The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 28, 1917, Page 3

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1917. BISMARCK EVENING TRIBUNE HOWARD ELLIOTT AMONG THE RAIL CHIEFS CHOSEN | | | ' (Contiriued From Page One.) | as rapidly as it is possible to mature them, Meanwhile, the business will be conducted through existing railroad | organizations with all the support and) power ef the government asserted in| behalf of more efficient and eallstac| tory operation.” It is considered probable that Mr: | | McAdoo will retain the service of -Robert §S. Lovett, director of priority | for the war industries board, with! whom he conferred ex length today, | and that railroads will be instructed | to continue to receive orders from that source. Another priority ques- tion to be settled soon is that of co- ordinating the preferential shipment instructions now issued by the fuel and food administrations and army quartermasters through a single gov- ernment transportation director, to supervise only government shipments. Transportation Director. The director general's advisors have recommended creating of such an agency, emphasizing tMat the govern- memt railroad administration must justify itself immediately by provid- ing for speedier transportation of coal. Mr. McAdoo is known to have given serious thought to the coal situation, | and to have received suggestions that a representative of the fuel adminis-/ tration be included in his staff. | Mr. MeAdoo does not expect to ask an appropriation for administering sovernment operations, and his stafi probably will be composed largely of men already on the government, or! railroad payrolls. He will receive’ no| additional salary for action in the dual capacity of director general of railroads dnd secretary of the treas- ury. It is expected he also will ré- tain the services of the railroads com- mittee which has been administering the equipment pool, with headquarters at Pittsburgh. POOLING’ RELIC OF DARK AGES Fairfax Doubts If It Will Accomplish Good. ‘Asked what would be the practical! accomplishment of the -pooling of rail- road traffic, Fairfax Harrison, chair- man of the board said: “Traffic pooling is a relic of the! dark ages of railroad operation, and I do not know whether it can be ac- complished now. All the railroads; ave more traffic now than they can possibly haul. They believe they are} operating the roads as efficiently as can be done under government or | any other sort of control.” i | HOME GUARDS | REAL SOLDIERS _| AFTERTONIGHT | Bismarck’s. Home Guard com- pany, which has won for itself a very prominent place in the life of the city through its recent suc- cessful drive for Red Cross mem- | berships, will be a real soldier unit after tonight, when its new | khaki uniforms, made ta order, and very spiffy, are to be distrib- uted, | The guardsmen received their | service hats. and, leggings some time ago, but there was much de- lay in the uniforms, because of the heavy demands made. on re- galia houses from all parté of the country. The entire complement of 100’uniforms is now. here, and will be distributed atthe armory at 7! O'clock this evehing, when Capt. E. Wanner urges that éev- ery member report promptly. CITED FOR GALLANTRY BY FRENCH WAR BOARD Washington. Dec. 28.—Lieut. Edwin M. Post and Private Frank A. Rose} of the American army have been cited ‘or gallantry in action in French army | orders. Lieut. Post’s mother lives at Tuxedo Park, N. Y., and Rose's next of kin, is his uncle, Charles Cooper, | New York city. | Should Obey. Men who will uot obey the “please be clefin” advice, should be subjected) to sterner advice.—Exchange. | LOGAN'S “We. Thank You” Everyhing for your New Year’s dinner. Sart the new year right! by buying your groceries here. | FANCY CELERY AND HEAD, = | i | | \ LETTUCE. | Green Vegetables in Season| Apples per box.....-.--- $2. 00; Oranges, very few left, per doz ......18c, 35c, 65¢ FANCY PRUNES HAVE ARRIVED! We have them in two sizes and| boxes weigh respectively 5, 10,/ 25 and 50 Ibs. Prices are right.| i BOTH PHONES. PHONE 2! 120° 3rd:Street | Last delivery leaves at 5 p. m.| Saturdays; other. week days} ‘ at 4:45. | [est acreage ever ; yields were iRiver Valley counties. ‘ By ROBERT P. DORMAN. Tribune Staff Photographer. “B-r-r-r! Sherman was right.” B. B. Butte said so. He's a cor. poral in the select service army. He ti seeing active service—here in Amer- a. I agreed. I fad just helped Butte and half a dozen other “selects” dig a motor truck out of a five-foot snow bank. We were traveling from “Some where in America” to “an Atlantic PATRIOTIC NORTH DAKOTA FARMERS PLANTED LARGEST ACREAGE IN HISTORY IN 417 | Demand of Uncle Sam for Food and Prospects of Profitable Prices | Resulted in Great Stimulus to Agriculture, Reporis United States Field Agent Influenced by patriotic motives and further attracted by prospective prof- itable market prices for all farm pro- ducts, farmers in 1917 seeded the larg- recorded in North Dakota or slightly more than 14,500,- 000 acres, reports the United Stat field agent for North Dakota. This is about 7 per cent above the acreage usually sown, North Dakota leads the United States in acreage of spring | wneat, barley, rye and flax. Excepting wheat the acreage of all crops was substantially increased. The; increase which ordinarily would have | been credited to wheat was more than | accounted for in the tremendous in- crease in rye acreage. An unusual amount of new land was broken up in central and western sections -result- ing in a heavy increase in flax acre- age. Adverse weather conditions prevail- ed over greater part of the state fol- lowing the planting of this large acre- age. Chief damage factors were drought and frosts. The season's de- fiefent rainfall with spotted distribu- tion .caused very uneven yields in practically all counties, but ‘climatic ,|conditions were comparatively more favorable in the eastern part of the state, where numerous favorable recorded, especially of in northern and central Red Speaking in CROP STA wheat OVERLAND WITH ARBIY TRUCK FLEET ON TRYOUT TRIP—-FACTORY 10 SEABOARD Note (00 omitted in the acreage, pro Yield Crop. Acres. perAcre. Corn 590 9 bu. Wheat 0) S iu. Tame hay . Wild hay 2000007007 2,180 GERMAN INTRIGUE IN BIG BEND TROUBLES THOUGHT UNLIKELY | Eighteen Mexicans Killed in Ex | ;pedition of Americans Over the Line. COLONEL LANGHORNE BACK FROM CHASE bveen reached between the Bolsheviki Marfa, Texas, Dec. | that Germans in Mexico were Trespon- | sible for the Brite ranch and store | raid and Fitzgerald ranch raid on | Christmas day were refuted tonight by Col. Geo. T. Langhorne, district com- mander, who has ordered an investi- gation of the polftical aspects of the) | Taid. It is believed here the German‘rum- or originated in the minds of local men and is not substantiated by facts. Col. Langhorne is awaiting the arrival of Captain Sprinkle, who obtained im-| yeox portant papers from the body of the bandits Killed, before reaching a de- cision as to the identity of the raid- }ers. He also is making an effort to determine whether the raid at the Fitzgerald ranch on Christmas night was made by the same band that raid- Oats . ae 5 bu. Barley . . 1,825 5 bu. Rye 1,040 5 bu. | Potatoes . . 90 bu. Flax’... BS 9 bu. S$tons 484 tons .65 tons 1,417 tons 28.—Rumors between the opposing lines. | ed the Brite ranch and looted the; store and postoffice. If your ‘stomach’s wrong, have in- digestion, don’t relish food, appetite’ gone, not regular, liver torpid, kidneys not acting right, can’t sleep well, out of sorts generally—you need Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea. That's all. BRESLOW’S. | feed heavy, brain dull, bowels| stitutions not permitted business in the meantime. The city is, Rate Question Still of First Import-| my very best ;few exceptions. Photograph by R. P. Dorman, Daily Tribune's Staff Pheicerantien a port” in Uncle Sam’s first fleet of war trucks to go overland from factory to tidewater, The driver of the truck, his two helpers, and the crew of the next truck back had a hard tussle with the snow before they had got the lead- ing motor in the train of six back in- to the middie of the road, This was one of many trials en- countered by these first National Army men to see actual servic Chains broke and had to a general way crop yields were fair in the eastern third of the state with Crop yields in the} remainder of the state were poor as a rufe, excepting some fair wheat yields largely confined to Emmons, southern Morton, Grant and McIntosh, eastern Dunn, western Mercer, north- ern Divide and [urke counties. Straw growth growth short in this are | The unfortunate feature of this sea- son’s crop production was the unus- ually short crop of forage and grain feeds, especially inthe western two thirds of the state., Owing to this condition and attractive meat prices, live stock marketing has been unus- ually. heavy. The disappointing pro- duction over the greater part of tie state was to some extent offset by the unusually high market prices paid for nearly all farm products, but due to unequal distribution of production | the tern third of the state reaped | the iarger part of the profits. Rye and wheat were the best of the 1917 grain crops. The value of the 1917 wheat crop has been exceeded only by thatof 1915.. Owing to the large. acreage and high market pricej, the total value of the rye and harley crops is the high record for this state. The yield per acre of corn, oats, flax | hay, potatoes, and garden truck has seldom been lower than 1917 yields. Tae December final of the important crops follow: TISTICS. duction, and total value columns. Price Value per{ Product’ n. Dec.1. Tot. Val. $151 $ 8.018 Bo 000 2.00 H 15.445 A, J. SURRATT, Field Agent. HALT COMES IN PEACE CONFAB; NOTE TO WORLD (Continued From Page One.) sumed January 4, at a place not yet determined. , Leon Trotaky, the Bolsherikt toreien) watered stock. We are to guarantee minister, is reported to be drafting a} new note to the entente allied em-! bassies, again asking them to partici-| | pate in the peace conference. New Message to World. Trotzky is also said to be prepar- ing a new message to the people of the world. The Russian delegates ‘to the peace conference will return to Pe- trograd tomorrow or Saturday. An armistice is reported to have forces and the troops of General Kal-; ‘edines at Rostov, with a neutral zone NEWYORKBANK SEIZED BY RUSS FINANCE CHIEF) (Continued From Page One.) ly to the state banks. This was done, but the reports were incorrect. It was then decided to occupy the banks, review their activity and then se that they resumed business. The, keys are in the hands of the commis-| ner of state banks, as are the books; and documents which have been; seized.” | It was reported the committees would investigate the banks and spend} a week in the process, and the in-| to resume, facing a financial shortage in cur-, rency, especially small denominations, | which has not been available for sev- eral days, | been taken. As placed; machinery went wrong and trucks had to be trussed up; while the bitter cold, swept by the wind of? a northern lake, made the men’s faces red and tender. That. didn't matter much. With song and j fhe 90 drafted men laid each new mishap up as one more count against the ka “Over There” was a favorite. Sec- ond best, ran that well known mel- ody: “We Won't Get Home ’Til Morn- ing.” i TOWNLEY OPINES POLICY AIMS AT RAIL OWNERSHIP |Non-Partisan Leaguer Believes that Commandeer Means Ultimate Possession. ROADS LONG BREAKING DOWN President Rea of. Pennsylvania System Not Yet Ready to Express Opinion. St. Paul, Minn, Dee. 28. — A. C. Townley, president of the Non-Partis- an League, in an interview here Thurs- day gave two reasons, in his opin- ion why President Wilson took the action he did regarding the railroad situation. First—The object lesson of other} nations. Second—The break down of the American railways. Ultimate Ownership. “TI hope that the president’s action means ultimate ownership of the rail- roads by the people,” he said. “I think it does mean that. 1 do not see how it can mean anyihing else. “Other nations have seen that a nation is best served when it controls its transportation facilities. Other na- tions have gone further. Other na- tions in this war are controlling the manufacture and the distribution of the things necessary to the nation’s welfare. A nation’s welfare is the people's welfare. A nation is well off in the sdme proportion that the mass of its people is well off. All of us do not seem to realize that yet. I think we will before long. Roads Bréaking Down. “Our railroads have been breaking down for a long time. The break ‘| down is due to overcapitalization. The purpose of our railroads has been to pay dividends not to give service. The operators of our railroads are good ead efficient men. | do not suppose there are any better in the world. But they have been under the direction of men who wanted dividends above all things. Rolling stock, road_ beds, everything else has been sacrificed to dividends—to dividends on unnatural capitalization. Of course the railroads broke down. The president could do nothing but take them if we are to Lave efficient t ortation. “We are still, to pay dividends ‘the railroad’s owners based on heir net incomes earned before June 1914. I wish it were other . | wish we were to pay ilroad owners only what their physical properties are worth and take the railroads into public hands for good and el! Temporary Plan. “I suppose that the president didn’t think it well to undertake such action at this time. | suppose he thought it! impossible to attempt a physical val-j uation in the stress of these times. All, right. Apparently this plan is a tem- porary plan. The big thing is that a great step in the right direction has, he stress of war eases | off, we can 1 further proper step! of an absolute ownership by the go ernment of our transportation fa: ties. I hope this will happen. It is a sure thing ihat if government owner- ship and operation of the railroad good for us all in time of war, it will | be good for us all in time of peace. Never Go Back. “I hope our railroads will never go back to the kind of private owners that they have had. Bec ownership will always mean dividends before service. The purpose of ra roads should be service before divi- dends. “I hope this action of the president means ultimate DP! cause that means not see how the people anything else to happen.” SELF-SUSTAINING. ry ance, Says Rea. 28.--President ania rail- Washington. Dec. Samuel Rea of the Penn At-noon the train halted for to the caravan, In some townS—where there had been sufficient hotice of the train’s approach—Red Cross.’ women had lunches prepared in churches or ho- tel dining rooms. Our cou was suddenly after one large ¢ changed y was passed. ‘New orders directed us to a seaport 600} parts for shipment overs statement on the government control of railroads in which a broadening of the rate structure is suggested to cov- of congressional appropria- tions. The statement says: “Samuel Rea, president of the Penn- sylvania railroad system, said he was not prepared at present to make any inconclusive statement on the pro- posed government control of the rail- roads. The working features of the plan are not yet announced, and there are many divergent results in the sug- gested three year period preceding June 30, 1917, on the roads in different parts of the country, . “The plan would, he assumed, be broadened to provide not only for newing and extending maturing obli- gations, which Svould be necessary stabilize the financial structure of country, but also to provi: ital for additio’ and bette: road and equipment. This is impera- tively required to promptly the war traffic on ‘the Penns: - tem, and naturally the re uctire should be broadened to cover tho in- creased costs and charges lo avoid { necessity of congres: 1 appro tions, which would have to be made up by increasing general taxation. In | short the railroads must be made self | sustaining. “Therefore, he felt the present duty | of the railroads was to study the situa- | tion and confer with the officers of | the government to ascertain the full ially to devote their entire energy promptly moving the war traffi ing upon the recommendatio! surances contained in the proclama- tion and ement which the, presi- dent and ¢ ress will be disposed to endorse.” THOMPSON WINNER BY 29 BALLOTS IN Women Give Majority for Larson, but Male Supremacy Des- ignates Victor. SMALL VOTE CAST AT COMMISSIONER ELECTION member of the city commission to su ceed R. C. Battey by a majority of 29 votes over John A. Larson in Thurs- day's spe election. The ladies gave Mr. Larson a majo} ity of 26, which a male majority of 57 for Thompson overcame and went 29 better, sand- wiches and hot coffee, prepared en| ‘ | route in the “kitchen truck” attached | er increased costs and to avoid the) scope of the proposed plan and canes ! Harry A. Thompson, was elected a! was in charge. RACE FOR COPNCIL Singularly Quiet. The election was a singularly quiet one, following a campaign in which there had heen no clear-cut issues and one devoid of excitement. Both cai didates had conducted a clean and or- derly contest. Only 986 votes were cast, including 287 ladies’ ballots nev er before counted in a municipal elec- tion. Bismarck has, in a close con- test, cast as bigh as 1,200. Thompson ¢ Wards Four, Five and One and Three. son a majority i Four, Five and Six, Two, ‘ied and Larson Wer ne ladies ga Wards One, and went {Thompson in Ward Two, where the victor polled his biggest vote. ‘The largest temale vote was cast in Wards Two and Three, in. each of which the total for the suffragettes was 72, or fifty per cent of the male vote. onnnennanananongnogan Thompson Pleased. “I am particularly plea election because of the ca! oponent,” said Commissioner 1H. Thompson last evening. “John Larson was one of the best men that could have been put up in Bismarck; he has always been a good friend of mine, and‘I know he will continue to be. He made the sort of campaign one could expect from a good sportsman and a g { want to thank all of the san! the gentlemen of Bismarck who voied { ie and worked for me, and to pletgc everyone in Bismarck orts in the office with which they -» honored me. The campaign j ist I believe was one of the clea: ia the history of Bis- mile lows PAGE 3 Showing Army Truck Train on Tryout Trip. south than our original Thirty thousand are being built. Only two will go into a forty-ton hox car. -That me 15.000 box ear trips will onstrate the he saved if the plan yorks out. pment to re-} Add the $0,000 tons of government | materials being transporte1 in these +/ motor truck trains, and you have a | saving of J 0 bo: ns. Xtra truck) It al: selects for truck train Y trucks are classified as fol Twenty 2 oil and gas, 1 of over land ‘oad congestion. ptain Bennett Bronson, U. Ss. R e load consists of in |service abroad, little cause for criticism in the share Ward Four. which | may have in the administra- Thompson .... tion of this city.” Larson ..... 6 RESUME OF 85 19 VOTE CAST Ward Five. YESTERDAY Thompson ..... 5g Larson .... . 9 Ward One. 97 2L ME. =o 97 21 Thompson ...... 6.6.44 Ward Six. Larson ey 70 Thompson ..... ye Recre Larson .. 114 54 ren cad Ward Two. ee Thompson .. 2105 41-146 ibetetav el ere th Larson ...... L 31— 82 Total male vote. Se. ie Thompson, 378; Lars 156 72 Total female vole—287, Larson, 154. —986, 4; Lar! ‘Thompson, Total vote c Thompson Ward Three. 63 Thompson .. Larson ...4.. » Tribune Want Ads Bring Results. es ORPHEUM THEATRE —TO-NIGHT— | Francis X. Bushman Beverly Bayne “The Adopted Son” A6 Act Metro Super-Feature of Love and Danger. Positively Bushian's Greatest Picture. George Ovey in “Jerry at the Waldorf” KUPITZ CO. QUALITY SERVICE SANITARY Fourth Street Bismarck THE HOUSE WITH ONE PRICE TO ALL Meat Department Turkeys Ducks i Chickens Pork Tenderloin Spring Lamb Pig Pork ‘Fish Department Whitefish Red Snapper Smelis Smoked Finn Haddie Salmon Smoked Whitefish Halibut Smoked Bloaters Vegetable Department Head Lettuce Cucumbers a Radishes Onions “ak Green Peppers Celery 3 Grocery Department 3 BIG SPECIALS Century Brand Sweet Corn per doz_.-..-.--.-- $1.15 van Gamps No. 2 size Baked Beans per doz. -... - 2,00 Carol Brand Early June Peas per doz..-.--..--- ~ 1.15