The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 24, 1917, Page 1

\ ee 1 ee The Weather Generally Fair. THIRTY: -SEVENTH YEAR, NO. 173° NEED FIVE BILLIO! MUST REVISE TAX MEASURE mate as to Cost Far Too Low—Asks More HOW TO RAISE IMMENSE | SUM NOT DETERMINED YET 4D evelopment Throws Fiscal Policies of Government All Awry Washington, D. C., July 24.—Secre- tary McAdoo today prepared new war estimates for congress, very much in excess of those already presented and which will necessitate raising revenue hot contemplated when the senate . committee revised the war tax bill. ° The tax will be further revised. The government, basing. estimates on the needs of the army and_navy, want the war tax bill to. authorize an additional five billion dollars. ‘Secretary McAdoo will appear be- fore the finance committee late today to explain the treasury’s needs based on the requirement of the army and navy. Whether the five billion would be raised by a bond issue has not been determined. All Plans Awry. The secretary asked Chairman Sim. mons of the finance committee to withhold reporting the bill to the sen- ate, as had been planned for today, until he could confer with senators. The new situation threw all the plans for pushing the war tax bill awry. Senate managers had no idea when the big measure for raising® revenue for conducting the. war could move forme From: Excess ‘Profits. While no official intimation of the source of the new revenue was given before Secretary McAdoo went before the finance committeee, there were in- dications it would be drawn principal- ly from excess profits and estate taxes and‘ minor increases. in miscel- jJaneous taxes. Official figures are. said to show that excessive profits in the United. States ate now at the’ rate of $5,000,000,000. a year. 6,790,000 POUNDS DAILY. London, July 24.—Andrew Bonar Law, chancellor ‘of thu étchiedter, an- nounced in the hose UPebnittidns this afternoon that foPff3"dlys’ thé aver- age British expenditure’ was! 6,790,000 pounds daily. The chancellor said tho total advance made by Great Britain and her allies and the dominion was one billion, twenty-five million pounds. CHILEAN CABINET HAS RESIGNED Santiago, Chile, Juiy Juiy 24.—Tie ¢ab- inet has resigned. No reason for the action is given. The Chilean ministry which hax jet abandoned office ‘was formed July: 14, replacing the cabinet which resigned on July 7. It has been reported re- cently that a majority of the Chileans favored. an abandonment of the policy of strict neutrality. Trouble on this question, it is thought, may have had something to do with the decision of the cabinet to resign. LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE LIBRARIAN DEPARTS: FOR FRENGH BATTLE FIELDS Stewart S. Williams, legislative ref- erence librarian at the capitol, left * this morning over the Soo fur New York, where he expects te sail i:nme- diately upon his arrival fur France us a sergeant in the ovartermaster @epartin Mr. Williams, who came from Evanston several weeks ago to accept the position of legislative reference librarian, prior to his appointment here had made application for a place in the quartermaster reserve, but was advised that the ranks were then filled. He accepted the contract with the North Dakota public library com- mission with the expectaticn of not being called into the service, but jast week he received orders instructing him to report by mail to the head of the quartermaster department at Chi-|, cago, and today he re¢eived transpor- tation and subsistence allowance with instructions to report at once in New York city, to sail July 24 for Franc Inasmuch as the orders were not received until today, the date of sail- ing, Mr. Williams advised that it would be impossible for, him to com- ply literally with his instricticns, but reported that he was leaving at once for New York. France within a month. Mr. Williams was a native of Apple- ton, Wis., a graduate of Lawrence uni- versity, and had served as reference librarian at the University of Wiscon- sin amd Northwestern university at Evanston, whence he came here. He expects to be in; Parents May Let Child Die TO MEET BILLS} ass on New Born infant retary McAdoo’s First Esti- (WILL BE FED AS LONG AS LIFE LASTS IN BODY Chicago, July 24—Many doctors and nurses were interested today in a child born yesterday in what was Pronounced a _ hopelessly deformed condition, similar to that of “Baby Bollinger,’ who was allowed to die more than a year ago, when an oper- ation, it was said, might have Pro- longed life. The parents sent the child to a hospital last night, agreeing to abide by the verdict of the surgeon in charge, who decided it would be com- fortable to allow the infant to die. According to the decision of the sur- geon, the child is to be fed as long as there is life in the body, ‘but no gperation is to be us to. Bey pertormed: RESERVATIONS NOT SEPARATE UNIT IN DRAFT Provost Marshal General Crowder Advises Governor Distinction Nts! s'Wrong Northwestern jstates. which have set aside Indian reservations from the counties within whose. geograph- ical limits they are contained will have much of their work in connec- tion with the registration and draft to to do over again, according to a tele- gram received by Governor Frazier today from Provost Marshal General Crowder. ° +.» Crowder’s” Leitse, General Crowder wires as, follows: “Information reaching this-‘office in- dicates that in some. states, quotas have been apportioned to Indian res- ervations or that! ‘the ‘population of such reservations*has been deducted from the: population of the state for apportionment purposes, or that some other departure from the require- ments of regulations has been made. There is no authority for the appor- tionment of a quota to an Indian res- ervation; neither is there any author- ity for the deduction of the popula- tion of: such reservation from the population of the state for apportion- ment purposes. Must Follow Regutatlons. “The apportionment should be made in strict accord with regulations governing apportionment of quotas and credits. Although the registra tion on Indian reservations was con- ducted by registration noards under the direction of the commissioner of angie affairs, no separate local ds have been appointed for such Pears Pave Therefore, the reser- vation authorities cannot and will not be called upon to supply quotas there- from. The population of each Indian reservation should be treated as a part of the populatios, of’ the county or counties within whose geograph- ical limits the reservation is located. Duty of Governor. “The governor is charged with the duty and responsibility of determin- ing the population of counttes and cit- ies to which gross quotas are to be apportioned. The governor is not bound by the estimates of counties and cities published, but may depart from these estimates for reasons that appeal to a sound discretion, How- ever, the aggregate of the population as determined by the governor of all the counties and cities of the state for which gross quotas are to ey de- termined must equal the population of the state as noted in the federal ap- portionment sheet of July 12.” In North Dakota, the Devils Lake reservation, in Ramsey county, was set aside in the manner referred to. ATTRACT LITTLE NOTICE, Washington July 24.—Eight suf- fragists: of the: Women’s party took up their posts beside the White House today. They carried banners of some of President Wilson’s speech- es to congress, but attracted little attention. 1 I il SETI NEW RECIMENT Officers Set Out on Tour of State Todoy Many Organizations Here FRASER HEARS FROM : OLD MOORHEAD BOY Unexpected Letter From Chum Now in Service—Changes in . County Boards Itineraries for the inspection of the ‘Second regiment were announced last evening as follows: Capt. G. H. Huddleston,.D..0. L.— July 25, Co. Fat Carrington and B at New Rockford; 26, .H at’ Harvey; 27, C at Crosby; 28:29, A.and sanitary, detachment at Minot;'!30, Dat Devils Lake; 31, G-at Rolla: Capt. Frederick A. Cook, 41st infan- try, U. S. A—July 24, Co. M at Beach; 25, machine gun company at Dickin- son; 26, Co. 1, headquarters company, field and staff at Bismarck; 27, Co. L at Hankinson; 28, Co. K at- Ellendale; 29, band at Fargo; supply company at Hillsboro; 30, Co. E at Langdon. The regimental band, stationed at Harvey, is inspected at Fargo because it is playing a concert engagement there during the fair. Captains Hud- dleston and Cook meet at Fargo and return thenge to St. Paul. Complete Muster Soon. “We are trying to complete the muster at the earliest possible date,” said Major Douglass ‘Settle, in refer- ring to the First. regiment tonight. “We hope to have the lirst finished and ready to move by July 31. Where the regiment will'go- and wheal van- not say?’ is m8 Commissions were issued today to William C. Paulson, duty sergeant of, Co. A, Bismarck, ‘and Lewis W. Thume, first sergeant, Co. B, Farge, to be second lieutenants of infantry in the Second regiment. Neither has yet been ass‘gned. * Hears from Old Friend. Adjutant General Fraser wa off his feet today when he recei very formal letter from the captain of the quartermaster corps at 131 Paso, Tex., signed Clyfford Gayme. General Fraser of Fargo and Clyfford Gayme of Moorhead were kids together !4 years ago, before Gayme went to West Point. Captain Gayme writes requesting the names or designations of units bo- longing to the national guard te be sent to the provisional di at Deming, N. M., about ae indicates that the Fi least, may not remain’ wilh North Dakota. Changes’ Tn Boards. A number of changes ‘in county ex, emption boards were’ reported today by Charles Leissman, special attache in the adjutant general's office. Be- cause he is a registrant, Auditor H. N..Dyste of Sargent county cannot serve, and a successor is to be named. Dr. Dickhorn replaces Dr. P. I. Rice of Solen on the Sioux county board because the latter is a member of the medical corps. Dr. C. L. Barton re- places Dr. O. Smith of Manning on the Dunn county board because of the latter’s absence from the state, and Dr. J. Ross McKenzie of I’oster county must be replaced because he is on the medical reserve list. May Enlist Now. ‘The following orders were issued today to all officers of the general recruiting service in the North Da- kota district: “After a person regis- tered has been called for military service by his local board and direct- ed to appear for physical examina- tion, he ceases to be eligible for volun- tary enlistment. The fact that a man's number appears in a newspaper as having been drafted does not disquali- fy him for enlistment. All men may enlist up to the time they receive notification from their local examina- tion board to appear before them for examination.” taken eda I. W. W. and German Alien Charged with Doping Water Supply Fargo, 'N. D., July 24.—Robert Hul- bert, a chemist of the state agricul- tural college in charge of the analysis of the water taken from the emerg- ency tank of the Moorhead water- works, said today that the investiga- tion would not be completed until to- morrow, but that he was of the opin- jon that not enough poison, could have been placed in the large tank to do ithe, other was said to be a German any material harm to the water sup- ply of Moorhead. The two men arrested last night are| i still being held in custody, pending the outcome of the analysis, after one of them was observed by plant offi- cials to have climbed to the top of the tank and was said to have de- posited something in the tank. ° One..was said to be an I. W. W., and alien. Jail failed to cure Mrs. Hopkins, one of the suffragists sent to the workhouse for picketing the White House, and pardoned later, for she resumed picket duty as usual. The president and Mrs. Wilson greeted her as they passed in their automo- bile. KOS SEEKING. $1 000,000 FUND FOR WORK IN WAR Order Plans to Establish Recrea- tion Centers, at All. foncen- tra ix! Camps 4 EVERY KNIGHT TO BE ASSESSED FOR WORK I Knights of Columbus of Bismerct counail are joining with members of the order throughout the United States in a great campaizn which be- gan Sunday for the raising of a war camp fund of $1,000,009 with which to establish recreation centers at all of the large concentration camps. A large percentage of the men as- sembled will be Knights of Cotumbus or members of the Catholic church, and the purpose of the present cam- paign is primarily to,mace’ provision for their social comfort, and spiritual needs and to provide them with healthful and uplifting amusement. As on the Mexican border t summer, nowéver, ‘these’ centers will be open to all} regardiéss of creed or race. Every. Knight Assessed. The financing of this great project will be accomplished by a voluntary assessment of $2 on the 40,000 mem- bers of the order with additonal of- ferings from councils and members; and contributions from Catholics and those of other faiths outside the order. Bieniarck council will accept contri- butions for this worthy cause at the church door.at all masses next Sun- day. War Department Appr-ve.. Although the Catholics constitute not more than 29 per cent of the pop- ulation of the country, their percent- age of enlistments in both branches of the service is said to be more than 30 per cent at present, and it is claimed that it will exceed 40 per cent when the new army has been assembled in ‘September. In view of this fact, the war department has promptly accept- | ed the offer of the Knights of Colum- | bus to give all possible assistance to their fellow Catholics in the .same | manner as the Y. M. C. A. The work ; of the Y. M. C. A. and the Knights of Columbus was found especialy praise- worthy on the border, and Raymond B. Fosdick, chairman of the commis- sion on training camp activities, has advised Supreme Knight James A. Flaherty that acceptance of the Co- lumbians’ generous offer has been unanimously recommended to the war department. FIVE BILLION POUNDS WAR CREDIT 10 DATE London, July 24—In the house of | commons tomorrow the government will ask for a vote of credit of 650.- 000,000 pounds, the largest single vote since the outbreak of the war. It will bring up the total for the war to_5,292,000,000 pounds. | ate. ! 10,000,000 to his place in the national CEN. COETIALS RESIGNS. POST ON COMMISSION President Wilson Asks of Shipping Board to Quit Also Denman W. E. HERRY OF CHICAGO SUCCEEDS AS CHAIRMAN Only Way. Says Chief Executive to End Row Over Merchant Marine Washington, D. C., July 24.—Ma- jor General Goethals, general man- eger of the Emergericy Fleet cor- poration, resigned today, and his res- ignation was accepted by President Wilson. President , Wilsofy asked Chalrman Denman ofthe shipping board to re: sign. Captain John EF. Winte, a mem- ber of the: board, ‘also resigned. Official announcement of the accept- ance of the resignations of Goethals and White was made with the publi- cation of a letter from President Wil- son to Chairman Denman, asking for his resignation and giving the presi- dent’s opinion that the only way to end the row, which has delayed the shipping program, was for both Goeth- als and Denman to be.removed from the board. Herry is Appotnted. W. E. Herry, a Chicago business man, and formerly chairman of the federal trade commission, will be chairman of: the shipping board. Washington L. Cox, chief inspector of the navy, will succeed General Goethals as general manager of the shipping corporation. Eainbridge Colby of New York will become a member of the shipping board, in place of Captain White. Asked to Resign. Chairman Denman received the re- quest for his resignation, and tender- ed it immediately. i , “J want to help. the president in every way possible,” he said, “and never have questioned the wisdom of his decision.” * In asking for Mr. Denman’s resig- nation, President Wilson suggested that he would be glad to take the “same disinterested and _ self-forget- ting course that General Goethals has taken.” “When you have done as he fas done,” the president wrote Mr. Den- man, “[ am sure you may count with the utmost confidence upon the ulti- mate verdict of the people of the country with regard to your magnan- imous and unselfish view of the pub- lic duty and upon winning the same admiration and confidence I have learned to feel for you.” Came as Surprise. President Wilson’s action came as a surprise. Officials generally had thought he would make a further ef- up the differences and divide specifically between Chairman Denman and General Goethals powers conferred on him by the shipping ac President Wilson, in replying to General Goethals’ letter, said: “Your ietter of July 20 does you great honor, it is conceived jn a fine spirit of public duty such as I have learned to expect of @ou. Personal feeling | and personal | preferences must be resolutely set aside ana we must do the thing that is most serv- iceable. It is with that thought in mind that | feel constrained to say that you have interpreted your duty rightly.” HOUSE WANTS FOOD DICTATOR NOT BOAR Washington, July 24—When the food control ibill was taken up in the house today administration’ leaders were determined to send the meaf- ure to conference, with instructions to have stricken out certain features | objected to as rewritten in the sen- These are the provisions for the creation of the congressional com- mittee on the counduct of the war, and for a food administration board of three memders instead of a single member. Rheims Is Crumbling Under Fire Big Cathedral City Has the Ap- pearance of a Hollow Shell F Partly Collapsed GERMANS SHELL CITY AFTER EVERY DEFEAt| French Front, July 24.—Rheims is wilting., the Champagne district nas the ap- pearance of a hollow shell which has collapsed in part and 1s rapidly sub- siding into a shapeless mass. Not only the cathedral, but all the; public and private dwelling houses, have suffered from the raging ven-j geance of the German gunners, who have turned a rain of stricken city whenever their armies have been defeated at any point on the front. The defeats have been so frequent, even on a small or large scale, since the allied offensive ‘be- gan this year, that the city has rare- ly passed two or three days without going under severe bombardment. The extent of the undeserved pun- ishment may be gathered from the figures of the large number of shells of all calibres poured into the streets and on the cathedral during the fort- night of June 5 to 28. The total be- tween those two dates was no fewer than 16,052. Nearly 700 shells had nt the cathedral. BARRIERS GUARD CHANNELS. FROM SUB ATTACKS ; Secret Passages Known Only to Naval Authorities Let Friend- ly Craft Through GERMANS SEND SEAPLANES TO LOCATE THE ‘‘BARRAGE”’ A British Port on the Southeast Coast, July 24.—Across the, eastern mouth of the English channel there still stretches the great barrier which is one of the principal defenses of the allies’ vital channei traflic against the visits of the German submarines. The “barrage,” as they call the bar- rier, in naval phrase, consists in gen- eral terms of a series of “obstruc- tions” stretched from huge buoys from shore to shore, 20 odd miles. Any craft which strikes one of the ob- structions straight away explode a group of mines which spells disaster to the intruder. A whole fleet of naval shipping is constantly engaged in maintaining and patrolling the great barrier. Its ex- istence is no secret to the Germans, for they are constantly sending over aeroplanes to charge the buoys or to mark any changes that have been made since their -last visit, and changes are constantly being made. Secret Passages. Here and there along the lines are secret openings through which naval guides may legitimately guide their craft on the way. If his mine laying submarine wished to enter the char- nel they must take their chance Sometimes twice a week, sometimes oftener, explosions are heard at night, from the great barrier, indicating that “something” has touched a group of mines. Immediately the patrols hurry off in the direction of the explosion. What they find there is well kept secret. Last week the Germans tried a new plan to break the barrier. They sent over three seaplanes with orders to descend low over the barriers at any risk and shoot their machine guns in- to the buoys, thus sinking the gates and the barrier with them. But the patrol boats were on hand and two of the three seaplanes never returned. AEROPLANE BILL NOW EFFECTIVE Washington, 24—The $640,- 000,000 aeroplane Dill becam# a law today with President Wilson's signa- ture. Master Lists Showing Order of Draft Mailed To Exemption Boards Washington, D. C., July 24.—Master lists of the draft, the official and last word, ning every man of the army were going forward in the mail today to the 4,557 local boards. They superceded all hitherto published lists and rectify all errors. The lists have been prepared with the greatest care and safeguarded against errors. Print. ed by the most expert and trusted men in the printing office, they have been proof-read by veteran proofread- ers. In order that each district board may be assured of getting a list in the mail, two copies are being mailed The theory of this is that if one list goes astray the other will surely reach its destination. The summoning of the men for the first increment before the local board will quickly follow the receipt of the official master list. The big cathedra! city of shells to the} coNTNUED lL IN OPERATIONS ON EAST FRONT {Signs That Russians Are Giving More Vigorous Resistance to the Germans. KERENSKY STRIVES HARD TO MASTER SITUATION i Crown Prince Fails to Budge Gen- | eral Petains Forces in 4 { Craonne Sector. CREEPING FORWARD. Copenhagen, July 24-A dis- patch from a war correspondent of the Lokal Anzeiger of Berlin says that the Austro-German ad- vance in Galicia is creeping for- ward incessantly, notwithstanding counter attacks by Serbian troops. (By Associated Press.) Signs of a halt in the Russian re- treat in eastern Galicia before the ad- vancing Austro-German army are largely wanting, but indications of stronger resistance in some sectors are cropping out. Every Russian gen- eral is doing his utmost to bring his men to implicit obedience and the present plight of certain sections of the Muskovite, because of a lack of discipline, cannot help serving as & lesson. The resisting powers of the Rus- sians as admitted by Berlin-to be strongly in evidence south of the Brzezany line and it is said here that ‘such fighting capacities as» the Rus- sians possess needed to be exercised to the limit. The. Austro-German forces are pressing southward in>an effort to cut in between the Russian forces and their own lines on ‘the Dniester river, success in which move would spell disaster to the Russian units in that sector. Struggling to Right Situation. While Premicr Kerensky, armed with jalmost dictatorial powers, is struggling to right the situation on the Russian front, the allied armiés in the west are holding the strip of a renewed offensive over the Germans on the Franco-Belgian front. There has been notable activity of, late by both the ‘British and French artillery, The situation on the Aisne, front.ap pears to show that the,crown) prince, fears a renewal of the French offen- sive here, as countless attacks ure be- ing prompted to forestall it. Crown Prince Fails. On the #Hritish front the intense ar- tillery and aerial activity presages im- portant movements The main infan- try mdvement of the last 24 hours was again in the Craonne sector. where the crown prince launched an- other attack on the French lines without achieving any success. An attempt to advance ako was made north of Nancy. This was likewise frustrated. Frequent raids by the Ger- mans indicate their anxtety to Ica the size and disposition of the forces opposing them. ARTI tle RY BATTLE, of an intensity: never paralleled is raging day and night in Flanders, the war office announces. PREMIER KERENSKY TO FOLLOW BLOOD AND IRON POLICY Petrograd, July 24.—“A blood and iron policy” will he put tnto effect, if needed, to save Russia, ‘y the gov- ernment of Premier Kerensky, to which unlimited power has been granted. In an interview the premier said: “Relying upon the confidence of the masses, and the army, the govern- ment will save Russia and Russian unjty by blood and iron. if argument and reason, honor and conscience are not sufficient. “The situation at the front is very serious, and demands heroic meas- ures. But I am confident the organ- ization of the state is sufficiently vig- orous to be cured without amputa- tion.” M. Eifremov has been appointed minister of justice and member of the provisional government. M. Beal- sycknikov has been named minister of public aid. Both the ministers are members of the duma, representing the progressive party. HEAVY GRIST OF FINES (COURT FOR SPEEDING Sixty-four automobile and Licycle scorchers learned something of the high cost of speeding yesterday when they contributed $576 to the city’s coffers in fines and costs averaging $9 apiece. Ten plain clothes traffic cops are on the job. More arrests were made last night, and there will be a new batch of fines this afternoon. Traffic laws, announces D. C. McLean, chie’ traffic officer, are to be strictly enfo;ced. Berlin, July 34.—Au artillery battle |