The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 28, 1917, Page 4

ee PAGE 4 BISMARCK EVENING TRIBUNE THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Entered at the Postoffi Bismarck, } ond Class Matter “_ ISSUED EVERY DAY \ GEORGE D. MANN - - - = = ape G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY, Special Foreizn Representative. NEW YORK, Fifth Ave. Bldg.; CIHCAGO, Marquette Bldg.; BOSTON, 8 Winter St.; DETROIT, Kresge Bldg.; MINNEA- POLIS, 810 Lumber Exchange. 810 Lumber Exchan _ * MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for re- publication of all new edited 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, ms i : MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE ily, Morning and Sunday by Carrier, per month..... sais Bist O Editor aily, Morning, Evening and Sunday by Carrier, per month.. 90 aily, Evening only, by Carrier, per month. wie sieiersctesien 200. Daily, Evening and Sunday, per month .. oan ioe steleiing 40: 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 E'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) THE § iiongyitar An Editorial About Woodrow Wilson’s Mother, On Woodrow Wilson’s Birthday The beginnings of big men are heredity, environment—and mother, And the greatest of these is mother, Jn this age of structural near-miracles, mental and physical, it is easy and usual for boys to put down or outgrow inherited weaknes: Every boy of caliber aims at something bigger and bet- ter than his early environment. But mother lasts, endures, in part or in whole, to the end. There is some good in the worst of men. No man is so lost but, deep down in him, is working, subconsciously perhaps. some part of the goodness of mother, It may be only a memory of that time when he burnt his little fingers at sampling her frying doughnuts and climbed upon her lap to be soothed, Per- haps its only a faint recollection of-the morning when she kissed him and sent him off to school for the first time. and eried a bit because her boy was her baby no longer, Perhaps it’s a whole flood of recollections of how she watched, worked and worried over him, night and day. However little or much the early influence of a good mother. it never wholly perishes, In none of the big men’s lives is there more of mother than in the life of Woodrow Wilson. His father is described as a man of great pride, ‘a combustible old doctor of the old sehool the- 2? When Woodrow was inaugurated in the chair of politieal economy at Princeton, his father proudly announced: “Oh, T am niore than that boy’s father; IT am his creator!’ But the old gen- tleman was mistaken. [ere was Mother Wilson. Mrs. Wilson was a small, graceful, blue-eyed, thoughtful and poised little mother, She taught her son to think before acting, to settle with his conseiencd every night when his head was on his pillow, to stick by the right as he felt it, to look beyond the present for effects that really count. Her undying intluence is written in every line of Woodrow’s public career, especially in his attitude toward war issues during the past year. The son is not the fiery old Dr. Wilson, but the mother, deliberative, strony for the right, and with a vision, When we study the above portrait of Woodrow Wilson's mother, we see Woodrow Wilson, as we know him. There are Woodrow’s sharp, strong nose and chin, the generous, compassionate mouth, like old Abe Lincoln id the eyes that are seeing, yearning for things that are afar off. From his father Woodrow may have got his sort of college love of combat, but from his mother and her develping influence he got that which kept us out of war as long 48 honor and safety permitted and put us in for all we’re worth with a vision larger than ourselves, large as all suffering humauity in the world. You see, this big man was unusually fortunate in his begin- rings. Heredity, environment and mother united to make him b And the greatest of these was mother, UNCLE SAM’S SHOW. Movies are no longer classed as luxuries. To a very large pro- portion of the American people they have become as much of a necessity as the daily newspaper and good books and other eduea tional influences. Some big film productions have come to Bismarek and they have filled its moving picture houses and the Auditorium, Nothing so. stupendous as Unele Sam's own movies, which the home guard offers at the Auditorium next Sunday afternoon and evening, has yet come to Bismarck. This great show should draw from our homes, no matter what the weather, every true American ole SONFI $9 9. ce smestig inborn MANY HAPPY. RETURNS ‘DowT EAT TH Caupuss COR toovers Ek Gey in the eit; what Uncle for it portrays more vividly than any other ageney can Sam is doing with the hundreds of thousands of boys whem we have given over to him, that he might win for us universal democracy and peace everlasting. Sunday’s five-reel produetion will show “The Reeruit of 1917.” The recruit of 191? is‘your boy, our neighbor’s boy, brother, or son or husband, or sweetheart.or friend to all of us. What he is doing holds a decp personal interest for us, because he’s our boy, and it holds a broad and universal interest for everyone because of the great, purpose behind his sacrifice. These: war’ pictures of Unéle Sam’s are not a money-making enterprise. “The ilea was conceived by President Wilson, because he thought everyone in’ America should know just what our Sam. mies are doing, and should see what splendid soldiers they're mak ing. The bureau of publie information received from President Wilson a plan, all written out in detail in moments whieh the presi dent had been able to spare from his arduous dut The plan was adopted immediately, and big movie men of the country..to whom it was, communicated recognized it as a big idea, and they gave to the scheme their very best. Ameriea has no greater director than David W. Griffith, creator of “The Birth of a Nation,’’ who directed these pictures, It has no greater motion jiieture artists than the men’ and wonitn’ who have*given, of their art freely and: without price ‘fo “ atriotic enterprig "Sunday's show, the first ofa series, will consist of five reels, Mating Samay: from the very start down to the moment. he goes “into action on French soil, ‘fhere:will be four shows, free matinces for the kiddies at 2 and 4, and at 7:30 and 9:30 in the evening for the grown-ups. THE COUNTY AGENT. Burleigh county has a better farming expert. He is a likely looking young fellow, born and reared on a North Dakota farm, educated in a North Dakota agricultural’ college. ‘Ten to one, if he is given the right kind of co-operation he will. convert Burleigh covnty as thoroughly to the better farming idea as are half the counties in North Dakota today. The Tribune knows of not a single county which has adopted the county agent plan and then dropped it. Some have changed county agents from time to time, but the idea has lived and grown, and today it is a mighty big thing in a very large section of the state. J. M. Brander, who comes to aid Burleigh county farmers in making ‘their farms more profitable, and their homes more livable, and to accomplish the same amount of work with a smaller amount of labor, isn’t a theoretical agronomist who doesn’t know. the busi- ness end of a breaking plow. He has been through the mill, and even though he is a young man, every one of his years has been spent on a North Dakota farm, And that farm has paid good dividends, Robert Brander of Souris, father of Burleigh’s new better farming agent, been a better farmer in Bottineau since 1882. Ile isn’t busy libeling North Dakota as a state doomed to a crop failure two years out,of three nor one year out of three. He doesn’t believe in complete crop failures, and he doesn’t have them. On top of the practical ideas absorbed from practical farming, County Agent Brander has obtained the theoretical and seientitic knowledge that is offered at the North Dakota agricultural college and the University of Minnesota. He is here on the job because a majority of Burleigh eounty’s farmers are willing to see what he ean do, The Burleigh county board of commissioners is with him, and The Tribune believes that every farmer in the county will vet behind him and give him a chance to make good, John Wesley, the great founder of Methodism, once said: “Make all you can; save all you ean; give all you can.”? In view of the national administration this is the plain duty of every man and woman who is today employed at remunerative tasks in this country. They are to make all th country. prosperous even in y They are to save all they can—becanse: thus théy, eut down waste and extravagance, which are especially sinful. in, wartime. And they are to give all they can—give to their government so that its armies and navies may be fully. equipped and ‘prepared and so that the war may the more speedily be brought to a success- fal conclusion, : Pao One of the ways to give to Unele Sam is to buy a Thrift Stamp for 25 cents. The next is to buy a War Savings Stamp. And to go on buying them as rapidly as you save the $4.12 or $4.13. or $4.14 or whatever the price may be in the particular month in which the purchase is made. And it isn’t GIVING, when all is said and done. It is LEND- ING to the American government at the VERY GOOD INTEREST OF 4 PER CENT. : can—beeause thus they keep the urtime. In all good faith, we would advise the kaiser that the Bolsheviki may not be able to deliver all they promise to. § 3] Germany and the formation _ | WITH EDITORS. | | ——$ A TALKATIVE TOWNLEY. (Sioux City, Ia., Journal.) To the one who is not a farmer—or a promoter of the Nonpartisan league —some of the statements of President A. C. Townley of that ‘league are dif- ficult of understanding. Kor instance, Mr. Townley, who has been campaign- ing for hjs league in New York state, tells his audiences there that it costs the farmers of Nort Dakota $3:54 to produce a bushel of wheat. Inasmuch 'as the price allowed by the govern- ment for the best grade of Wheat is $2.20, which means an average price for average wheat in North Dakota of about $1.85 a bushel, it would seem the North Dakota farmer is very fool- ish to attempt to rais2 wheat at all. The more he raises the worse off he is. Yet. Mr. Townley in ‘his same speech goes on to say that hi§ farmers are borrowing money to put in even greater acreages of wheat next spring than they ever have before. Surely our benevolent government does not require .a ‘tarmer’ toy bank: rupt himself and condemn Le amily to a life of poverty merely tafaise more wheat. Surely if.the state of Mr. Townley: are rte,‘ and; if presents the situation‘asit exiita fact, there should be a hastenin; correct the evil in North Dakota at the carliest possible moment. A man who persists in bankrupting himself in this fashion should be looked after at once. There is something wrong with his financial judgment, if not with his mentality as a whole. He is a menace to good government and to his country, for he is engaged in mak- ;ing. paupers on a wholesale scale. A iman who insists on continuing wheat | production, and not only that, but in- ;Sists on raising more each year than he did the last, and is losing $1.60 on every bushel he raises, is an undesir- able citizen and his activities. should be restrained. First thing the country | knows the entire farming population of North Dakota will be objects of public charity. CZERNIN’S PEACE TERMS Terms under which the Teutonic allies would be willing to make “an immediate and general peace” have been made known to the Russian del- egates engaged in the peace pourpar- lers at Brest-Litovsk. The erms have been set forth in an address by Count Czernin, the Austro-Hungarian foreign minister. As in previous Teutonic allied inti- mations of what will be required from the Germanic viewpoint to bring about tion of histilities and eventual the latest terms are hedged about by conditions which seemingly are insuperable from the standpoint of the United States and the entente allies. B Allies Must Co-operate. The basic principles of the peace of the Russian revolutionary ——no annexations and no_ in- demnities—Count Czernin said he be- lieved could be made the basis of a general peace, but that the Teutonic allies could not bind themselves. to these conditions unless a guarantee were given that Russia’s allies would recognize and fulfill them. Notable omissions in the statement of Count Czernin connected with the concrete demands of the United States, Great Britain and France as al- ready made known are the questions particularly of the rebuilding of Bel- | givm and Serbia, the return of Alsace and Lorraine to France and the over- | tarow of militaristic government in in its place of a government that can be be- lieved—the latter demand as ' set forth by, President Wilson in his ad- | dress to congress calling for war with ; Austria-Hungary. Pending the placing of Count Czer- nin’s proposals before Russia’s allies the Russian delegates to the peace conference have asked for a ten days’ recess in the negotiations at Brest- ! Litovsk. * Revolutionists Active, Withiu the Russian empire fighting FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28 1917. [TRIBUNE FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT MARKET IN TURMOIL OF BULLISH FERVOR Rails Five to Eighteen Points up and Industrials Aviate Two to Six. BEARS ARE SWEPT OFF THEIR FEET New York, Dec. 27.—The stock mar- ket was thrown into a riot of bullish enthusiasm today by the unexpected news of forthcoming federal control of the railroads. Standard rails rose 5 to 18 points during the more active advance of the forenoon and industrials later became prominent ‘at gross gains ‘of 3 to 6 points under lead of United States steel. Evidently the terms and conditions already announced in connection with this unprecedented action ‘are far from reassuring to investors and rail- way incerests than was generally ex- pected. The constructive features embodied in the plan were helpful to other is- sues, including the wide range of in- dustrials, war equipments and _ allied specialties, as well as utilities. Wall street believes all lines of in- dustry are sure to derive substantial benefits from the physical improve- ment and maintenance of the transpor- tation systems to which the govern- ment now is committed. From the very outset today’s mar- ket swept the bears off their feet in the wild scramble to cover contracts. In spite of restrictions against specu- lation, there existed an extensive short interest whose “paper profits” melted in the comprehensive advance. Final prices in important stocks were 1 to 2 points under maximums, but the net result was the most heart- ening since the beginning of the long sustained decline. Total sales amount- ed to 1,180,000 shares. Bonds of low grade railroads rose 2 to 8 per cent, investments gaining 1 to 2, International ‘ bonds hardened moderately. Liberty 4’s sold at 97 to 96.86 and 314’s at 98.50 to 98.36. Total bond sales (par value) $6,550,000. United States bonds (old issues) were unchanged on call. NEW YORK STOCKS, American Beet Sugar BT American;Can ...... 6. vee 84% American Smelting & Refining 72%, American Tel. & Tel. ........ 102% American Zinc ...... Anaconda Copper . Atchison ...... Baltimore & Ohio . Butte and Superior ‘California Petroleum .. Canadian Pacific Central Leather /.... ... Chesapeake and Ohio .... Chicago, Mil. and St. Paul . Chino Copper ...... .. Crucible Steel Cuba Cane Sugar . BrI@ 22.2.0 ceeee « Great Northern Ore Ctfs . Great Northern pfd . Inspiration Copper Int. Mer, Marine pfd. Kennecott Copper .. Louisville & Nashville . Mexican Petroleum . Miami Copper . Missouri Pacific ... Montana Power New York Central . Northern Pacific Reading ...... ..... Republic Iron and Steel Southern Pacific . Southern Railway . Texas Co. ... Union Pacific . : . U. S. Industrial Alcohol . United States Steel Utah Copper . between the revolutionary elements continues at several points, while the Bolsheviki troops at Harbin, Man- churja, have been defeated in battle by the Chinese, who captured the gar- rison. Apparently ‘distrustful of the Rumanians, Ukrainian forces, who are opposed to the Bolsheviki, have occu- pied several Rumanian divisional headquarters on the battle front, dis- arming those of the Rumanians who offered resistance. An indication that things in Ger- many are not going im accordance with the German government's desires is the report that more than 300 mem- bers of the German minority socialist party were arrested in numerous cities on Christmas eve. This branch of the socialisis long has desired peace and refused to acquiesce in the govern- ment’s war program. Verdun Assault Fails. Once again the Germans have en- deavored to break the French front on the Verdun sector, but’ again have failed. Two assaults delivered north of Caurieres wood resulted in the de- feat of the enemy and the infliction of heavy casualties. The Germans at one point succeeded in pentrating a French front line trench, but were im- mediately ejected. On the northern Italian front there has been an abatement in the artillery activity between the Asiago plateau and the Brenta river, but the intensive duels between the Brenta and Piave contipue. The infantry forces of the belligerents are virtually inactive. ‘ Lose Eleven Planes. Austro-German air squadrons at- tempting to bomb the Venetian plain towns of Trevizo and Monte Belluno suffered the loss of eleven planes in spectatular air battles with British and Italian aviators. Over Trevizo twenty-five enemy machines were at- tacked and forced to flee with a loss of eight planes, while later a squad- ron of eight Austro-Germans in a fight over Monte Belluno lost three machines. All of the British and Ital- GRAINS LOWER ON RAILROAD FACTOR Traders Believe Government Will Rush Stuff from Primary Markets. LACK OF CARS IS PRESENT OBSTACLE Chicago, Ills., Dec, 27.—Grain prices averaged lower today, chiefly as a re- sult of announcement that the gov- ernment would take possession of the railroads. Corn closed steady, Jan- uary 1.264%@% and May 1.24%@%e, with the finish as a whole varying from quarter a % decline to %e ad- vance, compared with twenty-four hours before. Oats underwent a set- back of %c to 1%c net and provisions of 5 to 2ic, Most corn traders inclined to the be- lief that the government would now bring about a larger movement of feedstuffs from the interior to the principal terminals. Any aggressive Selling based on this theory, however, was checked by a disposition to wait until the actual grain ‘showed up. In fact, the present scarcity of ar- rivals led at one time today to some- thing of a rally, but the strength fail- ed to dast, except in the December delivery. Lack of cars continued to be reported from many sections. Nev- ertheless with peace news attracting fresh notice, the tendency of the mar- ket to sag was almost constantly re- current. At the outset, prices of oats had an upward slant owing mainly to export inquiries. Later, though, the -new rail- road outlook together with peace talk led to a sharp break. Big receipts of hogs pulled down provisions. MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN. Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 27.—Stas- dard flour, in carload lots, quoted at 9.75 in 98 pound sacks. Shipments 69,- 861 barrels. Barley, 1.29@1.59. Rye, 1.84@1.85. Bran, 32.50. Wheat, receipts 312 cars, compared with 255 a year ago. Corn, No. 3, yellow 1.65@1.70. ° Oats, No. 3, white .774@.78%. Flax 3.38% @3.41%. CHICAGO GRAIN. rn— ‘ Jan... 1.26% 1.26% 1.25% 1.26% May 1.24% 1.25% 1.24% 1.24% Oats— A Dec. 19%, 1% .18% May... .76% ‘15% 15% 80. ST. PAUL LIVE STOCK. St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 27.—Hogs—Re- ceipts 3,300, steady; range 16.40@ 16.70; bulk 16.60@11.65. Cattle — Receipts 1,500; killers, steady; steers 5.50@15.00; cows and heifers 6.00@9.00; veal calves, steady, 5.50@14.25; stockers and feeders, slow and steady, 5.00@10.00. Sheep—Receipts, 150, steady; lambs 8.00@16.00!' wethers 7.00@13.00; ewes 5.00@10.75. ‘ CHICAGO LIVE STOCK. “ . « Chicago+-Hogs’— Receipts, 52,000 Bulk. 16.70@17:05; light 16.25@16.95; mixed 16.50@17.05; heavy 16.45@ 17.10; rough 16.45@16.55; pigs 11.75@ 15.75. Cattle—Receipts 19,000, weak; na- ‘tive beet steers 7.35@14.25; stockers and feeders 6.60@10.20; cows .and heifers 5.20@11.30; calves 8.50@16.00. Sheep—Receipts 16,000, firm weth- ers 9.00@13.10; ewes 8.00@11.90; lambs 12.75@16.70. OMAHA LIVE STOCK. Omaha, Nebr., Dec. 27.—Hogs—Re- ceipts, 8,500; lower; heavy 16.50@ 16.85; mixed 16.60@16.75; light 16.50 @16.85; pigs 8.00@16.50; bulk 16.60@ 16.75. . Cattle—Receipts 5,800; steady; na- tive steers 8.00@13.00; cows and heif- ers 6.50@10.25; western steers 7.50@ 11.25; cows and heifers 6.00@9.00; canners 5.00@6.00;. stockers and feed- ers 6.00@11.00; calves 9.75@12.75; bulls, stags, etc., 6.00@9.00. Sheep—Receipts 13,500; steady; yearlings 11.50@13.25; wethers 11.00@ 12.25; ewes 9.75@11.25; lambs 14.50@ 16.50. ‘ FARMERS ASK PAY FOR DIFFERENCE IN PRIGES OF CROPS Claim Insurance in Spite of Fact They Got Over $7 the Acre. Mandan, N. D., Dec. 28.—Twenty-two suits against the National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa., have been instituted by Sullivan & Sulli- van on behalf of farmers who have unsatisfied claims for drouth insur- ance. These suits are based on grounds somewhat different from those common in suits filed against the company in other parts of the state The plaintiffs claim tuey were Promised insurance up to $7 the acre vaseu on $1 wheat, $1.75 flax, 70-cent tye and 50cent barley and spel:z. They contend that the fact that their meagre crops, through exceptionally high prices, yielded them more than $7 the acre, on the average, does not exempt the company for liability on the sum avove what these crops would have represented at the prices noted in the insurance policies. Strength of Character. Sometimes a man gives himself credit for strength of character merely ian aircraft returned safely to their bases. Little damage was done by the bombs dropped by the invaders. Tribune Want Ads Bring Results. because he is willing to hold up the entire glee club till he finds the chord oa his own little ukulele, ‘Option:Open: High Low Close a Pe ; a | ’