The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 11, 1917, Page 1

AFT BOARD “OF NEW YORK 1 SCHARED _ Favoritism Shown in Matter of, Local Damage Done; Two Arreste les in Aetna Explosive Company Believed to Be of Incendiary Orgin WILL TAKE SIXTY DAYS TO PUT PLANT IN ORDER Gary, Ind., Aug. 11.—Fire, believed to have been of incendiary origin, de- royed about half of the million dol- lar plant of%he Aetna Explosive com- pany, near here, early today. Two employes named. Holt and. Chorsee were arrested. The’ plant was work- ing on goyernment' contracts, it is said. It had a capacity of 46,000 Tbs. of guncetton a'day. It was esti- mated that it would take 60 days to Exemptions Will Be Prosecuted ONLY INCIDENT OF KIND IN NATION SAY. OFFICIALS Aliens With Dependents Abroad tion Rules Halt Million |pRITICH Washington, Aug. 11.—Members of the New York local selective board who were relieved. yesterday after: an in- quiry into the manner in which dis- put the plant in working order again. The fire originated in the dry cot- ton- warehouse and spread to other ‘buildings. There: was no explosion. The loss is estimated at $500,000. charges of draft had been granted will be prosecuted, officials. of the provost marshal general's office said today. Up to this time, the New York in- cident is. the: only. one where any. question as.to the good faith of local Doard has mn raised. CHCAGD AS COL DIRECTOR CHECK PIES Ohief. Justice of Illinois Supreme Court Is Given Post by Governor ing relatives in Burope. ‘The difficul- ty is that the affidavits required can- not ‘be obtained from any foreign. country in the time allowed. has made necessary a: ruling to es- tablish ‘a policy. Indications aré that discharges will not be granted in many cases of-this:kind. $25 a: Month. For one thing, officials say, the sol- dier’ will have’ $25 8. month at least] . ‘to contribute Weenie family during his rmy service. That is more: than the] HAS POWER avorene rent : we home. . It Po TO PLACE PRICE can argued also that because of FUE) MINES’ ibe bee siraatlort ee American dollar ON i AT MOUTH 8 almoat; doubled its old purchas- 5 ing power abroad. Behind this is the TEN CENT INCREASE. fact. that the interests of the United Washington, Aug. 11.—Coal States are. paramount. i dealers who increase their prices ‘ ae jetrcstutd to grant icipeneree for anthracite coal more than 10 lor Gependents was incorpora in cents per ton before December 1 will be considered, by the federal trade commission as openly de- claring a policy ef profiteering. Indications are that bituminous ‘the act to prevent such dependents from becoming public charges of the prices will be reduced in the fu- t rommission announces, s United States if the bredd winner were. taken .away. No ‘family. in Europe can. become a public chatge of the “United . Stai and» i sche aarame i Chicago, Aug. 11.—Chicago today ; Hbutfon, and Mon 6f ‘coal until March’ 31,1918. He is Chief Justice Orin H:'Carter, ipreme court, whose ap- J 18 announced last night after Governor Lowden, and seven cdal operators had been in conference ‘for more than four hours. After its conjunction with the di- rector of coal will be the committees representing the state council. of de- fense, the Illinois coal operators and the mine workers of the bear Under the agreement, however, the director Lisbon Elevator Chief No Longer| has ‘the power “from time to time to determine the price of coal at the Manager of Exchange—Posi- | mine's mouth in the various districts ton Di tinued of the state.” time to time by the federal govern- St, Paul, Minn, Aug. 11-—Directors| ment.and it is not to be. established of the Equity Co-operative exchange| jn the state until the various commit- today voted to discontinue the -posi- tion of general manager. By so doing they ousted J. G. Crites, formerly of Lisbon, N. D., one of the leaders of the copoperative movement and well’ known through the northwest. “The position was discontinued for the present because of the unsettled condition of the grain trade, to cur- tail expenses. and in the interest of economy,”. J. M. Anderson, president, tees have had opportunity to be Heard. WILSON NAMES HERBERT HOOVER Washington, D. C., Aug. 11—The American government assumed con- trol of the country’s food supply with the signing by President Wilson of the administration 4ood survey and regulatory bills. Formal announcement of Herbert Toover’s appointment as food admin- isurator was made at the white house scon after the measures were ap- proved, and tonight Mr. Hoover set forth the aims of the food administra- tion in a statement declaring its pur- pose will be to stabilize and not to disturb conditions. Can Fix Prices. The two measures signed today give to the government sweeping war-time powers. The regulatory bill is de- signed to put food distribution under direct government supervision and a provision added as an amendment ex- tends an even more drastic govern- ment control over coal ‘and other fuels, including the power to fix the prices and authorizing government op- eration of mines. The survey bill is intended to en- courage production and gives the gov- ernment authority to keep up a con- tinuous census of the amount of food. stuffs in the United States. It will be administered by the department of agriculture. Both the food administration and the agriculture department have been ready since long before the bills were passed, to go ahead with the work. Will Bond Elevator. “Mr, Crites will be retained in the mis and assisting in financing coun- try elevators desiring to do business with us.” It was said that Jater a position of business: manager might be creat- ed and which would be filled by a business man. Mr, Crites’ experfence has been more in elevator work: _The directors also voted to bond the terminal elevator. tn St. ‘Paul for $100,- 000. The money obtained will be used as working capital. PALO ALTO FOR INFANTRY: MEDICS “TO NEW MEICO Instructions Received Today Indi- Hospital are Divided That Palo Alto, Cal., will be the concentration camp for both regl- ments of North Dakota infantry and that the field hospital company, which is distinct from either regiment, will go to Deming, M., is indicated .by instructions hing local military headquarters today. ‘The field hospital company was or- _ ganized and is commanded by Major T. C. Patterson of Lisbon with Dr. in the strike of the operating forces McLean of Kenmare as captain. of the Kansas City Railway company Nothing further has ‘been learned} broke out here today when strikers as to the recognition of the field and | attacked three street cars filled with staff officers of the Second nor as to| men imported to break the walkout. the recognition of the regimentas a} According to reports to police head- whole. ‘The“mustering of companies | quarters, ‘bricks and stones were as separate tinits cofitinues, and this| thrown, and one car was wrecked. No includes the headquarters and supply.| one was reported injured. bied_a staff and already is enlisting the country’s women in a household saving campaign. STREET CAR RIOTS. Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 11.—Rioting The. price in no case]. 4s to exceed the maximum fixed from } 4, T YRES SECTION . HO | AANST ATTACK, Russians Show Signs:of Reviving on Rumanian Front South - of Pruth : ENTER TOWN OF LUKOVICA “AND ‘TAKE 200 PRISONERS German Assaults on Allied Posi-' tion in Belgian Are All Re- pulsed BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. Austro-German attacks yesterday in the vicinity of -Wydra, Voloshkany, and Cifestchi, on the northern Rou- manian front were repulsed by the Russians gays the official statement issued today by the Russian war de- partment and the Teutons were driv- en across the Putna river. In the course of a ‘battle south of the River Pruth on the frontier of Rumania and Bukowina, tha Russians entered the town of Lukovica and took: prisoners, 200 officers and men. The, Russians also captured 200 Aus- troGermans and took three machine guns. by wresting a height in that, re- gion from the enemy,. Six German assaults were made on the British positions to the east of Ypres during the night, according to the British official statement, issued today. They all broke down, how- ever, after fierce fighting. Field | Haig reported that the Erit- ish maintained their positions to the east of Ypres and gained ground near he Ypres-Menin road. “During last evening the English, in deep masses, attacked from the Monchy-Pelves road as far as the Arras-Cambrai road. Our destructive fire fell with overpowering. effect at the points where they had assembled. The advancing storming waves, which suffered most severe losses under our. defensive ‘fire ‘and .in hand-to-hand, fighting were everywhere repulsed. “North of: St. Quentin Brandenburg: ‘battalions wrested from the French ‘some lines-6f trenches over a width of 1,200. meters. Enemy counter attacks fafled. ‘More than 150. prisoners -re- ‘mained. in: our hands. “Between ‘Solssons: and Rheims, in e,,and.on ‘both banks ‘of the rng attained: consider- ty from time" totime:’ A. ‘ récohnoftering. detachment which penetrated {nto our trenches on the Laon-Soiasons ‘road was ejected by a counter attack. “East of the Meuse our ‘thrusting troop# forced their way into a French positiog horth of Vacherauville and brought ‘back a number of prisoners. Lieutenant Conterman shot down two enemy captive balloons. “There has been a revival of the fighting activity, near Dvinsk, south of Smorgon, and near Brody. Near the latter town an enterprise under: taken ‘by German and Austro-Hungar- fan troops resulted in the capture of more than 200 prisoners. “Southeast of Ozernowitz (Bukow- stubborn fighting has taken place. Our troops penetrated at sev- eral points into the frontier positions of the Russians. Also on the Sereth Plain and at Solka advantages were. gained following the repulse of enemy .counter ‘attacks. “Between the Trotus and Putna Val- leys the “Allies (Teutonic) took by storm several heigh positions, in spite of tenacious resistance by the Ruman- fans. In the Oftux-sector in the past two days more than) 1,600 prisoners have been captured and \30 machine’ guns taken. “Front of Field Marshal Von Mack- ensen, on both sides of the Fokshant, ‘Adjudulnou ‘railway line German divi- sions have forced a crossing over the Suchitza river on a wide front. In the eastern war theater things seem to be going better for the Rus- sians, except in southern Moldavia, where Field Marshal von Mackensen fs pushing an attack that threatens the important branch raflway north of (Continued or Page Three.) The food administration has assem-| Left to right—‘‘Black Jack’’..Pershing, Clay » Kan, Aug: 11.—Former President William H. Taft spent a d. nightzand tollay showed:a mark- ed recovery from the illness which has confined ‘him to a local hotel since early ‘Tuesday. Physicians ‘announced today he ‘wag. Continuing to take nourishment and that “he was feeling. decidedly bettér.”)' Mr. Taft has <de- termined’ to ‘give“up all: his speaking engagements-for. the month and from to’ Pt. Pic; Quebec, Can., his summer. home; ‘His physician, sald he might leayé:here within five or six days, if he contifiues to improve. heré will go Sat aaa No Further Examination to Be Taken \ by Men Selected Major Steedman Advises LOE OR BISMARCK FURNISHES MORE {THAN TEN POT. Cards have been mailed from the office of ‘Major. Steedman, United ‘States army examiner for the state of ‘North Dakota, to 143 candidates for appointment as an officer in the Unit- ed States army, directing them to re- port in ‘person ,to/ the commanding officer of the training camp’ at Fort Snelling on’ August 27, 1917... The examinations held.at Bismarck, Far- go, Grand Forks, Dévils Lake! James- town and Dickinsoi for the examina- tion was final, Major Steedman an- nounces, and the , candidates. who have been instructéd to report, will have no further tests to pass when they reach Fort Snelling. Enlist For Fhree Months. . On reporting they will be required to enlist under Sec.31 of the national défense act for: a’’period of thre months for. the .purpose ‘of. .training only. ‘They. will also’be required to agree ta accept at the termination of the period of training such commis- sion in the army of the United States as maybe tendered by the secretary of war. In case anything should oc- cur. to make it impossible for the can- didate to enter the training camp, he is directed. to advice the commanding officer at once. Every section of the state is. well represented in the can- didates chosen, and Major Steedman rds the men selected excellent ae Pee Three) DARROW WILL BE ASKED 10 HELP MINN, SLACKER Minneapolis, Aug. 11—Stirred. by fhe temporary desorganization of the ‘Minnesota*socialist party through the ‘arrest. of Ade Sugarman, secretary, and J. ©. Banthall, state leader at Litchfield, Otto Wangerin, now acting secretary, probably will appeal for aid in behalf of the party to Attorney Clarence Darrow, who defended the McNamaras in the famous Los Ange- les dynamite explosion cases. This devéloped today when Wanger- in was asked regarding St. Paul re- ports that’he was among 20 men cer- y ied tified for service to the district board there, and that he would either have to become a soldier or go to fae INTRODUCES PEACE PARTY Wants Government. to Outline Object for Which It Wages War WOULD INSIST ON ALLIES RESTATING THEIR ATTITUDE English Labor Conference Votes to Sustain Henderson’s At- titude Toward Conference Washington, Aug. 11.—A piece reso- lution’ was introduced in the senate today by Senator La Follette, provid- ing that the United States define defl- nitely the object for which it shall continue to wage war, and the Allies also to make a public restatement of the peace: terms which they will de- mand. ‘RESERVES POLICY ‘London, Aug. 11.—The labor con- ference by more than three to one vote in accordance with. Hendergon’s advice, thereby reversing the policy to which the labor party had..commit- ted itself at an earlier convention. Considerable feeling had been aroused in England last month when Mr. ‘Henderson went on a mission to Paris with the pacifists, James Mc- Donald, and George Wardle acting chairman of the labor party in the house of commons and several Rus- sian delegates to confer with French socialists regarding the proposed con- ference of Entente Allied socialists in London and the subsequent interna- tional conference at Stockholm. WON'T BE SPONSER. Stockholm, Aug. 11—The foreign office refused to discuss in any way the report-first published in Christian- ia that Sweden has taken the initia- tive in inviting the European: neutral governments to a conference in Stock- holm for discussion of: the situation, resulting from America’s entrance in- to the war. Bulletin. Lieut.ColDougtas Settie,chiet: mustering ‘officer for North Dako- ta, this afternoon received, a tele- gram from the war department ad- vising that the age limits would be waived as regards Colonel White, Lieut.Col. Tharalson, Ma- Jors Mudgett and Geary and Lieu- tenant and Battalion Adjutant Or- chard, providing these men quali- fy under the national defense act. This tends to indicate there no longer is any doubt as to federal recognition for the Second as a whole. Colonel Settle has worked ~ hard in an effort to straighten out’ this tangle, and he is being con- gratulated on his success. ARRANT ISSUED FOR MAN WHO ROVE FORD “TN STAG OF CLT A warrant for the arrest of Kirk Sheldon was issued by Justice Bleck- reid this afternoon on complaint of F. M. Arneson, who alleged that Shel- don, driving,a Ford at the rate of 40 miles an hour, ran into a string of young horses which Arneson was lead- ing, breaking the leg of one of them. The accident, Arneson stated, oc- curred about 2% miles north of the capitol around 1 o'clock this after- noon. | fore ‘that’ Berli i Word...and_.the .massacro would not)“ begun’. worl Henderson Resigns His Cabinet Post Attitude Toward Stockholm Peace Conference Causes Retire- ment PREMIER LLOYD GEORGE ACCEPTS RESIGNATION London, Aug. 11.—Arthur “Hender- son, labor member of the British war council, has resigned his membership in the cabinet. ‘Premier Lloyd George has accepted it, Mr. Hender- son, the labor member of the British war council, yesterday addressed the ‘British labor conference and advised the sending of British delegates to the Stockholm consulated congress. ATROCITIES IN ARMENIA EXCEED HUMAN BELIEF Germany Responsible for Slaught- er of Thousands Says T. P. O’Connor VOICE OF BERLIN IS OMNIPOTENT IN TURKEY New York, Aug. 11.—T. P. O’Con- nor, M. P., Irish nationalist leader, in an address on the Armenian situation here this afternoon, told of Germany's responsibility for the slaughter of thousands in Armenia. “It is one of. the most lamentable facts in this whole ‘tragic story,” he said, “that the German: rulers haye Played a terrible part in these mas- sacres. “For a generation, the voice of Ber- lin has been omnipotent in Constan- tinople. At the moment of the ma: sacres, troops of Germany, were. ing side'by side. It is not clear, ther had: only to'say a have begun, or even if;they had begn not a: WORD Buve Drought’ them to an immediate end? If I need- ed further proof. of German respon- sibility I would. point ‘to the absence of representatives..of Germany to Wangenheim, refusing your ambassa- dor, Mr. Morgenthau’s appeal for in- tervention; to Count von Bernstorg’s attempt at Washington to deny the massacre; to the statement of von Bethmann Hollweg, Zimmerman, and other German officials in Berlin, which if they did not justify, at least extenu- ated the terrible. crime.” POLISH LEGION CHEF RELEASED ‘London, Aug. 11.—An Exchange Telegraph company dispatch from Amsterdam’ announces that General Tilsudski of the Polish legion will be released from detention by the Ger- man authorities in Poland. . His re- lease is conditional on his going to Switzerland and remaining there un- til the war ends. A Copenhagen dispatch says Gen- eral Tilsudski, organizer and former commander of the ‘Polish legion,. had ‘een arrested by the German authori- ties while attempting to leave Poland on a false passport. His attempted flight arose from the differences, the disnatch adds, between the Poles, who wished to form an independent Polish army, and the German authorities, who insisted that the Polish forces must be under German control. British conimanider of the allied £ orces in France. American ‘commander, Gen. Petain, commander-in-chief , ~ and Gen. Sir” Douglas Haig, FIVE CENTS G6 FLCMLES FOR SERIE W ERSHUST Forty-Three Men Accepted Whd Claim No Exemptions of 4 Any Kind—16 ‘‘Aggies’” ,' a a) SUMMARIZATION SHOWS |<’? 49 PHYSICALLY UNFIR Percentage of Poor Physique Runs Larger Than Anticipat: ‘ ed—Three Ministers ‘With but four men more to’ examine in the first class of registrants, the Burleigh county local exemption ‘board at noon today had accepted for service in the national army 43 men who proved physically fit, who had‘no dependent relatives, and who made no claims for exemption on ‘other grounds,/and 16 men who had no de pendents and were found physically fit, but who claimed sgricultural: or occupational exemptions. The. board may therefore take credit for 59 mn on its quota of 98 to be drafted, ‘rep- résenting the county's net quota of 89 with 10 per cent added for dim charges granted by the district board and rejections at the training camps. While the board had reached its 196th man at noon, but 166 had actu: ally been examined, if an unofficial summary of the docket entries 1s cor- rect. The difference of 30 is repre- sented by men who failed to report when their numbers were called; by men who were known to have enlist- ed and whose claims for exemptiona as men already in military service were recognized, but which do not appear on the record of men who Presented themselves in. person. for examination. Unofficial Summary. An unofficial summary aubject ,to change when an official tabulation: can ‘be made, shows results of examfis- tions made to date to: be as follows: Total number examined. . 166: * Dependent relatives ..,.. -45° Already in service... th Conscientious object yest Ministers exempt. Germans exempt . Sang Aliens claiming exemption: © 3 Physically disqualified .. °49’° Agricultural éxemptions... 16 Accepted for. service 4, 436: Family Doliig ‘Ite’ Bi Daniel Hein’ cliimed-esentptiop soe +: the ground; that ‘he‘has:a de) jent wife and mother in: Russia, that he is the only support of hit-own widow- ed mother; that one of his brothers already has diéd:in-defense of: Rue: sia, and that another..brother now {fs in the service of our ally on the east- ern front. Daniel feels that the fam. ily has done its bit and that he should ibe left free to continue remittances from, this country .to his dependents in the land of the bear. Different Reason. John Vulgar of Wilton asked exemip- tion on quite a different reagon. Vul- gar is a Croatian, subject of Russia, just 21, and has not taken out his first papers. A brother, he informed the board, has been killed in the sérv- ice of Austria, and his father, past 50, formerly employed in the reserve. as 8 blacksmith, has been advanced to the first line of battle. John is'a finely ‘built young chap, and he isn't averse to fighting, but he didn’t relish the idea of taking a pot shot at “dad,” who has to fight whether he likes it or not. Next Call Friday. The local board today announced it is not probable that a second list of registrants will be called until next Friday. This call probably will be for 175 to 200 men, to report beginning Wednesday, Aug. 22. The present ex- perience of the board indicates that somewhere between 175 and 200 men will be needed to complete Burleigh’s quota. A list of men accepted for service. was not certified to the district board and adjutant general today, as had been anticipated. The board workéd last night until midnight, and was ‘busy all forenoon finishing up yester- day’s work. A summarization of the first week’s examinations probably will not be available until next Wed- nesday, when a list of all of the men definitely accepted will be published. SINN FEINERS WIN ELECTION CONTEST London, Aug. 11.—Sinn Feiners to- day won another parliamentary elec- tion. This time they captured the seat for Kilkenny, made vacant by the death last July of Patrick O'Brien. ‘William Cosgrave, the Sinn Feiners’ candidate, defeated the independent candidate, ex-Mayor McGuinness, by three hundred and eighty votes. LAD ANGE CONFERENCE NEAR BEER SHLE Fargo, N. D., Aug. 11.—Attorney General Langer of North Dakota and Prof. E. J. Ladd, state board food commissioner, were in conference late today at the agricultural college here. Although nothing would be-given pat, . it was said they were conferring.om the sale of “near bdeer,”.-which Bas been prohibited throughout the state