The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 24, 1917, Page 1

THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. 252 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 24, 1917 CK TRIBUNE Last Edition CABINE URLEGH COUNTY MAY LEAD STATE $30,000 LOANED With Four Days of Campaign Left Bismarck and Country District Exceed Quota PER CAPITA HIGHEST OF ANY REPORTED North Dakota Must Buy $2,000.000 More to Reach $7,000,000 Mark SCHOOLS OBSERVE DAY. The schools c' 3 this after. noon in honor of Liberty Day, and some of the offices observed the day. In many rooms special ref- erence was made to the day. Court house offices closed also. Burleigh county did not stage any formal Liberty Day cele»ration today because its quota to the second war loan is oversubscribed. This county challenges any county in the state to show a better per capita response to the loan. Former Governor Hanna, in charge of the loan, who has been cred- iting LaMoure with first rank will have his attention called to the rec- ord made in this county where it is now known-that subscriptions will run more than $300,000 or double the quota of $145,000 assigned. Taking latest census figures Bur- leigh county's per capita is $20 as against about $16 for La Moure. If the subscriptions continue to come in at the present ratio, Burleigh will far exceed the per capita subscrip- tions of Ward, Cass and Grand Forks, the most ‘populous counties in the state. Liberty Day Drive. Today's subscriptions to the loan ov- er the nation ‘are expected to Sring T CRISIS | FIVE CENTS ERMANY ACUTE EWDOXIA, “WAIE OF THE MOUNTAINS" RULING BULGARS? Bulgarian prisoners declare King Ferdinand of Bulgaria, is dead. they say Princess Endoxia, who is only 19, is ruling the Balkan kingdom. Thé rumor that the spirited girl known to all Bulgars as ‘*The Maid of the Mountains,”’ is ruilng a nation in the stress of war is widely circulated among the rank and file of the army. the grand total greatly in excess of the three billion, the mark originally set. President Wilson kas designated today as Liberty Day. Schools over the nation are featuring the lberty loan. Communities, held bon-fire dem: onstrations lagt evening and today mass. meetings are being held and a final effort made. to make the day. histo) pn the-annals, of the nation. At. ley. Clty ‘there was a demon- stration addressed by Governor Fraz ier and others.. Bismarck did not plan any special. program because the pur- ‘tor. which Liberty Day was desig ,,the, sale of bonds, has been more, than, accomplished. niu jte, Need. $2,000,000. North Dakota has subscribed for approximately $5,000,000 in Liberty bonds. and is just $2,000,000 under its quota. Chairman L. B. Hanna of the North Dakota executive committee made such estimate this noon, and he is hopeful that the four remaining days of the campaign will witness the completion of the state’s full quota. To attain the goal, daily subscrip- tions reported to the federal bank from this state must average $500.- 000. “My statement is based on reports from all counties in the state,” said Mr. Hanna this noon. “It is as close to the ‘mark as it is possible to make it at this time.” Workers still in the field are hending every energy to clean up the work by Friday, as reports must be made to the federal reserve bank in Minneapolis by Saturday, the closing day of the nation’s campaign. The subscriptions still unreported and the new bond subscriptions tak- en during this week, must reach a total that will put North Dakota te the front with its full quota, and Chairman Hanna is confident it can be done if everybody works. Chairman Hanna today announced that Rev. Christian Hohn, of New Ulin, Minn., a German Lutheran min- ister, will make a three day speaking campaign in the interests of the bonds, traveling over McIntosh coun- ty, this state. He opens his work to- morrow. Rev. Mr. Hohn is an_ intensely patriotic American, who volunteered to aid the best he could. His talks will be in the German language. “By the close of the present cam- paign in North Dakota, there will be more individual. holders of govern- ment bonds in the state of North Dakota than there were holders of government bonds in the whole na- tion before the war,” said Mr. Hanna this afternoon. “That indicates just how thoroughly the committees have done their work in many districts in getting the bonds to the people. Boy Scouts Praised. ““The Eoy Scouts have also been effective workers in the campaign throughout the state. My reports show they have given valuable aid, and I want to express my apprecia- tion of their patriotic efforts. The Great Northern railroad has made a total subscription of $300,000 in North Dakota, crediting $100,000 of that amount to each of three cit- ies—Fargo, Grand Forks and Minot. Chairman Hanna was advised of the Great Northern subscription late yesterday afternoon. Good Weather Required. Good weather is required for the closing work of the campaign, and reports to the state committee today indicated that conditions were such as to permit the resumpion of active field work. The bad weather of the (Continued on Page Four), YEAR HAS BE IMPORTANT ONE FOR BUILOING Much Construction Done in Capi- tal City in Spite of Unsatis- factory Conditions — NEW HOME OF OVERLAND TO BE REAL ORNAMENT Capital City paving operations are drawing to a close for the season. Paving district No. 2 is not entirely completed, but unsettled weather has made the laying of further concrete unadvisable, and unless it becomes much warmer it is probable that noth- ing will be done with Fourth street until next spring. The work already done makes Bismarck the best paved city in North Dakota, and with 77 block of new work, for which peti- tions have been received and the com- pletion of the present district next spring, the Capital City will not have a block of unpaved streets within a half mile of the central business sec-| tion. In this work will have been ex- pended, when it is finally complete in the neighborhood of a million dol- lars, In spite of the fact that the year has not been a satisfactory one for general building work, necessitating the abandonment of a number of im- portant projects which would have made 1917 the Capital City’s biggest construction year, a number of sub- stantial structures are now nearing comp.etiog or are well under way. The Bismarck public library, a build-| ing of handsome design which will) cost in the neighborhood of $25,000,i is practically finished, and plans are} being made for its dedication. H. W. Richholt is completing a two story business building on Sev-; enth street, and a substantial addi- tion has been made to the Haggart building on Broadway. The Logan building on Third street, the walls of which are now going up,| will be a thoroughly modern business home and will mark another import- ant point in the development of this thoroughfare, one of Bismarci’s earli- est commercial centers, but which for a great many years stood still so far| as progressive construction is con-| cerned. The most important structural un- dertaking of the year is the new home| for the Overland, being erected by) the Lahr Motor Sales Co. at the cor- ner of Thayer and Foarth. This build- ing, which is to be three stories high and of modern fireproof construction, will be one of the finest automobile assembling and distributing plants in’ North Dakota. It embodies many} novel features which are new to this! section of the northwest, and with its glazed brick and tile fronts and three floors of handsome display windows it will be a distinct ornament to the| business section. Louis Lindberg has the general con- | tract. The first fioor, basement piers and walls have been poured, the main RESPONSE LIBERTY DAY Expected Nation Will Roll up Mammoth Toll by End of Celebration PRESIDENT WILSON TAKES $15,000 OF LIBERTY LOAN Been Subscribed up to Tues- day Night Washington, Oct. 24.—Not a com- munity in the United States so far as the Liberty Loan managers can learn, hes failed to respond for to- day’s big drive. Parades, speeches, patriotic demon- strations, and bond buying are the or- der of the day from coast to coast. A flood of dollars, the like of which has never swept in upon the treasury lefore, officials predicted would fol- low. How far toward the $5,000,000,090 goal the subscription will be carried, no one was willing to forecast. It ap- peared certain, however, in the light of early advices that the two million workers throughout the nation would roll up a mammoth toll. Liszerty Day dawned with half of the amount taken. Liberal estimates from all reserve districts indicated that $2,465,000,0C0 had been subscrib- ed up to the close of business last night, $35,000,0¢0 less than officials had thought. When leaders of the District of Co- lumbia loan campaign went to call on President Wilson today presumadly to get his subscription to the loan, they ‘learned he had subscribed for $15,000 dollars worth of bonds through a local bank, paying $13,909 immediately, and agreeing to pay the balance before Novemer, 14. The president bought $10,¢00 worth of the first issue direct from the treasury. FIRST RECIMENT YPECT TO MOVE TO LONC ISLAND ° Jamestown, N. D., Oct. 24.—Dr. R. A. Eolton is in receitp of a letter from his daughter, Mrs. Frank Henry, wite of Major ‘Henry of the First bat talion, Fi North Dakota infantry, now stationed at Camp Greene, N. C., stating that North Dakota troops will be moved to Long Island, N. Y., early in Novemer. Camp Green will be us- e das a training camp for drafted men, according to the letter. Imasmuch as jor Henry isyin close touch with military matters and he and his wife have made arrangements to give up their: bungalow at Charlotte Novem ber 1, it seems certain that the boys will be moved to Long Island next month. AMUNDSEN RETURNS BERMAN HORORS PROTESTS MURDERS London, Oct. 24.—Captain Raold Amundsen, the noted Norwegian ex- plorer, went to the German Iegation in Christiania on Tuesday, says Keuter’s Christiania corespondent, and return- ed to the German minister his Ger- man decorations as “a personal pro- test against the German murder of peaceful Norwegian sailors on October 17th in the North Sea.” RANS STEAMER CREW MISSING An Atlantic Post, Oct. 24—A Jap- anese steamer, laden with munitions, rammed and sank the lumber steamer Katahdin here late last night. The crew of the sunken vessel is missing. The Katahdin had a cargo of 1,000,000 feet of southern pine. The Japanese steamer had her bow stoved in. AGGIES WIN IN WALK Macalester Fails to Stand up Against Flickertail Charge Fargo, N. D., Oct. 24.—Macalester failed to stand up yesterday afternoon against the North Dakota aggies’ heavy artillery, and the Flickertails won 12 to 0. At no period of the game was the Gopher squad in danger the weather was stinging cold and the floor in one solid block, and work is (Continued on Page Three) Lall a chunk of ice—kept the aggies from piling up more points. SWELLS TOTAL Nearly Two Billion and a Half Had of scoring. Penalties and fumbles—; FRENCH DRE. NETS TWOMLES WASNE ZINE Germans Withdraw Large Num- bers of Troops from the East Fronts AUSTRO-GERMAN TROOPS BEGIN NEW OFFENSIVE Carture Some of the Posts Former- ly eld by Italians Along Al- . pine Front PERSHING UNDER FIRE. British Headquarters in France, Oct. 24.—General Pershing accom- panied one of the generals as far as the second German line in the French attack on the Aisne front. General Pershing was at first observing the -attack. with a French general from a favorable post some distance in the rear of the French line. General Pershing then suggested going into the French trenches. This they did, but General Per- shing was not satisfied and went on through the shelifire of the captured first German trenches, and then into the second line. Berlin, Oct. 24—On a wide front be- tween the Gulf of Riga and the Dvina, the German troops have been with- drawing without interruption from the enemy, army headquarters announced today. The withdrawal took place Sunday night. In their attack on the Aisne front yesterday the French at first pressed forward quickly, but later their thrust was arrested by the German reserves, says today’s official communication. BIG GAINS NOTED. Paris, Oct. 24.—In one of the swift- est and most dashing blows of the war, the French troops smashed Aisne tv a depth of more than two miles a: one point, inflicted heavy losses on the enemy aud captured more than 7,500 prisoners and 25 heavy guns and field guns. into their hands, according to the war office announcement tonight, the text of which reads: “North of the Aisne the attack which we launched this morning de- ! veloped under extremely brilliant con- ditions. Notwithstanding mist and rain, our troops attacked with admir- able enthusiasm formidable organiza- tions of the enemy which were de- fended by the best treops of Germany, supported by heavy artillery. Malmaison Fort Falls. “In their first dash, our soldiers cap- ries of Fruxty and Bohery. A little later Malmaison fort, in the center, fell into our hands. “Pushing their advance still further, our troops, after a desperate engage- ment in which they gave proof of their irresistible snap, drove the enemy out of the quarries of Montparnese, which had been partly crushed by our big sheils. “On the left our progress, was con- tinued with the same success, the vil- lages of Allemant and Vaudesson re- maining in our yp icn, while on the right our on to the heights dominating Pargnys- Filain. Chavignon Taken. “Finally, in the center, our troops drove fresh enemy reserves helter- ~ (Continued on Page Three) through the German lines north of the , ‘Zeyeral important villages also fell; tured the line indicated by the quar-| ° has no justification for this war with Chicago Eats Alfalfa Bread To Help Cut Down High Cost How food Prices have Soared Chicago, Oct. 24.—Wheatless day was observed, scrupulously in Chica- go by hoteis and restaurants asa mat- ter of pledge to the iood administ! tion, and, according to inquiry in rep- resentative sections, by housewives generally. “\Vhat did you have for break: was the question asked and anus many times among the many p 's coming downtown on the str It appeared that “Johnny Cake” made a welcome appearance on buckwheat cake The chiet noy lay was al falfa bread and alfalfa muffins. They were dark brown on the esterios, and a dark green inside. In the making of pi ice aad corn SCALE OF PRICES. Washington, Oci. 24.—T ood prices as a whole have advanced, 47 per cent over the year hefore the war. The st official compilation of pri announced today shows prin- cipal articles of food as a whole 6 per cent higher on August 15, 1914, than they were. on that date in 1915. There was a p of 6 per cent in 1915, but in 1916, prices advanced 14 per cent and during this year they have jump- ed 81 per cent. From July to August this year, there was a 2 per cent in- crease in the combined prices of the principal articles of food. Flour pri in August were two and one quarter times what they were in August, 191 The increase was 130 per cent. Corn meal advanced almost as much with an increase of 120 per cent. Potatoes advanced 87 per cent; sugar 77 per cent, lard 72 per cent and porkchops 58 per cent. During the year ending August 15, onions were the only article to de- in price. Corn meal doubled in , flour advanced 70 per cent; beans 59 per cent; and other articles to a lesser degree. NATION'S LIFE DEPENDS UPON WAR'S OUTCOME Secretary McAdoo Delivered Lib- erty Day Address at Atlanta to Assist Sale FREEDOM OF SEAS IS ESSENTIAL TO PEOPLE Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 24.—Germany’s ef- ‘forts to keep American ships off the high seas through her ruthless sub- marine wartare was a direct blow aimed at the prosperity of American ‘farms and of American business, Sec- retary McAdoo declared today in a Liberty day address here.; my After reminding his hearers that America went to war in 1812 to vin- dicate her right to the freedom of . the seas and had steadfastly main- tained it since then, he continued: Right Essential. | “That right is essential to Ameri- ca’s life and security because ‘we have ‘always’ produced’ more than we can consume at home. And the very ‘lifc of our people depends upon their abil ity at all times to sell that surplus in the open markets of the world.” The German emperor “had been led by disloyal people in this country tc believe that America never would fight,” Secretary McAdoo continued. “Had America submitted and kept her ships off the sea, discord and discontent among American people would have followed,” he said, and the German emperor by one stroke of his pen would have accomplished “more destruction than he could accomplish with all the armies and navies of the German empire.” Yellow Blood. The secretary then turned to ruth- ; less submarine warfare and referred | to helpless men and women drowned fat sea. “Some men have said that America Germany. If there be an American who, knowing this record, says we did not have justification for war with Germany, then yellow blood flows in his veins; he hasn’t any red blood in him.” Death Penalty Choosing as its commissioned offi- cers three men who have seen actual warfare in the Philippines, and who have served for long periods in the standing army of the United States and foreign countries or in the North home guard formally organized last evening at a meeting marked by in- ense enthusiasm and patriotic fervor. The purpose of the Bismarck home guard, as stated in its ‘by-laws, is to promote loyalty to the flag of our country by the exposure of enemy atrocities; the prevention and putting down of sedition; the suppression of peace propaganda of any sort, and at any time which might give peace and comfort to the enemy; the enforce- ment of the death penalty in Amer- ica against spies and traitors; the stopping of all trade with the enemy, directly or through neutral channels; the defeat of Germany, and to aid the Red Cross in casualty and protec- tion. Every one of these clauses was care- fully discussed and adopted after sol- emn deliberation by men of sufficient caliber to enforce their declarations to the letter. More than 70 guards- men attended the meeting, and they came from every rank in Bismarck’s business, professional and public life. They were men who have distin- | guished themselves as good citizens, and whose presence in the home guard is the best evidence of the sincerity and loftiness of its purpose. Dakota national guard, the Bismarck } for all Traitors To Be Insistsd Upon By Bismarck Home Guard The Officers. By unanimous consent the following commissioned officers were elected: Captain—Ernest G. Wanner, secre- tary of the North Dakota board of con- trol, veteran of the Philippine cam- paign, in which he served with the Valley City company, and a man who has taken a lifelong interest in North Dakota military affairs. First Lieutenant — Joseph Kelley, employe of Marshall Oil Co., veteran of Filipino insurrection, in which he ‘served with the First North Dakota; ;for many years a member of Co. A, First North Dakota infantry, in which he served as first lieutenant. Second lieutenant. — J. A. Flow, employe of Lomas Hardware Co., five years a student at Norwegian army non-commissioned officers’ school at Trondjen; five years a member of the United States regular army, stationed iat Fort Snelling, with two sons now in the service and a third preparing to go. These commissioned officers will name their own non-coms. The offi- cers of the guard are to be those usu- ally comprised in a company unit of ‘the army, and including a guard sur- geon and guard chaplain. 1" Phe honor of serving the Bismarck home guard unit was conferred by unanimous vote last evening on Rev. H. C. Postlethwaite, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, and a clergyman who has impressed the | (Continued ay Page Three) ADMINISTRATOR URGES DAKOTANS TO USE LIGNITE This Will Assist in Relieving Fuel Conditions in the Far East ASSISTANTS NAMED BY HANDLE SITUATION The federal fuel administrator for North Dakota announces the appoint- ment of the following chairmen of dis- trict committees of the fuel adminis- tration: i. A. Swiggum of Grafton, district (No. 1, comprising Cavalier, Pembina and Walsh counties. Robert B. Blakemore of 1 argo, dis- trict No. 3, comprising Cass, Steele and Traill counties, W. W. Thomas of Wahpeton, dis- trict No. 4, comprising Ransom, Rich- land and Sargent counties. f. KE. Mann of Devils Lake, district No. 6, comprising Benson, Pierce, Ramsey and Towner counties. KE. Ellsworth, Jamestown, district No. 7, comprising Eddy, Foster, Stuts- man and Wells counties. Fred D. McCartney of Oakes, dis- trict No. 8, comprising Dickey, La- Moure, Logan and McIntosh counties. Johnson Named. August E. Johnson of Washburn, district No. 11, comprising McLean and Sheridan counties. J, 8. Lyon of Williston, district No. 15, comprising McKenzie and Williams counties. W. R. Everett of Dickinson, district No. 17, comprising Billings, Golden Valley and Stark counties. ‘These gentlemen will appoint a resi- Jent of each county in their respec- live districts to act with them in the investigation and report of fuel condi- Fuel dealers and consumers urged to co-operate with them to a the fullest extent so that there may be a proper distribution of fuel throughout North Dakota. Any urg- ent need of fuel should be communi- sated promptly to the chairman of the committee for the district wherein | the need exists. Appointments in the remaining districts will be made at an early date. Use Lignite. In view of the marked shortage of anthracite coal, notwithstanding a 10 per cent increase in production during the current year as compared with the year 1916, caused principally by the inability of transportation facili- ties to accommodate the greatly in- creased war traffic, and the much en- larged consumption of coal in what are called war industries, fuel deal- ers throughout North Dakota, and par- ticularly those in the Red River val- ley, are requested to obtain the larg- est possible supply and to urge the use by consumers of domestic lignite to take the place of anthracite. Dr. Babcock is authority for the state- ment that North Dakota lignite can be used to good advantage in stoves de- signed to burn hard coal, if proper care be taken. It is imperative that the use of anthracite be most cautious throughout the northwest. PHYSICIANS. ENROLL TO STUDY INJURIES Chicago, Oct. 24—Enrollment of every physician and surgeon in the United States without regard to his finances or dependents, for employ- ment in some form during the war is a probability, according to discus- sions which preceded the opening to- day of the eighth annual session of the Clinical Congress of Surgeons. More than 2,500 from this country, Great Britain and France are in at- tendance to discuss how the United States may best care for its men in- jured in the war. MICHAELIS 15 READY TO RESIGN; KAISER RETURNS Emperor Hurries to Berlin to Set- tle Threatening Political Situation VON BUELOW ADVOCATED FOR NEW CHANCELLOR Socialists, However, Promise to Make Open War Upon This Selection REALIZING THEIR FAILURE. Washington, D. C., Oct. 24.—No immediate prospect of peace, de- spite Germany's gradual weaken- ing of morale in the civilian popu- lation in the army, is seen by P. A. Stovall, minister to Switzer- land, who called on President Wil- Son today on his first return from his post in four years. “The German people,” he said, “are slowly realizing that the war is a total failure. As this spirit grows it will cause somewhat of a revolution, but | do not think anyone can forecast what form this will take. Food and other economic conditions in Germany are very bad, and growing wor Switzerland, the minister clared, was genuinely neutral and will not abandon this position. London, Oct. 24—Dr. George Mi- chaelis, the German imperial chan- cellar, has placed his portfolio in the hands of Emperor William, according to an Amsterdam dispatch given out by the Wireless Press. RETURNS TO BERLIN. Copenhagen, Oct. 24.—Emperor Wil- helm returned to Berlin last night prepared to deal immediately with the political crisis, particularly as it af- fects the imperial chancellorship, Ru- dolf Valentini, chief. of the,emperor's civil cabinet, made a report to the emperor on the train on the deveélop- ment of the political situation during the emperor's absence in thé Balkans. Eyes for Emperor. Valentini is known jokingly as “the carrier of the bowstring”. on account of the part he plays in the political demise of the highest Prussian civil officials. He acts as the emperor's eyes and ears in ascertaining public and political opinion. Responsibility is accredited popu- larly to Valentini for the selection of Dr. Michaelis when it was decided to drop Prince von Buelow as a can- didate owing to the socialist announce- ment that they would make open war on the government if the prince were reinstated as chancellor. It is said that Michaelis was not even consid- ered three hours before his appoint- ment was made. Prince von Buelow again is being advocated strongly for the chancellor- ship by the conservatives. Socialists through the party news service, an- nounced that if the emperor asked for the opinion of the reichstag par- ties they will not hesitate to tell him their unfavorable opinion of Von Bue- low. POLITICAL AFFAIRS SEETHING. By Associated Press. ‘Political affairs in Germany are seething again with the return of the German emperor to Berlin. All par- ties seem determined that Chancellor Michaelis must go, and it is hardly probable that the emperor will be will- ing to oppose this agitation very long. Whether the emperor will appoint an- other Prussian bureaucrat in Michae- lis’ place is not yet clear. Some lead- ers favor Prince von Buelow for the German chancellor, but socialist oppo- sition against him is still strong. Smashing against the crown prince’s line along a six mile front northwest of Soissons, the French have made important gains, and captured more than 7,500 prisoners and 25 guns. General Petain completed an effec- tive step toward Laon, the southern extremity of the Hindenburg line, and important railroad center, which lies 10 miles northeast of Chavignon, where the French attack attained its greatest depth—two and one-fifth miles. The heights dominating Pargyn-Fi- lain at the extreme right were seiged, and French guns now can batter the Germans on the hills on the opposite side of the Aillette river from Chavig- non. More important still, they can pour an infilading fire into the forces of the German crown prince still cling- ing to the northern slopes of the pla- teau, paralleling the Chemin des Zames. ' PLOT AGAIN PRESIDENT Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 24.—Seven men were arrested in different sec- tions of Tennesee yesterday, and are alleged to have been connected with a plot threatening President Wilson, federal officials stated here toda: They said the plot had been under investigation for nearly two months.