The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 22, 1917, Page 1

QHIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. 198 , BISMARCK, NORTH. Di SOTA, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 22, FOOD DICTATOR WOU! ies Make Additional "RIBUNE|*« 1917. —0-- Gains In Be EIZE STATE GR — FIVE CENTS —0— Igian Zone HOOVER RULING WOULD SEIZE ALL WHEAT IN STATE Provision Allowing Elevators to Sell. Stored Grain at End of 30 Days Protested WOULD PLACE FARMER AT MERCY OF MARKET Clause Compels Owner to Accept Price Offered at Time of Forced Sale DISCONTINUE TRADING, Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 22—DI- rectors of the Minneapolis cham- ber of commerce announced today that trading in wheat and rye fu- tures would be discontinued after Sept. 1, in accordance with the federal food administration. The announcement followed a meeting of the board. Instructions which if carried into effect would take out of North: Dakota every bushel of seed wheat, to be bought back next spring at such prices as those controlling the seed market might care to ask; which would re- move all stored grain from the control of the grower and leave it at the mercy of the market; which would tie up every bit of rolling stock the north- western railroads have in their pos- ion and would cause at terminal markets such a congestion that many months would be consumed in'straight- ening things out, are contained in a circular which Herbert C. Hoover is mailing to elevators in the great grain ‘growing states of the. northwest. Hoover's circular, states: ~ HE WAY BE BIG CHIEF OF ALU. 8. TROOP Here’s the latest picture of Gen. Thomas H. Barry, likely to become chief of staff of the United States army when Gen. Hugh L. Scott retires use of the age lii- s commander of the cen- tral department, with headquarters in Chieago. DAKOTANS 10 PROTEST PRICE AT WASHINGTON Delegation Headed by Quamme of Loan Bank Off to ‘Argue With Hoover “Regulations Ow governing the Ii- cense for elevators require that facili- ties for storage be not granted to oth- ers than the-food administration or its agents for a period longer than 30 days, in respect to wheat and rye. We suggest that elevators issuing storage tickets or warehouse receipts should add in addition to the other eustomary provisions of such the fol- lowing: “teas agreed that if the grain rep- resented by this receipt shall remain in storage beyond the period of 30 days after date hereof the under- signed warehouseman is authorized to sell the same or to ship the same to the nearest terminal market for sale for the best price obtainable and shall pay over the proceeds to the holder of this reecipt, lawful storage and other charges. What It Would Mean. Literally interpreted this woul? mean that the farmer who stores his wheat now must not later than 30 days from date take anything he can get for il, even though the market at that time be 69 cents. It would mean that. North Dakota's 0,090,000 crop, the bull: of which now is going into elevator and warehouse - storage for the lack of storage capac- ity on the farm, not later than 30 days from date must begin to move to the market. It would mean that every boxcar, every locomotive, every engine and train crew which the carriers of the northwest can command would be commandeéred within 30 days to move this crop to the terminal markets. 't would mean at terminal markets, with the spring wheat crop pouring in not only from North Dakota, but from South Dakota, Montana, Minnesota. Kansas and Nebraska, a congestion which never has been equaled in the history of the United States. It would mean that the North Da- kota farmer who is fortunate enough to have some wheat which would make exceptionally good seed for next year’s crop, would be denied the privilege of holding that grain in storage in.a con- venient elevator or warehouse, but that he must let it go at the end of 30 days and take his chances next spring on buying inferior seed at in- flated prices such as he paid last spring. mie would mean, in the opinion of the North Dakota railway commission, the most stupendous blunder which gov- ernment control and regulation ever has perpetrated. Message to Hoover. a The commission last night wired, Herbert C. Hoover as follows: “your suggested provisions in the storage tickets apparently apply to country elevator transactions. We think the provision should not apply to producers, whom we understood were exempt from the hoarding pro- hibition of the law. “plevators here can store a large nart of our small crop and we cannot see a necessity for forcing this grain to terminal elevators and producing congestion and undue strain on trans- portation and terminal elevator facili- ties. This is especially true if the erain can he purchased and stored in the country, making the best of the crops availa for next spring.” The commission requests that Mr. Hoover forward full regulations cov- ering the @éérageiand. food, and sug- gests that-1#leser «c6-operation with —(Continued on Page Three.) — CCSTS FARMER $1.70 TO RAISE BUSHEL OF WHEAT St. Paul.Aug. 22.—l. G. Quamme, president of the Federal Loan bank of ‘St. Paul,, will leave tonight for Wash- ington, heading a delegation of farm- ers and business men from North Da- kota and Minnesota, who represent the farmers of their district in the protest fixing $1.65 a bushel as. the price for wheat. Thomas Cooper, director of the ex- tension department of the ‘North Da- kota agricultural college, one of the delegation, declared today that $1.70 per bushel is the cost to the farm of raising his crops under the pres- ent conditions, and points out that the price suggested by H. C. Hoover, food sadmini or, will entail an average loss of 30¢ to 40¢ a bushel to the of the northwest. ch of Fargo, another of the delegation, declared that the farmers will not sell their grain at the price proposed. “Some farmers have said they will hold their grain rather than sell at a loss, and some have declared that they will burn it.” “The situation is extremely critical,” said Mr. Quamme today. “If the price is not definitely set, it means that farmers of the northwest will plant very small crops next year.” IWPOSTER GETS COMMISION AS SECOND LEUT Chicago, Aug. 22.—Secret service officials here are said to have been advised today that an imposter se- cured a first lieutenant’s commission at Fort Sheridan training camp by using the name of L. C. Robinson of Hoopeston, lll., a sophomore at 'Wes- leyan university, Bloomington, Ill. ‘An investigation has been started. The story, as related to the officials here, is that Robinson applied for en- trance to the training camp, but hear- ing nothing from his application, sup- posed he was rejected and went on a vacation in Wisconsin. The officials are declared to have discovered that | une government summons were stolen and presented by another man. He made an excellent showing at the camp and was awarded a first lieutenant’s commission. He left on leave and gave orders that his mail be forwarded to Hampton, Iowa. Robinson started the investigation when he read in the newspapers while in the Wisconsin woods that he had been awarded a commission. BLACKLEG APPEARS | John Whittmeyer of Upham Loses Four Cattle to Plague Upham, N. D., Aug. 22.—John Whitt- | meyer has lost four cattle through blacklef, a diesase not common in this section since pioneer days, and there is a big demand for government vac- cine. FUEL FAMINE IN (RUSSIAS BI PAST Dr. V. H. Stickney Advises Repre-| Wreckage, Left ‘by Old Regime sentatives State Is Million Tons Short of Needs CONGRESSMEN INFORMED THAT ACTION IS NEEDED Situation Should Be Remedied at Once, Says Officer Recently at Coal Conference ABANDONS PLAN, Washington, Aug. 22.—Having determined the prices to be charg- ed for bituminous coal at the mines throughout the country, President Wilson today turned his attention to the task of electing a man to head the coal adminis- tration. The president is believed to have abandoned the Federal Trade Commission’s proposal to commandeer the output of the mines and sell the product to the public. Dr. V. H. Stickney, chairman of the North Dakota state council of defense, today wired North Dakota represen- tatives in congress that the eastern part of the state of North Dakota is now a million tons short of its nor mal supply of coal. - Dr. Stickney has just returned from attending the con- ference of the councils of defense of the northwestern states. “The coul situation in the eastern part of North Dakota is becoming more serious every day,” Dr. Stickney wired, “We are-now:a-million tons short of fe’ Normal supply’and I’ find the dealers are unable to get eastern coal. This situation should be rem: edied. We need your help. Advise what is being done.” Situation Critical. “The threatened fuel shortage in this section of the country is vel itical,’ stated Secreta Hel strom at the offices of the North Da kota defense council here today. LIGNITE COAL IS UP. Although lignite coal has advance? 25 cents per ton since last spring, i! still can be laid down in Fargo for 3.55 the ton, and after a reasonable profit has been added by the retailer should go to the consuyier as by far the cheapest coal he can buy. Owing to an enormous advance in the price of steel and inc! d labor costs; the of lignile has Deen advanced 2° cents per ton over the quotation last spring. It now sells for $2.50 at the mouth of the mine, and is retailing in ‘Bismarck at , as against $3.25 last spring. ‘No further advance mediately anticipated so far as McCormick, Bismarck manager for the Washburn Lignite Coal Co., is able t« state. jovernor Frazier this morning ad vised that he has taken cognizance of the increase in price of lignite, but while he made no definite statement, he left the impression that he inclines to agree with Dr. V. H. Stickney, pres ident of the North Dakota defense council, that increases made to date have not been unreasonable or unwar- ranted. Dr. Stickney has returned from the coal conference of the de- fense council, which has adjourned temporarily awaiting reports. SLASH COAL PRICES. Chicago, Aug 22.—The Consumers Company, Chicago, said to be the larg: est retail coal dealers in the world (o- day, announced a slash of,from $1.00 to $1,80 on soft coal, effective immed- iately. This is in line with the price fixed by President Wilson. Other deal- ers will make similar cuts at once, it is said. It is estimated the reductions will cut Chicago’s coal bill by $30,000,- 000. NO SMOKIN’ WN BERLIN STREET —According to Amsterdam, Aug. a Berlin newspaper, police in Germany intend to prohibit smoking in the streets, in view of the decline in to baco stocks. Big Food Survey For Entire Nation Washington, Aug. 2 The depart- ment of agriculture set in motion to- day the machinery for taking a na- tion-wide census of the food supply. The survey including 100 different warehouses, stores, and even in ‘am: ily larders. A preliminary census of eighteen of the principal commodities will be tak- en within the next month anda com: plete survey wil!l follow after the sea- son’s crops are gathered. Must’ Be Cleared Away First Says Russell WORST GOVERNMENT ON EARTH BUNGLED MATTERS Trans-Siberian Railroad Could Do Only One-Third of Its Normal . Work CONCERN OVER RUSSIA. Washington, D. C., Aug. 22.— Official dispatches have’ been re- ceived from Russia within the last 24 hours of such a character as to cause some concern over the situ- ation they picture. They will not be made public, much less be dis-. cussed at this time by American officials, who regard them as indi- cating a condition with which the provisional government has ‘to deal. The extent of German intrigue in Russia is well known and sub- ject matter of the dispatches prob- ably is connected. with that. This is the fourth article by Charles Edward Russell, Tribune staff writer, since his return from Russia, where he spent three months as a member of President Wilsons official Root commission to the Russian provisional gov- ernment. By CHARLES EDWARD RUSSELL. (Copyright, 1917, by. the Newspaper Ienterprice Association.) The Russians are fighting and strug- glingon:, toward .un»advanced’ and stable form of democratic govern ment, but they still have the legs ot the Old Man of the Sea around their necks, The remains of the seven times ac cursed old system still hamper them. They canned the czar, but they ‘ouldn’t can all of the vast swarm of tvils that the ezar ie of govern: menf had nailed down upon them. Everything in the old autoc government of Russiz that wa done corruptly was done stupidly and everything that wasn't stolen was hashed. . The government, good or bad, of a nation of 180,000,000 people stretched over a continent 6000 miles wide means a colossal machine—that is to say, offices and men at work in them The revolution ousted the chief en- gineers of the Russian machine, but it couldn’t possibly oust all the millions of cogs, wheels and_ pistons. Also, could not possibly change the methods and plans by v hic hese did, or were supposed to do, their work. Worst Government. But it began to strip the cover from these methods and plans and revealed in detail what had been beyond doubt the very worst government ever known on this earth. Everything about it was done badly except the police ejob. When it came to_watching, overaweing and_terror- (Continued on Page Three.) Old Books and: Magazines for The Soldiers There is a pressing need for reading materials to be. sent to the cantonments and later to France. Bismarck has been made state headquarters for the collec- tion of books and magazines for the soldiers in training and those | already in France. Mrs. Minnie Budlong, secretary of the state library commission, has charge of this work for the state. Little work has been done locally and today Mrs. Budlong issues an appeal for old books and periodicals. They can be brought to the Public Library at the Com- mercial club where they will he listed and prepared for shipment. Any town in Burleigh county can gather books and magazines and then notify Mrs. Budlong. Don’t ship any reading material | tc Bismarck until! instructed to, do so. It is planned to ship them directly from the point of collec- tion to avoid double handling. It is believed there are many books and. magazines in the Cap- ital City that can be spared to give the Soldiers plenty of reading material.. Any kind of a book can be given. {f it is worn out or of little general interest, it will be sold as old paper and new books purchased with the funds. Just bring an armful of books and magazines to the Commercial club on your way to work tomor- row. It-is: 4 little thing to do for the boys in’ the trenches. Four hundred women workers are needed to carr county chapter of the Red Cross. ary or register now on the second floor of the Postofliee building where the central workroom of the chap- The special need — is proaching and many warm articles must be knit for the boys who work of the Burle Join a local aus ter is located, will go across the sed Se Only a start has been made. not thoroughly aroused to the necessity of devoting their ergies to sewing and knitting for the Red Cr Tf you do not know how, structors are in attendance at pleased to give free lessons in It only ¢ essential, give so many hours a week to Those who desire to enroll as members of the chapter can forward their memberships to But the pressing necessity BE A RED CROSS WORKER. TRENCTIES HERE IN BISMARCK. DLE HAS BECOME IT’S USE HERE IN BISMARCK MAY BE THE MEANS MAYBE YOUR BOY’S. GET INTO THE TOME TRENCHES NOW. A KNITTING NE WAR. OF SAVING A TAFE. 400 Women Wanted Now For Red Cross Knitting SICHT; COUNCIL | PROBLEM IS T0 WIRES CONGRESS) OVERCOME on dollar to belong to the Red Cross, nothing, however, to be a volunteer worker. The Burleigh county chapter wants workers who will y on the knitting, Winter is ap- The women of Bismarck are en- , you can learn. Competent in- the central workroom and will be sewing and knitting. It costs Membership is not this work. Mr. I. L. Conklin. just now is for WORKERS, GET INTO THE RELIEF A WEAPON OF IRISH SHOULDER BATTLE’S BRUNT BEFORE. YPRES Their Names Will Be Immortal In Annals of Island’s Hist- ory FACE TERRIFIC MACHINE FIRE FROM BAVARIANS Brilish Front in France and Bel- sium, Aug. 22.—The story of the val- jant fight waged by Irish battalions, both Ulster men and South of Ireland men, in the latest British offensive northeast of Ypres, will make their names immortal in trish annals, The ground over which the Irish troops fought Tuesday may roughly be placed as lying between Fortuin on the north and Frecenburg on the south. Immediately in front of the Irish was undulating ground. Every knoll was a strong Bavarian position, with myriads of machine guns so placed on the crests that a deluge of bullets could be poured into an at- tacking army. Shoulder to shoulder they moved cut among the obstacles at the break of day bogging at every step. The Irishmen found themselves facing fire from every machine gun before them, s, steady stream of lead breast high across the whole battle- field. The Ulstermen plunged into the gun pits at Pona farm, near For- tuin and a fierce struggle followed. They fought until the last German crumbled beside his gun. There was intense fighting at every step as they advan iNumerous redoubts were encountered, and in most cases it a hand to hand fight to a finish with a stubborn enemy. North of Frecenburg was a redoubt called Borry farm, holding 60 to 80 ‘Bavarians with machine guns. The position was too strong for the infan- try to take. The Irishmen battled on until the troops which assayed an at- tack on the fortifications lay dead or wounded before But others pushed forward to Hill 35, and for a time that point was actually in British hands. Prisoners at Walla Walla Pen Start Rebellion Walla Walla, Wash., Aug. 22.—Ev- ery window on one side of the state penitentiary here has been broken and 1 doors are said to be weakening s a result of continued hammering by prisoners, who began a mutiny yes- terday. INVESTIGATE AFFIDAVIT Slope People Question School Teacher’s Dependency Claim Amidon, N. D., Aug. 22. eonal J. ‘Wells, Peaceful Valley township school teacher, is being investigated on the strength of an affidavit made to the Slope county exemption board stating that his parents were dependent on him for support. Queries are said to have developed the fact that his par- ents own a farm and that other broth-' ers living nearby contribute to their s j Support, yy ta ef NEBR with regard to details. SECOND DRAFT EARLY IN 1918 [5 PROSPECT | Expected First Increment of 678,- G00 Will Be Compicted Some- time in October TRAINING FACILITIES ARE TAXED TO THE LIMIT Washington, Aug. 22.—A full statis- tical report on the operations of the draft law will be prepared by the pro- vost. marshal genera office as soon as the organization of the first incre- ment of 87,00 men of the national been completed sometime in calling the second increment to the colors will be taken Training faciliti already are tax- ed to make ready for the men now available, and it is regarded as very unlikely that organizations of addi- tional 500,000 men for the national army can be begun until the early ing of 1918. r quarters nor personnel to n the force will be available be- fore that time. FOREST FIRES IN HONTANA AND IDAHO Missoula, Mont., Aug. 22.—United 1 States forest officia id today that they were facing the worst fire sit- uation that has arisen in western Montana and Idaho since the district was swept by a general conflagration in 1910. A rapidly growing fire west of Lolo Springs was fanned beyond contro} by a gale. A large fire near Beeley Lake is spreading. Fires just across the state line in Idaho have been surrounded | by fire lines and will be restricted un- til another call should arise, (German Socialists Clamor for Peace Copenhagen, Aug. 22.—After Chan- cellor Michaelis informed the main- ;committee of the Reichstag Tuesday that Germany would not reply to the} peace note, until she aad consulted ‘her allies, Socialist speakers who fol- jlowed him said they favored the) Pope's action as they would welcome any p capable of bringing peace, jand all the more because it was ex- pecied to hear results The centrists associated themselves Lwith the chancellor's remarks and said | | the pope's proposal marked extraor- | | dinary valuable progress toward peace, which was so ardently desired by all |nations. They hoped that the pro- ‘posals would meet with full success. The national liberal speakers said , they were unable as yet to examine closely the context of the papal note, but endorsed the chancellor's state- ‘ment. The conservatives also associ- ated themselves with Dr. Michaelis’ remarks, but reserved their attitude RAPID BLOWS DRIVE GERMANS BEFORE YPRES Important Positions Captured by ‘ British Are Hotly Contested by Teutons FRENCH OFFENSIVE NEAR VERDUN IS PROGRESSING Vienna Concedes That Italians Have Made Important Gains Against Austrians (By Associate. Press.) Another of the rapid succession of blows which the Eritish and French are striking at various points along the Franco-Belgian front fell this morning on the Germans in the Ypres, where the British were held last week in their drive in conjunction with the French forces to the north. At dawn the British advanced over the fiercely contested field between Langemarck and Frezenberg. No details of the new battle have been received thus far. The importance of those posi- tions is shown by the desperate coun- ter attacks last week by the Germans after Irish troops had made consider- able headway. ‘ Sharp Fighting Continues. Sharp fighting continues~ around Lens, in the outskirts of which ‘the British are making progress. in spite of the determined resistance of the Germans. Counter attacks ‘auring the ‘night, failed to shake the British from their new positions and further gains at some points are reported of- ficially from London. Continue Their Efforts. ig The Germans last night continued their efforts to recapture the ground gained_in the new: French. offensive, on the Verdun front. ‘Heavy-cowter attacks. were ‘made. on both sides of the Meuse, and although the Germans. were enabled to gain a footing tem- porarily in the new French: positions at points, they were soon driven out. The number of prisoners taken ‘by the French has reached 6,116. ‘Several strong attacks by the Germans on the Aisne front during the night were re pulsed, Loss of Selo. Vienna concedes that the Italians have forced back the Austrians at the loss-of the village of Selo, on the some points in the new battle of Iz onzo. The Austrian war office reports Carso front, and, the territory below Auzza, on the Izonzo south of Pal- mino. It is said more than 5,600 Ttal- jans have been captured. Rarly today ten Cerman aeroplanes approached the Trentish coast of England, and al- though they were unable to penetrate far inland, dropped bombs on the port of Dover. Two of the planes were brought down. Three persons were killed and two injured by bombs. Several airships visited the York- shire coast in England during the night. Only slight damages were in- flicted. Bombs were dropped on Hum- ber. 13,000 PRISONERS. Rome, Aug. 22.—/More than 13,000 Austro-Hungarian prisoners have been captured by the Italians in their of- fensive on the Izonzo front, the Italian war department announced today. The Italians have also taken 13 guns. General Cadorna reports that the Italians have gained new successes along the whole battle line. North of Gorizia the operations are proceeding regularly. To the north the struggle is localizing, especially on the Carso front. GLEN ULLIN MAN IN BAD FOR DRAWING BIG CHECK WITHOUT FUNDS E. Urdea, Garage Man, Alleged to Have Bought Automobile. With ‘‘Scrap of Paper’ E. Urdea, arrested at Glen Ullin. last night on a charge of issuing a check for $852.60 on the Farmers’ State bank at Glen Ullin, in which it is claimed he had no funds, was lodg- ed in jail here at noon today, and this afternoon he will be arraigned before Justice Blackreid. The check was made payable to L. F. Mohowald, Bismarck agent for the Allen automobile, and was given in payment for a car, which Urdea is al- leged to have driven to Glen Ullin, where he is engaged in the garage business .and there disposed of it, It is claimed. So far as can be gleaned from the defendant’s statements, he had a buy- er for the car before he came to Bis- marck, and he hoped to beat the check back to Glen Ullin and get the neces- sary money into the hank there be- fore the check showed up for pay- ment. Deputy Sheriff Rollin Welch and Chief of Police Martinson .made-the arrest, driving to Glen Ulin yester- day afternoon.