The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 23, 1917, Page 1

(Generally Fale. THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. 199 THE BIS BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY AUGUST 23 1917. LOCAL ELEVATOR /MEET BARNES, UNCLE SAW'S GRAIN BOSS! HES BIG ENOUGH FOR JOB MUST MOVE GRAIN IN THIRTY DAYS No Distinction Made Country Warehouse and Terminal Storage SEED PROBLEM PUT UP TO U. S. DEPARTMENT Food Administrator Advises That He Hopes for Satisfactory Action on Matter TO BE HEARD. Fargo, Aug| 23.—A. W. Law- rence, of Fargo ,a member of the committee sent to Washington by the aFrgo Commercial club to pro- test against the fixing of the price of wheat lower than $3.00 wired the focal club today that the North Dakota delegation would be granted a hearing by the commit- tee. No definite date was set, ne said, but it was thought it would be soon as the price fixing cone mittee is reported to be ready to mame a price by next Tuesday. Previous efforts by the committee to obtain a hearing in which to lay their facts before the wheat price fixing committee had failed. No discrimination under the food regulatory laws of the United States can be made in favor of country ele- vators, Herbert C. Hoover, national food administrator, last evening ad- vised the state railway commission in response to its wire requesting more detailed information on the subject of the thirty-day clause whose attach- ment to North Dakota storage tickets was suggested in circular letters mail- ed elevator companies of the state by Mr. Hoover. Applies Equally to Both. “The regulations with the suggested provision applies equally to country and terminal elevators,” sayg ‘Mr. Hoover’s wire. ‘We expect to ap- Proach the question of preservation of seed grain stores in the northwest in connection with the agricultural department. But the provisions as to thirty days’ storage are framed to remove the possibility of utilizing pub- lic properties for foarding of grain. Would be glad for your cooperation.”. Would ‘Deprive-of Rights. ” This ruling. would deprive.the farm- er of the right guaranteed him in the original draft of the food -administra- tion bill to hoard ‘his own produce. It would also take away the right guar- anteed in the original draft of, suing the government should the price paid by the latter upon taking over the far- mer’s grain not prove satisfactory. The clause which Hoover suggests to be attached to the storage ticket is in effect a surrender of the farmer's interest in the grain, subjecting it to sale at the market at the end of thir- ty days. By thus waiving his rights the farmer who stores his grain under the agreement proposed. by Mr. Hoover would forfeit his right to sue the government if his wheat is sold at a ridiculously low and unfair price. The Seed Question. Mr. Hoover’s promise that the ag- ricultural department will interest it- self in the seed question is not con- soling. Once the farmer who has no storage capacity of his own places his prime seed wheat in a special bin in the nearest elevator he has no cer- tainty that he ever will see it again.| North Dakota grown _,droutl}proof wheat may be sent into the terminal markets and ground into flour, while the farmer gets back next spring seed which is not at all suited to ns prevailing in + North Da- Cooperative Elevators. Farmers’ Co-operative elevator com- panies may succeed in ignoring Hoov- er’s order by storing seed wheat for members only. The food bill, unless this clause has been eliminated, spe- cifically gives the farmer the right to hoard for himself his own produce, and as a co-owner of a farmers’ ele- vator company, the farmer may be held to be using his own storage ca- pacity for his own wheat. Situation Unsatisfactory. The situation as it now stands is not at all satisfactory, and the rail- way commission hopes to succeed in to Mr. Hoover evidence which will convince him that his thir- clause would prove presenting ty-day storage harmful. MANIAC MURDERER MILD MANNERED MAN, REPORTS HEAD OF STATE ASYLUM Mike Chumak Under Hydrother- apy Treatment Has Given No Trouble at Hospital Jamestown, N. D., Aug. Mrs. J. patient. hours after .his arrival here. troublesome. Between | letic, and after watching him in action 23.—Mike Chumak, maniac murderer of Mr. and H. Caldwell at their home near Taylor, and who was committed to the state hospital for the insane Jast week, is developing into a model The superintendent advises that Chumak, who was violently in- sane when he was brought to the insti- tution, has made no trouble since two The modern hydrotherapy treatment is he- ing used, and Chumak is sleeping on an average of nine hours each night, and is mild mannered and not at all Washingon, D. C., Aug. 23—Jullus}|] H. Barnes of Duluth, selected by Pres- ident Wilson to head the $50,000,000 grain corporation organized under the food administration, looks big enough for the job. ‘He is tall, broad-shouldered, ath- a few minutes, listening to his orders, seeing the dispatch with which he handles big problems as well as little and his keen understanding, one gains the impression that he is titted ment- ally, temperamentally and by training, no less than physically. Barnes has grown up in the grain trade. ‘He developed his own con- cern—Barnes-Ames Co., of Duluth, Winnipeg and New York—until it was the largest wheat exporting firm in the world. Following the declaration of war, however, his firm withdrew from bus- iness for the period of the war and Barnes volunteered his services to the government. He was placed in an ad- visory position with Hoover in the food administration, pending passage of the food control bill, and is now at the head of the corporation upon which the real work of stabilizing prices and distribution of wheat and flour will. rest. Next to business, Barnes’ chief in- terest is in good sports. In 1895 he was No. 1 stroke in the Duluth four- oared crew which won the cup at the regatta of the Winnipeg Rowing asso- ciation. One mark of his interest in this sport is his gift of a fine boat club house to Duluth. Last year he promised the club, then having 1500 members, that if it came through the regatta to be held that fall without a deficit he would give the club a nata- torium. The club made good and Barnes has just turned over to it a great natatorium costing $70,000. One hundred grain traders were at a meeting in Washington a few days ago at which Earnes’ plans were re- vealed. All dealing in futures was to be eliminated. A large number of grain men were to be put out of busi- ness and the dealings of others great- ly narrowed. Nevertheless the plan was unani- mously endorsed, although many deal- ers would suffer. Before any man may become a part of the food administration, he must divest himself of any interest in the grain or food business and must serve without pay. Barnes, in picking his assistants, the men who will have charge’ of buying grain at terminals, for instance, simply decided on the men he would like to have, tapped them on the shoulder and asked them to volunteer. Without ‘exception these men gave up their businesses and stepped into the ranks to serve wih Barnes. He had their confidence, their trust. ESKIMO. WHO ATE VICTIM FREED BY JURY, Unprecedented Story of Twen- tieth Century Cannibalism Is Revealed at Trial AUTHORITIES HAD LONG CHASE TO CAPTURE MEN By R. F. BURKHART. Edmonton, Alberta, Aug. 23.—The Eskimo Sinnisiak lives, a free man by the court’s decree, after killing and eating a fellow human being. His acquittal here on the charge of murdering Father Rouviere, after he and his fellow Eskimo Uluksuk had confessed slaying the two priests Mou- viere and Leroux and devouring their bodies as food, is the sequel to an unprecedented story of twentieth cen- tury cannibalism, followed by a three- year, 6,000-mile chase by Canadian mounted ,police through the Arctic snows to Jand their men in jail. The story's first scene is at Bloody Falls in the far Canadian Arctic, in the winter of 1913. It shows the two Catholic missionaries, armed against the beasts and perils of the northern wilds, slain by the Eskimos apparently because the natives thought the guns were meant for them, and acted in self-defense. At least that plea of jus- tifiable homicide through fear, won Sinnisiak his acquittal. Food is scarce there, at Bloody Falls and to the barren north, where snow buries the land 10 months each year, and this first scene revolts the reader of more civilized sections by showing the two Eskimos stripping the priestly robes from their victims, dismem- bering the bodies with their sharp j knives, and roasting the human flesh as a God-sent dainty to pre- serve lif Successive scenes portraying hero- ism as striking as the barbarism of the first grewsome canvas, depict the receipt months afterward of the news of the murder and the start of the mounted police on a search that was like hunting a needle in a glacier. Witness the departure of Inspector Lanouze with Constable Lamont and others, from Regina, away from the last outposts of real human warmth, with three years’ supply of provisions. Follows a long and heartbreaking chase down Peace river, through Lake Athabasca, down Slave river, past Fort Norman, up Swift Bear river to! Bear lake, the mounted police in the ice-cold water up to their necks bat- tling four days to drag their boat a mile upstream. There is a great storm during the passage of Bear lake, with ghastly sea- sickness added to the cold; renewed (Continued on Page Three.) Details of Saloniki WHOLE SEA. FRONT SWEPT FOUR FARGOANS RUSSIA. WILL FCAT ONLY 1 SAE HER IDEAL MICHT MAKES RIGHT POLICY IS DENOUNCED Charles Edward Russell Says She |Interesting Admission Made by Does Not Care 4 Hoot About Constantinople SLAV CONSIDERS HIMSELF ora eewne KT JULIUS BARNES ITHOUT HOMES. MILLIONS LOST Fire Show That Damage Was of Great Extent CLEAN OF ANCIENT PILES London, Aug. he first detailed account of the disastrous fires at Sa- loniki last Sunday is contained in a Reuter’s dispatch from that city, which says 60,000 persons are homeless and that property losses are enormous. In- surance companies are interested to the extent of two million pounds to three. million pounds. The scar of water made it al- most impossible to subdue the flames. Refugees are camping on the outskirts of the town. The destitute are being cared for by the entente military au- thorities, the British having 30,000 in their charge. [ood and fresh water are scarce. ; The ‘whole seafront sfrom ‘the cus- toms house to the famous white tower, including the famous Church of ‘St. Dimitri and several other churches and mosques, were destroyed. Three enemy aeroplanes flew over the city and dropped bombs while the fire was burning. IN GOLF FINALS ROUNDS TODAY Dickinson, N. D., Aug. 23.—The qua- lification and one elimination match were played yesterday in the North Dakota State Golf tournament. The score was large, owing to the near hurricane which blew all day. The feature of yesterday’s playing was a drive of 300 yards, made by Kostel- ecky of Dickinson with a mashie. Those who remain in the contest for the state championship are: Kostel- ecky, Hall, Mandig, Crawford, Hunter, Roquette and Berry of Dickinson; Briston, Stranahan, Sheldon and Mc- Nair, Fargo; McDonald, Finch and Kennedy, Grand Forks; Hintgen of Mandan and Thomas of Kenmare. The third match play round will be played today, also the qualification match for ladies. McDonald and Lovejoy of Grand Forks were forced to play 19 holes to- day to decide supremacy. Consolation matches will start to- day between those eliminated for state championship honors. Kostelecky and Mandig of Dickinson are predicted as strong contenders for the state cham- pionship with the odds in favor of the former. TOWNLEY WON'T SPONSOR VAN LEAR MEETING Minneapolis, “Minn. A Aug. 23.—A. C. Townley, president of the National Nonpartisan league, stated that the meeting at Lester Prairie Friday eve- ning advertised as a “Nonpartisan league meeting,” at which Mayor Van Lear of Minneapolis is to make av address, had not been authorized by the St. Paul headquarters. “We don’t know of any such meet- ing.” he said. “It is possible that someone has advertised it as a league meeting, but if so, it has been done without authority. No league meet- ings are supposed to be held without permission from the office, and our speakers are instructed not to dis- cuss the war.” Although advertised as a patriotic meeting, evidently the same propa ganda advocated by Mr. Van Lear at the recent Glencoe meeting will be preached, it is reported. ATTACKED BY LUMBAGO. Chicago, Aug. 23.—James W. Ger- ard, former ambassador of the United States to Germany. was still in bed with a case of lumbago this morning. Mr. Gerard was seized with the attack yesterday. - CITIZEN OF ‘THE WORLD Preservation of Its Democracy Is Only Need That Will Stir Slav te: Battle a This is the “fifth article by Charles Edward. .Russell, staff writer of The Tribune, since his return from Russia, where he spent three months as a member of the official United States com- mission to the Provisional Russian government. By CHARLES EDWARD RUSSELL. (Copyright, 1917, by the Newspaper Enterprise Association.) The Russian casuaities in this war so far are more than 7,000,000—killed, wounded and prisoners. Sometimes a Russian quietly and gently mentions this fact to an Eng- lishman or an American that is lec- turing him about Russia’s duty in the present emergency, and then the [Eng- lishman or the American finds it hard to carry on the conversation. In spite of her terrific losses Russia will go on and fight, but she wants to fight for something worth while and not because somebody tells her to fight, and not for the things nations usually fight for. Warm Water Port. For instance, Russia doesn’t give a hoot about Constantinople and a warm water port. T have tried ‘hard to make some of my English-speaking friends under- stand this, but have never had any luck. Somehow, it doesn’t take hold. It slides off their minds like a cat’s claws on a granite shaft. It doesn't seem to find anything to stick to. They can’t understand a nation so foolish. A warm water port—it would mean everything to the future wealth, prosperity and commercial greatness of Russia. At present her only ports on her European side are frozen up five or six months of the year and she is therefore strangled in her commer- cial development. If she had Con- stantinople she could spread her bus- iness ‘and influence very likely over all the ‘world. The typical Russian knows this very well, but he doesn’t care, and the rest of the world will not get hold of the Russian situation until it under- stands that he doesn't care and why he ‘doesn't. The fact is, he isn’t looking for the commercial aggrandizement of Rus- sia. He dosn't care to'see the Rus- jan flag floating in all the Seven ss. He hasn't the slightest inter- it in the fact that Russia with a port open-all the year could crowd ing: land out of this market and America out of that. Poland Lost to Russia. He isn’t disturbed by the fact that ‘Poland is lost to Russia. If the Pores want to go off and flock by them- selves and will not be happy until they have a house of their own, let them go to it. Goodbye, old tops! Here's luck and a pleasant time for all. The typical Russian would no more think of killing some Poles because some other Poles wanted to be free than he would think of killing his son because he didn’t like cabbage soup. And it isn’t merely a passive feeling with him. He thinks it is dead wrong to be dealing in conquered territories and slicing up maps and all that sort of thing and his mind is firmly decid- ed that he will not do it. Let Turkey keep Constantinople till the crack of doom, for all he cares. Well, then, what does he care about? What does move him? Why, democracy and his dream of universal brotherhood and good will. H» wouldn't fight anybody to gain a dozen warm water ports; he wouldn’t shed any blood for any amount of territorial expansion or trade. Will Fight Hard. But he will fight as hard as any other man in the world, and perhaps a little harder, if he thinks his democ- racy is in danger, or the revolution, light of his soul and breath of his life, may be overthrown. So then here is a new force let loose in this world, and gentlemen that love wisdom and pursue it would do well to consider it with the utmost attention, because, believe me, if it isn’t suppressed it will tear up more things than musty old thrones and put more relics-on the curio shelf than foolish doddering old kings. The Ideal that is the Real—that is Russia. It means business, it is in most serious earnest, it will endeavor not merely to live up to its doctrine but to spread it, and providing Germany doesn’t overrun the Russian defense before the United States can get in- to the fight, you are likely to see the bulk of Russia's new social philosophy put into autcau practice in Russia. 1 know this is a startling assertion, and one note in accordance with the accepted beliefs in this country. But gentlemen that are sceptical about a Realized Utopia haven't spent days and nights in the Kussian National Council of ‘Workmen's, Soldiers’ and Peasants’ Deputies I have. That, makes the difference. Citizen of World. But anyway, it is plainly of no use to tell this Russian that he ought to go out and fight that Russia may be great in territory or in commerce. He German Imperial Foreign Secretary . CO-OPERATION WITH REICHSTAG POSSIBLE Peace Proposals of Pope Will Be Submitted to That Body Be- fore Action Amsterdam, Aug. ‘—A policy based on might alone, and not on right is doomed to failure from the he- ginning,” was the interesting admis- sion made by Dr. Richard Von Kuehl- mann, German imperial foreign secre- tary, in his maiden speech to the main committee of the Reichstag yester- day. 3 Dr. Van Kuehlmann emphasized the necessity of studying enemy psychol- ogy so that “no soft words should be wasted when the other side holds rig- idly aloof. On the other hand no hard words should be uttered when war conciliatories feelings become manifest.” TO COOPERATE WITH REICHSTAG Berlin, Aug. 23.—The Liberal press points out as a significant feature of the two days’ session of the main com- mittee of the Reichstag, the chancel- lor’s sattement that the Reichstag would not take action on the tabled peace note without consulting and ad- vising with the committee. This be- ing redeemed as a pledge that the government henceforth intends to co- operate with the Reichstag factions in dealing with the problems of the na- tion’s foreign policies. COMMENT NON-COMMITTAL. Copenhagen, Aug. 23.—Berlin dis- patches indicate that the German newspapers comment on the address of the chancellor as almost non-com- mittal as to the speech itself. The Vorwaet and the Tageblatt single out the chancellor's promise to sub- mit to the Reichstag Germany’s an- swer to the Pope’s proposal as the best features of the Reichstag’s main committee. SEMATE TRYING T0 FIK WAR TAY LOAD Washington, D. C., Aug. 23.—Making war profits and millionaire incomes pay the greatest part of the war cost engrossed the senate today in its con- sideration of the war tax bill. Al- though yesterday's amendment re- stored the house amendment for high- er rates for income taxation and ran the tax on millionaires up to 67 per cent, Senator LaFollette’s proposals for still higher rates came up today with many senators supporting them. “It is pretty late for the gentlemen who agreed to the report of the fi- nance committee to jump upon the people of the country and pose as defenders of the people having small and moderate incomes,” Senator La- Follette said. “Taxes ich the com- mittee propose to levy on coffee and tea and sugar, passenger and freight rates, transportation of second class mail and parcel post, totaled $406,350,- 090,” the senator said. He added that if his amendment were accepted all those taxes would be eliminated. Power Boat Regatta Starts at Mill City Minnapolis, Minn. Aug. 23.—New speed records were expected to be established at the annual regatta of the American Power Boat association, which opened here late today with hundreds of motor boat enthusiasts present from various parts of the country. The regatta will continue to- morrow, Saturday and Monday. ‘The series of three races of 30 miles each will be run for the Association's challenge cup, known as the “gold cup.” Miss Minneapolis, winner of the cup last year, and holder of the world’s record of 66.66 miles an hour, again is a favorite this year. A new alum- inum engine, lighter, but more pow- erful than the one used last year, has been installed. Money raised by the regatta will be used in equipping the Dunwoody aerial coast patrol, which is being organized here. EMBARGO PLAGED ON EXPORTS OF SULPHUR Washington, Aug. 23.—An embargo has been placed on exports of sul- phur to Canada, in order that the sup- ply for war needs of the United States may not be unduly depleted. Cana- dian wood pulp mills furnishing sup- plies for about three-fourths of the wsprint paper in the United States will be seriously affected. BODY WASHED ASHORE. Washington, Aug. 23.—A body iden- tified as that of Russell Alexander Williams has been washed ashore and doesn't want to be great in either . It is useless to talk to him about his racial obligations tothe Slavs of; (Continued on Page Three.) | buried according to a consular report from England. Williams was a mem- ber of the crew of the submarined steamer Maltino. France Probably Will Not Reply to - Pope Senaritely Paris, Aug. 23.—France probably will not answer the pope's peace note individually, since it has not a repre- sentative at the vatican, but Great 3ritain no doubt will return a collee- tive reply in the name of the allies. The French government's views there- fore are unobtainable unofficially. An important figure in the political life of France, whose specialty is for- eign policy, said to the Associated Press today that while the humani- tarian character of the pope’s step was incontestable, ne had, in ignoring the Balkan question, passed over the most formidable problem with which the peace negotiations will have to deal. This question, it was stated, in- volved a mass of contradictory inter- ests, and irreconcilable rights of all nations the history has spread about the Balkan peninsula. Regarding the Belgian question, it is stated, it was impossible to recon- cile the independence of which the pope spoke with the regime of servi- tude prescribed by the Germans. GERMANS FIRE ON RED CROSS HOSPITAL CORPS, Nurses Killed Had Just Finished Binding Up Wounds of Teuton Prisoners INSIGNIA OF SOCIETY VISIBLE TO AVIATORS On the French Front, Aug. 23.—The incendiary bombs which were dropped by two German aviators on hospitals behind Verdun on Sunday killed 10 wounded men, one woman nurse and 19 trained male nurses. They wound- ed 41 male nurses and inflicted further injuries on patients suffering from wounds received in battle, many of whom rushed out naked to nearby fields to find shelter. Meanwhile the German aviators cir- d about in the air for half an hour firing their machine guns at ‘hospital orderlies who were endeavoring to ex- tinguish the flames. The nurses had just finished bandaging 180 wounded German soldiers who . had been brought direct from the battlefield and had gone to bed when the bombs were dropped from, a height of only 300 yards. The Red Cross signs were painted prominently on the roof, and the Germans knew of the hospital, which had been in existence for more than a year. POPE BENEDICT DOES NOT EXPEGY ANY EARLY REPLIES T0 PROPOSAL Kansas City, Aug. e23.—Pop Bene- dict did not expect early peace to re- sult from his proposal to the belliger- ent nations that hostilities be ended, according to a statement by Monsig- nor Giovanni Bonanzo, apostolic dele- gate to the United States, who is here today to attend the convention of the American Federation of Catholic so- cieties, which begins next Sunday. American Consul At Odessa Insulted By Russian Mob Odessa, Aug. 23. ”23.—During a manifes- tation here yesterday a number of Bolsheviki attacked American Consul Ray and knocked off his hat, where- upon a number of hooligans surround- ed the council and declared they would shoot everyone who failed to take off their hats in their presence. The public intervened, and the dis- turbers disappeared. War Department Considers Giving Soldiers the News Washington, D. C. Aug. 23.—Sug- gestions are reaching the war depart- ment as to the advisability of estab- hing soldiers’ newspapers i the army abroad at once to furnish the soldiers with a brief resume of home news as well as publishable facts of what is going on in France. BITUMINOUS COAL PRICES FIVE CENTS TALY'S DRIVE MEETING WITH CREAT SUCCESS Austrian Losses in First Two Days of Battle Estimated at 30,000 FIGHTING ON VERDUN FRONT HAS DIED DOWN Germans Continue Attacks on Aisne Front With But Little Progress PRESSING HOLLAND, Washington, D. C., Aug. 23.— Germany is increasing her eco- nomic pressure on Holland, and now refuses to let steel go into the Netherlands for shipbuilding Purposes unless the Dutch devote the ships to German usage for a period of five years after the war. (By Associated Press.) Italy’s great effort on the Isonzo front is meeting with continued suc- cess, Rome reports officially, and her | troops are proceeding toward realiza- tion of their objectives. Further y sround has been gained, both on the nerthern and southern wings. Austri- an counter attacks of great severity are being repulsed. The Austrian losses in the first two days of the battle are computed un- officially in Italy at 30,000. Fighting on the Verdun front is dying down. The French objectives north of Ver- dun apparently have been attained, and except for the capture by the French of a small fortified position, no infantry on in this sector is reported. 1 number of prisoners has reached 7,639. The Germans continued their at- tacks on the Aisne front last night, but met with no better fortune than heretofore? Several assaults near Lauffaux Mill, Alles and Cerny were repulsed. The German government has ac- knowledged at the vatican the receipt of the papal peace note, promising to examine it carefully. The Germans are continuing suc- cessfully the new offensive on the extreme northern end of the Russian front. Berlin gives few details of this fighting and it is not yet clear wheth- er they have committed themselves to a sustained offensive i in the north. FIERCE RESISTANCE, British Front in France and Bel- gium, Aug. 23.—Definite success can be recorded this morning for the lat- est British operations east and north- east of Ypres on the E ‘ian front, which yesterday was surrounded by much uncertainty, owing to the fierce- ness of the resistance offered by the Germans. SITUATION SERIOUS, Petrograd, Aug. 23.—The situation in Finland is serious, as the result of continued difficulty in forming the cab- inet and persistence of the socialists to renew sections of the dissolved landtag on Aug. 29. To Disperse Landtag. According to the evening newspa- pers, Premier Kerensky instructed Governor Stakhovitch to prevent at all costs a reopening of the landtag, and if necessary, to surround the building and compel the members to disperse. The governor has conferred with the commander of the Baltic fleet. RECEIVED BY POPE. Rome, Aug. 23.—British and Belgian ministers accredited to the vatican were received separately by the pope today and inquired as to the meaning of the reference to the freedom of the seas in the pope’s proposal. The pontiff replied he intended to give to this condition the same meanings as that of President Wilson in his mes- sage. ATTACK ZEEBRUGGE. London, Aug. 23.—The important submarine base of Zeebrugge and oth- er nilitary objectives in Belgium were attacked yesterday by British airmen, the admiralty announces. All the ma- chines returned safely. GERMAN STATEMENT. Berlin, Aug. 23.—In the fighting yes- terday in the region of Verdun the German general headquarters today report the Franch changed a footing i only in the German foremost trench ona mall front to the west of Vach- rauville-Beaumont road. ‘BEAN GROWERS. MEET WITH FOOD DICTATOR Washington, D. C., Aug. 23.—Bean growers and dealers after a i-vo days” conference with the food admmistra- tion, announced today that they would co-operate with the government in see- ing that the public receives as large a supply of beans as possible at a rea- sonable price. They recommended a discontinuance of future trading in beans. FINED BY WILSON EFFECTIVE] wing Wessels Toll Washington, D. .—Secre- tary Tumulty today telegraphed to E. F. Wallace, secretary of the St. bouis Coal club, that President Wilson had authorized him to say that the bitu- minous coal prices, fixed in the presi- dent’s order of Tuesday, became ef- fective at once. Mr. Tumulty’s tele- gram was in response to an inquiry as to the date the coal prices took ef- fect. Of Subs in Week Paris, Aug. 23.—In the week ending Aug. 19, five French vmiships of 1,600 or more tons were sunk by mines or submarines, according to the weekly office reports. Four vessels under 1,600 tons were sunk. No fish- ing vessels were destroyed. Three at- tacks by submarines failed.