The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 28, 1917, Page 1

re | THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. 203 THE BISMA BISMARCK, NORTH Danora TUESDAY AUGUST 28 1917. FIVE CENTS ROAD TO PETROGRI BUT 10 PERCENT EXEMPTION FOR FARMER CLAIMS Number of Discharges Granted by District Board Runni-g Lower Than Expected { ‘ ONLY BONAFIDE OWNER OR OPERATOR FAVORED Majority of Those Let Off Have Had Depend:nts to Re- ceive Consideration Exemptions of the registrants who claim discharge from the draft as ag- ricultural workers are running be- tween cight and ten percent of the total number of applications in North! Dakota. This percentage is far low-! er than had generally |;een anticipat- ed. It will mean that a very small proportion of all the workers who have appealed to the district board for discharge can be accommodated. In a maojrity of instances where agricul- tural workers have been exempted by the district board, they not only were bonafide farmers—owners or renters of farms which they actively operated —but they also had dependents who entitled them to consideration. Only two counties have been ¢on- sidered to date. The board only be- gan yesterday wading into the ‘moun- tain of claims which confronts it. Adams county had comparatively few; claims for exemption on agriculturat grounds and was quickly disposed of. ‘fhe number of claims from McLean county,» the second considered, was rather large, but, the board had run through this list by noon today and took up a third county this after- noon. In practically every instance where the board has ‘considered a claim in the last two. days its action will be final, so far-as this board is con- cerned: The next source of appeal for the man: who; stilj-feels he should not, be.called upon. to fight is the. presi-|' dent. ‘it is: not anticipated that any considerable number of appeals will} be ‘carried over the head of the North Dakota district hoard. It is a repre- sentative body which may be pre- sumed to be fully. conversant with conditions here at home, and if it does not exempt a man it will omy be in the most exceptional cases that an appeal carried to the president can hope to receive favorable attention. RAIL BOARD BUSY; HEARINGS WILL GO OVER FOR HARVEST Chairman Aandabl Running Eng- ine; Bleick in Fields; John- son Making Hay Because farmer members of fhe North Dakota railway commission are too busy getting in their 1916 crop or helping neighbors get in th«irs to con- sider other matters just now, it is probable that unimportant railway and telephone hearings scheduled for the coming week will be postponed until the harvest rush is over. Chairman ‘S. J. Aandahl writes from Litchville that he is th8 engineer of a big threshing rig that is simply eat- ing up the fields around there. Wheat, he advises, is running 10 and 12 bush- els to the acre and is of splendid quality. He wants to be let off if it is possible, for there’s no one else to run the engine. Charles W. Bleick is busy with the harvest around Elgin, and'M. P. John- son of Tolley, state president of the Equity and the third member of the board, is down in Wisconsin and Min- nesota looking up the prospects of getting hay and of getting it hauled to North Dakota to save the hundreds of herds which must be sacrificed if forage at a price the iarmer can af- ford to pay cannot be provided. There is, anyway, a hull in rail boara affairs pending a decision of the price fixing committee as to the sum which the farmer is to get for his wheat. Until this is determined, no great amount of wheat will move, for the grain grower is averse to buy- ing a pig in a poke if he doesn’t have to. OFFICER WITH PERSHING FORGE KILLED IN ACCIDENT New York, Aug. 28.—Word of the first casualty to an officer in General Pershing’s forces in ¥"rance was re- ceived today by the marine corps in | a cablegram announcing the death in! a motorcycle accident of Frederick Walstrom, of the marine corps. Von the subject, Zowever, and it hasn’t TALCOTT FEELS History to Ulysses S. Grant isn’t going to ast to as- sist history in repeating itself if his better half can help it—and judging from the tone of her letter to the dis- trict board she has some confidence in her ability. Said U. S. Grant lives up state, is of military age, and: was accepted by his local. board. Apparently he didn’t urge his claims for exemption very strongly, or the board did not consid- er them favorably, for Ulysses is up to the district ‘board as a candidate for select service. And here. Mrs. “Grant. steps in. She doesn’t want Ulysses to go to war. She feels the family has done enough for jfs coun- try, and that, the proper place for Mr U. S. Grant is beneath his own vine and fig tree, Therefore theres a chance that new lustre may not be shed on this glorious name. The dis- trict board still has something to say come to Mrs: Grant’s.claim for exemp-} tion, filed on behalf of her Ulysses. How He Trembles, “The board he think my boy trem- ble because he fraid. That not- so— he trembles all the while,” writes a doting German.’ mother whose boy was passed as physically perfect by a local exemption board in spite of ' them, aged U. S. Grant Won’t Help Repeat If His Wife Can Help It the fact that he trembled. This fond mamma declares her boy the best all- around low and lofty. trembler in the county. He tremodles just as easily us other men breathe, and it isn’t a lack of nerve at all but an overplussage of nerves, she assures the board. She doesn’t want her little trembler to go into the battle line where his trembling might be misinterpreted by some cousin or uncle or other rela: tion on the German side of the trenches, and in very good Teutonic script she so advises the district board. Pitiful Case. A pitiful case which sheds new light on the great| American home comes from another claimant. who de- clares himself the sole support of one father and one mother, Other members of the family. he naively ad- vises, are his little brothers, three of 20, 19 and 17. Maybe he'll get his, and maybe not. He's a Farmer. Then there's a proud mamma who declares her boy's a real,’ for-sure- enough farmer. He worked two months on 2 farm last year and he expected to work two months this but he didn’t like the 1917 (Continued’ on Page Three.) CONFIDENT OF UARE DEAL Wires Governor~ Fazer That. Committe Is Taking Fast3 Into. Consideration DECLARES RUMORS OF LOW PRICE UNFOUNDED | Confident that the price fixing cor mittee at Warhington will give the North Dakota farmer a square deal on- his wheat crop is expressed in a wire received by Governor Frazier this morning from Warden’F. S. Talcott of the state penitentiary, who repre- sents the Flickertail chief executive at the national capital. Warden Tal-| cott wir “The committee is still deliberating. Northwest wheat growers’ interests ‘are being urgently and earnestly pre sented before the conference. Fu lic rumors of price to be fixed below $? are wholly without foundation. Rep- resentatives of the states of North and South Dakota and Minnesota, aft- er consulting members of congress and United States Treasurer Burke, have had an opportunity to interview, Chairman Garfield and members of the committee and find that detailed facts of the cost of production, the importance of making good the gov- ernment’s promise of liberal prices, etc., all clearly presented before them, but the committee is trying to find a middle course between the interests of the producer and the consumer. Dr. Ladd is working tirelessly and effec- tively for fair consideration of the farmer's interests and especially is looking after the spread of price be- tween grades and the price of durum wheat. “A strong point to urge is that the price must be high enough to bring this year’s crop to market and to en- courage large acreages sown to wheat next year. Have arranged for anoth- er interview tomorrow morning. De- cision possibly will be reached late tomorrow. | | “F. maces Bae OTT.” ALLIES WILL DETAIL MEN T0 HELP MILITIA Washington, Aug. 28—A group of French army officers, specialists in trench warfare, will be attached to national guard and national army camps under plans worked out by the! war department. British and French governments have been asked to de- tail officers, and probably eight or 10 will be assigned to each of the 32 camps. The foreign officers will not come in direct touch with the Ameri- can troops. ‘The training will be done entirely by the American officers of the companies, regiments or brigades, but the American officers will have the opportunity to consult their foreign associates who have had actual train- ing at the front. HOMESTEADERS UNLUCKY Lose All Their Property and Clothing When Shack Buras New England, N. D., Aug. 28,—Mr. jand Mrs. Nick Ebner, who recently came from Chicago to homestead, lost all of their money and everything in the way of clothing, except what they had on their tacks, when their shack | No details of the nature of the ser-; vice.Liutenant Walstrom was engaged in when he met death were con- tained in the message. was destroyed by an explosion of gas- oline. Mrs. Ebner was badly burned in an effort to save something from jthe wreck. 1 CANADA. NEEDS 16,000 i FOR HARVEST Unless United States A:sists Bulk of Wheat Will Be Im- periled DOMINION OFFICIALS URGE ACTION NOW Winnipeg, Can., Aug. 28-—-If Minne- sota, the Dakotas and Jowa cannot supply,.western Canada’s needs of 16,- 000 more farm hands then the’ bulk of the 300,000,000 bushels of wheat in Manitoba, Saskatchewan’ and’ Alberta | | ‘tary salute, BURSA ULLED BY ESRD 1OTCAS tain Mattes of lattery A, Second | Minois field artitigry, was killed by} rioling negro.soldiers at Camp Logan, Houston, Texas, when he tried to per- de them to. return to camp and their attacks G2 policemen and while residents, % Today over’a flag-draped grave, in a cemetery here, taps were sounded nd a picked: squad of men from the ond Ilindis infantry fired a mili- the last rites over the body of Captain Joseph W. Mattes, who was killed ‘while attempting to quiet negro soldiers participating in a race riot atHousion, Texas, last week. The body was escorted from the church to,the cemetery by a picked battery of artillery, 1,200 civil- jan members of a-soviety that Captain Mattes belonged to, and a deputation of S: h war veterans, 52 MORE HE aI BY COUNTY BOARD Burle‘gh’s N:t Quota Now Ex- eceded by More Than Nec- will be seriously imperiled. This was the stutement railway and immigration of close touch ‘with harvest in western Canada. More than 0) hands are needed for har. esting in Saskatchewan and alout “6,060 wanted for work in Manitoba feld The immigration oflicials are depend- ing upon the har sou in the four states to release for the western Canadian farmers a large number of farm hands for this purpose. SCHOOL BOOK SUPPLY LOW IN GERMANY Amsterdam, Aug. 28.—The supply of school books in Germany will soon be exhausted, according to the Vossiche Zeitung. Publishers of school books have been notified that tiey may use what stocks of paper they now have on hand, but they will not be allowed any more paper for Looks. TO DISCUSS POPE'S PEACE PROPOSALS Copenhagen, Aug. 28.—Pope Bene-, dict's peace note will be the principal subject of discussion at a meeting in | Berlin this evening in which Chan- ' cellor Michaelis, members of the Ger- | man parliament and members from! Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony and Wurtem- burg will participate. s-eports from) the German capital add that Dr. M chaelis will leave for Belgium imme- diately after the meeting, where he will confer with the governor general, Baron, von Falkenhausen. TWENTY-ONE. BILLION NEECED FOR WAR: Washington, Aug. 23.—Secretary 4+ McAdoo appeared before the house ways and means committee today to discuss the forthcoming administra- tion $11,53,945,460 bond and certificate bill and to explain the expected re- quest of the treasury for an addition- al two Dillion dollar bond issue to be made by congress. Democratic Leader Kitchin declar- ed that the new treasury estimate probably will make necessary to in- crease to $21,000,000,000 the amount available for the government for the { i | | , Bismarck, N. “e:sary Ten Per Cent iLL COME SOON FOR FIN8T CAMP GROUP A with 52 men cer voard yesterday, iBB coun well over 1 ten perceat to allow for rej and discharged by the district voard. Gf the 52 engibles selected by the lo- cal exemption board from the second Glass Of ZuU registrants, a large num- ber are expected to file claims fos exemptions on agricultural grounds Waa ine district .oard, but no appli- cation for discharge has been madu by any of these men to the local boards. ‘fhe call for Burleigh’s first thirty percent to mobilize here preparatery lo entraining for Camp Dodge at Des Moines, la., is expected within a few days. It is expected that the .irst contingent will leave for Des Moines on september 6 The district board, has thousands of claims for agricultural exemptions to consider. Six hundred claims came in yesterday alone, and it would appear that a very large percentage of the a2le-bodied, unmarried young men of North Dakoia are actively engaged in farming. The district board expects to begin the consideration of tuese claims this week. Burleigh’s List. Burleigh’s second list of select ser- vice men, which went to the district board yesterday, follows: David W. Smith. D., Paul Stafki, Wing, N. D., 207. Frank Van. Vicet, Lismarek, N. 2g, Adolph Ruverg, lismarck, N. D, 212. Otto Hoge, Baldwin, N. D., 214. alles C. Clooten, 401 9th Bis- marck, D. 217. Floyd Np Paris, 218. K a rar Harry Rasche, Paldwin, N. |D., Prank J. Johnson, marck, N. Rudolph Carlander, 6 3rd, Bismarck, N. D., 229, Gust Hill, Ta Rudolph G. H. Pismarek, N. D. Peter Tamis, Van D., 257. nee Albert Pet: rson, Wilton, N. D. 401 Front street, Bismarck, N. D., 411 10th Bis- Minn., 230. verud, 216 Thayer. 19, Horn, Bismarck, Joseph Murray, 22 Sth, Bismarck, D., 268 N. D. ‘aitred A Quale. Driscoll, N. John Haroldson. McKenzie, 74. Roland Stillson. !'aldwin, N. D. Roy Kendall, Moffit. N. D., Carl Kylazezuk. Wilton, N. D. Herman Engstrom, Wilton, 287. James Evert Baker, Moffit, N. 90. Leon aoe N. D., 30 Cc igs cf Roberts, Menoken, N. D.. 302. John Sabot. Bismarck, N. D., 303. Owen W. Tice, Wing, N. D., Walters, 22 8rd, Bismarck, ; Present fiscal year. (Continued on Page Three.) Crucial AUSTRIA WAY CLARE WAR ON AMERICA Financial 4d Given to Italy Ex- Formal pected to Briny Breas ITALIANS ATH BRAKING TOWN SELISTANCE On French Front the German Counter Attacks Fail to Regain Ground Washington, Aug. 28.—The pos- sibility that Austria and other al- lies of Germany may soon declare war against the United Stares, because of the financial aid given to Italy is recognized by adminis- tration officials. It was explained today that there is nothing in the existing situation that would cause the United States to take the initiative ,but that an anomal- ous state of affairs may result in broadening the war does exist was not denied. Relations of the United States with Germany's allies are defined as still in a state of broken diplomatic rela- tions. (By Associated Press. Somewhat slowly, but nevertheless surely, the Italians are — breaking down the resistance of the. Austrians in the region around Monte Santo, north of .Gorizia, aud making their way eastward toward the border of Upper Carniola. In their endeavor to hold back the Italians, the Austrians have brought to this sector large numbers of fresh HE'LL TAKE YOUR | MONEY FOR SAMRY Want to help Sammy take to France some of the comforts of home, while he fighting to preserve your home? W. A. Cochran will take your money, and spend it wisely. Cochran, with offices in Paris, is to be in charge of distributing funds for Y. M. C. A. work among American soldie TEN OLD CUSTER COUTS SURVIVE ON RESERVATION Holy Cross Makes List of ‘Sioux Who Served Victin of Lit- men, and at last reports the fighting was most intense, but with the Ital-! ians having overcome the resistance of the Austrians at various points. Virtually nothing is being vouch safed in the Itallan official communt-! cations which even approximately re cords the advances General Cadorna’s men have made since they began their offensive from the region of Tolmino to the sea, the Italian war of- fice prodably desiring to conceal from the enemy the exact objectives it has in view. Counter Attacks Thrown Back, On the front in France, the Ger- mans have been. throwing counter-at- tacks against the French line in the region of Verdun, but not only have the forces of General Petain main-, tained their gains in their entirety, but have taken more than 1,100 addi- tional prisoners. Likewise, on the Aisne front, the German crown prince is keeping up his offensive against the French, but here also the attempts met with com- plete failure. Along the front held by the Brit- ish the operations have scarcely ris- en adove the character of trench raids, although on various sectors yig- orous artillery duels are in progres:. The Berlin war office reports the capture of Russian positions near Ja- cobstadt, between Riga and Dvinsk on the northern Russian front, but makes no mention of a resumption of the operations begun last week east of Riga. In Rumania the Russo-Ruman- ian forces are still holding their own against the invaders. having retaken eight positions northwest of Soveia which the Germans captured last! week. On the Fokshani sector, Field Marshal von Mackensen’s forces seemingly have been unable to make (Continued on on page five o/PRESIDENT TIGHTENS UP FOOD EMBARGO Washington, D. C., Aug. 28.—i'se of exports control as a war weapon to hasten the submission of Germany is seen here in President Wilson's proc- lamation placing further restrictions on overseas shipments. The procla- mation directs that goods may not be, sent to European neutrals, except un- der license, and extends the list of commodities for which license is re- quired for shipment to the allies and European countries. The president, in a statement ac-; _|companying the proclamation, de- | government to see that no Ameri made products are made the occ of benefit to the enemy, either direct- ly or indirectly. M'GRAY HEADS CHAPTER Mayor of Garrison Honored by McLean Red Cross Workers Wasburn, N. D., Aug. 28.—O. F. Me- Gray, mayor of Garrison, is chairman of a thriving McLean county chapter of the Red Cross, organized with branches at Wilton, Wa: wood, Coleharbor, Garrison, Max, Dog- den, Benedict, Turtle Lake, Elbo- woods, Ruso, Mercer and Raub. | ranching north of Savage, was found clares it is the main purpose of the! ; Thousands of Dollars Lost in Hay, burn, Under- ; e tle Big Horn Fort Yates, N.. D., Aug. 28.—F. B. Zahn, (Holy ¢ ) clerk at the agen- cy ,and who is compiling a cens..s of the Indians on Standing Rock, finds that there are living on the reserva- tion the following Indians who segved as scouts for Gen. G. A. Custer at Fort Abraham Lincoln up to the time of his last campaign in July, 1876: l‘ue Thunder, Good Wood, One Dog, Trev Road, Fool Bear, all of Cannon- ball, and Keep Eagle, Shooter, No e Brows and Paints Brown of Fort ates. Paints Brown, after serving one year as scout, was discharged, and later he went over to the hostiles, with whom he participated in the Cus- | ter FORHER BISMARE GROCERY SALESMAN COMMITS SUE Over massacr De ‘pond:nt Poor Crop, Edgar F. Booth Takes His Own Life at’ Glendive Glendive, Mont., Aug. 28.—Edgar F. Booth, for a number of years travel- ing salesman for the Bismarck Gro- cery Co., with headquarters at Glen- dive, and more recently engaged in lying on his bed with a bullet hole in his head when Mrs. Booth entered their room shortly after the family had finished breakfast. Booth had ap- parently been in normal health and! spirits, but it is believed that brood- ing over poor crops induced his rash act. He was years old and had been married but 18 months. He was a member of the Glendive lodge of Elks. ONT RAISE TTER RATE Washington, Aug. 28.—In considera- tion of the postage s ion of the war tax bill, the senate by a vote of 3° to 29 struck out the provisions levy dd tax on letters and post e fifty millions in revenue. The provision giving Am- erican sailors and soldiers mail free was retained. COSTLY PRAIRIE FIRE Horses and Equipmet Selfridge, N. D. Aug. 23.—Many thousands of dollars worth of varu- able hay, two teams of horses, wa- hayloaders, stackers and other ent were consumed in a prairie fire which swept over several miles of country extending from McLavgh- "| they did not d HED Hour Striking for Kerensky; Victorious Italians Press 3s Forward LEADERS OF NEW RECINE INSIST UPON OBEDIENCE ,General Korniloff Tells Confer- ence Struggle Against Rus- sian Anarchy ASKS RESTORATION OF DEATH PENALTY ! Unless Slav Army’s Morale Is Regained Loss of Capital Possible LEAVE TRENCHES, Petrograd, Aug. 28.—Russian in- fantry left their trenches before an enemy attack in the Boyany region and is retiring eastward, the war office announces, Moscow, Aug. 28.—The second gen- eral sitting of the national conference was held here this afternoon. Gen- feral Kornilotf, the commander in chief, ; entered the hall in company with Pre- }mier Kerensky. His app nee was ; (be signal for a prolonged ovation. ! Vladmir Naboukotf, a prominent so- a! democrat, speaking in the name of the first duma declared the country aimed at the establishment of a Strong and independent power, unin- i fluenced by political parties, a power based on democratic principles, which | would establish obedience to the law and personal liberty and security. The speaker emphasized the necessity of the independence of the high com- mand of the ariny from every private interference. \Naboukoff said the members of the first duma repudiated with indigna- _| tion all thought of a separate peace and ‘that if they were to have peace, esire it to be the result of German victory at the expense of | Russia and her allies. M. Alexinski made a similar dec- laration on behalf of the second duma. Army Demoralized. Premier Kerensky introduced Gen- eral Korniloff, saying the government had thought it necessary to invite the commander in chief to lay before the conterence the situation at the frout and in the army. General Korniloff said the death penalty, restoration of which he asked, , together with other measures, consti- small part of what was in an army stricken with the terrible evils of disorganization and insubordination. Kill Commanders. In the syesent month Ueneral Kor- nilot said, the soldiers had killed four regimental commanders, and other of- ficeis Nal ceased the ov rages only when threatened with being shot. Re- cently one of the regiments of Sibe- rian rifles, which had fought so splen- didly at the beginning of the reyolu- tion, abandoned their position on the Riga front. Nothing except an order to cxtermizate the ezt're regiment availed to cause it to return to its position. Fighting Anarchy. “Thus we are implacably fighting anarchy in the army,” the commandcr continued. “Undoubtedly it will be finally repressed, but the danger of fresh debacles is weighing constantly on the country. “The situation on the front. is bad. We have lost the whole of Galicia, the whole of ‘Bukowina and all the fruits of our recent victory. At several points the enemy has crossed our frontier, and are threatening our fer- tile southern provinces. He is endeav- oring to destroy the Rumanian army, and is knocking at the gates of Riga. If our army does not hold the shore of the Gulf of Riga the road to Petro- grad will be opened wide. Sense of Duty Lost. “The old regime bequeathed to Rus- sia an army which, despite all the de- fects in its organization, was animat- . ed by fighting spirit, and ready for sacrifice. The whole series of meas- ures taken by those who are complete- ly foreign to the spirit and needs of the army has 4ransformed it into a collection of individual groups which have lost all sense of duty and only tremble for their own personal safety. Must Be Regenerated. “If Russia wishes to be saved the army must be regenerated at any cost. We must immediately take meas- tres such as I have referred to, which e been approved in their entirety the action of the minister of war.” “eneral Korniloff then outlined the nest important of the measures, in addition to the restorafion of the death penalty, which are: First. Restoration of discipline in the army by strengthening the author- ity of officers and non-commissioned officers. Second. Improvement of the finan- cial position of officers who have been in a very difficult position in the re- cent military operations. Third. Restriction of the functions of regimental committees, which, al- though managing economic affairs of the regiment, must not be permitted to have any part in the decision re- lin to Selfridge. (Continued on Page Thre