The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 30, 1917, Page 1

The Weather Uneettied. ——_———————————————— THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. ITHE BIS 257 CK TRIBUN Elza BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1917. FIVE CENTS GERMANS CAPTURE UDINE HEADQUARTERS VAST AIR SQUADRON 10 RAID CERMAN CITIES WILL BE MANNED BY EXPERT AMERICAN ATATIRS IN NEED OF AID Armies on Western Front Pray for Arrival of United States’ Birdmen CONGRESS TO SPEND MILLIONS FOR PLANES Military Experts Hope Fleet will be on French Front by Spring By MAJOR JOSEPH TULASNE, Head of the French Commission on Aviation. (Copyright, 1917, by the Newspaper nterprise Association.) The®allies are anxiously awaiting the aid of the American air fleet. If this fleet comes in time for the 1918 battles, it will be the deciding factor. ‘The summer of 1917 has been marked by very spirited battles for the supremacy of the air. During these battles the losses of the allies have been great, but those of our enemies still greater. At present we are getting ready to profit by the lull which the winter rains will cause in air raids, and or- ganize large fleets of well armed and equipped planes for the spring of 1918. Blind the Enemy. The American people have under- stood admirably the part which Amer- ican aviation is to play in this gigantic struggle, and the enthusiasm of the American people and its will to inter- vene in order to blind the army of the enemy has enabled congress to pass an aviation bill of $640,000,000. The officers in charge of the organ- ization and development of American aviation, and the business men who have spontaneously offered their serv- ices and business ‘experience, have done a great deal during the last six months. Aviation schouls have sprung up all over the country. Several are at present working at full speed. Hun- dreds of pilots, full of dash, are being trained there with the same zeal which they showed in the university games. American engineers, acting for the United States signal corps and the aircraft production board of the coun- cil of national defense, have designed and constfucted a powerful motor, and the workshops for motors and air- planes are’at the height of their or- ganization ‘and development. Anxiously Awaited. In France and the other allied coun- tries, provisions have been made to place at the disposal of American avia- tors the airplanes necessary to enable them to take part in the air battles of next spring. On the whole western front, extend- ing from the North sea to Switzer land, the arrival of the American air fleet is anxiously awaited. This fleet must consist of a mighty battle fleet and huge bombing squadrons as well The battle fleet is the decisive ele- ment in the supremacy of the air. The allies must have a large number of pursuit squadrons, efficiently armed and piloted by daring aviators. The American fleet of battle planes will enable the allies to secure indis- putable supremacy of the air. But they must come at the earliest possi- ble date and take their place in the struggle, because the supremacy of the air for 1918 will be decided during the first months of the spring. The American air fleet therefore must be at the front by early spring in great numbers. It will be there ff American industry turns out its prod- ucts quickly on a large scale. The American bombing squadrons also will contribute greatly to success. Since 1915, French aviation has been making bombarding raids. The raid upon Karlsruhe in 1915, made by 20 bombing planes, brought upon the Ger- mans a justified terror. In that expe- dition over 200 persons were killed and wounded, and for many months that reprisal raid stopped German ‘bombing of French towns. But in 1917 bombardment of defenseless Eng- Nish and French towns by German planes began again, in which London and Dunkirk suffered most. Public opinion in America has been aroused against these non-military bombardments, and has suggested re- prisals. Such bombardments have been effected, Dresden and Frankfort, for example, having been visited by French planes. But the people of America must rea- lize that it is much more difficult for the allies to carry out bombing expe- ditions than for the enemy. The same distance which will take the German machines over London or Paris, will only take the allied ma- chines over Relgian or French towns in the invaded territory, and still quite far from important Germak towns. r The problem of bombardment is more difficult for the allies: this is why we should go at it with all our might. At the request of the French government, the government of the United States has decided to organize a powerful bombing fleet. These bombing squadrons, like the (Continued on page eight) SEPARATE PEACE. the Fundamentals Urges Min- ister MUST STAY BY ENTENTE UNTIL VICTORY COMES Petrograd. Oct. 30.—Foreign Min- ister Terestcheko, in addressing the preliminary -parliament, today, said a separate peace was impossible and that defense of Russian territory was one of the fundamental needs. The foreign minister said the abso- lute independence of Courland and perhaps of Poland and Lithuania was impossible, as it would mean that Rus- sia would return to the days before| #8 Peter. He also asserted complete de movilization and disarmament and neutralization of were impossible. Russian foreign policies have not changed, since the first statement, en- anciating the principle of no indemni- ties, no annexation, and the right of nations to self-definition, the minister said. “The pecple must understand that the war is being carried on not by government, but by nations,” he ad- ded. “As the nations began the fight- ing, so they must end it. Russia and France first held back the foes, and so they must continue to do so.” NONPARTISAN. GLANS HERE IN EFFORT 10 SAE THE FRAGHENTS The crisis in the affairs of the league has brought to Bismarck dur- ing the week an unusual number of Nonpartisan leaders, including Speak- er Howard R. Wood, state manager o! the Townley organization; Patrick M. Casey, general manager of the Equity Co-operative packing plant; County Judge Edward P. Totten of Bowman and his brother, George A. Totten, Jr., one of the governor's recent ap- pointees to a place on the state board of regents. R. J. J. Montgomery of Tappen. president of the Farmers’ union, has also been at the state hot The Townley organization is admitted, even by its leaders, to be on the defensive, and it is rather diffi- cult ‘for men who have been carrying the fight to the enemy to adopt new tactics required. GOVERNOR FRAZIER PROCLAIMS PLEDGE DAY FOR DAKOTANS Governor Lynn J. Frazier has publicly proclaimed Wednesday, Oct. 21, as special food pledge day for North Dakota in furtherance of the food conservation campaign being con- ducted throughout the nation. Gover- nor Frazier advises that it is the earnest desire of himself and Dr. E. F. Ladd, federal food administrator, that this day be devoted in tho homes and the schools to constructive work and careful study of waste and conserva- tion. SLACKER LOCATED AT TACOMA AND EXAMINED; SWANSON CHANGES MIND Cros N. D., Oct. 39.—Sigvald L. Hall, wanted here as a draft deserter, has heen located at Tacoma, Wash., and the loc: ard has issued orders for his ation there. Sten Swan- son, las ed the board that he h wy changed his mind and is heertily in favor of select service, and after consulting with the attorney o general at Lismarck, the board regi: tered him and turned him loose. IMPOSSIBLE SAYS RUSSIAN LEADER Defense of Slav Territory one of canals and straits} °¥ arrested for failure to register) © HERLESS O41 WHEATESS DAS MEATLESS OH Wiscon:in Wants ‘‘One Schooner’ Only; Chicago to Eat Corn DR. LADD URGES FOOD PLEDGE FOR THE STATE Expected to Enlist 100,000 Women to Fight for Conserva- tion Fargo, Oct. 30.—Dr. E. F." Ladd, di- rector of the’ North Dakota food pledge campaign in which it is ex- pected 100,000 women will pledge sup- port to the government’s plan for food conservation announced today that over 15,000 pledge cards already have been signed by women in the state. In only one or two of the large ci- ties of the state, however, have the pledge cards been distributed. Tomor- row is set apart by Governor Frazier as food pledge day and will see active circulation of food pledge, cards in over 500 cities and towns. WHEATLESS DAYS. Chicago, Oct. 30.—Wheatless days may ve less cause for dismay to epi- cureans if the plans of the state coun- cil for national defense, who foster a taste for corn are successful. Skilled southern cooks, well versed in the se- creis of the proper making of c bread, and other dainty products of maize, are to exercise their craft in an educational campaign to acquaint Chicagoans with the value of the yel- low grain. Announcement was made today. of a: plan to install a corn kitch- en ina downtown office building to supply. the passing public with corn dainties free of charge. With each mouthful the eater would be urged to take home a corn recipe. URGE ONE CLASS ONLY. Milwaukee, Wis., Oct 30.—The Wis- consin Anti-Saloon league today adopt- ed a resolution petitioning Governor Phillips to call upon “all drinkers that they consume one less glass of beer per day, and that one day each week be observed as ‘eerless day.’ ” The governor is asked to nominate such ‘beerless day” Sunday, on which day the sale of all forms of in- ants is already a misdemeanor ate law be enforced urge the peti-| recent speech by the governor in which he said: “When it comes to go- ing a little hungry or sacrificing Amer- ican boys, | say go a little hungry.” “We also say when it comes to go- ing a little thirsty or sacrificing an i and nnot hope to win the e more in the beer pail than we save in the dinner pail.” TO SUPERVISE MILLING. New York, Oct. 30.—Administrative supervision over the operation of all! four mills in the United States will! be assumed by the milling division of tra united States food administration, | effective Nov. 1, it was announced here today. This action will be taken’ under President Wilson's proclama- tion of Oct. 8. RUNS WILE IN ELL AND HARES THBLG STOP OF RUNAHAIS Maniac Confined at Crosby Startles Populace—Committed to Jamestown Crosby, N. D., Oct. 30.—Strangely reminiscent of the chariot race in the Klaw & Erlanger production of Ben Hur, but staged in even less space, was Sig. McKone’s startling ex- perience when he ran a mile and stop- ped a maddened runaway team witlt out leaving the Divide county jail cell in which he was confined here. Sten- torious cries of “Whoa! Catch them! | Stop them!” had people in Crosby's business district stepping high and doubting their senses unti Ithe source of the disturbance was located in a cell where McKone, pending an in- quest as to his sanity, had been con- fined. “I never was so scared in my life,” ejaculated the hero, out of breath and shaking like a leaf, when his jailors reached him. “It was a {tough mile-run, but I got ‘em.” Me- Kone, who was brought here from Westby, was found insane and com- mitted to the state hospital at James- town LEFFINGHELL ASSITANT SECRETARY OF TREASURY Washington, D. C., Oct. 30.—Russell Leffingwell, a New York lawyer, who has been assisting Secretary Mc- Adoo as special counsel, was today appointed assistant secretary of the treasury, assuming one of two new offices created by the last session of coagress. ees | | State, is being relieved here tempo- FIRST WOUNDED | U5. SOLD IS REPORTED Lievtenant in Signal Corps Hit by Shell Splinter in the Leg GERMANS SUFFER REVERSE IN THE YPRES SALIENT Chancellor Michaelis is Succeeded By Bavarian States- man With the American Army in France, | Oct. 30.—The first American wounded in the trenches arrived today at a base hospital. He is a lieutenant in the signal corps. He was hit in the leg by shell splinters while working in a communication trench near the ‘first line. The wound is slight. The weather vas clear and cold today in the American sector. London, Oct. 30.—The Germans have been driven back in places to a depth of nearly 1,000 yards in today’s Brit- ish drive on the Ypres front, Reu- , ter’s correspondent at British head- quarters anusunces, The fighting today was on a more limited front than the battle of last! The weather fine. | The principal fighting taking place toward the outskirts of Pas- , Schendaele and in the region of Poel- :cappelle. The Brit ;to have fought their way along sev- eral important spurs o7 the great sys- .tem of ridges. The Canadians quickly ; gained a great part of their objec- j tives, : At &n early Wour today the Cana- dians had taken 2 stand in the neigh- vorhood of the famous crest farm, only 400 yards from the heart of the town of Tasschendaele. ATTEMPT RAID. London, Oct. 30.—Loid French,:com- mander of the British Lum day announced that the Friday erman aero- vianes which lust right attempted to | carry out a raid on the southeast coun- ties of England did no damage and caused no casualties. All the British machines, which went to engage the raiders, landed sately. SUCCEEDS MICHAELIS. Amsterdam, Oct. —Count George von Hertling, the Bavarian prime min- ister, has been appointed imperial chancellor. Former Chancellor Mich- aelis has been named prime minister of Prussia. COAL COSTS AS FIRST RESULT Anthracite in Fargo Drops 25 Cents the Ton—Situation are reported | ABOVE IS SHOWN THE WEDC IN THE GERMAN LINE IN HIS VIC LAON. Petain Pushes on to Laon eeeeeoccoes Coulommiers * THE FRENCH POSSESSION OF LETTE | 1H GENERAL AIN IS DRIVING ‘TORIOUS DRIVE ON LAON, GIVING RIVER VALLEY SOUTH OF By HARRY B. HUNT. Washington, D.C. Sam’s grip on the food situation tight ens perceptibly with the placing un. der license, Nov. 1, of all large food stuff dealers, from producer to con sumer. This license, bringing under ernment regulation meat ' grain dealers, storage houses, mille canners, grain dealers, brok mission men and food wholes so covers retailers doing a business of $100,000 per year or more. This brings under fede: the larger individual Bov packers, nd all will be at least one governmeat-con trolled grocery in every city of size. For immediate p: control the food administration g groups of staple which regulations commodities on be followed from produc profit in strictly limited. not continue in business. ous iniddlemen on the staples selected ' prices. It will be able to force onto have not yet been determined. Food the market any hoards of foodstuffs administration experas, busy on the held in warehouses and cold storage schedule for weeks; probably — will work it out within 10 days. In the absence of exact established margins ithe food administration will act upon all profits exacted are “reasonable.” It is the hope, eventually, to fix an official price range for all commodi- ties, announcing the prices weekly or | oftener, as changes in supply and de- mand justify. These prices would be carried in all newspapers, the way Chicago and New York produce prices heretofore fixed by the dealers them- selves have been announced. Thi fixing of specific prices, however, hi been complicated by the necessity of meeting regional conditions of supply and transportation, and by the many grades that would have to be covered It is expected ultimately a government price list will show the housewife eactly what her retailer is paying. She will then know if he attempts to charge an ex- cess profit. The foodstuffs taken immediately under federal control by the licen of Nov. 1, are: LICENSING OF BIG RETAILERS LIKELY TO CUT FOOD PRICES Oct. 30—Unele | flour. Fresh, canned or cured beef, pork Oa i Corn, corn grits, corn meal, hominy, 1 control] pe us, and means there singled out 20; will be imposed. | The price of these commodities will} lr through the wholesaler and large retailer and | the margin of each case Dealers found asking | exorbitant prices will be deprived of forces, to-! their license, without which they can-| The profits to be allowed the vari-: ses in the light of whether the! “| of $12,500. Wheat, wheat flour, rye and - | or mutton stitutes, oleomargarine, oleo oil and cooking tats, Sugar, ups and molasses, farley and ley flour, oatmeal and rolled ats, .jeorn flour, corn syrup and glucose. Rice and rice flour, | Dried beans. ad ov dried peas. seed, cottonseed — oil, cotton ,seed cake or cottonseed meal. j Peanut oil or peanut meal. Soya-bean oil and meal, palin oil and copra. oil, Condensed, evaporated or powdered milk. Poultry and eggs. resh and frozen fish. Fresh fruits and vegetables, Canned peas ,bea tomatoes, corn, salmon or sardines, Dried prun apples, raisins: With the large foodstuffs dealers un- wreh, corn oil, corn peaches or aole to do much more than regulate to distribute plants, irplus supplies | otherw tions. With supply equalized to meet de- {mand, under government supervision, the natural tendency will be for low- jer pric With the government ready ‘to penalize greedy dealers prices will | further tend downward. | Up to date the chief work of the ; food administration has been in pre- | paration. It has about completed its | regulation through voluntary cooper: ation—successful at t in prevent- ing a further price ri It is now ready to step in with orders, instead of requests. From Nov. 1, the food administra- tion will DIRECT what these food middlemen shall do, not simply “re- quest” them to be good And any middleman who thinks thi orders will not be enforced should make a test case. For his own information it might be said the test case brought by one English potato dealer cost him a fine Z Being Relieved Fargo, N. D., Oct. 2 ‘The first re- duction of coal prices in North Dakota since the government took a hand in the coal situation was announced her today by Fargo fuel dealers. The prices which will become _ effective Nov. 1 call for a reduction of 25 cents | a ton on pea, nut and egg coal. Under the new schedule nut and pea coal will cost $11.50 and egg $11.25. The fuel situation, which has been extremely critical throughout the rarily, according to Robert Blakemore, district fuel administrator. Teachers Convention; Wednesday Program }; 9:00 a.m.—Methodist church. Science and Mathematics. and social seience. At Presbyterian church. Musical education. Teachers of English. At high school. Graded, consolidated and third class high schools. Agricultural schools. Manual training. Domestic science. At Baptist church. Parent-Teachers’ league. The Women's clubs. At Commercial club. Modern language and Latin. 2:00 p.m.—At Auditorium. General association. 8:00 p.m.—At Auditorium. General association. Music by marck Music- al club. (Cut this out for reference.) ANTL-VAGCINISTS ORGANIZE LEAGUE People Opposed to Enforcement of Health Board Rule Will Make Fight Fargo, N. D., Oct. 30.—North Dakotans opposed to vaccination of pupils in the public schools, meeting in Fargo today, will or- ganize a state association to op- pose the recent order of the state board of health requiring the vac- cination of all children attending school, and denying school privi- leges to those who fail to abide by the order. Definite steps will be taken this afternoon, delegates said, to bring a test case to the courts. INFANTRYMEN AT FORT SNELLING END LIVES Despondency Over Domestic Rela- tions Result in Suicide of Private Soldier Ft. Snelling, Minn., Oct. 30.—Two deaths of privates in the 36th infan- try, one known to be a suicide, and the other believed to be, were report- ed by authorities today. Ronald Smith died from the effects of poison. Fred| If the war ended as the allies meant J. Coleman of Chicago, saddened, it is] it should, Mr. Law , by domestic affairs, shot himself,: burden would be one which could be 8 and died instantly. SATAN SPENT $000,000 WAR EVERY DY by More than Million Pounds Per Diem IF WAR ENDS AS ALLIES INTEND CAN BEAR BURDEN London, Oc commons toda said that in the period of from 122 to Sept. 22 the daily avera y Chancellor Bonar Law| July ex: was 6,414,000 pounds. | The chancellor said | tures of the army and navy e3 ithe budget estimates by | pounds daily. | The average daily expenditure since | the beginning of the financial year has been ¢ pounds above the budget. The chancellor said that as far as} he could judge the second half of the| year would not be quite as favorable; as in the first part, partly on ¢ !ount of the increased pay of the army and navy. The chancell id An a had given great financial a tance at times when her expendi- ture was greater than that of the | allies. eeded said the financial rye -} Milk, butter, cheese, lard, lard sub-| der license, the government will be; ‘to points where supplies are short and| se to stabilize market condi-) Expenditures Exceeding Budget; the expendi | 500,000! nell and beyond.” RESIOTANCE OF ITALIANS TIGHTENING Cadorna Elects to Form Defense Against Invaders Along Tagliamento MENACE OF NEW DRIVE FACES TROOPS OF ITALY Teuton Activity Over Entire Front Indicates Big Strategic Move UDINE CAPTURED. Berlin, Oct. 30.—Udine, the for- mer Italian headquarters, has been occupied by Austro-German forces, the army headquarters announced today. (By Associated Press.) . Italian resistance to the Austro-Gen man onslaught along the Isonzo ap- parently is stiffening, as General Ca- dorna prepares to reform his forces along the strong defensive line of the Tagliamento river. The entire Isonzo line has been turned, and the (Cg ion has been given up to the Teuton soldiers, who e now before Udine, the former Ital- jan general headquarters. Later re- ports indicated that the Austro-Ger- mans had captured Udine. Despite the crushing blow suffered by the Italian forces on the northern fsonzo and the consequent retirement all along the river, General Cadorna has the Tagliamento line trom which to beat back the invaders from the Venetian plains. Perlin does not re- port any additional capture of prison- ers, and this, coupled with Cadorna’s j Statement that his troops are check- ing the Austro-Germans, May “mean that the force of the first blow has heen spent. Fear New Drive. Teuton activity is reported in the region of Ploreken pass, in the Carnic Alps, where the Tagliamento turns tward. A strong advance here might make the Tagliamento line .un- tenable, as also would any Austro- German efforts in force southward {from the Carnic and Dolomite Alps. The Italian high command must con- sider, too, the possibility of a blow SO pO victorious | from the Trentino. From Swiss | Sources it is reported that the Austro- 'Sw frontier has been closed and that German reinforcements are being ' hurried to the Italian front. This may | mean either supports for the invad- ers west of the Isonzo or material for a new drive from the mountains south- ward behind the Tagliamento. Meanwhile, there are no reports of any activity in the Trentino, and Great Britain and France have taken steps to reinforce the Italians.. What form this help is taking has not yet been disclosed. | Raids and small operations are oc- cupying the troops on the front in France. The artillery is very active along the Aisne front and northeast of Ypres in Flanders. London, Oct. 30.—-Satisfaction with the decision of Great Britain and France to help the Italians is ex- pressed by most of the morning pa- pers, which again urged that whatever assistance is possible must be given without delay. There is, of course, no certain indication of the exact form this help will take, but the general assumption seems to be that concrete reinforcemen ontributed by Great Britain and France wil appear on the Italian front. The Morning Post, however, contends that the best way of helping Italy is to keep hammering j the Germans on the western front. It jadds: Won't Help Them. | «4 German victory over the Italians will not help them if we keep strik- ling hard at Flanders. It is a maxim in war never to allow the strategy to be diverted to the enemy, and ev- ery move now is an attempt to create a diversion from the western front.” Break Italian Line. ! The Milan correspondent of the | rim es, in a dispatch filed Sunday, re- )—In the house of| fers to the breaking of the Italian line at certain points where the Ger- mans carried on no heavy prelimin- ary bombardment, and says that on the Carso, to the contrary, not one penditure of the Lritish government! of the innumerable attacks has given an inch of ground lately to the enemy. “The troops on the Carso,” he writes, “have already passed through No details have yet arrived of the results of the fighting on the north- ern end of the Isonzo front. He says 8.000 pounds, or 1,237,000) the fighting there for the first hour of attack has been as glorious and epic as its winning in 1915. Berlin. Oct. —The Austrians and Germans are pushing forward toward the course of the Tagliamento river, the statement says. The Austro-Ger- man troops advancing from the Carnia Alps, have reached Venetian soil on the whole front and are pressing for- | ward against the upper course of the Tagliamento. The retirement of the defeated Ital- ian army is being stemmed at_the ' borne. (Continued on Page Eight)