The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 31, 1917, Page 1

THE WEATHER Slightly warmer. THIRTY.SEVENTH YEAE, NO.300 55 ~ Town of Irkutsch Fired by Red Guards After Slaying the French Consul. BOLSHEVIK! ARE REINFORCED 4 a j reste ore fon NSE GIVILWARIN. |"R@URESTaRF “THs OUGHT TO i ATTACK ON WESTERN FRONT PROGRESS IN . MET BY BRITONS, WHO HURL. | here wil bene aftemcon 26 Teutons Entered British Defenses at Either End of Two-Mile morning edition weanendays: The Front But Were Promptly Driven from These Positions, ye mail and caries nnn ACTIVITIES IN ITALIAN THEATER CONFINED ne ? : TO HEAVY ARTILLERY FIRE AND AIR RAIDS BASTSIBERIN sizer | HONS BACK ONTO OWN LINES 4 ' "4 Ammunition Being Received from Krasnoyarsk—Cossacks Active. Pekin, Sunday, Dec. 30.—Civil war is in progress at Irkutsk, in eastern Siberia, on the Trans-Siberian railroad ; _ and in the surrounding districts. The town was set on fire by Red Guards after they had murdereg. the French consular agent and threg other French- men. / GREAT BRITAIN 10 MAKE SANE REPLY 70 NOTE Response Will Be Serious and Reasoned, Says Manches- Much Damage Done to Monuments and Buildings at Padua by Incendiary Bombs—Another Advance Reported from Jerusalem—Petrograd Celebrating “Peace.” (By the Associated Press.) Germany struck her first strong blow on the west- ern front’ since the heralding of a great offensive, and the British have held it in check. The German thrust was on a front of more than two miles, between Marconig and La Vacquerie and against positions which the British have held since the retire- ey The Bolsheviki contine to receive ter Guardian. ment after General Byng’s successful blow. reinforcements and ammunition from)1 1 QY¥p) GEQRGE TO FRANCE In the center the Germans were held for no gains, eae aera coposttion ‘o is oo pees but on either end of the assaulting front they entered Red Guard. Tae Siberian railway | Premier Will Confer with Clemen- the British ta line. be British oonter attacked guards are outnumbered and are be: \ y and drove the Germans from part of these positions, i as eee aires es ner eee ceau on Aystro-German and resulted also in the penne of some inane oy tomcat ote Ye Proposals. Berlin claims that front line positions and a “few Harbin is quiet with the Chinese in — hundred” prisoners were captured. The fighting con- full control. They are guarding the] London., Dec. 41—The Manchester tinued bank, stores and railways. Guardian says it is the intention of : Te ee the British government, when the Aus-| : Local Attacks Fail. : The Germans made local attack in U § ENGINEERS tro-German terms of peace are pre- | ‘the Ypres sector and their raids north enw. sented offtcially, to return a serious | east of Verdun brought no successes and reasoned reply. Premier Lloyd | These efforts followed upon heavy George has arranged to visit France,’ On a single individual the gas mask isn’t so bad. And, of course, when a gas attack is on, nobody has | German fire, in the Ypres. Cambrai according to the newspapers, to con. much time to be gazing at anybody else. But when you find & long line of marching soldiers far behind the © “and Verdun sectors, and may. be fore- 4 FROM BIG MUDDY fer with Premier Clemenceau on this |!nes, all wearing the hideous looking things, it’s enough to make the most hardened fighter shiver. Looks like lj runners of determined attacks. | Bismarck Man Heads Party Hot United States engineers headed by | Joseph L: Halloran of Bismarck, N. D. | under the direction of the war depart- Which Is Freeing Channel of Obstructions. Coleharbor, N. D., Dec. 31.—A party ment, have. arrived-in the. city and are preparing ‘to éncamp at the site |of old Coal Harbor. landing on the * Missouri river, When their tents were raised in the city this morning, rumors of all kinds were rife as to their purposes. The predominating one was that they were scouting.out slackers and pro-Germans. This how. ever was set to nought for there is none left it je parts. . Mr. Hallotan informs The Tribune representative that they are preparing | to remove dangerous rocks from the Missouri river channel in this vicin } ity. The ice is about 3 inches thick | and the manner of locating them and removing them puzzled us. Mr. Hal- loran, thereupon produced maps which he had made dvring the summer months showing the exact location of all\channel rocks between Bismarck to be removed. It is only a few years since that the steamer “Frayne” of the Bentun Packet Co. loaded with grain foundered on the Coal Harbor rocks. Dynamite and electric caps @re the methods used in boosting out the rocks. Another party is in the field near White Earth with Captain rane Charlesworth of Mandan as its er. BOY OF NINE HAS BREN USING WERD FROM THIRD YEAR Supt. G. B, Newoar Called Up- on to Act in Pitable Case. ; — The pitiable case\of a littie thy of nine who had become tobacco addict at three was among those which Stot. G..B. Newcomb of the North Dakdg society for the friendless was call upon to investigate during the last month. The youngster shows very clearly the effects of nicotine in ar- rested physical and mental develop- ment. The case probably will come into juvenile court in the near future, when Supt. Newcom» will ask that the unfortunate boy be placed in some Proper institution. One of the best Christmas greetings received by the head.of the Society for the Friendless was a marked copy of a newspaper containing announce- ment of the marriage of a young man! 7——— ages of 12 and 15. subject. The Austro-German peace terms re- ferred to are those presented by the representatives of the central powers at the negotiations with the Russians at Brest-Litovsk. These negotiations were interrupted for ten days to give the entente allies opportunity to state whether they, would join in them. The principal point in the, Austro-German outline of peace terms was the accept- ance of the Russfan formula of no an- jnexations or indemnities. | LITTLE DIFFERENCE INNEW FLOUR SAY -LOGAL MILLING MAN Russell-Miller Co. Believes That Housewives Are Unduely Worked Up. Housewives, in the opinion of the Russell-Miller Milling Co., are undue- ly exercised over the fact that since! has been permitted to grind any flour finer than 95 per cent patent, which means that five percent less of the wheat is taken out in refining the flour. “The difference is so slight as to be hardly noticeable, either in the flour or the bread,” said the Russell- Miller’ Milling Co.’s Sismarck miller today. “It simply amounts to this— we make a barrel of flour now out of four bushels and 24 pounds of wheat, where under the first patent process it required four bushels and 33 pounds. “I don’t believe the housewife will find this bread any harder to raise. It will be just as palatable as the old flour, and, having more gluten in it, it; will be more nourishing. We have: been grinding this flour since Christ- baad and we are well satisfied with: It is not true that the sale of first patent flours has been prohibited. So long as any of these patent flours re-' main on the market they may be sold, but, until further orders come from the food administration, no more of this first patent flour may be manu-. factured. DOZEN ARRESTS IN EFFORTS TO ‘PREVENT REVOLT Petmgrad, Dec. 31—The commis- slon appointed to prevent a counter revolution today raided the premises of the Umon for Defense of the con- stituent assembly. About a dozen ar- rests were made. | meeting tonight with an address on ‘will also be represented and will dis- iMANY MINERS a procession of strange beings from another planet, doesn’t it? Well, it was taken miles behind the front in | France. Several gas shells have exploded near these French reserves and they are safety-firsting. LINDE LAID|TO REST ON 38TH ANNIVERSARY On his 38th birthday anniversary, Henry J, Linde, former attorney gen- TO PUT TROOPS Washington, D. C., Dec. 31—-The| ing funeral services at the Harl un- senate war inquiry again was turned |dertaking rooms. Just 38 years ago to the ordnance situation when Major 8 . General Crozier was permitted to take today the deceased was born at:Ridge: way, la. Scores of former classmates ithe stand again today to reply to re- ‘cent statements made by’ Col. Isaac{of the University of Minnesota and Lewis, inventor of the Lewis machine | many influential North Dakota friends, gun, rejected by the war department, ‘ in favor of the Browning type. ,Ancluding Warden: F, S. Talcott of the Before beginning, General . Crozier state penitentiary; ex-Governor L. B. asked to be put under oath and then Hanna, Addison Leach, secretary of read a prepared statement, dealing the agricultural college, and fred first with borrowing artillery from jrysh of Fargo; John J. Sullivan of oar for; General Fersisine:e ‘Mandan, and former Chief Justice C. Desire to make America's forces of J: Fisk and former Assistant Attorney actual aid on the fighting front as General Francis Murphy of Minot, at- soon as possidle was a prime factor, tended the last rites. General Crozier said, in the artillery! loans from France. Correspondence was produced in which M. Tardieu, of WILLA A. ACCEPTED LOAN ceeded the number promised. BFFECT OF WAR ON | JS DEAD AT FARGO PROBLEMS OF FARM Former Street Railway Executive UNDER DISCUSSION and Financier Passes Away. St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 31.—The effect < coer of the war on the problems of the , Fargo, N. D, Dec. 31.—William A. farm will be an important feature of discussion in connection with “farm. Fargo-Moorhead Strect Railway Co.. ers and homemakers’ week” which #24 prominent in financial affairs of brought 2,000 farmers from the north- Fargo, and for thirty years connected west and Minnesota farm today. with the growth and development of J. Earrows of the United States Fargo, and the state, died here today br il following a two weeks’ illness. jureau of markets will open a mass The body will le in state at the Ma marketing and grading of grain. ; sonic temple, of which he was a di- The livestock breeders association Pree ad aa beak pater " _ i and the ‘Minnesota Hog association was.at his request that there be no . ;. Services. Masons will have charge. ty tazation! snd ithe) lire scck- Das For fifteen years, Mr..Scott was di- ; rector in the First National bank of this city, and at the time of his death was a director of the Northern Sav- ings bank of Fargo, and a director in the First National bank at ‘Moore, Mont. THOUGHT DEAD ~———__—_________» AT SCRANTON Scranton, Pa. Dec. 31.—Many | THE WEA THER | miners are reported killed by a | ¢————_—____ es gas explosion in the Underwood mine of the Pennsylvania Coal Co. near.Trupp, about six miles from this city. At noon, seven- teen bodies, some dead and some alive, were reported taken from the mine. WEATHER REPORT. For twenty-four hours ending at noon, Dec. 31. Temperature at 7 a. m. Temperature at noon . Highest yesterday. . Lowest yesterday = Lowest last night . Precipitation .¥. citizen. of the United States several, n WAR PICTURES PLAY T0 THREE | BIG: AUDIENCES, Films Prove Most Interesting Ever Exhibited in the | | Capital City. The biggest hit ever made by a moving picture production in Bis- marck was scored here by Uncle Sam's war movies, “The Recruit of 1917," which showed to three capa- j city, houses at the Auditorium on Sun- day. The big theatre was filled twice in the afternoon, and was crowded a | third time at 9 in the evening, when |the last exhibition was given. The }audience was liberal in its applause. | with gas masks and all of the new arts of war. The developmen: of the re- cruit from an ordinary, careless young man of the day, into a spick and span, erect and alert soldier was por- trayed. If Uncle Sam’s 1,300,000 fight- ing men all stack up to the standard shown in these pictures, Fritz has good eause to worry, for the boys shown at the Auditorium yesterday undoubtedly are the finest type of sol- Scott former vice presiden tof the dier the world ever has produced. The Home Guard feels more than gratified with the success attending this initial showing, and they are sat- isfied that the pictures yet to come will receive the same splendid sup- port. 17,000 MORE CARS OF LIVESTOCK IN 1947 THAN IN 1946 Chicago, Ill., Dec. 31—Nearly 17,000 more cars of livestock were received at the stockyards here during the first 11 months of 1917 than during the year 1916, according to the annual re- port made public today by John A. "Spoor, chairman of the board of dl- rectors of the Union Stockyards & Transit Co. During the eleven months of 1917, tadulated receip's totalled 250,277 carloads, compared with 233,503 during all of 1916. The report is accompanied by a message to the farmers from: Mr. Spoor, in which he urges that herds ,have spain raided Pacts, much any Lengthening Death Roll and a (enn sone ay bombe Three ees killed and. three, w - Dwindling of Coal Sup- | Wounded a were Nablus ey | In Palestine. plies Reported. ‘road, north of Jerusalem, has been Another advance along the PI ade by the British farote th Palas THEATERS PLACE OF REFUGE | tine. Again srubbor Tarih resid, i H ance, the ish progressed threw Public Buildings of All Kinds mls and captured Pkt reer t nid pt tl t towns. is Used to Shelter Freez- Tso was made. between ‘the “Nablus ing People oad and the Mediterranean coast. New York, N. Y,, Dec. 31.—A length: | The Russian Situation. ening death r In Petrograd Sunday, the day was , @ rapidly dwindling given over to peace , celebrations. coal supply, and weather bureau pre- marked by parades of Bolsheviki fol- diqiions that the record-breaking cold lowers. Members of the German and spell would keep the mercury hover- Austridn peace delegations were spéc- ing about the zerc mark throughout tators of the parade. the next 24 hours, made winter's grip! One of the forts at Kronstadt, the on New York and vicinity today a naval base near Petrograd, has been grim actuality. {blown up by an explosion, according Ten persons had perished from the to a dispatch received in London cold up to noon today. Police sta- General Kaledines has been re-élected ttons, theatres, libraries, churches, | Hettman of the Don Cossacks, by ap charitable instituions, and oer De overwhelming majority. se as shelters have | — ces available for use FRENCH CAPTURE 1400, { and Williston. Christmas a larger amount of: the been converted into refuges for the | : less and poor Many of these rocks have proved| Wheat berry has been going into i : The picture took the recruit from city’s hundreds of home Counter Atack in Monte Tomba Re stumbling blocks for the steamboats | “white” flour. Under government or- re Fcrnen cominand aero ah \ | the day he was drafted to his final in- among hon the suffering is most | gion Great Success. plying this river and at last they are/ders no mill since Christmas morning tijjery and that French’ deliveries ex- PROMINENT BANKER jitlation into trench digging, work Widespread. ; Rome, Dec. 31—In the Monte r } 7 |Tomba region on the northern front, STILL WITHOUT ANY ithe French have captured enemy po- | sitions between Osteria di Monferens DETAILS OF QUAKE | IN GUATAMALA CITY No Positive Information Obtain- able of Disaster—Rescue Planned. Washington, D. C., Dec. 31.--Still without detailed information about the earthquake which destroyed Guatama- la City, costing many lives, leaving 100,000 homeless, Red Cross officials conferred with navy officials as to the supplies to be sent forward on Amer:- can warships ordered to a Guatamala seaport. While the American diplomats are safe, archives of the legation and con- sulate are believed to have bee lost, as the building is reported to have | Seen shaken to the ground Advices predict the foreign colony escaped without loss of life. EXPORTS PASS SIX BILLIONS DURING YEAR Washington, D. C., Dec. 31.—Amert- ca’s exports were estimated today by the department of commerce to have passed the six billion dollar mark for the year 1917, a new high mark. The imports were less than three sian. affection in the Russian army.” and Maranzing, the war office an- nounces. They also captured about 1,400 men, 60 machine guns and seven canon. canons. GERMANS ADMIT DEFEAT. ‘Berlin, Via London, Dec. 31.—The British have recovered part of their lost territory on the Cambrai front, near La Vacquerie, the war office an- nounces. The losses of the British are said to have been heavy. 1.7.1 O'CONNOR 10 MAKE WELKIN RING HERE SUNDAY Silver Tongued Orator from Forks Will Usher in K. C. Campaign. Hon. J. F. T. O'Connor of Grand Forks, one of North Dakota's most talented orators, will deliver a patri- otic address at the Auditorium next Bismrack council, Knights of Colum- bus, as an introduction to the war camp fund campaign which the Knights will alunch her a week from today. Mr. O'Connor served as a repre- sentative from Grand Forks county in the last legislature, and many Bis- irom Dr. Newcomb was able to help at day of misfortune and ancowe. [ND] AN A Highest wind velocit: :+ 20-NW be increased and that farmers follow | billion, and the trade balance in favor marck people had an opportunity to ee bat ve roe goons saan vos down, Parecast. a steadfast course despite tmarke|of the vaitea States, probably will be enjoy his gifts of eloquence. 7 ut i: a ae ae a chance to < aa fluctuations. more than $3,150,000,000. be introduced Sunday evening by * make sinew start Sit Newcom’ i ineeten ee: en Lynn J. Frazier, Sovernor of North yer who was ing . a Dakota, and musical numbers wi ee oa hae opportunity. The youns EN. EM Y V OTES M. ADE HIM EXECUTIVE ive. orks a ao the east and oon) given before and after the principal ken as his bride ov a re rig ry ata PROVE HUN address. timable young women ‘4 bad most es-; Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 31—Fted (.;for a temporary injunction against Lowest ity where he has established him. ‘Miller, a German alien enemy, andj Miller, declares Miller is ineligible Temperatures 4g po oo Oo OO $F $FSTHHESHHHOS RITISH REGAIN self. em "™ mayorelect of Michigan City, Ind., is |*® take office because he is not a citi) Fargo comer EMPIRE B i on cite hte joes ane here today to appear before United fers election was) “obtained arom Bt Paul. a6 LENINE IN PAY OF THE GERMAN TERRITORY LOST een found for in- States District Judge A. B. Anderson, 5 Vi a ware a pho hed ae eeerines of per to answer charges filed by Martin T. ae indies haw Blocklon “that any Heleabre z 42 London, Dec. 31.—The Times prints, “It is a notorious fact and has been TO THE GERMANS > drought su ey have Krueger, present mayor, seeking to|voter may hold office and for an Chicago ... 10 a long letter from its Petrograd cor- in possession of! —_ i b During: Decetnte 5. case ‘enjoin Miller from taking office, Jan-] foreigner 0 vote in this state it it Swift Current 16 respondent dated Saturday, which pur. | Proved by cag ee Rey eel count P attacks nine cam © vestigated. In six pe Aetade in- uary 7. Miller holds an alien enemy | necessary only to take out his first | Kansas City .. 14 ports to substantiate the views that|the Kerensky government that Ger- puccesstul counts sae fen isis. if lect of children was 4 hale wi te ae tees teen rete ha? go in the re-|naturalization papers. Miller con-; San Francisco 4 the Bolshevil ferolt nee aeons 4 many commissioned Lenine and gave Satie ee se Welsh ridge ta: fortanates were girls serve the wae deans of od ity of which he} tends he thought he had become a San Francisco ... 46 eee iyi erie wf aad watt: him money to go to Russia to sow dis- ken by the Germans in yesterday's H laeah (Krueger, in his application ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Meteorol years ago. logist. The letter says: [attacks the war office reports. Sunday evening under the auspices of |