and a certain standard of work- ing conditions, pay for overtime and for holidays. The demands are not unreasonable. union, and it seems to me to be on a much better basis than it has been heretofore. | ‘believe it is organized solidly enough to carry out any con- tract it may make with the farmer. I also believe the union. ism a po-! sition to supply all of the labor North Dakota needs and that it willbe skill- ed labor of an orderly, dependable kind.” The Non-League Farmer. “How about the farmer who doesn't ‘belong to the league? If he desires fo, can he get in on the contract?” Mr. Coates was asked. “Well,” said the league manager, “T don't j know about that, but I am of the opinion that if there is any farmer who is not in the league that wants to take advantage of this con- tract we can accommodate him.” Few Delegates Here. Although today’s meeting is the only one to be held in the western part of the state, comparatively few delegates are in attendance. Each delegate represents a certain league district, with power to vote its ap- proval or disapproval of the plan. Mr. Coates was averse to making de- tails of the contract public. ‘He felt the time for such publicity would be after its ratification by these district convention The agreement was ex- plained this afternoon by J. N. Ha- gan, commissioner of agriculture and Jabor and Representative N. G. Whip- ple, members of the committee which conferred with the union at Kansas City, and Mr. Coates. VALLEY CITY FARMERS REJECT LEAGUE'S PLAN Valley City, N. D., July .—The league's proposal to contract with the Agricultural Workers’ union, an aux- iliary of the I. W. W., for a supply of farm labor for North Dakota was unanimously rejected by 159 dele. gates, representing the farmers of this section of the state, in a ratifica- tion meeting addressed yesterday af- ternoon by Pri lent A. C. Townley, whose ideas are embodied in the pro- posed agreement In his plea for the ratification of the proposed contract, President Townley, in a typical manner, paid his respects to the press, which, he declared, has misrepresented condi- tions of the agreement. It was ex- plained that the contract does not seek to establish a closed shop, nor to prevent the farmer from employ- ing his sons or local labor which is not affiliated with the union. At the close of the several explana- tions made, the farmets, without a dissenting vote, rejected the plan in toto. BIG FARMING COMPANY— The Maloney Farm Co., Webster, capitalized at $60.000, was incorporat- ed today by Thomas H. Maloney. Cath- erine Maloney, Thomas Maloney and two other Malone: I have looked into the Too Drastic Control Halts Food Bill Senaae Not Ready to Deliver All Industries Over to Govern- ment MUST CONFINE MEASURE STRICTLY TO FOODSTUFFS TRADING HALTS. ‘Chicago, July 13.—For the first time since the establishment of the Chicago board of trade, trad- ing in wheat came to a standstill today. Not a single transaction took place during the first half hour of the session. .The unpre- cedented halt was attributed to the uncertainty of the outcome of the pending food legislation in congress. Washington, D. C., July 13.—Presi- dent Wilson is today seeking a way to straighten out the tangled legisla- tion in the senate that has held up the food control legislation there. The president’s conclusion on the subject will be reported to senate leaders be- fore July 21, when a vote is to be taken and upon his conclusion appar- ently rests to a great extent the form the legislation is to take. Meanwhile the president is giving detailed study to the house bill as amended and pending in the senate, and of the greatly restricted substi- tute measure by Senator Gore as a compromise. The president, it is said, was in- formed that the pending bill, as amended to extend the government control over iron, steel, cotton and other products in addition to food and fuel, would have to be changed if it is to be put through the senate. As a result the leaders were all agreed today that the revised bill will deal primarily with foodstuffs and fuel, with steel, iron and other prod- ucts striken out. An embargo, against all shipments effected immediately intended for exports of commodities named in President Wilson's recent export proclamation, except when bill of lading is presented with a federal li- cense number furnished or authoriz- ed by the expert export council at Washington, was ordered today by the American Railway and Car Serv- ice commission. HOLLWEC NOT SiNTED FOR PEACE PARLEY German Press Declare He Should Retire When End of War Is in Sight AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT URGES HIS RETENTION Copenhagen, July —The Berlin Lokal Anzeiger says a communication from the Austro-Hungarian govern. | ment has been received in Berlin de- claring that 'Dr. von Bethmann Holl-; weg's continuance in office as chan- cellor is of importance and his retire- ment a fatal mistake. The cutive committee of the Catholic center of the reichstag on the other hand believe Dr. von Beth- mann Hollweg unsuited io conduct peace negotiations and he should be replaced before an ultimate peace con- ferenc The center's party organ, Germania, while denying the report that the! party had demanded the chancellor's, ent, for which “at present” no compelling ground or that it had an interest in unseating him says the party considers the chan-| cellor scarcely fitted to participate in| the peace negotiations, especially con-! sidering the fact that the declaration occurred under his administration, | but that it is erroneous to consider | his further continuance in office aj hindrance to bring on peace. | The distinction drawn indicates| FAR WEST IN ARNS TO DRIVE OUT LW. WS Associated Press Dispatches Filed at Biesbee Censored by Vig- ilance Committee COLUMBUS READY TO USE FORCE IF NECESSARY Few German Agents Located in Arizona Mining Camp by Citizens San Francisco, Cal. July 13.—The far west continued today to align it- self against disturbances caused by I. W. 'W. said to be marching from officials and some citizens on their behalf were active following the lead of Bisbee, where at an early hour the citizens who yesterday deported 1,200 men, had been asked to mobilize against any return of the undesired. Marching from North, Sheriffs of counties around San Francisco bay were prepared to repel I. W. W.’s said to be marching from the north, and during the night depu- ties took charge of all roads. An I. W. iW. organizer was waylayed north of Bellingham, Wash., lastnight, when he attempted to reach a logging camp. He was taken back to Bellingham and told to take the first outbound steamer. From Butte, Mont., where the pres: ent situation first gained prominence, reports indicate a settlement of the mine strike within the near future. Dissension has broken out among the different elements, and a mass meet- ing will be held Sunday to decide whether a portion of the men who struck will return to their tasks. CENSOR DISPATCHES. Douglas, Ariz., July 13.—The censor- ship imposed on the Associated Press dispatches filed here and in Bisbee yesterday during the, deportation of nearly 1,200 members of the I. W. W. from Bisbee was directed by two offi- cers of the Phelps-Dodge corporation —Robert Rea, general auditor of the corporation, and H. H. Stout, super- intendent of the Copper Queen smelt- er here. These men and:not an army officer, as reported to the outside world by the Western, Union office at the time, were. the. ones. who .issued the censorship orders to the telegraph company. The manager of the local telegraph office thought ‘Mr. Stout was captain in the regular army and that he war bound to obey his orders. COLUMBUS ARMED. , Columbus, ‘N. M., July 13-The I. W. W. who were exported yesterday from Bisbee, and whose bux cars were sidetracked at Hermannas, N. M., late last night, lett Hermanas during the forenoon today and strung for a mile along the railroad track walking east in this direction, according to reports received here. Relying on this information, Colum- bus citizens turned out heavily armed to impel an invasion. The situation of the deported persons was described as desperate. Hermanas, a railroad sta- tion, surrounded by a few houses, had no supplies for feeding the I. W. ‘W. numbering nearly 1,200. It was feared a situation difficult to control might arise if they swarmed into town here. GERMAN AGENTS BUSY. Miami, Ariz., July 13.—Ten German subjects, at least two of whom are be- lieved to be army officers, have been located here and in a nearby camp, it became known today. They are be- lieved to have been sent into this dis- trict to assist the I. W. W. agitators in tieing up copper mines. BANK GUARANTY BOARD MEETS 10. ORGANIZE TODAY that the centrist leaders believe the chancellor may remain for the pres: ent, but should resign before the ac-; tual peace conference. | LATE REGISTRATIONS— | To date 25 of North Dakota's 53, counties have repdrted to the adjutant | general's office 164 registrations that! have been made since June 5. Charles | Leissman, in charge of this depart- ment, is of the opinion that the total number of tardy registrations will ap-; proach 500, turned toward the railroad center of Styrj, a town of 34.000 population, a junction of the line from Lemberg to Lawoczne and « branch line to Chodorow. Military writers, describ- ing the aefensive. say its chief strength is on the east and northwest, but weaker on the south. There is read expectation of an import- unter attack on the northwest front. To Spend $640,000 For Large Air Fleet Washington, D (., July 13.—The administration bill providing for a great aircraft program at an initial cost of $640,000, was ready today to be reported to the house for its con- (Continued on Page Four) << sideration. . Finnish Diet Declares Independence, Creating New Crisis In Russia , Petrograd, July 13.—The Finnish diet on Thursday passed the second reading of a bill virtually establishing Finnish independence. The passage of the bill has created a crisis here, and N. C. Tcheised, president of the council of workmen's and delegates, has gone to Helsingford in an effort to settle the differences. ‘An indication of the seriousness of | impossible for Russia to tolerate I'in- the situation was the late sitting ofjlands move, and another the Petrograd cabinet, and the deci- soldiers’ | move. sion of Premier Lvoff to summon back to the capital the ministers who are now with the arm. According to one newspaper, socialist and cabinet members declared themselves in prin- ciple in sympathy with Finland's The comment of the newspapers in| Petrograd is sharp. One declares it is hints at armed interference. | pany in the North Dakota’s first depositors’ guaranty fund commission, com- posed of Governor Frazier, State Ex- am r Waters and B. J. Schorgge, vice president of the Williams county bank at Williston; |. E. Hansen, cash- ier of the Equity International benk at Fargo, and O. B. Hanson, cashier of the Scandinavian-American bank at Grand Forks, is in session today at the capitol for the purpose of complet- ing its organization and making ar- rangements for placing in effect a sta- tute whose purpose is to absolutely safeguard deposits in state banks of North Dakota. The statute is some- what similar to one in force in South Dakota. Before its passage it was approved by a committee representing the state banking association, and its three appointive members were named by Governor Frazier from a list fur- nished by the bankers’ organization. This commission will have super- vision of a guaranty deposit {und ac- cumulated through the levying of an assessment equivalent to 1-20 of one. per cent of the average daily deposits of each bank, and which may be re- plenished through special assessments at the discretion of the board. The act affects every bank and trust com- ate, except those under national supervison, and its provisions are mandatory insofar as state bank- ing institutions are concerned.