The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 27, 1917, Page 1

; Northern Pacific Advanced Fifty ve teen.million in the assessed valuation ® of.North Dakota railways, which to- » tal seventy million as against 51 mil- Worth of State Increases Approx- * commission, tentatively announced to- THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. 202 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1917. $380,000,000,00 | NHEAT ASSESSED VALUE OF NORTH DAKOTA imately $32,000,000 Over Total for 1916 RAILWAYS BOOSTED TO TUNE OF $19,000,000, Percent—Other Big Gains Reported The assessed ‘valuation upon which North Dakota will levy 1917 taxes will be $380,000,000, approximately $32,000,000 greater than in 1916, F. E Packard, chairman of the state tax day upon the practical completion of the work of the state board of equal- ization. The principal gain is nine- lion in 1916. The assessed valuation of the Northern Pacitic is boosted 51 percent; the Great Northern forty per- cent; the Milwaukee, 22 percent and the Soo line 16. A decrease of 50 percent is made in the assessed valu ation of the Midland Continental and the North Dakota railroad. All of the other minor lines are raised 15 percent. Telegraph properties are raised 100 percent and left at $800,000 as against $415,483 in. 1916. Telephones are boosted forty per cent to $1,900,- 000; express companies are raised 50 percent, to $700,000; Pullman com- panies are increased 300 per cent, to $100,000; farm lands are left at 216 millions, only the natural increase of three million, resulting from the addi- tion of a half-million acres of taxable property, being added. Personal prop- erty is left at $67,000,000 and town and city property a little short ot 14 millions, practically the same as in 1916. . The increase in assessed valuation of telephone companies largely is ac- counted for by the fact that there ara now on the tax rolls 683 lines, about 250 more than reported last year. Some of the big hoosts made in. equalizing property values among the various counties were: Bank stock, five to 300 per. cent; electric Hght plant, 20 to~100; all-gdods and mer- chandise, 30; all flour mills, 59; ele vators and grain warehouses ten to 125; all property not itemized, 30 per- cent; automobiles five to 25, ard trac- tors and engines five to 50 percent. The assessed valuation as return-d by 15 county boards were raised, the highest being 45 per cent in Grand Forks county. No reductions were made in any farm land assessments. State Auditor Kositzkv has veld that 325 millions of assessable p-op- erty will furnish the state suflicient revenue. Others are inclined to be- lieve that 880 millions left by the state board can be utilized. U.S, NAVY 10 LEAD WORLD I TYPE OF SHIPS Washington, Aug. 27.—Secretary Daniels expects to submit to congress this week estimates of $350,000,000 to he expended for a great number of destroyers. When the program is com pleted this will make the American navy ieader in ships of that type. CONSIDER ISSUE OF 11 BILLION I WAR CERTIFICATE ‘Washington, D. C., Aug. 27.—Consid- eration of the largest single financial bill in the history of the United States of $11,530,945,000 in war bonds and certificate proposals was begun today by the house, which plans to pass it this week if possible. Difference in the commmitiee centers around the proposals tax the issue and with this cleared up it appears that passage was to be expedited. SECOND CAMP. OPENS TODAY Fort Snelling, Aug. 27.—The second officers’ training camp opened today and at noon 1,600 men had reported and were assigned to their barracks and their companies designated. The ‘men are from Minnesota, Oregon, | North and South Daketa, Iowa and Neoraska. Col. Leach announced this morning that actual work of the camp will be- gin tomorrow. The camp will -have no cavalry ‘troops but will be cwm- posed of infantry companies, three field artilleries and one battery of coast artillery. MINIMUM WILL $2; GOODBYE By HARRY B, HUNT. Washington, D. C., Aug. 27.—The minimum wheat price the government will establish for the 1917 crop will be higher than the $2 per bushel min- imum fixed ‘for 1918 in the food con- trol law. The president's price fixing commit- tee’s investigations into costs and pro- duction conditions assure this. Although the committee is not yet through, indications are ‘the price for No. 2 red winter, the standard, will be around $2.15 per bushel, other grades scaling down, according to quality, to about $2. ‘Present market prices for war con- ditions, increased, labor costs, imple- ments and fertilizers and heavier tax- ation all have been considered. The figures finally to be announced, the committee believes, will be fair not only to the farmer, but also to the consumer. A price above $2 means there will ‘be no return to a five-cent, one-pound loaf of all-wheat bread until after next year. Although the government's prices are not given as minimum prices, they will, in effect, be such. They are simply prices at which the gov- ernment stands ready to. buy wheat. No one, of course, will sell to private) dealers at less. Farmers of the northwest wheat belt have been agitated by reports that Hoover and the president were out to hammer the price down around $1.65 per bushel. ‘These stories evi- dently were part of an organized prop- aganda against Hoover and the food administration. Although several of the price fixing committee, including the labor mem- bers, came tu Washington thinking a fair price would be considerably be- low $2 per bushel, not one member is now of that mind. With a minimum fixed by law for next year, any greatly iower price for this year’s harvest would be absurd. If a farmer could not sell now for more than ‘$1.50, but was guaranteed by law $2 for the same wheat next year, he would make 33 per cent by holding his crop. In the meantime he could borrow money on his crop from any bank. The government price schedule to be announced by Chairman Harry A. Garfield of the committee within the next week, will become effective for government purchases Sept. 1. DICKINSON IN CRIP OF FIRE: (701000 LOSS Plummer'’s Livery Barn Destroyed —Wolf Hotel Ablaze; Wind Fans Blaze ! Dickinson, N. D., Aug. 27.—Dickin- son is in the grasp of one of the most disastrous fires in its history. The j Plummer livery barn and most of its contents are completely -dest.oyed; the Wolf hotel is now ablaze, with lit- tle hope of saving any part of the structure, and the wind is fanning the blaze toward the Walton & Davis lum- ; ber yards, The Dickinson creamery is jeopar dized, and the Muth building is badly scorched. The fire is still raging in spite of heroic work on the part of} the Dickinson fire department. Efforts to ascertain the origin ol the fire are unavailable as yet. DEBATE ON WAR TAX BUDCET IN i BE OVER H A GARFIELD FINAL STAGES Washington, Aug. 27.—Leaders are’ preparing for a contest over the tax- ing of war profits. The senate today began consideration of the postage in- crease section of the war tax bill with debate on profits set for Wednesday. Increasing contention gave little prom- ise of sending the bill to conference before next week. | War taxation of newspapers and} magazines was the principal subject | of today’s debate. Leaders hope to dispose tomorrow or Wednesday of these taxation sections together with the provision of increasing letter post-j age one cent. Senator Hardwick of Georgia was among those prominent in the debat= on the postae increase. i Senator LaFollette is preparing an- other exhaustive address on war prof- its and is expected ‘to offer an amend-| ;Ment to take eighty percent of such ‘profits. If rejected there are other | members of his group who will offer} substitutes. | From Senator LaFollette’s clique their object an increase in the tax on} individual incomes. MAY REPLY THIS WEEK. Washington, Aug. 27.—A report to the Pope Benedict’s peace propvsar may be made by the government this week. Secretary Lansing today stat-, ed it would be made soon but declined | jt discuss the nature of the dispaten. | BACKGROUND OF USSIAN REGIME 15 DEMOCRATIC for Long Time Behind Czar’s Autocracy FOOLISH TO THINK SLAVS WILL MISUSE FREEDOM This is another of the series of articles by Charles Edward Russell, staff writer of The Tri- bune, who has just returned from Russia, where he spent three months as a member of the offi- cial United States commission to the new Russian government. By CHARLES EDWARD RUSSELL. (Copyright, 1917, by the Newspaper Enterprise Association.) One of the good, strong reasons why we can expect the dest from Rus- Sla is the Russian character. After all, character tells the story —for men of for nations. Strong charactered people, like the French for instance, once they get upon democracy can never afterwara be pried loose from it. It is the same way about the Rus- sians. We all have a habit of thinking tha! the Russians have been plunged sud- denly and with no preparation into democracy, and don’t know what to do with it. We also have a notion that Russia has never known anything but auto cracy and the very worst of that. Wrong About Both. We are wrong avout both. The background of Russia is democratic; before the tise of old Michael ,the tough old founder of the Komanoff house, there was as much democracy in Russia as there was at that time in any other country of northern Eu- rope. In modern times, tpe mir, or vil- lage organization of Russia, kept the spirit of democracy alive and gave it plenty of exercise under the very heel of the most vicious autocracy in the world. It is a queer thing to think of, that while the tyrannical government and the marvelous police and spy sys- tems were hunting out democracy high and low, the daily life of every village was fostering it and prepar- ing the ability and skill that in the end pushed the old throne over and now conduct the national govern- ment. : I should think that this ought to be enough to convince even the Cave Men that democracy is ordained and inevitable. The big things in a ‘national ,char- acter for democracy are a capacity for self-restraint and a capacity to work together. I will now point out two achieve- ments Of the Russians in self-restraint that [ think are in their way unequal- led in human affairs: 1. The old government of Russia was a horridle and beastly thing. It| has never been painted as it really: war, because there ar some things you can't paint. It was cruel, blood- thirsty and savage. Every intelligent Russian outside of its circle hated it with fierce and reasonable hatred. The fime came when it fell ana the people it had so terribly wronged stood over it ,lying there helpless. Things They Could Do. They could have done then to the former onpressors anything they pleased. They could have exacted a memorable revenge and history would have called it no more than justice. They could have adorned every lamp post on the Nevsky with the body of; some agent or member of the old ma- chine ,red with innocent blood. They could have confiscated prop- erty; with perfect reason they could | have tried 20 men, high in the czar’s | confidence ,and let the law take its course upon them. The very least you could expect was exile for the men that had looted Rus- sia and sent so many thousands to the living death of Siberia. The Russian people did none of these things. They limited their re- venge to the burning of police stations as a sign of protest against the hated ‘and the packers,” the statement sa: FARMERS. AR SENT FOND LFS COURACE PETAIN HOLDS ALL CAINS IN HAGAN WIRES} VERDUN SECTOR Commissioner of Agriculture In- cists Government Must Give Souare Deal WHEAT PRICE OF $2 TO $3 EXPECTED DURING DAY Bag Becieved Minimum Will Be Estab- lished Before Adjournment of Committee $2 OR MORE FOR WHEAT IS SURE _ Fargo, N. D., Aug.27.—Accord- of opinion of North. Dakota committee which obtained a. hearing before the price fixing committee in Washington, the price of wheat when fixed by that committee will be “$2 or more.” : The delegation’ réturned today and was favorably impressed with the delegation given by Chairman arfield. They were the only com- mittee given a hearing. Can i, “Northwest farmers are becoming discouraged, , They. feel there will be dimcrimination.) "They consider less Local Self Government Existed than $3 for wheat an.outrage. Many are laying plans ‘to decrease acreage. Kleven counties .report need of out- side assistance, Twenty-six counties must buy, feed, “Give /our farmers a chance to live. Immediate action necessary to hold. pragluction to nor- mal. ‘ This message irom Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor Hagan, and which fairly accurately reflects the conditions and sentiments obtaining in North Dakota as a whole, is in the hands of Food Administrator Herbert C. Hoover today. Expect Action Today. Advices from Washington are that the price fixing committee may arrive at a decision today, establishing a price of not less ‘than $2 nor more than $3, as the minimum, and that a report will be ready by Wednesday. The general impression is that the minimum will be somewhere around 2. This would lét the valley farm- er out, with his bounteous crops, but would not enable the average Slope wheat grower to muci more than break even, while in. yany cases. it will not represent tht cost of the grain, harvested and delivered to the local elevator. Will Get Good Price. It was announced at Washington last night that while it was not ex- pected that the farmers of the north- west would receive the $3 price for their No. 1 northern wheat, wh they state is a fair return for their Javor, risk andvinvestment, that the { prospects are that a better price than was at first suggested will be secured. The members of the North Dakota delegation have take1 a method that is aparently new to ihe Washington officials. When they first went there they were told thai tiey must go at the matter in a quiet and dignified man- ner, that they must present their argu- ments to the proper parties and then quietly await their decisions. The op- posite plan was used, however, and it seems apparently with success. Large advertisements were placed in the daily papers that the people might know the conditions as they existed in the western states, and the situa- tion that is faced by the grain grow. ers if they do not get a fair price for their ‘products. Must Keep Agreement. The fact that the government en- tered into an agreement with the farmers of the northwest in which they were promised a fair price and even a liberal price for their grain this fall is impressed upon the people and the members of the price fixing committee. It is also pointed out that it will be with great difficulty that a large acreage will be planted in the spring of 1918 if a good price is not maid for the 1917 crop. It is shown that it will be a financial impossibility for the farmers to respond to the call of the nation for food. if they cannot get the money out of the present crop. Hoover States His Duty. “My duty is simply to see,” said Mr. Hoover, “that the farmer receives a fair price, whatever that may be, and to see that the consumer obtains his bread without the speculative profits in between the farmer and the con- sumer. I assume that the farmer no more wants to bleed the consumer by obtaining more than a fair price. than he wants to be bled by the producers of food and other commodities who also are being asked io maintain fair prices.” Sligh@v More Than $2. The Garfield committee, it is under stood, will be ready to recommend a price by. the middie of the week Rumor pyts'this price at slightly more than $2. In a statement issued today, Mr. Hoovef tenied that tiere is any foun- dation for a statement that the food administration has any intention to fix prices of beef or pork products. “The administration hopes to devel- op by discussion with representative committees of the hog producers, the cattle producers, the commission men “greater stabilization of the industry during the war and in such a way as to encourage production and elim- inate speculative pro and risks. Ac- tion will be taken only after mature consideration.” Urges $3 Minimum. . A government fixed minimum price of $3 a bushel for No. 1 northern police. When the hated police ceased to fight against the citizens and soi- diers, their lives were spared. A few of the worst traitors were (Continued on Page Three.) wheat, other grades to'be priced on a differential not exceeding four cents a bushel, is urged in a resolution adopt- ed by representatives of the farmers | —— (Continued on Page Three.) “Yapture of 1,000 Prisoners Alse Reported by French Com- mander-in-Chief GERMANS RESUME ATTACKS IN THE AISNE REGION British Air Forces Renew Their | aids on Teu'on Eases Be- hind Belgian Lines (By Associated Press.) General Petain is holding all his gains in the Verdun offensive move- ment in the face of formidable counter attacks which the crown prince is now launching. The Ire cia command- er reported a repulse hist ii; assault in the newly won posilions in this sector. He announces also the capture of 1,000 prisoners yesterday when the French pushed forward two-thirds of a mile in the vicinity of Douamont village. The Germans have resumed their attack in the Aisne front region, where for iiauy days in July and early in August they met with repeat- ed checks in attempting to drive the French from the ground won in the spring offensive. The renewal of the attempt met with no success. The breaking of the crown prince’s thrust was announced today by the Paris war office. The British are continuing their massing of aviation forces against the bases behind the German front in Bel- gium. The dropping of a large num- ber of bombs on airdomes in St. Denis and Westleim is announced today. In the infantry operations the only oper- ation reported in this region is a suc- cessful trench raid this morning. RESULTS OF FIGHTING, Ottawa, Ont. Can., Aug. 27.—Re- sults of the fighting on the Canadian front are reflected in the casualties for the week-end. ‘he list issued today number , of whom 19 were killed and 83 died of wounds. REMOVING TRACES, On the French Front, Aug. 27.— While the soldiers of the active army are engaged along the Whole front ‘at- tacking the Germans or defending the rench positions against assaults of the German shock troops “their poor relations” comprising the troops of the second line are kept busy remov- ing traces of the destruction which marked the retreat of the Germans in March before the advancing French and British. A dozen bridges over rivers and canals as well as many locks which held the waters of the canal were blown up by the Germans as they hur- riedly retired, and are being rebuilt vy the French. In many instances the reaches of the canats tiaye run dry while the courses of the rivers have been blocked hy large masses of steel reinforced by concrete and_ stone, which if not removed would cause the whole surrounding country to be flooded in rainy weather or in case of frost, thus rendering impossible the — (Continued on Page Three.) WAR COUNCIL NEW FEATURE IN GERMANY Concession to Wing Demanding Parliamentary Reform by New Body of Advisors COALITION BODY OF FOURTEEN MEMBERS Berlin, Aug. 27.—If frank discussion and unblushing criticism are capable of bringing parliamentary reform, it may be said that Saturday's proceed- ings in the Reichstag have given in creased momentum to the movement. The discussion of national politics was continued yesterday. Chancellor Michealis twice took the floor to explain his newly created council of seven Keichstag deputies and seven members of the bundes- rath, over which he is to preside. The new council will hold its first meet- ing Tuesday to discuss the govern- ment reply to the papal peace note. Among other demands the coalition will urge the nullification of para- graph nine of the imperial constitu- tion barring Reichstag deputies from! Hl becoming members of the federal council. Detailed reports of yesterday's ses- sion of the main committee after which various factions apparently strove to outdo each other in the candor of their criticism, indicatea that the chancellor was an attentive auditor and showed no inclination t oppose some of the more emphatic demands. In a statement supplementing his speech in the forenoon, he said he would consent to consider the seven Reichstag deputies in the new coun- cil as representatives of their pulitt- cal factions. That the majority party are not inclined to give thte newly created council permanent imyport- ance are indicated by press comments. I JAP MISSION PAYS TRIBUTE TO WASHINGTON Washington, August .—The Jap- anese mission visited the national cemetery and especially the tomb of Durham White Stevens, the Amerti- can diplomat who played such a part in Chinese and Korean affairs. He was murdered by a native Korean in San Francisco in 1908. Yesterday the mission accompan- ied by Secretary and Mrs. Daniels of the navy sailed down the Potomac in President Wilson’s yacht, the tribute to the memory of Washington. While there the m devotion to the ¢ OSCAR H. WILL PIONEER SEED HAN SUMMONED Call Comes to Prominent Bis- marck Citizen After Months of Suffering sion affirmed its use of the Allies. RESIDENT OF CAPITAL SINCE SPRING OF 1881 Camo Here as Employe of Old Greenhouses—Funeral to Be Private Oscar H. Will, pioneer seedman of the northwest and one of Lsismarck's wealthiest and most influential citi: wens, passed away at 2:15 Sunday morning at his home on North Fourth street after having suffered since January 18, 1917, from a general! breakdown, which time and again in! the last few months threatened the sufferer’s life. Only a most remark- able vitality had kept Mr. Will alive all these weeks, and the end had been; anticipated hourly since Friday, when Mr. Will suffered his last relapse. At the deceased's own request, the; funeral services, to be conducted at the residence at at 2:30 tomorrow af- ternoon, will be private. . Rev. Bruce Ww. Jack$on, pastor of: the First Bap- tist church, will officiate, and inter- ‘Mayflower, to Mount Vernon to pay| FIVE CENTS RUSSIAS ~ ONVEREE OF SECOND CRIS Kerensky Makes Appeal to His People Pointing Out Ex- treme Danger TIME HAS COME HE SAYS TO STAND UNITED Threatens Relentless Discipline ot Blood and Iron to All Dis- turbers Moscow, Aug. 27.—Russia is passing through a period of mortal danger, Premier Kerensky told the national conference, which assembled in Mos- cow yesterday to consider the pres- ent situation of the country and con- sider plans. He declared that any at- ; tempt to take advantage of the con- ference for an attack on the national power, as embodied in the provisional government, would be repressed piti- lessly “by blood and iron.” Representatives of important poli- tical, economic, commercial and sci- entific organizations and persons prominent in public life are in at- tendance. “Those who think the moment has come to overthrow the revolutionary power with bayonets are making a mistake,” said M. Kerensky. “Let them take care, for our authority is supported by the boundless confidence of the people and by millions of sol- diers who are defending us against the German invasion. “Citizens, the state is now passing through a period of mortal danger. I do not say more, for you all under- stand. You see it, for each of you ex- periences it, in a different way. You all know the task incumbent upon you, for the struggle against a powerful, implacable and organized enemy de- mands great sacrifices, self-denial, deep love of our country, and the for- getting of domestic quarrels. Unfor- tunately, not all who are able are will- ing to offer all this on the altar. of their country, ruined by war, and thus vender the critical situation of our country more serious every day. “In our political life, this process of disorganization is worse, even causing certain nationalities living in Russia to seek their salvation, not in close union with the mother country, but in separate aspirations. .On-top: of all this came the shameful events at the front, when Russian troops, torgetting ment will be made at Fairview ceme- tery. Only the immediate family and most intimate associates will attend the rites. Born in New York. Oscar H. Will was born near Pom- pei Hill, N. Y., in 1855, He spent his! boyhood on a York state farm, and at! the age of fifteen entered the employ! of a brother, engaged in the nursery’ business at Fayetteville. In this ca- pacity Mr. Will remained until 1880. In the spring of 1881, he came to Bis-' marck, finding employment at the old Fuller green house. About the same time he took up a homestead svatn- east of Menoken and from his sav- ings invested in an ox team, which he drove to and fro between Bis- marck and Menoken while proving up on his claim. In 1882, the New Yorker purchased the Fuller green houses and establish- ed in connection therewith North Da- kota’s first nursery, devoted at the beginning to the culture and develop- ment of native shrubs and trees. Soon after that he added the seed business, also a pioneer industry for the north- west, and from that date to this the growth of the enterprise has been ra- pid and uninterrupted. Pioneer in Undertakings. In all of these undertakings Mr. Will was a pioneer in the northwest. It was in 1883 that he first began his experiments with native corns, grown hy the Mandans and Arickaras for hundreds of years in the sheltered valleys of the Missouri. The result of these experiments has been to place North Dakota and Montana perman- ently in the corn belt; to enable the raising of swine in a territory where this industry otherwise would have been impossible, and to add material- ly to the productiveness of northwest farms. With him his work was a re- ligion and a science. That it was re- markably remunerative was an inci- dent to the deep interest which he felt as a creator jn adding to the re- sources of the adopted state which he learned to love so well. As a citizen, Oscar Will was quiet and reserved, taking little interest in politics, but exerting a subtle influ- ence for the upbuilding of his town He served as a member of the Bis- marck board of education from 1909 to 1908, and the Will school was built under his personal supervision, but otherwise he was not active politic- ally. He lived unostentatiously. To the day he was stricken he was wrapt up in his work. Surviving Family. The deceased was united in mar- riage in 1882 with Miss Isabel Bird, whose family came to Bismarck from Boston in 1879. To this union were born two children—George F. Wilt. who has been associated in the busi- ness since the completion of his uni- versity work in the east, and Mabel Will-Lumry, who, with the widow, sur- ive. The only other living mem”ers of the family are two sisters—Mrs. Mary Tuttle of Syrasuse. N. Y., who ad been with her brother here for several months, and Mrs. John Ken- yon of Syracuse. Mr. Will was an active member of the American Seed Trade association. hich on the occasion of its recent meeting adopted resolutions of con- dolence, noting the serious condition of Mr. Will, and which has sent to the Will home many tokens of esteem for its stricken member, and of the Am- erican Association of Nurserymen. their duty to their country, gave way without resistance to pressure of the enemy and thus forged for their peo- ple fresh chains of despotism. “We fell so low because we could not free ourselves from the fatal in- heritance of the old regime that we hated but obeyed because we feared it. “Those who once trembled before © government of autocrats, now bollly march against the government with arms in land. But let them re member that our patience has its lim- its and that those who go beyond them will have to settle with a gov- ernment which will make them re- member the time of czarism. We shall be implacable because we are con-, vinced that supreme power alone can assure the salvation of the country.” The premier declared that the de-. structive period of the revolution had passed and that the time had come to consolidate the conquests of the revo- lution. “A little time ago we indignantly re- plied to a proposal to conclude a sep- arate peace,” continued the premier. “A few days ago we witnessed anoth- er attempt, equally base, directed to our allies. The latter rejected it with equal indignation and in the name of the great Russian people I say to our allies that it was the only reply we expected of them.” At this point the delegates arose and cheered loudly. The premier then paid a tribute to the Rumanians, say- ing that if they were forced temporar- ily to abandon their country, they would find hospitality in Russia. “The government will endeavor,” the premier went on, “to protect the army against the subversive influences which deprived soldiers of all sense of military duty and will struggle ener- getically against all attempts to cor- rupt discipline.” Regarding the question of food, the minister of trade and industry said the country’s position was extremely difficult; there was actual scarcity in several places and a minimum in Pet- rograd and Moscow. He was endeav- oring to maintain such industries as .remained and he thought it necessary to limit the profits of manufacturers in order to prevent them from becom- ing rich at the expense of the popu- lace. WILSON PROMISES AID. Washington, Aug. 27.—President Wilson sent to the members of the na- tional council assembled today assur- ance that the government is willing to extend ‘every material assistance” to the government of Russia. While no official comment was made by the government officials on Premier Kern- sky's speech before members of the council yesterday, it was made clear that the sentiment expressed by the Russian leader were heartily approv- ed here and that his declaration in- dicating the firm manner in which the council is preparing to deal with the enemy. President Wilson's cable follows: “7 take the liberty of sending to the members of the great council now meeting in Moscow the cordial greet- ings of their friends, the people of the United States, to express their confidence in the ultimate triumph of the high ideals of democracy and the self government against all enemies both within and without and to give renewed assistance and to extend to | —— (Continued on Page Three.)