The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 20, 1917, Page 4

. BISMARCK EVENING TRIBUNE THURSDAY, DEC. 20, 1917. T H E TR J BU N E reduced to a negligible minimum through the joint operations of North Dakota’s bone dry law and the na- Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck.| i541 Webb statute. Drunkeness has N. D.,_as_Second Class Matter |decreased to such an extent that in ISSUED EVERY DAY | ‘the city of Bismarcix not a single ar- GEORGE D. MANN, - - - Editor rest for this cause, which in the old G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY, days averaged from 20 to 30 “plain Special Foreign Representative. drunks” monthly. NEW YORK, Fifth Ave. Bldg.; CHI- North Dakota seems thoroughly sat- CAGO, Marquette Bldg.; BOSTON, |istied with bone dryness and entirely 3 Winter 8 Ge aah wate willing that the naion at large should Bide. aot oe se lenjoy its benefits. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. | 5, HAL The Assoctated .Press is exclusively | SOULED. entitled to the use for republication of | . i: ses all news credited to it or not other-; Secretary McAdoo, not long ago, wise credited in this paper and also | said this was a time when no true tue local news publi herelt. ta) an need be ashamed to wear Ail rights of republication of spect ‘ ainke sieante dtepatches herein are also reserved. oled ee ee eae a pass cab eee s. He meant, of course, MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIR: 1.4.4 nome the need of saving. CULATION. There are various ways of making SUBSCKIPTION RAT PAYABLE IN| your ings work for Unele Sam. ADVANCE Jif you have as much as $50 or more Dally, Morning and Sunday by, | st “one time, there are the $50 Lib- Jarrier, per month Daily, Morni g, Evening an lerty Bonds. But there are many peo- 90 ple who OLED, AND NOT HALF day, by Carrier, per month.... ant to help Uncle Sam and Daily, Evening only, by Carrier, | who ruefully look at 25 cents they pally, son ag and’ Sunday, per | spare and wonder what they can month 79 \do with that small sum, The answer jis: they can but a Thrift Stamp with it and when they have 16 of them can 6.00 ;2dd 12 cents and get a War Savings Morning or E' North Dakota, one year ...... 4.00 Morning or Evenipg by mail out- side of North D: » one year, Qunday,, ir Cori-.nition with Stamp. Evening or Moraing by mail, No one need be half-s-o-u-l-e-d in one year ++ 6.00 lthis war. THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Establishe NO TIME FOR THE GLOOMS, IC | As Billy Shakespeare would say, - i |“Now is the winter of our discontent,” WEATHER REPORT. ‘ete, and it has to be admitted that, For twenty-four hours ending at noon, at this time, the national psychology Dec. 20, inclines toward pessimism. Temperature at 7 a. i. Almost every fellow who returns Temperature at ncon . from Washington reports that the Highest yesterday . yesterday . ‘93 higher-tips’ of the war management t last night 26 are pessimistic. Investigations are Precipitation » 04 showing up near-scandals and sure- Highest wind veloc + 12N |Weaknesses. The transportation situ- ation is bad. Many of the newly For North Dakota: Generally fair|selected soldiers are drilling with tonight and Friday; somewhat colder broomsticks and thousands of the -re- tonight; rising temperature Friday. in cryits have had to be taken into pri- the west portion. |vate homes. In almost every direc- y Forecast. Lowest | e : Temperatures | tion there appears a decided lack of Fargo .. + 22 military necessaries. Williston - 28 | In-even ordinary times the winter | Pierre 34 season hag its natural gloom| The! St. au oe {sun doesn’t do a good and regular Winnipes 32 Job of shining. Bills seem to have | 40 a habit of mobilizing, There's a 20 shortage in pretty near everythng. 43 save the furnace’s ability to burn up ancisco . be ORRIS ‘W. ROBERTS, | MOneY- Meteorologist and, consequently, our livers work less. SELECT SERVICE SOLDIERS. But, if the most pessimistic amongst Burleigh county gives twenty more /ys sit down and think, we ought to human pledges of its loyalty and de- easily put the glooms to flight. votion to the flag at noon today when! When Uncle Sam declared war, a a score of Burleigh’s brave sons em Jittle over eight months ago, the real bark for the first stage°of the long| proposition was to turn a peaceful journey to Camp Stevens, Ore., where | democracy into a warring autocracy. they are to be enlisted in the coast| nq just consider what a democracy artillery. These boys go as Burleigh | jt was! county’s first representatives in al Politically, we had a divided Re- most‘{mportant branch of the #éat\jublican party, a party that had dom- natiog army, and they are a type | inated, pretty regularly, for a half of regfesentatives of whom every one | wentysy! 4 Dethderatic party that had of us may ‘be proud. slipped in by the skin of its tecth; | Farmers, clerks, mechanics and'go.istism growing; progressivism | laborers, these select service men are | trying to find: itself; @nd all. of us drawn from every rank in life. At 4/cawing at each other. o'clock last night all lines of class dis- Racially, we were just one beauti- tinction were erased and they became | fy cosmorama of over such mighty simple soldiers in the greatest army Z issues as prohibition and woman's ever raised in the western hemis-|.utrrage, phere. | Racially, we were just one beauti- All of Bismarck and a fair propor- ty) of cosmorama of all the nations tion of Burleigh county were at the! extant, station at noon today to bid these | Socially, we were about as caste- boys farewell and to wish them a riqden, in one way or another, as ever speedy and safe return. They go to| England was. glorious adventures and opportunity Commercially, our railroads were for splendid achievement. Dangers!headed toward the poor house, we and hardships await them; they are had no merchant marine whatever giving up comforts and luxuries which |; nd no adequate system and organ- they may not again know for many 4|ization through which to complete in long month. They are severing fam-|the foreign markets. ily ties, taking leave of loved ones,| Industrially, we had got to habitu- and going out among strangers as|ally setting disturbances by violence mere units in a mighty machine. And,|and private armies of thugs, with because they are American boys, nur- | court-martials and government troops tured in a typical American commun- jas the final resort. ity, they are going willingly, gladly, | What we really declared for, last proud of a chance to do their bit/April, was the right-about-face, in re- that the principles of democracy |spect of all these conditions. We de- which have been instilled in them |cided to convert confusion and dem- may win a great and everlasting vic-|ocracy of opinion and effort into na- ‘tory in the last blood-stained sordid | tional unity andeorganization for one retreat of autocracy. purpose. It was like taking all the With these boys goes this pledge: |tongues of a Babel and making: them The people of North Dakota, of Bur-;speak in the language of United leigh county, of Bismarck will keep|States patriotism. It was giving the home fires burning. They will|birth to an infant who should take guard carefully against attack from|the job of an Atlas. And some of us! the rear. They will show no mercy|are gloomy because the boy isn’t on for treason, sedition and treachery.|the job at eight months of age! They will not permit these boys,| Behold! we have made mistakes, we marching away today to fight our/have shown weaknesses, we are not battles, to be stabbed in the back.|yet ready to take the mighty burden Theirs is the more arduous and the | of the world upon our shoulders! | more glorious service. Ours is a duty /But the wonder of it is that we've got none the less holy and imperative and|the start that we have, we will be faithful to the trust. Any commit- jtee can take a gun and go out and > = | find spots in any department of na- THOROUGHLY SAT ED. tional effort that are not bullet-proof. That North Dakota will vote favor-|Any individual can feel his body over ably upon the adoption of a prohibi-|and find corns, boil, bad teeth, aches tion amendment to the constitution of |of some sort over which to make him- the United States is regarded as a|self satisfactorily miserable, if he safe hundred to one shot. North} Wants to. But the nation, or the man, Dakota has been constitutionally dry | worth While is the one that can smile from statehood, and almost actually| When some things go wrong, take an- dry since July 1, 1917. {other cinch in the belt and go at the Many were inclined to question the| real job fiercer than ever. benefits of prohibition as exemplified) Cheer up, everybody! After winter under the constitutional plank which comes spring, and this coming spring permitted the importation of intoxi-|is going to be the growingest spring, cants for personal use. Repeated at-jevery , that this good old world tempts were made to resubmit this|ever saw. question, but even ’way back in the pioneer days of the early nineties lit-| Entente powers are said to have de- tle headway was made, and in recent;cided on “a mere sympathetic atti- years there has been none at all. tude” toward the Bolsheviki govern- Since July 1, 1917,.the importation|ment. Anyhow, sympathy doesn’t of intoxicants form has. ts touch as bread and powfler. peer apes Aes ee Rats Ba : songs ae 3 We stay in the house more} Anaconda | Miami Copper x | TRIBUNE FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT IMPOSING ARRAY IN DIVEFOR BOTTOM At No Time in Six Months Has Market Shown so Little Support. UNITED KINGDOM IS WEAKEST OF GROUP New York, Dec. 19.—No new de- velopments or problems presented themselves for serious consideration today, but the stock market continued to decline, an imposing array of is- sues falling to new minimums. At no period since the inception of the liquidation movement, now almost x months old, has the securities list shown such indifference to attractive interest and dividend returns and such a paucity of speculative inquiry. Prices seemed to recede from sheer inertia more than for any other reas- on. Support, gave in isolated cases and at rare intervals was wholly lack- ing, gilt edged issues yielding more easily than those of less intrinsic value. The supplementary list of ords, both for stocks and included such former prime 2s as Union Pacific, New York Central, Pennsylvania, — Atchison, Great Northern, Louisville and Nash- ville and Baltimore and Ohio. In these stocks extreme losses. ex- tended from 2 to 4 points, while points, while among the bonded obli- gations of the same properties the shrinkage ran ‘from one to two per cent. United Kingdom 5’s were weak- est of the International group, other foreign es also yielding. Stocks were lowest on the enlarg- ed offerings of the last hour, leaders losing 2 to 5 points. United States steel made an extreme reversal of 2% at $04, and Union Pacific 3% at 102. Sales amounted to 460,000 shares. ~ Laverty \ fresh were heavy at 97.12 to 97, the being more steady at 98.50 to 98.40. Total sales (par value) ageregated $1,850,000. United States bonds (old isrues) were unchanged on call. NEW YORK STOCKS, American Beet Sugar ... American Can \, can Américdn Smelting & Refi American: Tel and Tel. Ameridan, Zine ...... . Atchigon Baltimore Butte and Superior .. California Petroleum Canadian Pacific . Central Leather .... Chesapeake and Ohio . Chicago, Mil. and St. Pau no Copper lorado Fuel and Iron Cricible Steel ... Cuba Cane Cugar . Erie ...... Great Northern Ore Ctfs Great Northern pfd. .. Inspiration Copper ..:-. wees BH ‘Int; Mer. Marine pfd. ctfs...... 75 at a Mexican ePtroleum Missouri Pacific . Montana Power . New York Central Northern Pacific Pennsylvania ..... a 40% Ray Consolidated Copper 20 Reading ...... ...... 66 Republic Iron and Steel . Southern Pacific ... Southern Railway Texas Co. Union Pacific ...... ..... U. S. Industrial Alcohol . United States Steel .. Utah Copper ...... NOTICE AND CITATION, HEARING OF FINAL ACCOUNT AND DIS- TRIBUTION OF ESTATE. State of North Dakota, County of Bur- leigh—ss: . In county court, before Hon. H. C. Bradley, judge. In the matter of the estate of Nina Walter M. Huntington, vs. Mabel Hunt Penwarden, I. H. Robin- son, Maud Robinson Putnam, Lillian Robinson. Doerschlat, A. H. Flannery and Frank J. Flannery, Respondents. The State of North Dakota to the Above Named Respondents: Petitioner f, 8-00@18.00; '6.20@12: Downey, deceased. , @10.30; cows and heifers 5.00@11.15; CORN AND OATS IN NEW PRICE RECORD Uncomfortably Meagre Arrivals Send Cereals to the Upper Air. PROVISIONS RECOVER; CURTAILMENT OF HOGS Chicago, Ills. Dec. 19—Both corn ‘and oats surpassed today all previous high price records this season. Dis- appointing smallness of receipts was largely responsible. Corn closed firm to half and 1% net advance, with Jan- uary 1.21%! to 1.21% and May 1.19%. Oats gained %@% to 2%c, and pro- visions 4c to $1. Despite reports of some increase in the number of freight cars available and notwithstanding that weather con- ditions were no longer any handicap to the operation of the railroads, the stubborn fact: could not be evaded that arrivals of grain were uncom- fortablely meager. One reason ascribed was a dearth of sufficient motive power, and it was said that many train engines as well as freight cars had been diverted else- where from the corn belt. The result- ing advances in the price of corn were vigorously upheld owing more or less to prevailing warmth and moisture that greatly hindered the safe hand- ling of poorer qualities of the cereal. Strength in oats came in consider- able measure from reports that the government had been a-free buyer during the last few days. Besides gossip was current that for the pres- ent corn would be given preference over oats in regard to the furnishing of cars to rural, shippers. Curtailment of the hog supply here lifted provisions. CHICAGO GRAIN. Option Open High. Low Close Corn— Jan. 1.21% 1,22 1.21% 1.21% May 1.19% 1.19% 1.19% 1.19% Oats— Dec, T3% TTY. 17% May... .72% .78% ) 72% .12% MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN, | Minneapolis, Minn.,’ Dec;'19.—Wheat ‘receipts today were 204° cars com- pared with 161 a year ago. ‘Corn, NO. 3, yellow 1.60@1.65. Oats, white .754 @.764. Flax, 3.49@3.54. Flour unchanged. Shipments 67,300 | barrels. Barley, 1.28 Rye, 1.82@1.83, Bran, 39.00@ 40.50. OMAHA LIVE STOCK, Omaha, Nebr., Dec. 19—Hogs—Re-| ceipts” 11,500; higher; heavy 16.00@, | 16.30; mixed 16.15@16.25; light 16.10} at 30; pigs 10.00@16.00; bulk 16.15 Cattle—Receipts 6,500; steady; na- tive steers 8.50@13.50; cows and heif- ers 6.50@10.00; western steers 7.75@ 11.75; cows and heifers 6.00@9.0 canners.5.00@6.00; stockers and feed- Vers Gi 11.00; bulls, 3, etc., 6.00@8.50. | Sheep—Receipts 11,000; Steady; lower; yearlings 11.50@13.00; wethers 11.00@12.50; ewes 9.50@11.00; lambs! 14.00@ 16.00, , ST. PAUL LIE STOCK. St. Paul, Minn,, Dec. 19-—Hogs—Re- ceipts 12,000; 25 to 40 c¢ higher range 15.25@16.00; bulk 15.75@15: Cattle—Receipts 3,300; __ killers, steady; steers 5.50@15.50; cows and) higher 5.50@14.75; stockers,and feed- ers, slow and steady 5.00@10.00. Sheep—Receipts 500, steady; lambs wethers ~ 7.00@13.00; ewes £.00@10.75, i CHICAGO LIVE STOCK. Chicago, Ills., Dec. 19.—Hogs—Re- ceipts 13,000, strong 26¢ above yester- day’s average; bulk ,15.90@16.40; light 15.25@16.30; mixed 15.70@16.55; heavy 15.70@16.55; rough 15.70@ 15.90; pigs 11.00@14.10. Catue—Receipts 13,000, firm; na- tive steers 7.25@14.35; western steers ; Stockers and ‘feeders 6.25 calves 9.00@16.50. Sheep — Receipts 10,000; weak; wethers, 9.00@13.10; ewes 8.00@11.80; lambs 12.65@16. PACIFIC ROADS GIVE You, the said respondents, are here- by notified that the final account of the administration with the will an- nexed of Nina Downey, late of the city of Portland, in the county of Muth- romah and state of Oregon, deceased, has been rendered to this court, there- in showing that the estate of said de- ceased is ready for final settlement and distribution, and petitioning that his account be allowed, the residue of said estate be distributed to the per- sons thereunto entitled, his adminis- tration closed and he be discharged; | that Tuesday, the 8th day of January, A. D. 1918, at ten o’clock in the fore-, noon of that day at the court rooms! of this court in the court house, in the city of Bismarck, county of Bur- leigh and state of North Dakota, has been duly appointed by this court for} the settlement thereof, at which time and place any person interested in said estate may appear and file his exceptions, in writing, to said ac- count and petition and contest the same. And you, the above named respond- ents, and each of you, are hereby cited and required then and there to be and appear befvre this court, and show cause, if any you have, why said ac-| count shall not be allowed, the resi-! due of said estate distributed, the administration of said estate closed, and said administrator be discharged. Dated the ith day of December, A. D. 1917. By the Court: H. C. BRADLEY, Judge of the County Court. Miller, Zuger & Tillotson, Attorneys for Petitioner, Bismarck, N poohies Soh (Seal) icine gently soothes bowels, helps digestion, sharpens the appetite, Hollizter’s nature's gift. ous. ORE CARS FOR COAL' Duiuth, Minn., Dec. 20.—Duluth rail: roads are helping out in the car short- age emergency in supplying iron ore cars for the movement of coal during the winter months. It is announced that the Northern! Pacific, Soo Line and the Great North- ern roads have also arranged to re- lease thousands of their iron ore cars| to facilitate coal shipments. THREE COLORED MEN SENTENCED TO HANG Butte, Mont., Dec. 20.—Frank Fish- er, John O'Neil and Sherman Powell, (colored) will be hanged from the same scaffold in the Silver Bow coun- ty jail yard between the hours of 3 and 10 a. m. Jan. 14, 1918. Formal| judgment was pronounced today by District Judge John V. Dwyer after Teceipt of remittiturs from the su- preme court denying new trials. The men were convicted of murder, the jury fixing the death penalty in the case of Powell and the court sentenc- ing Fisher and O'Neil. Amost heattn?:*, up-nuilding med- tae liver and brings refreshing sleep. Rocky Mountain Tea, calves; 9.00@12.50; | joints where the boys are stationed. | The military spirit in the First Bap- tist. church is much felt and the church has endeavored to assist: as much as possible in the war work. Rev. Bruce E. Jackson who is one of the big Y. M. C. A. workers at Cami Dodge, was granted a year’s leave of absence by the congregation and the present pastor, Rev. L. R. Call is one of the most enthusiastic workers of the city in war work, The boys re- | membered are: Sergeant Herman | Brocopp, Arthur Martley, George Mer- cier, Arthur Serres all of Company A; Einar Nelson, Howard Ritchie, Archie | Kunkel, Martin Mayer, B. Dahl of the ‘navy, Fred Couch stationed at Fort | Riley; Julius Amberson of the wire- ‘jess department at Harvard and Don- ‘ald Halbrook, Great Lakes training station. a SPRECKELS’ CLAIM MERE SMALL TALK Head of American Sugar On WALLACE REID Paramount Pictures) Stand. Washington, Dec. 20,.—The senate su- gar investigation continued westerday with Earl D: Babst, president of the American Sugar Refining company, testifying largely concerning the fix- ing of baggage and wild storage cars by the war department has added to the difficulties of moving Christmas mail, but Otto Praeger, second assis- tant postmaster general said today that barring a blizzard and a flood of belated packages it was hoped to deliver all holiday mail by Christmas Eve. Never before in the history of the department has there been such a tremendous call on facilities as has been made since Nov. 15. The average daily business since that time has equalled the Christmas business of 1916, which was the largest ever known, and the volume of Christmas mail hag -still further increased the a eee The Kavser Silk Envelope Chimese Thoro but~no injurt- BRESLOW'S. ° | Premireenarian Sie a Wallace Reid portrays the leading ‘support to Geraldine Farrar in the spectacular photo-drama, “The Woman God Forgot,” showing at the Bismarck theater tonight and tomorrow. POSTAL RAIL FACILITIES CROWDED TO CAPACITY BUT ONLY BLIZZARD WILL DELAY CH RISTMAS PACKAGES Washington, Dec. 20.—Commandeer- , amount of mail to be handled. Never- zs Our fine @hrislias stocks allow the, desired cs . opporlunily for discernment in choosing gifls which carry the suggestion of thoughtfulness and taste in their selection. SILK HOSE They are sure to please Ladies’ Pure Silk Hose, black Men’s Fancy Socks... .... . - -65¢ to $1.25 SILK UNDERWEAR Just the mention of these- garments perhaps solves the problem: Kayser Silk Vests... .. . .$1.98 to $3.48 Kayser Silk Camisoles. . ..$1 25 to $3.75 Kayser Silk Bloomers. . . . .$2.50 to $3.65 .-.--$1.48 to $3.98 Kayser Silk Union Suits. . $4.75 to $5.25 _GIFT HANDKERCHIEFS We are fortunate to have handkerchiefs in great numbers and infinite variety— priced exceedingly moderate: Fancy Boxed Handkerchiefs, put up three Men’s Fancy Handkerchiefs. . .35¢ to 75c Children’s Handkerchiefs at from Sc to 25¢ VISIT TOYLAND IN OUR BARGAIN BASEMENT Webb Brothers ing of the price of the Louisiana crop and its relation to the beet sugar when the shortage in the east first became acute, and in answer to charges of Claus A. Spreckels which he characterized as “small talk.” Some, members of the committee hope to be able to call tomorrow Food Administrator Hoover and Geo. M. | Rolph director of the sugar division of the food administration, and close the sugar inquiry by tomorrow night so as to begin the coal investigation. eles congestion is jess now thea at 15 FIREMEN’S UNIONS nade sport of ‘all attempts, to. run ASKED TO VOTE ON BIG WAGE INCREASE TODAY trains. The increased daily business of the Chicago, Ill, Dec. 20.—Wage in- departure is ascribed to the use of ‘the parcel post service by manufac- creases of from 10 to 40 per cent to- turers and merchants for goods for- day were submitted to 75 locomotive merly shipped by express. ‘firemen’s unions on railroads in the “Ship early” campaigns have been nited States for a vote. The de- of material benefit in moving Christ- mands were drawn up yesterday by mas mail, it was said, and unless & committees of the Trainmen Brother- great many persons failed to heed hoods. Instructions sent to the fire- such a warning or the weather de- men say that the vote is not on a yelops obstacles, all gifts will be in question of a strike. their owners hands by next Tuesday. —_————— ing on for several days and have al- _ For laughs and thrills see Douglas ready forwarded them to the various Fairbanks at the Orpheum tonight. i : hristmas Gift SILK KIMONAS Nothing quite takes their place in a woman’s estimation. Here you will find a beautiful assortment that will make » scan While... ...-2.-25 $2.25 to $2.75 a Ladies’ Fancy Silk Hose.....-.-.-- $1.50 a ai easy. Ladies Silk Hose in the season’s most pop- Priced at from $3.95 to $15.00 ular shades ...------- $1.50 to $1.75, Fibre Silk Hose......-.-.--- 390 to 75¢ FURS What gift compares with Furs? Here you can buy a Muff, Scarf or Set at prices that will considerably ease the strain on your purse. A GIFT OF LEATHER GOODS ‘Will surely be appreciated. Our Leath- er Goods Department is ready with all the latest novelties. Leather Collar Bags. -. . ..$1.65 to $1.98 Leather Hand Bags and Purses .......-.-.--.--48¢ to $6.75 Manicure Sets in Cases. . .$2.25 to $8.25 Military Sets in Leather Cases ........ -------$2.25 to $5.00 Tourist Cases .........$3.98 to $12.75 Suit Cases ............ .$9.00 to $18.50 Traveling Bags ........ $8.50 to $25.00 in a box from... .--- 35c to $1.35 the box -_ Ladies’ Initial Handkerchiefs. .22c to 35¢ SILK BLOUSES AS GIFTS Tissue Handkerchiefs at... ..- -----25¢ A wonderfully fine showing in Georgette Men’s Initial Handkerchiefs... - - - --- 35c Crepe, Crepe de Chine, Wash Satin, Taf- fetta and Tub Shirtings from $2.98 to $15.00 a“ »