The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 28, 1917, Page 1

’ | THE WEATHER Continued Cold. THIRTY.SEVENTH YEAR, NO 300 THE BISMAR BISMARCK, @ HOWARD ELLIOTT OF NORTHERN fm PACIFIC AMONG FIVE GREATEST RAIL CHIEFS WHO ARE CHOSEN | Definite Plan of Operation to Be Worked Out with View to Unify- 4 ing 250,000 Miles of Railway Into Gratest Transpor- A tation System World Has Ever Dreamed of. LUXURY WILL SUFFER; MILWAUKEE LINE ALREADY HAS PLANNED TO CUT OUT SMOKERS AND BUFFETS Simple Service All That Can Be Asked by Traveler During Period of Emergency—Discontinuance of Heavy Equipment to Mean Great Saving in Fuel, Says Garfield. Washington, D. C., Dec. 28.—As the first prac- tical step in the government’s operation of railroads which a Sat at noon today, Director-Gneral McAdoo drafted the war board into the government service to work out plans of unified operation and submit them to him for approval. : The following five railroad executives, each a lead- a er in the business of transportation, will work out the ‘ plans for welding 250,000 miles of railroad into one great continental system for winning the war: FAIRFAX HARRISON, president of the Southern Railway; JULIUS KRUTTSCHNITT, chairman of the board of the Southern Pacific; SAMUEL REA, president of the Pennsylvania; HALE HOLDEN, president of the Burlington; . HOWARD ELLIOTT, chairman of the Northern Pacific. To Work Out Plans. At the conclusion of the conference with the railroad heads Mr. McAdoo announced that he had called on the members of the railroad war board to work out a definite plan of operation. “Whatever can be done to make the roads more efficient, Mr. McAdoo said today, ‘‘will’b3' done ‘as soon as possible.” ELIMINATE LUXURIES. ‘Smokers and Buffet Cars Discontin- * ued on Milwaukee Line. Chicago, Ill, Dec. 28.—Immediate curtailment of luxurious passenger service equipment was among the first steps taken today by some of the railroads with headquarters in Cht- SEIZED BY RUSS NEW YORK BAN { M'ADOO DRAFTS WAR Ds aah cc COMMITTEE Ow PUBUC In FoRear! The, above are among the many in- (In preparation for their work in the teresting scenes to bée:shown in Uncle trenches in France, where our own Sam's great war pictures, the first of Co. A and Co. | boys and members of which, “The 1917” Recruit,” to be the headquarters company, under presented. at the Bismarck Auditorium Capt. Henry T. Murphy, soon will be, on Sunday, December 30, under the’ our soldiers are learning the art of auspices of the Bismarck Home making war with gas and flames. .In Guard. ‘the upper picture, French soldiers are may Franch Poilus Instructing American Officers in Use of Gas and Liquid Fire, K TRIBUNE NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1917. EVENING EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS ARD INTO U.S. SERVICE a Fors Onoeew 2 & UNDERWOOD advancing to attack.. Each, operator of .the, deadly apparatus, marches against the enemy with his' fire equip- ment slung across his. back and the hose and nozzle in his. hand. : In the lower cut the poilus are shown turn- ing. the liquid fire on imaginary en- emies in the woods on the left, for the instruction of the Americans. The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul ) announced that it would’ eliminate both ‘observation and buffet smoking cars from its trains. The change will be made between Chicago, Milwaukee Soldiers Surround and Tdke Over and Minneapolis at once, and on the lines to Kansas City and Otnaha néxt!| | week. Officials said the Hegontiat eee ance of th? Heavy equipment ‘Will''re:|’ sult in a et iviferable saving ot ‘tuel' McADOO ISSUES ORDER" Would Pool All Traffic, Making Ons} Big System. All: Private Insti- ‘uo-tutions, B. P. Stevens, Manager of the’ National City Branch, | in Custody. Petrograd, Dec. 28.—Soldiers acting under the orders of Finauce Commis- sioner Menshinky, today surrounded and seized all private vanks in Petro- , rad, including the branch of the Na- tional City bank of New York. ‘The manager, B. P. Stevens, was arr2sted, and detained for a short time. Many banks’ directors were arrest- ed. Several surrendered the keys to the banks’ vaults, but Stevens refused. J. L. Wright, counsellor of the Amer- ican embassy, called upon Mr. Stev- ens during the afternoon. The National City bank of New York was granted a license last Jan- uary to commence business in Russia with particular reference to the fi- nancing of railroad construction. The license given it was the first granted to a foreign bank to do business in Russia since 1879. SABOTAGE IS CHARGED. ‘Trumped Up Accusation Filed as Ex- cuse for Outrage At the time for the opening of the banks, detachments of the Red Guard gathered in the streets and barred the entrances. Later the banks were en- tered, under the leadership of M. Menshinsky. Orders were given that work cease and that the banks sur- render their papers, and the keys to their vaults. In most instances no resistance was offered. Mr. Stevens, declared his bank had no vaults, but! only small safes. After his arrest, | McAdoo’s Statement. he was permitted to return to the Mr. McAdoo tonight made a state- bank, which was placed under guard.! ment saying that at least until he has he banks’ directors, who were ar-! time to mature his plans, and policies,! rested, were accussed of “sabotage.” railroad operation “will be conductea ; Telephone service throughout the city through existing railroad organiza-| was stopped for an hour. tion.” 3 Explains Seizure. “This new task is of great magni-|" jn explaining the seizure of the tude and difficulty.” He said, “it hanks, M. Menshinsky, said: can not be done in a moment and it} «we jet it be known long ago that can not be done at all unless the peo-| private banks should send _ reports ple of the United States, as well as hd sente Aas the officers and employes of the rail- (Continued on Page Three) | Washington, Dec. 28.—Soon after American railroads went under gov- ernment operation at noon today Di- rector-General McAdoo issued his first | order wiping out competitive condi- tions and providing for complete pool- ing of traffic, equipment, terminals and trackage facilities, and for the retention of present officers and em- ployes. a The immediate result will be a re- routing of traffic over shortest lines, regardless of the company with which shipments originated and the common use of terminals to effect maximum efficiency. Without anticipating won- ders under the new plan, officials look forward to material improvement in the present traffic congestion within a few weeks. Dubious Note. A dubious noie came from the capt- tol, where several Republican mem- bers of congress expressed fear that the task was too big for the govern- ment to handle efficienty under war conditions, and others criticized the apointment of Secretary McAdoo as director-general. The labor question under govern- ment operation was discussed with President Wilson during the day by heads of the four railroad brother- hoods who renewed their pledge of loyalty to government administration. They spent about an hour and a half with the President, and it is under- stood they received assurances that most railway employes would not be liable to the next or even the second draft call by being placed in the sec- ond draft classification. MaNATTAN (MAN ARRESTED. ° : FRIGID CLASP: j* Mstars of good little boys that it was a WILSON ON NATAL DAY Washington, D. ‘C., Dec. 28.—Letters and telegrams’: congratulating President Wilson on his sixty-first birthday piled into the white house today. This morn- ing the president played golf with Mrs. Wilson, and later worked on the railroad address he will deliver to congress next week. MEN SELECTED FOR SERVICE RELEASED Des Moines, Ia., Dec. 28.—Final in- crements of the first national army assigned to Camp Dodge will not be called, but the men in these quotas wind made it seem} will be placed under the new classi- not so cold, but} fications regulations, according to or- there remained any ders received here from Washingion abundance of damp- | today. ness in the air, its which caused the| This order, of which Adjutant Gen- chill to penetrate|eral Fraser had not been informed and search out the|late Thursday evening, did nut o:ca- marrow. Bismarck’s| Sion any surprise when comruunicated suffering was|to the head of Nortu Daktd’s military naught as compar- establishment. “I had uct expected ed with St. Paul's|that the remainder of the men exam- ined for Camp Doitge would be called,” where a 46-degree drop in temperature was ‘recorded in | Said the adjutant geveral. This order throws sirectly under twelve hours. Yesterday the mercury Thermometer Drons 46 Degrees in- Twelve Hours at St. Paul. FOOT OF SNOW AT HAVRE Mercury Stood at 48 Minus at Prince Albert This Morning. Little Johnny poked his nose out of the coverlets this morning, sniffed the buckwheat cakes sizzling down below, saw a heavy coating of frost on the window-panes, and thanked the lucky holiday. ‘ The absence of stood at 24 above, and this morning] the new classifications 2,716 epted it was 22 below. Prince Albert record.| registrants who were being eld for ed the prize low temperature of the|the next call to Cam) Dodge. They season. 48-minus. At Moorhead it|#!e now in tue same position as regic- trants who have never been called was 26 below, at Williston 24 and at Winnipeg, 34 below. Foot of Snow at Havre. A foot of snow fell during the night at Havre, Mont., and at Miles City North Dakota now h 56 eh “ia there was six inches. Throughout) the national army at Camp Dodge, di- iMinnesota temperatures are low. The} vided among the infantry, engineers prediction for North Dakota is con-}and field artillery, and 200 men at tinued cold, tonight and tomorrow, Camp Stevens, Ore., in the coast artil- with probably more snow. lery. All of these were taken under the first draft. for examination, and will be classified in the same manner as the 50,000 or more other registrants whose order first draft. numbers did not place them in the! HALT COMESIN | PEAOE CONRAB;. m " ry TPA shittee finally called Mr. Hoover to-/ vv 4 y to give his views of conditions, at -—.89 ’ ‘ tter from’ Chief Counsel’ Lindley’ of Ten Days’ Recess Taken; Con- ference to Be Resumed January 4. LEON TROTZKY HAS MESSAGE Bolsheviki Foreign Minister Pre- paring Letter to All Nations. BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. Germany’s terms for a general peace, and the suggestion that the Entente join the Russo-German peace conference, have brought no immediate response. American, ‘British and French leaders are si- lent. The attitude of the American government has not changed and it is felt in Washinoton that the present German pro: of no an- nexations and indemnities are not sincere. British Opinion Divided. British newspaper opinion is dl- vided. A recess in the peace negotiations have been taken and the conference will be resumed January 4, at a place not yet determined. Leon Trotzky, the Bolsheviki foreign minister, is said to be preparing a new appeal to the Entente Allie to join the conference. King Ferdinand of Bulgaria, an Am- sterdam dispatch says, holds tifferent views on annexations from those ex. pressed bv Count Czernin who qnerr. ently is the German mouthpiece, The Vienna newspapers quote tue .118 as saying that Bulgaria would ho'd what she had won. Germans and Austrian newspapers generally receive the count’s statement warmly. Petrograd, Thursday, Dec. 27.—The delegates of the central powers to the peace conference at Brest-Litovsk, have agreed to a ten-day recess in the peace negotiations which will_be _re- roads, give to the railroad director their intelligent and patriotic support. I earnestly seek the co-operation and assistance of every good citizen in this great .work. “The full operation of the railroads as a thoroughly unified system is of fundamanetal importance to the suc- cess of the war. Without it we can not get the effective use of our resources. The supreme test in this war will probably come in the year 1918. Vic- tory will depend upon our seed and ef- ficiency. We can get neither speed nor efficiency unless the railroads are equal to the demands of the situation. Chicago, Ills., Dec. 28.—Charles C. Healey, former chief of police, Thurs- day took the witness stand in his own! defense at his trial on charges of con-. Takes Hold Vigorously. spiracy in connection with alleged “I can only say at the sere ae police grafting. the problem will be taken hold of vig-| " ,, t sly, and that plans and policies I never took a dollar to, protect’ will be announced from time to time, vice or crime,” he dramatically ex- i v course © sweepiny Cont wee FORMER CHICAGO POLICE CHIEF SAYS HE NEVER TOOK DOLLAR FROM VICE AND IS VICTIM OF POLITICAL ENMITIES GERMANS IN PLOTS TO BETRAY BRAZILIANS Buenos Aires, Dec. 28.—Dispatches received here from Florianopolis, Brazil, say that a large number of German conspirators have been arrest- ed after the discovery of a plot to overthrow the local authorities. All the Germans were armed. They had denial of every charge made against been meeting at various times under him. y were member Healey also denied that he had ever Be i nad bd2 iran held telephone conversations with pista Tom Costello, self confessed head of| Florianopolis is on \the coast of an underworld graft syndicate and the] southern Brazil in the ‘state of Santa former chief's. principal accuser. Catharina. The town has a popula- Attorneys for the defense indicated | tion of 20,000. that they will attempt to show that ——__—_—_— Healey is the victim of a campaign of| Cahill Here.—Senator J. I. Cahill of persecution. Leith ts in the city today. : GERMAN BOMB, SAMMIES GIFT FROM KAISER WILHELM, KILLS AND MAIMS ON CHRISTMAS EVE Corporal of American Engineers Slain and Private Injured When Aviators Drop Shell Into Trenches Where They Were Working for Purposes of Instruction. NATIONAL GUARDSMEN MARCH TWO DAYS THROUGH STORM TO TAKE THEIR PLACES ON FRENCH FRONT States’ Soldiers Continue Bayonet Practice, Grenade Throwing and Automatic Rifle Work in Spite of Cold and Slush and Snow—Southern Troops Becoming Acclimated. (By American Press) Repulse in their attempt to break through the French line northeast of Verdun, the Germans have ceased their efforts. In the Argonne yesterday the French checked a German surprise attack and French artillery broke up enemy troop concentrations northeast of Verdun. On the British front the artillery engagement continues at various points. On the Italian northern front the Austro-Germans. have not followed up their success of early in the week west of Brenta and which they had a hard fight to maintain. Enemy artillery fire on the Asiago plateau is intense. In aerial battles over Treviso, British and Italian airmen have counted for 11 of 33 attacking enemy machines, while emerging unscathed. WHY HE MISSED SUGAR INQUIRY was wounded, Christmas eve, when a German shell dropped near a party Had Business in New York, and) “Beat It” to the of American engineers working in the Metropolis. trenches on a section of the French CLERK COMPLAINS OF COAL front. The engineers for several Says He Can’t ‘Pay $9 the Ton weeks had been working the front with veteran French engineers for for Bituminous on $1,200 the Year. aa purposes of instruction. Trudge Through Storm. For three days snow has been fall- ing ' intermittently throughout the American zone interfering with the training of troops and with communi- cation.” Many roads are becoming al- most impassable on account of drifts. No serious difficulty has been ‘exper- fenced thus far in supplying the troops in the outlying towns and dis- trict, but it is feared the supply prob- lem will give trouble if the storm con- tinues. f Motor trucks today were crawling over the hilly roads at snail's pace. The weather was so cold that many cars were frozen and could not be moved. National Guardsmen There. (Continued on Page Three) jquently suspected no irregularit. ‘Washington, 'D. G,, Dec. 28.—When! é senate sugar investigating ‘com-' the food administration was presented | saying Mr. Hoover “had learned: through the public press” that he was to testify today, but had been called to New York . Counsel Lindley’s letter, however, ; declared he had gone over to the capitol yesterday to notify the com- mittee that' Mr. Hoover would be un- able to appear today but found all senators had gone to the funeral of Senator Newlands. As Mr. Hoover did not appear today, the committee re-) sumed the investigation of the coal in- vestigation. Senator Kenyon read a letter from a Washington government clerk, who wrote he was barely “seeking out an existence at $1,200 a year,” and want- ed to know why he had to pay $9.00 a ton for bituminous coal here when it sold for $1.82 at the mine. Clover could not say who got the difference. CROWDER NOTIFIES _ ALL GOVERNORS TO RE-CLASSIFY MEN Washington, D. C., Dec. 28.— Provost Marshal Crowder has no- tified state governors that there will be no more formal calls for deferred percentages of the pres- ent quotas of national army men before February 15. That is, all men who have been called out but whose order numbers are so low that they are not actually in camp will get the benefit of the new classification. WAS READY WRITER Hotel Employe Signs Proprietor’s Name to Checks Marmarth, N. D., Dec. 28.—Barney Fuller, who had been working at the t. Charles hotel, decamped suddenly after cashing a number of checks for various amounts which he had copied from the monthly paycheck given him by Landlord Case. The checks were cashed at different places, with busi- ness men who knew that Fuller was working for Case, and who conse- TWENTY MILLION ACRES OF TERRITORY IN UNITED STATES WITH BILLION New York, Dec. 28.—Negroes in the United States own approximately 20,- 000,000 acres of land or an area equaling the combined territory of ‘ew Hampshire, Vermont, Massachu- setts and Rhode Island, as well as other property valued at $1,000,000,000, according to Moorfield Storey, presi dent of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, | sociation here tonight. OWNED BY NEGROES OF OTHER PROPERTIES who addressed a conference of the as- The war has given the negro opportunity to fight for his country, Mr. Storey continued, and the conduct of the black man on the battlefield will prove of great benefit to the race. “There are some who thought that black and white should serve indis- criminately in the same companies, but I have never shared that view.” The troops of a newly landed divi- sion, composed of former national guardsmen tonight reached towns in which they are to be billetted, tempor: arily,j@fter marching for two days through the storm: Qoda former guardsmen of another divi: sion carried on their work in spite of the storm, engaging in bayonet, gren- ade, and automatic rifle practice with- out interruption. Some of the men had their earlaps pulled down, and others had muflers wound around their necks. These troops are mostly in the lowlands. Others in higher altitudes were unable to proceed with their work as well as was desired. Troops from the southern states have been quite uncomfortable in the last few days, but they are becoming ac- customed to the cold and snow. BUSINESS MEN AND FARMERS UNITE IN BUMPER CROP TALK Hettinger County Anxious to Aid Uncle Sam in Every Way Possible New England, N. D., Dec. 28.—A meeting of farmers, business men and others interested in giving Uncle Sam a bumper crop in 1918 was held at Dreamland hall Thursday afternoon, at the call of F. G. Orr, emergency county agent. Live Stock Specialist Peters of the extension department of the agricultural college was among the prominent speakers, and steps were taken to organize a county live-~ stock breeders’ association, with branches at New Eigland, Regan and Mott. The advantages of a county farm bureau also were favorably dis- cussed, and the seed and feed needs of Hettinger county were taken up. ‘Farmers of the Alden country, south of Regent, told of their experiences with cheese manufacturing, and other communities displayed an interest in the subject, which was thoroughly dis- cussed by a representative of the agricultural extension department. Grasshopper control was taken up, and plans for handling the plague, should it develop next year, were con- sidered. The meeting was a profitable one for everyone concerned. INJUNCTION HEARING. Stipulations to Be Made in Mat- ter in Few Days. ” The hearing in the Grand Forks district court on the temporary in- junction procured by President Craw- ford restraining the state board of regents from reorganizing. has been postponed from day to day from De. cember 15. Aubrey Lawrence of Fa go, representing President Crawford, is not in the state at present, and Attorney General Langer announced today that it may be several days be- fore the attorneys can get together and stipulate a date for the hearing. M