The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 20, 1917, Page 1

f f ' ' ) ! } ’ ] ti AF ie | e | { | ! it | io i t Bi The Weather Fair tonight. THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. 223 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE CON -ACENTS SAD TO BE URING THA ~ WHEAT BE HELD * Reported That Agitators Are Scouring North Dakota in Automobiles GOVERNMENT MAY FIND A NEED FOR INVESTIGATION Deliveries: in Minneapolis Fifty Per Cent Short—Some In- fluence Seems at Work Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 20.—Cen- tering about Minneapolis, and with the whole northwest as its field of origin, an adverse war time problem that relates to the food supply of the United States and its’ allid8 Was be- lieved today to have reached propor- tions where the government soon will have to give it attention, according to a story printed here. f There is, and has been since Sept. 1, a remarkably light movement of wheat from the farms. Fall plowing, the desire to sell other grain first, labor scarcity and dissatisfaction with the new federal grades are reasons. Price dissatisfaction also is known to have becn and still to be a factor. Urged Not to Sell. It was reported today that in North Dakota men in automobiles are travel-! ing through the state telling the farm- | ers not to sell their wheat. This re-j port says that farmers who are dis- baulsheu with the price and who lean! to the side of discontent with govern-! mental regulations fall in with the suggestion at once. Others are won over, the report says, by calculations made in pencil on the backs of en-| velopes, while the farmer and the agi- tator stand talking. The farmer is shown figures thereby to fortify the statement that ‘the government. even- tually. will reopen the matter of price and make it higher, Hold for Gamble, To hold the wheat on the farm, bor- row money on it, and gamble the in- terest payment against the chance of | prices reopening, is the advice that is being given, these reports:sayw. Today Minneapolis had 237 cars, compared with 536 a year ago, a loss of 50 per cent. Elevator Man Taiks. Alex Stewart of the Monarch Ele- vator company, Minneapolis, said: “Recently in Barnesville, Minn., 1) was told that men. traveling in auto- mboiles had been there and that they were going west into North Dakota, and that their purpose was to make a trip over the state and to tell the farmers not to sell, their wheat,” Mr. Stewart said. Letters Go Out. Tonight 5,000 letters embodying | drastic changes in the grain move ment: will go out from the office of the commission firms to their coun- try correspondents. Those letters, in the form of ap- peals, to be followed. it was inti mated, by action more drastic if they did not have effect, would result in: Immetiate shipments to Minneapo- lis of all spring wheat in sight at country stations. No further shipments of barley, oats, flax, or rye until further ad- vised. Immediate joading and billing of every available freight car. Instant notification of the Minne- apolis office of the grain food admin- istration corporation if railroads are not furnishing cars. Notice to all farmers that spring wheat and not coarse grains should be brought into town if they expect acceptance. Demands Immediate Action. Mr. Carey said that the situation demands immediate action and that the farmers are to be appealed to. “We are making an appeal,” he said. “We expect prompt response. We have no further.announcement to make, but it may properly be said that we have got to get the wheat movement started, and if this means! fails we will have to find other means.” STORY DISCREDITED. | Fargo, N. D., Sept. 20.—The con census of opinion of farmers in this district is that there is nothing to the story published in Minneapolis to the effect that there is an organized at- tempt to hold grain from the market. The reason, they declare, that grain shipments to Minneapolis are short is that the farmers are busily engaged in other work just now, and they know | Camp Abuses Canadian to Show Prison Private Rossiter Produces sue! lated Hands and Claims | Chicago Doctor’s $1000 CAN BRING OVER ENOUGH VICTIMS TO BREAK HIM Washington, D. C., Sept. 20.—Pri- vate Rossiter, a Canadian veteran, has announced he intends to claim the $1,000 reward offered by, Dr. A. Fuchs, of Chicago, of proof of atrocities com- mitted by the Germans on a prisoner of war. He exhibits his right hand, which he says is deformed, as the re- sult of treatment received in a Ger- man prison camp after he was cap- tured in battle, June 4, 1916. ‘Ine hand, he says, was “wantonly and de- liderately” mutilated. Dr. Fuchs has announced that his entire fortune, estimated at $1,500,000 is ready to defend the Germans against the charges of brutality to piisoners. Rossiter, who has been in- valided home and is visiting in Chi- cago declares if he collects the re- ward of $1,500 he will finance the transportation of enough victims of alleged atrocities to Chicago to claim Dr. Fuch’s entire fortune. VATICAN DENIES | REPLY FROM THE CENTRAL POWERS Cardina) Gasparri Makes Official Statement to Associated Press Today TEXT OF GERMAN NOTE EVADES BELGIAN ISSUE Vfuile Contents Will Not Be Made Public Until Saturday, Forecast Is Announced Rome, Sept. 20.—Cardinal Gasparri tonight declared to the Associated Press that the reply of the central powers to the peace proposals had not yot been reccived at the vatican. This is taken to prove that the statement recently published to the effect ‘that the reply had Icft Berlin on Satur- day is untrue as the document should | have arrived in Rome on Tuesday, night or this morning. Cardinal Gasparri believes that the reply of the central powers was held up when Emperor William weat to Riga. The reply of the entente aflies to|” the pope's peace proposals must ne- cessarily arrive after that of the cen- tral powers because Great E'ritain be- fore the compilation of the entente noie asks for some information from the vatican which in turn anplied for it to the central powers. The latter notified the holy sce that the explan- ation would be obtained in their own reply. On these explanations, there- for, the answer of the entente allies or at least that of Great Britain will depend. Nothing About Belgum. Berlin, Sept. 20—While the text of the German reply to the peace propo: als’ will not be announced before S: urday, the Berlin press and parlia- mentary circles concur in the predic-} tion that the message will not con- tain specific declarations concerning Belgium. The fate of that country just now is calling for excessive pan-German frothing due to recurrent rumors that the government ‘had definitely decid- ed to abandon all intention of perma- nent control in the occupied Belgium territory. SHCDEN DIRECTS FORMAL PROTEST AGAINST GERMANY that the price will not be lower than that fixed by the government recently and there are possibilities of its going higher. The fact that elevators would not accept their grain prior to the fixing of the price of wheat led many to store their grain on their farms, and it is pointed out later on when there is not so much work to do will be time enough to haul it to the market, as the price will be the same. There were a few reports in some sections which could not, however, be verified that agents working in the interests af the Germans were advis- ing the farmers to hold onto their wheat. - abused the confidence of Sweden.” London, Sept. 20.—A Stockholm dis- patch to Reuters, Ltd., says the Swe- dish minister at Berlin has been in- structed to protest to Germany against | the Luxburg incident, it being “con-; firmed that German officials seriously KRAABEL IN WORK Heads Active Chanter of Red Cros; in Traill County Hillsboro, N. v., sept. 20.—Lieut. Gov. A. T. Kraabel of Clifford heads ‘cially in the crucial sectors BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, SEPT. 20, 1917. PIRACY 10 E CLOSING IN ON RITISH FORCE CROWN PRINCE Object Cutting Off Suppiies for German Submarine and Air- plane Bases HEAVY ARTILLERY FIRE RESUMED ON CANADIANS} Effort Made to Terrorize Minc- Werkers—Americans Merit the War Cross (By Associated Press.) Karly this morning the British in- fantry “went over the top” on a wide front east of Ypres and the Flanders | offensive was on again. | The rush evidently was successful, at the outset, for the capture of posi-! tions of value were reported. The renewal of the offensive came after a long pause, in which the pre- paratory work had been carried on unceasingly. Early reports did not outline defi- nitely the extent of the front attacked, but a clue seemed to have been fur- nished by Lerlin, which yesterday re+ ported the drum fire to be pounding the line from Houtholst wood, five miles south of Dixmude, to the river Lys, a distance of about 15 miles. The Flanders operations were open- ed this year with the blowing up of the Messines Ridge on June 17 and the capture of the Wytschaete salient by the British, and was continued with the opening of the present great olf- fensive by the combined attack of British and French troops on July 31. Progress on a notable scale continued to be made during August, but in the latler part of that month and during Septentver until now the infantry fighting has largely, been confined to local drives: and extensive, trench raids. 5 Frome the French“ffont today only arlillery.activity: 18 reported.. The statement: covered: only last’ night’s operations, and the early reports to- aay did not indicate whetner the’ French in Flanders had joined the re-| | tions have been rife, Townley Asks Uncle Sam to “Investigate’’ President of Nonpartisan League Wants Charges.of Sedition Proved WiLL BE DONE QUIETLY U. 8, ATTORNEY ASSERTS St. Paul, Minn., Sept. £9.-—Aroused by reports that the hig! * of living onference and the Na 1 Nonpar- tisan league might be disloyal and un- patriotic, and that the league was fin- anced by. interests opposed to Amer- ica, A. UC, Townley, president of the leigue, ‘wrote Albert Jaques, United States district attorney, asking him to appoint representatives of the depart- ment of jus uvestigate the Looks of the 1} . Following is Pres. to Dist. Atty. Jaques “Dear Sir: Rumors wnley’s letter and insinua- «| are apparent- ly inspired, that the National Nonpar-| tisan league, with a membership of about 130,000 farmers, is disloyal and unpatriotic, and that the organization is not supporting the »avernment. but is financed by, interests opposed toj our government, We, therefore, respectfully ask that the denartment of instice flly inves. (Continued on raye PATRIOTS TIME CUT IN HALF BY ~TOWALEY HEN Appea From Judge Torance to, Not Place Hogs Before Stars and Stripes Unpopular URGES THAT FALMERS BOOST LIBERTY LOAN | St. Paul, Minn, Sept. 20.—Judge Eli Torance of. Minneapolis, speaking be- newed drive there. British Headquarters in France and Belgium (by the Associated Press), Sept. 20.—Field Marshal Haig’s ottea- sive hegan at dawn this morning 07; the Belgium battle front, and is pro- ceeding with marked success, €.,- otween | the Ypres and the Roulers railway at: Hollebeke.” German infantry is making a most determined resistance to retain this| vital ground, and the Teuton artiliery | is retaliating heavily against the Bri- tish big guns. Bitter Fight On. ' A bitter fight is in progress in the neighborhood of Inevess Copse Nuns Wood and Glencose Wood. If the at- tackers maintain the positions to, half as long as other speakers of the, @D8 of , (Continued on Page Three ¥ fore the convention of cohsumers and producers under the auspices of the. Nationa] Nonpartisan league, urged | that farmers back the second Liberty’ loan. The appeal of Judge Torance was the, first, of the convention waich did not take into consideration the fact that the price of whcat has been fixed by the government while the prices of other necessities have not been estab- lished at a definite figure. In pleading for the support of the farmers, Judge Torance said: “The Stars and pes cannot. be placed at stake while you discuss the price of hogs.” . Time Cut Down. ‘presiding; county sup €, Macdonald, preside tion, 0. A. STRAYER AND RPP TO TAK TO EDUCATOR Mcn of National Note in Educa- tional: World Procured for Teachers’ Convention 1790 TO 2009 COMING FOR BIG ANNUAL EVENT Gathering to Bs Largest Bismarck Ever Has Entertained— Program. Annowneed mw) conven: The program for the tion of the North Du association which v 700 to 2,000 Flickertail teachers to ihe C au City for the week of Oct. 29, was announced today by Secretary W. i. Parsons. The teachers this year have an opportunity to hear some of the most notable men of the school world, including Walter B. Tripp of the Emerson school ora: tory at Boston; Dr. G. D. Si y of Columbia university and leading mem hers of North Dakota's higher institu- \ions of learning. General Sessions. The eral association hold three sessions at the municipal audi- torium beginning Wednesday after- noon, Octover 31, when an addre f welcome in alt of the city w: delivered by George N. Keniston, se retary of the Pisin k Commer club ,and’ Governor will welcome the teachers of the state. H. Kroeze of James: town will respond with an address on “Kducational Patriotism, the Necd of the Hour,” and President BK. R. Kd wards of Jamestown will make his annual addr * Other speak of the afternoon will be State Superin- tendent. N. Macdonald of Bism and Walter ©. Tripp, who will speak on “The ‘Man of Destiny.” The evening of the opening day a musical program will be. presented at the-auditorium under ‘the auspices of the Bismarck. Thursday . Musical elub, and Mr. Tripp will speak on “David Copperfield.” Thursday evening Dr. G. D. Strayer will make his first address, and he will lecture again Friday, Nov. 2. The preceded ‘by general asso fat Mbucati ng from 1,- c The business session Cult Opposed to Giving Wheat Waste Of Millions Of Bushels Department of Agriculture Urges Careful Harvesting and Threshing WATCH THE CORNERS AND SAVE STARVING Washington, Sept. Specialists in western districts estimate that 20,- 000,000 bushels of wheat and: propor- tionate quantities of other cereals are annually wasted in hi ‘The department of agriculture urges farmers to give special attention to the adjustment of machines and to make certain none of the grain is lost with the straw and chaff. Care should also be taken to harvest all grain on the corners and edges of the fields. Attention is called to the fact that one bushel of wheat will furnish bread for one person for about 75 days. SUPREMACY OF SICALISTS I CASING ALAM Owners Gov. of Property Voice in ernment Is in Power PREMIER KERENSKY KEEPS CLOSE TOUCH Optimistic Over Result of Confer- ence With Army Lcaders— Kaledines Affair Closed Potrograd, Sept. 20.—The growing supremacy in the council of the sol- dicrs’ and workmen’s delegates of the Bolsheviki element, whose program : ‘eliminates all property-owning class- Thursday evening session will be | es from a voice in the government, is a development which is causing great concern. The resignation of the exec- will be held Friday forenoon, Novem-j utive committee of the council came ber 2, when the tannual elcction of of- ficers will take place. Division Meetings. Divisional meetings will be held during the convention on higher and professional education, with R. M. Black, president of the Elendale nor- mal presiding ;on secondary edu tion, with B. . B. Tighe of Fargo rintendents, N. rural educ: Parton of Valley ¢ history, civ and social Judge Torance was notiffed that his time was up when he had spokerr only day. Le of Minot, presi- jel ednestion, ALT. Steph (Continued on Page Three.) Out of the Darkness! the Traill county chapter of the Red Cross, which is proving one of thé most active in the state. Fargo, president; teachers ot as a direct result of the adoption of a resolution committing the soldiers’ and workmen's delegates to an ultra- socialistic line of conduct. Will Seek Re-election. Further, to verify the temper of the council, the retiring members of the executive committee will offer themselves for re-election at the vom- ing meeting. it is significant that the Moscow council of soldiers’ and workmen's delegates yesterday also adopted a program along virtually the same line as the Petrograd council. Government Optimistic. Premier Kerensky is at Mohielve, but is keeping in close touch with the situation. The government is optimis tic over the result of the conferences n Premier Kerensky and army and considers the Kaledines t closed. wspapers say the Maximal- ists are gaining complete control of the soldiers’ and Workmen's delegates and that the situation promises to reach a crisis when the democratic congress meets. The Russia Volia de clares the friends of Premier Keren- sky in the council of soldiers’ and workmen's delegates are losing their influence, and that the premier haa determined to address the congress himself. RESERVATION HAS HAY FOR ENTIRE WORTAVEST McLaughlin Rancher Declares Crop Is Best in Last 25 Years on Standing Rock McLaughlin, N. D., Sept. 20.—There is enough hay on Standing Rock res ervation to supply three states if it could be eut, states John D. Clark of McLaughlin, who declares that im 35 years on the reservation he never has seen wild hay that can compare with this year’s crop. His outfit has put up tons on less than a quart section, and Clark declares this not a particularly choice piece. The land is | than seven miles from the railroad station where the baled hay is delivered for shipment. LITTLE CHILDREN SEE TRAGEDY WHICH LEAVES THEM WITHOUT FATHER Hurdsfeld, N. D., Sept. 20.—While attempting to clam»er on the front end of a wagon occupied by his little daughters, Walter Wi: y der the wheels and his head crushed, killing him instantly. d was born at Winslow, IIL, in spent his boyhood in southern Wisconsin, and located on a home stead near Hurdsfeld in 1899. A wid FIVE CENTS ARD GRAIN HINTED 5000 PEOPLE ATTEND WANDA ~ BIGEST FAR Fine Weather Makes Crowds To- day Among Largest in Hist- ory of Exposition SPECIAL TRAIN WILL BRING VISITORS BACK Northern Pacific Makes Extra Arrangements for Accomo- dation of Bismarck SPECIAL TRAIN TONIGHT, Agent W. A. McDonald an- nounces that a special train will be run from Mandan to Bismarck this evening for the benefit of the fair crowds. Last evening No. 2 was unable ‘to accommodate the Bismarck visitors, and probably 200 of them were compelled to Spend the night in Mandan. This evening a special train will care for this overflow. Mr: McDonald is of the opinion it will leave soon after No. 2, but if sufficient pres- sure is brought to bear, he may be induced to wait until the Bis- marck people have had an oppor- tunity to enjoy the evening attrac- tions. Mandan, N. D., Sept. 20.—Mandan is entertaining over 5,00 fair visitors to- day, and the Missouri Slope fair offi: cers are showing the visitors one ‘of the t fair programs dnd ‘agri- cultural and livestock exhibits- ever Staged in the middle west. “Dare Devil” Mills held the mammoth crowd spellbound this afternoon with his stunts in the air. ‘The races of yea- terday and today have ween fast, and the greatest and most successful fatr, ever held’ in Mandan is.-on. da, full bla&t. Up’ to the present time there has not been ‘one accident to mar. the enjoyment of the fair. Tardiness ’Really Enthused. Notwithstanding the fact that tor- rential rains poured down. Tuesday, the opening day, causing the fair to be postponed one day, it served only to stimulate more interest in the com- ing event. Thousands of people as- sembled in the city for the opening day. Crowds had plenty of time to get here to enjoy it all, and it appears that they are going to stay until it is over. Races of Yesterday. Governor Wilson captured _ first money in the three heat trot or pace, in competition with Bismarck L., Par- son Sym and Poll Dan. Parson Sym took second money. Time, 2:46%. ‘Big Head won first money in the Indian horse race, and Sam Stilltrack took second. The time was 57 sec- onds for a half mile. Indian Boy took first money in the Indian pony race, with Harvey Ear Ring a close second. The purse was $50. Time 58 seconds. John Bighead won the camp break- ing contest in a laughing race over Alexander Bearheart. Purse $10. Bearhart took first money in the moccasin race over his Indian com- petitors. The races today are supposed to be the best the fair association will have to offer. The results will be watched with marked interest. . Side Attractions. The minstrel show being siaged nightly in the new Lewis & Clark building is a scream. If you didn’t laugh until your sides ached last night it was because you did not attend the home tafent minstrels being staged by the home guards. The bowery dance given by the M. A. C. and the Mandan orchestra is entertaining mammoth crowds and do- ing their part to make the fair a big success. The Bismarck/Mandan combined band is furnishing good music for the fair. Soldiers Here. The boys of the second battalion, Second North Dakota regiment were brought over to the fair today 700 strong. They are participating this afternoon in the big program and en- joying the fun at the fair. AMERICAN BLOWN TO PIECES WHEN TORPEDO STAKES London, Sept. 20.—Harry Shinn of Philadelphia, an American citizen, was blown to pieces when a torpedo fired by a submarine hit a British ship. Two British subjects were killed at the ow and three children survive. same time.