The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 13, 1917, Page 1

‘Believes Provision Can Be Made to Prevent Removal From Counties Where Needed HOOVER REPRESENTATIVE SONSULTS ELEVATOR MEN Gets Views of Managers Who Have Original Handling of Grain A certainty that there will be made by the food administration modifica- tions in the 30 day storage clause whereby seed wheat may be kept in the counties in which it is needed in- stead of being shipped into terminal markets, later to be returned to the grower, plus commissions both ways and with the ‘almost absolute: assur- ance of its having been fouled in tran- sit, was expressed by Attorney Robert O. Taft, special representative of Food Administrator Herbert C. Hoover, in conference with Commissioner of Ag- riculture and Labor John N. Hagan this morning. “To me,” said Mr. Hagan, “this is one of the most important «problems confronting the farmer. wheat grown this year will make splendid seed-next spring. In every county enough of the best of this wheat should be retained. to sow tie increased acreage which we are asked to plant next year. If the farmer must surrender this seed wheat at the end of 30 days, it will go into ter- KORNILOFF CON TAFT SURE SEED WHEAT WILL BE ~TMKEN CRE OF The good; Mills Fear Flour Famine; Little. Wheat Unless Shipments Are Resumed Soon There Will Be Shortage | * in Production ARTILLERY OF ~ AMERICAN ARMY ON WEST FRONT Large Contingent Under French Training Fast Getting in Trim for Active Fighting SHIPMENTS MUST 2E INCREASED AT ONCE Chicago, Sept. 13.—Fear of an iim- pending flour shortage was expressed here today iy representatives of mill- ing companics, who aSserted that un-' less there is.an early and substantial increase in shipments of wheat to markets the condition will be-serious. It was asserted that as yet there is no danger of famine, as the mills will be sble to supply all demands, but with :the flour becoming more ‘ insistent with the coming of cold: weather, the shipments must be ‘increased. WHOLE SLOPE T0 ‘BE REPRESENTE AT BIC BENEF ARE USING FAMOUS MODELS NoW EMPLOYED BY ALLIES All Information Relative to Movement of These Units Have Been Guarded American Training Camp in France, (By Associated Press)—Sept. 13.—A large contingent of artillery has joined the expeditionary army and is. well >| along with its extensive training with French supervisory instruction. Hith- erto the arrival of the artillery con- tingent has been carefully guarded and permission to mention the fact has just been given. The American artillerymen are using the latest medels of the famous French 75’s and also 6 howitzers, PILLAGE OF ST. QUENTIN Paris, Sept. 13.—The Germans ac- ‘}eording to the French claim not. unly* deliverately. caused > the fire in the famous Cathedral of St. Quentin, but pillaged the city before they set fire| to a part of it. The vandalism is laid to the, doors of officers and soldiers of the 116th and 117th regiments, of the 25th Ger- man <division, and more or less, ‘dl- rectly to the commanders of these o Mititis Ball Promises to Attract Scores Tomorrow N of Out-of-Town Guests SALES OF TICKETS STILL minal markets with the remainder of the crop, and even with the best of care it is almost certain to be fouled before it gets back to the farmer. * Furthermore, there will be some com- missions and freight charges to: pay, unnecessarily increasing the cost to the farmer) of ‘his own seed. I am certain from what Mr. Taft says.that this gaagter’: wills ho taken care of, and I regard ff a Yery important.vic- tory forthe farmers of the northwest which will do much to insure a big: ger and better wheat crop, not only for 1918, but for other years to come. To Go Into Other Points. “This afternoon,” said Mr. Hagan, ,“I haope to obtain from Mr. Taft a ‘definite understanding of what it will mean ‘to the farmer ‘to lose absolute control of his wheat at the end of 30. davs’ storage. | It is hard for me to believe, with the information I have been able to get, that this will not work to the disadvantage of the farmer. Mr. .Taft! Seéins t6 feel that it will not, and he may be able to give us assurances which will set doubts on this point at rest.” Nothing to Report. Mr. Taft had nothing to report at noon. “We have got nowhere as yet,” he said. “We have talked things over thoroughly this morning, and we may have something to report before night. Just now, though, we are not much further along than we were yester- day.” First-Hand Information. Mr. Taft returned Wednesday night from a day’s tour of the Slope coun- try, in which he covered 150 miles in! company with Chief Grain Inspector J. O. McGovern. “We visited 15 ele- vators and talked with any number of farmers and elevator men,” said} Mr. Taft. “I feel that I know much! more of the situation now than I did! before I started out.” Mr. Taft had‘ an‘ excellent oppor- tunity to see the wheat situation at its average worst. He went through a district where the crop is very spotty, and where $2 per bushel will not begin to pay the cost of seed, planting and, harvesting in many cases. He probably knows now why! the bulk of North Dakota’s wheat growers resent the fact that the price- fixing committee should have beaten! the price of wheat down from around $3 to the neighborhood of $2 after! the winter wheat had been marketed, and just as the spfing wheat was he- ginning to come in. SENATE ENDORSES ANTHONY RESOLUTION Washington, Sept. _13.—Susan. DB. Anthony’s resolution for’ nation-wide woman’s suffrage constitutional amendment was favorably reported to- day by the senate suffrage commit- tee and will take its place on the cal- endar for the sessions beginning in Septemper. ME TO VOTE ON | RESUMIKG HORK Anaconda, Mont., Sept. 13.—Definite action looking to a resumption of work at the Anaconda smelter, shut down as the result of a walkout Aug. 24 by the men, will be taken here to- night, it is expected, at a mass meet- ing of the men. Approximately 1,000 employés ‘had signed cards signifying their desire to retwrn to work, it was said, by a committée which had been ca units, who are charged with having ordered a systematic pillage of St. Juentin as soon as they entered thc city. BREAKING ALL RECORDS The sale of tickets for the Elks’ military ball for the bene.t of the soldiers to be given in the house Siadeld:@¢ROGE. ABs "Portia bh Madrid, jept. 3.—Portugal as clamber, at the capital Friday night een declared in a state of seige ac- has far exceeded all expectations, with cording to a telegram receivea here! only». Bismarck -dnd° “Mandan sales from Lisbon on account of a general heard from, and’ the ; ragtical (certains) Strike” TAT establishments:in. tne cap: ty that the total°wiil- be greatly. ital have been closed. Several ‘per-| swelled by a demand for tickets from Sons, including a numer of soldiers Elks and others in’ surrounding Have been wounded by the explosion owns. It was predicted today that of bombs. < STATE OF SIEGE. the total attendance in spectators and| Re Sa ee FOUR AUTO BANDITS Tismarck’s three national guard hunits—Co. A of the First and Co. I dian William Laist this morning had ¢oyr ‘o'clock this morning, bound ih completed the erection of a large plat- railroad telegraph operator and two dancers’ Friday evening will run all the way from 600- to 1,000 people, and ithat ‘in the neighborhood of $2,000 awill be realized for the mess funds of GET HAUL Of ” 400 and headquarters company of the Sec- 4 pita | ond. St. Louis, Sept. 13.—Four automo- The house chamber is rapidly being pile bandits drove into Sullivan, Mis-! put in shape for the big event. Custo-' souri, 55. miles southwest’ of here at form over the speaker's desk which night marshals and threw them into will accommodate the 29 members of’ box car, rode through the town fir- the Second regiment band of Harvey, ing guns, to make the citizens stay who are to furnish the music. The t {German cluy and several other build- ‘announcement: , BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA,;, THURSDAY, SEPT. 13, 1916. FIVE CENTS RESULT SHEDIS NPLOMATS AC; Light Plant -Owned by f German Capitalists PRIDGE OVER WHICH CONSUL MUST CO GUARDED Germany Informed by Argentine That Luxburg Is Persona Non Grata Buenos Aires, Sept. .-—The rioting which began here, late yesterday in anti-demonstrations continued throughout the night. livery German} j business house and restaurant in the downtown district was wrecked, ‘The ings were damaged seriously, Sever- al were injured... Thiee are expected to die, At first, the crowds were 80 unmanageable that the streets were closed leading to the (German consul- ate. The archives is these buildings were taken to the storage vaults for safe-keeping.. Firemen, armed - with rifles, prevented: the mob from de- stroying the offices of the. German- ‘Trans-Atlantic which the city’s light. Heavy tor ‘ovis- ional troops are guarding the rail- way over which German Minister Luxburg will arrive today. Approve: ‘Action. The cabinet latg last night approv- ed the action of President Irigoyen in presenting passports to Count Lux- burg. He is said ‘to hive considered similar action ino the case of Laron Lowen, the: Swedish minister, but no action will be taken, ¢ “ing the re- ceipt of further details from. Wash- . ingtow and Stockhmoln. evar eee A ‘The Argentine foreign minister at}| _‘‘Neither a Man With One | midnight. made public the following|| Foot in the Grave Nor Dic- | | tator of Russia.’’ | ——————————— od This is another of the series of articles by Charles Edward Rus: sell, staff writer’ of The Tribute,” who has just returned from Ru sia, where he spent three months as a member of the official United States commission to the new Russian government. By CHARLES EOWAR® RUSSELL. (Copyright, 1917, by the Newspaper Enterprise Association.) Every day I am asked to tell some- thing about Kerensky, the “dictator,” the “man of blood and iron,” the ‘ruler of Russia” and supposed hold- er of a-raft of other title the foolish or the reactionary have made for him. The great question ‘seems to be about his health. He is running a race between death and a position as the “Nalopeon of Russia,” death having the inside track and being likelier to win. Universal Belief. “The government. has proved the text of the Luxburg telegram, and in consequence has seat the following to Berlin: ">" \ __ Inform Germany, “Argentine minister has recog: nized and valued highly the exalted |- manner in. which the government of Germany has solved in ample terms all the Argentine claims, but must inform.the German government that because of the texts of. Minister Lux- burg’s telegrams whici nave been published, he vhas ccased to be per- song grata and in consequence this: government has delivered to him his! passports.’” RECEIVES MESSAGE, Washington, Scpt. 13.—Baron Aker- herlm charge of the Swedish legation here today informed Secretary Lan- sing he had received the statement of the Stockholm foreign office al- ready published here on the passage of,Count Luxburg’s dispatches to tha Russell Gives Interesting ‘Pen Picture of Kerensky MORE HOPEFUL in doors ahd thea blew the safe of big floor has been scrubbed, scoured the People’s bank. legation at Buenos Aires, but that, as The universal belief in this “blood and polished until it chines like a) The bandits also robded the Frisco mirror. A huge American flag drapes” Rajtroad station at Sullivan. From the the stand set aside for the musicians People’s bank they secured $2,199 an:l and other banners will festoon the from the St. Louis & San Francisco +the department already was in pos: session of that information, he did not consider it necessary to present it formally. and fron” fantasy is one of te most interesting examples I have ever known of the possibilities of the fake when it takes the form of a pleasing dream. falleries and depend from the chan- deliers. Whole Slope Coming. Indications are that the whole Slope will be represented at the bril- liant social event for which Bismarck Elks are standing sponsor Friday night. Word has been received from scores of people at Dickinson, on the Mott and Kiildeer lines, north and south on the Soo ling and east as far as Steele, who are coming in. It is doubtful whether any social event in the history of the capitol, barring the dedication of the state house itself, has attracted a more general or more approving attention. The committee on refreshments promises something unusual in the way of dainty viands tomorrow night. The entire legislative floor has been turned over to the Elks for the eve. ning, and the abundant space permits of sumptuous treatment of decorative effects and caterering appointments. The grand march is announced for 9 o'clock sharp. The capitol street car will run every 15 minutes during the evening, offering accommodation for a large portion of the guests. All of the taxi lines have made special preparation for the event, and no dif- ficulty will be experienced by anyone in getting to and from the capitol. It is the big thing of years in capi- tol society; it is given in the best possible cause, and the response which is being evidenced is declared most gratifying by the committees in charge. KARL KLEIN BUYS: SATTERLUND'S STOCK IN’ NATIONAL BANK Washburn, Sept. 13—John Satter- lund has sold his stock in the First i National bank to Karl Klein who is already heavily interested in that in- stitution. Mr. Satterlund also disposed of his frame warehouse in Washburn to E. F. Brummund of Steele: It is under- stood that the transaction involved the transfer to Mr. Satterlund of a section of land in Kidder county. Mr. Brummond who is a Kidder county merchant will start a wholesale gro- Railroad station $40.00. PROGERMANS CHE. s! INDUSTRIAL UNREST | Springfield, Ill., Sept. 13—Unmoved by Governor Lowden’s warning that anti-American influences were at work here, the industrial tieup growing out of the strike of the street car opera- tives became more acute today when | barbers, grocery clerks, brewery work- ers and meat cutters joined the ranks of the strikers. Plumbers and elec- tricians are threatening to leave their work before the day is over. In every case those who have waik.| ed out declared their action was not primarily in sympathy with the street jear men’s strike, but because police and military authorities denied the unionists their right to parade last Sunday. Martial law is/spoken of as; a possibility. DISTRICT QUIET. Kansas City, Sept. 13.—The packing house district was quiet today after a night of rioting. It was said that the mayor would probably ask the gover- nor to send state troops to prevent further rioting. 1 HOSTILE DOCTORS DOPE SOLDIERS San Francisco, Sept. 13.—A warning that doctors unfriendly to the United States are administering drugs to men calléd for the selective draft army in order to secure exemptions on physical grounds was given today by D. S.-Kathbun, special agent of the department of justice, to the local exemption boards. ‘I'wo doctors, one of them a German, had been giving the treatment, it was said. YEGGMEN SECUR - $7,000 FROM BANK Shiocton, Wis $7,000 was obtained by burglars who blew open the safe of the State bank here during the night. The entrance was effected through a barred win- dow. The burglary became known this morning when employes opened the bank. ‘ SAME COMPENSATION FOR OFFICERS AS ENLISTED MEN IN FEDERAL WAR INSURANCE Washington, Sept. 13—The same compensation for dependents of offi- cers or enlisted men in death and dis- ability cases was provided in an amendment to the soldiers’ and sail- ors’ insurance bill adopted today by the house over the protest of the com- mittee in charge of the: measure. The bill also was amended to in- crease the compensation for all de- gendents about 15 per cent. The new tates per month adopted were: less child, $20 and $10 addi! to five. A widowed mother $30 per month, and no family allow ance would exceed $75. per month. An amendment to provide that wid ows. marrying soldiers: and sailors within 10 days after injury should be 0, and an additional $5 up to five; one mother- two. $35; three. $45, onal tor each child up would receive entitled to. the reguldggpweapensation Kerensky is about as much a man of “blood and iron” as he is of pump- kin rinds and jimson weeds. He is about as much‘a “dictator” of Russia as you are. | Nevertheless since the world is de- termined to have him the “man of the hour” in Russian attairs, ladies and gentlemen know Mr. Kerensky present prime minister of Russia. He is avout 40, rather well set up, about 5 feet 8 inches in height, clean | shaven ,thin-lipped, blue-eyed. He has a very good ‘head, but you would know instantly it was not the head of an American because it is so much up and down instead of fore and aft He has rather lightish brown hair cut short and rising straight from his head. He has square shoulders, much grace of bearing and an excellent poise for his particular job, which is oratory. But in private conversation he has something of Grover Cleve- land’s habit of not looking much. at the person with whom he is talkin a trick that as in Cleveland's casé, ness. t Most Reticent. Except when he gets started on one of his extraordinary flights of elo- j quence he is one of the most reticent of men. It is hard to draw him out on any ordinary topic and still harder jto judge what he really thinks about it unless he gots interested and sits up to take notice of his surroundings. Then his blue eyes betray him. Lut at that he witl never be a prize win- ner at conversation, having too much of a fondness for words of one sylla- ble and only a few of those. He is an old-time revolutionist and regime handed out to me of his faith. He is a Socialist, but that is no distinction in Ru nine-tenths of the people are Socialists. He is also an idealist and at the beginning of the revolution was as dreamy as any. He, to, had this no- tion that the downfall of autocracy in Russia sounded (¢ briel’s big horn for the Earthly Paradise. There were to be no more divisions among men, and, of cou here were to be no more erhood had arrived on the midnight train. Everybody was to love every body else; the lion was to lie dowr and the nb was--to-cease to be ‘chops for him. It was a fine, good feeling and one ‘Continued on Page Three.) cory ashburn 1 Wido 355 one child _ two also_w: = ' produces a certain impression of ‘shy-) Sept. 13.—More than tasted alt the bitterness that the old | wooo ee: weeoo oes ow neon _ KeERENSHY TS TOSURRENDER HNSION OF REBEL TROOPS NEAR CAPITAL > Turned Beck on Promise That They Will Be Released “SAVAGE DIVISION” Is SENT TO PETROGRAD Believed That Battle Will B2 Fought Between Factions Very Soon KERENSKY HEADS ARMY. Stockholm, Sept.. 13.—Svenska Dagbladet announces the receipt of a dispatch from Petrograd stat- ing that Premier Kerensky has left the Russian capital at the head of an army to meet the troops of General Korniloff before they reach the capital. There was every expectation, the message said, that a battle would be fought Wednesday, General Korniloff, former com- mander-in-chief, and leader of the rebellion against the provisional government, has expressed a will- ingness to surrender on certain terms, says a dispatch to the Ex- change Telegraph Co. from Petro- grad. The provisional govern- ment demands his unconditional surrender. According to a statement just issued General Korniloff’s attempt seems to have collapsed and there is no longer fear of the two forces. WASHINGTON 19. FOR NEW RECIME General Alexieff had been in communication by telephone with General. Korniloff, and, the opin-; jon was expressed that-the-leader, . would abandon his enterprise. _ Petrograd, Sept. 13.—A division. of General Korniloff’s forces, composed of Moslem troops, has reached Tsar- skoe-Selo, 15 miles south of Petro- grad. Kugusheff, a loyal Mohamme- dan officer, was sent to treat with Virtual Collapse of Korniloff Re- volt Brings Relief to Na- tional Capital INTERNAL POLITICAL SITUATION STILL ACUTE Washington, Sept. 13.—Two devel- opments in the Russian situation caus- ed the officials to be more hopeful here. They were the abandonment ot General Korniloff and the surren- der of Moslem fighters on whom Korniloff had placed much confidence in the attack on Petrograd. The first was interpreted as an in- dication that the revolt was fast fa- cing collapse, unless new help came from sources undisclosed. ‘The second was taken to mean that General Alexieff as chief of staff vir- tually will be commander since Ker- ensky is not a military man and his assumption of the chief command is probably for psychological effects. Alexeiff can be counted on to carry out the reforms in army discipline, which Korniloff sought by his coup. General Alexieff assumed command of the new army under the first pro- visional government and was replaced only recently by General Korniloff be- cause of the army disorganization, following the revolution, demanded a change. At the Moscow conference he made a speech denouncing advo- cates of loose discipline, and predict- ed serious consequences if reforms did not come soon. Despite the ‘slightly more favorable aspect of the situation on the sur face, officials and diplomats here do not overlook that later advices out ling more clearly the internal poli- tical situation may show Russia's po- sition as still very critical. ASKS. NATION TO SAVE FUEL Washington, Sept. 13.—Through the chamber of commerce of the Unit- ed States Dr. Henry A. Garfield, fuel administrator, today can business to assi of coal. His appeal fol the duty of every American si al this winter. If every family will save a ton of coal, if every industrial plant will save ten [percent of the coal used, which ten per cent it now wastes, the coal prob- lem will be largely solved. There is ny oft coal in’ the ground, but jto s labor at the mines. “if every family will reduce the temperature of its house at least five degrees, it will mean that millions vol will be saved. It is not a "land dread Christians there is a shortage of cars and of | © them “and they agreed to abandon resistance to the provisional govern- ment on condition that they. be sent home to the Cacasus, where they must not, be employed against th furks, thelr co-religionists. Premier, Keren- sky agreed to the proposal. General Korniloff's rebellion has collapsed and the army at its nead- quarters has surrendered, according to an announcement by a member of the Kerensky cabinet, through the Russian official news agency. Up to late last night, there had been no encounter between the Korniloff for- ces and those of the government. On the qther hand, reports came through Stveden of further advances of the Korniloff forces toward Pe- trograd and even that fighting had occurred at Luga in which the gener- al’s troops had been successful. The German official statement reports the enforced withdrawal of German cavalry posts south of the Riga-Wen- den road on the northern -Iussian front, because of strong Russian pres- sure. Russian army hearquarters, however, apparently for some unex- plained reason kgve not been’ in touch with PetrogrAl, for the official statement given out announces there was no communication from the front. Comparative quiet continued on the Franco-Belgian front. On the Italian front, the Austrians have made an- other attempt to drive General Ca- dornas troops from their position un- der the crest, of ‘MAt San Gabriele northeast of Gori The main line was not penetrated, the statement au- nounces. “Savage Division.” According to official ements the so-called “savage d ” composed of Georgians and Caue , is the only unit of troops sent against Petro- grad which remains solid for General Korniloff. They are not at Tsarskoe- Selo. Up to y y afternoon it was feared force would have to be applied to it, but the situation has now cleared. All the “savage divisions’ Mo- hammedans, and among are many princes. Some are wholly un- educated. Their commander is Gen- eral Bagration. Submission of the “savage division” was brought about through the devo- tion of a group of their co-religion- The t suspect ists to the government men do not speak Russian, nd wi proached by the government saries refused to listen to them and threatened them with arrest. Mohammedans Intercede. A Mohammedan t ar military of- ficer, General Kugusheff, with other Moslem officers who are devoted to government, yesterday went on a ion to them and were weil re- They have returned and are at the Petrograd staf office. sians declared they ab- solutely refused to surrender and come to Petrograd for fear the Boal-,, shieviek would massacre them, the it is a health measure, for | most Ameri: ; live in super-heated ihouses.”” general said. Dut th were willing to abandon resistance on condition (Continued on Page Three.)