The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 27, 1917, Page 4

| % & vo stn PAGE 4 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Entered at the Postoftice, Bismarek, N. D., as’ Second Class Matter ISSUED EVERY DAY GEORGE D. MANN -~- Gd, LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY, Special Foreign Representative. NEW YORK, Fifth Ave. Bldg.; CHICAGO, Marquette Bldg.; BOSTON, 3 Winter St.; DETROIT, Kresge Bldg.; MINNEA- POLIS, 810 Lumber Exchange, : 810 Lumber Exchange. n MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press ig exclusively entitled to the use for re- publication of all news credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. ~ MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Daily, Morning and Sunday by rier, per month.......... $ .70 Editor Daily, Morning, Evening and Sunday by Carrier, per month.. .90 Daily, Evening only, by Carrier, per month ; . 50 Daily, Evening and Sunday, per month .. aise » 70 Morning or Evening by Mail in North Dakota, one year ...... 4.00 Morning or Evening by mail outside of North Dakota, one year, 6.00 Sunday in Combination with Evening or Morning by mail, one year .. «+» 5.00 THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) A WAR NECESSITY. President. Wilson in his proclamation makes absolute a control that has been exerted over the railroads since United States entered the confl Transportation will win or lose the war. Germany’s hope of victory in the final crisis is based upon an ability to paralyze the means of transportation whether on land or sea. The combining of all traffic utilities means government opera- tion in the strict sense of the word and replaces the friendly agree- ment existing between the railroads’ war council and the administra- tion with an absolute dictatorship. < No one can tell the logical outcome of this momentous step— the greatest economic venture the federal government has ever initiated. What is done now under the spur of war necessity will revolutionize the operation of all traffic utilities. Out of it may come a vindieation of the theory of government ownership or an absolute proof that such a condition is an economie impossibility. Every belligerent with the exception of the United States as- sumed control of ralroads as a military necessity. The administra- tion decided to ascertain whether the private direction could meet the grave contingencies of war. It has been demonstrated that with all the patriotism shown in the former management of the carriers, that results were unsatisfactory. Car shortages through inadequate cooperation tended to increase the burdens and arti- ficially to inflate prices and unduely prevent the rapid movement of coal, steel products and other n ties, It is too soon to ‘say whethier the government can do a better job. The step will tend, however, to solve many of the probletis that have harassed the railroad Financing transportation prop: erties has become almost. impossible, St ingent laws preventing pooling of rail traffic and earnings were serious handicaps. What was denied private management, will be granted federal control, Many obstacles will be swept away . Labor troubles will be minimized for now the members of the various brotherhoods become part of the vast military machine which seeks to crush a ruthless autocracy. é ; eoeeene Wilson sets forth'the chief necessity for the action In this: “The public interest must be first served, and, in addition, the cial interests of the government and the financial interests of ailways must be-brought under a common direction. The ancial operations of thé railways need not interfere with the borrowings of the. government and,,they:.themselves can be con- ducted at a greater advantage. Investors in railway securities may=rest- assured that their rights-and=interests will be as serup== ulouslylooked after by the government»as they could be by the + ” directors of the several railway systems. HEARTS OPEN, BUT PURSES CLOSED. eee A considerable number of American editors are still harping on the matter of assistance for Russia. Some Teuton autoerat will have to walk into their sanctums and set fire to their hair be- for they’ll realize that this war is not an affair of charity and altru- ism, wholly. _ The only thing which we ean, in safety, deliver to Russia, at this time, is sympathy, which costs nothing, and this war is certain- ly a matter of cost. Any matrial aid which we might render, at this crisis, would finally mean aid and comfort to our enemies, Ger- many and Austria, unless we are ready to aid those Russians who are making war on the Bolsheviki. We are getting comparatively little definite and reliable infor- mation as to what is transpiring in Russia, but we know, for certain. that such government as she has is selling out Russian, and our own cause, to Germany. ‘‘The bear that walked like a man” has degenerated to a bear’ that snoops around like a dachshund, and, so far as our war policy is concerned, it makes no difference wheth. er the selling out is solely for the German money that’s in it, or because of the Bolsheviki’s sincere desire for peace. . ‘ Our business is strictly war with Germany and Austria, and wetye got to keep our eyes solely on the effect of other govern- ments’ action Upon our prosecution of that business, The Bolsheviki government tay not truly represent the people of Russia, but it is surely doing things.that will ineyitably cost us thousands. of ; lives and hundreds.of nitions of dollars. Every pound of assistance {we might giye the Russians-as distinguished from their Bolsheviki government, would be encouraged to them to continue their con- sent to such government. mea ies We staked the ezar to some hundreds jof millions, and he was seeretly dealing with Germany, unbeknown to us. What high-class fools we would be to assist people that are party t eac aon! peop! party to the same treach- SHIPS, SHIPS AND SHIPS. : The biggest, ‘most important plan pro; osed, thus far, ‘in this war, a ney formally, presented by \Henry’ Ford. \ arte ot Our war propositions are comprised in the or “SHIPS.”’ If there were Rot one U-boat ii operation, our cee sential would still be ships, for the reason that we’ve not only got to land immense forces in Europe, but have also got to keep them ae food, clothes, arms and ammunition from our side of _ The erux of Mr, Ford’s plan is standardization and assemblage of ships’ parts, and there is no more reliable authority on these things than Mr. Ford. The plan contemplates a revolution in ship- building. It would apply to ships exactly the principles restored to in the production of automobiles, and it is safe to say that there are more intricate parts about an automobile than about ‘a ship. The difference is largely, almost wholly, in size of parts. 2k is a big war, our needs are big and bigness must be met by bigness, ‘ The little old gentlemen, who, one time, rode through the streets in his horseless-carriage idea that many folks laughed at has got the big. idea in this war, and Chairman Hurley, of the Shipping ‘Board, makes no mstake in giving the government's full attention to it. It s.an idea that promises ships, the burning up of red tape and the squelehing of heads of departments given to fighting each other, and until we get to something like this, our production of ships will be considerable of drift and dribble. Milwaukee has a melting pot and women are puttin, ig their gold thimbles in it. In time they may be putting their gold knitting needles in it; H BISMARCK EVENING TRIBUNE CRAZY OPHELIA! EZ Yj FINANGIALREPORT OF RED CROSS CHAPTER SHOWS ITS — CONDITION TO BE TIP-TOP. A financial report of the Burleigh county chapter of the American Red Cross, issued today bythe executive committee! shows the/organigation to be‘insan excellent’ condition.’ The report does not include any of the re- ceipts of the'gredt membership drive, but is? complete ‘to thé beginning of that campaiga as follows: R . ‘“Pinancial'yéport of Burleight county Chapter, American Red Cross as of December 21, /1917. uh t RECEIPTS: Ey annual memberships ............ Annual memberships from war fund, 0 Subscribing memberships ...... . Contributing memberships . Sustaining memberships . Life memberships ...... ... -.$ 388:50 306.50 36.50 215.00 0:00 100,00 Ke $1,451.50 (This does not include members se-cured on Xmas drive.) By miscellaneous dontaions donations, etc ‘By check to reimburse chapter for expenses ‘fund ‘drive ... By, refund from,contribytions (To be used tor, military supplies. and civili 1 only.) ! q }-By. tands-belonging to Bisniarck High “School Junior, auxiliary, revs. se: 3 Regan Junior auxiliary... Wing Junior auxiliary ... 434.85, in war b 89.64 5,387.17 45.50 By cash for supplies sold to branches By cash for Red Cross pins TOtal oo viess cession, Gasdieecsaccaiaeeiios ite’ goede as DISBUPSEMENTS: To fee for organization of chapter . To dues for National Society ..... To life membership paid National Societ Fo equipment of Red Cross unit To expenses advanced for war fund dri “Bonds for Seed Grain.” NOTICE FOR BIDS. Notice is hereby given that the board of county commissioners of 4 Ward county, North Dakota, will re- ceive sealed proposals at the office of the county auditor, of Ward county, North Dakota, up to until 9 o’clock a. m. January 9, 1918. for the purchase of $250,000 seed grain bonds, in de- nominations of $500.00 each, due in five years, bearing interest, 1 erate of $6 per cent per,,annum;, semi-annually. 5 The board of county commissioners: reserve the right to reject :any jor all. bids. f i lod at Dated at Minot, N.\Dak,, this 22nd | day of December,. 1917. R. W. KENNARD, County Auditor. 12 24 10t NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORE-, : CLOSURE SALE. Notice is herevy given that default ‘existing in that certain mortgage, exe: cuted and delivered by Marcelius Oanes, unmarried, mortgagor, to Barnes Brothers, Incorporated, of ‘Min- neapolis, Minn., mortgagee, dated. thy 27th day of January, 1915,,.and tiie for record in the, office of, the register, of) deeds. of ,the,.county ,of Burleigh. and state of Nerth Dakota, on the, 23ra. day of February, 1915, at. 11:15 ,o’clock a. m, and recorded in Book 106 or mortgages at page 289; and no action or proceedng having been instituted at law or otherwise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any Part thereof; said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the premises in such mortgage and hereinafter de- scribed at the front door of the Court House in the city of Bismarck, coun ty of Burleigh and state of North Da- kota, at the hour of 2 o’clock p. m., on the 29th day, of December, A. D. 1917 to satisfy the amount due upon such mortgage on the day of sale. The premises described in such mortgage and which will be sold to satisfy the same are described as fol- lows, viz: West one-half of northeast quarter (W2NE\%) and west one-half of southeast one-quarter (W%4SE\) sec tion 12, township 140, range 78. ’ There will be due on said mortgage at the date of sale the sum of $104.80, principal and interest, and the further sum of $194.40, by reason of certain THURSDAY, DEO. 27, 1917. [TRIBUNE FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT | RAILS TAKE LBAD IN {COLD WEATHER HELPS HOLIDAY RECESSION OUT CORN AND OATS St. Paul and Baltimore and Ohio Oats Touches Highest Point Yet First in Race for Bottom This Season—Corn Cent of the List. Higher—Strong. BOTTOM FALLS OUT FROVISYONS ADVANCE ‘ALL ALONG THE LINE ON SMALL HOG TRAFFIC New York, Dec. 26.—Rails led the Chicago, Ills., Dec. 26.—Corn prices post holiday recession on the stock hardened today owing more or less to exchange a score of those issues de- clining 1 to 4 points, with yet lower records for St. Paul preferred at 62%4 and Baltimore & Ohio preferred and common at 48% and 38%, respective- the fact that cold weather throughout the west’ was expected to continue for several days and that railroad opera- tions would be interfered with. The market closed firm, quarter to %c ly. net higher, with January 1.26% to The fresh reaction was popularly 1.26% and May 1.24% to 1.25. Oats association with indications that the gained 1% to 1%c. In provisions, the administration is soon to announce its outcome ranged from 30c decline to policy of railroad control, congress to a rise of §c. share in the responsibility. Holiday Trading. : An illustration of the caution with’ Although trade in corn was entire- which transportation companies are ly of a holiday character buyers had Proceeding was furnished by the Dela- a little the advantage from the outset. ware & Hudson directors. A regular Offerings were scarce, and rural no- dividend was declared for the first tices of consignments lacked bulk. quarter of 1918, instead of ordering Prevailent low temperatures seemed payments for the full year, as was to be largely responsible as the car Payable |i heen Petroleum ... i long the custom. Industrials on Toboggan. Industrials suffered almost as much as rails, deriving their impulse from Sporadic liquidation of equipments. For this no legislation was voucshafed other than a possible further revision of prices by the war board. ‘Trading lapsed after the first hour, the market coming to a standstill in the intermediate and later periods, except for a weakening of utilities. Leaders made nominal rallies just be- fore the close, chiefly Reading and Union Pacific, United States Steel showing a net loss of 2 points at 83%. Sales amounted to 415,000 shares. Bonds Pay Forfeits. Foreign bonds forfeited much their recent recovery on the less fav- orable war views presented by repre- sentative banking interests. Liberty issues were active, the 4’s making a new minimum on the decline from 97 to 96.70, the 3%4’s holding at 98.50 to 98.22. gated $4,650,000 United States bonds (old issues) were unchanged on call. NEW YORK STOCKS. American Beet Sugar ... ... American Can .......- seeee 33% American Smelting and Refining 69% American Tel. and Tel. 99% Americdn Zine ... ... 90 Anaconda Copper Boy! Ktchispn ......- 2.6. Hy Baltimore, and Ohio 39 5 Butte, and Superior . ay! Canadian Pacific 129% Central Leather ... . Chesapeake and Ohio Chicago, Mil. and St. Pau Chino Copper ¥ Colorado Fuel and Iron . Crucible Steel... .. Cuba Cane Sugar ~ 36% 49 13% 24 Great Northe! Great Northern pfd Inspiration Copper . 39% Int. Mer. Marine pfd. ctfs 18% Kennecott Copper ... 29% Louisville and Nashville mars cific... power .. issoult® 22% Miami Copper . iio NewYork’ Central ... 68y Northern Pacific ... ... - 15% | Pennsylvania ... ... 42 Ray Consolidated Copper 20% Reading ...... wssseeee 67% Republic Iron and Steel Southern Pacific ... Southern Railway Texas Co. . Union Pacific ... ... . U. S. Industrial Alcohol United States Steel .° Utah Copper ... the eéxecutrix of the last will of Celia Harvey, late of the township of Burnt; Creek in the county of Burleigh and state of North Dakota, deceased, has been rendered to this court, therein 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 22nd day of Janu- Total sales (par value) agere- interest coupon notes, and the sum| ary, A. D. 1918, at ten o’clock in the of $56.11 by reason of taxes, which] forenoon of that day at the court were prior liens upon the said land| rooms of this court in the court house, and which were paid by the said mozt-| in the city of Bismarck, county of Bur- gagee and which makes the total sum| leigh and state of North Dakota, has due on date of sale of Three Hundred/ been duly appointed by this court for Fifty-five Dollars and Thirty-one cents/ the settlement thereof, at which time Postage, stationary and printing 129.80 Salaries of stenographers ..... 61.00 Salary paid for collection of. pledges... 29.25, 220.05 ‘(The above will all in time be returned to the chapter.) y F $ To Chapter expense: L Telephone and telegraph .... 12.75 Drayage ...... sc... vena . : a 5,00 Traveling expense (representative to Minneapolis) . 2995 ° Bepress (52534. .ccad cbebsgelses 16.92 Postage, printing and stationery . 5 % 16.50 81.12 To civilian relief, funeral expenses lier’s wife . 5.09 * To military relief, miscellaneous and ‘drafted men 18.61 To Christmas Packets fi 2 21.00 To Still Branch ...... ... as 3.50 To yarn, material, supplies, etc., for m litary relief work 2,511.35 Total aie 58. Simcoe Sates Seed ee cee cee cee seenes RECAPITULATION On hand in bank . $8,493.80 Total disbursements 3,934.53 Total receipts ...... 7,428.33 Total subscribed to war fund, $32,608.52, most of which has been collect- ed and balance in process of collection. This fund is not handled by the local chapter but is immediately put to the credit of Wm. G. W. McAdoo, treasurer war fund, Red Cross. ° All accounts of receipts and disbu:sements will finally’ be checked by the war department. . NEW FILTRATION PLANT NOW IN FULL OPERATION PRODUCES WATER THAT MEETS MOST RIGED TESTS Lismarck’s new clarification plant i3{ plant has three basins of one mil- in operation and the city’s water meets | lion gallons capacity each with con- all the requirements. of the Unitel|crete sides and roofed over. States, health regulations, In addition} A system of baffles have been con- to clarWication, the water is treated ' structed in the reservoirs and a lavor- with chlorine gas and a rigid chemi-| atory for the mixing process has been cal test shows that it is absolutely | built at the reservoirs, This is called free from any contamination. the coagulant house. It contains two It is difficult. to find a surface} sulphate of iron solution tanks and stream carrying a smaller pollution|one lime mixing tank together with than the Missouri river above Bis-| feeding apparatus for the. sulphate of marck. The largest town is Wash-j lime and iron. burn forty miles upstream. There is After passing through the mixing no city larger than 425 until Williston |;chamber the water is discharged into is reached 270 miles above Lismarck.| reservoir No. 1 and follows ‘a circuit- Despite this condition it was deem-| ous path through the basin, being con- d by the health authorities and the | trolled by wooden baffles.. ‘The water water company, that every precau-| thence passes out turough connections tion\should be taken now and a clari-| into reservoir No. 2, where it is con- fication plant installed which meets | trolled by a baffie system, and then the approval of the state and federal] it passes out through the connection health of€cials. on the eastern end of reservoir No. 2 Tue purification is by coagulation) into basin No.-3, where one cross and subs&ience. Conditions here| baffle is provided. The water thence were favora' because the water! passes to the pipe leading to the city. x ($355.31) together with the costs and disbursements in this action. Dated at Kenmare, N. D., this 21st day of November, A. D., 1917. BARNES BROTHERS, Incorporated, Mortgagee A. W. GRAY, Attorney for Mortgagee, Kenmare, N. Dak. 11—22, 29; 12—6, 13, 20, 27. 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 Celia Harvey, deceased. Rose Bair, Executrix and Petitioner vs. M. J. Hiltner, St. Mary’s Catholic church of Bismarck, North Dakota; John ‘Murphy, James W. Murphy, Margaret Murphy Kingsley and Mary Murphy Lent, Respondents. The State of North Dakota to the Above Named Respondents: You, the said respondents, are here- by notified that the final account of ADDER BLADDE SANTAL APS and place any person fnterested in said estate may appear and file his exceptions, in writing, to said account 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 before 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 ad- ministration of said estate closed and said executrix be discharged. Dated the 5th day of December, A. D. 1917. By the Court: (Seal) H. C. BRADLEY, Judge of the County Court. Newton, Dullam & Young, Attorneys for Executrix. 12-6-13-20-27 ARCHIE ROOSEVELT IS PROMOTED BY PERSHING » Washington, Dec. 27.—Among 47 of- ficers of the expeditionary forces rec- ommended for promotion by General Pershing in a list made public today by the war Mepartment is Second Lieutenant Archibald B. Roosevelt, son of Theodore Roosevelt, who is pro- posed for a captaincy of infantry. Besides Lieutenant Poosevelt, one other second lieutenant of infatnry, Mahlon O. Bradley, is proposed for a captaincy, and Captain Emmert W. Savage, infantry, is recommended for Promotion to lieut.-col. These three officers are the only ones in the combatant services rec- ommended for advancement of more than one grade, . Bogloiavensky, supply showed but little improvement. | Any decided upward swing in values, however, was checked by knowledge that the general cold and absence of moisture could not escape having a favorable effect toward curing the new crop. Reaches Peak. Oats touched the highest prices yet this season. Impetus for the uptourn came chiefly from signs of a revival of seabord shipping demand. Frée selling by western holders more than offset in the provision mar- ket a show of strength due to a fall- ing off in arrivals of hogs. Sales were ascribed in the main to a desire to realize profits. OMAHA LIVE STOCK. Omaha, Nebr., Dec. 26.—Hogs—Re- ceipts 2,800; higher; heavy 16.60@ 16.85; mixed 16.65@16.75; light 16.50@16.85; pigs 10.00@16.50; bulk 16.65@16.75. Cattle—Receipts 4,400; steady to 10c higher; native steers 8.50@13.50; cows and heifers 6.50@10.25; western steers 7.50@11.25; cows and heifers 6.00@9.00; canners 5.00@6.00; stock- ers and feeders. 6.00@11.00; calves 9.75@ 12. bulls, stags, etc. 6.50@ 9.00. Sheep —Receipts 6,500; steady; 5; wethers 11.50: yearlings 11.50@ 13 5@11.25; lambs-1450 ST.:PAUL LIVE STOCK. St. Paul;‘Minn., Dec. 26—Hogs—Re- 58% | ceipts 1,500, 10c higher; range 166.25 42% | @16.65; bulk 16.50@16.60. Cattle—Receipts, 675; killers 10 to 37%|15¢ higher; steers 5.50@15.50; cows 325 | and heifers 6.00@9.00; veal calves, steady 5.60@14.25; stockers:and feed- 2554] ers, slow and steady, 5.00@10.00. lambs ; ewes Sheep—Receipts, 25, steady 8.00@16.00; weihers 7.00@13. 80% | 5.00@10.50. CHICAGO LIVE STOCK. Chicago, -Ills., Dec. 26.—Hogs-—Re- ceipts 26,000, strong, 25c above Mon- day's’ .average;, bulk — 16.90@17.25 26%, | light:16:25@17.20;. mixed 16.70@17.30; heavy: 16:60@17.30; rough 16:60@ 60'1i}:16.80; pigs!'12.00@ 16.00. tia Cattle—Peceipts 12,000, strong; na- Yy ¢ % ; tive steers 7.45@14.40; western steers not quoted, season over until August; stockers and feeders 6.65@10.30; cows and heifers 5.30@11.40; calves 8.50@15.75. Sheep — Receipts 19,000, steady, wethers 9.00@13.10; ewes 8.00@11.90:; lambs 12.60@16.40. CHICAGO GRAIN. Option, Open High Low Close Corn— Jan. ... 1:26 1.26% 125% 1.26% May, ... 1.24% 125 124% 124% Oats— Dec. , 8 19% * 78 79% May. Thy. .76%.75% 76% MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN. Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 26.—Flour jin carload#ots fancy patents quoted at 9.75 a barrel contained in ninety-eight | pound cotton’sacks. First clears no longer quoted. ‘Second clears. 6.00, jute. Shipments 90,771 barrels. Barley 1.27@1.57, Rye, 1.83@1.84. Bran, 38:50@39.00. Later there was a sharp reduction in bran which was quoted at $32. Wheat, receipts 353 cars, compared with 225 a year ago: ~ Corn, No. 3, yellow 1.60@1.65. Oats, No. 3, white .78%@.79\%. Flax, 3.28@3:30. VORONEGE SETS UP OWN GOVERNMENT. Seattle, Washn., Dec. 26.—Nicholas Russian consul at* Seattle, announced today he had re- ceived a cable sent by way of India telling of the establishment of a new Russian government at Voronege, the capitol of a province of the same name, between Moscow and Rostov, on the Azov sea. oaS——————————— Sore Throat, Colds Guickly Relieved By Hamila’s Wizard Hamllin’s Wizard Oil is a simple and elfective treatment for sore throat and chest colds. Used as a gargle for sore throat it brings quick relief. Rubbed on the chest it will often loosen up a hard; deep seated cold in one night. How often sprains, bruises, cuts and burns occur in every family, as well as little troubles like earache, toothache, cold sores, canker sores, stilf neck, and tired aching feet. 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